Please tell me what you think

[Soul-Blade]

I wanted to let everyone know I am making a server. I have recently finished working out all the intricate details and have set them in stone (within my mind). Now I face a small issue. I cannot decide on my own. My own decision is rather solid and will require a great deal of work. I am making this for people to enjoy however, and if this detail makes no real difference I will take the easy way out simply for the sake of completing this project.

Here is the issue. This game I will be creating...well, it is like no other game ever seen. I won't release the details, aside from it is a side scroller and there will be hundreds of various characters. Hundreds. And there lies the problem. I can either make hundreds of character sprites, or use default Graal characters and using a few tricks to make them appear unique.

That is where you guys come in. I want to know: do new character sprites make that much of a difference? I am already set on making new backgrounds (and after I settle this character issue will be releasing a brief video showing the graphics and some other little things), and every other graphic will be unique, so no worries there. I am very fast and skilled with scenary, but characters are much more difficult. I can get it done, I only fear motivation will be lost by the time I do. So tell me - would you refuse to play a world because of lack of new characters? Or would you be willing to play it? Do you believe new players (people who are just looking at a website and perhaps see a screenshot of the game) would be turned off by seeing the graal characters? I don't know: I am one and cannot speak for the majority. So share your opinions. Or if you're lazy simply vote on on the poll.

**Side Note: If you're a scripting looking for something different, PM me. I am a scripter myself though few have seen my work, and I rank myself > the GST (do they even exist anymore?). If you are interested, I just hope you're damn good. Honestly I intend to do everything myself, just would be nice to have a little help. My "little help" would need to be someone around the level of Kaimetsu...so don't message me unless you believe you've got that. (Although I am a arrogant fool and would argue I am better then Kaimetsu, simply because I make NPCs people can actually use =P...though that arguement is shot down by the fact that few have seen my work). Anywho, yeah...not very hopeful on this side note, but it is worth a shot.