BioWare Asks Fans About Showing Tali's Face in Mass Effect 3
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My answer would depend: if this were the endgame for the Mass Effect series (or the end of this current arc), I say go ahead and reveal Tali's face. Otherwise, keep up the mystery.
This strikes me as just another attempt to drum up interest in a flagging series, flagging inasmuch as its orginial RPG fans are feeling very disheartened about the way its becoming less RPG more Third person shooter.
It reminds me of how marvel comics would from time to time come up with an issue unrelated to most anything else going on in previous and subsequent issues and slather the cover with 'Because YOU demanded it', effectively it meant 'we ran out of ideas'
It reminds me of how marvel comics would from time to time come up with an issue unrelated to most anything else going on in previous and subsequent issues and slather the cover with 'Because YOU demanded it', effectively it meant 'we ran out of ideas'
Personally I would like to see her face.
IO imagine it to be in an early cutscene where she throws down with something, gets her mask forcibly ripped off, and she spends the rest of the game in a human made mask with a more transparent faceplate.
either that or give her a new character model where after EXTENSIVE cybernetic and genetic modification she is able to exist without the helmet all together, make it such a dramatic shift that it is the new normal for Quarians her generation and older (since they will be at war with the Geth)
IO imagine it to be in an early cutscene where she throws down with something, gets her mask forcibly ripped off, and she spends the rest of the game in a human made mask with a more transparent faceplate.
either that or give her a new character model where after EXTENSIVE cybernetic and genetic modification she is able to exist without the helmet all together, make it such a dramatic shift that it is the new normal for Quarians her generation and older (since they will be at war with the Geth)
I don't really mind how she looks I'm just more interested to see how they reveal her face. If it feels out of place and unnecessary then it will ruin the scene entirely.
Perhaps if they did it early on and through the Mass Effect 2 save system, you and Tali are in the sack and she turns round and there she is in the nip (not entirely but you know without the suit like) it would be something not expected as there's no build up to it unlike a big death scene as so many have mentioned.
It would be nice if you could move about in a conversation, how many people just stand on the one spot for ages like....
Perhaps if they did it early on and through the Mass Effect 2 save system, you and Tali are in the sack and she turns round and there she is in the nip (not entirely but you know without the suit like) it would be something not expected as there's no build up to it unlike a big death scene as so many have mentioned.
It would be nice if you could move about in a conversation, how many people just stand on the one spot for ages like....
It's a pretty bad idea to reveal her face IMO. The people who are asking for the reveal don't really know what they're asking for. Everyone will want something different and there's no conceivable way to please them all. Give them a face and 80% of the fans are probably gonna be disappointed.
Leave it to the imagination and odds are you'll have a better result.
Really, please don't do it. If the worst should come to pass and Bioware feels they "MUST" show a face, I hope they will at least make it optional.
*Edit: Remember Lost? The whole big secret reveal thing? Disappointment for exactly the same reasons.
Leave it to the imagination and odds are you'll have a better result.
Really, please don't do it. If the worst should come to pass and Bioware feels they "MUST" show a face, I hope they will at least make it optional.
*Edit: Remember Lost? The whole big secret reveal thing? Disappointment for exactly the same reasons.
If they expect to continue the Shep/Tali romance subplot, showing her face would be kind of important I'd think. So I'm not against them showing it, though I would still prefer not knowing. It's already pretty easy to tell they are not too dissimilar looking to humans; I'd expect their appearance to fall somewhere between Asari and Drell. But this is really a non-issue for me. I'm not going to enjoy this game based on how much Quarian face is or isn't in it.
I can't decide whether putting the choice to a fan vote was a good idea... but using twitter was definitely a bad idea.
I can't decide whether putting the choice to a fan vote was a good idea... but using twitter was definitely a bad idea.
You know, I've always seen the Volus looking like... voles. Come to think of it, I've been so sure that they looked like voles that it never really occurred to me to 'wonder' about their appearance behind the suits.lithium.jelly said:
All this talk about Tali and her face just keeps reminding me of a daunting question I had while playing through Mass Effect 2...
In the Mass Effect Universe, is there Quarian porn? If they have pornographic magazines depicting Hanar in 'sexual' positions then logically theres probably porn of Quarians/other species.
Actually this raises the better question of 'is there is Krogan porn magazines.' Someone must question Bioware!
In the Mass Effect Universe, is there Quarian porn? If they have pornographic magazines depicting Hanar in 'sexual' positions then logically theres probably porn of Quarians/other species.
Actually this raises the better question of 'is there is Krogan porn magazines.' Someone must question Bioware!
It might affect the content somewhat. If they're just going to lower the opacity of the mask, the the 3D program, that's just a slider. Easily done and they can cater to the wishes of most of the fans.JediMB said:
A part of me wants to see it, a part of me doesn't.
I'd rather keep her face secret for the sake of the fans, because all her mystery(which is the reason most people have her as a love interest) is her biggest appeal, just like Miranda's appeal is..... you know.
I'd rather keep her face secret for the sake of the fans, because all her mystery(which is the reason most people have her as a love interest) is her biggest appeal, just like Miranda's appeal is..... you know.
Terrible idea. Apparently Bioware has never spent any time on the internet. Asking the fans what they want will result in the overwhelming majority saying, "Show her face." Then when they do, those same fans will complain that it was a bad choice, and worse, they got the face wrong.
The only way to mitigate this would get to write a random face generation routine and have every player get a different face. At least we'd get hilarious debates for the first few hours until people realized they hadn't seen the same face.
The only way to mitigate this would get to write a random face generation routine and have every player get a different face. At least we'd get hilarious debates for the first few hours until people realized they hadn't seen the same face.
Yes, yes, yes. And add in the Xenomorph tongue for good measure.diddykonger said:do the cross between a Predator and Dr. Zoidberg, just to screw around with the fanbase
OT: I don't play Mass Effect, but I think they should keep it secret. Let it be a mystery for questionable fan art to solve.
MAR-KE-TING PLOY!
Casey Hudson has written time and time again in his twitter account that they had already decided what to do about Tali's face quite a while ago and they're sticking to it.
Myself, I wouldn't mind having another hint, like Tali and Shepard together watching the sunset on the newly liberated Quarian homeworld, just a silhouette visible.
Casey Hudson has written time and time again in his twitter account that they had already decided what to do about Tali's face quite a while ago and they're sticking to it.
Myself, I wouldn't mind having another hint, like Tali and Shepard together watching the sunset on the newly liberated Quarian homeworld, just a silhouette visible.
I too would think it is a bad idea. Mainly because
1. People who want to see her face really bad do see it and if it isn't what they expected then the storm of angry fans would block out the sun itself.
2. For me (and for many other people here) Not knowing what she looks like is that shroud of mystery which adds depth to her character and also allows us to use our own imagination to what her face may or may not look that.
1. People who want to see her face really bad do see it and if it isn't what they expected then the storm of angry fans would block out the sun itself.
2. For me (and for many other people here) Not knowing what she looks like is that shroud of mystery which adds depth to her character and also allows us to use our own imagination to what her face may or may not look that.
I say they should do it. I am a huge Mass Effect fan but it would really make no difference to me. I don't care about her face. But I know most fans will probably rage about how she looks like and they'll be all disappointed and whatnot. And that would make me happy because I'm an asshole.
Also, where did they get that suit for Shepard?
Also, where did they get that suit for Shepard?
It'd be neat to know what Quarians look like in general, not Tali specifically. If we saw some Quarians without their helmets and had to use our imagination of what Tali looked like I'd be fine with that. Just having a basic "oh so they do look sort of like humans" or "holy shit I made Shepard sleep with one of those monsters?" kind of template for our imagination would be good enough for me.