Poll: Favorite Mass Effect companion?

[walls of cetepedes]

Tali.

She is great against Geth, and lets me unlock anything, and with that pistol I gave her, with the modifications, she can down anything in 3 shots.

 

[Slash Dementia]

Garrus, he was the coolest character. I found it hard not to use Garrus and Wrex on my team at all times.

 

[Laura.]

I liked Kaidan. He seemed to be the most sensible guy (and he was quite useful too). Apparently good in the sack as well.
I liked Garrus as a character, but he was useless in combat.
Wrex was great in combat, but I hated his guts!
Ashley was a racist *****.
Liara was boring. (besides, I was the Adept of the group)
Tali was even more boring than Liara. (and I didn't like Engineers)

 

[Spygon]

wrex is an unpredictable bounty hunter for god shake he was awesome.I was pissed off when ashley shot him on the beach and i reloaded the game 3 times to see if i could stop her doing it.

As i have heard you can save him but i must of missed something earlier on it the game

 

[ae86gamer]

Mine is Tali. I was a soldier so my hacking and other electronic skills were very low. So I ended up always taking her with me.

 

[War Penguin]

Tali.

She is great against Geth, and lets me unlock anything, and with that pistol I gave her, with the modifications, she can down anything in 3 shots.

This accurately describes why I chose Tali. (It was either that or "this")
She was very useful when I was planet exploring. I got almost all artifacts and extras with her.
And a 3 shot pistol? Dang. If you don't mind me asking, how'd you do that?

Also, I felt no sympathy for Leeroy Jenkins. Come on, with a name like Jenkins you know he'd be killed off.

 

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This accurately describes why I chose Tali. (It was either that or "this")
She was very useful when I was planet exploring. I got almost all artifacts and extras with her.
And a 3 shot pistol? Dang. If you don't mind me asking, how'd you do that?

Also, I felt no sympathy for Leeroy Jenkins. Come on, with a name like Jenkins you know he'd be killed off.

The key word was 'most'. As in, most normal Geth and humans.

I used the top-end pistol, the ammo that does +40% to Geth, and two of the +20% damage things.

 

[gigastrike]

I use Garrus the most, but the most interesting is Liara or Wrex.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Ah Jenkins ... The red shirt of the Normandy. Wrex was alright but he was like a more empathetic HK-47 ... which took the fun out of taking him places with me

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

I really enjoyed having Wrex in my party the first time or so I played Mass Effect. Not only was his class the same as mine- Vanguard- but he was a powerhouse in terms of gameplay and was funny out of gameplay to boot. Thankfully, my first time around Mass Effect, I took my time and maxed out my Intimidate skill, so Wrex ended up living to fight another day after that fateful confrontation on Virmire.

Liara and Ashley aren't so bad, either.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

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I'm surprised some people voted for Ashley.

She was a whining, racist, moron with an inferiority complex...

She'd fit right in on XBOX LIVE.

Yeah, I was never a big Ashley fan.
That's why she always died on Virmire.

It was her pre-mission descision on Virmire that caused me to choose her as the sacrificial lamb.

After reloading the previous save and having a word with Wrex again, obviously.

I find it odd that I never had Wrex get killed in the plot. I suppose I have a way with dangerous humanoid reptiles. I would go through and let him get shot by Ashley to see how it worked but... Fuck that, Wrex is awesome.

Indeed he is.

His awesomeness was sealed in my mind when Shepard asks him if he has any good stories and he replies completely deadpan:

'Well, there was the time my entire species was almost wiped out by the Turians, that was fun.'

Ya, that was my deal sealer too. That and I have a thing for having reptilian characters in my party. Whole pretension to dragon-ness thing...

 

[LopezMeister]

I take Garrus and Liara from as soon as I have them in the game. I only really like playing as infiltrator (I have played the other classes but when I replay it these days I always play as an Infiltrator). It gives you a balanced loadout and you get the best of all 3 disciplines as far as I'm concerned.

 

[THEMILKMAN]

I like how Kaidan isn't listed. Did anyone like that guy?

Of course not.

Spoiler

there's a reason he was there. so they could kill off a character with out the fans getting whiny. he was red shirt incognito

Wrex was definitely the best for entertainment value and tactical reasons. I'd always equip him with the third best shotgun and the best assault rifle Tali got second Shepard got first.

Spoiler

The one part of the game that pissed me off was when Ashley killed him. I had to reload from a ways back.

Edit1 The turians looked too much like the Nightwalkers for me take 'em seriously.

Edit2

Definately Wrex, no doubt.

He's got 4 testicles for God's sake. 4 Balls. 4!

And just how did you find this out any way?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGO0u-eFg6Q

 

[ElephantGuts]

Pff Wrex of course. Until this thread I didn't even know anyone thought otherwise.

(Well, I did; I just don't like to think about it.)

 

[Woodsey]

It's between Wrex and Ashley. I was really pissed when she shot him, but I had to save her!

Least favourite is Tali - booooooring.

I've played through the game fully 3/4 times, and got halfway through several times. I've taken her out on a mission with me once.

 

[TheZapper]

Definately Wrex, closely followed by Garrus. They just seemed to be the most well developed characters of all the companions.

 

[Toastngravy]

Jenkins. Leroy Jenkins.

It's no competition. He is the best character even though he had one of the shortest screen-time of the possible squad-mates.

Obvious trolling is obvious.

Wrex all the way.

Hey it just occured to me there that Jenkins was maybe a little in joke from the devs regarding the infamous Leeroy.

I wonder?

It was.
His full name/title is Corporal Richard L. Jenkins

 

[WayOutThere]

I've always had a thing for Tali.

I don't know, she's just so awesome.

 

[Marowit]

Always brought garrus along with me - he really rounded the group out really well.

 

[IDBash]

Strangely Tali was my favorite... she was the most useful for me... also, I made sure Kaidan died... man that guy was annoying!