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Or, MAYBE, just MAYBE, she used to be Charlie 8. We already know that the Alliance uses squads just like a modern military. In the US armed forces, a squad varies in size from 8 (Army) to 13 (Marines). These numbers can be tracked down to the British and even Soviet/Russian armed forces.
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Post by hammerstorm on Feb 18, 2017 22:00:32 GMT
Or, and I know this may be hard to follow, it don't mean a thing about ranks and it is just the type of armour? Or Bioware just didn't like to have completely anonymous armours so they put this on it. Not everything have to be a rank or something important. (Or "lorebreaking™" which seems to be the new favo word)  Anyway, IF it is important it will be addressed in the game. Otherwise it was nothing. |
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Post by Gilsa on Feb 18, 2017 22:02:56 GMT
30 something generic short haired white guy here. I prefer games where I can either play as a woman or have the choice to do so - I think it is because it gives me a different experience to the one I have every day. I don't need to know what it is like to be a man. One of my favourite games ever is life is strange (fuck off Warren you weirdo) as it is so far removed from my personal experience I find it genuinely interesting, beyond the game itself. It's a whole new layer. I think another thing for me is that we get bombarded with images of men saving the day in virtually every form of media - having a woman save the galaxy felt genuinely new, even if the plot and dialogue was largely the same. It's the same reason I really like the new tomb raider series, it's just different. This has been further complicated by having two daughters under the age of two and wanting them to, when they are old enough, hopefully join in this hobby. What better way of doing so than showing they can play as the gender they are and save the world if they choose? Finally I have to confess that usually my characters tended to be gay- I'm still a guy after all - but that all changed when I played inquisition. I was gutted- absolutely gutted I tell you - when I found out dorian was gay. My femquis never got over it. I like to think that shows me growing up a bit too. It's never too late  One of my favorite stories is why one of my EQ guildmates rolled a female paladin instead of a male one. He said he was at the character selection screen picking out the features on a male character when his daughter watched what he was doing and asked if the character could be female instead. So that's how we best knew him. And "she" was often one of the leading tanks on our raids. No one thought anything of it. It was great to see. Check out DC Superhero Girls if you get a chance. The series is well done and it's gaining in popularity. My daughter leaps from the cat tower and lands with a tah dah announcement. We praise her for bravery, strength, and determination. The last two Disney movies have moved away from the "twu wuv" theme (Moana is outstanding, it really is) so there is definitely a progressive shift for young girls. I loved Duke Nukem back in the days where male protagonists were the default. When I found Mass Effect, I channeled my inner Duke Nukem through FemShep. I loved that I could play her as a renegade, sit down in that chair and check out a dancer if I wanted to, and say all the same crass stuff. That kind of level playing field was fantastic. |
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Post by BansheeOwnage on Feb 18, 2017 22:10:01 GMT
Yeah, not my favourite either, but at least it isn't boob armour. Also, C8  ??? Prepare to be disappointed then  We won't see customization that intricate for a long time. A long time /Obi-wan. This is pretty much the first time we're actually seeing open-mouthed grins or smiles in Bioware games, actually. If they can pull it off, more power to 'em. But this one looks a bit awkward so far. Honestly, I'd prefer boob armor. At least those armors were not unwieldy like that one. And yeah, just another case of them throwing the lore out I guess. I'm hoping it is a result of a dialogue choice, so can be avoided. I wouldn't worry. In the original trilogy, there were more bulky armours like this one as well as less bulky ones. Personally, I'll be fine with the default armour if I don't find something better. By "throwing out the lore" are you referring to the C8 designation? Yeah, it could be based on dialogue... I have to say I doubt it, though. Do you have something against your character smiling/grinning, or is it something else? Curious. Personally, I like it when my character emotes (if it doesn't conflict with my RP, obviously). Our Bioware protagonists are often too stoic. Obviously, that is a valid RP path, but I don't want it to be the only one. Not in the entire ME trilogy could Shepard either laugh or cry (which makes me want to laugh and cry), which I feel is quite a shame. Those are such human experiences, both. Shepard was still awesome, but I hope you can play Ryder as a bit more lively and... alive, if you wish. Remember N7 being the designation for "special forces"? Maybe C8 stands for "recon" - in the skills menu on the right it did say "Recon Specialist Level 56". I'm curious to see what the other alphabets stand for. C could definitely be "recon", but the problem is the numbers only went from 1-7. The Initiative is not the Alliance, but it seems odd that they would borrow their proficiency system only to add another single level to it (assuming Ryder is super-awesomely proficient, as protagonists usually are). BansheeOwnage, I suppose that it's somewhere between a "What am I getting myself into" sort of grimace and a "So this is what being Pathfinder is about" sort of helpless laugh. Maybe Ryder had just become the new Pathfinder, and already the requests are stacking up. You're probably right. For some reason I've just had a bit of trouble reading Sara's expressions so far. I get the gist, but they seem a little unusual to me (but hey, everyone emotes differently). It would help to see Scott in the same scenes to see if it's the animations themselves or the face+animations that are throwing me off. And, like I said, I'm sure it looks better if you see the scene properly ingame. Also, I bet you're right about the last part. It seems like she might be sitting down for an exam, possibly even right after she wakes up. If the twins were originally supposed to help Alec on his mission as Pathfinder, it would still make sense for that person to ask Sara to find somewhere nice. Or it could be later. I think she's average. And it's good, most people don't want to play as tank-woman.  I wouldn't mind. It would certainly be a departure from what we usually see. I think she's average. And it's good, most people don't want to play as tank-woman. I agree!!!! I don't like in Mass Effect trilogy shepard female and male have the same size (and same animation lol!!)... It's not real in life because in the majority, woman are more little than men Well, the Doylist reason for this is obviously to make animations and camera-angles easier across the board - not just for the protagonist, but for squadmates. Hell, even aliens in ME are usually about human-height. But if I wanted to use a Watsonian reason, I could say that the genetic enhancements that are standard for all Alliance personnel end up making most of them about the same height. Yes, I'm joking But I know I'm in the minority when I say that I like when the male and female protagonist have the same animations... usually. As for Shepard's (or any other Bioware protagonist's) height, I don't see the problem with them being perhaps a bit taller than average. It's not like male Shepard is tall. They both seem pretty average to me. I don't think it's fair to claim it's "unrealistic" because women have a shorter average height - that sentence admits, by necessity, that not everyone is average, so why does Shepard have to be? Here's a side-shot of the previously talked-about bob, since people (including me) were thinking about using it on their Ryders.  Here, according to the thread about the Amazon pictures, is either a blond male, blonde female, or redheaded female science officer sporting the cut. No wonder eye-witness testimony is so unreliable Shall we take bets? I thought it was a blonde female, myself.
Not that it's a super helpful shot, but at least it's another angle. Oh, and it's parted to the left. Still looks pretty good for Sabine, KirkyX   It's not perfect, but still close enough. (It's actually closer to her Series 1/2 cuts than the Series 3 style in this comparison.) Now, about those colour options, BioWare... *pweaseface" 3. You are, sadly, probably right about who'd get the protag role. But yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of them alternating within the trailer, like the Fallout (launch?) trailer did. It worked there, it can work here. Obviously I think they should actually alternate between trailers, but I'd still like to see them both once. Not only is it not too much to ask (how can "can we have the same amount of X?" possibly be too much to ask?), but it would be smart for marketing. I mean, isn't that obvious? You get effective marketing out to more kinds of people, getting them interested. I can tell you it works both personally and otherwise. First, I saw stuff for ME2 on the old Xbox 360 dashboard back in the day. The cover looked like a scifi shooter with another generic 30-year-old white guy with short dark hair. Didn't draw me in to know more. Years later, the ME3 demo was out and I decided to give it a try - I like scifi, after all! I've never seen a description of a game that said whether you could play male or female and this was no exception, so I didn't know I could until launching it. Holy crap, what's this?! The hero can be a woman? Keep in mind, I hadn't played any RPGs at this point, so this was both the first time I could choose as well as the first game I played to have a female protagonist (both because they were even more rare back then and because my game library was small). And ME3 had a whopping one trailer featuring female Shepard*. Congratulations Bioware, you missed out on some potential customers and fans who did the same thing to ME3 that I did to ME2 by having poor marketing. I didn't play Skyrim until four years after it was released because I didn't know you could play as anyone but that Nord guy seen in 100% of the marketing - and I did see the marketing. Knowing I could actually mix things up a little and play as a female (or any other race) would have been very helpful, and I know I'm not the only one. Bethesda very nearly didn't have an additional customer. Second: Don't believe me? Well, my girlfriend told me about a small game developer asking on Reddit (if I remember correctly) why Bioware games have an even split for gender among fans, because they wanted to succeed. The answer is simple: You can play as a woman. So obviously actually letting people know you can do that in your game is paramount if you want to tap into 50% of the market. Therefore, market it accordingly. Bethesda is improving (Fallout 4), but it and Bioware still have a ways to go. DA:I was an improvement over ME3, but it's not hard to improve on garbage (try it again). My eye will be on the next TES as well. *And they didn't just call the trailer "ME3: Reinstated" (Just another trailer, normal, like all the others). No, they had to call it "ME3: Reinstated (Femshep trailer)", emphasizing the problem you mentioned above: That even according to Bioware themselves (at the time), the female variant of the protagonist isn't default - she's some "other", "alternate" protagonist. Come on. If this wasn't the case, proper marketing would occur without effort. So that unintentionally-long rant brings me back to ME:A and the fact that, quite frustratingly in multiple ways, Bioware still can't even live up to their own promise of equal marketing. So I don't find it at all hard to believe that some people didn't realize you could play as a woman. Didn't want to do a gigantic multiquote response just this once, but I just wanted to say that this whole passage is the perfect illustration of why representation in gaming - in the games themselves, but also in the marketing - is so important--not just socially, but commercially.  
If you don't mind, I might use it in future to help illustrate this point to the, ' But why does it matter???' crowd. (Well, that's assuming I ever actually work up the will to get into that kind of Internet argument again...) Yeah, when it comes to hairstyles in RPGs, at least when it comes to going for a specific look you have in mind, you (general "you") have to take what you can get. Really hoping we get to use more than one hair colour as well, but I'll be flat-out disappointed if we can't at least use a colour-wheel for hair. I mean, even Fallout 3 did that, and it's not exactly a complicated system. Mass Effect let us use synthetic hair-colours before, so it shouldn't matter which synthetic colours we want to use. Aww, well wanting to quote me is high praise, thanks!   And feel free to, though I completely understand not even wanting to bother (anymore) with discussions like that. Is it worth the high blood-pressure? 30 something generic short haired white guy here. I prefer games where I can either play as a woman or have the choice to do so - I think it is because it gives me a different experience to the one I have every day. I don't need to know what it is like to be a man. Gaining other perspectives is always good And variety, of course. That's part of the reason I play as women if given the chance, as well as relating to them better and just thinking that women-heroes are awesome. I agree!!!! I don't like in Mass Effect trilogy shepard female and male have the same size (and same animation lol!!)... It's not real in life because in the majority, woman are more little than menI beg to differ (taller than 85% men around me)  edit: maybe more...how many men are above 190cm? And I thought I was fairly tall |
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Post by BansheeOwnage on Feb 18, 2017 22:14:09 GMT
Or, and I know this may be hard to follow, it don't mean a thing about ranks and it is just the type of armour? Or Bioware just didn't like to have completely anonymous armours so they put this on it. Not everything have to be a rank or something important. (Or "lorebreaking™" which seems to be the new favo word) Anyway, IF it is important it will be addressed in the game. Otherwise it was nothing. Well, it still has the red polygon next to the lettering, which is also in the same style as N7, and is also on the breastplate. But I agree we'll just have to see why it's there before making final judgements. |
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 18, 2017 22:18:34 GMT
Honestly, I'd prefer boob armor. At least those armors were not unwieldy like that one. And yeah, just another case of them throwing the lore out I guess. I'm hoping it is a result of a dialogue choice, so can be avoided. I wouldn't worry. In the original trilogy, there were more bulky armours like this one as well as less bulky ones. Personally, I'll be fine with the default armour if I don't find something better. By "throwing out the lore" are you referring to the C8 designation? Yeah, it could be based on dialogue... I have to say I doubt it, though. Do you have something against your character smiling/grinning, or is it something else? Curious. Personally, I like it when my character emotes (if it doesn't conflict with my RP, obviously). Our Bioware protagonists are too often stoic. Obviously, that is a valid RP path, but I don't want it to be the only one. Not in the entire ME trilogy could Shepard either laugh or cry (which makes me want to laugh and cry), which I feel is quite a shame. Those are such human experiences, both. Shepard was still awesome, but I hope you can play Ryder as a bit more lively and... alive, if you wish. I don't know. On one hand, I know there are slimmer suits since we see other characters wearing them, like for example Cora and the MP Asari. On the other, you think we would see one of those on Ryder in the various videos but the combat one had nothing but really bulky armors. Yes. I have nothing against smiling/grinning. I just do not like that smile. It looks wrong to me. And in general I prefer closed-mouthed smiles much more than open-mouthed smiles. Your hopes and my hopes are destined to clash it seems. I'm dreading how much Bioware is going to force emotions on 'our' character because of all the pretermined stuff. |
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Feb 18, 2017 22:22:23 GMT
Or, MAYBE, just MAYBE, she used to be Charlie 8. We already know that the Alliance uses squads just like a modern military. In the US armed forces, a squad varies in size from 8 (Army) to 13 (Marines). These numbers can be tracked down to the British and even Soviet/Russian armed forces. again quite possibly |
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Post by JayKay on Feb 18, 2017 22:35:17 GMT
Someone made this mental connection over in /r/masseffect and now I can't unsee it--especially with the similar name and the ponytail!  |
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Post by vonuber on Feb 18, 2017 22:40:05 GMT
Someone made this mental connection over in /r/masseffect and now I can't unsee it--especially with the similar name and the ponytail! Blimey. Yes. That would be a good thing to follow indeed. |
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Post by Serza on Feb 18, 2017 23:19:10 GMT
Someone made this mental connection over in /r/masseffect and now I can't unsee it--especially with the similar name and the ponytail! 1911, finger off the trigger... Holy shit! What movie is that? |
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Post by vonuber on Feb 19, 2017 0:45:27 GMT
1911, finger off the trigger... Holy shit! What movie is that? You don't know? Really? |
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Post by themikefest on Feb 19, 2017 0:52:17 GMT
Linda Hamilton. I like her. She did well in Terminator 2
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Post by Sifr on Feb 19, 2017 1:46:12 GMT
C could definitely be "recon", but the problem is the numbers only went from 1-7. The Initiative is not the Alliance, but it seems odd that they would borrow their proficiency system only to add another single level to it (assuming Ryder is super-awesomely proficient, as protagonists usually are). C8 could denote a Pathfinder. Since the ability to multi-class presumably doesn't fall into the Alliance's pre-existing proficiency system, that may have required the addition of an (unofficial) Rank 8. Much like how N7 is the only rank of Alliance Special Forces training to be worn on armour, the C8 designation may be worn to distinguish them from other Recon Specialists within the Initiative. With how many people in the Initiative seem to have military backgrounds, perhaps each species adopted their own military ranking system for convenience? Humans use the Alliance ranking system, Turians use the Hierarchy's, Salarians use regular military and/or STG ranks, etc? |
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 19, 2017 1:50:29 GMT
Someone made this mental connection over in /r/masseffect and now I can't unsee it--especially with the similar name and the ponytail! 1911, finger off the trigger... Holy shit! What movie is that? Terminator 2: Judgement Day. An absolutely amazing movie. |
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Post by Fazed Muttley on Feb 19, 2017 1:56:28 GMT
Loving the way Sara is advancing, shes so cute  I am deffo having a playthrough with default face! If I even get that far, I tend to get stuck in CC (as I've said before ). Anyways, I said I would do it Vall , I had a go at drawing my Ryder. Amazingly I ended up drawing one so similar to default Sara Made a casual outfit design in my head too, and did her face seperate.  The CamScanner app is pretty usful except for some reason it made it look like I used a black pen instead of a pencil  |
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Post by Vall on Feb 19, 2017 2:25:58 GMT
Loving the way Sara is advancing, shes so cute I am deffo having a playthrough with default face! If I even get that far, I tend to get stuck in CC (as I've said before ). Anyways, I said I would do it Vall , I had a go at drawing my Ryder. Amazingly I ended up drawing one so similar to default Sara Made a casual outfit design in my head too, and did her face seperate. The CamScanner app is pretty usful except for some reason it made it look like I used a black pen instead of a pencil Aw, it's cute (with mildy assymetrical jaw) Here, have mine  And yeah, I quite like default Sara too, she will be a good base for creating custom faces |
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Post by Sifr on Feb 19, 2017 2:42:34 GMT
Someone made this mental connection over in /r/masseffect and now I can't unsee it--especially with the similar name and the ponytail! Now I cannot help but picture Ellen Ryder as looking and sounding like Sarah Connor. (Funnily enough, Linda Hamilton actually has a twin sister, who served as her body double several times in T2) |
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Post by BansheeOwnage on Feb 19, 2017 3:49:19 GMT
I wouldn't worry. In the original trilogy, there were more bulky armours like this one as well as less bulky ones. Personally, I'll be fine with the default armour if I don't find something better. By "throwing out the lore" are you referring to the C8 designation? Yeah, it could be based on dialogue... I have to say I doubt it, though. Do you have something against your character smiling/grinning, or is it something else? Curious. Personally, I like it when my character emotes (if it doesn't conflict with my RP, obviously). Our Bioware protagonists are too often stoic. Obviously, that is a valid RP path, but I don't want it to be the only one. Not in the entire ME trilogy could Shepard either laugh or cry (which makes me want to laugh and cry), which I feel is quite a shame. Those are such human experiences, both. Shepard was still awesome, but I hope you can play Ryder as a bit more lively and... alive, if you wish. I don't know. On one hand, I know there are slimmer suits since we see other characters wearing them, like for example Cora and the MP Asari. On the other, you think we would see one of those on Ryder in the various videos but the combat one had nothing but really bulky armors. Yes. I have nothing against smiling/grinning. I just do not like that smile. It looks wrong to me. And in general I prefer closed-mouthed smiles much more than open-mouthed smiles. Your hopes and my hopes are destined to clash it seems. I'm dreading how much Bioware is going to force emotions on 'our' character because of all the pretermined stuff. I have a feeling Cora's armour is unique to her (which doesn't bother me in the slightest in that case), and we don't know if we can use asari armours - we couldn't before. But I'm sure they'll have something lighter available, and it would make sense to scroll through a few different looks if one of the other videos showcases weapon/armour customization and crafting. Yeah, I thought it looked a bit odd, too, but I'm not really bothered by it. Not really clashing, actually. I've typed quite a bit (literally thousands of words) about my worries about predetermined character stuff, so we're on the same page. I'd just like the option to be more emotive than we could before. It's why I made sure to say things like "if it doesn't conflict with RP" and "if you wish". And hopefully non-verbal communication/reactions are influenced by which dialogue options you chose beforehand. For example, Ryder might chuckle if you said something funny or cry if you chose an "I'm sad" line. DA:I started to do this by having varying facial expressions based off lines, but unfortunately they stayed into the next set of lines and it could look awkward sometimes C could definitely be "recon", but the problem is the numbers only went from 1-7. The Initiative is not the Alliance, but it seems odd that they would borrow their proficiency system only to add another single level to it (assuming Ryder is super-awesomely proficient, as protagonists usually are). C8 could denote a Pathfinder. Since the ability to multi-class presumably doesn't fall into the Alliance's pre-existing proficiency system, that may have required the addition of an (unofficial) Rank 8. Much like how N7 is the only rank of Alliance Special Forces training to be worn on armour, the C8 designation may be worn to distinguish them from other Recon Specialists within the Initiative. With how many people in the Initiative seem to have military backgrounds, perhaps each species adopted their own military ranking system for convenience? Humans use the Alliance ranking system, Turians use the Hierarchy's, Salarians use regular military and/or STG ranks, etc? You could be right, but at that point you might as well just paint "Pathfinder" instead And they're probably pretty famous and therefore recognizable anyway, so they probably wouldn't need the designation. Sloane seemed to recognize Ryder without any markings or introduction, though that may have happened offscreen. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the different species did that. Which reminds me, I'm looking forward to meeting the other 3 Pathfinders  It would be interesting if one of them was a romance option. Pathfinder duo. |
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Post by tylerbamafan34 on Feb 19, 2017 4:59:03 GMT
I don't know. On one hand, I know there are slimmer suits since we see other characters wearing them, like for example Cora and the MP Asari. On the other, you think we would see one of those on Ryder in the various videos but the combat one had nothing but really bulky armors. Yes. I have nothing against smiling/grinning. I just do not like that smile. It looks wrong to me. And in general I prefer closed-mouthed smiles much more than open-mouthed smiles. Your hopes and my hopes are destined to clash it seems. I'm dreading how much Bioware is going to force emotions on 'our' character because of all the pretermined stuff. I have a feeling Cora's armour is unique to her (which doesn't bother me in the slightest in that case), and we don't know if we can use asari armours - we couldn't before. But I'm sure they'll have something lighter available, and it would make sense to scroll through a few different looks if one of the other videos showcases weapon/armour customization and crafting. Yeah, I thought it looked a bit odd, too, but I'm not really bothered by it. Not really clashing, actually. I've typed quite a bit (literally thousands of words) about my worries about predetermined character stuff, so we're on the same page. I'd just like the option to be more emotive than we could before. It's why I made sure to say things like "if it doesn't conflict with RP" and "if you wish". And hopefully non-verbal communication/reactions are influenced by which dialogue options you chose beforehand. For example, Ryder might chuckle if you said something funny or cry if you chose an "I'm sad" line. DA:I started to do this by having varying facial expressions based off lines, but unfortunately they stayed into the next set of lines and it could look awkward sometimes C8 could denote a Pathfinder. Since the ability to multi-class presumably doesn't fall into the Alliance's pre-existing proficiency system, that may have required the addition of an (unofficial) Rank 8. Much like how N7 is the only rank of Alliance Special Forces training to be worn on armour, the C8 designation may be worn to distinguish them from other Recon Specialists within the Initiative. With how many people in the Initiative seem to have military backgrounds, perhaps each species adopted their own military ranking system for convenience? Humans use the Alliance ranking system, Turians use the Hierarchy's, Salarians use regular military and/or STG ranks, etc? You could be right, but at that point you might as well just paint "Pathfinder" instead And they're probably pretty famous and therefore recognizable anyway, so they probably wouldn't need the designation. Sloane seemed to recognize Ryder without any markings or introduction, though that may have happened offscreen. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the different species did that. Which reminds me, I'm looking forward to meeting the other 3 Pathfinders It would be interesting if one of them was a romance option. Pathfinder duo. Well, Bioware has promised "More romances than ever before." in regards to previous games. I won't rule anything out |
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 19, 2017 5:19:14 GMT
Gamedam Meister @gamedammeisteraarynflynn @biofanofficial Will we be able to customize the body at all, or are we only able to do from the neck up like before? Aaryn Flynn aarynflynn @gamedammeister @biofanofficial No body customization unfortunately
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Post by DragonEffect on Feb 19, 2017 6:19:48 GMT
Gamedam Meister @gamedammeisteraarynflynn @biofanofficial Will we be able to customize the body at all, or are we only able to do from the neck up like before? Aaryn Flynn aarynflynn @gamedammeister @biofanofficial No body customization unfortunately There goes my dream of making my kickass chubby Sara. The hero(ine) is never someone who's overweight, huh? |
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Post by swagmaster97 on Feb 19, 2017 7:00:15 GMT
Sara's cute. That armor would look better with a helmet (in my opinion atleast), I like that smile (goofy but with more character than Shepard normally had), but I still like the Ai armor better.
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Post by Sarayne on Feb 19, 2017 8:35:36 GMT
So it seems they updated the character kits for both of the Ryder twins. She looks so pretty in these pictures in my opinion.
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Post by elanor on Feb 19, 2017 9:42:23 GMT
Much better. Scott look better too. |
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We won't see customization that intricate for a long time. A long time /Obi-wan.
I am deffo having a playthrough with default face! If I even get that far, I tend to get stuck in CC (as I've said before 
It would be interesting if one of them was a romance option. Pathfinder duo.
