Race, ethnicity, nationality?

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Eldar

First time out of the vault
I'm really curious to see how BIS handles race and ethnicity in Fallout 3. Will it be largely ignored, even counting the whole ghoul/mutant/human thing, like it was in Fallout One and Two? ...Or will there be ethnicities in terms of different communities of humans as well as ghouls and mutants? Oh well, I know some folks will think it's a lame idea, but they've got a 9 page thread discussing it at the Interplay boards.
 
IIRC, I think you will have more control over how your PC looks, ie. heavier, thinner, different colored skin. It's a small detail, sure, but it could add to the overall immersiveness of the game. I really don't like the idea of ghouls or mutants as possible "PC" characters though - don't have the energy to go into why, but there've been a few threads about it that covered it pretty exhaustively.
 
I actually did like the fact that they allowed you to choose aspects of your character in Tactics. That you could be black or white, etc.

Still, I hated those damn pics.
 
Well, the profiles were nice, but they just didn't seem to fit with the Fallout setting. Illustrated profiles would've been more fitting.

I especially didn't like how they made Ghouls and Super Mutants. Though you have to admit, they did make the Ghouls seem more "ghoulish". =P
 
The pics was extremely annoying, their faces were all ugly as hell.
 
The only chick that I consider dateable in FT are like 3 girls...Boomer (blonde grenadier chick...sure her eyes are a bit asymetric (sp?) but...), Torn (raider doctor...not that hot but at least doesn't look like they hit all the branches on the way down when Microforte shook the ugly tree) and Sharon....if you can get her to stop showing you her teeth.
 
I agree with some of this. I had a hard time picking out a male face because I wouldn't want to look like any of these dudes. In the end I went with the black guy who looks like a member of a Jamaican posse/mad rastafarian.

As for the girls, yes, some real but ugly chicks. But a couple of cute ones too. I think you are being a bit harsh on some of them. However, most where pretty scary. I wouldn't want to the poor bastard who has to say, "Yeah, that's my sister."
 
ROFTLMEAO. I almost picture a party where I say " hey, remember FT? All chicks in that game looked like the genetic cesspool" and some guy says "Fuck you man! My sis ain't ugly...she is just..........different" >:D
 
Faces in FT were not much uglier than any other. Step to the window, look around, whom wil you see? You'll see the same ugly (mostly all) faces. It's reality. 8)
They must not be pretty. They must be... hm... neutral. That's my opinion.
 
I don't know if ethnicity will be as importan in a world where you have ghouls and mutants. Frankly, I'd think that even a white supremacist would see more of a connection between him and a black man, than between himself and a hideous ghoul.

When it comes to customizing your character's look though, I wouldn't mind a full range of options when it comes to skin color, and if the BIS devs. are to be taken on their words, it seems like this is going to happen.
 
But I want to play a Dolemite character. Unless some rat-soup-eating, jock-jawed, insecure, motherfucker doesn't want me to. j/k
 
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