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Dap Brannigan wrote...
Whimper wrote...
This is a false choice, OP. It's not like Bioware sat down and discussed it that way.
"We need to kill a character on Twitter, give another an amazingly lifelike 3D face, and do a shabby Photoshop of a stock image. Now let's pick who gets what-- who votes we kill Tali on Twitter? No one? Okay, I guess she gets the stock image. Since we already have a 3D face for Emily Wong, I guess that means she gets killed on Twitter, leaving Chobot/Allers as our choice for a new in-game model. That was easy, let's go for coffee."
Emily Wong was killed on Twitter because it made sense for her to be on Twitter, and it was a useful bit of viral storytelling, illustrating human resistance to the impossible foe.
Tali's face was revealed in a photograph because that's how Bioware's storytellers wanted to reveal her face. Like it or not, it has nothing at all to do with Emily Wong or Diana Allers/Jessica Chobot.
Speaking of whom, you can criticize Bioware all you want for including this person in the game, and I'll support you all the way. But just say, "Allers was a boring and fumbled character played by an unconvincing amateur. Her appearance seems like a misguided attempt at media payoff or fan service pandering." There's no need to conflate it with irrelevant issues.
The fact remains is that giving life to Chobot/Allers and face modeling her, took priority over other things that would make sense in the context of the game. This says something about Bioware. I'm not sure exactly what it says, but I really don't like it.
It made no sense to me for Emily Wong to be killed on Twitter. It made no sense to me that she was even on Earth to be killed off, considering that for years she worked for Citadel News. Chances are, the only people who paid attention the ANN "viral marketing" on Twitter were people who were already fans and knew Emily Wong from the games. These were the only people who would really enjoy that Twitter feed. Everyone else would be asking, WTF is Emily Wong?
Emily Wong was not particularly interesting either. No journalist should have been included, especially if they were going to have so little dialogue. I didn't romance Tali, so I never saw her face. The big problem is that this space on the Normandy could have been invested in any number of old squadmates or interesting new ones (like a Batarian or Kal'Reegar).
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