{"id":1872108,"date":"2026-04-08T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872108"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:53:59","slug":"im-still-beyond-confused-why-they-didnt-go-the-cyberpunk-route-crimson-desert-female-character-creator-mod-lets-players-unshackle-themselves-from-premade-kliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872108","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m Still Beyond Confused Why They Didn’t Go the Cyberpunk Route’ \u2014 Crimson Desert Female Character Creator Mod Lets Players Unshackle Themselves From Premade Kliff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the major criticisms of Crimson Desert<\/a> I\u2019ve seen since launch is that it does not let you create your own character. Instead, you\u2019re locked into playing as Kliff, who himself has been criticized for a lack of personality, and two other even less fleshed out playable characters. Well, now, like so many other things with Pearl Abyss\u2019 open world action adventure, there\u2019s a mod for that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The simply titled Character Creator – Female mod<\/a>, from Khione95, lets you build your own character by using the barber function in the game. It includes 98 face presets and 159 hair styles. A male version of the mod should be out soon.<\/p>\n

With this mod installed, you\u2019re able to play Crimson Desert as a custom female character using the female human preset. Most armors have been adjusted to fit the female body, and planned features include more customization options, more customizable races (orc and goblin are in the works), and a full suite of female animations.<\/p>\n

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This can be used in combination with Ev3n5taR\u2019s Kliff Female Voice mod<\/a> to create about as close to a custom female character Crimson Desert can have right now. The female voice mod uses as AI model to process all of Kliff’s original dialogue and convert it into a female voice, which, based on the videos I\u2019ve seen of it in action, is pretty rough around the edges, so this isn\u2019t ideal. But modders being what they are, it will surely improve.<\/p>\n

Reaction to the female character creator mod has been positive, with some fans wondering still why Pearl Abyss didn\u2019t use the well-received character creator from its MMO, Black Desert Online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story just wasn’t strong enough to justify not using BDOs unbelievable character creator,\u201d one Crimson Desert fan said. \u201cI just don’t get it. Kudos to the modding community coming through.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m still beyond confused why they didn’t go the Cyberpunk route. Keep the same story, but allow us to edit the character. What’s so hard about it?\u201d another commented. One fan added: \u201cThey really dropped the ball with this one. It would have been so easy to be a 10\/10 game.\u201d \u201cThe part that confuses me the most isn\u2019t that most of the interactions you have with NPCs that aren\u2019t Greymanes, just call you \u2018the Greymane,\u2019 as if you were already a customizable character,\u201d another pointed out. \u201cThe part that disappoints me the most is that most of us assumed the reason for a premade character was due to story and plot reasons,\u201d another said. \u201cThe trade-off for that absolutely didn’t pan out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added another fan: “There was no reason they shouldn’t have launched this game with a character creator. Especially when we get a protagonist with the personality of a plank of wood.”<\/p>\n

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A lot of this disappointment taps into criticisms of Crimson Desert\u2019s story. While some players are perfectly happy treating Crimson Desert as more of a sandbox game than a story-driven adventure, most agree that the actual plot, storyline, and characters leave a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

Even Pearl Abyss CEO Heo Jin-young has admitted that Crimson Desert\u2019s story could have been better<\/a>, telling shareholders: “I sympathize to some extent with the disappointment users feel regarding the story. I think it would have been nice if we could have done a better job with it. The production team tried to make up for the shortcomings in the remaining time, but ultimately, we focused on strengthening the gameplay, which is what we do best.”<\/p>\n

Last month, Alec Newman, the actor who plays Crimson Desert protagonist Kliff, revealed how the story and characters changed significantly during development<\/a>. In an interview with Skill Up’s Friends Per Second Podcast<\/u><\/a>, Newman said he worked on Crimson Desert for five years, \u201crecording various iterations of this character at various stages of development for ages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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