Mass Effect - Creating the Asari - Game Informer
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13 жыл бұрынHear from Bioware's associate art director Matt Rhodes what it took to create the alien race known as the Asari and how the species evolved and was influenced by different parts within the studio. To see the rest of Game Informer's Mass Effect coverage please visit www.gameinformer.com/p/masseff...
@EdK-Music 4 жыл бұрын
"All of these alien's had to have something threatening about them.." Me looking at the Volus
@vkak1 4 жыл бұрын
The volus are nightmare under the suit
@normielegion1949 4 жыл бұрын
Have you never heard of the Biotic God?
@jxckedgell3821 3 жыл бұрын
Poor poor volus
@steelbear2063 3 жыл бұрын
Well they have built a warship that is second only to Destiny's Ascension
@thefalsekingslayer3717 3 жыл бұрын
They have lightsabers what you talking about?
@SkiDaBird 10 жыл бұрын
I feel like they were perfect on the asari and turians. They look exactly as you would think they would, given the personality they were written for.
@joeywild2011 3 жыл бұрын
Salarians have an awesome design too. I’m pretty sure I remember hearing somewhere that the Salarians’ design is inspired by the typical alien look that you hear about in abductions.
@KaiisKlips 9 жыл бұрын
Don't forget freckles! It's one of the things that makes Liara so damn cute
@theshribe 7 жыл бұрын
The eyebrows help too. shes the only asari with them
@thewatermelon3831 7 жыл бұрын
does aria's count?
@allknowingfreddybear9291 4 жыл бұрын
Purple freckles...
@Petersorg 10 жыл бұрын
I never really wanted to have sex with an alien, until I played Mass Effect and saw Liara.
@aronvasqwiben7064 10 жыл бұрын
true story bro
@zylo999 10 жыл бұрын
That's the story of every gamer who played Mass Effect (including me)
@aronvasqwiben7064 10 жыл бұрын
high five
@WickedJ133 10 жыл бұрын
"I'd be the first motherfucker to see a new galaxy, or find a new alien life form... and fuck it."
@aronvasqwiben7064 10 жыл бұрын
Guybrush Threepwood I'm joing you :D
@bzqp2 3 жыл бұрын
I really like how the writers justified the design in the bachelor party scene in ME2. One of the most memorable Mass Effect moments for me.
@thebaconpig8680 7 жыл бұрын
"Everybody loves the Asari"
@undyne1 3 жыл бұрын
I don't.
@Dreamdecipher-pj1nt 2 жыл бұрын
No.
@assassinaria 10 ай бұрын
I hate any intelligent species that are not human.
@Chen-mk4nn 10 ай бұрын
@@assassinariasuffer not the xeno to live
@blueshit199 8 жыл бұрын
It took me 2 replays of both ME1 and 2 to realize the asari have no eyebrows ._.
@Mutzamakkara 7 жыл бұрын
And you're here too... :D
@HeraldandGerald 4 жыл бұрын
Liara did in ME1.
@CelestialDraconis 3 жыл бұрын
@@HeraldandGerald Technically they're just facial markings.
@drainmudvayne27 2 жыл бұрын
or ears hehe
@angrybrick8525 7 жыл бұрын
"If you change the face too much they just become unattractive" FALSE Why is everyone so into Thane and Garrus? (Mainly Garrus)
@alexandresilva3427 7 жыл бұрын
Mostly the voice and a fact that they both badasses.
@warchiefvenomn7612 7 жыл бұрын
AngryBrick Because of their character. Both Garrus and Than are Ugly af.
@nazmulfahad3044 5 жыл бұрын
Garrus is the most ultimatest bro ever existed
@fiddlove 5 жыл бұрын
Some women find scars attractive
@mrcopycat2355 5 жыл бұрын
Mind you, most of those women are krogan...
@SuperHoldenC 11 жыл бұрын
love hearing 'vigil' in the background
@TheNascimento 10 жыл бұрын
Is that a "KOTOR" sign back there in the office? Oh i miss KOTOR... and Asari are pure love.
@minicle426 2 жыл бұрын
How can you miss something you can play any time?
@kamillayessenova4482 7 жыл бұрын
The asari in ME:A all look the same though, even with different face marks, except for Peebee.
@the_dropbear4392 6 жыл бұрын
Forsaken Algonquinia She looks like a half baked potato, that has melted
@iki9230 5 жыл бұрын
@Casanova Frankenstein Have you played Andromeda? Every asari other than Peebee literally has the same face.
@panjimaulanabuckriawan5266 8 жыл бұрын
reminds me of twilek
@adl1578 8 жыл бұрын
the focus on "sex appeal" aside, I love the asari. Liara was such an intelligent voice of reason in the game, and a great teammate. Samara was a badass.
@gekkophie 7 жыл бұрын
and Peebee's so stupid
@NoMaloneUnturned2 6 жыл бұрын
"Focus on sex appeal aside" get out of our faces feminist trash
@the_dropbear4392 6 жыл бұрын
You would have thought that femmanists would have liked the fact that there is an all female race, that is the most advanced race and the leader of the galactic community. They have some of the strongest soilders around. But no, because they looks hot and most femmanists don't they are bad
@the_dropbear4392 6 жыл бұрын
miom Actually to be fair, that's probably easier which invited her. According to sources developers at Bioware have said they were disturbed by whatshe said, and that she wasn't a very nice person. Other Devs have said that she should mind her own business
@the_dropbear4392 6 жыл бұрын
miom Andromeda was made by a team who had never made a game before and had lots of troubles with EA forcing them to use frostbite despite the fact that frostbite isn't designed to make a game like that. And the fact that they had 5 years of development and spent at least 3 on trying to get presidual planets to work
@epochpilot9404 5 жыл бұрын
I like how in ME2 they mentioned how other races see them as their own. Salarian's see them as Salarians. Turians, humans, etc. Mentions how there might be some kind of mind control going on with their species.
@vkak1 4 жыл бұрын
Don't think that was serious though
@SynchronizorVideos 3 жыл бұрын
I think it's just more along the lines of relatable morphology as discussed in that side conversation in ME2. Maybe the Protheans had a hand in that. I don't think there's any active mechanism like mental influence going on. Plus they're such a huge power in the galaxy that it's hard to really see them as "alien" since they're all over the place.
@n0zo.143 3 жыл бұрын
Probably because they can get pregnant by all species.
@joeywild2011 3 жыл бұрын
I love that part too. It’s meant to emphasise how the Asari’s whole thing is being the ideal attractive beings to everyone. You can kind of see how Turians and Salarians also relate to the Asari appearance (however of course, us as humans see Asari as looking exactly like us. I believe there is some psychology / pheromones behind it, in lore). I sometimes wonder, if I met an Asari irl would it confuse me because I’m gay but would their strong psychological effects still make me attracted? Not sure
@epochpilot9404 3 жыл бұрын
@@joeywild2011 Huh, THAT would certainly be interesting yeah, lol.
@FaslifiedHero 12 жыл бұрын
"star-trek green space babe" haha XD Oh what an amazing quote!
@Me345100 11 жыл бұрын
This, is how "art" is made. References. Remakes. Trading of information. Making background. Finally making the final piece.
@cloudgirl150 12 жыл бұрын
The asari remind me of the twi'lek from Star Wars...
@IbumBMTH 11 жыл бұрын
asari are by far my favorite alien race out of any sci fi film, game or book, most of the time aliens are shown to be quite odd looking or generally unattractive but it changed a lot with the asari, elegant and an interesting race!
@Pho5phoru5 12 жыл бұрын
Really interesting, I had no idea that the designing process was that complicated
@deadlight384 7 жыл бұрын
I Love the Asaris they are my Favorite Mass Effect Race
@TheBadAssNcrRanger 11 жыл бұрын
GOD I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE MASS EFFECT!
@halfbreed1426 12 жыл бұрын
I really liked the different head fins from 1:24. I would have been interesting to see Asari wit diverse 'hair' types in game.
@LeazesFoster 12 жыл бұрын
I like how they actually use the theory of evolution to design the characters. That's a pretty nifty use of the theory I've got to admit.
@Kevineitor199 7 жыл бұрын
i have the enormeus urge to touch an asari hair
@Mutzamakkara 7 жыл бұрын
Just like Joker lol, if you've played ME3 you can hear him asking Liara that. :D
@Kevineitor199 7 жыл бұрын
yeah but i wonder if the asari's skin is rough and rubber like or tense and soft like human skin
@jebbush8491 7 жыл бұрын
lol I was hoping that Liara replied about how humans have those dead stringy things all over their bodies and how dirty and unmanagable it must get. And if they can move them.
@steelbear2063 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kevineitor199 Don't remember where it has been said, but Asari skin feels like that of a dolphin
@cdiegorodriguez 12 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you have released an Extended Cut of your comment.
@Wanooknox 11 жыл бұрын
UGH! I have studying to be doing! Damn it why is this all so fascinating...
@agfagaevart 12 жыл бұрын
Finally, a SENSIBLE answer to my question. Thank you Shadow383.
@hexmaniacciaran 10 жыл бұрын
I'm desperate for the next chapter in mass effect but I'll gladly wait to see it done as brilliantly as mass effect 2, bioware produced such a beautiful and detailed lore to not capitalise on it
@CalobAdamsInfamous913 12 жыл бұрын
The asari are the hottest alien out there, no weirdness intended. Also, Liara is amazing.
@WhiteInk47 3 жыл бұрын
Theory, Asari evolved from the child of Sonic the Hedgehog and a human super model.
@Unkn0wnIdiot 10 жыл бұрын
Certainly among the reasons I can't wait :P
@SubjectSulotion 12 жыл бұрын
Asari 4 life
@Scandaify 9 жыл бұрын
I hope in Mass Effect 4 still have them
@alexandresilva3427 7 жыл бұрын
They are confirmed. The only race that's not confirmed yet is the quarian.
@steelbear2063 3 жыл бұрын
Heeey guess what
@BENEFIELdAVON 12 жыл бұрын
awesome guysss
@Unkn0wnIdiot 11 жыл бұрын
Damn, I can't wait to see all the aliens of Mass Effect with the Frostbite engine...
@xToAsTa 12 жыл бұрын
its out there.
@FINOlmi 11 жыл бұрын
Falere, Morinth, Tevos, Mallene, Liselle, Nyxeris, Aeian. All asari whose name doesn't end in a letter "A"
@TheBadAssNcrRanger 11 жыл бұрын
Yeah well at least they're working on it. In the meantime this year we'll have lot's of games to hold us over for a while.
@RobertRottenThe2nd 11 жыл бұрын
i like the KOTOR sign in the background
@MrGeorgethealien 11 жыл бұрын
From the wiki: The volus are not physically cut out for combat, be it a full-scale war or even a bar room scuffle. As such, they are highly dependent on the turians for defense, although the volus themselves do provide some auxiliary troops to the Hierarchy.
@GolfingOctopus 12 жыл бұрын
lol, i think he was referring mostly to the council species and a few others... but remember the hanar have the planetary defense system, and drell forces behind them acting as their own personal badass assassins.
@DanIel-fl1vc 3 жыл бұрын
What they could have done is created 5 different faces on layers in zbrush and then changed the face output by moving the sliders. If the 5 base faces are different enough they could quickly generate a lot of different looks. Then stitch the unique faces on top of a base body.
@rejectdude 12 жыл бұрын
3:42 is the best pic of the councilor ever.
@EpiKerCovers 11 жыл бұрын
I love Mass Effect.
@Grom76300 12 жыл бұрын
Yep, we were thinking the same thing.
@SnakeCraftIsMagic 11 жыл бұрын
Wish I had seen more of these concepts before I sculpted the asari headpieces...
@RIOT690 Жыл бұрын
After 30 million years of reapers guiding civilization into a carefully planned out harvest, it can explain how many aliens find themselves genetically compatible in surprising ways.
@Eierfeile 8 жыл бұрын
Looks like the Developers took lots of inspiration from the Delvians from Farscape. They re essentially identical except tentacles and unigender
@julwin1985 11 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! :)
@ocelot_the_dragon 5 жыл бұрын
Lets talk more about the blue alien from the Fifth Element
@Hypnocadence 12 жыл бұрын
Indeed it is.
@valhar2000 11 жыл бұрын
Nobody had thought of THAT before.
@BurningRequiem 12 жыл бұрын
I get you but I really didn't mind since you could have some great conversations. The side quests were a necessary evil.
@Poodleinacan 7 жыл бұрын
Those Syreen.
@Drumlinespartan 12 жыл бұрын
THIS is Artistic Integrity...
@anacleos345 7 жыл бұрын
what was the inspiration for the Volus, Elcor Hanar and Drell i wonder
@nakenmil 12 жыл бұрын
Word. Also - freckles. Surprisingly.
@Court_of_Crows560 12 жыл бұрын
A great biotic wind!
@kotrena 3 жыл бұрын
I like the concept on 2:11 so much! Asari look much better with such cute flat noses. To me they look too human in the game
@hjsimmer1742 2 жыл бұрын
The original creators of the Asari must have been appalled by the potato-faced Asari from MEA. So tragic.
@Artintrex 11 жыл бұрын
There are a few exceptions: Morinth and Councilor Tevos(If you save Destiny Ascension). Though it does seem like a design choice.
@DJBV 12 жыл бұрын
i clicked the video just to say a comment in the same way but u sir did a fine job
@PirateNamedJoyce 12 жыл бұрын
I can seriously see Tali as the 7th one at 1:49 I can just see it.
@contown731 7 жыл бұрын
What's the music at the very beginning? It plays a lot throughout the series and I'm trying to find it.
@JunKurosu 6 жыл бұрын
Vigil
@heelsurfer2668 Жыл бұрын
Samara is probably one of the best characters in terms of face character design the series.
@El_Presidente_5337 2 жыл бұрын
I was like: "Oh cool, a 10 year old video that they made when ME 1 came out." Then I noticed that 10 years ago was 2011 and that ME 1 was released in 2007.
@ALegitimateYoutuber 12 жыл бұрын
One artist tried to start that, but he disappeared. or so says the legend.
@bullbae02 11 жыл бұрын
play multiplayer as a volus, you'll be able to see how they can fight, what is their species is strong and weak at in the mass effect universe. although no fighting/soldier volus was ever featured in the story, but I believe they were mentioned to have a military force though I forgot where and when.
@alfienicholson6250 7 жыл бұрын
Mass effect 3, volus ambassador has ties to Cerberus and is captured by mercs, Shepard comes along and dispatches the mercs volus ambassador gives a choice between saving a Turian colony or acquiring the volus bombing fleet. Something like that
@LightStreak567 11 жыл бұрын
Not all of them. Remember Morinth and Tevos, the asari councilor? and Aria's daughter Liselle from the novel ME Retribution?
@Kickasss119 12 жыл бұрын
@qu3ter it said on the official wiki that the asari were suppost to fill the roll of "Green alien chicks". dunno what the source was
@Cassuttus 12 жыл бұрын
My point exactly!
@strong1423 12 жыл бұрын
if you wonder who the photoshop is , she is 2005 Miss England Hammasa Kohistani
@muranziel 3 жыл бұрын
I always assumed those faical markings were something Asaris were born with, aside Samara/Morinth plates.
@CinnabonChan 11 жыл бұрын
For me they look like Princess Ruto in space.
@luckysmokerings2 11 жыл бұрын
I know man.. same here.
@Khenfu_Cake 12 жыл бұрын
Yes, that´s the one:).
@Yuruia 12 жыл бұрын
@agfagaevart From an evolutionary point of view a bipod (two arms two legs) is the best survivor/hunter. The two-eyes thing is same thing, giving a field of depth for the hunter to gather food. Two arms and two legs is the superior form.
@Crixe 11 жыл бұрын
It's like the Hanar were jellyfish and the asari where some kind of sea mammal like creature.
@mathisntmybestsubject8440 2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be interesting to see Asari males in the future. A cause for them to be brought about would be breeding with males from other species, something that had not been planned for or known could be a possibility.
@Saappari 12 жыл бұрын
I love Liara T'Soni.
@DingsDega 9 жыл бұрын
Humans with war paint in ther faces in mass effect 4 (or how it's gonna be called) without looking ridicolous would be awesome!
@odampriscatt7520 11 жыл бұрын
Yes but according to the multiplayer, Volus have the most advanced suits in the galaxy and some can be specially adapted for combat situations, however I'm sure they just said that for the sake of including a playable volus.
@shadeweave2 12 жыл бұрын
I think they way the head tentacles look how they would feel makes me feel a little ill.
@WOTEPRGO 10 жыл бұрын
the tentacles stayed though... :D
@Dochirin 11 жыл бұрын
From the top of my mind: Tevos, Liselle, Mallene, Morinth, Nixeris..
@garrusvakarian9820 11 жыл бұрын
She just broke my calibrations . I'm pissed ,but she is pissed off too .
@jeneregretterien998 7 жыл бұрын
I'd Marry an Asari
@NomeCognome-fn1ez Жыл бұрын
Admiral Shepard here.greath worck
@Hadgerz 11 жыл бұрын
well put. i just got to thinking that maybe you find that Turians and Salarians are teh smexyness because the bioware art team designed them with enough human likeness in their appearance and the way they emote for people to find them relatable. Now, i'm not saying i wanna let Vakarian calibrate my thanix cannon, or give Mordin a peek at my private terminal, but they're characters one can just connect with throughout the series XD
@julwin1985 11 жыл бұрын
1:43 I want that music. And no, it is not the _exact_ same one when you check the map on ME 1.
@TheKidWithTheFace88 12 жыл бұрын
Do you mean that high little volus from Mass Effect 2 who gets in your way when you're trying to get the name of the ship that Samara's daughter escaped on so you could get Samara to join you in taking down the Collectors?
@Klias 12 жыл бұрын
@40warrior: Well, the stock photo they choose to reveal as Tali's real face under the helmet (though how does that long flowing hair fit into that helmet?). I think Bioware has always intended for the quarians to bear the closest resemblance in appearance to humans, at least in the superficial sense. Whereas the asari are, as Rhodes put it, idealized aliens.
@apo115 12 жыл бұрын
Mass Effect - Creating Tali's face
@Glassandcandy 11 жыл бұрын
It's probably referring to latin. In latin, all female names end in -a (Claudia, Julia, Barbara) and most male names in in -us (Julius, Claudius, Marcus).
@imasterfapfap7965 11 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the next ME game but honestly I want bioware to take their sweet ass time making it, I want them to create another masterpiece especially with the new frostbite engine they are using
@alfienicholson6250 7 жыл бұрын
After nearly 5 years, bio ware are releasing andromeda, 5 years is a long time, plenty of time to make a decent game as 2 was done in 2-3
@mep15067 2 жыл бұрын
My sincerest condolences iMaster FapFap
@GisleAune 11 жыл бұрын
Kian, Falere, Nyxeris, Mallene. Yanis, Gallae, Tolae, ... etc
@RyanKaufman 12 жыл бұрын
It mostly depends on the game. I love going through all the dialogue options and I literally can't leave the Citadel in ME1 until I have all the side quests and conversations done. Honestly in recollection I prefer Mass Effect to ME3. But it's hard, you know? It's the same reason why I play Skyrim. The immediate issues that affected Oblivion and Morrowind; Graphics, Combat, and Leveling, are fixed in Skyrim. But then in recollection, Skyrim is an empty shell when comparing storylines.
@SupportExtremeMusic 12 жыл бұрын
At first I thought that the Drell were male Asari, but they do look similar.
@Cosmolovescheese 11 жыл бұрын
Morinth, Tevos, Liselle, Mallene, Nyxeris. But you are right, though I think that is clever as it's similar to English female names, lots of them end in A.
@BekurahToshin 11 жыл бұрын
I know what you're referring to, and I understand the point being made, I think I'm just in a minority. There's fictional races which fall into this category that many people find off-putting or ugly, while I think they're beautiful. Kinda going off on a tangent, but that's something else I find fascinating, that people can look at the exact same thing and see something completely different. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and sci-fi really tests the reach of that statement. Love it. ^^
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