Wow, man you just Quoted only one of my sentences out of context and answered with whatever.
How was that out of context? There's nothing deceptive there. You were saying that critiques about characters who could genericly be whatever (like a shoe merchant) instead of looking like a wizard (or anything distinct at all) was just a personal preference.
My response is that ANY good game has strong character design. That's basic. Main characters in games shouldn't be indistinguishable from merchants.
You didn't critique Astarion but for you, Gale "is no mage enough" and Shadowheart "very generic, but my favourite was that the dark-skinned guy with dreadlocks and a sword, Wyll is indistinguishable of the long-haired caucasian mage with the beard Gale. I think you just throw the objectivity out of the window with that one.
Yeah, I also want the characters to be "strong" and not "bland" but my idea of a strong character maybe It´s not the same as yours.
Astarion was mentioned in my OP. He has an over-the-top personality (ignores death, he's a vampire, wonders if he can eat people...) and he has strong visual design. He doesn't look like a random quest giver or merchant. He looks like someone. And his look fits a vampire/rogue.
Shadowheart just looks like an "elf". There's nothing unique about her appearance. By looking at the banner, it seems that the look was originally based on armor/tatoos that we haven't seen yet in the game. She also doesn't look like a cleric in game. There's lots of way you could take her look, but I would expect a trickery priests of Shar to be introduced in some way that depicts shadow powers. Similar to how such a character might be introduced in a novel. There's a lot of potential there for something interesting, but instead she's just wearing a tunic.
For Wyll, I specifically said to look at the banner at the top of the page. They look like they have the same face in the right lighting. Their basic outfit is the same. It would be very easy to mix these characters up. Look at that banner and tell me they don't look very similar. So far, Wyll looks to have stronger design than Gale, but we've hardly seen Wyll, so I reserve judgment. It seems that Wyll might at least have a missing eye (not sure), which is great for personality. Gale looks like random villager #3. It's a disservice to both characters to say a skin color swap equals character design. Each one should look compelling.
