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[JetsoverEverything]

get off jacobs nuts already **** all the characters except sheperd suck

[Elvis_Mazur]

His LM was pretty unique in my opinion; you get to talk to the Illusive Man and confront him and Miranda. Also, that planet was so beautiful.

As for the character itself, I think he tries way too much to dodge your questions and in the end you never know what makes him tick.

[wildannie]

Skilled Seeker wrote...

Wildannie, Miranda is 2nd in command, Jacob is 3rd in command. That's why they greet new party members.

Yeah, but Shepards the boss, and she don't like them 

[OperativeX]

SkittlesKat96 wrote...

 He was a breath of fresh air considering practically every other squad mate in Mass Effect 2 is really wacky and not normal/has some sort of problem...

Well okay I admit he is a little bit too boring actually. 
I liked Kaiden and Ashley, they were pretty balanced out (although Kaiden should have had a side quest and should have had more moments where he could share his opinions and let us get to know him....)

I could relate to Jacob coz i have a loser of a father too. But at all other times after his side mission, Jacob was boring as hell

[eternalnightmare13]

He had the potential of being interesting since he was a Corsair and in the Alliance and in Cerebus.
Yet he ends everything with 'too much red tape so I quit'. Seriously?! Nothing interesting, funny or whatever happened when you did all that?

In ME1 Garrus is much the same with why he quit C-Sec, but the difference Garrus went on to tell you the story of Dr. Heart which illustrated why he got fed up with C-Sec.  It allowed me to relate to his reason for quiting and also showed what type of person Garrus is.  

 If I worked with a guy like Jacob I'd just say 'hello' and ''later'' to him and not even bother talking to him on breaks.

Modifié par eternalnightmare13, 15 mai 2011 - 04:32 .

[ExplosiveMage]

Jacob is the man...someone else hit the nail on the head....hes the most stable person on your team AND my bro..I feel like hes the one guy who will ALWAYS have your back.

I really hope he is back for at least an extended period in ME3 (rather than one mission)...would like to see the interaction between him and Ashley (since they were both on Eden Prime) or him and Kaidan (since they are so similar).

[Mykel54]

I like jacob as man, he is a disilussioned alliance soldier that works for cerberus to hit the bad guys. He´s honest and upfront with you, and i really like how he keeps his problems to himself, he is never pinning over lost love with Miranda or about his daddy. He´s not a badass like Zaeed but he´s one of the few that is truely a soldier and treats the mission like a military operation.

Modifié par Mykel54, 15 mai 2011 - 04:36 .

[Zall]

I simply don't like his voice. Also, there's something off-putting about his facial animations >_>

[matt-bassist]

BUT THE PRIIIIIIIIIZZZZEEEE

[jmood88]

LPPrince wrote...

Kaiden DID have those moments. He just wasn't super interesting. Jacob was even less interesting.

Funny thing is, right before ME2, I realized Kaiden isn't as boring as I thought he was. Still not even close to as interesting as Ashley, but I learned to respect him.

Jacob is worse. God is he worse. Maybe in ME3 if there's someone even more boring than Jacob I'll think he doesn't suck.

Maybe there should be a squadmate who just never talks. Never even does anything.

How is he boring?

[Skilled Seeker]

wildannie wrote...

Skilled Seeker wrote...

Wildannie, Miranda is 2nd in command, Jacob is 3rd in command. That's why they greet new party members.

Yeah, but Shepards the boss, and she don't like them 

Doesn't change the fact that they are the best choices for those positions. The only other companion with leadership skills is Garrus and no way an alien would be in charge of a Cerberus vessel and command Cerberus personnel.

[Skilled Seeker]

eternalnightmare13 wrote...

He had the potential of being interesting since he was a Corsair and in the Alliance and in Cerebus.
Yet he ends everything with 'too much red tape so I quit'. Seriously?! Nothing interesting, funny or whatever happened when you did all that?

In ME1 Garrus is much the same with why he quit C-Sec, but the difference Garrus went on to tell you the story of Dr. Heart which illustrated why he got fed up with C-Sec.  It allowed me to relate to his reason for quiting and also showed what type of person Garrus is.  

 If I worked with a guy like Jacob I'd just say 'hello' and ''later'' to him and not even bother talking to him on breaks.

Reason you don't get the details is because this is all explained in ME: Galaxy. I disagree with needing to buy an iphone game to better understand a character but that's the path Bioware took. You can always watch a playthrough on youtube or read the synopsis on wikipedia like I did. Jacob saved the Citadel from a deadly Batarian plot, the guy is as much a hero as Shep, except no one knows about what he did.

Modifié par Skilled Seeker, 15 mai 2011 - 05:12 .

[JetsoverEverything]

i like jacob because i am black and there is only 2 black people in mass effect that matter


well my sheperd is black so i guess there is 3

[Antivenger]

JetsoverEverything wrote...

i like jacob because i am black and there is only 2 black people in mass effect that matter


well my sheperd is black so i guess there is 3

What about Nihlus? If it weren't for him you wouldn't even be a SpecTRe. Don't disrespect the dead, dude.

[Skilled Seeker]

What about us arabs? The only arabs I can remember are that annoying reporter that everyone hates and that dude in the Feros port that gets 1 shotted by Geth the moment you meet him. Though I suppose Zaeed is half arab and he is badass.

[AdmiralCheez]

I like everybody, including Jacob. He's a cool guy, the kind that keeps a level head, speaks his mind, and doesn't dump his problems on everybody else. I hope to see him again in ME3--he's got a lot of potential as a character.

The brother needs to pick up some armor and an assault rifle, though. Spandex and shotguns just don't cut it.

[RinpocheSchnozberry]

I liked Jacob too. I like to think that Garrus, Grunt, Jacob, and my soldier Shepard hit Omega on off times and cause absolute havoc.

Though I admit that when I wanted a play through with a love interest that died on the suicide mission, I chose Jacob for one of my FemSheps. Poor bastard was the only one that got offed. I still feel bad about it.

[Perfecti0nist]

 

He was a breath of fresh air considering practically every other squad
mate in Mass Effect 2 is really wacky and not normal/has some sort of
problem...

That's exactly why he's boring. He's just a regular grunt who's there to do the job.

[lovgreno]

Jacob would be one of the few old squadmates that would be great to have back. He is one of the few stable, trustworthy (well, as much as you can trust a Cerberus operative) and reliable persons in the ME2 crew that was sometimes a bit of a madhouse.

[ROD525]

Jacobs a ok in my book. In fact he's my Sheps brother in arms so to speak. I like all the crew but I never understood what makes them all so cool and not Jacob. If anything they are a bunch of action movie stereotypes that I've seen way to much of in my 30 +years on this planet.
I mean to hear some people rag on Jacob the way they do you would think he pimp slapped their moms or something.
I really hope Bioware doesn't do him wrong because of a bunch of stupid forumites and their massive hate for one of the only non stererotypical positive Black characters in gaming...it would be a shame.

[ADLegend21]

Perfecti0nist wrote...

 

He was a breath of fresh air considering practically every other squad
mate in Mass Effect 2 is really wacky and not normal/has some sort of
problem...

That's exactly why he's boring. He's just a regular grunt who's there to do the job.

I'd rather have that then people dumping their problems in my lap. "Waaaah fix me Shepard, I'm broke adn only YOU have the power to do so."

[CulturalGeekGirl]

Not liking Jacob has become a running joke, and a somewhat easy one. He's the closest thing Mass Effect has to a character who is "nobody's favorite" (though he actually does have a small serious fanbase, there's no character who doesn't). He's easy to make fun of, because the likelihood of starting an enraged flamewar with a rabid fanboy who misconstrues your jokes is relatively low.

I would be interested in running a "least favorite character" poll, but I can't see any way to start one without it erupting into trolling or flamewars. I don't think that Jacob would win that... I think that one of the female love interests would have the highest likelihood of victory, there.

Edit: screw it, I made one. Let's see if this can work without creating drama.

Modifié par CulturalGeekGirl, 15 mai 2011 - 06:14 .

[GamerT123]

jacob may not be as badassed as wrex or garrus but he's the only cerberus operative that is a lot more trustworthy than any other personnel in cerberus. He at least straight forward with his opinion on cerberus and other people.

[Mr. MannlyMan]

It's relative; in ME1 Kaidan was the most boring, unequivocally flat piece of fodder that could possibly grace your ship. Now it's Jacob, and suddenly Kaidan ain't so bad...

Personally, I liked both of them. Whenever I ask others to explain why they think those characters are boring, they almost always tell me "Everyone else is much more interesting," so that there is your answer. It's just irrational dislike for the most part. Hyperbole is the weapon of choice for haters.