1.
The Ending - Posted this in the ME3 Ending Forum.
2.
Tali's Face/Lack Thereof and When/How It's RevealedTo start off, I would like to say that I am personally happy with the look that Bioware
came up with for Tali (and thereby a general idea of the look of the quarians
as a race), even though it’s a mildly edited stock photo. We knew from the beginning that the quarians were very humanoid, and I am willing to be forgiving and say
perhaps someone at Bioware could have seen that photo and said to themselves
(and presumably their team), “this is what Tali should look like,” even though
it was probably more likely a decision made based on the placement of the
model’s hand and ease of giving her three fingers and a lack of time.
The photo felt like a cop out.
I like the overall look, but that photo
should have been a starting place for development, not the final and only
version of Tali's face in the game. The photo seems really out of place given that if she is the LI in ME2 you
learn that Shepard is supposed to be the only person who has ever seen Tali's
face up until perhaps the completion of the Rannoch mission. So who took
the photo? Where/when was the photo taken? I probably could have
accepted all of that and the fact that the photo itself is a mildly edited
stock photo if we actually got to see Tali’s face animated in game too.
Mass Effect Players should have seen their first
quarian when Tali unmasks after taking back Rannoch. I feel that after three games with Tali and
two games with the quarians as a full race of people that this was
the appropriate time to reveal a widely loved squad member’s face and the general
look of a race. It is expected that
this is not the last of Mass Effect universe, so upon the quarians regaining
their homeworld, it seems only logical that all players, should get to see
Tali’s face, not just those who have Tali as a LI. And for those that did romance Tali, why not
use that same model from Rannoch and have Shepard and Tali share some kind of
close contact in their romance scene with her face mask off, even if it’s just
talking to each other in close proximity.
I understand why Tali’s face was revealed in the ME2 love scene, it wasn’t
really the appropriate time to reveal the quarians, but after Rannoch is.
I don’t see how putting this photo in the game by itself is in any way satisfactory to those who wanted
Tali/quarians revealed.
The amount of effort put into Tali’s face
felt insulting left as it was given the complete animation of the new minor
characters in the third game, like Diana Allers. I also understand that there are players that
did not want Tali’s face to be revealed at all, and some of those people were
also romancing her, so I thought maybe Bioware put the photo there so seeing
her face was more optional, but you can clearly see the photo is Tali’s romance
seen, so that logic goes out the window.
Bioware
probably would have incited less anger if they had left Tali’s face and the
quarian race a complete mystery for yet a third game.
Be that as it may, I don’t want you guys to patch out the photo unless you make the entire Tali face situation better
somehow; I’d rather keep the picture if it’s all I’m gonna get at this point. I am still very upset by this lack of effort
put into a central character, but after seeing the ending of the game, this
pales in comparison. The ending is by far my biggest pet peeve.
3. The “Little” Thingsa. Romances
This can’t be fixed in Shepard’s story, but
could be in future games :
female’s romance options. -- Not only does fem shep have fewer options,
but there are only two human male options; one of them can be Virmired and has
IMO the worst Voice Actor in the entire series, and the other cheats on you and is the only LI
that does so…fantastic. Male Shep on the other hand has a grand total of five
human female options (I’m counting Chambers and Allers) by the end of the third
game. I don’t think that this was a
conscious decision on Bioware’s part, but maybe with future games involving the
ME universe, Bioware can consider about both sides of the equation more. I love Garrus, he is one of my favorite characters, but I would never really want to kiss a Turian.
Xenophilic relationship options in the series are more humanoid for male
shep if you’re aiming for a heterosexual
relationship (I know they are unisexual, but Asari look female and refer to
themselves as such): Male shep – asari or quarian; Fem Shep – Drell or Turian.
That being said, I think there were many great romance options and I feel most of
them were brilliantly written.
b. Journal – It’s confusing. The quests don’t update. It’s nice that the person I’m
supposed to take the item I just got of [planet] showed up on the map, otherwise I would have been unable to do any of those missions. Why isn’t there a physical separation of main missions and side missions anymore? It
makes the journal hard to use.
b. Reflect costume changes on Normandy and during cutscences (like ME2) – It was a nice
attention to detail that I miss
c. Normandy Bar w/ no Drinks – I used to be able to get drunk when I came back to the Normandy. Now my crew can get drunk, but Shepard can’t. *scratches head*
Modifié par Dottumnz, 03 avril 2012 - 09:40 .