Game | Theme | Purchase Required | Subscription Required | Release Date | Game Size (GB) | |
A | Aion (http://na.aiononline.com) | Fantasy | Optional | No | 9/21/2009 | 22.722 |
AO | Anarchy Online (http://www.anarchy-online.com) | Science Fiction | No | No | 6/26/2001 | 2.991 |
AoC | Age of Conan (http://www.ageofconan.com) | Fantasy | No | Optional | 5/20/2008 | 19.984 |
AoW | Age of Wushu (http://www.ageofwushu.com) | Oriental Fiction | Optional | Optional | 4/10/2013 | 7.360 |
CO | Champions Online (http://co.perfectworld.com) | Superhero | No | Optional | 9/01/2009 | 3.296 |
CoH | City of Heroes (http://www.cityofheroes.com) | Superhero | No | Optional | 4/28/2004 | 4.427 |
DAoC | Dark Age of Camelot (http://www.darkageofcamelot.com) | Fantasy | No | Yes | 9/01/2001 | 4.456 |
DCUO | DC Universe Online (http://www.dcuniverseonline.com) | Superhero | No | Optional | 1/11/2011 | 19.574 |
DDO | Dungeons & Dragons Online (http://www.ddo.com) | Fantasy | No | No | 2/28/2006 | 9.549 |
DP | Dragon's Prophet (http://dragonsprophetthegame.com) | Fantasy | No | No | 9/23/2013 | 12.791 |
EnB | Earth and Beyond Emulator (http://www.net-7.org) | Science Fiction | No | No | 9/02/2002 | 1.546 |
EQ | EverQuest (http://www.everquest.com) | Fantasy | No | Optional | 3/16/1999 | 8.650 |
EQ2 | EverQuest 2 (http://www.everquest2.com) | Fantasy | No | Optional | 11/08/2004 | 15.900 |
ESO | The Elder Scrolls Online (http://www.elderscrollsonline.com) | Fantasy | Yes | Yes | 4/4/2014 | 31.665 |
EU | Entropia Universe (http://www.entropiauniverse.com) | Science Fiction | No | No | 1/30/2003 | 8.252 |
EVE | EVE Online (http://www.eve-online.com) | Science Fiction | Yes | Yes | 5/06/2003 | 11.114 |
GW | Guild Wars (http://www.guildwars.com) | Fantasy | Yes | No | 4/26/2005 | 0.998 |
GW2 | Guild Wars 2 (http://www.guildwars2.com) | Fantasy | Yes | No | 8/28/2012 | 15.920 |
L2 | Lineage 2 (http://www.lineage2.com) | Fantasy | No | No | 7/27/2004 | 10.375 |
LotR | The Lord of the Rings Online (http://www.lotro.com/en) | Fantasy | No | Optional | 4/24/2007 | 9.376 |
NW | Neverwinter (http://nw.perfectworld.com) | Fantasy | No | No | 6/20/2013 | 3.069 |
R | Rift (http://www.riftgame.com/en) | Fantasy | Optional | Optional | 3/01/2011 | 14.400 |
RFO | RFOnline (http://rfonline.gamescampus.com) | Fantasy Sci-Fi | No | No | 2/21/2006 | 5.571 |
SB | Scarlet Blade (http://scarletblade.aeriagames.com) | Science Fiction | No | No | Open Beta | 6.488 |
STO | Star Trek Online (http://sto.perfectworld.com) | Science Fiction | No | Optional | 2/02/2010 | 4.492 |
SWTOR | Star Wars: The Old Republic (http://www.swtor.com) | Science Fiction | Optional | Optional | 12/20/2011 | 20.495 |
T | TERA (http://tera.enmasse.com) | Fantasy | Optional | Optional | 5/01/2012 | 26.239 |
TSW | The Secret World (http://www.thesecretworld.com) | Modern Horror | Yes | Optional | 7/03/2012 | 35.966 |
UO (C) | Ultima Online (http://www.uo.com) (Classic Client) | Fantasy | No | Yes | 9/24/1997 | 1.877 |
UO (E) | Ultima Online (http://www.uo.com) (Enhanced Client) | Fantasy | No | Yes | 9/09/2009 | 2.140 |
V | Vindictus (http://vindictus.nexon.net) | Fantasy | No | No | 10/27/2010 | 4.907 |
WO | Warhammer Online (http://www.warhammeronline.com) | Science Fiction | No | Optional | 9/18/2008 | 10.685 |
WoW | World of Warcraft (http://us.battle.net/wow/en) | Fantasy | Optional | Optional | 11/23/2004 | 19.388 |
WS | WildStar (http://www.wildstar-online.com/en) | Science Fiction | Yes | Yes | 6/4/2014 | 17.191 |
Game | At Character Creation | At End of Career / Fully Unlocked | Notes |
STO | -- | 45 | - 9 levels of each skill + traits |
EU | -- | 152 | - 52 levels of each skill |
TSW | -- | 525 | - total number of skills possible |
AoW | 4 | Unknown | |
DP | 4 | Unknown | |
V | 6 | Unknown | |
GW | 6 | Unknown | |
EnB | 6 | 6 | |
L2 | 10 | 19 | - Classes at max level |
A | 10 | 20 | - Specialization at level 10 |
CO | 10 | 26 | - Archetypes |
EVE | 10 | 371 | - 5 levels of each skill |
RFO | 11 | 11 | |
SB | 12 | 12 | |
UO (C) | 14 | Unknown | |
UO (E) | 14 | 14 | |
SWTOR | 16 | 32 | - Specialization at level 10 |
LotR | 20 | 25 | |
WO | 23 | 23 | |
EQ2 | 24 | 25 | |
EQ | 24 | 224 | |
AoC | 27 | Unknown | |
NW | 28 | 28 | |
ESO | 36 | Unknown | |
GW2 | 40 | 40 | |
AO | 48 | 56 | |
T | 56 | 56 | |
WoW | 79 | 91 | |
R | 96 | Unknown | |
DDO | 108 | Unknown | |
WS | 136 | Unknown | |
DAoC | 178 | Unknown | |
DCUO | 891 | Unknown | |
CoH | 1,204 | 2,964,444,000 | - Sets with 4-9 powers each |
Game | Head / Face | Body |
A | 26 Sliders | 16 Sliders |
AO | Preselected | Preselected |
AoC | Detailed Sliders | Detailed Sliders |
AoW | Detailed Sliders | N/A |
CO | 21 / 18 Sliders | 19 / 20 Sliders |
CoH | 21 Sliders | 7 Sliders |
DAoC | 4-6 Sliders | Height Slider |
DCUO | N/A | Preselected |
DDO | Preselected | N/A |
DP | N/A | N/A |
EnB | Preselected | 2 Sliders |
EQ | N/A | N/A |
EQ2 | 4-17 Sliders | General Slider |
ESO | 27 Sliders | 13 Sliders |
EU | Detailed Sliders | Detailed Sliders |
EVE | Direct Modification | Direct Modification |
GW | N/A | Height Slider |
GW2 | Detailed Sliders | Preselected |
L2 | N/A | N/A |
LotR | N/A | General Slider |
NW | 23 Sliders | 14 Sliders |
R | 4 Sliders | Height Slider |
RFO | N/A | N/A |
SB | N/A | N/A |
STO | 32 Sliders | Detailed Sliders |
SWTOR | Preselected | Preselected |
T | 30 Sliders | N/A |
TSW | Preselected | Height Slider |
UO (C) | N/A | N/A |
UO (E) | N/A | N/A |
V | N/A | 8 Sliders |
WO | N/A | N/A |
WoW | N/A | N/A |
WS | 23 Sliders | Preselected |
Game | Hair | Eyes | Face/Makeup | Skin | Costume |
A | 10 Swatches + Gradient | 10 Swatches + Gradient | 10 Swatches + Gradient (Lips) | 10 Swatches + Gradient | N/A |
AO | Preselected | N/A | Preselected | Preselected | N/A |
AoC | 6 Swatches | 6 Swatches | Preselected | 4 Swatches | N/A |
AoW | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CO | 225 Swatches x 3 Layers | 225 Swatches | N/A | 97 Swatches | 225 Swatches x 4 Layers |
CoH | 160 Swatches x 2 Layers | N/A | N/A | 70 Swatches | 160 Swatches x 2 Layers |
DAoC | 16 Swatches | 8 Swatches | N/A | Gradient | N/A |
DCUO | Gradient + Intensity, Brightness Sliders | Gradient + Intensity, Brightness | Gradient + Intensity, Brightness | Gradient + Intensity, Brightness | Gradient, Forced Theme |
DDO | 42 Swatches | 42 Swatches | 42 Swatches | 42 Swatches | N/A |
DP | 19 Swatches | 19 Swatches | 19 Swatches | 19 Swatches | 19 Swatches x 3 Layers |
EnB | Gradient | Gradient | N/A | Gradient | 2 Gradients + 3 Metallics |
EQ | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | N/A |
EQ2 | Gradient | Gradient | N/A | Gradient | N/A |
ESO | 20 Swatches | 20 Swatches | Preselected | 20 Swatches | |
EU | Gradient | Gradient | N/A | Gradient | N/A |
EVE | 22 x 28 Swatches + Eyebrow Slider | 13 Swatches | N/A (See note) | 12 Swatches | Preselected |
GW | Preselected | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,096 |
GW2 | 35-76 Swatches | 31-43 Swatches | 14-34 Swatches | 34-96 Swatches | 63 Swatches x 4 Layers |
L2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
LotR | Gradient | Gradient | N/A | Gradient | N/A |
NW | 18-23 Swatches | 5-25 Swatches | 80 Swatches | 11-14 Swatches | N/A |
R | 90 Swatches x 2 Layers | 90 Swatches | 90 Swatches | 90 Swatches | N/A |
RFO | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | N/A | Preselected |
SB | 234 Swatches | 20 Swatches | N/A | N/A | N/A |
STO | 504 Swatches | 384 Swatches x 2 Layers | 504 Swatches (Eyebrows) | 11 Swatches | 208 Swatches x 3 Layers |
SWTOR | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | N/A |
T | 20-36 Swatches | N/A | N/A | 24-36 Swatches | N/A |
TSW | 13 Swatches x 2 Layers | 12 Swatches | 13 Swatches | 13 Swatches | Preselected |
UO (C) | 45-48 Swatches | N/A | N/A | 32-57 Swatches | 920 Swatches |
UO (E) | 47-51 Swatches | N/A | N/A | 29-56 Swatches | N/A |
V | 52 Swatches | 40 Swatches | N/A | 24-44 Swatches | N/A |
WO | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | N/A |
WoW | Preselected | N/A | N/A | Preselected | N/A |
WS | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | Preselected | N/A |
Game | At Character Creation | Fully Unlocked | Preselected | Save/Load |
UO (C) | 108 | Unknown | -- | No |
L2 | 744 | N/A | -- | No |
DP | 931 | N/A | 16 | No |
SB | 1,200 | Unknown | 60 | No |
UO (E) | 2,160 | N/A | -- | No |
AO | 2,286 | Unknown | -- | No |
DAoC | 2,359 | Unknown | -- | No |
EQ2 | 6,650 | Unknown | 60 | Yes |
AoW | 12,960 | Unknown | -- | Yes |
T | 18,388 | Unknown | 216 | No |
RFO | 78,125 | Unknown | -- | No |
GW | 85,040 | Unknown | -- | No |
GW2 | 590,031 | Unknown | -- | No |
R | 1,403,376 | Unknown | 72 | No |
WoW | 1,567,585 | N/A | -- | No |
AoC | 5,270,700 | Unknown | -- | No |
ESO | 5,971,968 | Unknown | -- | No |
EQ | 8,843,520 | 83,740,576 | -- | No |
A | 48,027,280 | Unknown | 175 (face only) | No |
DDO | 51,798,600 | Unknown | -- | No |
NW | 64,770,300 | Unknown | 168 | No |
LotR | 107,600,000 | Unknown | -- | No |
V | 111,173,440 | Unknown | -- | No |
WS | 143,943,066 | Unknown | 15 (random) | Yes |
EnB | 238,565,250 | Unknown | -- | No |
WO | 3,241,875,606 | N/A | 39 | No |
EU | 294,107,480,064 | Unknown | No | |
SWTOR | 3.1096526213E+13 | Unknown | 76 | No |
TSW | 5.9835374936E+14 | Unknown | -- | No |
DCUO | 1.9887656000E+17 | Unknown | 42 | No |
EVE | 3.9220998875E+22 | Unknown | 24 (face only) | No |
STO | 4.7692570579E+24 | Unknown | 26 | Yes |
CoH | 2.1213472224E+44 | 4.5229988213E+48 | 288 | Yes |
CO | 1.2405643074E+61 | 9.8024649928E+68 | 24 (random) | Yes |
CO* | 8.1655459870E+75 | 8.3770852063E+86 | 24 (random) | Yes |
Game | At Character Creation | Fully Unlocked |
UO (C) | 108 | Unknown |
L2 | 744 | N/A |
DP | 931 | N/A |
SB | 1,200 | Unknown |
UO (E) | 2,160 | N/A |
AO | 2,286 | Unknown |
DAoC | 2,359 | Unknown |
EQ2 | 6,650 | Unknown |
AoW | 12,960 | Unknown |
T | 18,388 | Unknown |
RFO | 78,125 | Unknown |
GW | 85,040 | Unknown |
GW2 | 590,031 | Unknown |
R | 1,403,376 | Unknown |
WoW | 1,567,585 | N/A |
AoC | 5,270,700 | Unknown |
ESO | 5,971,968 | Unknown |
EQ | 8,843,520 | 83,740,576 |
A | 48,027,280 | Unknown |
DDO | 51,798,600 | Unknown |
NW | 64,770,300 | Unknown |
LotR | 107,600,000 | Unknown |
V | 111,173,440 | Unknown |
WS | 143,943,066 | Unknown |
EnB | 238,565,250 | Unknown |
WO | 3,241,875,606 | N/A |
EU | 294,107,480,064 | Unknown |
SWTOR | 31,096,526,212,724 | Unknown |
TSW | 598,353,749,360,640 | Unknown |
DCUO | 198,876,560,000,000,000 | Unknown |
EVE | 39,220,998,875,225,900,000,000 | Unknown |
STO | 4,769,257,057,931,520,000,000,000 | Unknown |
CoH | 212,134,722,242,751,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | 4,522,998,821,295,590,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
CO | 12,405,643,073,820,900,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | 980,246,499,281,613,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
CO* | 8,165,545,986,961,030,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | 837,708,520,634,959,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dyes#By_Set
If you were an ICON junky in CoH, GW2 isn't your game. But few MMOs are about making a truly unique identity outside of your face and hair. It's an entire aspect of content they seem happy to ignore or monetize.
You have understated the actual character customization options within Rift, DDO and EQ2.
Rift has 6 races, 4 callings, each calling has 9 souls (8 free one paid for) of which you can pick any 3, resulting in a ridiculous amount of customisation. They also have a decent cosmetics system in place that allows you to mix and match (quite a few cosmetics are available via game play only a few are cash store only) it's also easy to not realise how deep the character creation system is if you just select one of the predetermined paths
DDO has a crazy amount of character customisation, you can multiclass and there is a large variety of skills/spells to choose from.
EQ2 has a choice of 20 races (of which 1 is purchaseable) and 25 classes (of which one is purchaseable) they were originally more restricted in the f2p model but opened all of them except for Freeblood and Beastmaster up earlier this year.
The tables on that page remind me of what I went through when I sorted the CoH power icons (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Category:Powers_Icons) by color. *Ugh*Off on a wee-hours-of-the-morning tangent, at least now I know where to look if I ever decide to get a full set of knuckle tattoos. :D
I sorted the CoH power icons (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Category:Powers_Icons) by color. *Ugh*
And while this isn't a game, per se, it is sort of a poor man's Icon: http://www.heromachine.com/ Plus it's browser based, so that's cool. I say "poor man's" because it isn't 3d, but some of the examples of hero creations you can see are pretty cool.Fabrica De Herois is another browser app in the same vein: http://fabricadeherois.blogspot.com.br/ Check out this version for a Bruce Timm inspired art style: http://www.fabricadeherois.com/fabricadeherois/blog2013/fhanimated/fhanimated.html
I sorted the CoH power icons (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Category:Powers_Icons) by color. *Ugh*
....why?
My mother is a librarian.
She would hate you, a little bit. :P
Just an itty bitty correction, but you've got Neverwinter labled as having an 'optional subscription option'. It doesn't. No subscription option at all, just the cash shop items and the bigger bundles on their website. Kind of weird, considering STO and CO both have optional subs, but hey, if it works it works.
Huh. You *can* sing Green Acres to Purple Haze...LMAO!!! Nice ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HHcp0OIA2g
and this one too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI8NghXvNls
And this one... does both!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxrMZLSbCw
Awesome.
Not that i want to make more work for you, but Final Fantasy XIV has quite a bit of customization for the character as well as a reskinning and dye system for gear. Also you can access every class/job/skill on a single character.I'd agree that there's a bit of customization involved in FFXIV, especially now that the glamour system is out, but there's a few notes that I should point out.