It was specificly told that they will not use sliders ...
that is utterly disappointing to hear. its 2021, like it should be so easy to add sliders to the character customization, its not a new concept. I dont need to choose from 150 prescaned faces if I have the ability to create the face that I actually want.
The problem with using presets is that I dont want a character that looks like someone else, I want my character to look like the image I have in my head. additionally, what this sort of character creation will inevitably lead to is all players choosing 1 of 5 faces for their character. Sure they may have different hair or eye color, but 90% of characters made will use the same faces. the implementation of sliders actually allows people to create unique looking characters.
I am actually super disappointed about this. its 2021, I really expected to be wow'ed by the character creation but this is just lacking on so many levels. Larian should stop wasting time scanning faces and implement sliders, this is a major oversight imo.