In online games and MMORPGs many players want to create characters as detailed as possible. We show you a number of games where you have particularly many options and customization possibilities in the character editor.
Pretty much every online role-playing game and many other MMOs let you create and customize your own character. The least you can expect in terms of customization options is usually a handful of hairstyles as well as hair, skin, and eye color.
However, some games go even further and offer an almost absurd number of options in their powerful character editors. This is especially optimal for players who want to engage in role-playing in MMOs and therefore want to create their own unique protagonist.
The following games have such detailed character editors and are just right for spending hours creating and customizing your hero.
Note: The article was originally published in 2018. We revised it in February 2022 and removed the unfortunately dead MMORPG Astellia. Instead, we added the MMO-ARPG Lost Ark.
Blade & Soul
Here is what to expect in Blade & Soul: In NCSoft’s martial arts MMO Blade & Soul, you can expect a colorful anime aesthetic. So if you like anime and manga style, you will have a blast in the editor. Because Blade & Soul offers a lot of possibilities to design a character according to your wishes, especially if you like comically exaggerated proportions.
The editor of Blade & Soul
Here is everything you can set: Those who create a hero in Blade & Soul will be overwhelmed by sliders! There is hardly a physical attribute that you cannot adjust with sliders. Even your feet can vary between petite little feet and huge clod-hoppers.
In addition, there are sliders for height, shoulder width, arm length, leg length, and for female heroes, the breasts. If you like, you can spend a lot of time in the editor until the character looks the way you want.
These are the highlights: The physical customization options in Blade & Soul are extensive, but there is also a lot of customization possible for the face. You can choose your hairstyle from a variety of hair styles. Here, crazy anime locks dominate.
There are also crazy skin colors. Even green goblins and red giants are possible. But particularly spectacular are the eyes of your heroes. You can also add special patterns to the iris in addition to crazy colors. So if you want cat eyes or strange swirls in the pupil, that is easily possible in Blade & Soul!
Aion
Here is what to expect in Aion: The online role-playing game Aion from NCSoft is somewhat older, but it still has one of the best character editors in the genre. In beautiful anime graphics, you can set a multitude of options and create your dream character.
The editor of Aion
Here is everything you can set: An interesting detail about the character editor of Aion is the hairstyles. Aion offered such a large selection that many other MMOs have since then dutifully copied the most popular hairstyles. Just pay attention, you will be surprised how many hairstyles in other games originally come from Aion!
You can then color the hair with a practical color palette as you like, giving your hero even more flair.
These are the highlights: Like Blade & Soul, Aion offers you an incredible array of sliders. With them, you can set everything: legs, arms, shoulders, breasts. Whatever you want! If you want to go totally overboard, you can also create ridiculously long stilts or small stumps that are almost as high as they are wide as heroes.
Aion may be somewhat outdated by now, but its character editor is still one of the best, if not the best in the MMORPG genre!
