Original question by: @JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Have you ever read a novel, comic, manga, watched a movie, play, TV show etc., and you found yourself invested in a side character? Ever cared for and felt more intrigued by that side character than the mains? If so, what character was it and what are some.things that make you so interested in them?
I’m going to cheat and say that with the exception of everyone’s favourite space-racist, most of the side characters from the Mass Effect Trilogy are far more compelling than Commander Shepard.
This my favorite comment on the Citadel.
IMO, this is how it should be. Let me apply myself to the main character and learn more about the side characters.
I feel like this was the ultimate sin of Andromeda (a game that sadly had far too many sins)
It had some great combat mechanics (that I hope get ported over to the new one). But the characters are just ultimately so damn forgettable. There’s no reason or need to get to know them. And when you’re main character is just a nepo-baby, that’s a problem.
At the very least they could have made Cora Harper an interesting character as the person who has trained her entire life only to be superceded by said nepo-baby. But nope…she’s just immediately cool with it and all you can do is find her a fucking rose garden.
What…a…waste…
The only somewhat interesting characters that should have been fleshed out more was Sloane Kelly, the security chief who led the rebellion and became the head of the exiles. SHE could have had an interesting storyline in an Aria T’loak type of way. But she’s just relegated to killing her in order to advance another boring plot.
And somehow Ash is still more likeable then Kaden. But Kirrahe is the best outside the usable characters.
I’ve played the trilogy multiple times with multiple different agendas for the character (today I’ll be a racist like Ashley. Today I’ll be smart-ass, etc…)
And the only hard-and-fast rule is “always…kill…Alenko”.
I’ve actually gotten all the way up to Virmire multiple times with the intention being “okay…not this time.” only to have the thought strike me right at the moment of truth that i still have two more games to go with him hanging around and at least the space racist has boobs to distract me.
Poor poor Kaiden.