I remember the controversy about the elves in DOS2 and in DA2/3. In DOS2 a lot of the criticism was dressed up in that they weren't sufficiently dressed up, but I suspect that in at least some cases it was a pretext for complaining that they weren't basically "pretty humans"; because in DA2/3 they were sufficiently clothed but drew at least as much ire
I find that very funny. In DOS2 they managed to make elves feel alien and distinct, and I very much enjoyed them because of that. They even managed to find a way to make cannibalism tasteful -pun intended- in comparison to, per instance, elder scrolls. Meanwhile, dnd has A LOT of lore that goes in depth into elven culture, psychology, emotion, perspective, even diet and clothing and what not, and yet I see none of that represented thus far. All elves I have encountered look and act like they could be humans, and the elf tag dialog options that have popped up for me to pick have all been snobbish and shallow, painting them under a silly light. Except a single wood elf dialog pop up against Kaghra, the Seldarine traitor!
The non-"white" ones are still too many for some. :| But as mentioned a few posts back, I would anticipate there'll be more choice by the time of the full release.
Yeah, there's... Peculiar people to be found online. I think diversity is good, the more the better. Taking into consideration there's only a few faces to select they've added good diversity thus far, but it's clear that we all want more face choices. My only issue with all of this is some non human races not even trying to reflect their source material. It just feels like Larian does not have any interest in those races at all, so they're half-arsed.
