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[Icinix]

Personally I like Jacobs Tailor.

[phunphool]

As a maleshep, he seemed straight up and all right in the beginning. I started to not like him when I recruited Tali and they had that little talk in the briefing room: "Make sure you introduce yourself to our AI." I'm no Tali-lover but that was kind of a dick move to my Quarian friend. Already knowing that she distrusts Cerberus, this was probably the worst thing to say to someone whose trust you are trying to get!

[Nightfish103]

I think he's okay. Not one of my favorites but not dislike-worthy.

[JRCHOharry]

Sh*t! Theres more than one?!?!

[Jed Q]

Tested-Faythe wrote...

 *...asset on the battlefield my ass...

Hehe, yeah i felt a little bad for dissing the guy so i had to balance it up with something remotely positive - not entirely true though. I rarely use him at  all...:innocent:

[diskoh]

I freaking hate Jacob. He's rude to just about everyone you recruit, he is rude and dismissive to Shepard, until femShep practically starts begging to do him. He makes spiteful comments constantly. He's an ass and has died in every one of my playthroughs after the first one.

[sonsonthebia07]

Jacob romance is the only one I haven't seen so far due to all the hate for it on these boards. I think he's a decent character just for his battle quotes.



"Throwing up a barrier!" "Have a nice trip!" "Get over here! (scorpion much)" "Gravity's one mean mothaaaaa, huh?!" etc.



=)

[MisterMonkeyBanana]

The only reason I wasn't the greatest fan of Jacob was because the FemSheps "I'm interested in just.. talking for a bit." line was so laden in innuendo it made me shudder.

[Sphaerus]

After this thread is over we're gonna spill some drinks on the Citadel and get loud.

[Tarvios]

Jacob is very cool.

[Torrential]

I played as a male shep, renegade. I thought he was fine, likeable but I did see the youtube vids of his romance after hearing about it so much; they tried to import 'cool' or smooth into the romance, and it just came off sounding like cheesy, forced porno lines.

I think as a Paragon character i'd probably consider taking him in my team, but he didn't have near the attitude (impact) enough to match Jack and Zhaeed for my renegade character playthroughs, he's got the heart though for a good character to take along.

Modifié par Torrential, 23 avril 2010 - 03:15 .

[Torrential]

diskoh wrote...

I freaking hate Jacob. He's rude to just about everyone you recruit,

Someone has to fill this role in the game though, question who we bring on the mission (or at least our decisions), it adds some tension to the mix at least.

[Captain_Obvious_au]

I actually quite like Jacob as a male Shep. He's honest, loyal, and seems like a genuine ex-soldier. Almost never play fem shep so can't comment on the romance.

[searanox]

I liked him early into the game, but after coming across more interesting characters like Mordin, Jacob just can't really keep up with them. He's not a bad character, per se, just sort of boring and bland. It's hard to compete with aliens and psychics. I did enjoy his loyalty quest at least.

On that same note, I also found Miranda really boring. She's entirely eye candy and the whole "I was made perfect but I'm still human thing" isn't really very compelling when you realise that's where all her depth ends.

The problem with romances (and people in general) in games, versus real life, is that in real life, we interact with people in far less mediated ways - we do things with them, have interesting conversations, share experiences, etc. In Mass Effect, you get dialogue trees and combat. The relationship is a bit one sided in that the player can't really respond to or initiate action or conversation; the player is wholly limited by what has explicitly been put into the game. In single-player, there is no shared experience, and so writing has to compensate... even things that are extraordinary in real life are mundane by game standards.

Modifié par searanox, 23 avril 2010 - 03:32 .

[Sphaerus]

searanox wrote...

I liked him early into the game, but after coming across more interesting characters like Mordin, Jacob just can't really keep up with them. He's not a bad character, per se, just sort of boring and bland. It's hard to compete with aliens and psychics. I did enjoy his loyalty quest at least.

On that same note, I also found Miranda really boring. She's entirely eye candy and the whole "I was made perfect but I'm still human thing" isn't really very compelling when you realise that's where all her depth ends.

The problem with romances (and people in general) in games, versus real life, is that in real life, we interact with people in far less mediated ways - we do things with them, have interesting conversations, share experiences, etc. In Mass Effect, you get dialogue trees and combat. The relationship is a bit one sided in that the player can't really respond to or initiate action or conversation; the player is wholly limited by what has explicitly been put into the game. In single-player, there is no shared experience, and so writing has to compensate... even things that are extraordinary in real life are mundane by game standards.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite post on the forums.

Srsly, good thinking, sir.

[HAGA NAGA]

*facepalm*

not this poop again.

[Nostradamoose]

I love Jacob and if the laws of nature would permit it, I'd bear that man's child.

[Tantum Dic Verbo]

I haven't done a FemShep romance with Jacob yet, but I kind of like the dynamic (incidental though it may be) once romance is off the table. The bro handshake/hug thing is kind of cool with FemShep. I'm trying to prepare myself for the romance dialogue, based on what I'm hearing.



That said, he is a little bland. With a guns-first character, I can use him with Miranda (quick-set Pull-Warp grenade), but his abilities are nothing to write home about. I kind of got the impression that the writers stopped at, "Hey, let's put in a black guy, and he can be a love interest too!" I can dig that, but that's enough to make a character interesting. Good enough guy--just needs a little more "interesting" thrown in.

[The Governator]

I like Jacob just fine.  I thought his name was Jacob Taylor, though. 

[The Governator]

Icinix wrote...

Personally I like Jacob's Tailor.

Is she hawt? 

[TheAzureVanguard]

I hated him...he's useless in battle. And his dialog was so cheesy.



I plan on either doing him with FemShep and rejecting him after the main game is over OR romancing him and then rejecting him in the cabin...



I'm sorta curious what happens if you romance no one in ME 2. I killed off Kaidan in ME1 (hardest decision ever) so my FemShep would be free.

[Alraiis]

jon0945 wrote...

Anyone up for rewriting the lyrics to 'Mrs. Robinson'?

And here's to you, Cmndr. Shepard
Jacob wants to get inside your clothes (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Until he leaves, Cmndr. Shepard
He's got only creepy things to say
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

He'd like to sneak into your quarters for a while
He'd like to help you learn to take the risk
Look around you, and you'll see that he just wants the prize
Dance around the topic---he just wants to bone

...And so on.

[jon0945]

Alraiis wrote...

jon0945 wrote...

Anyone up for rewriting the lyrics to 'Mrs. Robinson'?

And here's to you, Cmndr. Shepard
Jacob wants to get inside your clothes (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Until he leaves, Cmndr. Shepard
He's got only creepy things to say
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

He'd like to sneak into your quarters for a while
He'd like to help you learn to take the risk
Look around you, and you'll see that he just wants the prize
Dance around the topic---he just wants to bone

...And so on.

Well done!

[RhythmlessNinja]

So, to sum this up, people don't like Jacob because femshep genuinely likes Jacob? And he happens to tell a joke before bedding her...and people take it literally, you guys are a trip lol. Not every romance has to be some sappy bs. Lol yay for variety. Anyway, Jacobs is a decent character...when compared to the background that is Kaiden.

[Apollo Rising]

RhythmlessNinja wrote...

So, to sum this up, people don't like Jacob because femshep genuinely likes Jacob? And he happens to tell a joke before bedding her...and people take it literally, you guys are a trip lol. Not every romance has to be some sappy bs. Lol yay for variety. Anyway, Jacobs is a decent character...when compared to the background that is Kaiden.

Yeah...the attitudes on these boards about Jacob really does'nt make too much sense. 2 adults mutually flirting with each other before sexy time garners all this hate...I dont buy it. So what, he calls her his prize....if people actually paid attention to all of Shepards and Jacobs dialouge throughout the romance, there was playful banter leading up to that night in the Captains quarters. Obviously the remark didn't bother Shepard because she jumped all over him.
As far as combat goes Jacob holds his own right next to Grunt, at least in my playthroughs.Hell Garrus is supposed to be so impressive yet he makes it a point to get himself killed at least twice a mission(insanity).