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Post by BamBam the Destroyer on Dec 26, 2017 14:33:54 GMT
POLL Spam: With all the discussion on character quality, I though some polls would be interesting! So, what do you think of Drack’s writing? Good, bad, ugly?
Vote and Comment!
(Posted here to avoid the romance enthusiasts)
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Post by Dar'Nara on Dec 26, 2017 15:25:04 GMT
I thought Drack's writing was pretty good, could have done with some more insight into his past (i know we got alot, but more wouldnt have hurt in my opinion) but overall i thought he was compelling and how he opened up to Ryder through time was pretty smooth
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Post by mannyray on Dec 26, 2017 16:07:34 GMT
I liked Drack as a character and felt like he was supposed to be the pragmatic smashmouth soldier. However he was like most of the squadmates and other crewmembers, a reboot of someone from the original trilogy that could have used more variation in personality.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Dec 26, 2017 17:33:00 GMT
Drack was gooood, that med-bay scene turned out well written and one of the few memorable character scenes.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Dec 26, 2017 17:39:18 GMT
The only good character in ME:A.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Dec 26, 2017 19:54:30 GMT
Drack: Good. Could have been great, but played it safe with the old-man soldier trope. He never really went much beyond his well-established traits, even during his loyalty mission.
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Post by Shinobu on Dec 26, 2017 20:12:58 GMT
I liked Drack. There's always room for a Krogan buddy on the team. I liked the relationship of Drack and Kesh and that for once there were no "daddy issues" on either side.
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Post by Iakus on Dec 26, 2017 20:15:02 GMT
Not bad.
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Post by natetrace on Dec 27, 2017 0:02:35 GMT
My favorite squadmate. I liked that my first impression was discount Wrex, but by the end I felt I knew Drack better than I ever knew Wrex or Grunt. Also I like him cutting out that tooth when you first meet him. His dialogue is very krogan bravado at first, quads deep and all that.
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Post by clips7 on Dec 27, 2017 6:46:34 GMT
Haha i loved Drack's "get off of my lawn" old man rhetoric....he's an old war vet and he gives good conversation on his past and his involvements within the battles he's endured. He offers great advice in the manner of how an experienced war veteran would in his position and throughout the game he seems to care very much about his Niece/Grand Daughter? (forgot her name) on the Nexuus....
Drack has great conversation and i always looked at Drack as the big strong cranky war veteran that can still get his hands dirty and get the job done...I ALWAYS took Drack out with me on missions....one of the best written characters in the game.
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Post by Pounce de León on Dec 27, 2017 10:52:04 GMT
Very good.
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Post by dmc1001 on Dec 27, 2017 15:53:52 GMT
I gave Drack an excellent. He was my favorite of the bunch. Old, loyal but not stupid, willing to act like a krogan and drop someone into a "bottomless" pit...his reaction to rescue krogan or salarians was understandable but he didn't seem to hold a grudge. It seemed like he was too old to hang on to pointless things, especially when he knows it's not personal. Were there ever a sequel, I'd love to see his return most of all. Hell, even if we returned to the MW, I'd love to see a pre-MEA Drack in action.
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Post by KaiserShep on Dec 27, 2017 18:46:02 GMT
He’s my favorite of the lot. In some ways he’s basically Wrex 2.0, like if we met Wrex much later in his life, but the father figure angle and dealing with his own mortality worked really well for him. I especially liked the dynamic he had with Lexi, even if it was largely subtle.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Dec 28, 2017 1:54:05 GMT
Above Average. The Kid bit got a bit repetitive and having him as necessary to kill Spender... I want that pleasure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 17:39:35 GMT
He is certainly not groundbreaking. It's the typical badass Krogan mercs, however nowhere is written that a winning team must be changed. If the formula Krogan+Badass+Mercs=Good character then leave it be. Let the Krogans be Krogans, the Turian be Turian and the Asari being Asari. Nothing new? Who cares as long as they are fun, have depth and consistency.
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Post by kenshen19 on Jan 1, 2018 21:16:20 GMT
I have always been a fan of the Krogan and I love each squadmate we have had. While I think his writing was good there is one major item that has always bothered me and frustrates me because Ryder isn't given the comeback I would use and it has to do with the Krogan scouts. I agree that if they are left behind it is a horrible outcome that I wouldn't wish that on anyone but at the same time I (we) really need to look at the big picture and try to do what is right for the whole group. The fact he is quick to use the old prejudice card as the reason I would pick the salarian over the scouts really gets to me because it isn't true. Why I can't say that is mind boggling to me.
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Post by stealthfox94 on Jan 2, 2018 17:08:13 GMT
Excellent, a bench mark for Krogans. Better than Wrex IMO.
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Post by SwobyJ on Jan 3, 2018 4:40:18 GMT
Good. Would be excellent with more plot involvement not being pushed to his granddaughter (etc). Almost benchmark, and indeed benchmark in some ways.
Possibly best written companion - he just doesn't resonate with me. That's okay, no krogan companion has, and only rare other krogan NPCs do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 7:27:28 GMT
Drack was decent at best. Fuck no he wasn't Grunt or Wrex 2.0. He has his moments and it was nice to have someone with some testosterone and alpha male personality in this game. He's like the only krogan in this fucking galaxy. Every other pretender is an overgrown pyjak with their quads removed. I like his design and he's got some well written dialogue and scenes. However, if you take away his age what i he? Like the rest of the squad, he's got a gimmick. Only his personality isn't two dimensional; I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN I'M OLD AS FUCK/MUH RUSHAN
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Post by spacev3gan on Jan 16, 2018 12:30:19 GMT
Above average in my view, and overall my favorite squad mate. He is pretty generic, badass, old-school, rough Krogan merc. Bioware kinda played safe with him, but there is room for this type of character in the Mass Effect Universe, especially due to the fact we didn't get any Krogan squad mate in ME3.
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Post by SwobyJ on Jan 18, 2018 5:45:42 GMT
Above average in my view, and overall my favorite squad mate. He is pretty generic, badass, old-school, rough Krogan merc. Bioware kinda played safe with him, but there is room for this type of character in the Mass Effect Universe, especially due to the fact we didn't get any Krogan squad mate in ME3. Bingo. I wouldn't want a ME4 or 5 (whichever includes a krogan companion first, I mean) have such an .. orthodox? (in most ways) krogan, but this was an okay time for it. That's not to say the orthodoxy is fine - because damn one of the weakest parts of MEA was its writing being so ME1-just-again, but orthodox krogan is something that I think most fans think never should go away for too long ever. And we had less of it in ME2 and either less of it in ME3 or more relegated to DLC (Wrex Citadel).
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