Famitsu scans show a bit of FFXIV's character creator

EDIT: Check out the FFXIV site for a blurb about character creation, with better pictures than these scans, new screens, new music, and some generic story content.

Famitsu is a pretty cool magazine. They’re more closely tied to the developers than any American games journalist publication/site currently is, so they have a tendency to present material in a sugar coated way, depending on the manner in which it was provided. As such, scans have emerged from the Japanese magazine showing off the finer details of the character creator in FFXIV. Of course, by "finer," I mean they've shown us an inordinate amount of beautiful women, plus some manly men... with scars! In short, those characters are going to be fiercely customizable. In long, I translated some of what the scans said.

The text given at the top of this article, paraphrased a whole bunch, says that the system allows for simple variations, like changes in skin and hair color. Then, if you want to get into the finer details, you’ll find things such as various eye colors and different underwear material textures. The blurbs on the full version of that page (the first scan here, after the jump) continue to elaborate on those points, showing how each detail is in fact, there. Looks like there’s some breast size action as well, so if you were worried about that, go smoke a celebratory sausage. Other scans with these “Hyur” women point out that lip color can be changed as well.

The scan with the Roe’gadyn mentions “face types,” along with numbers. It seems that, similar to FFXI, we will be given a preset number of faces to choose from. Unlike FFXIV, we’ll be able to change the hair styles and details such as the aforementioned. There’s also aesthetic details, like scars, tattooes, facial decorations, so we shouldn’t see as many people walking around with the same exact faces.

I would also expect details from FFXI not mentioned here will return as well, such as character size and... that’s it. The FFXI character creator sucked. But, rest assured, you will probably be able to make your character taller or shorter.

These details come as somewhat of a comfort. Given FFXI’s poor creator, and the developers’ assurance that FFXI players would be able to have similar looking characters in FFXIV, the full extent of this system’s details have been up in the air. With these scans, we know we’re getting something more similar to WoW, with potentially more options and much prettier characters. I’m just hoping I can make a Roe’gadyn with a Wolverine beard and windswept hair. From the scans, I see things that are similar enough, so I’ll be happy either way.

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