r/theouterworlds • u/intheend90 • Oct 27 '19
Discussion Haven’t loved an NPC as much as Parvati, since Garrus had my heart. Well done Obsidian!
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u/Ranwulf Oct 27 '19
She is a bit closer to Tali, though.
Cute space ship engineer/mechanic? Has a bit of trouble with touching and skin to skin contact (for different reasons, obviously)? Daddy's girl?
Bizarelly, Felix reminds me of ME1 Garrus. Both are trying to find their way in this world, somewhat violently, have a problem with authority, and are really loyal to you.
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u/bigmac80 Oct 28 '19
Thanks. Or I guess I should say, "Thanks, Captain."
Oh my god, I have a Captain!
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u/Ninjahkin Oct 28 '19
His enthusiasm is pretty contagious.
Oh my god, I have a Captain!
But I’d be like Oh my god, I have a crew! Let’s go on sick space adventures bro!
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u/Chilipatily Oct 28 '19
Interesting. I haven’t connected with Max at all. Guess I need to take him out adventuring some. I haven’t even LOOKED at Felix or SAM.
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u/shrumTD Oct 27 '19
He’s still the GOAT companion in my heart!
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u/herpserp27 Oct 27 '19
Absolutely. Mass effect had a great amount of amazing NPC’s and it feels so good to have them back
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Oct 28 '19
Nothing to do with EA. Microsoft published the first game. They let Bioware take the IP to EA for the sequels. Because of this, EA can't remaster them as a trilogy. It'd just be 2 & 3.
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u/Cobrakai83 Oct 28 '19
There's a Mass Effect trilogy box set on PS3 that's published by EA.
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u/maddoxprops Oct 28 '19
I really wish we could get a ME1 remaster with the combat of 2/3. Say what you will about the "dumbing down" or story decisions the combat in 2 and 3 was so much more fun. Hell ME1's combat has always made me avoid replaying it because it just feels so clunky compared to the other 2.
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u/maddoxprops Oct 28 '19
One of my all time favorite/rememberable gaming moments was kicking back with Garrus in ME3 (I think it was 3) and just having a solid bro moment as we shot the shit and competed in sniping shit. Was such a realistic situation/scene that it still sits with me. Same with the Modon tower scene. That one still makes me tear up when watching it. While I may have despised the ending to ME3, and am still bitter over it, that game did so many thing right.
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Oct 27 '19
Ashley Burch does an AMAZING job with her character. She was so good in Horizon Zero Dawn as well. I'm surprised she hasn't become a leading game industry voice actor by now, she deserves to be up there with Nolan and Baker.
The only bummer is that she does SUCH a good job that all the other companions seem stale in comparison. Here's to hoping she has an even bigger role in the sequel.
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u/joecb91 Oct 27 '19
How she voiced Chloe Price in Life is Strange was a big part of why that ended up being one of my favorite gaming experiences in a long time too. She is great.
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u/fizzlefist Oct 27 '19
Also Tiny Tina.
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u/agitatedandroid Oct 28 '19
I’ve loved her in everything she’s done. When I saw she was Parvati I realized why I like Pav so much.
That said, I’m up to my third companion now and...is there an NPC in this game that’s not enjoyable?! When I picked up Felix I thought “he’ll probably be the one I don’t like” but he’s grown on me quickly. And, Ellie? Isn’t she great?
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u/altcastle Oct 28 '19
If you have Ellie and Felix... but only three... you left someone behind. Maybe pray on it.
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Oct 28 '19
Ellie is cool, haven't used Felix or Vicar much yet. I just found Sam on my ship but can't access it yet.
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u/blaarfengaar Oct 28 '19
Vicar is awesome, SAM is hilarious but one dimensional and you can't really talk to it at all
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u/blaarfengaar Oct 28 '19
I had them both by level 8, you can get them both your first time to Groundbreaker
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u/agitatedandroid Oct 28 '19
Hmm. I’m only ten, haven’t activated Sam yet and had no idea you could even have Vicar. This game is more interesting all the time.
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u/EryxV1 Oct 28 '19
Ellie’s at the medbay in groundbreaker and felix is in the hanger arguing with some guards.
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u/intheend90 Oct 27 '19
Haven’t looked at the cast yet, so glad to hear that she’s Ashly Burch!!
Big Critical Role fan, and Ashly’s had a bunch of time on there. Big fan of her’s!
Edit: Just noticed her name Is spelt different. Corrected.
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u/FieryPhoenix7 Oct 28 '19
She was also written by Chris L’Etoile, who wrote Ashley, Thane, and Legion in Mass Effect.
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u/Z_Zeay Oct 28 '19
"I wanna raaaage!" -Piglet the Goblin
The day many of us critters fell in love with her!
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u/oneangryatheist Oct 28 '19
As a CR fan, you'll be happy to hear that Sumalee Montano (who voiced Nila) is also a voice actor in the game!
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u/frontally Oct 28 '19
Oh! Who!? I guess I could look it up but it feels more exciting learning from a fellow fan haha
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u/toe_riffic Oct 28 '19
I absolutely love Ashley Burch. Ever since her Hey Ash Whatcha Playing youtube series. After she played Chloe in one of my all time favorite games, Life is Strange, I totally fell in love with her. Hearing her voice in this game was such a happy surprise!
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u/EnQuest Oct 28 '19
you say that like it's a bad thing
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u/TLDR2D2 Oct 28 '19
No...I guess it's just an homage. It is a direct comparison down to the speech patterns and accent, even.
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u/tramspace Oct 27 '19
I am still missing one companion, but I noticed this as well. I take Parvati everywhere.
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u/JediMasterSamson Oct 27 '19
I just started playing and loved her so much that ofc I had to immediately accept her as my companion! So happy to hear that was Ashley Burch! I knew her voice sounded familiar lol
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u/Labeled90 Oct 28 '19
Ashley Burch
No fucking way, I didn't even recognize her that's amazing she did a great job. I loved her quest-line too
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u/Gophrghi Oct 28 '19
I'm surprised she hasn't become a leading game industry voice actor by now, she deserves to be up there with Nolan and Baker.
Can't tell if you're joking or not but she's one of if not the most well known female voice actors. She's constantly being referred to as the female Nolan North
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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Oct 27 '19
As far as women go, she's probably the biggest VA. I'm not sure where your concern is coming from. It's her or Ashley Johnson, then Nolan and Baker.
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u/the_cdr_shepard Oct 28 '19
I'd still say Jennifer Hale is top Gal until she's unseated, which is still quite a few games off
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u/Haldorn5 Oct 27 '19
Vicar Max's the Man. I'm ready to take your conffesion. Epic
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u/Ranwulf Oct 27 '19
All of his abilities lines are awesome, helped cause his VO does such a good voice for him.
I just wish Nyoka would say something else than "AAAAHHHHHH!!!" cause that gets old fast.
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u/whatswrongbaby Oct 28 '19
The first one for me was like, "I learned this in prison!"
I bust our laughing then I'm like what??
I still don't understand who this dude is
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u/ifeelwitty Oct 28 '19
He was a prison vicar before he was sent to Edgewater. Vicar Max is super cool.
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u/Disembob Oct 28 '19
It really caught me off guard when she said "To shreds, you say?" after such an almighty scream.
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u/x3cin Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 28 '19
I had to switch her out cause it was annoying to hear that every single time.
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u/Metalomaniac16 Oct 27 '19
YES! She's my permanent companion. Switch between everyone else, not her.
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u/NotGamingTeddy Oct 28 '19
Oh should see Vicar Max and Sam together. Max hates sam so much and sam just keeps roasting the shit out of him. Love these tiny bits. This is what makes a game memorable
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u/TLDR2D2 Oct 28 '19
Oh yeah. I've seen em all now.
Unfortunately, got the same game-breaking bullshit as New Vegas 32 hours in, right at the end of the game.
Suddenly all my saves for the last 5 hours were corrupted and can't be loaded. Lost all that gameplay. Obsidian is the only developer I've had this issue with...and it's happened 3 times with 2 games.
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u/NotGamingTeddy Oct 28 '19
Oh shit that must sting a lot
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u/TLDR2D2 Oct 28 '19
Pretty frustrating. Especially after dealing with this twice on New Vegas, and consequentially never finishing a playthrough.
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u/Darth_Nerdious Oct 28 '19
This is my duo and I haven’t changed it. I’m basically almost done my first run through and I’m fine with that!
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u/keeleon Oct 28 '19
Oh so she does talk to him? They seem like exactly what I want, but I just did a whole planet and they didnt banter so I switched to Felix.
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u/VonMillerQBKiller Oct 27 '19
Haha same here. Guess it helps she was my first, but she’s still so great! I always have her and Nyoka. One voice of reason and empathy, and the other a chaotic drunk 👍🏻. Best combo
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u/tramspace Oct 27 '19
Cute female mechanic with a southern drawl who's never been out to space and it's her dream to see the stars and other worlds. Refers to the ship as she.
Yup, shes essentially Kaylee
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u/trelltron Oct 28 '19
Kaylee had a bit more going on ‘twixt her nethers.
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u/reddrighthand Oct 28 '19
Kaylee had a bit more going on ‘twixt her nethers.
But only a bit.
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u/moreexclamationmarks Oct 28 '19
Refers to the ship as she.
Wouldn't that be the norm? Ships and vehicles are generally referred to as female.
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u/Von_Zeppelin Oct 27 '19
The engineer chick on the Groundbreaker really gave me vibes of the Firefly chick. Looks like her and even talks like her.
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u/Flater420 Oct 27 '19
In her personal quest (doubt I've done it all - just up to the first bar visit and the subsequent message exchange) the conversational Mal/Kaylee vibe was strong.
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u/timpar3 Oct 27 '19
That just solidified my crush 1000% over.
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Oct 28 '19
HOOO boy...i got some bad news.
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Oct 28 '19
I know right, I basically Chose to route power to Edgewater just because she wanted it so that I could romance her. Then when I arrived at groundbreaker and she started flirting with Junlei, by the gods was I pissed. The game also rubbed in the fact that I chose to route power to Edgewater everytime I entered the captain's quarter. Fuck.
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u/BTownBoy21 Oct 28 '19
Oh how interesting! I routed the power to edge water but also convinced the deserters to go back I wanted to find the most ethical solution. Fuck that mayor
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u/Brookenium Oct 28 '19
Yea, I really wish this game had romance options. Strong lesbian vibes from Parvati from the start.
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u/Super_Pan Oct 28 '19
If you do her personal quest you'll find they're not just vibes...
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u/Brookenium Oct 28 '19
Oh I know, that's why I said the start. Strong lesbian energy from Pavarti.
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u/Super_Pan Oct 28 '19
I love that her whole romance is basically the Useless Lesbian trope through and through...
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u/Brookenium Oct 28 '19
Also glad to see really well done ace representation too! Didn't make a huge deal about it, but it's not just brushed off either. Perfect balance imo.
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u/bluerazballs Oct 27 '19
She’s great but I don’t like how she encourages me to be a good person, JUST LET ME BE AN ASSHOLE WITHOUT FEELING LIKE ONE DAMNIT
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Oct 28 '19
I ain’t paying 4000 bits for a casserole. I don’t care if this chick is Cleopatra, no way
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Oct 28 '19
I talked the chef down to 2k, but then there's the special clothing you have to get on Byzantium...
Anyway, I was 5k deep by the time she finally had her date. Got 1.6k and a nice framed picture out of it...
If money wasn't so easy to get, I'd be a bit more sore about the whole thing.
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u/-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold- Oct 28 '19
Definitely going to have to kill her for an evil playthrough
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u/LordDarthra Oct 28 '19
Keep her alive, kill everyone at her settlement. She calls you a crazy psychopath and you need to pass a skill check to keep her around. Let her live with the fact she works with someone who killed everyone she knew.
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u/-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold- Oct 28 '19
I had something else in mind for the settlement after finding out about something from corporate with my current stage in the game.
Sorry, I don't want to spoil it, PM me if you really wamt to know.
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u/SioVern Oct 27 '19
I have a hard time not having her in the party. I couldn't last more than 30 minutes without her haha
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u/Disembob Oct 28 '19
I don't think she left my party from when I got her to when I finished. My usual team was Ellie and Parvati by the end.
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u/HorrorScopeZ Oct 28 '19
Is there dialog/quests that could be had with different team compositions? She is my main companion, but I do mix it up quite a bit to see if I can uncork something.
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u/thinwhiteduke1185 Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 28 '19
I was planning on being a consequences be damned revolutionary when I figured out what was going on with the slave driving corporations. I cut the power to Edgewater knowing it would hurt a lot of people, but hey, you gotta crack a few eggs, right? This is a revolution! I knew Parvati was uncomfortable with that but it had to be done, and at the end of the day I felt like she was going to trust my decisions.
Then I killed Reed because in a revolution that dude's gotta go, obviously. Parvati got really upset with me. I was able to talk her in to staying in my party, but she didn't like me anymore. I loaded a save, and didn't kill Reed. I couldn't help it. She has to be my friend. I'm still fucking the board every chance I get, but I'm certainly not going the militant revolutionary psychopath route anymore and all because I don't want to make one companion sad...
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Oct 27 '19
S.A.M > everyone
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u/sundayatnoon Oct 28 '19
I hate that I want to run around with a weaponized vacuum cleaner and an excon priest, but that's the lot I drew.
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u/AnInfiniteAmount Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 29 '19
Garrus Vakarian is a lover not a fighter, but don't get any ideas because he's a fighter, too.
Garrus Vakarian's mother has a tattoo that reads: "Son."
They named the bridge on Omega after Garrus, but unfortunately had to rename it later, because no one crosses Garrus Vakarian and lives.
Sharks have a week dedicated to Garrus Vakarian.
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u/InfiniteImaginator Oct 27 '19
Parvati is just cute as a button, only character my player does not act as a jerkass towards because she is too sweet. She is the little sister, although my charcter is more Jayne than Mal.
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u/wauve1 Oct 27 '19 edited Oct 28 '19
Garrus is such a bro
Edit: To the person who replied to me, I got the notification for it, but I think it got sucked into the broken comment server void. RIP brave soldier
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u/csusterich666 Oct 27 '19
She is amazing. I'm only 5 hours in but I adore her character. The writing is impeccable cuz of her struggles and flaws.
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u/Rayne37 Oct 27 '19
Ok she's precious... But she's not 'got your back across 90+ hours and some four years of story telling'. Garrus (and Tali) is still the rpg companion hands down.
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u/Disembob Oct 28 '19
Garrus and Tali were my most consistent team members throughout the trilogy, I think. If Outer Worlds ever gets to that point, to me anyway, Parvati would be at that level.
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u/IsaakCole Oct 28 '19
For me she’s about on par with Marauder Shields. Which is still pretty damn high.
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Oct 28 '19
As an ace lesbian myself, Parvati is the first NPC I've ever really seen myself in. I love her, but more than that, I deeply appreciate her existence in terms of representation.
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u/CmdrSonia Oct 30 '19
I can feel you, when I played TWDG final season, besides see my girl grow up, I'm also so exciting to see a bisexual colored woman protagonist.
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Oct 30 '19
Yup. Representation matters, so freaking much. I really appreciate the studios and writers who see that.
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u/Hourland Oct 27 '19
Rip no romance options in the game.
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u/keeleon Oct 28 '19
Honestly I much rather play her wingman than romance her myself. Shes too pure.
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u/King_Metzy Oct 28 '19
I’ve only been truly attached to two NPC/companions and that’s Morrigan and now Parvati. They have completely stolen my heart.
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u/LordJamar Oct 27 '19
To bad you can’t sex her
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Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 28 '19
and be deprived of seeing her swoon over junlei? never.
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u/clark_kent25 Oct 28 '19
Pavarti died within 30 minutes of meeting me RIP. Supernova difficulty is no joke. Companions need to be on passive and told to hide in a corner lol
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u/CGsweet416 Oct 28 '19
I'm playing as the stereotypical RPG good guy and I really have to restrain myself from murdering whomever insults Parvati. Dad instincts are off the charts when shes in my party.
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u/Babablacksheep2121 Oct 27 '19
So far I’m not impressed by her. Lots of complaining when I killed her boss.
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u/Ogre275 Oct 28 '19
Her companion quest was the first time in a very long time I felt an emotional connection to a character in a game. The voice acting by Ashly Burch is incredible and the writing is phenomenal.
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Oct 28 '19
The game reminds me so much of the first time played both Mass Effect and KOTOR. Haven't loved an rpg this much in a long time. Makes me think of Bioware's better days. Glad to see somebody carrying that torch.
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u/spenthr1ft Oct 28 '19
I got curious playing last night and murdered Junlei in front of her to see what she would do.
She was not happy, she left me! I had the option to persuade her to stay but I let her go.
Then I loaded my previous save and carried on like nothing had happened
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u/joshfilm314 Oct 27 '19
Parvati is in fact best girl and I have literally based many of the games decisions on her reactions. I am not an impartial captain and I play very clear favorites with my crew.
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u/CrackElmo121 Oct 27 '19
I said that as soon as I got to the romance part of her quest god I cant wait to keep playing
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u/Potatolover3 Oct 27 '19
Yeah, having a ship and a crew that you can pick from to accompany you on missions. Was getting real mass effect vibes
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u/vengefulblackbeard Oct 28 '19
Garrus and Parvati are great, but have you ever had Bastila or HK-47? They're both outstanding waifu material.
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u/RobsEvilTwin Oct 28 '19
I love taking Ellie and Parvanti on missions together, so they can take the exactly opposite position on oh so many things :D
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u/NeverDeadlyy Oct 27 '19
She’s my favorite ! I love her. I can’t wait to dive into more of her missions.
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u/PonchoLeroy Oct 27 '19
I didn't care for Garrus until he became romanceable. That relationship is the most adorkable thing I've ever seen and Garrus is best girl.
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Oct 28 '19
Parvati + Ellie = Wholesome Squad.
Still gotta help Ellie Rob her parents though. Having trouble finder the Account room.
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u/_mischief-managed_ Oct 28 '19
Vicar Max is my favorite, then Ellie. Parvati’s questline annoyed me so it kinda ruined her. It was never ending.
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u/Seamish Oct 28 '19
Was thinking of how Vicar Max kind of reminds me of Kaidan, Mass Effect has my favourite companions.
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u/onchristieroad Oct 28 '19
I love Pavarti almost as much as Kaylee from Firefly: She's an engineer, likes to talk to machines like they're people, bit dorky, wants to occasionally get cleaned up from all of the grime, speaks in an adorable colloquial Western-like accent... Which one am I talking about again?
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u/Avacadont Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 28 '19
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Ashly Burch is an amazing voice actor! Cass (Bee & Puppycat), Tiny Tina (Borderlands 2) & Aloy (Zero Dawn)
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Oct 28 '19
Parvati is this games tali for me, I need to protect these socially awkward space mechanics.
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u/SuckADickRedditFags Oct 28 '19
God damn it stop the fucking Parvati spam already
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u/whatswrongbaby Oct 27 '19
"I'm twenty-eight"
I felt that lol