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[im commander shep]

Though-out the series we have been introduced to many different characters human and non-human. But I have always been so amazed at how bioware created so many lovable and sometimes damn sexy alien characters. (Tali  She is in a full body suit and mask and she is still hot)

I have always found with alot of sci-fi that its quite hard to like and connect with alien characters, generally to me they just come across as a bit cliche or just plain boring.

I'm curious as to what people think is there secret or what bioware they have done right to develop such good characters?

[Hadeedak]

Sexy voices and personalities on men, switch head features and use attractive female bodies for women. >>

[Doofe2012]

That's just what Bioware is good at. Their story writing may be shaky sometimes, but their writers really know how to create characters who come to life.

That along with superb voice acting, design that isn't too human or too unfamiliar, and excellent cinematography makes for some extremely lifelike pixels on the screen.

[Apathy1989]

Doofe2012 wrote...

That's just what Bioware is good at. Their story writing may be shaky sometimes, but their writers really know how to create characters who come to life.

That along with superb voice acting, design that isn't too human or too unfamiliar, and excellent cinematography makes for some extremely lifelike pixels on the screen.

This.

Bioware are great character writers, pretty much always have been. The characters being alien just meant the art department had to be more creative.

[Richard 060]

It's partly the great character/art design, which has always been a highlight of the series.

But as for the characterisation, I like the fact that BioWare avoided the obvious sci-fi cliché/trap of having the aliens being one-dimensional caricatures. Instead, they wrote them with very human personalities, allowing them to do traditional character-driven drama, but with extra angles and facets due to the sci-fi setting.

It's the difference between Worf in Star Trek DS9, where he was defined by his personality (by-the-book, militaristic, conservative, rather up-tight, family issues due to his adoption, etc.), whereas in early Next Generation episode, he could be best summed-up as 'the Klingon guy', and was a walking stack of racial clichés (seriously - you could use the amount of times he bangs on about 'honour' as the basis of a pretty hard-core drinking game...).

[Whale]

Richard 060 wrote...

But as for the characterisation, I like the fact that BioWare avoided the obvious sci-fi cliché/trap of having the aliens being one-dimensional caricatures. Instead, they wrote them with very human personalities, allowing them to do traditional character-driven drama, but with extra angles and facets due to the sci-fi setting.

Adding to this, I really liked how they managed to both create and subvert cultural features for every race, as well as justifying them with their biologies. Say, we get that krogans have evolved in a super-hostile environment and are both biologically and culturally prone to mindless violence, but then we get krogan scientists (and Wrex's diplomatic approach). Quarian history has been all but shaped by the conflict with the Geth, and yet in the admiralty you still get pro-Geth, pro-war, pro-peace and pro-crazy science viewpoints. Turian culture is all about honour and chain of command, but then we get our self-defined bad turian who goes all Batman on Omega. And the thing is, Garrus still has a stick up his arse by human standards, but he's positively reckless by turian standards. That you can both discern the cultural lens AND the individual personality of so many characters is an amazing testament to the writers' talent.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Simple. They don't fall into the uncanny valley the way the humans do in appearance.

[Rip504]

Yes I agree. Credit to Bioware for amazing aliens. I also feel the VA's help this a great deal. Great Job on all the characters in ME.

[Demonique]

Sable Rhapsody wrote...

Simple. They don't fall into the uncanny valley the way the humans do in appearance.

THIS, Wrex and Garrus are a lot more appealing to me looks-wise than the human characters (their personalities contribute too though) and as of ME3 my desire for kromance also extends to female krogan (I hope that if there's an ME4 it includes a lesbian/bi-sexual krogan woman)