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One of the best things about massively multiplayer online role-playing games is that everyone gets to play their own way, using their personal experience to create a story that is uniquely their own. Right now, in Amazon’s New World, my character’s story is all about finding a steady source of salt so I can craft delicious sausage with creamed corn.
This is my character in all his sexy, kohl-eyed glory, a product of New World’s relatively basic character creation system. There are two body types, male and female, each with 20 or so pre-created faces to choose from. There’s no tweaking of facial features, or sliders for manipulating weight or height. The main (mane?) source of variety in character creation comes in the 40 different hairstyles and 30 facial hair varieties, all shared between both body types. I picked wavy purple locks, a long gray beard, and the oldest-looking face available. I named him Michael Fahey, because Jeff Bezos wasn’t available.
New World is set on Aeternum, a mysterious island where the rules of life and death do not apply. Stories and rumors of the Eternal Isle have circulated for centuries, and as the game begins you find yourself shipwrecked in this legendary land. As the New World website describes it, “Shipwrecked, with no supplies or allies, you’ll need to make your way in a dangerous world.”
Read the full article on Kotaku
