Abispa wrote...
I lean toward believing that IF Tali's face is shown, it will be "pretty" or "cute," since the fans will have to like it right away.
I thought Garrus was stupid looking when I first played ME1, but the Turians grew on me, and by the second half of ME2 I had grown so used to him he doesn't strike me as strange anymore. Heck, most female ME players (real or pretend) seem eager to romance him (which I think proves that females are far more forgiving on looks than males are -- a good thing, since most of us are ugly).
Tali isn't going to have a chance to let her "natural" look win fans over gradually, she has to be a hit right off the bat, unless she's "cured" and unmasked early in the game.
But...many people just think Garrus IS hot. That is the thing. Many don't see him as ugly, but the hot, strange alien with the sexy voice and frankly, I, as a dude, wouldn't be bothered by some weirder female aliens and could easily see them as attractive too.
The only thing Garrus hasn't going for himself is how inhuman Turian bodies are, they may be a bit TOO different to be seen as attractive, but that is mostly covered up by the outfit, so you can't tell. Anything else, I don't see why someone would think of him as all that ugly.
Then again, my standards may be weird because I think the only truly ugly things in the game are Mirandas face and just Samara in general (those eyes still haunt me:crying: But the chest also doesn't help...).