The amazingly popular sci-fi series Mass Effect is coming to an end with Mass Effect 3, and with that end, designers BioWare decided to actually answer the question teased through the first two games. What does the Quarian Tali Zorah look like under her mask? The answer? Like an airbrushed stock photo model, with a hint of photoshopping. Fans of the game are not pleased. Kotaku has the story.
Dropping a stock photo in as the picture of a major character in a triple-A title is certainly lazy. I’m more disappointed they revealed her face at all, since hiding her appearance was a running theme through the first two games. Also, game lore has Quarians looking like Turians without the mandibles, given they share the same body design, number and placement of fingers, chemical/DNA wackiness, and so on.
Oh well. Guess no one at BioWare wanted a scaled insect-thing as a love interest.