Now as for Kaidan commanding his own ship in ME3, it's a fear I've been having for a while now. Something that lingers in my mind, faintly, but there. Mostly because of Kaidan's promotions, I can see him climbing the ranks even further and at the same speed. But in all honesty, it makes little sense.
Giving him his own ship basically gives him yet another cameo. So he's part of the fleet against the Reapers, it just seems like a Virmire moment to me. Send Kaidan with the Salarians and you get to hear his voice every now and then, that's it. So in the fight against the reapers, you can hear him report in? No thank you.
Dunno if we should cling to it in any form or shape, but Bioware's statement on the Indiana Jones thing HAS to place the LI at Shepard's side in the last chapter of her story.
However, is Bioware going to treat all LI's the same? ME1 introduces Kaidan/Ash/Liara while ME2 opened a can of even more LI's. All ME2 LI's can possibly die, which in my mind still means it will effect the time and resources Bioware will spend on these characters. Then again, I'm sure the majority of players will have saved each character in one save or another.
I already think the quality of the LI's went downhill fast in ME2 because of the number of characters, in ME3 the old LI's will come into play again as well. I've said it before, that's a lot of characters for a part of the game that's so small, romances.
Hmm, now that I think about it. What DOES make sense? Turn the LI in Shepard's second in command, thus creating a role ANY LI can take on. Despite difference in characters, they ALL follow Shepard's command. One role for all LI's and the one you choose is the one that shows up as recruitable for the position. Cheated on Kaidan? He won't be available. etc. Same dialogue, same cutscenes etc no matter who your LI is. (with slight detail work like the Horizon dialogue) Which means only 1 will be onboard the Normandy. That means creating 1 detailed role to be taken by any given LI and create small cameos for the same characters in case they survived but are not the LI.
Which in my case means Kaidan will be the LI at Shepard's side while Jacob, Liara, Miranda, Garrus, Tali, Jack and Thane will get cameos. Still fighting against the reapers no doubt but in their own story away from the Normandy with them reporting in from where ever they are fighting from. (just a few VO lines, no animations, cheap) All LI, besides Liara, can die in ME1 or 2...this puts them all on the same level now.
Okay so I'm having breakfast and still waking up...but I think it makes sense. To me at least
Modifié par Jhosephine, 28 février 2010 - 09:13 .