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* [[Brink Brink]] has a very large customization system in which outfits are unlocked as you level up.

* ''Brink'' has a very large customization system in which outfits are unlocked as you level up.

* ''BRINK'' has a very large customization system in which outfits are unlocked as you level up.

** Speed/Agility (Despite many systems using the two words interchangeably, they are not the same thing. In a nutshell, speed is running, agility is flipping around. Additionally, many systems call this attribute "Dexterity," which is your finger-based agility.)
** Endurance/Constitution (Also not the same thing, Endurance being how long you can keep moving without rest, Constitution being resistance to toxins)

** Endurance/Constitution

** BTW, that applies mainly to offline [=RPGs=]. {{MMORPG}}s on both hemispheres will embrace this trope.

** Perfect World, an Asian {{MMORPG}}, is a perfect example of this trope. It has a HUGE character customization system, you can alter your character's appearance within two days of creation, and the [[AllegedlyFreeGame Boutique item]] Makeover Scroll allows you to customize after that. Not to mention your [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation choices in skin color...]]

** Especially {{wrestling game}}s, which practically live on their create-a-wrestler features these days, allowing players to create anything from wrestlers not appearing in the game, to versions of themselves, to sumo wrestlers, to comic book characters, to nearly any vaguely-humanoid form their hearts desire. Sadly, many more recent games (especially in the ''Smackdown vs. Raw'' series) are moving away from complete customization, preventing players from playing female characters (such as {{Cute Bruiser}}s) in the story mode, and blocking any attempt to add custom patterns or objects near the crotch (and chest of female characters). Got to keep it [[MediaClassifications PG]], after all.

* The ''HeroSystem'' is quite literally ([[MostTriumphantExample the most customizable tabletop game in the history of tabletop games]], to the point that all of the subsidiary "rule books" aren't rule books at all, but ''guidelines and advice'' on how to use the base rules in a new setting. Essentially anything that can be imagined can be given stats using basic games rules and enough time.

* This is present in Ludia's ports of {{game show}}s as of 2008, such as ''ThePriceIsRight'', ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''PressYourLuck''.

** [[http://theminttu.deviantart.com/art/Oblivion-Character-Creation-66134367 Which isn't to say that obscuring your character's face is always a bad move, considering some of the hideous mutants ''Oblivion'' allows you to create.]]

* ''Elder Scrolls: {{Oblivion}}'' allows changing a character's face entirely, with several dozen controls for all facial features. This means you could spend a long time getting your character's face 'just right'. Unfortunately, your face will be obscured for most of the game, especially if you choose to wear heavy armor helmets (which always obscure it).
** [[http://theminttu.deviantart.com/art/Oblivion-Character-Creation-66134367]]

Compare VirtualPaperDoll, which can [[SisterTrope overlap]] if that is part of the customization, ClassAndLevelSystem.

* ''CityOfHeroes'' by Cryptic Entertainment has, as one of its main selling points, a robust character creator, and the complete separation of costume and powers. This allows for ''absolutely freaking ridiculous'' levels of customisation, and it is no exaggeration to say you will never encounter two identical characters that weren't made so deliberately.

* A team-based example: ''{{Worms}} 4: Mayhem'' was the first in its franchise that lets you give your wormy team a unique outfit but, given it were worms with [[RaymanianLimbs detached hands]], it was limited to hats, eyewear, gloves and mustaches.

* ''{{Worms}} 4: Mayhem'' was the first in its franchise that lets you give your wormy team a unique outfit but, given it were worms with [[RaymanianLimbs detached hands]], it was limited to hats, eyewear, gloves and mustaches.

** Especially wrestling games.
*** Which can easily lead to sumo wrestlers.
*** It seems the ''Smackdown vs. Raw'' games (the first three, anyway) seemed to be moving backward as far as customisability was concerned, lowering your options for wrestlers. I know {{WWE}} is probably uninterested in letting me keep playing a CuteBruiser for story mode, and now they seem hostile to the WholesomeCrossdresser approach. So it goes..
** Got to keep it PG, after all.

** Speed
** Agility
*** Despite some systems using the above two interchangeably, they are not the same thing. In a nutshell, speed is running, agility is flipping around. Additionally, most systems include "Dexterity," which is your finger-based agility.

* ''{{GURPS}}'' is intended as ([[MostTriumphantExample and arguably is]]) the epitome of customization. Essentially anything that can be imagined can be given stats using the games rules and enough time. It's typically easier to modify existing templates that the creators provide.
* Don't forget the HERO system, which is the basic rule set for the ''{{Champions}}'' RPG. The system is second only to ''GURPS'' in terms of sheer variety , restricted only by whatever limits have been set by the storyteller or specific setting.

* {{White Knight Chronicles}} gives you complete customization of one PC. Ya he doesn't ''[[HeroicMime say anything]]'' or do anything outside of battle, but just seeing him get into position for a boss fight gives you a jolt of pride because ''[[VideoGameCaringPotential you created him]]''

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