BaladasDemnevanni wrote...
The entire ME1 cast had a basic plot function. But ME1 could easily have been designed where you don't have to bring along Tali, Garrus, or Wrex after their respective roles are fulfilled.
Actually, recruiting Garrus and Wrex was completely optional in ME1. So in the case of those two, it was. Tali's recruitment was probably mandatory so that you'd have a minimum of 2 squadmates at all times, since you can do Virmire before you go to Therum and recruit Liara. Which would potentially leave you with just the VS and Tali in the party.
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MyChemicalBromance wrote...
Yes, even to the point that they just used all the ME1 armors in combat.
I feel like, post ME1, no one was allowed to tell the art team "no, that's ****ing stupid, change it."
I doubt it was the art team that was behind the comic book-esque reimagining of the series.
I don't know about that. There are stories of the art and writing intent not matching up during the development of ME1. For instance, Chris L'Etoile once complained on the Penny Arcade forum that the artists had neglected to put visible weapons on the Normandy SR1 model. The use of kinetic weapons was also apparently mostly because the art and sound teams didn't want to make "pew pew" laser guns.
Plus, in terms of character design, ME1 gave us things like Benezia's outfit and Saren's incredibly conspicuous geth arm that nobody seems to notice. I suspect that it was the change from customizable armor to "iconic appearances" for the squadmate models, more than anything else, that led to the flashier outfits of ME2 and ME3's squadmates.
On topic:
I would definitely prefer more functional character designs. I always found the appearance of characters like Jack, Miranda, Samara, ME3 Ashley, and EDI to be gratuitous and distracting. And don't get me started on characters wearing breath masks but no helmets in a vacuum. Sometimes you can give these characters more sensible outfits through DLC and the like, but you shouldn't have to do that.
Fortunately for the prospects of the next game, Bioware Montreal seems to have a pretty good track record for this kind of thing so far. Nyreen's combat armor was practical enough, and the hoody was okay as a "casual" outfit too.
The OP praised the N7 Demolisher model, but I think most of the multiplayer characters are good in this respect. Granted, almost all of them are re-used models from the single player game, but the Montreal MP team still made some good choices. For instance, the Asari Justicar Adept model is a lot more believable than Samara's outfit. Even the AIU uses one of EDI's less ridiculous alternate appearances. The only major exceptions are the Drell and Vorcha characters, but those may just have been the only available models for those races.
So there might actually be a few reasons to be cautiously optomistic about this kind of thing for the next game. Though, of course, we can't really know at this point.
Modifié par INH56, 02 juin 2013 - 04:21 .
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