Characters In Mass Effect 2

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Paragon Fury

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Well, since this new video shows 2 more of the characters for your party in ME2, Miranda and Jakobs (Gamespot Video [http://www.gamespot.com/shows/today-on-the-spot/?event=mass_effect_220091221&om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;4]), we now know of 6 of your 8 potenial party memebers.

So we've got Samara, Miranda, Subject Zero, Jakobs, Thane, Grunt and Tali. That leaves 2 left to find out, and sofar we only have Tali from the original cast.


I don't know about you, but other than Tali, I hate the party members for ME2. They're all psychopaths, save for Miranda, and half of them make me angry just to look at them. I'd probably jettison half of them out the airlock if given half the chance. Where are the people from the first game? You know, the ones we actually care about, like Liara, Wrex, Garrus, Ashely and Kaiden? Or are going to find the plot hole they feel into later in the game?

In addition, the video also reveals that the game pretty much tells you that we are forced to with the Cerberus, the shadowy, xenophobic assholes from th first game who ran the rather illegal and unethical experiements on many races and killed many members of the Alliance and other races military. I'm pretty sure many of us in the first game vowed to curbstomp/set on fire any Cerberus members we came across in the next games, so why are being forced to work with them, much less take 2 of them with us? (Miranda and Jakobs are both members of Cerberus).

We're freakin' Spectres. We don't need the help of a group like Cerberus, and certainly not their lackies!
 

Mana Fiend

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Yes, but we're talking about a suicide mission here; people who are psychopaths are pretty much needed. Miranda seems to be on the side of the Illusive Man, hence why she's with us. Plus, we don't know how characters will develop, or if they'll change as we gel with them.

Liara, Garrus, heck even Wrex were in their way honourable, and Shepherd was trying to prove that the universe could trust humanity as Spectres in ME1. Now that humans are settled into the galaxy, there's a bigger job to tackle, and we need people who can do the job needed. Ruthless people for a ruthless job, it would seem... Shepherd may not be happy with it, but needs must.
 

DragonsAteMyMarbles

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I thought Garrus was going to be available (working undercover or something), as well as Wrex, assuming he survived Virmire (leading a krogan tribe).
Can't remember where I heard that, though.
 

saphirekosmos

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We may not like Cerberus, but also we don't know the whole story. What if the alliance screwed Shepered over? In that case Cerberus my have been his only choiceWe don't even know if Shepered is still a spectere. It is a little early to be bashing characters that we don't even really know anything about. Plus like Mana Fiend said, Ruthless people for a Ruthless Job.
 

Amnestic

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Isn't the Illusive Man meant to be a party member in some respect? I remember hearing talk that Garrus would be making a return (which would be fucking awesome) as well.
 

Rshady

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I seem to remember I didn't think much of any of the characters in ME1 until I had interacted with them on the ship. Those conversations gave the characters depth and therefore made me like them. Play the game and then judge the characters :D
 

soren7550

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Your squadmates:
-Miranda Lawson (human, female)
-Jacob Taylor (human, male)
-Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (quarian, female)
-Subject Zero (human, female)
-Thane (drell, male)
-Grunt (krogan, male)
-Mordin Solus (salarian, male)
-Samara (asari, female)
-Garrus Vakarian (turian, male)

and an unspecified geth, who many speculate is Legion but others think is much more friendly than him, a la Dog from Half Life 2.

Your ten squamates good sirs and ma'ams.

-Soren Alenko
 

JoonaspEST

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I'm looking foward to annoy Subject Zero and the other with some less snobby and ignorant approach. Since they seem to be abit like xenophobic Cerberus themselves.
 

Amnestic

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soren7550 said:
Your squadmates:
-Miranda Lawson (human, female)
-Jacob Taylor (human, male)
-Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (quarian, female)
-Subject Zero (human, female)
-Thane (drell, male)
-Grunt (krogan, male)
-Mordin Solus (salarian, male)
-Samara (asari, female)
-Garrus Vakarian (turian, male)

and an unspecified geth, who many speculate is Legion but others think is much more friendly than him, a la Dog from Half Life 2.

Your ten squamates good sirs and ma'ams.

-Soren Alenko
Looks like I'll be playing my first game with a Tali/Garrus party.
 

WINDOWCLEAN2

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Bioware have basiclly fucked themselves over here. As in ME1 they claimed that the romances would be 'part of a greater story' and wern't just a 'cheap marketing technique' and then decide to not put the romance people into the party??? Whaaaa???

Hopefully they are just keeping a really close scret and the original cast will still have a large part. I want Joker and Ashley back!
 

Quad08

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Wow...I love how most people on here are jumping to conclusions about this game. The way some of you are talking its like the world is at an end because you can't play as certain squad mates, well just because your old squad mates aren't all playable doesn't mean they aren't in the game!

From what I've heard, Shepard apparently died (One trailer an Asari women looks at Shepard and says "But you're dead!") and is on a secret mission so leaving old friends and romances in the dark is probably a good thing when you're on a suicide/secret mission.

Its a new game people, which means new characters. If you don't like it, don't buy it

Rshady said:
I seem to remember I didn't think much of any of the characters in ME1 until I had interacted with them on the ship. Those conversations gave the characters depth and therefore made me like them. Play the game and then judge the characters :D
Words of wisdom right here
 

Real_horrorshow

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Joker will be back (watch the vids...) ,Ashley probably will but maybe not as a party member wich doesnt mean you will loose the romantic bond with her


I don't know why you wouldn't find ME2's characters interesting

-Miranda Lawson (human, female): Pretty, smart and cautious
-Jacob Taylor (human, male): Looks cool
-Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (quarian, female): that's great news
-Subject Zero (human, female): A Powerful ***** who seems to enjoy sex for pleasure wich can't be bad
-Thane (drell, male): An assassin who thinks, that can't be boring
-Grunt (krogan, male): An extreme "Wrex"
-Mordin Solus (salarian, male): A salarian version of Yahtzee
-Samara (asari, female): An asari with huge boobs who will do anything you ask (awsome if you ask me)
-Garrus Vakarian (turian, male): Good old Garrus is back what more do you want

and there's one spot left (because there are ten spot, not 9) I bet it's gonna be Legion cause he's just awsome.


Overall I found this cast is way more fun than the old one

Ashley was a boring tough religious girl
Kaiden was dull and useless most of the time
Wrex was very awsome thought
Liara was way too stuck up
Tali will be back
Garrus too

the interaction between those character was quite ordinary really, with the exception of Wrex
In ME2 you can expect a lot more of them and way more interesting


Mass Effect 2 cast will give us a good show, don't worry about it.
 

Booze Zombie

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You need angry, violent people for your suicide mission, you can't walk up to a sensible person and just go "wanna go save the universe and die with me".
 
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Amnestic said:
soren7550 said:
Your squadmates:
-Miranda Lawson (human, female)
-Jacob Taylor (human, male)
-Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (quarian, female)
-Subject Zero (human, female)
-Thane (drell, male)
-Grunt (krogan, male)
-Mordin Solus (salarian, male)
-Samara (asari, female)
-Garrus Vakarian (turian, male)

and an unspecified geth, who many speculate is Legion but others think is much more friendly than him, a la Dog from Half Life 2.

Your ten squamates good sirs and ma'ams.

-Soren Alenko
Looks like I'll be playing my first game with a Tali/Garrus party.
Hell, thats probably the only people I'm going to use on all playthroughs.
And maybe Thane, since he's more of an assassin and assassinating requires a subtle touch and at least some brainpower.

All the others are just ruthless characters who stop at nothing to get the job done.
I hope I can choose who to kill, because Subject Zero and Grunt are at the top of the list.

AC Medina said:
Wait, people actually liked Wrex?
Compared to ME2's characters, give me Wrex over any of them any day.
 

The_ModeRazor

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AC Medina said:
Wait, people actually liked Wrex?
Indeed they did.
Although Garrus was the best of them all.
OT: I hope these guys are at least gonna be interesting psychopaths.
 

Amnestic

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AC Medina said:
Wait, people actually liked Wrex?
I think you'll find the majority of people liked Wrex. He had a crapload of health, immunity, biotics and his dialogue was awesome.

Not to mention his romance with Shepard.