Poll of the Day > What's the most active online game with a strong focus on customization?

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You might say Fortnite, but I mean a stronger focus than that. I wanna design my character, I wanna design his house, I wanna design a whole bunch of things about him. And I want a major appeal of the game to be people looking at what I've designed and saying "Wow, that's cool and creative."

Seems like that kind of game went away in the 2000s. Paper doll designing games and the like.

You mean like the chatrooms that only show up in Youtube Horror stories now about people using those for nefarious reasons?

Nichtcrawler-X posted...

You mean like the chatrooms that only show up in Youtube Horror stories now about people using those for nefarious reasons?

Never heard of that, can you share an example?

Probably some mobile game.

Minecraft

Minecraft or path of exile.

ya, path of exile has huge skill customization.... albeit zero character customization or housing or anything like that

Wrestling games used to have great create a character modes. Don't know if they still do, but they might.

Final fantasy 14, you can hard-core customize your character's looks as well as interior design your house(assuming you can actually find one to buy)

GameReviews posted...

Wrestling games used to have great create a character modes. Don't know if they still do, but they might.

Wrestlemania 2000 is the best of the bunch for this

GameReviews posted...

Wrestling games used to have great create a character modes. Don't know if they still do, but they might.

They don't, but once the AEW game comes out next year it may or may not have strong customization. Supposedly the game is going to go really heavy into CAW options and storyline mode.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

You might say Fortnite, but I mean a stronger focus than that. I wanna design my character, I wanna design his house, I wanna design a whole bunch of things about him. And I want a major appeal of the game to be people looking at what I've designed and saying "Wow, that's cool and creative."

Seems like that kind of game went away in the 2000s. Paper doll designing games and the like.

Ultima Online

City of Heroes: Homecoming has immense customization, at least on character design. You can make them to look like minotaurs, catgirls, cowboys, or canines/felines running on all fours. Hell, you could make the cowboy run on all fours. There's literally no limit. People will compliment you on a good costume.

Minecraft is good for crafting things out of things and building an environment, but not character customisation. You can make skins, but no one plays Minecraft for the interesting original characters.

Lokarin posted...

ya, path of exile has huge skill customization.... albeit zero character customization or housing or anything like that

For these reasons, Path of Exile wouldn't work either. I'm basically looking for a game where I can make my fanfiction character and see other people's fanfiction characters.

hypnox posted...

Final fantasy 14, you can hard-core customize your character's looks as well as interior design your house(assuming you can actually find one to buy)

Sega2k posted...

Ultima Online

Are these games still big? I remember hearing about FF14 a while ago. I would think the Final Fantasy franchise would want people to focus on newer products.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

City of Heroes: Homecoming has immense customization, at least on character design. You can make them to look like minotaurs, catgirls, cowboys, or canines/felines running on all fours. Hell, you could make the cowboy run on all fours. There's literally no limit. People will compliment you on a good costume.

This sounds cool. How many people play it?

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

Are these games still big? I remember hearing about FF14 a while ago. I would think the Final Fantasy franchise would want people to focus on newer products.

FF14 is one of the largest populations in gaming right now.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

I'm basically looking for a game where I can make my fanfiction character and see other people's fanfiction characters.

Dwarf Fortress... it's not an online game, but you post your stories and read other people's stories... it goes deep and hard bruh

FFXIV has absolutely zero customization when it comes to character builds. Your class is the same as everyone else who plays the same class.

funkyfritter posted...

Minecraft or Path of Exile.

Path of Exile was my first thought.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
This sounds cool. How many people play it?

About 10,000 people play it.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

About 10,000 people play it.

Hmmm, I need it to be a little bigger.

Zareth posted...

FFXIV has absolutely zero customization when it comes to character builds. Your class is the same as everyone else who plays the same class.

Can they look wildly different? Can I dress them up in vast variety of different outfits, perhaps?

Lokarin posted...

Dwarf Fortress... it's not an online game, but you post your stories and read other people's stories... it goes deep and hard bruh

That's pretty close to what I'm looking for, but it has to be online.

ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

Can they look wildly different? Can I dress them up in vast variety of different outfits, perhaps?

Yeah

Zareth posted...

Yeah

But how much does anyone care about my character? Am I expected to, say, have some kind of backstory for this character? Does FF14 or the culture surrounding it encourage creativity? How common is it for someone to write a fanfic about their FF14 avatar?