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Think Mac Walters should've stayed at character writing and make Patrick Weekes as lead writer. Probably we would've got some epic ME3 instead of pew-pew-boom-boom semi RPG shooter game mixed with some CoD elements.

I think he and John Dombrow made the best job in ME3, and Patrick was with the team from the beginning. After Karpyshyn resign he should've taken the role of lead writer instead of Mac Walters.


Modifié par Argentoid, 13 février 2013 - 03:22 .


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That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'

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David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



I like Steve, we always go for some drinks at the Citadel...  while I'M looking at the ladies.

Modifié par Argentoid, 13 février 2013 - 03:34 .


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Allow me to explain a few things.

First of all, the reduction of dialogue has nothing to do with who the head writer is. In fact, writing isn't even the bottleneck. It's the work involving in animating the cinematics. Believe it or not, having a different writer as head does not magically allow the animation team (which likely has almost nothing to do with writing) to do twice the work in the same time. ME 3 has more total dialogue than ME 2 or ME 1, it's just that players don't see much of it on a single playthrough.

So making silly accusations that the writers wanted a 'more CoD' experience or anything of the sort is ridiculous.

Same thing for level design. People whine about having the same missions no matter what choices they made. That's not the fault of the writers. It's, again, the work involved in the level design and whatever other programming and art and whatnot they would need to do.

By the way, didn't Weekes somewhat defend autodialogue?

Modifié par David7204, 13 février 2013 - 03:32 .


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David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



Yeah you're right.... He's also a crappy pilot, never on time. Always crashing or some Sh!t. Never letting shepard buy things from the citadle at market value. WTF I just wanted to say 'steve just do your job right. And... we'll bang okay".

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Slashice wrote...

Think Mac Walters should've stayed at character writing and make Patrick Weekes as lead writer. Probably we would've got some epic ME3 instead of pew-pew-boom-boom semi RPG shooter game mixed with some CoD elements.

I think he and John Dombrow made the best job in ME3, and Patrick was with the team from the beginning. After Karpyshyn resign he should've taken the role of lead writer instead of Mac Walters.


Oh man, now that would have been amazing! Who knows what they would have done differently...

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NatP wrote...

Dombrow also wrote Wreav, Eve and Padok Wiks in ME3 (basically all the Tuchanka arc characters).

And actually Javik was ALL Dombrow, Weekes just assisted in the Eden Prime mission and that's it.


Wreav and Padok were already on the list.

Is Eve necessary?

Modifié par Argentoid, 13 février 2013 - 03:37 .


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Argentoid wrote...

David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



I like Steve, we always go for some drinks at the Citadel...  while looking at the ladies.



Old crafty Stevey has got a rapist wit and a hardon for shepard. you better check your mojito for GHB and watch your six the next time your chilin' with Stevey. 

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That is seriously borderline offensive.

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TurianRebel212 wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



I like Steve, we always go for some drinks at the Citadel...  while looking at the ladies.



Old crafty Stevey has got a rapist wit and a hardon for shepard. you better check your mojito for GHB and watch your six the next time your chilin' with Stevey. 



Plus,  my Shepard is a Sheploo. So yes, I would be VERY careful.

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Wasn't Jondum Bau created by Patrick Weekes as a response for John Dombrow naming Paddok Wiks after him - or vice versa?

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Argentoid wrote...

TurianRebel212 wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



I like Steve, we always go for some drinks at the Citadel...  while looking at the ladies.



Old crafty Stevey has got a rapist wit and a hardon for shepard. you better check your mojito for GHB and watch your six the next time your chilin' with Stevey. 



Plus,  my Shepard is a Sheploo. So yes, I would be VERY careful.





If deadmau5 starts playing and sheps starts getting dizzy. Get the hell outta there and call Garrus. Steve may have reach, but Space Batman has flexiblity...... And a sniper rifle. 

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Restrider wrote...

Wasn't Jondum Bau created by Patrick Weekes as a response for John Dombrow naming Paddok Wiks after him - or vice versa?


Yes - twitter

And like someone mentioned above, the issues I have with some of the characters are more due to whoever was responsible for plotting rather than the writers working on the characters themselves, generally.

The changes in writers/plotting/general lack of consistency doesn't help though.

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TurianRebel212 wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

TurianRebel212 wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

David7204 wrote...

That is now beyond stupid. It is moronic. First of all, a character's 'dimension' has very little to do with the role they play in moving the plot forward. It's fairly rare for RPG companion characters to play a direct role in the plot, and that's perfectly fine. Secondly, it's flat wrong. Steve is clearly shown to be a whole lot more then 'gay and lonely.'



I like Steve, we always go for some drinks at the Citadel...  while looking at the ladies.



Old crafty Stevey has got a rapist wit and a hardon for shepard. you better check your mojito for GHB and watch your six the next time your chilin' with Stevey. 



Plus,  my Shepard is a Sheploo. So yes, I would be VERY careful.





If deadmau5 starts playing and sheps starts getting dizzy. Get the hell outta there and call Garrus. Steve may have reach, but Space Batman has flexiblity...... And a sniper rifle. 






Steve hooking up with Garrus? That's beyond my comprehension.

Modifié par Argentoid, 13 février 2013 - 04:03 .


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Didn't Sylvia Feketekuty write some of Lair of the Shadow Broker?

Her stuff in ME3 stumbled a bit, but a lot of it has potential. I hope she gets to be as awesome as Weekes, L'Etoile, and Dombrow someday.

Also, as well as Drew handled ME1, I actually don't think he's that great. His characters are sometimes a little stale, and his books are a bit blech. Not saying he's horrible, but he's not one of my favorites. Does very well when he's in charge, though.

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 VERY interesting... I see some interesting things there... like i like how some writers wrote one character better than another one, etc.

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Wow this page. I completely forgot what I was going to say when I read that post above about Steve being a rapist because he's gay.

Like wow. Seriously I am just speechless.

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Wow. Okay, let's keep this thread about information, shall we? Don't get all internety in here please.

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AdmiralCheez wrote...

Didn't Sylvia Feketekuty write some of Lair of the Shadow Broker?


Actually, I'm preeeeetty sure Weekes wrote Lair of the Shadow Broker...

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Sylvia Feketekuty on who wrote Liara in ME3:


Here’s a brief list of what I’m responsible for...

*snip*

"Liara on the Normandy, Citadel, and London (Except the Matriarch Aethyta scene, and the clash between Liara and Javik post-Thessia. Those were Patrick Weekes and John Dombrow respectively.)"



Sylvia on the content she wrote for LotSB, and who wasn't responsible for writing Liara in ME2 and ME1:


To be more precise, I wrote Liara for most of the assault on the Shadow Broker base, but only did a few lines of her dialogue after you return to the base. I DID write all of Feron and Glyph. I don’t believe Mac wrote Liara in ME2 (not sure who did). I also don’t believe Chris L’Etoile wrote her in ME1.



Sylvia on who wrote Garrus and Javik in ME3:



They were both written by John Dombrow in ME3 (With the exception of the Eden Prime mission, where you recruit Javik. That was Patrick Weekes). You may recognize John as the writer on the ME2 DLC, Overlord.



Sylvia on how Shepard is written and who contributes:



Whoever writes a particular dialogue writes Shepard's lines as well. Mac W and our editors oversee Shepard's tone when they do passes on our writing, to ensure his/her voice remains consistent.



Sylvia also wrote Samara in ME3 and the Monastery mission, Legion's Normandy dialogue and Geth Consensus content, Legion's replacement, the Shepard VI, and Refund Guy.


http://social.biowar...ndex/10023808/1

Modifié par Han Shot First, 13 février 2013 - 10:02 .


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Han Shot First wrote...

Sylvia Feketekuty on who wrote Liara in ME3:


Here’s a brief list of what I’m responsible for...

*snip*

"Liara on the Normandy, Citadel, and London (Except the Matriarch Aethyta scene, and the clash between Liara and Javik post-Thessia. Those were Patrick Weekes and John Dombrow respectively.)"



Sylvia on the content she wrote for LotSB, and who wasn't responsible for writing Liara in ME2 and ME1:


To be more precise, I wrote Liara for most of the assault on the Shadow Broker base, but only did a few lines of her dialogue after you return to the base. I DID write all of Feron and Glyph. I don’t believe Mac wrote Liara in ME2 (not sure who did). I also don’t believe Chris L’Etoile wrote her in ME1.



Sylvia on who wrote Garrus and Javik in ME3:



They were both written by John Dombrow in ME3 (With the exception of the Eden Prime mission, where you recruit Javik. That was Patrick Weekes). You may recognize John as the writer on the ME2 DLC, Overlord.



Sylvia on how Shepard is written and who contributes:



Whoever writes a particular dialogue writes Shepard's lines as well. Mac W and our editors oversee Shepard's tone when they do passes on our writing, to ensure his/her voice remains consistent.



Sylvia also wrote Samara in ME3 and the Monastery mission, Legion's Normandy dialogue and Geth Consensus content, Legion's replacement, the Shepard VI, and Refund Guy.


http://social.biowar...ndex/10023808/1









Wow. Thanks! Time to edit my post.

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Restrider wrote...

Wasn't Jondum Bau created by Patrick Weekes as a response for John Dombrow naming Paddok Wiks after him - or vice versa?


Added.

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Who wrote Space Hamster?

In all seriousness, I'd actually kinda like to know who came up with the idea of putting a hamster in a military commander's cabin. Somebody "wrote" that.

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dreamgazer wrote...

Who wrote Space Hamster?

In all seriousness, I'd actually kinda like to know who came up with the idea of putting a hamster in a military commander's cabin. Somebody "wrote" that.


Minsc wrote it.

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spirosz wrote...

dreamgazer wrote...

Who wrote Space Hamster?

In all seriousness, I'd actually kinda like to know who came up with the idea of putting a hamster in a military commander's cabin. Somebody "wrote" that.


Minsc wrote it.


Like many other good things, it looks like you can chalk Boo up as the product of a late-night, pen-and-paper session