Watch this strikingly good Star Trek Online character customization video

by Kyle Horner Feb 8th 2009 at 10:00AM

Filed under: Video, New titles, News items, Star Trek Online

Look, we know City of Heroes was the first MMO to offer so many character customization options it caused brains to melt out of people's nostrils. And it's becoming exceedingly apparent that Champions Online will have a customization system that will cause our once-liquefied brains to ooze their way back into our skulls and do the chicken dance -- but this new Star Trek Online video is almost too much.

What are our brains supposed to do when they process the fact that craniums, noses and more can be dynamically scaled? That scar textures can be applied and then moved around the head freely? Don't even get us started on the reality that we can finally make that Klingon-Vulcan hybrid race, either. Take a look at the dauntingly awesome video after the break.

Tags: atari, champions-online, cryptic-studios, customization, klingon, ncsoft, star-trek, star-trek-onlin, sto, vulcan

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jack said on 10:28AM 2-08-2009

character customization options are nice but it not is any good without real gameplay and a game without bugs.... (case: Age of Conan)

Now up to the game play videos!

UltimateQ said on 10:56AM 2-08-2009

Evil company. As if I wasn't excited enough about this product, now they dangle things like this in front of me!?

Lateris said on 11:01AM 2-08-2009

I really think this looks good. I like that the details are become more visual on their avatars. I am really into Eve and LOTRO because of exploration. I hope to add this game to my list.
Is it me or have the avatar graphics really improved over the last few months?

Vulturion said on 11:08AM 2-08-2009

Hurrah !

I suppose one big advantage of limiting customization to heads ( as everyone wears uniforms ) is that it gives those lovely Cryptic folk the opportunity to run wild with the facial details.

Nausicaans got in to the game !
Not sure how I will wedge one in to my Starfleet crew, but I'm gonna.

wilhelm2451 said on 11:38AM 2-08-2009

Well, it wasn't like we were NOT expecting that level of customization from Cryptic, right? How many times have people said that character creation is the best part of City of Heroes, and have not meant it as a slam on the rest of the game?

What was with that music though? It seemed to be straying across the neutral zone and into a galaxy far, far away.

Scott McMillin said on 12:51PM 2-08-2009

Yeah I heard that too -- it almost veered right into John Williams-land.

Herb said on 11:49AM 2-08-2009

Awesome, i hope it doesn't turn out like COH. Great character customization but the gameplay ends up repetitive and boring.

Pingles said on 3:13PM 2-08-2009

Needs more ridges!

John P said on 8:43PM 2-08-2009

Is the music they played during the character creation part of Star Trek history or is it an original composition?'

Because it is AWFUL.

Calen Celes said on 1:19AM 2-09-2009

Looks nice so far.

Bossy said on 2:32AM 2-09-2009

Very nice.

That was 0.00000001% of the game.

Now the other 99.99999999% and we'll be interested perhaps.

I want space battles and planet adventures.

No cockpit prisons.

No AoC or War hype.

Gameplay this time !

Epiphanize said on 10:46AM 2-09-2009

Looking good!

JP said on 12:53PM 2-09-2009

Char Cust is cool and all, but I'm more interested in the other features announced:

Exploration, ship custimization, Cap & crew control, Planet discovery. That stuff sounds like about the coolest thing ever.

Ardra said on 1:38PM 2-09-2009

It's a little sad that people are going wild over this, but apparently have never seen the most detailed avatar builder of them all - Second Life. Not only does that game feature the best-looking avatars, hands down, it provides by far the most detailed avatar/shape builder, with dozens and dozens of tweaks to every part of the body. And these can be edited at any time you wish. It amuses me that these 100 million dollar games can't produce anything even close to the excellent work done by the community itself in Second Life. The SL skin shops REDGRAVE and LAQROKI produce stunning photorealistic skins that put to shame any other MMO. Since it's a game of micropayments mostly, such skins cost about 4 bucks real, but they are breathtaking.

Scarecrowe said on 11:13AM 2-12-2009

Well Second Life isn't really a game as I envision it so it holds no interest for me. Since STO *is* a game and one I'm interested in, I would prefer to have as much customization as possible. Not trying to say that's why everyone else is excited about it but it's at least why I am (and also why Second Life doesn't really fit in the comparison from MY viewpoint).

Kamokazi said on 3:28PM 2-09-2009

Sorry, my geek instincts won’t allow me to let this one go…

CoH had one of the best early character customizers, but it was not the first to have a such wide array of options. SWG holds this title. The first to have one of the face customizers that would give you 5 ways to customize your cheekbones, and several unique races on top of that…Trandoshans, etc. And then, it even surpasses CoH if you count the wide, wide array of in-game clothing options.