Being an avid roleplayer and having specific looks for all my characters I'd love the ability to modify my characters appearance in-game without the need for Console Commands. I try to make the characters within RPGs look as close to possible as their written counterparts, this requires huge amounts of trial and error to get right and with Skyrim's restrictions, far far more error than it usually would. >_>

In Oblivion's case I had the ability to edit my characters multiple times before entering the outside world, giving me a chance to create an almost perfect representation of what my main character looks like as an elf which I enjoyed playing constantly without interruption. I don't have this opportunity in Skyrim and having to work from presets makes it difficult to get the character exactly right, I can compromise with what I make, but once the flaws become obvious to me it's a constant source of irritation. To top it off, I recently received a 'new' TV, the colour and display quality are a lot sharper and clearer than on my old TV making issues with my characters more obvious than ever, for example the scales on my main Argonian character looked like more of a black or grey shade than the very dark green they actually were, this wouldn't be an issue if its appearance, name, personality and actions weren't based off of my black dragon character and now that I can see the colours more clearly it irritates me both in third and first person. The ability to modify his appearance via an item would be a blessing and allow me to avoid restarting characters due to aesthetic issues that arise.

I play on console because I don't have the convenience of a decent gaming PC to run Skyrim, that is literally my only barrier between having access to the Showracemenu command and not. The ability to modify appearance in game was available in Fallout 3 and to a lesser extent in New Vegas, Skyrim may well run on a new engine, but is it really so time consuming to implement a single item in-game that allows appearance modifications? Restrict it however much you like. No name changing, race changing or six changing is fine by me, tweaking and fine-tuning my facial features is all I'm after, if I want to play a different race I'll start the game from scratch to get the full experience.

A simple haircut, the ability to adjust facial features, removing dirt and war-paint etc. is it really such an alien concept for the ES universe? If Jagar Tharn can masquerade as the Emperor for years via illusion magic, why couldn't the player simply alter their facial features? There's nothing lore-breaking or out of place about simple customisation options that could make the game more enjoyable for a player. It's not hardware demanding in any way, because the ability to change appearance occurs at the very onset of the game.

This is the whole fast travel debate all over again, if you don't like a feature, don't use it, but don't whine, [censored] and moan about other players not being entitled to it just because you don't like it.

Hello,

So I know this has come up a lot, but it’s something that frustrates me time and time again and something that’s probably not on Bethesda’s list of priorities – if they’ve even caught wind of it. It’s something a lot of other people on the console versions of the game (sans showracemenu) suffer with – being unable to change your appearance!

I think one of the worst things a game developer can do in an RPG, is restrict a player from creating the character they want to be. Making the character creation a one-take deal was a bad idea for those of us who actually care about such things; consequently like so many others, after spending a vast amount of time creating my character (with a lot of care and attention) I’ve since noticed things that I’d like to tweak here and there – which if I could, would leave me content and able to enjoy the rest of the game without it bothering me. A lot of you might not understand, but when you’re a creative type who enjoys role-playing, it’s very frustrating when you’re not satisfied with your creation – and restricted from fixing it.

Now some would argue that there’s no ‘plastic surgery’ in Skyrim and I’d agree, that would be stupid. But there’s magic (and the same ‘magic’ that brings you back from the dead when you reload a save, or allows you to pause and dink potions and eat vast amounts of cheese and venison whilst fighting a dragon) - It doesn’t even have to be an ingame feature in the form of a magic mirror or whatever, a simple menu would do! A lot of people want the ability to change their hair/beards/warpaint/make-up/dirt and for some reason oppose being able to change other features – I really don’t understand why anyone would want this restriction? You wouldn’t have to use it if you didn’t want to! (though I can understand why changing your race would be off). My issue with this restriction isn’t only frustrating when I’m discontent with how a character looks. I’d love to add scars after a challenging battle, or physically ‘age’ my characters after they’ve retired from a lifetime of adventures – things I’d feel would enhance my gameplay and make it more enjoyable.

Given the more complicated features within the game, I don’t imagine it’d be a huge undertaking on Bethesda’s part to include such a feature within either a patch or upcoming DLC and it’d make a big difference for a lot of console players. Here’s hoping…. (whilst envying PC player’s with their lovely showracemenu – hisss! )

0.01% cares about how their character looks. Why? It's a first person game.

Yes please.
been asking for this for a long time :3 Good for roleplay too,pretend that your character gets old (change hair colour to grey+ get bald)

Snowflake.

I wouldn't like being able to completely change a character's face- people in Skyrim aren't as materialistic as we are. But I would like the option of adjusting hair color and style, dirt etc.

0.01% cares about how their character looks. Why? It's a first person game.

Yes. People don't understand us creative types. I have a vision of a 4 armed Orc warrior that can quadruple wield swords. But he has caphuchin monkey ancestry and therefore is in posession of a prehensile tale. But what's even more notable about this particular appendage is that his capuchin monkey grandpappy was also a demigod among his fellow monkeys, so therefore it has magical properties that allow it to wield a shield while at the same time constantly cast flesh protection spells without any magicka costs.

Why is Bethesda so intent on stifling my creativity?

Or they could just continue to work on fixing bugs so that the game is fully functional.

You seriously want to pay for this? Just use "showracemenu". Or start a new game.

I agree that the ability to change your character's appearance is essential to a supposed RPG. The people here who says it's useless or irrelevant cause it's a 1st person game must be COD players who came to the wrong forum?

0.01% cares about how their character looks. Why? It's a first person game.

0.01% cares about how their character looks. Why? It's a first person game.

actually, 90% care about their looks. why? it is an RPG game not an action game.

this is a good idea because your charatcer will, at some point, want to change their hair (and alteration magic should already be able to do something so simple)

Exactly. I think i care to much how my character looks x) and also i choose a bad armor that looks good over a ugly armor that is amazing.

you can never be too beautiful