Clonedzero wrote...
you're a bad tali fan if you dont recognize the significance of her unique suit to her character. being able to easily identify her instantly between other quarians is key. giving her a new design is a horrible horrible idea. thats like giving garrus a new head and saying he got plastic surgery. or having jack have her tattoos removed and grow out hair so she looked like a generic human model.
i mean i hate tali, but i at least understand how important her suit design consistancy is. i mean all they changed f rom ME1 to ME2 was the length of her hood and that was a big deal.
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Now, I hate to sound like one of those superior, know-it-all dickbutts, but seriously, bone up on your character design research. The essence of a character's visual design can be blatant (Spongebob is impossible to mistake for someone else because he's a freakin' blue-eyed yellow kitchen sponge) or subtle (James Bond, although portrayed by several different actors, is still easy to pick out because he dresses classy, carries a fancy pistol, and has distinct mannerisms that pin him as a suave and sexy secret agent). It can depend on anything from a prop or costume to a color scheme or certain behavior.
Look at those images above. What do they have in common with each other? What are some of Tali's character traits that can be echoed by her looks? I wouldn't be surprised if Bioware's designers have a list of these things that they keep on hand for when they whip up new looks for old characters (I know they have one for Garrus--
just watch this if you haven't already. Regardless as to whether or not you like Garrus, it's interesting to catch a glimpse of the process behind redesigning him.)
And no one is a "bad fan" of anything. Either they like something enough to be considered a fan, or they don't.