Nirolak said:
Um, well, there's Garrus and Tali, but beyond that they haven't said anything yet.
They did imply we would see a lot of temporary squad members though.
Kyaw said:
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The whole of ME2 was recruiting squad mates. I dont want to do it again in ME3...
Yeah, it's annoying. Why have a game based around recruiting companions if in the final chapter that's mostly for naught?
Garrus and Tali are "full-time party members" and that's cool. They're fun characters and they were, after all, your companions in
both Mass Effect 1 and 2 (unlike Kaidan and Ashley).
I'm just wondering why they felt the need to bring Kaidan and Ashley back, when they had virtually nothing to do with Mass Effect 2, and especially when the latter game was almost entirely built around recruiting characters who are vastly more interesting. I just don't get it. Bioware creates these great, memorable characters and then throws them out in favor of old garbage no one ever cared for in the first place.
And Nirolak, I assume you're referring to this part:
"I asked point blank about Wrex and got as close to a 'no' as I think Bioware will come at this early stage: exceutive producer Casey Hudson simply re-emphasised that such characters can play a role and fight alongside you without necessarily being permanent squad members."
Hopefully we do see something like you getting a choice out of every previous Mass Effect party member, but the other ones being labeled "full-time members" implies there are going to be several points when you're forced to use one or more of them in favor of the "part-time" members, or times when some or all of those part-time members are simply unavailable.