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Bioware's New Game: It's Mass Effect 3.

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JD:

--- Quote from: KvP on 12 Apr 2011, 20:33 ---
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 12 Apr 2011, 19:16 ---I think they did as well as they good with a supposedly brilliant individual. I know a few incredibly attractive and talented people who seem constantly haunted by the prospect of being anything less than perfect in every way. It's not like if you're super smart and ultra cute you have no problems, sometimes it ramps them up even more and I think they managed to just about capture that dichotomy.

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I get that, I just don't think it's worth writing, hearing about, or playing therapist with in the hopes of having digital sex. Listening to people wrestle with privilege is very rarely interesting. I'm pretty much over companions with deeply ingrained self-esteem issues. I don't think it's a coincidence that my line between "interesting" and "intolerable" amongst ME2 companions neatly divides characters who are confident in themselves (Mordin, Tali, Grunt, Thane, Samara) and characters who nurse some deep insecurity (Miranda, Jacob, Jack). Unsurprisingly, those characters make up the majority of romance options. Garrus gets a pass because his vendetta/PTSD isn't inherently stupid.

This pattern is likewise reflected in Dragon Age 2, with Aveline and Varric being the best characters and Merrill / Anders being the worst.

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I dunno if Jack is insecure. It seems more like she's a cold and impersonal person who struggles to get close to people. Which is rather like Lisbeth now that I think about it.

satsugaikaze:
Never thought there'd be a game with a 'stock gmilf' but yeah

Samara
How bout those implants honey


Friggin' Obligatory Space Babes.

Tom:

--- Quote from: JD on 12 Apr 2011, 21:40 ---I dunno if Jack is insecure. It seems more like she's a cold and impersonal person who struggles to get close to people. Which is rather like Lisbeth now that I think about it.

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That's an apt comparison.

Alex C:
Yeah, I suspect that I have a decent overall impression of Miranda in large part because I didn't pursue that thread the first time around. Once you do take on the romance thread (Can we vote on a term other than romance? Please?) she actually seems sulkier about how the mission is "no time to for emotional entanglement" and "idiotic hormones" than she did about her perceived inadequacies. It adds another round of "Miranda has vulnerabilities" when I liked her better without quite so much baggage. Plus, at one point she asks you to promise her you won't die, which will always and forever make me think of Team America.

Rizzo:
It seemed like every single way I played this game Garrus was really distant and basically refused to talk to me. I've played through twice, once with a continued campaign (male) and once with a new character (female) and Garrus was a dick the whole time. wtf?

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