To me, Tali's facemask *is* her face. If it was taken away just for the sake of going "okay, here's Tali, now stop asking," she wouldn't be Tali to me any more; she'd be just another alien. Her facemask, the mystery, is what makes her special in a galaxy of strange-looking people. Her personality is more important than what she looks like.
Poll: Should Tali's face be revealed?
- Thread starter Undead Dragon King
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I hope they do just so they finally shoot that dead horse of 'Ooooh nobody knows what Quarian look like isn't it super secret fun'
Not Tali's face. That's just asking for fan backlash. People going "NO WAY, SHE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS BECAUSE I DREW THIS FANART YOU MESSED UP BIOWARE!" and other bullshit.
They should just so some other quarian's face so people can get a general idea of what they really look like.
They should just so some other quarian's face so people can get a general idea of what they really look like.
I like continuity. I wanted to romance Tali in ME1, but I hated that they retconned her character in ME2 ("I always liked you Shepard") just to shoehorn a romance in there. Similarly, I think that - given they had decided to go down the romance path - they should have revealed her face in ME2, but since they didn't I think they should not reveal it in ME3. To do so would make the Tali love scene in ME2 a bit ridiculous.
Maybe not her, but I think they should give us, at least a few more hints about what the species looks like, typical skin color at least.
No.
Bioware is in a tough place right now, Its like giving Samus a voice
If Bioware DOES show her face, fans will be like
"Bioware, Tali's face sucks ass"
If they do not do it, fans will be like
"Bioware, show us Tali's face already!!"
I believe that by not showing her face, they leave it up to the imagination of the player, giving it a sense of mystery, the POTENTIAL to be something great
If we do see her face, we will have liked it better when we didn't know. I'm not sure exactly how to describe this feeling, but take my word for it, you WILL think that way
Bioware is in a tough place right now, Its like giving Samus a voice
If Bioware DOES show her face, fans will be like
"Bioware, Tali's face sucks ass"
If they do not do it, fans will be like
"Bioware, show us Tali's face already!!"
I believe that by not showing her face, they leave it up to the imagination of the player, giving it a sense of mystery, the POTENTIAL to be something great
If we do see her face, we will have liked it better when we didn't know. I'm not sure exactly how to describe this feeling, but take my word for it, you WILL think that way
The thing is they cant win with a real face. The reason we loved tali was because she was entirely personality, awkward, shy, not just complete sex appeal and 1 dimensional romance options usually present in bio ware. If shes too attractive, it undermines this a lot, Shepard enters a completely platonic relationship under that pretense (i know i know ME2 but still, you weren't told this) and the gamble came off. Shes hot. Or even average and it undermines it. If shes unattractive people will be angry, it will seem too contrived, people will be naturally put off of her on that level. It will seem like they did it on purpose to ram home the "personality thing" too much. Tali cant really have a "natural" face now.Undead Dragon King said:
i think that quarians faces should be DESCRIBED and not actually shown, so we can create our individual ideas about what they look like under there masks
if it was actually shown though, it wouldn't really phase me
if it was actually shown though, it wouldn't really phase me
I was very happy when I realized you could romance her in ME2. The whole build up with her was phenomenal. But it killed me when you didnt get to see her face. It would bother me terribly if they didnt show her face in the last game. I see that as a sort of pay off for her being your romantic option.
That.... would be a serious kick in the crotch. Lets not give them any ideas, lol..Davey Woo said:
Quarian homeworld has been confirmed as a location to visit in ME3. Quarians aren't allergic to stuff in their homeworld, so there would be no reason for them to be wearing masks.
Nah, whilst it would be interesting to see what Quarians in general look like, (and a nice pay-off for their part of the story to see them get their ideal environment) the sexiness of Tali is in the mystery and the tease. At this stage, showing her face would be cheap shot, imo.
I can't fucking stand Tali.
Well, I couldn't fucking stand her in Mass Effect.
In Mass Effect 2 I didn't like her, but I did feel some connection to her since she was a returning member.
But its much better to keep her face hidden - you'll only be disappointed chaps.
Well, I couldn't fucking stand her in Mass Effect.
In Mass Effect 2 I didn't like her, but I did feel some connection to her since she was a returning member.
But its much better to keep her face hidden - you'll only be disappointed chaps.
No it makes absolutely no sense given how Quarians have no immune system. She should not be able to take off her suit at anytime nor be able to be a "physical" romantic option in that sense as it doesn't go with the lore of the game. It is really immersion breaking to think about it.
I would say no for essentially this reason:
It's the mystery of the whole thing that makes her character so appealing. Take that mystery away and the appeal disappears. Besides, at this point nothing Bioware could come up with for her appearance could ever possibly meet with fan expectations, so they're better off leaving it a mystery.Undead Dragon King said:
No, because I don't care for Mass Effect and if they do, there will be a week (or maybe even a month) of people raging about what her face looks like, no matter what it is, and honestly, there is already too much about ME on this site now...
They should reveal her face.
Not for the sake of seeing it but to demonstrate that with enough flaming from raging fans you can actually make the Bioware forums catch fire.
Not for the sake of seeing it but to demonstrate that with enough flaming from raging fans you can actually make the Bioware forums catch fire.
You don't need to show us her, but please show us a quarian so I know I didn't romance a disgusting space octopus(think cthulu face) in one of my playthroughs. I do have one for all the female love interests so no harm no foul, on to the Jack playthrough.