Well for everyone that played FFXI knows that FFXI's character creation system was pretty lacking in options. Pick your race and then your face with hair and two hair color options after that pick between three evenly proportioned body heights and you were pretty much done. Well news has finally come out on FFXIV Character Creation System and even though only a piece of has been revealed it has already completely blown away FFXI. As though I could get anymore excited about this game, it happens.
Alright, from the images provided and the information I gained from the below two articles I linked. You can do these things. You have at least six differently shown skin tones with the possibility of it being a slider and not just options, but neither is confirmed just six pictures. Along with that six different hair colors, probably more than that with what one looks like to be blue meaning that we can have anime hair colors and not just natural ones. Selectable eye colors as well as something about mouths or lips based on one of the images. On top of that according to Kotaku's article, you're able to adjust your character's bust, waist and hips size. Which is certainly more options than some character creations give you which mainly force on the head and completely forgot or lightly touch the body, that has always been a disappointment for me (since my idea of a body figure and the game designers usually don't see eye to eye). On top of that you can have facial scars (I'm figuring body scar might be possible, but only the face was show) and bandaids on the face a la anime style. One commenter on Eorzeapedia mentioned something about hair being layered which means you'd be able to combine hair types or something, don't know if that is accurate since we just have images to go by but it may be something else as well. All and all it is shaping up to be a very impressive character creation system compared to FFXI.
Oh and we get to see images of the new female Humes - Hyur (or whatever they're called) in their underwear. Which the upper is new, but the lower is very similar in design to the female hume's underwear in FFXI.
Here is Kotaku's article - Final Fantasy XIV Features Robust Character Creator - Final Fantasy XIV - Kotaku
Here is Eorzeapedia's article more of a glean from images - Eorzeapedia: Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV, FF14) News, Wiki, Forums, Community and more Analysis of New Character Creation Images
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