That is: none of them will return as Squadmates in ME3.
Yep. And I know what you're saying: "This is blasphemy! This is madness!" but before you kick me into the pit of doom hear me out and accept the likely reality of what is to come.
The fact of the matter is every squadmate from ME1 and ME2 can potentially be dead except for Liara. Do you really think Bioware is going to make a game with 16+ characters or something? I don't think so. ME2 was almost exclusively about characters and they were only able to finish 10 of the 12 before they released the game. Trying to add all the old characters or even some of them as squadmates would just be a variable nightmare. There is no way Bioware could make a balanced game around mostly squadmates who may or may not be dead for your Shepard in ME3.
It's for this reason I believe every squadmate you have in ME3 will likely be a new character. And this is just a guess, but maybe there will be 6-8 of them, that way you have fairly well balaced and unique team. Why do I think this? Because Casey Hudson himself even elluded in an interview awhile back how it's fun/interesting to meet new characters. I think this basically makes it clear almost all the squadmates in ME3 will be new. Which isn't all that bad really, as it's chance to meet some new faces and learn things we yet are still clueless about in the Mass Effect Universe. However on these new squadmates I can speculate no further.
Now to answer some of the questions that will surely arise:
"I saved everyone I could in ME1 and ME2! You can't honestly tell me they won't come back! What would be the point of all them then?!"
Your old squadmates will return and likely play large roles in ME3. However they just will not be in your squad. Instead they will likely be important NPCs for certain Missions and whether you kept them alive or not, helped them or not, may ultimately effect that mission(s). Simply put they will make cameo appearences, but probably nothing much more.
"What about my romances? If they don't rejoin Shepard in ME3 how could they continue?"
Just because a character isn't a squadmate doesn't mean you couldn't romance them anymore. Who knows how Bioware will handle this? Maybe you can woo your old romance interest again by buying them flowers or something like that while you are away. In fact this could ultimately lead to some pretty interesting new game mechanics/scenarios when you think about it.
Also remember that Ashley, Kaidan, and Liara were romance options in ME1. Yet in ME2 they were more or less put on hold. So it really would not be surprising if Bioware did the same again. Although hopefully you will actually be able to continue romances this time.
"What about Liara? Why wouldn't she be a squadmate in ME3 seeing as she has to live in every game?"
I'll concede here that if there is any character that rejoins your team in ME2 it's going to be Liara. However it's strongly alluded to that she's going to be the next Shadow Broker which likely means she'll be too busy to rejoin you. Also being the Shadow Broker is likely to entail something important in ME3 which is another reason why she'll have to remain behind again.
"What about Ashley/Kaidan? One of them has to still be alive?"
True, but that's also the problem. Either one one of them can be alive. That said it may not be entirely unreasonable for Ashley/Kaidan to rejoin you. The only problem is gameplay wise one is a Soldier the other is Sentinel. That kind of scews your team balance, but who knows they could return along with some other Alliance character to make up for that. However this is probably more work then Bioware wants to put in for squadmates so don't count on it.
"But everybody loves Garrus and Tali, how could they do this us?!"
Trust me I do to. But hey everybody loved Wrex didn't they? Assuming you kept him alive he had a fairly decent role to play in ME2. I expect Garrus and Tali will have similar roles depending on whether you kept them alive or not, and how you handled their personal conflicts. In fact Tali and Garrus may play very large roles in dealing with the Quarians/Turians in ME3. They may even rejoin you in a mission of some sort, but I don't expect them to be actual squadmates again. It was already lucky that they came back in ME2 as squadmates, I don't expect them to be in all 3 games. Garrus and Tali have personally helped Shepard enough if you ask me.
"What about Legion and the Geth?"
As interesting as Legion is, there was also an option to sell it. Again I can't say for certain how Bioware will handle the Geth in ME3 but I'm sure Legion will play a very important role assuming it is still fuctioning. Also Grunt may share a similar role with the Krogan seeing as you didn't have to free him. But since they can both die I doubt they will be squadmates again.
Well I think those are most of the objections people will have to my insidious claim. Granted I can't prove that I anymore right since I am somewhat speculating again, but I got a hunch that this is how things are going to turn out like it or not. It would be nice if someone from Bioware would actually comment on this, but I doubt it will happen anytime soon. So until then no one can truly be sure of what is to come.
*Erects a Barrier*
Modifié par Bluko, 08 août 2010 - 05:55 .
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