Liabe Brave
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Look at the controls at the bottom of the screen. Using L1/R1 instead of the dpad makes the sliders move faster.
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It's 2015. Why Can't I make a decent black character in bloodborne?
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NEOPARADIGM
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Yeah, and another tip is the form emphasis slider, which when maxed out makes each click's effect much more pronounced.
SnakeSlashRO
Banned
XD biggest reason I usually play as female character. Shit if I can't make a guy that I'd identify with, then I can at least make a good looking chick to play as...
IncandescentPrecept
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Come to think of it, I haven't seen anyone try a Chinese Asian character. Is that possible in the game?
Vigilant Gambit
Member
I ran into the same problem. I'll screencap my hunter later. I was lazy, so I took the default black guy and gave him the fancy Matrix sunglasses.
slow down there, chief
slow down there, chief
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I made one. Anything is possible if you put in the time. For example, a little earlier I made a character based on the topic of this thread:
Now originally the color tone was actually pretty good, but then it got a little weird when using the "similar faces" button a few times. I was too bored by then to go back and adjust the levels back to fix it. But the colors can be whatever you want.
Still, I think it makes the point: you get out of it, what you put into it. And while the game is at fault for not giving folks a better base to begin with, the tools are there to make whatever you want if you put the time/effort into it.
Edit: They did however really screw people over on hair options.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Going by what passes as a realistic depiction of a black person, a lot of people here probably think this looks like a real black guy:
That's probably the most serviceable Rihanna you'll ever see, but I agree with you on the blackface thing. The people saying "What's the problem?" to this
are part of the problem.
That's probably the most serviceable Rihanna you'll ever see, but I agree with you on the blackface thing. The people saying "What's the problem?" to this
are part of the problem.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Now you're just making shit up. Who looked at those pics and said, "what's the problem?".
No one. Huge difference between reactions to mediocre results from a CC tool and people literally in blackface. Worst post in the thread.
No one. Huge difference between reactions to mediocre results from a CC tool and people literally in blackface. Worst post in the thread.
GiantEnemyCrab
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Sorry, but that's asking way too much. I'm not familiar with Bloodborne's character creator, and maybe you have a valid complaint. But from the screenshots in this thread, it looks like you can get a decent variety of results. If they look ugly, that's just bad art, not racism.
R1/L1 - moves them by increments of 10.
The nose and brows/eyes is just impossible to get right.
Drake for example... that nose can't be replicated...the nostrils you can get right but not the nose bridge.
Zxrophantom
Member
Its tough because of the pure color shader that does not factor skin tone very well. But it can be done. I've made a decent black character, you just have to play around with it a bit more.
StealYourFace
Banned
They should patch in a couple weaves
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I understand the criticism about the lack of hairstyles*, but other than that, it's a bogus criticism IMO, plenty of counter-examples in this thread and the other. The character creator has tons of very specific sliders for every aspect of the face that you can tweak, you can make almost anything.
It might take some moderate amounts of effort to make someone look good, but that's true of any race, really.
* And hell, my hair style is pretty much never available and I'm a white woman, so I can't ever create myself either, just something vaguely close.
b) Hit R1 and L1 and they move pretty fast
It might take some moderate amounts of effort to make someone look good, but that's true of any race, really.
* And hell, my hair style is pretty much never available and I'm a white woman, so I can't ever create myself either, just something vaguely close.
The hell? I've seen tons of great ones. Most people just don't put in the effort but when you do, you can get really nice results. And that's fine if they don't want to bother, but all my Souls characters have looked from "pretty good" to "awesome", if I may say so myself.
Hahahaha, perfect.
a) Someone said he spent 10 min, and I'm sure that was for a quality final result more than just "getting close to one race". I spent way more than that on my own character but that's just because I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
b) Hit R1 and L1 and they move pretty fast
OfficerZap
Neo Member
Reading through every post, it seems the complaint comes down less to "race" and more to "hair".
You'd have a strong point if you wanted to argue that you couldn't make a black person, so you wanted a refund, and that it's a must-have inclusion for any and all character-createable games. Completely agree.
You'll be laughed out of store/court/interwebtubes if you wanted to argue that you should receive a refund because a customisable game doesn't have a hairstyle you prefer.
I'm not being dismissive of your unhappiness, but most games have pretty shoddy hair options. Generally, you've got to make do (rather than make a 'do....heyyy oh) or throw a hat on.
I think that tying hair styles to race to try and make an argument less baseless is pretty poor form.
You'd have a strong point if you wanted to argue that you couldn't make a black person, so you wanted a refund, and that it's a must-have inclusion for any and all character-createable games. Completely agree.
You'll be laughed out of store/court/interwebtubes if you wanted to argue that you should receive a refund because a customisable game doesn't have a hairstyle you prefer.
I'm not being dismissive of your unhappiness, but most games have pretty shoddy hair options. Generally, you've got to make do (rather than make a 'do....heyyy oh) or throw a hat on.
I think that tying hair styles to race to try and make an argument less baseless is pretty poor form.
Going by what passes as a realistic depiction of a black person, a lot of people here probably think this looks like a real black guy:
That's probably the most serviceable Rihanna you'll ever see, but I agree with you on the blackface thing. The people saying "What's the problem?" to this
are part of the problem.
are you really comparing people trying to make decent black characters with a limited character creator to real life blackface?
are you serious?
so if i chose the darkest skin tone in pokemon xy and considered my character black, it means i can't tell the difference between it and real black people and think that shit you posted is a-okay?
Zomba13
Member
I think the main issue with the BB editor isn't that you can't make black people it's that you have to fiddle about a lot to get black features. When I was making my guy (I wanted him to look like me) I couldn't get a normal size nose and a rounder face for the life of me so I gave up and leaned into it by making an older, gangly looking man with a big nose. The hair options are also pretty terrible too (and I expected better facial hair options). The default (and presets) in BB seem to lean toward big nosed gangly man (for male that is, not made a female character yet) and to get out of that style of character requires fiddling in the options to make the features right. People have shown you can make black looking black characters in the creator (and also shown you can break it and make hideous monsters that would fit right in with the enemies).
My attempt to create a black character.
This angle shows you messed up with the nose a bit... kinda flat, looks strange.
Yes, I agree, but I must admit during the creation the nose didn't look so flat. I will fix this asap!
Thank you for pointing out this issue!
Finale Fireworker
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I remember seeing this thread way back when, before I had Bloodborne. Now I have Bloodborne, and I am experiencing this struggle first hand.
This thread managed to make some very nice looking dark-skinned characters, but even having them for reference, I'm struggling to replicate them.
Specifically, I can't make brown skin. It always comes out red.
What I was really hoping is that some of the people who made the system work could post a picture of their skin tone sliders. Because all this red skin is really off putting to me.
I know it can be done better. Can anybody help?
This thread managed to make some very nice looking dark-skinned characters, but even having them for reference, I'm struggling to replicate them.
Specifically, I can't make brown skin. It always comes out red.
What I was really hoping is that some of the people who made the system work could post a picture of their skin tone sliders. Because all this red skin is really off putting to me.
I know it can be done better. Can anybody help?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Here's a brown-skinned middle-aged lady I made a while ago (sorry for all the blood spatter on the second pic xD):
I probably saved her in my favourites, so if you think this skin tone is acceptable or close to what you're looking for, I'll try to get the sliders for you.
I probably saved her in my favourites, so if you think this skin tone is acceptable or close to what you're looking for, I'll try to get the sliders for you.
Finale Fireworker
Member
It's a little more yellow than I am looking to make, BUT, this could be a helpful starting point. If it's not a lot of trouble, could you share your sliders? Text only is fine.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Here you go. Sorry for the delay.
To give you an idea of how it looks in-game with different lighting (in order, with torch, with hand lantern, and without either):
thecosmicfly
Banned
Came across this thread a few days back and decided to mess around with the CC to see if it really was difficult to create a black character. This is what I was able to come up with.
In terms of hair options the CC really is limited, and it definitely isn't the most accessable editor. Having said that, I'm satisfied with how my guy turned out.
Garrett Hawke
Member
So it's 2016... and this time it's Dark Souls III I've been in the character creation screen for about an hour now (half an hour last night, half an hour today) and this is what I have so far:
I've been in the character creation screen for about an hour now (half an hour last night, half an hour today) and this is what I have so far:What do you guys think? Does it look like a white person just with dark skin? Any feedback would be appreciated!
Chronospherics
Member
Once you start to mess with sliders in the Soul's games it's difficult to make any character look normal again, I found. It doesn't matter what skin colour they are, the slides distort facial properties to unrealistic proportions and it's a matter of getting them all into normal ranges to get them looking normal again.
It's rough, that's why I usually just pick the default and change his hair.
But it can be done, as others above have demonstrated. It's just difficult because the editor - while flexible - is actually pretty crap.
It's rough, that's why I usually just pick the default and change his hair.
But it can be done, as others above have demonstrated. It's just difficult because the editor - while flexible - is actually pretty crap.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Looks good but maybe more like an Indian person with particularly dark skin maybe? Which might be fine if that's what you're going for. Either way she looks cool.So it's 2016... and this time it's Dark Souls III
What do you guys think? Does it look like a white person just with dark skin? Any feedback would be appreciated!
A friend made a decent looking black dude, I'll try to find a pic later.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
This looks really good!