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[Helios969]

Would I mind? Not really.  Of course I'm not especially attached to any of the races outside my human protagonist.  If any of the races got left behind I would not really care.  Ultimately in the context of MEA and the presence of the other races we know about it doesn't make any kind of sense not to include them.  Mute point, Asari with be there.

[Teabaggin Krogan]

Doesn't matter because if not Asari there's always going to another race of hot aliens catering to those fantasies. That's just how business works. The answer therefore is not to have less hot aliens but to have more hot aliens for everybody, male and female. Problemo solved.  

 

Although for Blasto's sake, no hanar romances! Dunno how many of you are into that stuff but please god no!

[Fade9wayz]

Yes, I would mind very much. Besides, until ME3, they were the only female aliens we encountered, with the exception of Tali (and her clones in ME2). Asari are diverse. Sure, you have Liara, and Sha'hira, but there's also Aria ( ), Aethyta, Tela Vasir, Morinth, Samara. In ME2, the Asari Eclypse vanguards, along with Salarian engineers of the Blue Suns, were the ones I had to be the most vary of, while I had not much difficulty dispatching Krogan battlemasters, strangely enough. 

 

Besides, I like my eye-candies, and I don't see why I should be deprived of my not so guilty pleasure. I like candies, especially when they are named Brooke, but that's beside the point.

 

There are enough other squadmates and romances to altogether avoid Asari for people who don't like them. I never got hijacked into any romance I didn't want, and except for loyalty missions (I could entirely skip, if I wanted to),  I could happily play the entire game without ever using, Jacob, Zaeed, Kaidan, Legion or even Garrus. And it's not because I disliked them, on the contrary, but Liara, Samara/Morinth, Jack, Tali, Ashley, Miranda and Kasumi simply brought more advantages to the table   Honestly, there didn't need to be Asari to have eye-candy all around.

 

Besides, what is wrong with strippers? They do hard work. I wouldn't mind the addition of male strippers, in the spirit of equality and all that, though. We'll have saloons, sorta, in Andromeda? Right?

 

So really, I would mind very much that such an iconic race should be erased for such a flimsy excuse

[9TailsFox]

If they want to bring back the Eiffel 65 squiddies, make them actually relevant to the story. I don't want their leverage to be mindsecks and hurrr durrr biotic goddesses. We all know that helped entirely when Thessia got plundered to the ground like wet tissue paper. 

 

If you wanna bring them back with no relevant changes; have them doing 360s on the pole, fine with me.

[SerriceIceDandy]

Although I think your post is needless obnoxious, the statement that most, if not all, races in the Mass Effect universe are basically a certain stereotype of human history is not false. 

Making them to be truly unique and alien would be all well and good, but there are simpler things that can bring improvements on that front. As I said, I'm currently replaying Mass Effect and another thing that called my attention (again) is a dialogue you can have with the Hanar salesman in the market district. Shepard inquires about why Hanar speaks that way and the Hanar answers something in the lines of: it's in our culture, Hanar are like that.

 

You know, I've never really thought of it like that. I was quite happy having all the information spoon-fed to me, but if that Hanar were a realistic personality, it probably would've responded "Why do you speak like that? You ignorant human dickbag"

 

Edit: The only species missing that I could shrug off are the additional cannon fodder species - like the Vorcha, Batarians etc. 

[Helios969]

Doesn't matter because if not Asari there's always going to another race of hot aliens catering to those fantasies. That's just how business works. The answer therefore is not to have less hot aliens but to have more hot aliens for everybody, male and female. Problemo solved.  

 

Although for Blasto's sake, no hanar romances! Dunno how many of you are into that stuff but please god no!

Yeah, it's doubtful the demographic into tentacle porn is too large

[9TailsFox]

Yeah, it's doubtful the demographic into tentacle porn is too large

[10K]

I wouldn't mind. If the Asari isn't either Samara or Aria, then I don't care. Asari as a species were uninspiring overall. Samara and Aria were the only exception for me.

[Catastrophy]

Chubby Asari hags confrimed!

[Dantriges]

You know, I've never really thought of it like that. I was quite happy having all the information spoon-fed to me, but if that Hanar were a realistic personality, it probably would've responded "Why do you speak like that? You ignorant human dickbag"

 

Why should he? He´s a salesman and insulting customers is bad for business. The Citadel is strangely full of humans but it´s widely known that they are the newest addition to the galactic community. The Hanar are a rarer species and The Citadel, especially the embassy area nearby,  is probably one of the places, where a lot of people who haven´t seen much besides their own world, are passing through. Perhaps he was just polite to the curious country bumpkin.

[Chardonney]

...don't like it don't take Asari. Game have other companions and races to pick from.

 

Try that with Liara in ME3. Wait, you can't, not even after Mars. She's forced on your team. I just hope that in Andromeda no squad member is forced on you, so everyone can choose whether or not they want an asari in their squad.

[Sifr]

I think the Asari, Turians and Salarians need to be fleshed out a bit more than they were in the original trilogy, as we often had them as a planet of hats that took on the roles of ineffectual diplomats, disciplined soldiers and nerdy scientists in the galaxy. It's why some of the more atypical members of the species who broke away from those stereotypes often proved to be far more interesting characters in the series. It's not to say that they aren't interesting species as they are now, but it'd be nice to see another side to them that compliments and contrasts them.

 

I think part of why the Krogan arc in ME3 was my personal favourite part of that game was because we got to see another side of a race that often even themselves stereotyped themselves as warriors and nothing else. We got to see the deeply spiritual side to the Krogan, as well as their artistic and architectural skill, all of which had been lost when they destroyed themselves, due to several thermonuclear wars and when Tuchanka became Planet Mad Max after the failed Krogan rebellions.

 

It let us see that the real tragedy of the Krogan was far deeper than simply losing their civilisation after they blew themselves back to the stone age and had been stricken with the genophage, but because those failures and setbacks had cost them the ability to believe in themselves. They had forgotten that they had once been capable of far more, and could be once again, if only they were willing to fight to regain a future for their people.

 

It'd be nice to see that kind of deep and philosophical examination of the other races in Andromeda, should they appear.

 

What are the Asari like when out of their comfort zone and when they can't achieve peace via diplomacy? Do Turians remain disciplined in a chaotic region of space where the old rules don't exist? How do the Salarians cope when facing something even they can't understand or out-think?

 

There are some of the things that ME3 could have gone into examining and didn't touch on nearly enough, as the Reaper threat was something none of them were prepared for. It would be just as suitable to examine these kinds of questions in Andromeda, about just how they - as well as humans - cope when thrust into a radically new environment, far beyond the furthest frontier.

[Vilio1]

Try that with Liara in ME3. Wait, you can't, not even after Mars. She's forced on your team. I just hope that in Andromeda no squad member is forced on you, so everyone can choose whether or not they want an asari in their squad.

I think that would involve making the squadmates completely irrelevant to the plot. In fact, this was one of DAI's weak points because there were places that your optional companions like Vivienne should have really had a chance to shine (winter palace) and they didn't get to.

I'm in for most/all squadmates being mandatory if that makes them more relevant to the plot, including an asari squadmate.

[wright1978]

I think that would involve making the squadmates completely irrelevant to the plot. In fact, this was one of DAI's weak points because there were places that your optional companions like Vivienne should have really had a chance to shine (winter palace) and they didn't get to.

I'm in for most/all squadmates being mandatory if that makes them more relevant to the plot, including an asari squadmate.

 

Agree i think as long as they allow freedom to have varied relationship with squadmates i don't mind them being mandatory.

[Sartoz]

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Well, since the teaser trailer showed us a Krogan, I will extrapolate Bio's thinking as follows:

Three races that makes sense, for the Alliance to bring along, are the Asari, Salarians and Krogans.  A Mass Effect game without them can be seen as unthinkable. The four MW races plus the stupid Macko puts the Imprimatur on Andromeda as a Mass Effect game... no question about that!

 

With that speculation, I would be sorely disappointed if my favourite blue skinned females are missing.

 

 

Personally, though, I was hoping that Andromeda was a game with a "clean slate" (ie: no MW galaxy clutter). Gamers can then get emotionally attached to the new characters and LIs (alien or otherwise).

[Panda]

I wouldn't be heartbroken cause there are other alien races I'm more into than Asari, but it would feel bit weird to me. Despite initial purpose of race, I think Asari- like Drell as well- are more than just fanservice in the series. They aren't only strippers in ME, they are also badass commandos, devoted scientists and overseers of Milky Way in ME's time.

[teh DRUMPf!!]

 I would celebrate their exclusion, personally.

[Halfdan The Menace]

I personally prefer human blondes over the Asari. So yes I would not miss the earless alien women for not being in Andromeda.

[SolNebula]

I see no real reason (in game/plot-wise reason) for excluding Asari other than some fan butthurts and mindless hate. Not a single valid reason, fans pandering is normal in every game. Many other races are pandering to a specific segment of customers. People should be tolerant and humble to accept that different people like different things and asking for removal of races or features just because you don't like it...not only sounds egotistical but rather immature. You don't like something other people like? You are free to ignore it.

 

This is a very disguised but poor attempt of an hate thread.

[teh DRUMPf!!]

 I never understood how/why the asari are considered attractive, for that matter.

 

 

I can only think of like two, barely, that were at all good-looking.

[Bowlcuts]

 I never understood how/why the asari are considered attractive, for that matter.

 

 

I can only think of like two, barely, that were at all good-looking.

[teh DRUMPf!!]

 

 

Oh, haha -- NOWWWW I GET IT!!!! 

[goishen]

Yeah, I would have a problem with it.

 

The first council species to discover the citadel, one of if not the most powerful biotic forces, a useful commando force, a long lifespan, etc.  They beat the salarians to the citadel, for crying out loud.  Agreed, with some help, but still.  Add to this, they are just beautiful, and there you go. 

[Barquiel]

The asari are one of the major races in ME universe and they never had a race threatening choice in ME trilogy. They are an integral part of the universe...there is no chance Bioware cuts them, especially given their popularity. And sure, they may have started out as sexy blue space girls, but they were developed much further than that. The fleshed-out, interesting Asari characters were far more prevalent than the fanservic-y bar dancer kind (there's always room for improvement ofc, but the same applies for the other ME races)
 

I see no real reason (in game/plot-wise reason) for excluding Asari other than some fan butthurts and mindless hate. Not a single valid reason, fans pandering is normal in every game. Many other races are pandering to a specific segment of customers. People should be tolerant and humble to accept that different people like different things and asking for removal of races or features just because you don't like it...not only sounds egotistical but rather immature. You don't like something other people like? You are free to ignore it.
 
This is a very disguised but poor attempt of an hate thread.

Also this. There are some races I don't like/don't care about, but that doesn't mean they should be left out.

[Fiery Phoenix]

I want the asari back. Mass Effect isn't the same without them.