*Warning contains major spoilers for the whole of the Mass Effect Series. Seriously be sure because even this post will spoil large parts of 2 and 3*
Commander Shepard is one kickass dude (or ladydude), but even Shepard couldn?t take on Sovereign, The Collectors or the Reapers without a loyal squad behind him (or her).
Shepard?s legacy has come to an end (inb4 DLC or ME4) and his squad mates are stranded either on earth or some random planet. So who were those squad mates that you talked to every time you had a spare minuet and right now you?re hoping that they survived the fight for Earth. Now on the other end of the scale who are the squad mates that you don?t care about and right now you?re struggling to recall?
My Top 3 Squad Mates:
Legion was my favourite squad mate in the Mass Effect series. I still can?t even figure out why I like him so much, when I first met him I thought he was pretty cool looking, but there wasn?t anything else that grabbed me originally. Over time though I think he grew on me, as I took him round the universe seeing people openly threatening him when he posed no threat to them. On Tali?s mission people flipped their shit and at the time I could understand, but after you see how the Geth began in ME3, Legion should have been scared. I liked him in ME2, but seeing how aggressive the Quarians were in ME3 and despite this Legion was still offering peace. No matter what was thrown at him Legion just wanted peace with the creators and to turn his race from slaves to people.
First of all he?s a Krogan. Nuff said.
I thought Wrex was a well-rounded character. I found him likable throughout all the games. His jokes and the fact he was a badass but still cared about life was what made him my second favourite character.
I?m pretty sure he?s going to be on some people?s least favourite lists, but for me I wanted to do anything but throw him out the airlock. Liara would never just shut up about how brilliant and intelligent the protheans were so I got a decent kick out of Bioware sticking is a solider instead of the chosen one. I took him on most missions to get his view on things because he had seen it happen before and he provided some of my favourite bits of dialog in all the games. What really hit home for me was when he tells you about his squad. He tells you how his squad was indoctrinated one by one and he had to kill them all and that?s why he became so ruthless. He tells you how you?ve given him hope for the universe that he had lost so long ago. I totally understand why people hate him, but for me he showed what happens when you let war get to you.
My Bottom 3 squad mates:
I played Mass Effect 1 at a friend?s house and he told me to ignore her because she was boring and focus on Kaidan. So I did. When I got the chance to buy Mass Effect 2 I used the interactive comic to save Ashley and boy did I regret it. The whole not being able to trust me in 3 just pissed me off. Garrus has no problem trusting me, hell even Tali had her doubts, but she still trusted Shepard. Throughout 3 she just seems to whine and complain. When Garrus asked me if I could have shot her, I couldn?t say yes fast enough.
Oh man I found her boring. If only she had been more like Thane? Unfortunately she was a dull character, had dull lines and a dull mission. I?m sure she wasn?t that bad but when I was trying to recall teammates I completely forgot about her.
Jacob could have been really interesting, a guy coming to terms that he might be with the wrong guys, but no just generic solider. Everything about him was just generic.
Overall I found all the men baring Jacob and James to be interesting. Thane, Garrus, Grunt, Joker, Mordin even Zaeed, but for me the women didn?t really interest me. EDI or Samara were properly my favourites, and they only interest me because of EDI becoming a person and learning about Samara?s strict Justica code.
Commander Shepard is one kickass dude (or ladydude), but even Shepard couldn?t take on Sovereign, The Collectors or the Reapers without a loyal squad behind him (or her).
Shepard?s legacy has come to an end (inb4 DLC or ME4) and his squad mates are stranded either on earth or some random planet. So who were those squad mates that you talked to every time you had a spare minuet and right now you?re hoping that they survived the fight for Earth. Now on the other end of the scale who are the squad mates that you don?t care about and right now you?re struggling to recall?
My Top 3 Squad Mates:
Legion was my favourite squad mate in the Mass Effect series. I still can?t even figure out why I like him so much, when I first met him I thought he was pretty cool looking, but there wasn?t anything else that grabbed me originally. Over time though I think he grew on me, as I took him round the universe seeing people openly threatening him when he posed no threat to them. On Tali?s mission people flipped their shit and at the time I could understand, but after you see how the Geth began in ME3, Legion should have been scared. I liked him in ME2, but seeing how aggressive the Quarians were in ME3 and despite this Legion was still offering peace. No matter what was thrown at him Legion just wanted peace with the creators and to turn his race from slaves to people.
First of all he?s a Krogan. Nuff said.
I thought Wrex was a well-rounded character. I found him likable throughout all the games. His jokes and the fact he was a badass but still cared about life was what made him my second favourite character.
I?m pretty sure he?s going to be on some people?s least favourite lists, but for me I wanted to do anything but throw him out the airlock. Liara would never just shut up about how brilliant and intelligent the protheans were so I got a decent kick out of Bioware sticking is a solider instead of the chosen one. I took him on most missions to get his view on things because he had seen it happen before and he provided some of my favourite bits of dialog in all the games. What really hit home for me was when he tells you about his squad. He tells you how his squad was indoctrinated one by one and he had to kill them all and that?s why he became so ruthless. He tells you how you?ve given him hope for the universe that he had lost so long ago. I totally understand why people hate him, but for me he showed what happens when you let war get to you.
My Bottom 3 squad mates:
I played Mass Effect 1 at a friend?s house and he told me to ignore her because she was boring and focus on Kaidan. So I did. When I got the chance to buy Mass Effect 2 I used the interactive comic to save Ashley and boy did I regret it. The whole not being able to trust me in 3 just pissed me off. Garrus has no problem trusting me, hell even Tali had her doubts, but she still trusted Shepard. Throughout 3 she just seems to whine and complain. When Garrus asked me if I could have shot her, I couldn?t say yes fast enough.
Oh man I found her boring. If only she had been more like Thane? Unfortunately she was a dull character, had dull lines and a dull mission. I?m sure she wasn?t that bad but when I was trying to recall teammates I completely forgot about her.
Jacob could have been really interesting, a guy coming to terms that he might be with the wrong guys, but no just generic solider. Everything about him was just generic.
Overall I found all the men baring Jacob and James to be interesting. Thane, Garrus, Grunt, Joker, Mordin even Zaeed, but for me the women didn?t really interest me. EDI or Samara were properly my favourites, and they only interest me because of EDI becoming a person and learning about Samara?s strict Justica code.
