AndyFromMonday said:
Ashley looks like shit. I can't believe Bioware abandoned the realistically looking models in the first game in favor of the eye candy bullshit that was what from now on shall be called the Miranda model. She looks like a tramp for fucks sake. In Mass Effect 1, characters looked and behaved like marginally real people. In Mass Effect 2 literally the entire cast feels like it's been picked up from a fucking Bond movie. They don't look nor behave like real persons. In Mass Effect 3 everyone seems to have given in to the "Jersey Shore" fuckfest.
Kaidan looks like a douchebag. Yeah, he looked like a frat cocky little shit in the first game but here they somehow managed to up the douche tenfold. Unbelievable.
This is looking more and more like what happened to the Dragon Age series. I'm not giving one penny to those assholes. Fuck Bioware and an especially big fuck you to EA.
I can't disagree. I hated Miranda's impossible model physique and obnoxiously skintight outfits.
Sure, pretty girls are fun to look at. I get it. But Bioware, if you had done this in KotoR, fans would have hated it. You think you deserve to be taken seriously, but then you pull crap like this, and suddenly, Bioware, you don't seem any better than Team Ninja.
I disagree that character in ME2 don't behave like real people, however. Jack was a psycho and obvious Richard B. Riddick gender swap, but her character was pretty interesting and has some depth. And okay, maybe Garrus has taken a few pages from the Dirty Harry book, but he was like that even in Mass Effect 1.
Finally, Samara is an amazingly believable character with a fascinating past. Sure, her past contains elements (like alien vampires) which are purely fantastical, but her character feels real. The way she reacts to things shows both her understanding and acceptance of who she is, but also the arrogance which comes with her exalted station in Asari society.
Anyway, no worries. I never romanced Ashley in my main ME file. She's alive, sure, but she's off kickin' it somewhere.