Dragon Age: Origins character creator is out

Hey! Remember me?! There hasn't been a lot of news lately because... there hasn't been a lot of news. It's that time of the year when games are coming out instead of news, and since we don't really have any actual game coverage, we lack things to post. But here's something some of you may be interested in.

I bet you knew that you can create your own character in Dragon Age: Origins. Well, did you also know that BioWare released a standalone character creator in October 13 (that's yesterday) for the PC? Well, now you know, if you didn't before. Basically, you can download this free application and create your character before the game comes out, and on November 3rd when you have bought your copy, you can just import that character into the game, and dive straight into the meat instead of wasting valuable gaming time in the creator.

Remember Mass Effect and how you could create your own dude in it as well? I bet it's kind of like that. Except, instead of space dude, you are making a medieval dude (or dudette). I'm personally curious about the game and this character creator thing, mostly because I have had very bad experiences with these things before. I can't seem to be able to create a unique looking person in them, without making them look like a caricature or a god damn mutant. So in Mass Effect, for example, I ended up using the default grunt as my dude when I played. In Fallout 3 I downloaded a face someone else made. So, my track record is kind of terrible. Maybe I just lack the patience to tweak the features.

So, maybe I have better luck this time. If I make a great face in the creator, it's pretty much news worthy on its own. So, if you don't see another post about this subject you can conclude that I haven't had much luck with it.

Grab the creator from BioWare's site!

Posted in Gaming by Kilu on October 14th 2009 at 6:39am