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[Blimblim]

We’ll start off by introducing you to Nihlus Kryik, one of the Citadel Council’s most decorated Spectre agents. His skills are unquestioned, but his attitude is not. A confidant of Saren, the main villain in “Mass Effect,” Nihlus has learned a trick or two from the master. Eventually, he stepped out of his mentor’s shadow and established himself as one of the Council’s top agents. Since then, Nihlus has completed countless missions as a Spectre, each one more difficult and dangerous than the last. Though his methods aren’t as brutal as Saren’s, he will not hesitate to efficiently and thoroughly eradicate anything or anyone that stands in his way, so watch out.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

OH MY GOD ITS SPAWN

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

His face looks a bit like a fancy cookie.

 

[Pizza Luigi]

He looks like my neighbours dog with a weird cookie-coloured Spawn mask

 

[Kuroyume]

I AM DARTH NIHLUS

 

[XHitoshuraX]

I AM DARTH NIHLUS

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[beelzebozo]

i like the design, particularly of the suits in this game--nobody looks too bulky

 

[Jibber Hack]

His face looks a bit like a fancy cookie.

A ginger snap perhaps?

 

[Zombie James]

Looks delicious.

 

[Nolan.]

A pretty butterfly.

 

[Yoboman]

Hey, it's a Mass Effect screen showing close-up faces and bloomy out of focus backgrounds.

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

His face looks a bit like a fancy cookie.

and a tasty cookie it is

nom nom nom nom

 

[Kintaro]

Hey, it's a Mass Effect screen showing close-up faces and bloomy out of focus backgrounds.

Unpossible!

 

[Anton Sugar]

Whether or not the gameplay is any good, Mass Effect's character/costume/overall design is some of the best this generation.

 

[Gattsu25]

What the hell is going on with GAF this year?

Looks amazing as always and thanks, Blim

 

[dionysus]

So is he one of the evil-aligned allies in the party or boss battle in the game?

 

[Drinky Crow]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

 

[Log4Girlz]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

I blame the original Star Trek.

 

[dionysus]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

Probably something to do with wanting the characters to have emotional impact, and people would probably find it hard to empathize with a gelatinous blob whose form of communication is subtle changes in skin color.

 

[D2M15]

Good thing they ditched his working name of Badimus Stabb for a more ambiguous one.

Mass Effect's character/costume/overall design is some of the best this generation.

It's incredible. I'm holding out for a D2M15 Director's Cut that has no dialogue or gunfights.

 

[chriskun]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

Dude, totally. I bet he communicates through speech as well. I'm waiting for some western sci-fi where the aliens communicate through sign language, break the mold bioware!!!

 

[GreekWolf]

Probably something to do with wanting the characters to have emotional impact, and people would probably find it hard to empathize with a gelatinous blob whose form of communication is subtle changes in skin color.

Star Control 2 did a pretty good job of letting you interact with gelatinous blobbies and invertebrate lifeforms.

My favorite

 

[Littleberu]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

Western science fiction?

 

[irriducibile87]

I AM DARTH NIHLUS

lol

 

[Kariido]

Those are some damn nice screenshots.

 

[McBacon]

 

[deadbeef]

So is he one of the evil-aligned allies in the party or boss battle in the game?

It says he is a Spectre. The Spectre are kind of the elite guard, or perhaps the Secret Service, of the Citadel Council. The Citadel Council is the governing body of the races that inhabit Council space - these races inhabit the same space, but there are tensions between them as well. Humanity is the newest race to get accepted into Council space, but humanity doesn't have a seat on the council.

Spectres are allowed to do anything necessary to keep Council space safe - they are pretty much above the law, and are general bad asses as well.

Novel spoilerish

Spoiler

One of the Spectres in the novel - Saren - turns out to be a villain.

I don't know how this character relates to that.

 

[karasu]

Gme look nice as usual. I'm just really dissapointed that if you don't play with Sheppard, your character will look nowhere near as good.

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

That just looks all kinds of wrong to me.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I happen to think that CookieFace looks awesome.

 

[Desiderus]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

Western? Shit at least they don't look like humans with different names! If you catch my drift.

 

[FrankT]

Almost finished with the book, can't wait for this one. I hope MS does give this the kind of backing they gave Gears, although I have no fear in it's ability to sell, even in light of all the hits coming this holiday season.

 

[PorkandBeans]

Just another AAA title to ad to the pile. The 360's lineup is impressing more and more.

 

[Xamdou]

Looks great!

Nihlus looks to be an interesting ally to add to my party.

Mass Effect November 2007 GOTM!

 

[Doublesith]

why are all aliens in western science-fiction upright, bipedal, and have largely human proportions

zzz

It gets even worse. If the game follows the novel (I know, I know - I was bored) there's very little difference between the several races. There's a chapter where the main character has to infiltrate an alien factory. This "alien" factory is protected by a wire fence and patrolling guards. Once inside, the main character notices he's in the "employee locker room" - where he proceeds to steal overalls from a laundry basket to sneak inside the rest of the factory.

Aliens indeed. Ugh.

 

[Muppet345]

.

 

[PorkandBeans]

whoa, GAF backlash already?

wait for the game to come out before you talk about how you played it on your friend's 360 and it's completely over-rated, guys.

:lol

 

[Drinky Crow]

it's a purely personal thing, but i like my aliens to be, y'know, aliens, not furries and scalies and whatever anthropomorphic what-have-yous. i like the sense of radically different alternate cultures and histories and things that may be fundamentally unknowable to human intelligence. i blame frank herbert for making me think this way!

 

[jet1911]

It gets even worse. If the game follows the novel (I know, I know - I was bored) there's very little difference between the several races. There's a chapter where the main character has to infiltrate an alien factory. This "alien" factory is protected by a wire fence and patrolling guards. Once inside, the main character notices he's in the "employee locker room" - where he proceeds to steal overalls from a laundry basket to sneak inside the rest of the factory.

Aliens indeed. Ugh.

There was humans working in that factory IIRC.

 

[Baryn]

Mind-glowingly good bump mapping, which is thankfully the norm in ME shots now.

 

[PorkandBeans]

Mind-glowingly good bump mapping, which is thankfully the norm in ME shots now.

Mind-glowingly eh? Is that anything like mind-bottling?

 

[Baryn]

Mind-glowingly eh? Is that anything like mind-bottling?

It's like the joybeams of bloom lighting smash-punching their way through earthly gloom.

 

[chaostrophy]

it's a purely personal thing, but i like my aliens to be, y'know, aliens, not furries and scalies and whatever anthropomorphic what-have-yous. i like the sense of radically different alternate cultures and histories and things that may be fundamentally unknowable to human intelligence. i blame frank herbert for making me think this way!

Master of Orion III had some pretty neat non-anthropomorphic alien designs. Unfortunately the game is wretched.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

it's a purely personal thing, but i like my aliens to be, y'know, aliens, not furries and scalies and whatever anthropomorphic what-have-yous. i like the sense of radically different alternate cultures and histories and things that may be fundamentally unknowable to human intelligence. i blame frank herbert for making me think this way!

I like them to be a bit diffrent as well. They should throw in some appendages that we dont have or have them move in a different manner. Star Wars is much closer to what I want in terms of aliens.

 

[Eric WK]

whoa, GAF backlash already?

wait for the game to come out before you talk about how you played it on your friend's 360 and it's completely over-rated, guys.

:lol :lol

 

[KTallguy]

Star Control 2 did a pretty good job of letting you interact with gelatinous blobbies and invertebrate lifeforms.

My favorite

Indeed, it was an awesome game.
I personally like the Zoq Fok Pik

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wh0CyX1NKE

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