Asking too much? You can physically wear a dress or bra despite being a man in real life if you so choosed to right? but if you jumped out a window and expected to fly you couldn't could you? Its isnt asking too much if you can already do it in reality. If this aspect of creation mode is to simulate the mundane task of "dressing up" then the laws of what can be worn in reality should be shared in the game.
I don't see where a line can be drawn here since creation mode is intented for imaginative freedoms. Some people are gay in real life and may want their characters to reflect it. (Not me in particular but its a reality in general society) Even if that wasn't the leading factor, in my case there are a handful of male clothes that I think look better then most of the female clothing and vice versa for others. Xiba's pants are pretty neutral by all means, but only allowing males to wear it doesn't make sense to me.
There shouldn't be a limit seeing as other games let you wear what ever you want regardless of the beliefs shared by the developers. Actually having a gender specific limit in this age seems more unrealistic. In saints row, a man can wear any form of even the most sophisticated of women clothing down to even the girliest of underwear. Some do it for comedy. Though I'm glad we aren't as restricted as Ultimate tenkaichi, seeing as the developers of that game and its audience don't like girls altogether and that mode being restrictivly male (One one gender option in their "creation" mode) but that doesn't mean we should share those types of limits.
As, I said in this jumbled idea pot, pants and hats in general are unisexual no matter what they look like, they're only designed to suit the tastes of the heterosexual gender. (But exceptions like Raph's and Hilde's just being hats for the outfits and not hats for them personally.) Where as most of the male items in SC are more or less neutral in theme. The only real restricted thing for females are clothes like Viola's but since its a game, why should it be? If a guy wants to wear it, let him. It's his creation.
I think you're putting way too much emphasis on what you should expect from any character creation, not just SCV's. It has nothing to do with homosexuality or religious beliefs at all. I also don't understand why you made that first example; it's implying that whatever is possible to do in real life should be replicated in the game. That's an unrealistic standard to expect from any developer.
I also think you and a lot of people misunderstand the fundamentals of any character creation. It's not really about "making your imagination go batshit insane." All it is is that you're given a set a tools and you make use of them to the best of your, and the game's, ability. Yes, imagination is the driving force to the use of any character creation, but you've got to understand that there will always be a limit because you can only make use with what the game provides. It doesn't matter how imaginative you are, if the game doesn't provide what you want, tough luck. It doesn't matter if you think there shouldn't be a limit; it's going to be there. Rather than see it as a limit, see it as a form of structure or organization. Some items will also feel less special/unique if they made everyone use them.
I also noticed that you, and many other people, have been using Saint's Row's character creation as something that SCV's should be modeled after. "If you can do it in Saint's Row, why not do it in SoulCalibur V?" Basically you go to a game that's unrelated to SCV, see their creation tools, and you want Project Soul to make something like it. Not every game uses character creation the same way; SCV and Saint's Row's creation system/features are way different. When you use a tools from Saint's Row, you can change the gender of the model at any time, meaning there's one mesh that's compatible with the majority of the items. With SCV, you have to choose between male and female, which gives you two and there's some unisex items and there's some that aren't. Something else to keep in mind is that the character creation in Saint's Row is part of the reason why it has an M rating. There's less restrictions in that game to the point that you can walk around the street naked. I don't know about you, but I don't know if I want that for Soul Calibur. Games like DBZ and Brinks should've offered the chance to make female characters, but they don't (like I said, you can only make use with what is given). With that in mind you have the option to simply not buy any of those games.
Imo, SCV's creation beats Saint's Row's anyway. In SCV, the character's hair doesn't look like crap, you can have nearly any color option you want instead of preset colors, you can have nearly any skin color toy want, you've given more options for you're character's voices (I think Saint's Row 3 had like a total of 6 or 8 voices compared to SCV's 16) you can change patterns, add tattoos to clothing and not just skin, etc, etc, etc,. One can do what the other can't and vise versa.
As I said before,
none of the 2P pieces in SCIV for unisex, so it's no surprise that they followed the same principle for SCV. Since SCV offeres unisex right from the start, somehow people think they should screw everything and just make it all unisex. I guess people haven't heard of the word 'exception' meaning somethings are allowed, but others won't be. Patroklos's outfit
could have been unisex, but it was
specifically (emphasis on the word) designed for him. With that in mind and the fact he's a guy, it'd undoubtedly be kept for male characters. So far, we haven't received any costumes that included a hat. It's quite possible those hats could be unisex, but it wouldn't surprise me if they weren't.
If you like their creation options so much, then go play Saint's Row 3. It's that simple.
I suppose you have a point there but I say it depends on the item. A full body suit would need the extra work but single standing tops, hats, gloves and pants dont reguire that much change.
But you don't know that, do you? Item's can adjust to any character's build and can be mixed with other costumes. I doubt that coding is something that was made overnight
