Crazy Character Customization:

JacqueChoi

Anyone have any information on where I can get that 'Korean Filter' they use, that makes everything look awesome?

검은사막 2차 CBT 캐릭터 커스터마이징 영상
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1_ZupKsm9Q

Lamont

Someone posted in this thread..

tynew

Holy smokes, character customization that lets you alter verts in real time? That is definitely the most extensive system I've seen so far.

Memory

So I don't care too much about the actual game, but I'm interested in using the character creation as an art tool.

With so many customization and proportion options plus the ability to pose them, seems very useful. Anyone else?

JohnnyRaptor

Hah thats pretty damn cool!

we did something like this for APB a few years ago, but damn this is taking it even further! The hair re-styling and curling looks really slick!

curious what the posing is used for

firestarter

That's fantastic stuff but reckless, imagine the monstrosities some of the player base will make rendering your game ugly as ass in the end.

Justin Meisse

It's cool and all but I can't help thinking it's a lot of effort for the least in game visual impact - all those subtle facial tweaks will be unnoticeable in a 3rd person MMO.

NegevPro

Black Desert Online has a lot of really cool looking features like this, I really think it has the potential to revolutionize the MMO genre as a whole.

As for why this feature is as detailed as it is, my guess is that it has to do with the fact that gamers from asian countries (who love F2P more than anything else) also love buying cosmetic items to change the appearance of their character and so emphasis is always placed on character creation tools and items that let you modify what your character looks like, even if it is a small change like having a tattoo.

I'm more curious on what the development team and budget is like to be honest. This game seems to have had a AAA budget for over 5 years now. Rumor has it the closed beta is coming to north america in 2015 so that's something to look forward to!

Here's the trailer in case anybody is curious:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNFSw107MQs"]Black Desert Online First Look New Trailer 1080p Version - YouTube[/ame]

D4V1DC

With the ability to remove characters from games I can see how this can really change how some can create characters very quickly if they chose to go that route.
It would take time to rip them out though, just saying.

That is pretty awesome editing otherwise though, wonder if you can edit more than just the body parts, clothing, armor, ect?.

Cool find.

Paradan

Justin Meisse wrote: »

It's cool and all but I can't help thinking it's a lot of effort for the least in game visual impact - all those subtle facial tweaks will be unnoticeable in a 3rd person MMO.

Why does Skyrim have extensive character customization? It's not like theres mirrors.

I think it's more about helping the player bond with their character and connect with the game world. It's also a huge seller for the game, well worth the effort.

Justin Meisse

Paradan wrote: »

Why does Skyrim have extensive character customization? It's not like theres mirrors.

I think it's more about helping the player bond with their character and connect with the game world. It's also a huge seller for the game, well worth the effort.

Just my personal opinion as an MMO dev, macro customizations are better than micro. I hope they put that much effort into the monsters as well.

Mask_Salesman

Man the extent of customization that goes into is beyond over the top ha, I salute the hair options but the eyes was taking the piss lol, camera distance wise.

Although ignoring sensible game visual planning, I for one think the characters look fantastic. Even if the males get 80% less care than the females heh.

I wonder what the game actually plays like or if that was their main selling point.

Leinad

That is insanely impressive given that it's an mmo.

AA3D

woaaaah ... in almost every Korean mmo game that i heard of .. the attention to details is just crazy .. even details that are not so noticeable like some of these

BARDLER

Justin Meisse wrote: »

It's cool and all but I can't help thinking it's a lot of effort for the least in game visual impact - all those subtle facial tweaks will be unnoticeable in a 3rd person MMO.

I don't know if you know about the Korean game market but this is like all they care about in games over there. There are an insane amount of MMO games available there and the largest focus of the game is customizing and outfitting your character. Its rather strange.

oXYnary

Oh man, you can change arm lengths and everything.

Totally someone could troll the game with a Monstrosity character... Hmmm.

Also I can see character artist doing this..

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY"]Game Over Man, GAME OVER! - YouTube[/ame]

dfacto

Ehem

Steve Schulze

So this is actually a tool that they're offering to players and not an inhouse one? The posing business seems kind of redundant for users.

I tried translating the Youtube info, but all I got was:
"Adjust the mouse to where you want to touch yourself the way."

xvampire

if you are interested to follow korean MMO games in english
you can go to this FB page
https://www.facebook.com/Steparus

PolyHertz

Looks really nice. It's hard to feel a connection to a character in an MMO when so many other characters look exactly the same other then their clothes/armor.

Hopefully there's an English release at some point.

Paradan wrote: »

I think it's more about helping the player bond with their character and connect with the game world.

Yep, this.

onionhead_o

definitely following this game for sure. really robust character creation tools.

skankerzero

Jackablade wrote: »

So this is actually a tool that they're offering to players and not an inhouse one? The posing business seems kind of redundant for users.

You have to be familiar with the Poser community, right?

There's a huge demand for a simple posing app for people's original characters.

Daew

bloop, old thread,
They released a standalone character creator,
link here:
https://www.blackdesertonline.com/events/ccm/

Blond

Looks cool ( not completely my style though).

Kinda filet like I was watching a Poser or DAZ3D video

kanga

The customization looks amazing. The base quality of the creature and character design and execution in the trailer posted above is really impressive. I thought I saw this a couple of years ago and subed to the Steparu  youtube channel just to keep an eye on the development. Everytime I see the work it still blows my socks off.
Thanks for posting the reminder!

stickadtroja

haha their characters actually looks so good that the picture of the classes looks like a bad photo collage of LARP players

MagicSugar

9 heads high figure proportions looking great!

Not a new design discovery of course.  Checkout this Soviet poster from the 1930s.

But people still will hate anything by Liefeld 

Ged

oh wow the character creator is actually available to download, looks fun !

Finalhart

Been following this game for a while, it's amazing what koreans can achieve in the MMO field

R3D

I'M SOLD