I think PS3's Little Big Planet has revolutionized the way to customize your character. In case you haven't played it, the purpose of the game is to run through the levels gathering stickers, costumes, and objects, which all can be used to customize your sackboy, and build your own magical level. Using objects and stickers, I made my sackboy look like a Teenage Mutanta Ninja Turtle (Donatello). I've seen Little Batman/Scorpion/Subzero/Superman/etc. The possibilities are infinite.
Soul Calibur IV also had a fairly good way to customize your fighter, allowing you to change everything from color to voice pitch/style. I'd like the option of getting a haircut after the intial setup. That was one thing that bothered me about FFXI...no barber/hairstylist to be found in all of Vana'diel.
I'm not saying that SE should make it like LBP, but they could learn from it. Just a thought.
Edited, Jun 15th 2009 7:38pm by TheJollyjokers
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