dreamgazer wrote...
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.
Guest_Finn the Jakey_*
Finn the Jakey wrote...
For some reason I've heard before that Liara was written by Mac Walters.
Fredvdp wrote...
I thought Drew wrote ME1 Tali, but I have no source.
Whole Particle wrote...
Who wrote Shepard?
Dusty Everman is primarily a level designerArgentoid wrote...
themikefest wrote...
You have Mac Walters as the writer for Steve Cortez. He is not the writer.
Dusty Everman wrote Steve. Heres an interview
That's weird. He's not listed in the ME3 credits as a writer.
Anyway. Added!
Modifié par themikefest, 15 février 2013 - 05:42 .
I beg to differ. There was a steep decline in quality after ME1. I bet the writer changed at least once. Can't say if ME2 and ME3 Joker are essentially the same.Argentoid wrote...
And...
anyone knows about Joker? His dialogue quality has been consistent in all 3 games.
Finn the Jakey wrote...
For some reason I've heard before that Liara was written by Mac Walters.
Whole Particle wrote...
Who wrote Shepard?
Modifié par Han Shot First, 16 février 2013 - 09:14 .
Lawrence0294 wrote...
I'm quite sure Jay Watamaniuk also wrote Grunt in ME3.
Argentoid wrote...
[*]Space Hamster (ME2) = ?
Modifié par SinerAthin, 16 février 2013 - 10:52 .
Dr. Doctor wrote...
Jacob in ME2 was written by Lukas Kristjanson.
Argentoid wrote...
Dr. Doctor wrote...
Jacob in ME2 was written by Lukas Kristjanson.
Ouch. You sure?
I'm really impressed with this forum thread. Well thought out yet conflicting views have been expressed with the discussion remaining civil, and I’ve found some great food for thought.
I have such mixed feelings when I hear the criticisms of Kelly not being flushed out as much as she should have been, or offense of her cabin dancing, or lack of a true romance scene. On one hand, it’s great that people care enough to want things different or to want more. On the other hand, she almost didn’t happen at all, so there’s more there than I had originally expected. I’ll let you in on a bit of ME2 development history.
ME2 was a very large scale project. Every department was heavily tasked to get a polished product out the door. Due to its nature, the Normandy came in a bit later than other levels. When it came time to flush out the Normandy’s light characters and plots, the writers and cinematic designers were fully tasked. There were discussions where Kelly (at least the part beyond “You have email” or “Such-and-such wants to speak to you”), Doctor Chakwas, Engineer Donnelly and Daniels, and Mess Sergeant Gardner were on the chopping block (and there were other characters that did get cut). In the end, a level designer did the writing for those characters, not a writer, and most of the cinematic design work for those characters was done afterhours by passionate cine designers. They were pretty much created after work hours as a labor of love by all involved.
From a development point of view, the real purpose for those light characters was to give meaning to the choice of going through the Omega-4 relay early or waiting. It was supposed to be something like the Ash/Kaidan choice in ME1. Do you save your Normandy crew but risk your squad mates and the entire mission, or do you prepare more but potentially sacrifice the crew. We kind of failed at this goal on two accounts. 1. That decision wasn’t clear. 2. We gave the ability to save everyone if you did the mission order just right. But the light crew members were there in an attempt to give you someone to care about. If you don’t like the flirty, optimistic yeoman, hopefully you like your old Doctor friend, or the joking engineers, or the brash cook. Hopefully there is at least one of those you care about to make the choice to go through the Omega-4 relay early a compelling one.
The light romance with Kelly was bonus. It would have been great to do the dinner in detail, but covering every type of relationship that Shepard might have with Kelly was just not feasible. Everyone has their own version in their head of what happened during that dinner, and you all are correct. To actually implement every version was just not possible, and even if there was development time that time would probably have been better spent flushing out your main squad members. Maybe the dinner shouldn’t have been in there at all then, but that’s a whole other discussion.
The cabin cuddles with Kelly and all the love interests, as well as her playful dancing, were all a last minute addition, done just a week before content lockdown. VO had been locked down long before, hence why they are all silent. Should they have even gone in? Once again, that’s a whole other discussion.
Anyway, I look forward to more of your thoughts. Thank you.
Modifié par Han Shot First, 17 février 2013 - 12:49 .
Optimus J wrote...
Congratulations to Hepler to be able to not only salvage that tragedy, but actually turn her into a an interesting and compelling character.
Optimus J wrote...
I was curious about who could turn a idea so horrible and stupid as the fembot EDI into that nicely developed character she is in Mass Effect 3.
Congratulations to Hepler to be able to not only salvage that tragedy, but actually turn her into a an interesting and compelling character.
:sick:
Modifié par Rauhel, 17 février 2013 - 02:49 .
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