After the hype of body types and player first customization I thought the body type feature would be great, but it needs work.
Lets start with the current body types. 0 appears to be your basic male apperance, 1 appears to be their female body type, and 2 is their inbetween. Thats all good and fine but body types 1 and 2 have issues with armor size. 343 just didn’t adjust the armor to naturally fit the body type to the point it hovers off or leaves gaps. Another thing I noticed is while the body type changes the hands don’t which is odd because you’d think they would if you had a slimer appearance. Again this all goes back to armor adjustment. Now look this could all be because its a preview and hey it could just be the Gen 7 armor core, but its annoying as someone who prefer a slim lighter apperance.
Now lets talk about body types people want to see. I’m talking about the George and Kat style body types from Reach. This is clearly something I have seen on here, on reddit, and youtube as a request. While the current body types are fine they are all pretty similar. Look I cant tell someones body type in this game like I could Reach, 4, or 5 unless I stand close to them and actually focus. The body type system is great if done right which it wasnt. I’ve seen women request the Reach female body type along with trans woman because they want their spartan to be more feminie. Men and trans men have post the same about a more masculine George body type. If player expression and representation matters then hopefully these get included in all armor cores.
My personal opinion is while they tried to be inclusive they accidentally excluded certain people. I know some people will be like but the lore said they all look the same. Look that lore is dated. It has been said games take priority lore wise and as of Reach, 4, and 5 the armor adjust to the body making a define distinction. Again its not just an issue with the body types theres an issue with how armor adjust to the body types as well. Theres a good video by Ascend Hyperion that talks about some of these issues. Hopefully we see future updates that give more body types with better distinctions and armor adjustments.
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> After the hype of body types and player first customization I thought the body type feature would be great, but it needs work.
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> Lets start with the current body types. 0 appears to be your basic male apperance, 1 appears to be their female body type, and 2 is their inbetween. Thats all good and fine but body types 1 and 2 have issues with armor size. 343 just didn’t adjust the armor to naturally fit the body type to the point it hovers off or leaves gaps. Another thing I noticed is while the body type changes the hands don’t which is odd because you’d think they would if you had a slimer appearance. Again this all goes back to armor adjustment. Now look this could all be because its a preview and hey it could just be the Gen 7 armor core, but its annoying as someone who prefer a slim lighter apperance.
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> Now lets talk about body types people want to see. I’m talking about the George and Kat style body types from Reach. This is clearly something I have seen on here, on reddit, and youtube as a request. While the current body types are fine they are all pretty similar. Look I cant tell someones body type in this game like I could Reach, 4, or 5 unless I stand close to them and actually focus. The body type system is great if done right which it wasnt. I’ve seen women request the Reach female body type along with trans woman because they want their spartan to be more feminie. Men and trans men have post the same about a more masculine George body type. If player expression and representation matters then hopefully these get included in all armor cores.
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> My personal opinion is while they tried to be inclusive they accidentally excluded certain people. I know some people will be like but the lore said they all look the same. Look that lore is dated. It has been said games take priority lore wise and as of Reach, 4, and 5 the armor adjust to the body making a define distinction. Again its not just an issue with the body types theres an issue with how armor adjust to the body types as well. Theres a good video by Ascend Hyperion that talks about some of these issues. Hopefully we see future updates that give more body types with better distinctions and armor adjustments.
Totally agree. They should add the “reach body types” as well as the ones they have. And the armor is super armor that cost the same as a small spaceship. You’d think they would taylor it to the user for best results. I do like the ability to remove shoulder pads and such and hope there’s a lot of variety to come.
Another problem I found is that there isn’t a choice for female voice or female spartan callouts in the game.
343 isn’t looking for feedback on those features at this time.