#6

Even without the deeper gameplay effects I am always in support of customising your character. Im pretty sure knights did wear decoration on their armour as well as civilian clothes. To make sure friendly forces knew who they were and so enemy forces knew they were people of stature and should be captured rather than killed. Plus you look pimp.

#7

Slight but notable change in appearance that affects gameplay would be great. It could work similarly to Fable where some haircuts/shave styles raised attractiveness and some bolstered scariness. It would be awesome if the main character actually grew a stubble over time and had to shave himself in front of the mirror, it would be fun minigame :wink:

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#8

The last update answers some questions about the character customization. Especially the clothing. I donā€™t remember any other game with possibility of washing clothes.

And if I compare just the small sample from the video it looks much more real than for example Skyrim town, where after initial awe (that it was better than lot of other games) everyone looked same.

#9

Yeah, the latest update is more than awesome. They can generate basically any amount of differently looking actors. Too bad you cannot generate infinite amount of voice actors :slight_smile: Or can you? :slight_smile:
I guess with character customization like this growing a beard in ā€œreal timeā€ or getting gray hair or getting battlescars is very possible, at least for modding later :wink:

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#10

In case there will be no mentioning about characterĀ“s appearance through gameā€¦ Yea, IĀ“d like to see at least some small possibilities of changesā€¦ fat/slim, pale/dark, or big/small nose etcā€¦

#11

I hope we will be able to change characterā€™s face in the beginning of the game. Shepard from ME series had a voice but you could change his appearance (even his race which wonā€™t be a problem in Kingdom Come).

#12

Im pretty sure they have said the face itself is set but I could be wrong.

#13

I do not recall anything about the character being set from the beginning, but remember, that there will not be 3d person view. You are going to see your character only during cutscenes. Although I think, that character customisation will be possible. Just because I donā€™t see why not.

#14

They did, but I donā€™t really see reason why - itā€™s not like the character is based on something (Witcher).

#15

From what I recall, I think that Your characterā€™s appearance will be set from the beginning (looking like the guy in the video), but minor tweaks and options should be available ingame.
I am quite OK with the set look of the main hero (I think it is somewhat good for the story, because you can relate to the guy a bit more) and also remember that for example Mafia 1 & 2 also followed a set hero from the beginning.

When thinking for example about the Gothic series, I think that it was beneficial that the hero was set, I can remember him clearly even after the years (the quality of the story, especially in Gothic I and II helped with that I think), whereas if I had a whole lot of different options (like creating a black woman), I probably wouldnā€™t remember now. I donā€™t remember the appearance of my Skyrim hero as well for example (IMO Skyrim didnā€™t have such a strong story I could relate to as well).

So IMHO a well-scripted, strong emotional story (which I think Dan Vavra showed he can do pretty well) + set hero and apperance with minor possible ingame tweaks which others will react to = win.

I would like to grow an epic beard ingame and then scare people off with it :smiley:. I hope this wonā€™t be a problem as Dan Vavra himself has an epic beard, so they should at least consider it :smile:.

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#16

Reaction from NPCs to the clothes you wear or your general looks? That would be amazing. The Gothic series did something similar: yo needed to get and wear certain pieces of clothing or jewelry in order to enter some places, and NPCs sometimes made comments about it. If you wear the armor of a rival faction, their merchants wouldnā€™t sell you items, etc. If you wore the robes of a magician, everyone would be nice to you and even gave you presents.

#17
  1. Mafia and Gothic = 3rd person view/ Skyrim and Kingdom come(btwā€¦ what does it mean? :-D)
    2.I didn t like main character in Mafia II ā€¦ simply I wouldnĀ“t do what he did.
    I hope in KC there will be some decisions which drastically change gameplay(even to unplayable options(very hard)). So I hope I will feel like the hero, main charecter must be closed to me. F.e. L.A. Noire was a great piece gameā€¦ but I hated my own character so I stopped playing it :-D. Soā€¦ I hope KC will let me options(but if there will be story about f.e. chars big nose, then OK)
#18

I canĀ“t edit for some reasonā€¦so
"So I hope I will feel like hero(when I do something heroic), main char must be close to me to enjoy gameplay, and so it does for you I guess."
ā€œwill let me have an optionā€
ā€¦", then it is OK to have main char ā€œfixedā€"

#19

I am hoping for both. If there is an option to grow beard (which I really hope for and also that it is in some realistic way, not as in some games where You just click an ā€œadd beardā€ button), I can imagine that even if You have some expensive noble-looking silk clothes on, You might still look like a savage warrior instead of a subtle diplomat / nobleman if You keep the beard growing for the whole game. On the other hand, You might look less scary when fully shaven, even with armor on.

So I would hope that it wonā€™t be that easy in the way that: ā€œHa, now I am a scary plate-wearing badass warrior with a giant beardā€ and in a matter of seconds after changing Your clothes to something fancy and then ā€œOK, now I am ready to be a top-class diplomat negotiating an agreement.ā€

#20

From the available information so far, I think there will be plenty of options. I kinda liked Mafia II in general, the story was not as good as in the first game, but still decent.

I would be OK with somewhat hating what the character does in terms of the story, as long as the story is really emotional and well-written as the first Mafia.

I think that will be the biggest challenge, to make a good and engaging story. I didnā€™t even bother to complete games like Skyrim, because the main story was crappy and the game became very easy once I grinded some blacksmithing resources and made some very strong equipment.

#21

Maybe they have included the main character in cinematic, in which case it will be hard to customize him. If he only appears in cut scene it shouldnā€™t be too hard to let us change his hair, tattoos etcā€¦

#22

So are all the customizable options only for NPCā€™s and not available for your character? That seems kinda odd to implement all of that and then not let you use it on a RPG character.

#23

Long lasting scars would be great! Then there would be nothing to hide your scary-badass-wariorness :wink:

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#24

one question i have. are the clothing dynamically sized to fit over one another? sort of like an upgraded version of mount and bladeā€™s system? for example, plate over quilted legging might be a little larger due to the thickness of the material. or are they pre-made in different sizes that fit each type of clothing? although that seems like a lot more work.

i think maybe some clothes cannot be compatible with plate armor because they lack the fastening system. so you have to wear a doublet or pourpoint.

also, if you eat too much will you get fat like in the video? :smiley:
if itā€™s dynamic(gradual) fatness, then clothing will have to be dynamically fitted i think.

#25

Thatā€™s right they didā€¦ The latest video talks about how your items of clothing can and will become dirty. Stained with blood from battles, and just general daily wear and tear. Iā€™m certain that it was suggested the appearance and condition of your clothing would then also have an impact on NPCā€™s and how they react or respond to our characterā€¦ So thereā€™s an obvious need to wash, dry and clean items of clothing or armour. What are your thoughts on that as a requirement guys??