Why Liara's Changes In Mass Effect Legendary Edition Are Important Despite Being Small

Game Informer: "We sat down with environment and character director Kevin Meek to explore why those seemingly minute changes matter and what they mean regarding her coming full circle as a character."

[gamer7804]

Don’t have much confidence in Kevin, after the butt canceling but will be interesting to see what these words translate into in the game for liara.

[kevinsheeks]

One of my favorite games in the past so sad what they've become and from what I hear of the newest dragon age it doesn't look to be getting better.

[Fluttershy77]

Do you remember how awesome Bio was... I remember playing Ktor and thinking this is the only game that is really letting me Roleplay

[Michiel1989]

what do you mean what i heard of the newest dragon age? They havent released gameplay yet and it has a good story to build upon from the previous entry. Bioware isnt the same as it used to be, but im still somewhat optimistic for DA. But lets judge the game when they show actual gameplay or when the game releases, everything is pure speculation now.

[Knightofelemia]

Probably wait until this is cheap then grab it it's just not a day one for me

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

I cringed when I read the headline...but then I read the article, and it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. I’m actually a bit intrigued now.

[Tacoboto]

"So sad what they've become..." "Butt canceling..." "... The identity of the game." Perverts so triggered about a tacky camera angle getting adjusted, that they can't be bothered to pretend to read an article about... specific technical enhancements on the one character shown off for the next game.

[annoyedgamer]

Imagine being bothered by the female form in 2021...yikes

[ManMarmalade]

Imagine being bothered in 2021 😩

[RazzerRedux]

"As if any person bought the original because of a booty shot, get real. The people complaining would've found something else menial to strut their internet feathers over."

You are doing your own strutting, aren't you? You are right. No one bought the game for the booty shot. It wasn't an issue at all. What happened? Someone decided to make it an issue. The dev.

So why don't you talk about those guys? If you want to complain about something so "menial" then why don't you start with the guys making a big deal about it? This wouldn't be an issue at all if it were not for them. And you aren't talking about the article either so stop preaching to others.

[Tacoboto]

"Well the devs started it!" That's a good one. By the way, they're also removing some of Shep's crotch shots. However will we know what Liara's revamped expressions mean if we can't see that too? Such. Cringe.

[RazzerRedux]

You can phrase it as childishly as you want, but they factually did. Using tech to improve scenes and removing content because a female's ass or a dude's crotch makes a dev uncomfortable are not the same. They should have just left it alone. Like you said, no one bought the game for a booty shot so it wasn't a big deal until the dev made it one.

[stupidusername]

So you are angry about the developers decision to remove digital butts but not the removal of butts itself? Why? I don’t get why people are angry about this, it’s such a non issue.

[RazzerRedux]

"So you are angry about the developers decision to remove digital butts but not the removal of butts itself?"

I'm not "angry" about any of it, but that makes no sense at all. I agree. It is a non-issue. Why did they dev make one out of it?

[stupidusername]

It’s just a move to appeal to a wider audience just like how rappers don’t feature half naked woman shaking their ass on the rapper in every single music video anymore. I doubt the developer thought it was a big issue, it’s more of a opportunity to sell more games and get positive press.
You may not be one of them, but I see comments saying they will boycot the game because of it, and it really seems like the removal of butts is a really big issue to some.

[RazzerRedux]

I'm not boycotting anything. This isn't an all or nothing issue. But the fact of the matter is that the dev could have left this butt content exactly as it was and no one would have said a thing.

[jznrpg]

I am buying this just for the first game . If they just stuck to that formula I would have loved the entire series. 2 wasn’t bad but felt more like a shooter and 3 with the reused simple maps and multiplayer really took away from what could have been a good game . I may wait to buy it until I finish some games as I am only looking forward to 1 but I may end up play them in succession I just won’t do everything in 2/3 if I do .

[Rebel_Scum]

The problem with 2 is that the main story contributed little to the main arc. The combat was better though.

ME 1’s story exposition was so good. As was the planetary exploration.

[DOMination-]

Another hipster. Tell me more about the "reused simple maps" in ME3.

Whilst you're at it, please also inform me about all of the different and varied locations of side quests in ME1 which you claim is so amazing.

Whilst you're at it, please explain further about the universally loved multiplayer in ME3 which I am assuming you think sucked because you think it took resources away from the single player despite it being common knowledge that it was developed by a separate studio entirely.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

You keep using the word "hipster". I don't think you know what that term actually means.

[Rebel_Scum]

Ha you got him there lol. The reused assets for the missions on the planets was really bad. But at least some of those side missions had more exposition.

[ajax17]

enough of these fluff articles, just show some damn gameplay

[Transporter47]

They should of just gone and do a full remake at this point. I am huge Mass Effect fan, and it is disappointing that they're not willing to recreate the lost DLC. It's not like they cannot recreate it. I'm sure EA is just trying to capitalize on Nostalgia since they dropped the ball hard on Andromeda. Thus far to me, it seems like they're remastering the game without spending too much money or time. If only we had more studios like Blue Point to remake these type of games. I would love that. It would be a buy day 1, but not this lazy remaster.

[dolfa]

I will wait for a mod that will revert all the SJW changes to original

[andydalum]

Listen this is one of if not my favorite game series of all time. The butt canceling is not a big deal and doesn't change the game. The small changes could be bad or good but to everyone crying about them is just silly. Grow up and wait for the game and find out if it's good or not.

[gamer7804]

That’s literally the definition of changing the game though, it’s also the principle of it. Sure it’s their right to change it but doesn’t mean we have to buy it. But yes some changes are good some bad. It was the devs who decided to make this a big deal by Kevin deciding certain things were bad...

[andydalum]

Except some things were bad like the while butt camera thing it felt out of place for the scene. That's not changing the game it has zero impact. You can still romance her and doesn't change anything that matters. My point is people are crying over something that isn't even out yet and they haven't even seen how it will look. Instead of this stupid cancel culture be objective but give things a chance.

[gamer7804]

@andydakum It being “bad” is totally subjective is the point. Not specifically what was changed.