Art of Mass Effect Universe Review

[evilsherbear]

My copy of the Art of Mass Effect Universe arrived today!

Comments

[voyevoda]

In contrast, that kid you see in the demo? He gets an ENTIRE PAGE with about a dozen concepts in it.

Go figure. =\

[halleton]

And he still looks creepy, if you ask me. D:

[pkbitchgirl]

Not as creepy as that little girl in the teaser for the upcoming 'aired during The Walking Dead' trailer

She looks like that creepy little girl in the anime version of Akira

[oddlittleturtle]

She looks like that creepy little girl in the anime version of Akira

OMG She does. Cannot unsee D:

[syrenstar]

It's unlikely Bioware will ever bother to give us any female turians so the above is now my head canon for how they dress.

Thanks for posting!

[evilsherbear]

Saren's page cracked me up with the comments. I'm glad Turians don't emote that much in the game, I'd be laughing too hard.

[oddlittleturtle]

Where can I find this emoting turians page? I'm not going to be able to get the book until after ME3 drops.

[evilsherbear]

It's a preview page on the B&N site for the book I think. I can try scanning it in later.

[gnomealone]

I'm not sure its fair to compare the kid to Joker designs, since Joker's designs are from the original game. I think if there's one thing that's clear: as the game progressed, they got more and more spot on with character designs. The kid more or less looks like how he does in game. Joker's stuff is mostly conceptual. In ME1, most of the focus was the aliens, who got the bulk of the concepting

[evilsherbear]

For ME1, I can understand it, but not for ME2. There aren't any concepts of the cockpit with EDI in it, or even a small blurb about if they even thought about updating Joker's look since he's "rogue" now working for Cerberus. There's not even any mention of why they decided to give him a hat! Same with Femshep: Her armor got upgraded in ME2, but we only get a full turnaround of the design for Sheploo. It feels like they were after thoughts to the point that they get the briefest of recognition in the entire book.

Also, as much as i disliked the FemShep contest, I'm sad they didn't include those redesigns. The new default was a big deal, and the voting was over long before this got put into print (see Pat O's and the stock image's inclusion). It would've been really easy to add in those concepts and the thinking behind them. They could've also put in a turnaround for her new armor or something.

[reaperspectre]

Looks like kinky markings, but that would be amusing.