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 Sigvatr wrote:
Vega? How can one like Vega? I mean, seriously. He's a 14 year old in a body that's bursting with steroides. Tiny, tiny balls. He's worse than "I whine a lot!" Kaiden. And seriously, Kaiden...why would I let a woman die? A woman I can have sex with *and* a woman that gets hot in ME3? That's just irrational!

Vega was in my squad until I recruited some decent team mates. I couldn't warm to him as a character, And then he was the star of some truly dire Manga.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Galdos wrote:
Oh in case there is anyone like me. If Wrex was murdered like the dog he is, James Vega replaces him. Thats fine by me sense I actually like Vega.


Im debating it. I dont like the price but something tells me they did a good job with the characters.

Vega? How can one like Vega? I mean, seriously. He's a 14 year old in a body that's bursting with steroides. Tiny, tiny balls. He's worse than "I whine a lot!" Kaiden. And seriously, Kaiden...why would I let a woman die? A woman I can have sex with *and* a woman that gets hot in ME3? That's just irrational!

What strikes me as "irrational" is that you could even consider a post like this appropriate for this forum or justification for criticizing the preference someone else has for a character in a game.

For the record though?
Try actually talking to Vega. They did a fairly good job with him, but the problem is that initially he comes off as a stereotype of a young soldier. It is not until after Priority: Tuchunka that he becomes interesting.

 Kanluwen wrote:
For the record though?
Try actually talking to Vega. They did a fairly good job with him, but the problem is that initially he comes off as a stereotype of a young soldier. It is not until after Priority: Tuchunka that he becomes interesting.

When I do may FemShep run through I'll bear it in mind. I really just couldn't warm to someone who after the events of the animated film and all comes across as very naive. It seems strange to have a character like that in the final installment, had he been in the first and gradually grown more cynical as time went on I might have related to the character more.

I might try playing with Vega in my next run through, purely due to the animated film. - It may very well be that what little generic dialogue I've had with him in the game is just a facade.

He even complains during the Citadel dlc that he never gets picked for the team!

Compel wrote:I know some folk who have completed the game for the first time since the Extended Cut came out and have just shrugged and said, "what's the big deal? The ending was fine."

I'm one of those "what's the big deal? the ending was fine" people who are actually referring to the Original. Haven't played the Extended Cut yet (downloading it right now) and am kind of scared it might ruin the impression I got thanks to my headcanon.

Kanluwen wrote:For the record though?
Try actually talking to Vega. They did a fairly good job with him, but the problem is that initially he comes off as a stereotype of a young soldier. It is not until after Priority: Tuchunka that he becomes interesting.

This is true. Took me quite a while to warm up to him, but it gets better later on. I'm not sure if it was intentional for the character to have a shallow appearance but a deeper core, but he just comes across like a walking cliché at the start and was immediately dismissed. If I wouldn't be such a completionist who needs to click every button, I might've passed up on him altogether.

Not that I ever took him into my squad tho. Way too attached to my original ME1 crew - Liara and Garrus.

But I have to say, with Vega was really nicely done.

Compel wrote:He even complains during the Citadel dlc that he never gets picked for the team!

The guys at BioWare know their fans.

 Lynata wrote:

Not that I ever took him into my squad tho. Way too attached to my original ME1 crew - Liara and Garrus.

But I have to say,

Spoiler:

that sparring session

with Vega was really nicely done.

That part of the game was pretty well done. My Shepard was a soldier class and I ran Liara and Garrus too. Garrus because I'd grown attached to him during the first two games and he was a solid character, and Liara because her Singularity could clear a room

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
For the record though?
Try actually talking to Vega. They did a fairly good job with him, but the problem is that initially he comes off as a stereotype of a young soldier. It is not until after Priority: Tuchunka that he becomes interesting.

When I do may FemShep run through I'll bear it in mind. I really just couldn't warm to someone who after the events of the animated film and all comes across as very naive. It seems strange to have a character like that in the final installment, had he been in the first and gradually grown more cynical as time went on I might have related to the character more.

For all intents and purposes, Vega is supposed to be very similar to Garrus.
He sees the world in black and white, not realizing the importance of the grey space in between.

If you have a save around the Cerberus Coup, that is where Vega becomes the most interesting. It parallels the survivor's guilt that Garrus had in ME2, but on a level that Shepard can relate to.

I won't go into more than that, but think of "The Arrival" DLC for ME2.

I might give him a chance to see if that makes him more tolerable

Trust me.

I thought Vega was really bad the first time I played.
But then my second playthrough, I started taking him and talking with him.

Made me kick myself for not having done it sooner.
Also, take him with you during "Leviathan".

I may just do that. My main character was a soldier and Garrus was a first choice so anyone else with a soldier type build was always dropped in favour of someone who could use space magic

Vega wasnt bad at all. He was kind of a jock but he sat around and joked with the crew. As long as he had a good sense of humor I was fine with him. He was always in my squad until I rejoined Ashley. Than I would trade Garrus and Vega out depending on the mission.


Kaiden whined? Arnt you thinking of Carth lol?

I liked Kaiden also but he was a very plain character. (Also Kaiden was the first one to say get Ashley after all lol)

There's been a lot of characters over the trilogy and I haven't disliked any of them. Even Jacob and Vega who start of as lame musclemen are good guys once you get to know them.

I think it is generally the way of Internet to proclaim who you hate the most, followed by who you hate the second most and so on rather than who you like or even the fact an ensemble of personalities may be a good thing.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
There's been a lot of characters over the trilogy and I haven't disliked any of them. Even Jacob and Vega who start of as lame musclemen are good guys once you get to know them.

I think it is generally the way of Internet to proclaim who you hate the most, followed by who you hate the second most and so on rather than who you like or even the fact an ensemble of personalities may be a good thing.

Ya the only I would say I didnt like is Wrex and the Prothean dude (I know his quotes, never played that DLC though) but thats just because I dont like those type of characters. I dont actually think they are bad characters, I just dont like them

I liked Kaidan and Ashley equally, I think. Kaidan had less growth though from my perception.

 Sigvatr wrote:
[And seriously, Kaiden...why would I let a woman die? A woman I can have sex with *and* a woman that gets hot in ME3? That's just irrational!

What.

Hah, Vega.

Vega is fascinating in that I never thought I'd be able to honestly say, "hey. Freddy Prinze Jr. did a good job here". And yet, here we are.

So, I'm playing the mirror match in Amex arena and I am getting my rear kicked...

On normal difficulty!

Vega to me came off as a weird hispanic edition of the dudes in Jersey Shore, he made a mission or two till I got any one else to take his slot.

Well, I think I've wrestled every single piece of content I can out of Citadel.

I'm actually a bit sad now...

Time for a full fledged, all 3 games, insanity run?

I'm thinking 'Adept' but will that be suicide?

Adepts are powerful as hell, especially once you get into ME2 and can get the joys of SMGs to offset the fire power loss. I vote go for it on three game all DLC insanity run. We'll see you in April.

April? I think you're overestimating my chances!

I may just take the lazy option of finishing off the dlc of ME2 on my hardcore renegade vanguard, then hoping I can switch class to adept for ME3.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
There's been a lot of characters over the trilogy and I haven't disliked any of them. Even Jacob and Vega who start of as lame musclemen are good guys once you get to know them.

Jacob!! He was so bland I'd forgotten about him

Just a quick question to anyone who has the citadel DLC. My only save is the auto save before the end and a save on the Normandy before going to earth, can I play the citadel DLC after the game ends like the other games?

I already started a new game to make all the same choices but blah I'd rather play the citadel DLC and start back on mass effect 1.

 Compel wrote:
I'm thinking 'Adept' but will that be suicide?

You should be fine. Make take a character that can put down a lot of fire (Garrus, Zaeed, Grunt etc.), and another to prime enemies for biotic explosions (Miranda, Samarra). Tali is a decent choice too because her drone is a great distraction.

Rotgut wrote:
Just a quick question to anyone who has the citadel DLC. My only save is the auto save before the end and a save on the Normandy before going to earth, can I play the citadel DLC after the game ends like the other games?

I already started a new game to make all the same choices but blah I'd rather play the citadel DLC and start back on mass effect 1.

Ya, you can play the DLC anytime you want as far as I know. When you beat the game is always defaults back to before you go to Earth anyway.

Finally started ME3. Gotten through the first series of missions and am on the Normandy... so I'm wondering... how rushed should I feel with this? I'm really unsure, after the last two games-- with ME1 I took all the time in the world, but with ME2 I felt incredibly rushed the first time I played through but later found that I shouldn't have.

Basically, how long can I delay the Priority missions which move the storyline?

There's no rush at all in the game, really. In fact, you should do everything you can at points before doing a priority mission. - Some sectors and quite a few missions become unavailable as the game progresses.

Thats actually what I recomend for everything. Dont ever do the main quest until you do all the side quest. Rule of thumb for every game.

Yeah, what caught me out this time though, was doing the mission and not handing it in

Ya, ME2 has various "timers" in it where if you don't do something, something else bad happens. ME3 feels like that but doesn't have anything like behind the scenes as far as I know. How'd your Sucide Mission go btw Mel?


Meanwhile, I'm pretty well done with Citadel. There's basically two parts to it. The shooty part and the other part. Done with the shooting part which was ok. (hard final fight). I've basically got two games going a normal difficulty game and another that's whatever the difficulty higher than normal is. On higher than normal it's actually a pretty hard game which was making me enraged so I couldn't enjoy the humor. Normal game was fun though.

There's a lot of funny stuff in the non shooting part of the DLC. A lot of inside jokes for those who've played the whole series.
Garrus: So I'm really the only one who misses our chats in the elevator rides? Liara: Yes.
Also a lot of humor for those who've played a lot of the multiplayer like Veteran Engineers and Soldiers talking about how back in their day they had Overload and Incinerate and that's all we needed! Stupid Turians with jetpacks! I can relate to those guys.

Finished "Citadel" now also. Brilliant DLC, lots of nostalgia, lots of humour. And oh goddess, the memes.

From all I can see it's pretty much the Shadowbroker for ME3 in terms of quality. Well, perhaps not quite as good, but close. Either way, good stuff. So many memories!

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Also a lot of humor for those who've played a lot of the multiplayer like Veteran Engineers and Soldiers talking about how back in their day they had Overload and Incinerate and that's all we needed! Stupid Turians with jetpacks! I can relate to those guys.

I liked how that girl and the vorcha(!) both complained about Vanguards and how they shoot off and die alone. So true!