Peebee (Official Thread)

Yeah, that seems possible with PeeBee and Vetra have that kind of relationship, but that could also basically be seen as Aria/Nyreen 2.0.

I'm hoping by a blossoming relationship they mean a friendship like say Aveline/Isabela rather than them hooking up.

The problem is, why would they say that information then?
The guy was asked how Vetra personality was, and the answer he got was about her relationship with Peebee, did they said anything about Isabela/Aveline when they were revealed?
To be fair, announcing a friendship is pointless, why would we give a shit about how Vetra and Peebee have a time to drink tea together?

That kind of puts you in the minority. I mean, one of the biggest selling points of Bioware games now ARE the characters, that's what makes them stand out from just about any developer out there.

Well speaking for my own sample size of one, bloody right I do. Those are some of the best bits where our little NPC horde play off each other. Let's them deliver some background and personality a bit more naturally than it all coming from the twenty questions - the personal relationship edition routine, means we're not left with the odd situation of a team of people who never interact with each other, and it just plain mixes things up a bit.

I'm in the middle of an ME2 game right now and fun as it is, by god at times it feels like 'And now I will talk to you, and now to you, oh you too. You know I'll just wander over to - oh bloody hell, there's another one of you in here, and you look like you want to talk. I know I'll just go check my mail...'Commander, Miranda would like to' - let me guess, talk to me. For crying out loud could some of you just talk to each other instead!'. Don't get me wrong, I want them to talk to me, but when that's how the overwhelming majority of character information is delivered it becomes monotone.

well I meant quite a bit more than party banter, but certainly that would be a component to demonstrating character relationships. I wasn't thinking exclusively of sexual or potentially sexual relationships either, although I can't think of any reason to specifically dodge them if you're going to have NPCs interact.

Well Citadel DLC is a bit of a weird one to quote as the interaction between various characters was pretty much the whole point of the last part of that DLC, so having those sort of interactions was pretty vital. You might argue the DLC as a whole, or at least that final section shouldn't exist, but that's a whole other discussion.

Anders and Fenris are an example where the interaction between characters is being used to echo one of the major themes of the game. The social level hostility to mages and reasons for it are being illustrated through a specific relationship between two party characters. Yes please, more of this.

Announcing a sexual/romantic relationship is just as pointless. Many people, like myself, don't care or like those but love the friendships between characters. 

But the friendship provides nothing to the game, while romances can for example, change the ending of characters, like Sera x Dagna or Dorian x Iron Bull, romances are way more important than a simple friendship, friendship is common, everyone can have friendship, while true love or sex with a giant qunari are things that you only can find once in life. Some  times 2.



Is funny because is a videogame so is a bit hard to have real people.

Agreed. Those little mini-romances between characters you only know about because of one overheard conversation really didn't have that much of an impact on me or the game or my enjoyment of it. I could take it or leave it.

However, the friendships between and with our companions are a big part of why I enjoy Bioware games. Shale and Wynn going off to travel together. Isabela and Aveline going from mutual dislike to friendship despite being opposites in every way. Cass and Varric going from hostility to grudging respect. Cole and Solas. Cole with Cass or Iron Bull. Hell, Solas and Iron Bull have some of my favorite banter in the game as they go from arguing ideology to friendly chess games. Wynn 'adopting' Alistair.  Fenris and Anders as enemies - yes, their arguing got tiresome, but it was a great way to illustrate that ideological conflict. So and so forth.

We got a bit of this in Mass Effect with Jack and Miranda, or Tali and Legion, or Javik and Liara, and I loves Vega and Cortez's friendship. I'd love to see more of those friendships and rivalries in Mass Effect, and that little tidbit about Peebee and Vetra has got my hopes up that we will - I could care less if they wind up as lovers or not as long as that relationship is interesting.

Also, the idea that romance is somehow more important than friendship in these games does not ring true to me at all. That moment when Morrigan called me her sister meant just as much to me as Alistair declaring his love. Miranda's friendship meant just as much to me as Garrus's romance. Getting Cass's angry drunk scene in Inquisition, only to end the game with her as my closest friend and ally, was just as memorable as my doomed romance with the fascinating Solas.

Soooo.... I hope Peebee (or Raccoon/Hamburglar Asari if you prefer) will be cool. Voice sounds nice, very fashionable, still not a fan of the tentacles though.

My biggest hope is that she is not as confrontational as Sera if/when I disagree with her.