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[Andaius20]

I thought they where covered in Scales, of various sizes ranging from the big plates to super fine ones.

Edit: top of the page pic!

Modifié par Andaius20, 25 juin 2010 - 07:52 .

[Nilfalasiel]

Tattoos elsewhere than on the face...hmm. Doesn't really strike me as something turians would go for, no. They don't seem to be much in favour of showing skin, even in their civvies, so really, having a tattoo elsewhere that on the face would kind of defeat the point. Asari, on the other hand, I totally see having tattoos or piercings. With all them bare-midriff dresses they wear, it would be a shame not to capitalize on that.

What the elements of Garrus' mental sexiness are? The sarcasm and intensity, definitely. The dangerous edge, the dedication, the honesty, the loyalty. And the fact that, beneath all his rough 'n toughness, he's just a big ol' softie who bottles up his feelings.

@ kglaser: Don't worry, bringing Liara on Noveria won't affect her romance/non-romance. I've always brought her with me, on all my playthroughs, because I figured she at least deserved to see her mother one last time, and it never caused me problems.

silentstephi wrote...

Does it bug anyone else that turians don't have obvious ears? Or that really NONE of the other races have obvious ears, except for batarians?

Well, I always figured that, with asari, their ears were the sort of holes you see on the side of their heads where their, um..."headtacles" (lol) meet. Here, lemme find a pic.



According to the following pic, a salarian's ears could be those small holes on the sides of their heads. Just like they have small holes for nostrils.



Other than that, batarians have ears, as you say. I think it's mentioned in one of the novels that quarians have things that have the same function as ears (but that obviously don't look the same). Drell have conveniently placed flaps or ridges on the sides of their heads, so their ears could be situated under that. Elcor have blankets on their backs, so again, the ears could be under there.

But I have no idea where a turian's or krogan's ears would be. And we know nothing about what the volus look like under their suits.

Also rabbit ears for the raloi? You mean, like viera in the FF-verse?

Different topic: Nihlus' faceplates are red? I always thought they were black...

Modifié par Nilfalasiel, 25 juin 2010 - 08:22 .

[V-rex]

A quick hello from the Ashley thread.

I just wanted to pop in and also show my appreciation for Garrus, my favourite Turian, in Mass Effect 3. So yeah, consider this a friendly extra post on my behalf and here's hoping we see plenty more of Garrus's awesomeness in Mass Effect 3.

[Collider]

Discussing what art means in the Tali thread. Unexpected. Granted, there are some talented regulars in there. Conversations like those usually take place around this time.

The omission of ears in the alien species is refreshing, although it in itself not enough to make alien species "alien" enough for me personally. I will cite the Krogan, Batarians, Salarians, Hanar, Vorcha, Elcor, & Drell as suitably "alien," although the Salarians have clear inspiration from the "greys." As for the others, The Quarians and Volus remain to be seen, literally. Expect the Volus to join the others as "suitably" alien, hope the Quarians follow suit. Would be disappointed if not so.

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

Modifié par Collider, 25 juin 2010 - 08:33 .

[Alexine]

Collider wrote...

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

I found that too with Asari. But I guess it's because Asari were created for men to drool over hot women, thought it didn't really work at times.

However, I don't find any of the Salarians, Turians, Quarians, Elcors, etc. were "alien". I guess because I could see what parts of influence these races were created by.

[Andaius20]

A pic from a friend on another forum. Several things to comment on.

1: Turians come with fingered, it never fails.

2: Garrus your not hiding very good there, Sidonis must be blind!

[Alexine]

Andaius20 wrote...


A pic from a friend on another forum. Several things to comment on.
1: Turians come with fingered, it never fails.
2: Garrus your not hiding very good there, Sidonis must be blind!

LOL, Garrus has lights that always attract trouble. XP

[Nilfalasiel]

Collider wrote...

The omission of ears in the alien species is refreshing, although it in itself not enough to make alien species "alien" enough for me personally. I will cite the Krogan, Batarians, Salarians, Hanar, Vorcha, Elcor, & Drell as suitably "alien," although the Salarians have clear inspiration from the "greys." As for the others, The Quarians and Volus remain to be seen, literally. Expect the Volus to join the others as "suitably" alien, hope the Quarians follow suit. Would be disappointed if not so.

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

Dunno, I had similar issues with the drell as with the asari, probably because I read that Thane had been created to be physically appealing to the female gamer population. Basically, the male counterpart to the asari. And they're probably the two most humanoid-looking races of the lot, which only strengthens the issue. Turians, krogan, batarians, salarians and elcor are probably the most successfully alien races to me. Sure, it's quite obvious what most of them were inspired by (except the batarians...I can't see what the inspiration for them was), but that's not a problem: they look different enough from humans to work as aliens. As you say, we've yet to see what the volus and quarians look like, but from the looks of it, quarians will turn out to be pretty humanoid-looking. Their body morphology is already very humanoid (barring the legs and 3 digits), and from what we can see of their facial outlines, they have a humanoid facial structure too.

I would've added hanar to the list of successfully alien species, but I can't get past the fact that someone, somewhere is writing tentacle-pr0n about them  Surely the developers knew that would happen when they created them...

[Collider]

Alexine wrote...

Collider wrote...

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

I found that too with Asari. But I guess it's because Asari were created for men to drool over hot women, thought it didn't really work at times.

It's disappointing, yes. I can imagine someone in development saying that the game needed "space babes' - and out comes a race of all female recolored humans who can mate with anyone and are more sexually free than the other species.

Almost all (if not all) of the strippers and dancers are Asari, the Consort is Asari, Morinth is Asari, etc etc and so forth. And the Asari outfits.

Case in point: Benezia and Samara. Both of which have about no reason to show off the goods.

I found the Asari as a race to be too "Mary Sue" - or too "perfect." The Turians, the Krogan, and the Quarians for example are more interesting to me because they are imperfect and have unique cultures that do not boil down to "high society."

However, I don't find any of the Salarians, Turians, Quarians, Elcors, etc. were "alien". I guess because I could see what parts of influence these races were created by.

I guess it depends on what is considered to be "alien." One thing I like about the Turians, for example, is that they are not just recolored humans + something insignificant (like head tentacles) as is often seen in science fiction. They have a great design that is quite far away from retextured human, and IMO are the best designed aliens I've seen in science fiction. They still retain enough "human" features (physically and mentally) to allow for connection and relation by the audience. Mission accomplished, I say.

[Alexine]

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

This one is disturbed by the idea of a Hanar pr0n.

Already done by the Japanese in early history, lol.

[Collider]

Nilfalasiel wrote...

Collider wrote...

The omission of ears in the alien species is refreshing, although it in itself not enough to make alien species "alien" enough for me personally. I will cite the Krogan, Batarians, Salarians, Hanar, Vorcha, Elcor, & Drell as suitably "alien," although the Salarians have clear inspiration from the "greys." As for the others, The Quarians and Volus remain to be seen, literally. Expect the Volus to join the others as "suitably" alien, hope the Quarians follow suit. Would be disappointed if not so.

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

Dunno, I had similar issues with the drell as with the asari, probably because I read that Thane had been created to be physically appealing to the female gamer population. Basically, the male counterpart to the asari. And they're probably the
two most humanoid-looking races of the lot, which only strengthens the
issue.

Yes, true. I was debating whether to include Drell in the list. I decided that, in comparison to the Asari, the Drell are still notably more "alien." I would have liked their eyes to be completely black instead of the weird human-ish eyes beneath, though. I think there is some irony in the fact that the least human love interests are also the most popular among their respective genders (Garrus & Tali).

Turians, krogan, batarians, salarians and elcor are probably the most successfully alien races to me. Sure, it's quite obvious what most of them were inspired by (except the batarians...I can't see what the inspiration for them was), but that's not a problem: they look different enough from humans to work as aliens.

Definitely. They all had great designs and felt like actual aliens.

Krogan are inspired by some sort of reptile, salarians greys, elcor...elephants? Gorillas?

I don't know about the Turians or Batarians though. The Turians seem to be a conglomerate of different animals, though, to some degree. That, or I'm just projecting.

As you say, we've yet to see what the volus and quarians look like, but from the looks of it, quarians will turn out to be pretty humanoid-looking. Their body morphology is already very humanoid (barring the legs and 3 digits), and from what we can see of their facial outlines, they have a humanoid facial structure too.

I am hoping that they turn out to be more alien than the Asari. Can't know for sure until possibly ME3.

[Alexine]

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

Alexine wrote...

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

This one is disturbed by the idea of a Hanar pr0n.

Already done by the Japanese in early history, lol.

...................................

Yeah...

If you want to google "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" (warning: it's DEFINITELY NSFW)

[Alexine]

Collider wrote...

Nilfalasiel wrote...

Collider wrote...

The omission of ears in the alien species is refreshing, although it in itself not enough to make alien species "alien" enough for me personally. I will cite the Krogan, Batarians, Salarians, Hanar, Vorcha, Elcor, & Drell as suitably "alien," although the Salarians have clear inspiration from the "greys." As for the others, The Quarians and Volus remain to be seen, literally. Expect the Volus to join the others as "suitably" alien, hope the Quarians follow suit. Would be disappointed if not so.

I felt that the Asari were not suitably alien enough (I have several problems with their race as well) which served to make the experience less immersive.

Dunno, I had similar issues with the drell as with the asari, probably because I read that Thane had been created to be physically appealing to the female gamer population. Basically, the male counterpart to the asari. And they're probably the
two most humanoid-looking races of the lot, which only strengthens the
issue.

Yes, true. I was debating whether to include Drell in the list. I decided that, in comparison to the Asari, the Drell are still notably more "alien." I would have liked their eyes to be completely black instead of the weird human-ish eyes beneath, though. I think there is some irony in the fact that the least human love interests are also the most popular among their respective genders (Garrus & Tali).

If you look at the early interview and development designs for Thane, it is evident that Thane was to be appealing for both genders at some point, though more emphasis upon women more than men. I suppose if the Asari were not mainly strippers or wearing revealing outfits, I suppose they could be classified the same as well.

[Nilfalasiel]

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

Alexine wrote...

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

This one is disturbed by the idea of a Hanar pr0n.

Already done by the Japanese in early history, lol.

...................................

Heck, it's even done in ME itself *points to copy of Fornax*

@ Collider: I laughed at "Benezia and Samara have no reason to show off the goods". No, they definitely don't. Especially since Samara turns you down so adamantly when you actually try to woo her. Makes it seem like she's somewhat of a tease, when it's really not what was intended, I'm sure.

The parallels I see: Krogan = Komodo dragons, turians = raptors, salarians = greys or frogs/salamanders, elcor = gorillas. Drell = snakes. Batarians...noooo clue. Their teeth look like whale "teeth", but that's the only parallel I can make.

@ Alexine: Both genders? That's interesting. I defaulted to women because his character is clearly straight and only an option for FemSheps. But if they originally thought of designing him as appealing to both genders, that makes the parallel with asari even stronger. Minus the promiscuity, of course, but I guess they were going with the cliché that promiscuous, bi, scantily-clad females would be more appealing to straight males and that good-looking, strong, silent, sensitive, repentant-sinner type males would be more appealing to straight females.

Modifié par Nilfalasiel, 25 juin 2010 - 09:29 .

[Andaius20]

Nilfalasiel wrote...

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

Alexine wrote...

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

This one is disturbed by the idea of a Hanar pr0n.

Already done by the Japanese in early history, lol.

...................................

Heck, it's even done in ME itself *points to copy of Fornax*

@ Collider: I laughed at "Benezia and Samara have no reason to show off the goods". No, they definitely don't. Especially since Samara turns you down so adamantly when you actually try to woo her. Makes it seem like she's somewhat of a tease, when it's really not what was intended, I'm sure.

@ Alexine: Both genders? That's interesting. I defaulted to women because his character is clearly straight and only an option for FemSheps. But if that's how they originally thought of designing him, that makes the parallel with asari even stronger. Minus the promiscuity, of course, but I guess they were going with the cliché that promiscuous, bi, scantily-clad females would be more appealing to straight males and that good-looking, strong, silent, sensitive, repentant-sinner type males would be more appealing to straight females.

[Bugsie]

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

You do know that Turian culture is based off of Imperial Rome right?
Roman Space-Raptors FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH Darth Roman Space-Raptors FTW!!!! 

And in regards to other topics discussed here:
Seeing as I'm generally already greatly disturbed by Japanese non-porn Anime, the thought of Hanar Hentai is really messing with my brain 

[Alexine]

Darth Cheesecake wrote...

*ME3*
Shepard: Uhhh Garrus why are you wearing a robe?
Garrus: I just watched some of your old human vids. I'm Darth Garrus now!!!!!
Shepard: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.....

MAKE THIS AN ALT. OUTFIT FOR GARRUS! XD That's if they are making a fourth set of alt. outfits