Hating James Vega?

[The Madman]

I neither liked nor disliked him, although I was extremely irritated by some of the dialogue Shepard had when interacting with him. It just didn't fit at all with the Shepard I had built up in ME1 and 2 to have her suddenly half-flirting with this guy who I've barely even met, hell, since when did my Shepard flirt with anyone? I very purposely hadn't done any romance at all in the games so Bioware's writing with Vega just seemed very out of place.

But then again something like 95% of players probably pursued romances so I'm no doubt the unexpected exception to the rule. Pity. Lonely Shepard makes for a very sympathetic hero.

 

[badgersprite]

He was a fun guy and pretty damn cool to be around. The only thing I didn't like was that the game kind of forced you to flirt with him, at least if you were playing a femshep, which I felt should have been the player's choice considering that can be completely out-of-character for a particular Shepard, but it didn't rub me too badly because it came off like it the flirting was just a joke between them.

Sure, he didn't get a whole lot of development compared to the other characters, but he had a distinct personality.

 

[Souplex]

I didn't mind him.
In terms of Male Human squaddies in the Space Wizards games, he's better than Jacob, and much better than Kaiden.

 

[Fenra]

Since I first met him in ME3... well meh, kinda had the same feeling towards him as I did all the new characters in ME3, nothing, didnt love nor hate, he simply stayed on the Normandy as I spent the game with people I'd spent 3 games getting to know and love

 

[bigfatcarp93]

I loved Vega. I will never understand all the hate on him, he's a really nice guy. He's got all the "grounded, ordinary guy" shtick that made Jacob stick out, but WITHOUT being boring as balls.

 

[SageRuffin]

Vega? Eh, he's all right. A lot better than Jacob, that's for fuck's sure.

If nothing else, he actually isn't much of the meathead "Welcum to Erf!!" soldier that his design implies. He actually kinda has a heart.

 

[Risingblade]

Out of all the alliance squad mates he's easily the most likable.

 

[Ikasury]

ya know i never understood this either, why the hate on Vega, i thought he was hilarious... he was effectively an 'insert-real-dude' into the whole damn set of games... seriously, where is there in the first two just a normal, non-whiney, bench-pressing, DUDE!! (that isn't Ashley if you remove her second X chromosome) speaking of Ashley, drunk day after scene, i knew i kept that woman alive for some reason beyond being the lesser-evil of the two original human grunts...

F!Shep: Vega, why are here... cooking... breakfast?
Vega: Oh hey Lola, i was up last night hanging with LT and... ugh... i woke up first, yea, that's why, thought it'd be great to cook as... 'thanks'
*F!Shep is suspicious* uh-huh... *walks over to the observation room, hears groaning* what th- *looks down and finds passed-drunk-Ashley waking up from hang over*
PD!Ashley: oh fuck... last night... vega... booze... *gets a stupid look on her face* hehehehe... *realizes what that could mean* OH SHIT!! if Shepard finds out...
F!Shep: yes, tell me... if i find out what? *evil grin of trolling awesome*

and that's effectively why i love James Vega, he can out-drink Ashley Williams and is such a nice guy to make breakfast the next morning =w= there's nothing 'suspicious' about that at all...

there was lots of snickering and joking later on aboard the Normandy~

Personally, i thought he was this cute puppy... like a big-dumb-werewolf-puppy that could rip your arms off yet be so freakin' adorable when you pet it... hehehe... so yea, Shep needed a fanboy after the first two games, someone that wasn't 'at Shepard's level' in the social pecking order now that they've become akin to god... and he's just so cute doing it too... the fist-fight scene is even funnier with F!Shep, cause its not 'male-bonding' its 'your superior just kicked your ass and she's a woman and f*cking grinning about it' XD

 

[Ikasury]

I thought he was alright.

Obviously I didn't like him as much as the characters I'd spent three whole, long games coming to know and love. He spent my entire first playthrough stuck on the Normandy, presumably doing weights and making coffee.

I brought him along a fair bit on my second run through though. I actually found a lot of his dialogue to be pretty amusing.

Random example:

Dammit, I *just* did that mission but didn't have him to kick the tower to death with

i did... another reason to keep around the 'noob' of Shep's crew, his comments were hilarious most of the time XD

 

[Chicago Ted]

But there was a difference in that my Commander was gay. Because of that he had no trouble talking about his feelings and emotions.

Wait, what?

What does having an attraction to one's own sex have to do with emotional openness?

Yes, homosexuals all share their feelings. That's what they do.

WTF. Not sure if serious.

This guy! This guy gets it!

As for my opinion of Vega, I used him when I had to for the first few missions, then promptly ignored him. They gave very little introduction to the character at the start of the game, and his attitude towards Shepard is far too lax. I'm Commander Headbutts-Krogan Shepard, and you're a grunt! Where the fuck is my respect?!

Also, how hasn't this been posted yet?

 

[Dagda Mor]

I didn't really like his interactions with Shepard, but he plays off of the other squadmates great and is pretty useful in a fight.

 

[Zeema]

i didn't like him cause he was a Meathead. i just didn't like him, i wanted to krogan headbutt him out the airlocks.

 

[lunavixen]

I didn't like him, I never used him in battle after I got more squadmates, I think it was the 'lola' thing and i've never been keen on Freddie Prinze Jr

I hated him because he kept calling Shepard "loco"/"lola".

In one of the first conversation you have with him you can tell him to stop calling Shepard that. He won't do it again for the entire game.

Which is actually kind of surprising, since that means they recorded alternate versions of all the lines where he says that.

EDIT: Aaaaaand ninja'd.

but i was a paragon, so i just didn't talk to him unless i had to

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Yes, homosexuals all share their feelings. That's what they do.

WTF. Not sure if serious.

A lot of people just hate Vega based on his appearance. Damn shame too because he's easily the best human squadmate in the entire series. He's an interesting guy who has a lot of funny moments too

"Easily the best human squadmate in the Mass Effect series" is kind of like saying "a better date than Jeffrey Dalhmer" or "More fun than a rectal exam with a claymore."

All he really has to be is not utterly contemptable and he's already outdone half the human cast. In fact, this is one of the few stories where I agree with the alien sense of smug superiority and dismissal of humanity. If not for Anderson, I'd consider the entire race a wash.

Well Miranda was kinda cool...

Still I think he's a good character, he just has the bad fortune to be in a game that features the likes of Wrex and Garrus

 

[Kingjackl]

i didn't like him cause he was a Meathead. i just didn't like him, i wanted to krogan headbutt him out the airlocks.

That's a bit of an oxymoron...

OT: I like James, thought he was a cool and funny dude. He was a lot like Garrus but with less of the tiresome nostalgia and ass-kissing.

 

[LetalisK]

I didn't mind him. I liked some of his comments and used him until I got Ashley back in my current play-through.

 

[Syzygy23]

James who???

OH.

You mean Chunk-bro McMeatyslabs.

He was annoying and unnecessary. Nobody gives a shit about any characters introduced past ME2 because they have no time to develop. Garrus has been by Shepherds side fightin' the nastiest goobly gobblies in the universe since ME1. Vega just drops in during the final act, crushes a beer can against his head and starts flappin' his air-tube about "YO SHEP BRO LOCO MAN I GOT YO BACK BRO". Fuck you Vega, you don't get to walk in at the last minute after having done next to no work and claim credit for saving the galaxy.

 

[KR4U55]

He's okay, the only thing that really bugged me was his mispronunciation of most the spanish words he said. Most notably Esteban, (spanish for Steven) which he pronounced with a strong a at the end. In spanish the 2nd "e" is the strong sylabe.