Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Preview
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When it comes to character customization, Vanguard shines. Those to whom character creation is important will likely be spending a significant amount of time tweaking. I took a good half hour tuning mine, despite the fact that not all of the game's available hairstyles have been implemented. Vanguard allows for a deep level of customization that goes far beyond the typical pick-a-face, pick-an-eye-color, pick-a-hairstyle scenario. You'll be able to adjust your body's height, weight, and muscle mass. You can change things like the size of your hands and feet to the size of your character's cranium. Got breasts? You can augment those puppies from (relatively) flat and sassy to full and voluptuous. You can even adjust their lift.
When it comes to facial customization, only customization superstars like Star Wars Galaxies and EQ2 come close to the level of tweakage you can expect from Vanguard...and Vanguard surpasses them. That said, if you're going to be making a beautiful person, be prepared to perhaps encounter a doppelganger in Telon. (Don't most beautiful people look alike, anyhow?) Perhaps the only real downfall to customization is the lack of hairstyle choices. At the publication of this article not all hairstyles are implemented in beta, but I was told at the Sigil/SOE press event that there will be 8 per character. In my opinion, that's too few, and it doesn't do the extensive customization in other areas justice. Let's hope this changes before release.
