Poll: Favorite Mass Effect 3 Squad Member
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Tali for sure, I was a infiltrator so having her launch that probe and get them out of cover was useful.
Vega doesn't get enough credit here, at least in effectiveness.
While playing as a vanguard we kicked some serious ass together!
While playing as a vanguard we kicked some serious ass together!
For pure utility, Liara is an excellent squad-mate, especially if you are playing a Soldier, Sentinel, or Infiltrator, as her Singularity power locks down enemies en masse, is very fast, and can easily be combined efficiently with Warp Ammo or Throw for serious damage. She may not be excellent at taking down defenses, but she's a crowd-control powerhouse.
However, my favorite squadmate is and will always be Garrus Vakarian. Overload takes out shields like no-one's business, Concussion Blast rips through barriers, and his armor-piercing ammo and sniper rifles/assault rifles make armor trivial. He's also fairly durable without having to rely on defensive powers like EDI and Vega.
There's also the fact that Garrus is the most interesting, dynamic, and nuanced squadmate in ANY of the three games. He gives both a serious look at the situation you're in, but isn't afraid to joke around. He goes through some of the worst experiences of any of the characters in the games, and still manages to stay focused on defeating the reapers. Hell, when I personally had all but given up hope, Garrus kept my spirits up and gave me the confidence to keep fighting. He made me believe that humanity, no, that the galaxy could win this war.
And, he's always stood by my Shepard. He joins up with you on the Citadel because taking down Saren is more important that following procedure. As soon as you come back in the second game, he's one of your first squadmates, and he's spent the last two years fighting the good fight on Omega. Then, for the third game he left you only to help out on Palavin, and immediately and without regrets joins your squad as soon as you meet up with him. My Shepard has been betrayed by the council, by Udina, Cerberus, and more. Old squadmates were either too busy or uninterested in helping Shepard out by the second game, and in the third all the survivors have their own issues and won't help either. To me, only Garrus has felt like a companion who would choose Shepard over anything or anyone else to stand by.
That's all.
However, my favorite squadmate is and will always be Garrus Vakarian. Overload takes out shields like no-one's business, Concussion Blast rips through barriers, and his armor-piercing ammo and sniper rifles/assault rifles make armor trivial. He's also fairly durable without having to rely on defensive powers like EDI and Vega.
There's also the fact that Garrus is the most interesting, dynamic, and nuanced squadmate in ANY of the three games. He gives both a serious look at the situation you're in, but isn't afraid to joke around. He goes through some of the worst experiences of any of the characters in the games, and still manages to stay focused on defeating the reapers. Hell, when I personally had all but given up hope, Garrus kept my spirits up and gave me the confidence to keep fighting. He made me believe that humanity, no, that the galaxy could win this war.
And, he's always stood by my Shepard. He joins up with you on the Citadel because taking down Saren is more important that following procedure. As soon as you come back in the second game, he's one of your first squadmates, and he's spent the last two years fighting the good fight on Omega. Then, for the third game he left you only to help out on Palavin, and immediately and without regrets joins your squad as soon as you meet up with him. My Shepard has been betrayed by the council, by Udina, Cerberus, and more. Old squadmates were either too busy or uninterested in helping Shepard out by the second game, and in the third all the survivors have their own issues and won't help either. To me, only Garrus has felt like a companion who would choose Shepard over anything or anyone else to stand by.
That's all.
Well, Tali doesn't join up with Shepard immediately in the second game, it takes another 15 hours or so, and even then she only joins up because her work for the fleet was over. Liara also does not immediately help, and unless you have the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC, she's not even a squadmate in ME2.Ethan Isaacs said:
Garrus, unlike Tali and Liara, would always choose to stick with Shepard over any other responsibilities.
Really? It genuinely may be that my memory is short, but i felt that there was very little depth or interaction with ANY of the ME3 characters compared to ME1/ME2/other RPGs... just me?TP Potatosalad said:
Either ways, definetley garrus, just for the sniper scene.
Liara, almost always had her. Loved her dialogue, and she was great in combat too, very quick cooldowns compared to other squaddies. Kinda surprised that Garrus is raping everyone else on the poll.
The Garrus Shep Bro-mance finally doesn't feel forced in ME3, which I appreciated.
All during ME2, I struggled to understand why Garrus was supposed to be my best friend.
I like Javik, but my favorite character from ME1 was Wrex, and then Zaeed and Grunt from ME2. So maybe I just like the violent douchebag characters.
All during ME2, I struggled to understand why Garrus was supposed to be my best friend.
I loved Javik just because of the bait and switch Bioware did with the Protheans. We're lead to believe across two games that the Protheans were benevolent stewards of the Galaxy, and it turns out that we were so much better off with the Reapers wiping them out 50,000 years ago.Saltarius said:
I like Javik, but my favorite character from ME1 was Wrex, and then Zaeed and Grunt from ME2. So maybe I just like the violent douchebag characters.
I dunno, Tali is the most cute and loveable, EDI is the most interesting seeing how an AI would react in her situation, Garrus is an all round bad ass, and Liara is the one who I think has grown the most throughout the series. I suppose I'm going to have to go with Liara, She's my LI and has grown a significant amount.
Tali, as has been mine since the first Mass Effect. Second is Garrus, and third is Wrex and/or Liara. Honestly though, I don't like Ashley, I only like Kaidan because it was the voice of Carth, so he got nostalgia points for that. I actually liked James Vega. Didn't really understand why everyone seems to hate him so much. Sometimes he's annoying, most of the time though, pretty funny if you ask me, and his banter with Garrus is one of the greatest things in the entire game.
Character-wise: Garrus. Just because he's solid awesome.
Gameplay-wise: Liara. She was absolutely necessary in my Insanity run.
Gameplay-wise: Liara. She was absolutely necessary in my Insanity run.
I'm a biotic Adept, so I bring along Garrus for firepower and Overload, and rely on Liara for setting up/triggering the biotic combos.
Liara for me. Having her spam Singularity made every fight a cakewalk.
EDI was a close second, her decoy was pretty useful and i actually liked her as a character best.
EDI was a close second, her decoy was pretty useful and i actually liked her as a character best.
You took the words out of my mouth. James seems like your typical meathead when you first meet him but if you talk to him and pursue the conversations he actually becomes an ok companion. I especially like his banter with the shuttle pilot CortezTuesday Night Fever said:
Kaidan however was as bland as he was in the first game. Ashley is insufferable but Kaidan is just boring.
Garrus for the bro factor and that he has been fleshed out as a character for 3 games helps.
That scene where he and shep goes to the citadel and have a friendly shooting contest was really memorable.
Special mention to Javik for having lots of lore and plot important information. He is an interesting character to have just on account of that.
That scene where he and shep goes to the citadel and have a friendly shooting contest was really memorable.
Special mention to Javik for having lots of lore and plot important information. He is an interesting character to have just on account of that.
