I've been playing a lot of the Mass Effect series lately, if you asked my friends they'd probably say too much. In fact, within the first two weeks of having ME2 I played it about 80 hours. Needless to say I've seen many forums about the Mass Effect series, and that is why I'm choosing it for this purpose.
I think that The Escapist is the perfect place to have a legitimate discussion on the characters of the Mass Effect games. This is because The Escapist seems to have less trolls than most forums. I've chosen this topic because there is a lot of arguing on why certain characters are liked and/or disliked.
I'm going to start of with Tali. This is because she is both one of my favorite characters and a highly disputed one. I don't know if you'd consider me what is called a "Talimancer," because, while I like Tali, I am also tolerant of other's opinions.
The reasons I like Tali are because she is funny, smart, cute, and courageous. I have seen several reasons for people not liking her, some being; she does not have a very developed character, or, she is quick to jeopardize her health to get with somebody she has nothing in common with. To which my answers are: she does have, in my opinion, quite a bit of character development, she changes quite a bit from the young Quarian helping you on her pilgrimage to the full adult joining you to save the galaxy, but only after her duties to the Migrant Fleet are done; and whether or not she has much in common with Shepard depends on how you play the game, my Shepard had quite a lot in common with her, not only being tech oriented but fighting against unbeatable odds to save not only they're own species but the galaxy, she is one of few Quarians, like Shepard is one of few Human's, who put the galaxy's needs above just their own species.
TL;DR I'm trying to have an intelligent discussion about Tali or other characters from the Mass Effect series.
EDIT: Added another sentence on the end and fixed a wording error.
I think that The Escapist is the perfect place to have a legitimate discussion on the characters of the Mass Effect games. This is because The Escapist seems to have less trolls than most forums. I've chosen this topic because there is a lot of arguing on why certain characters are liked and/or disliked.
I'm going to start of with Tali. This is because she is both one of my favorite characters and a highly disputed one. I don't know if you'd consider me what is called a "Talimancer," because, while I like Tali, I am also tolerant of other's opinions.
The reasons I like Tali are because she is funny, smart, cute, and courageous. I have seen several reasons for people not liking her, some being; she does not have a very developed character, or, she is quick to jeopardize her health to get with somebody she has nothing in common with. To which my answers are: she does have, in my opinion, quite a bit of character development, she changes quite a bit from the young Quarian helping you on her pilgrimage to the full adult joining you to save the galaxy, but only after her duties to the Migrant Fleet are done; and whether or not she has much in common with Shepard depends on how you play the game, my Shepard had quite a lot in common with her, not only being tech oriented but fighting against unbeatable odds to save not only they're own species but the galaxy, she is one of few Quarians, like Shepard is one of few Human's, who put the galaxy's needs above just their own species.
TL;DR I'm trying to have an intelligent discussion about Tali or other characters from the Mass Effect series.
EDIT: Added another sentence on the end and fixed a wording error.
