If anyone has played Hitman: Bloodmoney (Or whatever the last game was) you will probably have seen the weapon customization options. I'm not talking about shitty stat tweaks (Oh, give me $500 and your weapon will fire 0.4 rounds faster, with 7.351% greater stopping power!), I mean, you want more stopping power? Fine, switch out the slide on your pistols to turn them into fucking Magnums. And they look like magnums as well.
Want to attach some decent kit to your rifle, such as a scope, laser sight or silencer? Weapon cant handle these things? No prob, swap out a piece for one which can and your rifle actually looks like it has a new stock, a new barrel, a new grip.
Or why not go crazy? What say you want a nice Oak or Maple stock with engravings on it, simply because you're fairly satisifed with how your weapon fires, but not with how it looks? Change the weapon colour, change the style of the sights, the style of the slide, whatever.
Carry this over to armour. What if I want to wear a hoody, but body armour underneath? What if I want to put the hood up or down? Or how about wearing knee pads that offer protection, but go over whatever I am currently wearing? elbow pads? a helmet? Webbing that can hold ammo and grenades that goes over your top? Holsters that hold your guns, but they can hold them in different ways? Conceal a gun with a shoulder-holster or carry them on your thigh or hip. Have a knife strapped to your shoulder webbing or have it in your boot.
I think there is a great lack of meaningful appearance customisation in most games - MMORPGs are the worst in this regard, since they often make a great hoo-ha over custom stuff, but eventually - as Yahtzee says - you all end up covered up in Generic Grey Armour of Unexoticness.
These features would be great if applied to RTSs, especially squad based ones - I can't think of any other RTS of this kind that allows the kind of customization you got in UFO: Aftershock and Afterlight.
But I am always on the lookout for games that let me play dolls, so to speak (but who am I kidding, thats what it is
), so if I happen upon one I will usually buy it for the customisation aspects alone.
What say you?
Want to attach some decent kit to your rifle, such as a scope, laser sight or silencer? Weapon cant handle these things? No prob, swap out a piece for one which can and your rifle actually looks like it has a new stock, a new barrel, a new grip.
Or why not go crazy? What say you want a nice Oak or Maple stock with engravings on it, simply because you're fairly satisifed with how your weapon fires, but not with how it looks? Change the weapon colour, change the style of the sights, the style of the slide, whatever.
Carry this over to armour. What if I want to wear a hoody, but body armour underneath? What if I want to put the hood up or down? Or how about wearing knee pads that offer protection, but go over whatever I am currently wearing? elbow pads? a helmet? Webbing that can hold ammo and grenades that goes over your top? Holsters that hold your guns, but they can hold them in different ways? Conceal a gun with a shoulder-holster or carry them on your thigh or hip. Have a knife strapped to your shoulder webbing or have it in your boot.
I think there is a great lack of meaningful appearance customisation in most games - MMORPGs are the worst in this regard, since they often make a great hoo-ha over custom stuff, but eventually - as Yahtzee says - you all end up covered up in Generic Grey Armour of Unexoticness.
These features would be great if applied to RTSs, especially squad based ones - I can't think of any other RTS of this kind that allows the kind of customization you got in UFO: Aftershock and Afterlight.
But I am always on the lookout for games that let me play dolls, so to speak (but who am I kidding, thats what it is
), so if I happen upon one I will usually buy it for the customisation aspects alone. What say you?
