Foolsfolly wrote...
Metal Mills wrote...
Ok, I thought in Mass Effect 1 the characters were a great stepping stone, They were pretty good, and had lots of room to expand. Then ME2 comes out and says the teams split up. Err, ok then that kinda sucks but fear not! The reason behind it is you need to build a team of the best of the best. This isn't just a crew anymore, it's a team! And because of that there was basically no core story progression in ME2 it was all character based. Well, fine you got your elite team. But now...the elite team has split up AGAIN? Why? I can understand wanting new characters but why make an entire game about forming a team, without the core story around it, and split it up in the next game? I mean basically, ME2 was pointless, everything you did in that game will have no big effect, aside from the save import stuff which won't change the game too much.
Who were the best characters in ME2? Garrus and Tali, who were the only character who followed into ME2 from the original? Garrus and Tali.
Am I the only one who finds this odd?
Person: Man, ME1 had some cool characters.
Bioware: Damn right!
Person: So we'll be using them in ME2?
Bioware: Umm, not really, you've all split up.
Person: Oh...
Bioware: But it's ok! Because we're making the BEST team ever of the best characters we can muster! In fact this team is so important the entire game is dedicated to it, the core story is barely present!
Person: Wow! Really? So THAT team we'll be using for later games, I get it now. Yeah, build the team, use them in ME3 for the core story.
Bioware: Well, no, that team broke up too.
Person: Then WTF was Mass Effect 2 about?
I KNOW RIGHT!!!
We had the best team in the galaxy, an amazing sentient warship, and a massive invasion of evil looming. We have the tools, we have the talent. Let's fight it.
But nooooo, we have to rebuild a team AGAIN. They claim it's for the newcomers to the series, but I happen to think BioWare cannot tell a story that doesn't involve building a team. They're cowards.
You put the team together to stop the collectors, that was it, nothing more.
Let's think about this...
-Jack and Miranda hate each other.
-The black guy(Jacob?) hates the assassin.
-Tali hates Miranda and Jacob.
-Samara is a Justicar and by default hates the assassin, Miranda, Jacob, and Jack because they're all evil doers.
-Grunt is a Krogan and will want to return to his clan.
The Doctor was only there because there was something interesting to research.
Why exactly would these people stay together? It's a miracle they managed to make it through the whole game, they're *not* going to stay together afterwards. Expecting them to stay together is just being unrealistic.