RobertM5252 wrote...
BUT let's not forget how Liara, Ashley, Kaidan,
and Wrex were all sidelined for ME2. Four of the six ME1 characters! If
ME2 wasn't out, we could be having this discussion right now about how
we would never believe that Bioware would invalidate all our romance
options (something said in this thread!), about how our saves are even
being imported, and about how ME1 was sufficiently popular that they'd
have a budget plenty large enough to support bringing all those
characters back, especially the three who definitely lived. And yet...
So
given past experience, I don't think I'm off base in saying that there
is a good chance (no, not a guarantee) that few or none of the ME2
characters will be promenent in ME3. I'm not saying I like that
or that I think it's a good decision, only that it seems all too likely
given how ME2 went and given that all the characters now are in the same
position that Kaidan, Ashley, and Wrex were in from ME1 to ME2.
Very good points there, even if I wholeheartedly disagree/really hope that this isn't the case.[smilie]../../../../images/forum/emoticons/tongue.png[/smilie]
However, when you look at it from this point of view, you see that the ME1 squadmates that they sidelined just
happened ([smilie]../../../../images/forum/emoticons/wondering.png[/smilie]) to be the ones that had the most impact on the player.
Kaidan
LI's=Liara =
IMPORTANT Ashley
Kaidan
Potential of death=Wrex =
IMPORTANT Ashley
Tali and Garrus were the only ones that really wouldn't affect the player that much, and had almost no impact on the story, savefor the fact that you needed Tali's evidence to prove Saren's treacheryand that she is part of the race that created the mooks that you're fighting against.
Garrus, on the other hand was
completely skippable; you could ignore his leads by following Wrex's path instead, and when he finally asks to join you,
he is the only squadmate that you can flat out turn down in ME1.
I really hate to say it, but in ME1, Garrus and Tali were barely more than fillercharacters. (In fact, this may be part of the reason why they had such huge fanbases originally; they had rather crap roles in ME1, and playerswanted to see them get expanded.) And yet, look at ME2; they were the only ones that returned.
So, I would really bet that Ash/Kaidan, Wrex and Liara will be squadmates in ME3; they were the mostprominent squadmates in ME1, but were taken out of ME2 because Bioware is probably planning for them to affect the story of ME3 in huge ways. I'm pretty sure that most people will be overjoyed when the most prominent characters in ME1 return to help kick some Reaper ass. And vice versa; people will be thoroughly p*ssed at Bioware if the most
important characters were not only cut out of the middle act of the trilogy, (which is perfecly acceptable in my eyes) but were also cut out of the final act.
Now if we look at the ME2 squaddies in this way:
Garrus
Thane
Jacob
LI's=Tali =
IMPORTANT Jack
Miranda
Samara
(I know that Samara's not a true LI, but you get pretty close, incinuating that there might be more to come in ME3.[smilie]../../../../images/forum/emoticons/wink.png[/smilie])
Potential of death=Every. Single. One=
IMPORTANTNot only do all of the squadmates become important due to the fact that their death is a possibility, but
7 out of the 12 are LI's.In order of importance:
Garrus/Tali=Squadmates in both games and returned/became LI's due to fanservice, so if they're not squadmates in ME3, it will make no sense and people will be p!ssed.
Thane/Jacob/Jack/Miranda/Samara=LI's. People will not want their LI to be cut out of their squad in the final act. (Well, maybe Jacob.

)
Grunt/Mordin/Legion/Kasumi/Zaeed=Can die in the suicide mission. I'm thinking that there might be some kind of reward, should you manage to keep certain people alive. For example, in ME2, Mordin was your upgrade master. If he died in the suicide mission, then you actually might lose out on some upgrades.:blink:Or, if Legion dies, you might lose a key envoy with the Geth.
So, in conclusion, I'm turning your agument on it's head and saying this: I think that all of the ME2 squadmates will return
because of how Ashley, Kaidan, Wrex and Liara were treated in ME1.

/epic wall of text
Modifié par ResidentNoob, 27 avril 2010 - 07:17 .