RUST VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS UPDATE

HereвЂ™s one of the many messages weвЂ™ve received from disgruntled male players: вЂњWhy wonвЂ™t you give the player base an option to choose their gender? I just want to play the game and have a connection to the character like most other games I play. With gender it seems to be more of a geography-free complaint. For example, most complaints about being black in the game have generally been from Russian players. They feel that playing a gender or race that doesnвЂ™t match their own is detrimental to their enjoyment.ДЇor race, this seems to be a regional thing. Like us, they think that who you are in the game, your race and gender, makes no difference to the actual gameplay вЂ“ and are happy to have the diversity. Some players have praised what weвЂ™re doing. Inevitably, there are people who like it and people who donвЂ™t. Gender and race are randomly selected and linked to a playerвЂ™s account, permanently unchangeable. They should be recognisable consistently and long-term вЂ“ so anyone likely to commit a crime would be more likely to wear a balaclava or a face mask. A survivor shouldnвЂ™t be able to attack another then come back later with a different gender or race and befriend the same player. We also wanted the appearance of the players to be consistent over time. And we didnвЂ™t want to spend six months making a player customisation tool вЂ“ we wanted to concentrate on the game. We felt that player customisation had got a bit out of control in other games.

We decided that we didnвЂ™t want players to pick their own appearance.

Recently, though, we decided to change this. We were still in the early stages of development and had other things to focus on. Originally every player appeared in game as a white bald guy. But the range and strength of opinions have never been this intense. Whenever a project has this kind of popularity, people become very passionate. Despite this, it has sold over 3.5m copies since it was first released in 2013, and around half a million people play every week.

RUST VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS UPDATE

The game is in вЂњearly accessвЂќ, which means itвЂ™s in active development and we update it every week.

Rust video game characters