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Post by AnDromedary on Jul 6, 2021 17:11:30 GMT
The voice actress of Emily Wong recently posted a video, giving some background about her not being in ME3. I haven't seen it posted anywhere around here yet, so I figured it might be interesting to share here:
So to me, it really sounds like pretty close to recording, they decided to with Chobot and ditched poor Emily. What a shitty move.
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Post by sugarless on Jul 6, 2021 22:46:14 GMT
BW made some genuinely shitty decisions in their rush to finish ME3. I shouldn't say this but I secretly always wanted to slap Chobot more than Al-Jilani.
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Post by trinity0 on Jul 7, 2021 12:06:01 GMT
I am always ignoring Chobot in any playthrough and I never understood why Chobot is in the game at all.
Chobot, Multiplayer and the endings are the 3 things i disliked the most in ME3.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jul 7, 2021 16:46:57 GMT
I am always ignoring Chobot in any playthrough and I never understood why Chobot is in the game at all. Chobot, Multiplayer and the endings are the 3 things i disliked the most in ME3. Kai Leng?
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Jul 7, 2021 17:32:51 GMT
I am always ignoring Chobot in any playthrough and I never understood why Chobot is in the game at all. Chobot, Multiplayer and the endings are the 3 things i disliked the most in ME3. Kai Leng? I didn't have a problem with him until Thessia, then the hate stated to flow. I will admit Shepard catching the Storm Trooper accuracy bug when chasing Leng down on the Citadel was laughable in its absurdity. Killing Emily Wong off via twitter leading up to ME3's release was enough to get me to delete my twitter account nine years ago. Probably the only positive thing about her death vs getting Diana Allers.
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Post by Phantom on Jul 7, 2021 18:04:02 GMT
well I do admit I have a character that would be a greater hate sink than Kai Leng. Sirpetrakus might remember him. Dutch, ex N7 Fury turned Black Talon Wraith, is such a massive asshole that makes Kai Leng pleasant to be around.
On Topic, I rather have Emily Wong than Chobot.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 7, 2021 18:13:24 GMT
I actually like Diana more than Emily. Neither were as good as Khalisah though, who actually had a character arc. And Keri in MEA is great.
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Post by turianlannister on Jul 7, 2021 18:44:58 GMT
I am always ignoring Chobot in any playthrough and I never understood why Chobot is in the game at all. Chobot, Multiplayer and the endings are the 3 things i disliked the most in ME3. Chobot was in the the game so EA could shill some good reviews from IGN
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Post by AnDromedary on Jul 7, 2021 19:14:56 GMT
I actually like Diana more than Emily. Neither were as good as Khalisah though, who actually had a character arc. And Keri in MEA is great. I don't have anything in particular against the Allers character as such. I find her repulsive but that's fine, it's just a character and I don't have to like all of them.
However, if the folks at BioWare just introduced that character in order to have Chobot in for some perceived marketing stunt and/or personal favor (and that''s what I think happened, even though we still don't know with 100% certainty), and changed stuff around last minute for that, than I don't like it. It's cheap, it's corny and it certainly says nothing flattering about what they liked to call "artistic integrity".
It's not a big deal but it isn't great either.
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Post by trinity0 on Jul 7, 2021 19:16:17 GMT
I am always ignoring Chobot in any playthrough and I never understood why Chobot is in the game at all. Chobot, Multiplayer and the endings are the 3 things i disliked the most in ME3. Chobot was in the the game so EA could shill some good reviews from IGN Are they really that important. I never read a review from IGN and i first heard about Chobot when she appears in ME3
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jul 7, 2021 19:21:14 GMT
Chobot was in the the game so EA could shill some good reviews from IGN Are they really that important. I never read a review from IGN and i first heard about Chobot when she appears in ME3
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Post by AnDromedary on Jul 7, 2021 19:22:44 GMT
Chobot was in the the game so EA could shill some good reviews from IGN Are they really that important. I never read a review from IGN and i first heard about Chobot when she appears in ME3 Well, IGN's score for ME3 was 9.5/10 which is just slightly above the metacritic critic's average of 89/100. So I'd say they were well within the margin there.
Personally, I very much doubt there was anything directly IGN related going on there. If I had to speculate, I'd guess her involvement was the result of some sort of personal favor between individual people who could make it happen, i.e. maybe Chobot was a huge fan of the franchise and knew someone at EA or BW who she could ask for some minor role in ME3, so they did it. But that's really just pure speculation on my part.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 7, 2021 23:52:33 GMT
I always found Emily Wong's voice incredibly annoying, though the character seemed spunky and likeable. The VA had a perfectly normal voice, meaning she did a good job in both creating a voice and creating a personality for Wong.
Really, Al Jilani would've made for better continuity in Allers' role, but whatever. Chobot's VA work was bad, but not horrific. Allers' dress, though, that was horrific. I can't take her seriously in that dress. It is inappropriate for her job.
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Post by sugarless on Jul 8, 2021 2:35:51 GMT
Really, Al Jilani would've made for better continuity in Allers' role, but whatever. Chobot's VA work was bad, but not horrific. Allers' dress, though, that was horrific. I can't take her seriously in that dress. It is inappropriate for her job. Was not fond of Chobot's voice or her "coming onto" Shepard and then acting like it was a misunderstanding.
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Post by Deathfield on Jul 8, 2021 6:41:42 GMT
Always felt Diana was a waste, if I must do interviews for war assests, why can't it be on the citadel when visiting, she took up space on the Normandy that could have gone to another squad mate.
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Post by Element Zero on Jul 9, 2021 16:09:00 GMT
Always felt Diana was a waste, if I must do interviews for war assests, why can't it be on the citadel when visiting, she took up space on the Normandy that could have gone to another squad mate. I think even the most ardent Allers-lovers (do they exist?) would trade her for another squadmate. A returning squaddie from ME2 would be fine. A Batarian could've been awesome. There would've been some cool, lore-rich discussions to be had. Another Salarian would've been fun. Shit, anything but Allers. 😆
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jul 9, 2021 18:16:06 GMT
Always felt Diana was a waste, if I must do interviews for war assests, why can't it be on the citadel when visiting, she took up space on the Normandy that could have gone to another squad mate. I think even the most ardent Allers-lovers (do they exist?) would trade her for another squadmate. A returning squaddie from ME2 would be fine. A Batarian could've been awesome. There would've been some cool, lore-rich discussions to be had. Another Salarian would've been fun. Shit, anything but Allers. 😆 I wouldn't, but then there aren't any squadmates available that I'd want that aren't already on the ship. I mean there's Legion, but he dies. Now if they turned that place into a phycologist's room for Kelly to help people in, then I'd be interested in trading.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Jul 9, 2021 20:08:35 GMT
Always felt Diana was a waste, if I must do interviews for war assests, why can't it be on the citadel when visiting, she took up space on the Normandy that could have gone to another squad mate. I think even the most ardent Allers-lovers (do they exist?) would trade her for another squadmate. A returning squaddie from ME2 would be fine. A Batarian could've been awesome. There would've been some cool, lore-rich discussions to be had. Another Salarian would've been fun. Shit, anything but Allers. 😆 Or any of the 3 ME2 LI's. (Jack, Miranda or Kelly)
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Post by dmc1001 on Jul 12, 2021 15:44:30 GMT
If we're being honest, Emily was only really in ME1. There was only an email from her in ME2. Losing her in ME3 was incredibly stupid. She was the perfect person to call out corruption, particularly regarding the asari and salarians.
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