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[Kami102]

I retract my earlier statement -- From the old Mass effect forums (R.I.P - I knew ye well)

Patrick Weekes wrote...

I was playing with my kids, dangit!

First off, I am LEAD of NOTHING. Leads don't generally have time to hang out on the board.

This
is actually a trickier question than you might think. The basic issue
here is that the project is fluid enough that no one writer HAS
everything about an area. We're all part of a team, and saying "I wrote
_____" gives the impression that nobody else did any work on that area.
Which is a not-true impression in almost all cases.

For example,
what if someone else planned a level, but I wrote that level? What if
someone else did a rough draft, but I rewrote it from the ground up
after we switched off who was doing what? It's murky, and that
murkiness makes it really easy for it to look like I'm taking credit
for some other writer's incredibly hard work.

(And this says
nothing about other departments at all. Some of my favorite character
moments have no words in them -- they're moments where, to use a
football metaphor, I just lofted the ball up there and trusted that a
Cinematic Designer would do something awesome. And then there's the
unique art that makes every follower into someone who is going to stand
out in a crowd, and the level design that gives your follower a chance
to shine, and... so on.)

So, with all those disclaimers:

You've
seen that the structure of the game is built around the squad. Finding
them, recruiting them, keeping them alive. We tried to divide up our
writing by squad member, then, instead of by planet.

I was
very deeply involved (as in, either wrote their plot or did an
almost-ground-up rewrite) with two followers -- Tali'Zorah and one you
haven't seen yet. When the lead writers had to give up some of their
followers in order to tackle more of the critical path of the game
(critpath == the main story sections, analogous to "Eden Prime" or
"becoming a Spectre" in terms of not being a normal planet, but having
a ton of focused attention on it), I finished off the work that they
had started on a couple of other squad members, specifically parts of
Miranda and another unannounced follower.

On top of that, I was
lucky enough to get to write some of the fun roleplaying plots, like I
got to do on ME1. And I've been the writer working with the combat guys
on sound sets ("ENEMIES EVERYWHERE!"), so I wrote most of the generic
talking enemies you'll hear in the game. And lately I've been working
on journals (though our awesome QA guys, who know every plot in the
game, actually put in most of the raw data, so it was just a "Make sure
they all sound kinda samey" pass) and the paragon/renegade pass.

That
may sound like a lot, but every writer on the project has to wear a lot
of hats. The leads spent a ton of time carefully honing the critical
path of the game, helping to cast major characters and sit in on their
recording sessions, and keep everything on track. We've got (I think)
more roleplaying plots in this game than we did in the last game, and
almost everyone worked on some of those. We've got a galaxy map filled
with planets, a bunch of new codex entries, lots of item descriptions,
and so on... along with things we haven't announced yet.

So we've all managed to keep busy.
_________________
Evil? I prefer "differently ethical".

[sergio71785]

There are many quarian allies out there!  

[cannedcream]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

Seriously, they went all out for Tali in 2. Not that they had a choice. They would have faced riots if they didn't do her justice.

I'm just impressed that they did such an amazing job, EVERYONE likes that mission, even the vast majority of the non-Talimancing community.

No one can deny the awesome, even the non-believers.

[Goat_Shepard]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

Seriously, they went all out for Tali in 2. Not that they had a choice. They would have faced riots if they didn't do her justice.

I'm just impressed that they did such an amazing job, EVERYONE likes that mission, even the vast majority of the non-Talimancing community.

Add to that Freedom's Progress and Haestrom (which I guess still hasn't been resolved) and one of only 2 confrontations (Miri/Jack) and the most dialogue of any character. I still don't believe that, but I guess it's true.

Oh, and the soundtrack. Sooo basically I go back to my previous statement that the last 45 minutes of reading have only lowered my standards for ME3.

Thanks guys.

Modifié par Goat_Shepard, 21 avril 2010 - 07:56 .

[RiptideX1090]

sergio71785 wrote...

I love Garrus and see the potential in a game of his own as Archangel.... but Tali comes first!

As much as I love Tali, she doesn't really have the potential to be in a good spinoff game. You'd be much better off with someone like Archangel, who has a very ambigous storyline, and who is a badass enough of a character that he can easily take down hundreds of bad guys on his own in full scale battle.

Tali doesn't have that same level of pure combat badassry Garrus does.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing a cameo or two of her in any potential spin off, or to have her fight alongside you at some point.

[Lividity Jones]

Azint wrote...

Lividity Jones wrote...

Haha! Of course!

Same band?

Anything will do.

I'll raise you two from the same fine folk.

[Gust4v]

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

lol, that's nice.

[Lividity Jones]

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Everybody loves the Space-Gypsies!

Except for the people in game...

Rascist bastards.

[Azint]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

As much as I love Tali, she doesn't really have the potential to be in a good spinoff game. You'd be much better off with someone like Archangel, who has a very ambigous storyline, and who is a badass enough of a character that he can easily take down hundreds of bad guys on his own in full scale battle.

Tali doesn't have that same level of pure combat badassry Garrus does.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing a cameo or two of her in any potential spin off, or to have her fight alongside you at some point.

One of my favorite things about Garrus' recruitment is that he is there fighting with you.

Tali brutally killed several geth with her knife, though. That must count for something.

[Goat_Shepard]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

I love Garrus and see the potential in a game of his own as Archangel.... but Tali comes first!

As much as I love Tali, she doesn't really have the potential to be in a good spinoff game. You'd be much better off with someone like Archangel, who has a very ambigous storyline, and who is a badass enough of a character that he can easily take down hundreds of bad guys on his own in full scale battle.

Tali doesn't have that same level of pure combat badassry Garrus does.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing a cameo or two of her in any potential spin off, or to have her fight alongside you at some point.

Tali?.....cameo? You...you dare!

He is right though. Garrus is Batman!

Tali PWNS with the shotgun though

[sergio71785]

RiptideX1090 wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

I love Garrus and see the potential in a game of his own as Archangel.... but Tali comes first!

As much as I love Tali, she doesn't really have the potential to be in a good spinoff game. You'd be much better off with someone like Archangel, who has a very ambigous storyline, and who is a badass enough of a character that he can easily take down hundreds of bad guys on his own in full scale battle.

Tali doesn't have that same level of pure combat badassry Garrus does.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing a cameo or two of her in any potential spin off, or to have her fight alongside you at some point.

I understand your perspective and even agree with a lot of it.

But I'd still much prefer Tali. 

It'd be cool to see more of the Flotilla too, which would likely happen with her. 

[cannedcream]

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Our numbers are great.

[Azint]

Lividity Jones wrote...

I'll raise you two from the same fine folk.

Releasing control.

[Lividity Jones]

Azint wrote...

Lividity Jones wrote...

I'll raise you two from the same fine folk.

Releasing control.

I am here to assist.

[Goat_Shepard]

cannedcream wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Our numbers are great.

I just realized I voted quarian over human.

WHERE'S.....THE......HUMANITY?!?!?!?!?

[cannedcream]

Lividity Jones wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Everybody loves the Space-Gypsies!

Except for the people in game...

Rascist bastards.

Their loss.
At least we know the greatness of the quarian people. 
ANY species that can birth someone like Tali'Zorah is alright in my book.

[sergio71785]

In ME3 I'm buying an "I Brake for Quarians" bumper sticker for the Normandy.



I'm also painting that "Hello, Commander!" image of Tali over the Cerberus logos.

[Azint]

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

I didn't vote for the quarians.

[Lividity Jones]

Goat_Shepard wrote...

cannedcream wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Our numbers are great.

I just realized I voted quarian over human.

WHERE'S.....THE......HUMANITY?!?!?!?!?

When has humanity ever been cool?

Seriously, when?

[RiptideX1090]

sergio71785 wrote...

RiptideX1090 wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

I love Garrus and see the potential in a game of his own as Archangel.... but Tali comes first!

As much as I love Tali, she doesn't really have the potential to be in a good spinoff game. You'd be much better off with someone like Archangel, who has a very ambigous storyline, and who is a badass enough of a character that he can easily take down hundreds of bad guys on his own in full scale battle.

Tali doesn't have that same level of pure combat badassry Garrus does.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't mind seeing a cameo or two of her in any potential spin off, or to have her fight alongside you at some point.

I understand your perspective and even agree with a lot of it.

But I'd still much prefer Tali. 

It'd be cool to see more of the Flotilla too, which would likely happen with her. 

I'd rather experience more of that as Shepard.

Some characters are better suited for being at the helm of a video game. Garrus would work because his story is ambigous, but has a clear beginning, a clear middle, and a clear end as Archangel. He left for Omega, built a Team, then lost them and went on a rampage to take out three seperate mercenary companies. It has more potential, to investigative gameplay like in Condemned, to first person tactical combat ala Rainbow Six Vegas.

Tali just isn't suited for that, in my opinion.

[sergio71785]

cannedcream wrote...

Their loss.
At least we know the greatness of the quarian people. 
ANY species that can birth someone like Tali'Zorah is alright in my book.

Not to mention that ancient quarians built that 20Km long space station (that the Geth now use)

That's huge! That's half the length of a Citadel Ward, or 3x longer than the Presidium's diameter. 

[Lividity Jones]

sergio71785 wrote...

In ME3 I'm buying an "I Brake for Quarians" bumper sticker for the Normandy.

I'm also painting that "Hello, Commander!" image of Tali over the Cerberus logos.

I vote for:

"Rannoch or Bust!"

[sergio71785]

Lividity Jones wrote...


When has humanity ever been cool?

Seriously, when?

Humans are badass. 

We need to hire quarians to build us a Super Dreadnaught to one-up that lame "Destiny Ascension" 

[cannedcream]

Goat_Shepard wrote...

cannedcream wrote...

sergio71785 wrote...

There are many quarian allies out there!  

Our numbers are great.

I just realized I voted quarian over human.

WHERE'S.....THE......HUMANITY?!?!?!?!?

You made the right choice, my friend.

[Goat_Shepard]

Lividity Jones wrote...

Goat_Shepard wrote...

I just realized I voted quarian over human.

WHERE'S.....THE......HUMANITY?!?!?!?!?

When has humanity ever been cool?

Seriously, when?

umm......they created Grey's Anatomy?

Hehe but seriously

Modifié par Goat_Shepard, 21 avril 2010 - 08:06 .