how did dragon's dogma come out like 11 years ago and that's not like. the standard for video games with character creators in them. that's embarrassing
you could be fat. you could be buff. you could be short or tall with all manner of proportions and it had an impact on your movement and hitboxes and stuff
and i can't think of any games that have had nearly as much level of customisation in terms of body type since. not even another capcom game