The soft-spoken, brilliant machinist Tali is making a return in Mass Effect 2, joining a growing cast of several fresh faces and a single familiar one (as of now). Her role in this game is unclear, but it appears as though the Quarian has found herself in some sort of trouble because of her contact with Commander Shepard. At the end of the latest character trailer shown above, we hear an elder Quarian saying, “You are hereby found guilty of treason against the Quarian people and sentenced to exile.”
Sounds like bad news, right? Right. Then again, Tali is no stranger to being outside of the Fleet or even ruffling a few feathers. In the last game, she was getting her Pilgrimage on before finding herself in trouble with Saren. She managed to discover some nasty evidence about his attack on Eden Prime in a Geth memory core and thus had to seek out protection from the Shadow Broker. The Quarian would eventually join Shepard for the entire ME ride, serving as a brilliant lock-picker and an excellent bullet-sponge before a certain dude became available. Oh, gosh, now we feel real bad about that. Sorry, Tali.
Tali's name changed to Tali'Zorah vas Normandy from Tali'Zorah nar Rayya. The 'nar' part of a Quarian name means 'child of' and a Quarian's last name is determined by what ship they are staying on. When a Quarian returns from their pilgrimage and they join a new ship they take on the new ships name as well as changing 'nar' to 'vas' (meaning crew of). So I assume that Tali is permanently leaving the flotilla and joining the Normandy so that might be why she's being charged with treason. Of course I'm probably 100% wrong but it's an idea. Also I'm going to go kill myself for knowing all of that.
But either way, I hope Wrex and Liara show up and become a significant part of the story. They were my main guys in the field and Liara was my squeeze.
I thought Tali was pretty useful the first time around. She had all the best moves against the Geth and her backstory was more interesting than the other crew members (except Wrex), so I'm glad to see her back. I had a feeling we'd see the Floatillas in the sequel after they talked excessively about them in the first game.
When I first heard that Tali would be a playable party member off of the Giant Bombcast, I went out and pre-ordered. I had a bit of regret as this meant I wouldn't be able to afford Bayonetta at launch. This trailer just wiped the floor with that doubt.
Now it's just a decision on whether I want to switch out Wrex with one of the new characters or not...
Great, now Bioware please allow some Romancing with her.... I was so bummed that you couldn't romance her. She is hot , smart, tough and interesting... who wouldn't wanna get it on with her?
@Brad Nicholson
Kaidan!? Fuck that. Dude I've been wanting to kill that bastard since the exact same character under the same voice with a different name showed up in KOTOR. Plus, Liara kicks ass.
I liked Tali but never really 'loved' her. She was certainly one of the likable characters unlike Kaidan and wutsherface.
I don't mind expanding on her at all.
Nice! Garrus, Wrex, and Tali. Three characters that made ME1 an interesting game, and now two of them have been confirmed to be still alive (Wrex better be around, I refuse to believe someone who could engage in a 3-day long shootout and have four testicles could be killed after the events of ME1). If it turns out that Tali has a face to match that sexy voice of hers, I'll be very pleased.
Glad to see we get to go to the Quarian flotilla in the next game. I had figured as much since the last ME book took place in the flotilla for a large part of the story.
I used Tali/Wrex on my first playthrough too. Does that "I really appreciate what you said" or whatever scene indicate a possible romance subplot? I'm interested.
I just went with both gals Ashley and Liara. I just give Ashley big guns and left her alone doing her stuff, while Liara and I made boitic mincemeat out of everything else.
They kind of balance out. Liara is high maintenance in combat, while Ashley is high maintenance off-combat. ;)
"[Tali served] as a brilliant lock-picker and an excellent bullet-sponge before a certain droid became available."
I don't remember any droid party members in Mass Effect.
I really liked Tali. She's overlooked because Shepherd could get nasty with the other two female party members, but she had a much better back story than Liara's snooze-fest and wasn't a horrible racist like Ashley.
Ashley isn't racist...in fact she criticizes Terra Firma for using intolerance to sell their platform. She is actually uncomfortable around other species and does however respect the Salarians if you put her on Kirrahae's strike team.
"...before a certain dude became available. Oh, gosh, now we feel real bad about that. Sorry, Tali."
Huh? What dude? You have five characters to choose from besides Tali:
1. You have Kaiden from the start.
2. You get Ashley from the prologue on Eden Prime.
3. You get Garrus in C-Sec, either just before or just after Tali
4. You get Wrex in C-Sec, either just before or just after Tali
5. You get Liara on a mission after leaving the Citadel.
So who's the better bullet sponge who comes awhile later? And what's the "Real Bad" reference?
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But either way, I hope Wrex and Liara show up and become a significant part of the story. They were my main guys in the field and Liara was my squeeze.
she was the voice over for that quarian lady who exiled tali
When I first heard that Tali would be a playable party member off of the Giant Bombcast, I went out and pre-ordered. I had a bit of regret as this meant I wouldn't be able to afford Bayonetta at launch. This trailer just wiped the floor with that doubt.
Now it's just a decision on whether I want to switch out Wrex with one of the new characters or not...
Kaidan!? Fuck that. Dude I've been wanting to kill that bastard since the exact same character under the same voice with a different name showed up in KOTOR. Plus, Liara kicks ass.
I liked Tali but never really 'loved' her. She was certainly one of the likable characters unlike Kaidan and wutsherface.
I don't mind expanding on her at all.
I'm still more concerned with Liara than anyone.
If her personality matches her face we'll talk. Until than I'm still sticking with rapist tatoo'd chick.
Or at least that's what I'm told.
The voice too. Atleast, for me anyhow, lol.
...Ashley can come to.
Oh. Well my Shepard was girl flavored so I had hawt azz in my face the whole time.
Bioware has this weird obsession with ass on their female characters. All their proportions are believable until you get to the hips and ass.
Also, HOLY FUCK I AM PUMPED FOR THIS GAME
They kind of balance out. Liara is high maintenance in combat, while Ashley is high maintenance off-combat. ;)
I don't remember any droid party members in Mass Effect.
I really liked Tali. She's overlooked because Shepherd could get nasty with the other two female party members, but she had a much better back story than Liara's snooze-fest and wasn't a horrible racist like Ashley.
Huh? What dude? You have five characters to choose from besides Tali:
1. You have Kaiden from the start.
2. You get Ashley from the prologue on Eden Prime.
3. You get Garrus in C-Sec, either just before or just after Tali
4. You get Wrex in C-Sec, either just before or just after Tali
5. You get Liara on a mission after leaving the Citadel.
So who's the better bullet sponge who comes awhile later? And what's the "Real Bad" reference?