Reyes Vidal - No longer A Mystery (Official Thread)

I'd be damn disappointed if there wasn't at least some additional Reyes content thrown our way at some point. He is perfect. They should have noticed. And this is perfect (also this is the look I'll be giving Bioware if there WON'T be more content):



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Folks, am I the only one that keeps remembering the old Atton Rand concept art whenever I see Reyes? I know, I am dating myself here, but still...

Well, my favorite thing was to break all the companions further while going all dark side lol. The hints of non-reciprocated feelings Atton had towards the Exile were an interesting angle too, but it's good he wasn't a love interest.

The Collective has to have proper ships since they have space probes etc., but for some reason I imagine Reyes personally sticking with piloting shuttles. The one he uses on Kadara is ugly as hell, though!

Haha, I actually DID reinstall KOTOR2 in my desperation for more smuggler goodness. And I always wanted to play it again anyway with the restored content mod, so here we go.

I also like Reyes more, which is partly due to the animations I guess. His facial expressions add a lot of multidimensionality to his character which was of course not possible in 2004. Reyes is also more interesting (and hotter) as a character imho with more growth potential and question marks whereas Atton is mostly defined by his past (which doesn't show THAT much in his personality imo, he is just too...cute? Never played dark sided though.).

Atton is still one of my favourite characters in video games, he tries so hard to be a tough guy: Exile does something good - Atton: "Ew, why the hell did you do that? Let's not do this again, ok?"-*Atton influence gain* --> gets me every time

It takes a lot of cojones to say that in this thread.

See, my Sara otoh, doesn't even have "honorable" in her vocabulary, so as a result, she and Reyes are kindred spirits.

Personality wise as the shady guys, sure. The jacket and the hair are a bit similar, too. Imagine the quite hilarious start of the game in their underwear with Reyes, lol.



The one outside the building in Zia's quest? Yes, it's just a standard inconspicuous one. I hope he has a more fancy one somewhere secret.





Nah, it's fine, it's a viable way to play. I'll save Sloane once, too.

Yes, the cave scene is short and you might not expect how it turns out but such is life. However they should have added a little conversation. Like, did he expect Sloane to come alone? Who did he think she would bring along?

Agreed, their future relationship if you saved Sloane has potential to be interesting.

It's a very grey scenario deciding who you allow to take over. If you do nothing, you kind of just let nature take its course.
Did she deserve it in the first place, just because she repelled the kett? It was good she saved the city but that doesn't mean she can run it well.
Is he a scumbag for having her assassinated like that? It is shady, as is his way, but also crafty in a way.
Why did she not take care of the Collective before? It might not ever have come to that if she had taken steps in a timely manner.
Who will be better in the long run? Sloane's results at running the Port are mixed.

Yup, looks like they keep it a secret as much as they can. The Nexus leadership know he's the Charlatan. They would probably not support it that Ryder is in a relationship with him. The other people in the AI might not like it either, the exile's reputation is not the best and they might think he has Ryder in his pocket. Not sure how much his fellow exiles would care, some really dislike the Nexus, but this could be used as leverage or they might likewise think he is in bed with the Initiative (well, in a way he is^^). This can also threaten his secret identity. I wonder if the one Outcast gossiped about the storage room incident or if anyone saw them on the rooftoop (the people you see with the flycam don't count I assume). Perhaps if the tensions between the groups cool down it wont' be such a "scandal" anymore but there will still be the Charlatan secret to consider.

Edit:
I just remembered that the Charlatan secret is blown if you dont' side with him (and he seems unconcerned about it at least in his mail to Ryder). And since games tend to merge paths, I have a suspicion this will happen anyway in the near future.

And here I was thinking I was the only weird one with that "shooting people in the back when you challenged them to a fair fight is bad, even when a cool guy orders it" mindset. And it still seems to me that saving Sloane leaves quite a few possibilities to make the relationship between him and Ryder more interesting in any future content (+ I totally can't watch her die. The scene just rubs me the wrong way, as well as Reyes' reaction... He thinks this sort of shit is fun or something? Plus, from a purely RP perspective, I don't like the implication that Reyes may possibly have that level of influence over Ryder. Destroys the equal partners dynamic the stuff has)
I don't know about dialogues/stuff about saving him and whatnot (not into the "saving" trope very much, can't characters simply be what they are without anybody feeling the need to pass judgments?). I am quite convinced he will be back at some point though.. the plot armor was too thick for him to just vanish and be eaten by the kett in some dark corner.
Btw, I saw a brick today that seemed like a better option than Liam

  Call me shallow... but I'm a sucker for the clever guys and the brick wins that contest hands down.

Btw, I saw a brick today that seemed like a better option than Liam < I laughed waaaay too loud, but unfortunately this is true. Liam is one of the characters who doesn't grow throughout the game, romanced or not. His romance plot is one of the worst from all BioWare games I've played. I really intend to see Reyes in the future and have a confront with him and our feelings again. Or find another better character.

I like to play BioWare games building a true personality to my characters. Letting Sloane die with a shot in the back wasn't going to happen with my Ryder. I loaded the game and sided with Reyes to see what would happen and his reaction, oh no... Even if my Ryder romanced him, she couldn't let him win like that. That's why I also think this is a brilliant oportunity to meet him again in the future and confront his feelings about it