R34P3RR3D33M3R wrote...
Phil725 wrote...
I'm sure some people are still worried about her not being a squad mate, I'm definitely not though. It makes absolutely no sense from Bioware's perspective. Here are some quick reasons why:
- Returning the characters is a huge boost to sales, whereas making new characters isn't
- Its more work to make the old squad cameos and make a new team
- There are enough squad mates around to make a full team on any imported Shepard
- ME2's point was building a connection to a group of characters. ME3 will not be able to focus on plot without bringing back these characters, unless they go with paper thin new ones
- Bioware doesn't want to spend money fireproofing their headquarters
They're also all but guaranteed to reveal her face. Its a huge break in the roleplaying aspect of the game that Shepard sees it and we don't, and its one of the larger loose ends that needs tied up in the end. There is a large argument that keeping her face hidden was a good move for ME2, but that whole argument goes away for ME3. There is almost nothing to support leaving her face hidden throughout the trilogy.
I very much hope you're right.
Bio managed to exceed my expectations with ME2, I hope they can do that again with ME3.
It just sucks that ME3 will supposedly be the last we see of Shep.
Well, now that I comforted you at first, let me be a downer

ME2 specifically focuses on the characters, they were basicall the whole story. That is unlikely to be as true in ME3. The plot was very weak in ME2 to focus on the characters, whereas there is much more stuff to focus on besides them in ME3. There will also be more characters to focus on. I could see ME3 being Shepard vs the reapers featuring some interchangeable squad mates that follow you.
I certainly hope it doesn't end up like that. I care more about seeing Tali's story developed than anything else. I want the whole romance arc in general elaborated on, but I'm less sure about that than the characters being back in general.