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[Mister Apoc]

Like i'm sure Jason and Lucia will be great characters, but why never go the Saints Row route and allow us to fully create and customize a character. They always do fixed characters for GTA

 

[nush]

And where is Saints Row today?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Like i'm sure Jason and Lucia will be great characters, but why never go the Saints Row route and allow us to fully create and customize a character. They always do fixed characters for GTA

I think it would be difficult to put different voice acting in the dialogues, due to customization, so they choose, as in other games, to use a mute protagonist... Or make defined protagonists but with their own voice acting.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Because they want to ensure their characters are made to the highest quality in writing, voice acting, mocap etc. Their stories are meticulously crafted to their artistic vision down to the last detail.

The last thing they want is to have you around looking like a clown in every scene. That's what the online mode is for.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Game stories are always better with established characters. Especially RPGs. Witcher 3 > Cyberpunk.

 

[Hrk69]

That would be awful

 

[Meicyn]

You’ll be able to make your own character in the inevitably attached online mode, just like GTA 5 and RDR 2.

 

[fersnake]

thank god, i never liked creating a character in games.

 

[SHA]

Cause It's a sign of boredom, and they don't want you to get bored as much as they can.

 

[semiconscious]

yeah! & for that matter, how come we're always stuck playing lara croft in tomb raider games?...

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

And where is Saints Row today?

Down the toilet where It belongs.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

And where is Saints Row today?

IN a septic tank, in Texas.

Rocco Schiavone
My comment came before I read yours.

 

[acm2000]

because it makes sense for a story based game, much better for immersion in to the characters world.

 

[Robb]

Meh, I’d just go with the default either way.

 

[Hudo]

Meh, I’d just go with the default either way.

Default bros unite!

 

[amigastar]

Nah, leave that stuff for Multiplayer.

 

[WitchHunter]

Like i'm sure Jason and Lucia will be great characters, but why never go the Saints Row route and allow us to fully create and customize a character. They always do fixed characters for GTA

Because they decided to do so. Like some think a speaking protagonist is shit, while others think it's quite ok.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Hell no to that idea. GTA doesn't have a mute/noname protagonist anymore, they're proper established characters. The Online mode is where you're supposed to create your protagonist and it's cool since it's not story heavy.

 

[gaming_again]

Dan Houser wanted to make games more like films.

 

[Putyouinmyoven]

What is this question

 

[DaGwaphics]

Because they want to ensure their characters are made to the highest quality in writing, voice acting, mocap etc. Their stories are meticulously crafted to their artistic vision down to the last detail.

The last thing they want is to have you around looking like a clown in every scene. That's what the online mode is for.

This. Plus they want to craft the story around a specific character. It doesn't always work to just plug anything in there.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Their games are all the better for it. I dislike character creation myself

 

[Holammer]

What part of "story mode" do you not understand? You will get your own character for the Multiplayer part.
I don't want nor expect to able to insert my own "Original Character Do Not Steal" into the books I read or movies even.

Would it be cool to be able to create your own character with its own backstory and motivations, absolutely. Maybe for a future GTA when AI systems can create a story and dialogue on the fly.

 

[Gaiff]

Game stories are always better with established characters. Especially RPGs. Witcher 3 > Cyberpunk.

Can’t agree with that. The writing in Cyberpunk is better than in The Witcher 3. Geralt is better than V though.

 

[Represent.]

Why do you think?

There isnt a single game in history with a create a character mode that has a great story. They are all mediocre, at best. GTA games have stories you are supposed to take seriously. The story in this looks to be of high importance going by the trailer. They dont want you running around dressed like a clown with a dildo. If you want that play online mode.

 

[Gaiff]

Why do you think?

There isnt a single game in history with a create a character mode that has a great story.

Cyberpunk, Mass Effect, Dragon Age (at least the first one). Hell, even the Souls games, especially Bloodborne, have great stories but nonexistent plot.

They are all mediocre, at best. GTA games have stories you are supposed to take seriously. The story in this looks to be of high importance going by the trailer. They dont want you running around dressed like a clown with a dildo. If you want that play online mode.

Ironically enough, all GTA games have pretty mediocre stories except for maybe IV.

 

[Husky]

I agree with OP. I don't think every game should have a custom character, I wouldn't want a Witcher game with a custom protagonist, but I think GTA's perfectly suited for it. For one, I don't think the story would particularly suffer, because I don't think GTA tells particularly good stories anyway. I definitely wouldn't want to replace Niko Bellic, he's cool, but the main thing I care about in a game like GTA is the freedom of the crime sandbox, and I think that would only be strengthened by being able to customize my character.