Cerrydd wrote...
And Casey never said that Tali was a chicken. They took her out as a LI in ME1 because they thought people would think she was too young and because she has chicken legs. The chicken legs are a fact. The same as Garrus is a bird-like guy with an exoskeleton, who also gets compared with lizards, dinosaurs, kittehs, etc... that doesn't mean he doesn't like them. It's a learning thing for BW too, it's hard to predict who people are going to like most.
That part really sounds odd to me when you know that Liara is an LI. Proportionately, if an asari lives for 1000 years, Liara, being 106, is barely a teenager. Yes, I understand that it's not just proportional: she HAS been around for more than a century, and she does have science studies behind her and all that, meaning that asari do develop quicker than simple proportionality. But her entire attitude in ME1 was naive and awkward like a child's, more so than Tali's, IMO. I get the chicken legs argument, she does have them. But too young? She's 22 in ME1, that doesn't strike me as problematic. She'd be considered as an experienced adult in a JRPG
But beyond that, both the chicken legs comment and the "bird-guy with an exoskeleton" comment just go to show how much appearance is paramount in a game. The majority of the gaming crowd out there isn't going to give much of a damn about how profound a character is: if it's a scantily clad female with huge bewbs, chances are she's going to be a big hit. It's why Miranda looks the way she does. It's why Morrigan has that
-inducing top on her, even though she certainly doesn't need it to be a fascinating character. It's sad, really, and the fact that the game developers are actually surprised at people showing preference for depth of character makes it even sadder. You'd think they'd know which of their characters are deeper and be happy when people like them, rather than DAT ASS or DEM BEWBS. Not go "huh...they like the bird-dude/chicken-leg girl? but...why?"
That being said...maybe they don't know which of their characters are deep, after all. This is about them expecting Jacob and Jack to be popular. Jacob's dialogue with Shep sounds like softcore pr0n, and he is utterly unremarkable and completely well-adjusted besides that. On the other hand, Jack is so far from being well-adjusted that she might as well be in a different galaxy, but actually has a touching, difficult romance (I can totally see the similarities with Morrigan, by the way). I can understand that they'd expect the latter to be interesting, because she is. But the former? How can they ever have considered those two on the same level? Boggle the mind, it does. Are you
sure it's Jacob they expected to be popular among the male characters? Not Thane?
Other tidbits I've picked up on:
- The Alistair-Garrus comparison again? Aside from sarcasm and awkwardness, I don't see the similarities. Alistair is insecure in just about everything he does; even if you harden him, it still shows at times. However, he has no problems expressing feelings when it comes to it. He also has no problems dumping the Warden or throwing a hissy fit when you don't do things his way (despite him refusing to take charge). Garrus has the hardest time expressing his feelings, he's unquestionably loyal, no matter what Shep decides, even if he still has his opinions, and he doesn't have to be dragged kicking and screaming to take charge. Alistair is soft and has to be hardened. Garrus is hard and has to be softened. And yes, I realize what I've just typed
Also, yes, I actually like Alistair, surprising as it may seem.
- Overlord has no new squad interaction...I am disappoint. I wouldn't actually have expected there to be any...if they hadn't advertised it, dammit! Now what was the point of that?
I'll still buy it, the mission actually sounds interesting. But the false publicity is kind of a downer.
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When I tried to look, all I found was interviews about the DLC.
. The romance was still a big surprise though.
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