Best party/character creation?

[HardDeck]

Which rpg has the best party/character creation?

 

[octavius]

Darklands. (Hmm...haven't I've had this deja vu before?)

 

[made]

Since stats are for nerds and accountants, this was the best character creation ever. My favorite was a purely black and white avatar, but she'd always try to mess with you and add a random color forcing you to reroll remix. Fun times.

 

[Eyeball]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Darklands, Realms of Arkania, I love the Fallout one, Daggerfall, probably some Exile or Avernum (I liked the Nethergate one), Ultima IV (for storyfags), Arcanum... Am i forgetting something?

There must be some jap games too, maybe some Wiz clones.

 

[DakaSha]

Incursion

 

[The Round Peg]

Wasn't there an RPG in which the main character started out as a simple farm boy in the beginning without a class and with underwhelming stats, but his class and stats were determined during the gameplay of Chapter 1 in which he had to made a series of decisions?

 

[Rahdulan]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

If it's not the best it's definitely in the top 3. It's also puzzling why no other RPG ever let you choose your party member's personality and then make them interact based those choices.

 

[empi]

Fallouts, darklands, RoA series, Wiz8

 

[LittleJoe]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

No, the answer is Baldur's Gate.
The trouble with Wiz8 is that the characters are always heard and never seen.
They're just an abstract notion behind your eyeballs, Eyeball.
I'm happy to spend hours creating characters in BG.
I just can't work up the same enthusiam for Wiz8.

 

[Bruma Hobo]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

No, the answer is Baldur's Gate.

Good one.

 

[LittleJoe]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

No, the answer is Baldur's Gate.

Good one.

Well, the voice acting in BG is just about the best there has ever been, and there are no furries.
And the character creation is awesome, especially in multiplayer.

 

[empi]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

No, the answer is Baldur's Gate.

Good one.

Well, the voice acting in BG is just about the best there has ever been, and there are no furries.
And the character creation is awesome, especially in multiplayer.

Proving that "newfag" knows no date limits

 

[Kukulkan]

Daggerfall's and Darklands' character creation systems are what I recall being a pleasure of their own to experience.

 

[LittleJoe]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

No, the answer is Baldur's Gate.

Good one.

Well, the voice acting in BG is just about the best there has ever been, and there are no furries.
And the character creation is awesome, especially in multiplayer.

Proving that "newfag" knows no date limits

I'd rather be an eternal newfag than an eternal conformist.

 

[suejak]

Dragon Age had SICK character-creation. Yup.

It's annoying that Dragon Age and TOEE are the only two modern games I can think of that vary starting conditions based on character type. TOEE's was more superficial than DA's, but w/e.

 

[hoverdog]

Wasn't there an RPG in which the main character started out as a simple farm boy in the beginning without a class and with underwhelming stats, but his class and stats were determined during the gameplay of Chapter 1 in which he had to made a series of decisions?

Oblivion

 

[suejak]

I HATE character creation like that. Just give me a stat page and let me click on my choices.

 

[Mother Russia]

Wasn't there an RPG in which the main character started out as a simple farm boy in the beginning without a class and with underwhelming stats, but his class and stats were determined during the gameplay of Chapter 1 in which he had to made a series of decisions?

Oblivion

That was Fable, you shit posting 'tard

 

[Mastermind]

Fable didn't really have classes or stats.

 

[Scroo]

Wiz8. In fact, if you ask a question on the lines of "which RPG has the best..." the answer is probably Wiz8. Especially if your question concerns awesome hammy voice acting or furries.

Sometimes I start up Wiz 8 just to create a party and end the game afterwards again. True Story.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

wizardry 8, jagged alliance 2 and toee come to my mind, not only for the character creation by itself but because you also need many of them, to work together. i never finished wiz8 because i can't stand all those endless and brutal fights, but i could spend hours creating parties.
singularly, i'd say daggerfall: huge customization in the form of cryptic questions or hard cold numbers. lovely.

 

[octavius]

I must confess I actually like simple chracter creation systems where your characters are created based on how you answer role playing questions. Games like Ultima IV and Dark Heart of Uukrul, where I don't spend days agonizing and crunching numbers.

 

[Baron]

Mechwarrior.

You start alone. One you have enough credits to purchase another mech you can meet other mech pilots in a bar. They have a name, a portrait and a single line of dialogue, and you hired them on the strength of that. If you can't choose a party whilst drunk what kind of leader are you?

 

[felipepepe]

Arcanum is my favorite single-character creation, while Wiz 8 is the favorite party creator.