JJames74 wrote...
I understand why you would call him a hypocrite but by that logic, everyone on the ship is a terrorist too because they are all associating with terrorists. There is a basic plot flaw in having Shepard associate with Cerberus, especially if yours was on Akuze. But you have to just go with the story and believe that no one other than Cereberus was going to do anything about the Reapers or the humans being abducted. If its okay for Shepard to be a paragon and associate with Cereberus in some way than it should be the same for Jacob.
Anyway, there is nothing wrong with disliking Jacob. I don't think people who don't like him are racist. Anyone can dislike someone for whatever reasons. You've given yours and they are valid for you. There is a big difference between not liking someone and hating someone though. I would say that those who say they "hate" Jacob probably have some sort of issues with black people. There is plenty of racism in the world to believe that a segment of gamers don't feel that way too. Personally, I think he is the least popular mostly because he is too much like Kaiden who seems to be the least popular from ME1. Too normal, boring, nothing special or extraordinary about him other than he is a good, normal person (although some may disagree). The poorly written romance didn't help either. Still there are a segment out there who aren't going to like him just because he's black. A small percentage will freely admit they are racist (and are even proud of it). Everyone has prejudices no matter what color you are, the key is to try and recognize them and not let them affect your thinking.
Yes, they are all terrorists, exactly. They may have justifications for doing so but they are still acting outside the law for a terrorist organisation. Jacob's attitude is what gets to me, he casts judgement on other characters and situations and I just feel that he should have the conviction to stand by his beliefs if he plans on doing that, as I said earlier if he had been a staunch supporter of Cerberus then I would have liked him alot more, hell he'd probably have wound up as one of my favourite characters.
The Akuze plot point they should have at least let Shepard mention it, since you can get alternate conversations from Tali and Garrus for having done the Kohouko missions in ME1. I can understand some railroading, and it is possibly the problem with Jacob that makes him look so bad: the devs had to come up with some justification to include this character from a phone game, decided by some money man who wanted to include him for marketing reasons.
Nazomi wrote...
Onyx Jaguar wrote...
That is the basis for all squad members in ME 2, Jacob doesn't complain about all of them just the Assassin because, he is an assassin. Plain and simple. Thane does not deserve sympathy I wouldn't trust him either.
I've always been confused about this. Thane is the only person he's rude to.
He also casts judgement upon the Alliance, and on other organisations and situations, that just makes him look like a douche at times, and then is surprised when people do it back to him. He badmouths the Alliance for all its red tape, and then uses it as a justification for joining a group he apparently has serious misgivings about just makes me want to facepalm. He is a very opinionated person.
Anyway, back to my original point which was what I was trying to make all along: Anderson and Jacob are completely different characters which is why some people really like one and not the other. Other than their skin colour, there is no reason to presume they are in any way similar.
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