Mass Effect 3 Comic-Con Announcement: Canon Female Shepard Appearance Vote

The_Technomancer said:
Mass Effect 1 was a game that was fantastic in concept, but somewhat mediocre in execution.
Mass Effect 2 was a game that was much better in execution, but didn't capitalize nearly enough on the setup of the first game.
Mass Effect 3 so far still doesn't look like its going to turn into what many of us fans wanted to be the evolution of the first game.
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The Star Wars trilogy (OG of course is an apt comparison) a lot of people; including critics, thought the same thing about Empire at the time. It was a self contained story on the surface without a killer epic space finale or the sweeping exotic scope of the first but once you view the trilogy as a whole it becomes an integral part of the story arc with a very cool twist. I'm not expecting Vega will be a toy cash in along the lines of Ewoks in ME3 to ruin things so I'm giving Bioware the benefit of the doubt.
 
I like Mass Effect 2 more than 1 but storywise, it doesn't work at all really. It isn't like empire which moved the story forward in important ways.
 
MrMephistoX said:
I'm not expecting Vega will be a toy cash in along the lines of Ewoks in ME3 to ruin things so I'm giving Bioware the benefit of the doubt.
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That's what Bioware have been saving those space monkeys for.

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I've heard through the grapevine that they'll be one of the recruitable races in the fight against the Reapers.
 
Snuggler said:
That's what Bioware have been saving those space monkeys for.

I've heard through the grapevine that they'll be one of the recruitable races in the fight against the Reapers.
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You can run them over with your Mako. That makes them infinitely better than Ewoks.
 
Snuggler said:
That's what Bioware have been saving those space monkeys for.

http://i.imgur.com/F3f2E.jpg[IMG]

I've heard through the grapevine that they'll be one of the recruitable races in the fight against the Reapers.[/QUOTE]

at the end the reapers are gonna [I]reap[/I] what they [I]sow[/I]

yeah buddy
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Monocle said:
Ashley is the only thing in the image in the OP that I sort of like, and that's the nicest thing I can honestly say about it since I'm not pleased how much her redesign resembles Miranda.

A huge thumbs down for the meathead. Between him and Kaiden, the generic dudebro quotient is enough for the whole trilogy. Can't Wrex just rejoin Shep's crew and kill them both? I always thought Bioware made a huge misstep by splitting up ME1's team in ME2.
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Splitting up the team and allowing everyone to die in the second one were both massive mistakes IMO. It sets up a weird situation now for ME3 where most of the characters from the ME2 squad will probably be throwaways while people who didn't do anything (aside from Liara in Shadowbroker) in ME2 are returning, but we're still getting new squad mates late in the story, etc. etc.

They should've kept the core group together, made additions in ME2, then rolled the whole thing into ME3 where in the LAST game of the trilogy there was a chance your whole crew could die. Having ME2 being a giant recruiting mission instead of continuing the adventures of Shepard and his trusty crew was really underwhelming.
 
The_Technomancer said:
Mass Effect 1 was a game that was fantastic in concept, but somewhat mediocre in execution.
Mass Effect 2 was a game that was much better in execution, but didn't capitalize nearly enough on the setup of the first game.
Mass Effect 3 so far still doesn't look like its going to turn into what a small minority
of fans wanted to be the evolution of the first game.
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Correct for the truth, I think Mass Effect 3 looks great, I can't wait for it to be released.
 
I am so pissed I killed Ashley. And all because I was worried about her being jealous of my other love interest. And Wrex is dead to, as is the girl who loved to feed my fishes. There is so much tragedy in my Mass Effect trilogy playthrough. At this rate only Kaidan and Jack will be there to comfort me when all those I love die and the universe explodes at the end of my ME3 playthrough.
 
Net_Wrecker said:
Splitting up the team and allowing everyone to die in the second one were both massive mistakes IMO. It sets up a weird situation now for ME3 where most of the characters from the ME2 squad will probably be throwaways while people who didn't do anything (aside from Liara in Shadowbroker) in ME2 are returning, but we're still getting new squad mates late in the story, etc. etc.

They should've kept the core group together, made additions in ME2, then rolled the whole thing into ME3 where in the LAST game of the trilogy there was a chance your whole crew could die. Having ME2 being a giant recruiting mission instead of continuing the adventures of Shepard and his trusty crew was really underwhelming.
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Agreed. And to me it's as though a whole game is missing between the end of ME1 and the start of ME2, where everyone you know is spread all around the universe. What a counterintuitive way to welcome players back to that world.

"Oh hai, you were dead but now you're not. BTW, all your friends are gone and you'll barely recognize them when you find them. Have fun!"
 
I came in expecting something bad. What I saw went above and beyond expectations. I hope he also has an incredibly deep voice so I can hate him even more.

Oh well, back to my renegade fem shep playthrough of Mass Effect 1 to remind me of the potential this series once had.
 
After I finished the first Mass Effect, I remember thinking the series had so much potential, in terms of its attempt at a grand space-opera. It's funny what a few years can do.
 
haha

It doesn't look very bad to me, at least not the level of DmC's first trailer kind of hilarity.

I could nitpick on all those members but I don't think it's fair since they just went further with ME2's direction, similar armor designs, etc, if it was bad, there would be more cleavage and that the guy's gears would be a lot more bulky than shepard's in 2.

I wasn't paying too much attention before ME2, but I remember Jack also got a lot of hate from some of those characters trailers with the edgy and over the top attitude, I could see this going to be even worse as it gets closer to release.
 
Monocle said:
Agreed. And to me it's as though a whole game is missing between the end of ME1 and the start of ME2, where everyone you know is spread all around the universe. What a counterintuitive way to welcome players back to that world.

"Oh hai, you were dead but now you're not. BTW, all your friends are gone and you'll barely recognize them when you find them. Have fun!"
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Seriously.

ME1= Here's your crew. You will grow to love them by the end of the game.
ME2= Oh snap, Shepard's dead (but not really), your old friends are all over the place, here's some new dudes at a rate of 1 every 2 hours.
ME3= Oh remember all those new dudes you grew to like? Yeah, forget em. Here's the old dudes again (maybe minus the best ones) *troll face*

It's like, WTF? Not only that but they painted themselves into a corner by allowing all the new people in ME2 to die so they can't even give them a ton of material for the last part of the story since there's a possibility Player X might not even have that character. So instead of Ashley becoming a Spectre gradually and having to leave the crew in an emotional sendoff with Miranda taking her place over 3 games...BAM, "Sup Shepard, I'm a Spectre now too. Plus I found dat Asari perm for my locks."
 
Net_Wrecker said:
Seriously.

ME1= Here's your crew. You will grow to love them by the end of the game.
ME2= Oh snap, Shepard's dead (but not really), your old friends are all over the place, here's some new dudes at a rate of 1 every 2 hours.
ME3= Oh remember all those new dudes you grew to like? Yeah, forget em. Here's the old dudes again (maybe minus the best ones) *troll face*

It's like, WTF? Not only that but they painted themselves into a corner by allowing all the new people in ME2 to die so they can't even give them a ton of material for the last part of the story since there's a possibility Player X might not even have that character. So instead of Ashley becoming a Spectre gradually and having to leave the crew in an emotional sendoff with Miranda taking her place over 3 games...BAM, "Sup Shepard, I'm a Spectre now too. Plus I found dat Asari perm for my locks."
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In some parallel universe, Bioware played it smart and carried the crew from ME1 into 2 and 3. Three games to take Shepard and the gang across the galaxy, with enough time to really flesh out the characters and their interactions with one another.
 
Net_Wrecker said:
Seriously.

ME1= Here's your crew. You will grow to love them by the end of the game.
ME2= Oh snap, Shepard's dead (but not really), your old friends are all over the place, here's some new dudes at a rate of 1 every 2 hours.
ME3= Oh remember all those new dudes you grew to like? Yeah, forget em. Here's the old dudes again (maybe minus the best ones) *troll face*

It's like, WTF? Not only that but they painted themselves into a corner by allowing all the new people in ME2 to die so they can't even give them a ton of material for the last part of the story since there's a possibility Player X might not even have that character. So instead of Ashley becoming a Spectre gradually and having to leave the crew in an emotional sendoff with Miranda taking her place over 3 games...BAM, "Sup Shepard, I'm a Spectre now too. Plus I found dat Asari perm for my locks."
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Wait what? There has been a good amount of stuff at characters from ME2 returning. We've already seen Mordin in-game and possibly Legion as well. Hudson has made a point about all the characters coming back. We just don't know in what capacity.
 
ITT:

1. People complaining about space marines looking like space marines.
2. People complaining about women looking too good.
3. People complaining about men not looking good enough.

Never stop gaf.
 
Jarmel said:
Wait what? There has been a good amount of stuff at characters from ME2 returning. We've already seen Mordin in-game and possibly Legion as well. Hudson has made a point about all the characters coming back. We just don't know in what capacity.
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There's no way they'll be used to their full potential is what I was getting at. At this point it would be foolish to do so since all that work might go to waste considering all the possible number of crew fatalities from ME2. I'm sure they'll show up if they're still alive on that save, but it's not the same as if Bioware KNEW they'd be alive for ME3 and could plan accordingly.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
I was unaware space marines were supposed to look like anything.
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They're supposed to look like soldiers. So Bioware puts in a character that actually looks like a soldier, and fans go apeshit. lol.
 
Jarmel said:
The reasoning behind Vega is actually very good. Too bad many people aren't making the constellation connection.
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Is there a level of reasoning beyond the fact that Vega is a constellation? Because I wouldn't call that a very good reason to settle on such a terrible sounding name... are we going to meet Bob Ursa Minor as well?
 
DoctorPayne said:
Is there a level of reasoning beyond the fact that Vega is a constellation? Because I wouldn't call that a very good reason to settle on such a terrible sounding name... are we going to meet Bob Ursa Minor as well?
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Well this is a sci-fi game and Vega is close to a normal sounding name. That's more thought than most character's last names are given.
 
Zaptruder said:
Lacking something better to complain about, GAFfers will pick up on really stupid shit to complain about.
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Seriously. Some dude named Vega is making people lose it.

I guess it's something to talk about :\.
 
Nome said:
1. People complaining about space marines looking like space marines.
2. People complaining about women looking too good.
3. People complaining about men not looking good enough.
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1. Of course. I would have rather had a new crewmate that looked more like this-
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(yeah, I know, human frame wouldn't work with volus)
Just really, really disappointing.

2. It's not so much the looks as much as it is how dumb it comes across. Ashley was a soldier first and foremost in 1&2, but now she's dressed for a night out with the girls going into combat. It's just extremely inconsistent. Bad enough we had Miranda, Jack, and Samara wearing what they did in 2...

3. Good enough or just not different? The new guy's design just looks lazy, and would easily fit into that dumb "white male video game characters" image.
 
The continuity problem is a real issue. Can't wait for Gears 3 to provide the rich tapestry of characters across three games that only continuity can provide.

For serious though I'll be annoyed at a few they leave out and a few they bring back. But feel good about both the other way as well.

One bad character won't ruin ME3 ... I disliked half the crew in ME2.
 
DatBreh said:
If it becomes a shadow of something i wanted it to be but never was I wont buy it? Good Lord, what happened to just playing a game for what it is instead of judging it on what you want it to be.

Mass Effect was never going to be the spiritual successor to KOTOR once you come back from fantasy land and realize that, you will have a much better time with the game.
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I don't buy games I don't like. Is that unusual?

ME1 was a good game in my eyes. ME2 started taking the series in a direction that's not for me. ME3 looks to be crank'n up the 'BRO meter to 11, which again, really isn't for me.

I'm sorry I commented that ME1 had me feeling the Mass Effect universe had potential. Clearly I should just wait and see what the masters have in store for us in the thrilling conclusion of REAPERS FUCKING EVERYWHERE, space-sluts o'plenty!!!

Since you decided to reference KOTOR, which BTW I've never played--here's something for you--remember when people were skeptical of where George Lucas was taking the Star Wars franchise instead of just passively choking it down and thanking him for the pleasure?

Boy did they have egg on their face!!!

Jedi was supposed to have WOOKIES. We got teddy-bears because teddy bears fucking sell. They sold back then how cover-based multi-player shooters sell today. Like freak'n hotcakes. That doesn't make the change in direction that universe saw any more palatable than the one Mass Effect has been undergoing, and dear god continues to undergo.

Star Wars peaked with Empire. IMHO I think Mass Effect peaked at...Mass Effect.

It had fleshed out an incredible universe. I read every damned codec entry and loved it.

For a game, it had decent writing. It had some interesting characters, but it appears they weren't slutty enough for the target demo. Ashley was at least interesting as a character. Now it appears she's just another space-vixen.

Is any of this making any sense? I like Mass Effect. I would like to continue liking it.

As consumers we can only vote with our dollars.

And scream into the ether(net) I suppose...

I intend to continue doing both.

=)
 
Typographenia said:
1. Of course. I would have rather had a new crewmate that looked more like this-
http://i.imgur.com/w4Y6r.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wxlon.png[IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/k0uEm.jpg[IMG]
[spoiler](yeah, I know, human frame wouldn't work with volus)[/spoiler]
Just really, really disappointing.

2. It's not so much the looks as much as it is how dumb it comes across. Ashley was a soldier first and foremost in 1&2, but now she's dressed for a night out with the girls going into combat. It's just extremely inconsistent. Bad enough we had Miranda, Jack, and Samara wearing what they did in 2...

3. Good enough or just not different? The new guy's design just looks lazy, and would easily fit into that dumb "white male video game characters" image.[/QUOTE]
the volus are insanely annoying to talk to and would be inept in combat, the vorcha wouldnt work lore wise (it's implied that they die before reaching adult intelligence and theyre generally snappy), i guess the 1st species would work but theyre a pretty boring alien design anyway. besides, most of the alien races are humanoid so i feel the difference between having human/non human crewmates is negligible.
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Everything I've seen so far of Mass Effect 3 convinces me I'm done with the series. It might be a great game, but there's nothing there so far to interest me personally. It was a slog to get through the endless fights of ME2 by the end, and with ME3 killing that effort by making the crew mates I spent so much time gathering pointless... yeah, I'm out.
 
I'm really liking the Ashley redesign. I mean, really, she just let her hair down but I think I like the fact that she can look badass and slightly feminine at the same time.

New guy seems fine to me. I'll obviously be rocking Tali and Garrus, so it really doesn't matter what he looks like.

Mass Effect 3 is looking pretty exciting. Can't wait to finish out my Shep's story.

Sidenote: I love the GAF Bridage that has managed to build up the belief, in their heads, that Mass Effect 2 was somehow bad. Where were these people during last years GOTY discussions? Ever since DA2 its been trendy to hate on Bioware, so this is like a flashback to high school with cliques conforming their beliefs to hate on whomever the popular girl happens to dislike at the moment.
 
GrandHarrier said:
I'm really liking the Ashley redesign. I mean, really, she just let her hair down but I think I like the fact that she can look badass and slightly feminine at the same time.
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What is your idea of fully feminine exactly?

Barbie?
 
GrandHarrier said:
Sidenote: I love the GAF Bridage that has managed to build up the belief, in their heads, that Mass Effect 2 was somehow bad. Where were these people during last years GOTY discussions? Ever since DA2 its been trendy to hate on Bioware, so this is like a flashback to high school with cliques conforming their beliefs to hate on whomever the popular girl happens to dislike at the moment.
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You must be correct because what you've just stated here is the only possible reason there could be a backlash against ME2. Thanks for your insight.
 
Confidence Man said:
Like Miranda was modeled after Yvonne Strahovski, Vega is modeled after Ronnie from Jersey Shore only they did an even worse job.
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oh my, I like your new avatar.
 
DennisK4 said:
Who is the guy on the left? Can't be Kaiden because he is dead.
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As far as I know, Carth looks more like this:

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I have a few different ME1/2 saves to import, but Carth didn't survive any of them. I just can't force myself to spare him. I only hope that Bioware will give me the same option with Vega.
 
MrMephistoX said:
The Star Wars trilogy (OG of course is an apt comparison) a lot of people; including critics, thought the same thing about Empire at the time. It was a self contained story on the surface without a killer epic space finale or the sweeping exotic scope of the first but once you view the trilogy as a whole it becomes an integral part of the story arc with a very cool twist. I'm not expecting Vega will be a toy cash in along the lines of Ewoks in ME3 to ruin things so I'm giving Bioware the benefit of the doubt.
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So much wrong in this post. Empire is beloved because it's the second act of the play where our heroes are at the lowest. It's the logical progression of narrative. Don't get me wrong, I loved ME2, but it did minimal to advance the plot of ME1 to the point that I don't think this was originally meant as a trilogy.
 
-COOLIO- said:
the volus are insanely annoying to talk to and would be inept in combat, the vorcha wouldnt work lore wise (it's implied that they die before reaching adult intelligence and theyre generally snappy), i guess the 1st species would work but theyre a pretty boring alien design anyway. besides, most of the alien races are humanoid so i feel the difference between having human/non human crewmates is negligible.
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Volus wouldn't work even on a more basic level because of the character rig. We have to have upright humany shaped models, according to bioware.

Vorcha shouldn't be a problem any worse than having a geth in the ranks. They're probably my least favorite race, but it might be more interesting than a Grunt.

Battarians would be my pick, easily. We've already got the hostilities between human and batarian races due to competition. I believe we've more or less kicked them into the "space ghetto" as it were. Also, with the end of the arrival DLC we aren't on the best terms with them. I think there is some room for some really great interactions and exploration of race coexistence and understanding there.


I just feel there's a lot more that we could gain out of having a non human on board. We've had four of them so far, and I'm not sure how much further they can really stretch it out and keep it interesting. There's tons of untapped potential sitting around everywhere, if they'd just use it.
 
Nirolak said:
To be fair, it's her alt costume as opposed to her actually being a Justicar.

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I like her outfit there in white better. It's the same outfit from lair of the Shadow broker right?
 
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