Custom Character



Create a Character, also dubbed Custom Character is a gameplay option present in Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron that allows players to create and customize various Cybertronians for to use in Multiplayer. Create a Character would be replaced by Character Setup in Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, which would remain mostly the same as past incarnations, but strip player customization in favor of plot-based character selection.

War for Cybertron
War for Cybertron introduced this system of customization with its release in 2010. Players could select a chassis for use, and could then color it with a hexidecimal board of various colors. Chassis would be color-customizable variants of canon characters, and would include Bumblebee as the "Runner" chassis, for example. Chassis would also be exclusive to class, with the "Runner" chassis being exclusive to the Scout class, and Optimus Prime's "Heavy Rig" being exclusive to the Leader class, for another example.

Colors would differ by faction, with the Autobots possessing a much more colorful range of presets, ranging from reds, and yellows, to greens. The Decepticons by contrast would possess much darker shades of color, including dark purples, pinks, grays and blues.

As mentioned prior, War for Cybertron would introduce a class system alongside character customization, with four classes being brought into the game. The four classes introduced were Scout,Leader, and Scientist and Soldier.

Fall of Cybertron
Fall of Cybertron overhauled the customization system seen in War for Cybertron, bringing in a higher amount of customization to the player.

Chassis returned for the sequel, however, unlike WFC which forced players to use a static character model, FOC allowed for players to change individual parts of their player model, ranging from head swapping, to the swapping the chest, which determined the player's vehicle mode. Colors took a slight downgrade, as multiple presets were simply given to the player to choose from, over multiple hexidecimal based boards of color. In return, however, the ability to customize the metallic sheen of armor was granted, which would lighten or darken shades of color in game in a similar manner.

Rise of the Dark Spark
Rise of the Dark Spark continued the trend of character customization, bringing the system back for its 2014 debut. In ROTDS, the system was simply known as Character Setup, with most unlocks being determined by Gear Boxes, over XP gains or class type. Certain characters would be exclusive to DLC packs like the Dark Spark Battle Pack.

Character customization took a downgrade from prior games, with ROTDS removing the ability to create custom Transformers. Instead, plot-based characters could be unlocked for use in the game's multiplayer mode, Escalation (mode). In addition, classes were dropped from the game, with players being able to use any weapon, ability, and character for the first time in the franchise.