Reyes Vidal - No longer A Mystery (Official Thread)

Probably, they got rid of planned animations, too. If the kiss is shorter you can also justify it easier that it was totally just a distraction.


Hehe, yes. And if you haven't, she tells you that he knows everyone, some a little too well.



Oh yes, even have it still installed.


Yes, the lines are also on there. Yep, I think he would want to be there when the city is taken over, was his goal after all. Also to coordinate it.


Maybe they planned more for him. Is he the contact she and Drack have business with on the first visit to Kadara then?

This settles it. Also, if it was supposed to be Reyes, it should have been his actor in other dubs as well, to give a little hint. I don't know which of my saves is before this scene, so I checked on youtube and no, totally different voice, wouldn't get the idea it's him at all.


He looks really strange. Actually everyone kinda does. They should upgrade their tech, or downgrade to voice calls.

Reyes gets around. What do you think, would he have been as flirty with Alec Ryder had he survived as the Pathfinder? Meh, probably not.

Ah, I didn't even think of that line - you're totally right. The facial animations have been pretty good in this regard, since there are scenes where Ryder has really affectionate look on his face when looking at Reyes, and vice versa.

Please do! We were posting pics of our Ryders with Reyes earlier in the thread. The Cinematic Tools is amazing, and also a great reason why I haven't actually played the game for ages.

It's probably not wise to measure the extent to which Reyes get around But as far as Alec is concerned...now that's the question. It's both extremely funny and disturbing at the same time but it would probably all come down to Alec (most likely) not being into men. Which of course doesn't mean Reyes couldn't get flirty with him just to mess up that all serious, no nonsense attitude of his a little. Which kinda leads me to another question- if Alec happened to survive, which Ryder would Reyes be most liable to flirt with? While the twins might seem fun, you know, the useful Pathfinder connection would be missing... that sets certain political plans a bit back, if they indeed exist 

Haha, imagine that startled Ryder who has just now realized this shit really works

I'll probably get the games started again tomorrow night once I'm reunited with my gaming rig. I'll see if there's anything shareable (of course I might always decide something's still damn off about Ryder), But the no pausing part is.. troubling to say the least. How the hell am I supposed to take the shot when I spend who knows how long fiddling around with angles and rotating the shit out of the scene? (Btw this will probably rank as the dumbest question ever but how does one actually take a screenhot with the tool? I was too lazy and the hour rather late, so I just used my customary screenhot captor to do the hard work.. and then it all crashed on me... several times)

Heh, familiar doesn't even begin to cover it Just ask my avatar, I start almost any session with her with a little photoshoot (can't help it), not even talking about any single damn sunrise or sunset, and now the obssession is spreading into territories with no console commands. I guess I should have stayed with the conviction that flycam is complicated and dangerous. Aaand.. I can actually hide the ui. So my third PT will be even more sluggish than usual and will probably get stuck obsedantly screenarching Havarl because damn, Havarl. Can't wait.

Guys am I right in recalling that the Mt Milgrom that Reyes stole from Sloane is the same liquor as in Zaeed’s shopping list with spare parts for Jessie? Btw if there was one OT char I’d like to see Reyes meet/interact with, it would be Zaeed, out of curiosity. Zaeed would probably approve with most of what Reyes does, but then again he was soured on gangs in general after having been cheated out of his own.

Raeka is interesting. When you speak to her at the Pathfinder HQ, it really sounds like she and Alec were in a relationship, and it’s like okay, that makes sense. But then there’s the revelation at the end of the game.

Bigger question is if Alec would’ve supported Sloane or Reyes. Personality wise, I think he’d liked Sloane more (idealistic, more of the “dreamer”* type that Alec liked, hardass soldier), but I think her going against the Resistance and the heads-on-spikes would’ve disgusted him immediately. Maybe, who knows. (I think my main Shepard would’ve picked Sloane, he was an asshole that way.)

(edit: * Reyes has dreams too of course, but his aspirations are much more grounded and he's willing to bend them with flexibility.)

As Keema says, no one meets Reyes except through business. And if Reyes was aiming to win Alec over and/or maintain good relations after a successful coup, he would NOT risk his chances by fooling around with the Pathfinder’s precious kids. Also, Reyes loves power, and I assume he’s attracted to power to a degree (as well as the capability that the Pathfinder has shown that far); mere underling kids who are there purely out of nepotism would not strike him as all that interesting, IMO.

On the topic of the Night on the Town party, here are my offerings for the screenshot gods:








Also BloodOfShiagur , as a tip, if you find yourself thinking that you could get a charming front-end pic of Reyes and Ryder as they run away hand-in-hand, DON’T.

Someone on tumblr got model replacing to work with Reyes and (default) Sara:

bioware-effect.tumblr.com/post/163055376524 (highly NSFW)

Also more in their tag bioware-effect.tumblr.com/tagged/reyes-x-ryder

Thank you blessed modders 🙏

Whoa, those are some detail spotting skills Now I guess we have to wonder whether it's an intentional hint or someone at Bioware just has a particular brand of whiskey obssession... Don't know about Zaeed though, I think he'd react similarly to Drack, perhaps mentioning a few stories about how he shot several shifty bastards like Reyes in the ass or something..

Good point. Heh, but it also means that living dad equals a very Reyes-less life. Life's a bitch, isn't it

Agreed. That might actually be the decisive factor in all that (plus Reyes probably taking whole different attitude). Alec would definitely be harder to be dismissive to and I can actually imagine him finding dealing with Sloane easier than dealing with Reyes, however dismissive she'd choose to be (well, let's not forget he'd still be the Initiative, which Sloane might still find hard to overlook, especially because of his rule bending record). Given she's also not exactly the wildcard there, I think Alec might choose her for the practicality of it if not for anything else.

Thank you both for the tips. (But what was the deal with the running orchid ? You got me almost tempted to try that out (Good job on defiying limitations, Zitrus () I've played around with stuff, had loads of fun (plus several trips to the Fade that turned out to be Kadara sky, and some frustration because my damn screenshot tool has suddenly decided to work on alt+prntscr only, probably a curse), got some results. Also came to conclusion nothing about Ryder is off for now. Totally passed the night out test, so unless some hair mods are out, I'm not touching anything with a ten foot pole. Later today I'm also expecting my new t-shirt to arrive, so I will post it somewhere.

Several shots of Reyes (he looks sort of cuter than usual with that bottle)


Several shoots of Reyes/Ryder (I love the last one especially, since it goes sort of well with the headcanonical answer of Ryder to Reyes' assertion that the kiss was more than just a distraction: *I dare you grin, leaning in* "you're quite clearly delusional")

I sort of hope that after all that "fall in love" lecturing she’d just shrug if she had issues (And imo, Alec would probably do the same. They didn’t strike me as especially meddly kind of parents)You mean like this? That’s a time honored tradition, there’s even a smiley for it...

quote: I don’t think it exists IRL, so it’s probably just to keep a theme. The favored drink of renegade badasses with questionable methods and history…

Lol, that would make for some great advertising. Now it’s totally clear why Reyes has to have one.

Well, now we see why some things are better hidden 

That’s a recolor of Peebee outfit, with the downside that recolors Peebee too and there’s apparently nothing to do about it right now But whatever, I spend way more time looking at Ryder than looking at Peebee. And I can always headcanon she stole Ryder’s stuff.
Hehe, that’s the point, you’re absolutely right. On the other hand, Reyes won’t take any shit from her, which pleases her as so many people do that way too readily. A perfect couple, but no, he has to ruin it by bringing a sniper to a duel

Adding one more screen I found while picking over my yesterday’s screenshooting, it amuses me for some reason. Ryder is just about done with my camera rotating shit, while Reyes can’t be bothered


And the last thing: Tadaaah, my t-shirt has arrived. The only thing I changed was the Kadara pic instead of anything else, because I realized I don’t like mugs on my clothes and I really want to wear it. Still, I would’ve sworn the letters were supposed to be dark blue in the end, but no harm done

Oh oh, lying to mum. This is Reyes, he is a purveyor of sought after goods.

Hmm, don't know if she would take it so cool. I think she would be concerned. And the sibling, don't know what they know, has probably something to say as well.


Nice. He got his prizes.



I had to check this. Barely remembered the list . Oh yes, the darkness. I recently looked at the cave sceen and it was pitch black, had trouble finding my way around.

Thx. He and his trademark arm spread. Every time he introduces himself. It's just not Reyes without. Yeah, she likes to look at people like this^^.


Lol. At least he's happy. Guess they wanted to show them from the front then at first. Why else change the expression.


Yes, it seems to be an ME thing only, not real. Here are all the drinks, except Kian's Kadara Sunrise.



Lol yes, kinda thwarted your plan, sorry.


Yeah. Now I'll never forget this sentence, my first and probably only one which ended up on a shirt.

Apparently, yes. Only flirty thing Reyes does without Ryder's instigation is the wink and an offer of a drink, the latter being something I could see as platonic, but whatever. The truth of the matter is that if people want to hate a character enough to want them dead, they'll FIND a reason.

Good thing he's got that fancy plot armor, tho.

As I guessed, then. Thanks for the confirmation, both of you. :smiles: I've seen several people being angry at Reyes, so I wondered if something did happen. But unsurprisingly, nah.

I actually do like when every character is killable, and think that MEA didn't always give a good enough excuse for not being able to kill someone (not that that kind of gameplay would even fit ME). For example my attempt to see if I could just shoot Sloane in that cave during the Kett killing mission for Kaetus - you can fire the gun sure enough, but the game doesn't acknowledge anything. Kadara Port having the excuse of weapons not being allowed is significantly better mechanic around this. But anyway, I have to admit that I like that for once the plot armor is being worn by a character that I personally like a lot.

It really makes me curious about what kind of ideas the writer had for Reyes' future content... There’s one resource saving thing they could do w/r/t Reyes/Sloane branching, in case of a hypothetical continuation. Let’s imagine situation where Ryder needs discreet info about, say, the Benefactor. If you chose Reyes, he could do that. But if you chose Sloane, that role would be relegated to Vetra. Her VA would already be present anyhow, and increasing her role would please many people (and even though there are people who find her meh, I don’t think anyone hates her). She also has a role relevant reason to be capable of obtaining such information, which something she ought to have done more in MEA already. Her contacts are presented as a big selling point in her introduction, but I don’t remember her doing anything with those except have Sid exploit them.

Now I'm imagining Reyes challenging Sloane to a wrestling match and a pissed off Sloane just shooting him outright lol.

Trying to find vids where people didn't flirt with Reyes was surprisingly hard btw (why I gave up and just asked here). He's hard to resists, looks like. But I finally saw some dubs for him in other languages though. French VA didn't sound as charming, but was passable I guess as a harder kind of man. The German one was a total miscast, not even remotely similar in style or tone. No attempt at an accent that I could notice in either one.

Poor Reyes looks so heartbroken at the Draullir cave that I’m sure that he’s absolutely convinced that Ryder will dump him.





Also I’m pretty sure that Reyes’ line about there not being large enough population to survive a war is literally the only time in the game that it’s acknowledged how devastating it is to have Milky Way species fight among themselves from a pure species’ survival point of view. Not many characters in the game that really look at the big picture.

What else? I was wrong earlier. Reyes’ little powder blue pistol could fit into his holster, theoretically. I imagine the animators trying to fit the gun so that it would look like it’s in the holster, then giving up.



An angle from where it looks like Reyes has Sloane buried alive in dirt or something. Actually sort of disturbing.



Well, when it really happens, Ryder will just simply introduce them and smile stupidly at Reyes’ sweet face while he does his arm spread greeting, and mom will probably mentally despair at it while being polite. Then Sara can later tell Ellen that everything will be okay and that Scott has actually survived quite well all things considered.

Huh, of course you can. I don’t allow strangers to tackle and then straddle me.


More pix, since after months I’ve finally gotten this far in my aeon long 2nd playthrough:



Reyes has Ryder all weak in the knees here:



Cutest expression on Reyes yet: