In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, creating a new hero offers a variety of possibilities. Even celebrities like the Witcher end up in Tamriel.
With the console launch of The Elder Scrolls Online, many new heroes will once again be born. Character creation in The Elder Scrolls Online often provides amazing opportunities. At launch, this attracted quite a bit of ridicule. An satirical site even joked that one must pay attention to genetics during character creation.
However, the detail obsession of character creation is not a nuisance, but allows players to accurately design their alter ego according to their own ideas. Even Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher III can be brought to Tamriel, as you can see in the title image by reddit user Neizir. But that takes time.
And players should take their time for character creation. Because at the moment, the decisions are final: A “barber” that is supposed to change this later is not yet in the game.
In the trailer just before the PC release, Zenimax showcased character creation and what they had in mind:
The rush to finally start the game and complete the first quests before others, before the onslaught, was the downfall of many at the PC launch 14 months ago. Because at that time, the first character had a bug that made zooming in on individual body parts impossible, so players had to live with “not entirely perfect” characters. Since in TESO you spend an extremely long time with just one character and accompany that character to the maximum level and far beyond: A nuisance for many.
Character naming also caused chaos back then. The “favorite name” that fits the race is often already taken, requiring last-minute improvisation. This name generator for various races in The Elder Scrolls Online might help you.
And this is what character creation looked like on the Playstation 4 during the closed beta:
