My Top 20-Something Games with Character Customization
Out of all the things that I enjoy about games, the one feature that makes me the most excited about a given title is the ability to create and customize a character. Though "immersive" at this point feels like one of those cliché buzzwords that's too easy to use, it reluctantly works for describing what I want I want in games these days, and getting it is by being a character of my own creation, because allowing that significantly adds to the escapism and power fantasy that I desire, in addition to lending itself to a game's illusion of choice.
Because I'm feeling nostalgic towards early ScrewAttack and GameTrailers videos, here's a thought salad of a list of games which feature varying degrees of character customization with these qualifiers of a sort:
- This is a ranked list, so read from the bottom up.
- The placement of each entry is weighted more on the customization options rather than my overall enjoyment of the game.
- Being able to modify a pre-made character's appearance counts.
- MMOs are excluded since it would be too easy to fill this list. And also, because I haven't played much them since Tera Online in the early 2010's.
- One game per franchise will represent my favorite of that series.
- I mainly play games on PC, so adding mods to a game can also be a factor.
- And, minor spoilers for Persona 4, Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, and Cyberpunk 2077.
And with that out of the way... well, I haven't written much of anything resembling a blog since GameTrailers, so let's see how this goes.