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Originally Posted by DesR85  However, if the main character is one that you can customise, I kind of feel that you are playing the role of a character that seems very detached from the events of the game. At times, I felt like you are directing the game rather than playing the main character. Furthermore, the character would surely be a mute and have no personality at all. |
I have to disagree with you there
I prefer customisable characters as it adds more of a role play feel to it - you are playing the character you want to play not one which you were told to play. I agree there are limits involved when it comes to interaction with customisable characters but they can be worked around through varied dialogue options.
I personally would not like huge differences between the genders though. Subtle differences would be nice, as long as they only have a minor effect on the game (such as for roleplay purposes) otherwise you could end up with the situation where its easier to play as one gender than the other. I tend to play as female characters even though I'm male, but every now and then I will play as a male character and I like the fact that I can switch between without too much impact on the overall gameplay. If I want to customise the gender attributes a bit, then I just do this at the character creation screen - for example I might give a male sorceror slightly more strength than a female sorceror, but give the female sorceror slightly higher charisma.