Mass Effect's associate art director Matt Rhodes talks about creating the Salarian and Batarian races.
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@theveyking54427 жыл бұрын
"I am the very model of a scientist salarian I study species turian, asari and batarian." "I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology." "My xenoscience stufies range from urban to agrarian I am the very model of a scientist salarian." Most heartbreaking death in gaming. RIP Mordin
@thepalelibrarian7 жыл бұрын
Had to be him, someone else might have gotten it wrong.
@faltanato63754 жыл бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢😠😠😠
@AnimeShinigami133 жыл бұрын
honestly I love Mordin, but I think Thane and Legion could give him a run for his money in terms of deaths that give you the feels.
@pocketlint6012 жыл бұрын
"he's missing one of his head... horns" Even Bioware doesn't know what those are XD
@alexditlof123611 жыл бұрын
They used to eat flys
@El_Presidente_53373 жыл бұрын
But the liver tastes good
@Spiritualspiral1310 жыл бұрын
We held the Line!
@pidgeymessengerservice369610 жыл бұрын
I always thought the salarians were based off of frogs. They're amphibious, right? Lay eggs? And the legs reminds me of a frogs, long and thin with lots of joint so they can fold up and release like a spring.
@MadDogReed979 жыл бұрын
They are amphibian. Liara says in ME3
@sarge019l47 жыл бұрын
"they used to lick their eyes"
@Cristina-nb5fo7 жыл бұрын
Javik: they used to eat flies
@GothicElf685 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking more like a salamander. They are long and thin like the Salarians.
@NoMaloneUnturned26 жыл бұрын
"The batarians for mass effect 2" so we are just all going to forget the dlc bring down the sky?
@Jonatron1013 жыл бұрын
I think that was spat out while they were developing ME2, the development would've overlapped for them I expect.
@NoMaloneUnturned23 жыл бұрын
@@Jonatron101 I gotcha makes perfect sense, man I miss mass effect, I'll have to buy it again for my PS3 on payday
@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger3 жыл бұрын
@@NoMaloneUnturned2 remastered collection coming out this year
@NoMaloneUnturned23 жыл бұрын
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger yeah I'm gonna get it when it comes out
@bruhSaintJohn3 жыл бұрын
Thr supposed main bad guys from the first game, replaced by a bunch of alien robots
@rocketman54412 жыл бұрын
Mordin is the Clint Eastwood Salarian? My respect for him just went, if possible, even higher.
@lonewolftheblack10 жыл бұрын
How did I not see it!!! Mordin in alien Clint Eastwood!!!!!!
@mpalen1912 жыл бұрын
I love Mordin as a character in Mass Effect. Given that the two ex-CEO's of Bioware are medical doctors, it gives Mordin's role a bit depth and makes Mordin's story line more interesting.
@Chrinik11 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah, for all "combat races" they used a "human skeleton" for animation. That meant saving a ton of money and time for animation purposes.
@alexandresilva34277 жыл бұрын
Mass effect 1 was a realy risky project with little funding. They had to make a lot of cuts. Most of ME1's sidequests use the same 3 map designs for the facilities.
@Chrinik11 жыл бұрын
The Batarian in Human armor thing makes no sense when you realise they also wear human helmets, and can´t really use two of their eyes. But apparenty, the inside of the helmet is also like a screen, giving much better perception then the little vision slit would imply.
@douglasaranda20108 жыл бұрын
2 years ago you posted this comment, either way, I'd just think about the Recon Hood, they do have enhancements for combat and else
@reaganoliver9562 жыл бұрын
The Andromeda helmets would definitely be a better match for them
@GRZNGT9 жыл бұрын
Knowing that Matt will be in ME4 team makes me exciting for a game even more.
@popcornfilms17 жыл бұрын
Shame how the designs turned out
@chapus20097 жыл бұрын
He actually didn't work that much for ME4/Andromeda, unfortunately. He's more 'officially' part of the Dragon Age team.
@Jonatron10112 жыл бұрын
I think he was more talking about the personality communicated by the typical expressions the Salarians are capable of.
@ultrajd10 жыл бұрын
Batarians...the Iranians of outer space.
@Rinchen819210 жыл бұрын
that's a little harsh, on the Batarians.
@ultrajd10 жыл бұрын
Rinchen Gonpo True.
@ProBrosification10 жыл бұрын
Rinchen Gonpo Ohhhhhhh snap
@ultrajd8 жыл бұрын
***** call me a racist if you want but honestly I don't care. In reality I actually have little problems with people who are out of Iranian descent. My issues stem from the fact that every time a disaster seems to happen in the Middle East especially if it happens around the country of Iran the Iranian government seems to always want to blame the west. The thing that I've always been annoyed by is so many countries in the Middle East hate the United States or even the West in general for in my mind completely illegitimate reasons. Also you probably might hate me in the sense that whenever I used to play Splinter Cell blacklist and I play the level that took place at the former American Embassy I actually got a strange almost six sense of joy in killing the Iranian soldiers that were in it. But don't worry if I were ever to meet you in person I can tell you right now that I wouldn't hold any contempt for you personally.
@ultrajd8 жыл бұрын
***** my respect for you histor skyrocketed. I can understand having problems with a country that tries to constantly interfere with euro nations government or well-being. I actually fought in the Afghan war during 2006 - 2009. And honestly there were many many times where I would wake up in the morning and get my battle gear on before going out on patrol or I will be thinking to myself. "What are we even trying to do here?" I mean yes we took down the Taliban. However I think the biggest mistake that we made was trying to impart westernized government models onto a region of the world that had still been very tribal and very secular. I believe what we should have done after taking down the Taliban was simply make sure that the various tribes and secular groups would stop fighting each other and then leave. We should have never have tried to set up a singular government. I must say this though. The one main area where I get allot of my disdain for the Iranian nation is the former president. I forget his name but he was a man who was not only fiercely anti-western but he was also a Holocaust denier. And as a Jewish Canadian that one is a bit of a sore spot for me. But that's a discussion for a whole nother day. Again as I said in the beginning after reading your comment which talks about the perspective from both sides I now respect you fairly well. It's nice to actually speak to somebody who isn't blinded by just blatant racism be it through politics religion or simple skin color. On a side note you are actually very correct on the whole politicized religion thing. No I'm not a religious person. But I have read a couple of passages of both the Bible the Quran and the Turin and in the passages of the Quran that I red I found nothing that said you know till the people that don't believe in your God. In fact the Quran preaches peace and understanding. Unfortunately various people like to bastardize it and essentially drag the name of Muhammad through the mud. Now granted other religions do this is well. There are individuals here in the United States where I currently live that say they are devout Catholics are Christians and yet they go round firebombing abortion clinics or shooting up homosexual bars. Long story short the world as we know it right now is kind of a shit place to live.
@Frozenwillow11 жыл бұрын
I do. In fact, I have been wondering about the appearance of batarian females since Revelation. Pretty sure I'm not the only one.
@paigeseliger83610 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Mordin was based off of Bill Nye. They kind of look alike, AND they're both engineers.
@nekocekoBiHMK10 жыл бұрын
Mordin isn't an engineer, though. He's a biologist.
@RatchildUK9 жыл бұрын
nekocekoBiH Gameplay wise, he's an Engineer. He's like the flipside of Tali. She's the tech specialist and Mordin is the biologist expert. Synthetic/Organic.
@davekent60237 жыл бұрын
judging by the face, Bill Nighy
@Milespro234611 жыл бұрын
'Clint Eastwood Salarian' I lost it XD I don't think i can ever look at mordin the same again
@Ideabot_6912 жыл бұрын
The codex entry on the Turians' military doctrine makes me feel as though they tossed a whole heap of Ancient Rome into it. Mainly how prisoners of war are recruited to the military and become citizens upon completion of a tour of duty.
@DragonRadar5212 жыл бұрын
Well, you could have a prothean on your team. That doesn't really count as a "new" race but it does count as freaking amazing.
@Jonatron10112 жыл бұрын
They existed in the universe (Revelation, Anderson's brief mention of the events of Revelation) except for Bringing Down the Sky. And Bringing Down the Sky was released while Mass Effect 2 would be in development, probably just after this interview.
@MichaelTheCelt12 жыл бұрын
they explain in the game, i believe in the shadow broker dlc that he lost his head "horn" while he was on an STG mission distributing the genophage.
@Chrinik11 жыл бұрын
They leave it up to me to decide how that happened? What, the Shadow Broker has a report file on him from his mission on tuchanka with the STG, he lost it during close quarter combat using a pitchfork...
@GothicElf685 жыл бұрын
I know this is old, but, the phrase used was "leave it up to you to figure out how that happened."
@gokulauri11 жыл бұрын
I want to see how they created Thane Krios
@Rhiilynn12 жыл бұрын
I Named one of my Alien OC "Salarious" she was the queen of the Salarians. Then I played ME1 and went "Well Fuck! I guess I have to tweak that races name." :/
@sollie712 жыл бұрын
"We don't just show the one and that's it" So how about them female turians, krogan, drell, and batarians (I'm not counting Eve because she's wearing a damn burqa, so we still don't actually know what they look like)? Oh wait.
@xToAsTa12 жыл бұрын
when picking Shepards back story in ME1 if you pick "colonist" it says Shepards parents were killed by Batarian slavers.
@keyo33162 жыл бұрын
Somehow Salarian heads always sort of looked like the head of a giraffe to me.
@Jim6307112 жыл бұрын
Human: Hey salarian! Salarian: What? Human: *trollface* Why the long face? Salarian: FUUUUUUUUU!!!
@eran500512 жыл бұрын
I don't know where people got that silly notion. I remember when i was playing ME1 (which was just ME at the time :P), i read each and every codex entry i could get my hands on because i found (and still find) this universe to be fascinating - and it had several mentions of the Batarians. Two of the origin stories you can choose for Shepard - war hero & ruthless involve Batarian lore. So yeah, don't know how that silly rumor started.
@dfghj24112 жыл бұрын
would be awesome if they added a little story where salarians where abducting humans way before the contact war ever happened (in the current date of 2000's - 2030s) but these salarians never spoked anything to the council or anything, would be a really nice explanation of these storys of the greys in the mass effect universe!
@RyanKaufman12 жыл бұрын
I totally saw the "This is like a basic alien, but changed to look more realistic"
@valen12345612 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but the problem for animators going down that route is that people then feel put off since aliens wouldnt look 'human enough' to covey body language or expressions that we can recognise and the digital acting wouldnt have worked, its the same way their mouths move in the same way an english speakers would even though they are supposedly speaking alien languages (you get the same feeling watching a foreign movie with an english dub, mouths just dont move in the right way)
@HumanMonolith12 жыл бұрын
@Greatdictator That's true. They just seem to be humans made to look ugly so we're supposed to unquestioningly hate them. If they'd look less outwardly ugly (fish like, maybe?) they'd be more interesting from a design point. Loved the part they played in ME3 though. :)
@dde33412 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the process they used making the original ME was likely very similar to that of making KOTOR, and most of the Star Wars characters were very humanoid as well (being originally designed for movie sets). I'd say the differentiation of these characters is a big step from film and previous RPGs.
@masseffectbozon12 жыл бұрын
puts starwars to shame, well done Bio WELL DONE
@_MaZTeR_4 жыл бұрын
Salarian kidney is best served at room temperature. It is even better when the salarian is still alive. The fear adds... spice.
@Impartial_Sojourner11 жыл бұрын
Mordin arms look like they are cybernetic.
@dakacklator12 жыл бұрын
Now show us quarians under the suits :D, despite the fact the technically cant live without it xD
@ILoveHandles11 жыл бұрын
Y U NO MAKE MORE FEMALE MODELS FOR ALIENS, THO? Seriously though, if they want diversity, that's great. It would have helped immerse us in the game more if there weren't females that we'd hear about or guess at, but never see them. (Or see them far, FAR later, such as in the case with Nyreen.) Hopefully, this is something that will be addressed in coming installments. *hint hint*
@dfghj24111 жыл бұрын
yea mordin said he don't do experiment with species capable of calculus, which is a kinda stupid thing to say, not because i support the experimentation, but the type of calculus he was referring to is common to a much bigger variety of animals then only space faring kind of inteligence, the kind of calculus that make a species capable of choosing which path is the best, which way to kill a prey is the best and so on. and i wasn't even talking about mordin, i was talking about his race overall.
@Queen321011 жыл бұрын
No you can't... Legion dies no matter what you choose to do in the game... The Geth can live if you choose to either side with them or tell them both off. Regardless Geth uploads himself in order to give the Geth independence. You can save _Mordin_ so long as Wrex is dead from ME1, but Legion and Thane are both lost causes sadly.
@Yapo198712 жыл бұрын
So... can someone explain to me, exactly why all salarians that don't wear robes with a hood, DO wear those strange chest and forearm "frame" pieces? Does it has to have something with that their natural bone frame is fragile at those places?
@godofimagination12 жыл бұрын
It says in LATSB that Mordin's horn was removed by a female krogan during his genophage mission (while he was killing her with a pitchfork).
@herpderp94303 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I dislike how many aliens have those backwards knees.
@ParentiBrothers11 жыл бұрын
Mordin was my favorite character. He will be avenged!
@rockCity77712 жыл бұрын
The theme of limiting the into human shape is repeated in all of these videos. I suppose it makes sense with the current technical limitations and the practical things, but it does sacrifice some of the realism and soul prevalent in some sci-fi. I hope that it'll be possible to bring some truy weird, unique or incredible characters to life in the future
@302708512 жыл бұрын
Mordin: The Clint Eastwood Salarian. His voice still never hit puberty. gotta love him ;)
@barrybend71892 жыл бұрын
So the Salarians were inspired by the Vree from Babylon 5.
@bassmickey12 жыл бұрын
Wow, One of the richest and most organic video game franchise ever created.
@Xenomorphine12 жыл бұрын
Batarians: The one species cursed with the misfortune to look eternally constipated. No wonder they're so aggressive and grumpy all the time...
@MilitantOldLady11 жыл бұрын
I am the very model of a scientist Salarian.... *now you're singing it in your head too* :D
@El_Presidente_53373 жыл бұрын
I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian 🎶
@juukame12 жыл бұрын
I've been wondering, what is the lifespan of a turian? I don't recall ever seeing that mentioned in the game or the codex.
@demonnogo12 жыл бұрын
Well my second female Shepard did but my male Shepard didn't. How can you explain multiple Shepards and outcomes if you are real?
@helloimtom10012 жыл бұрын
i love the salarians, live to age 40, live fast and die young
@Wanooknox12 жыл бұрын
Damn it Mass Effect, stop being so God damn interesting! I have things to get done!
@OhManTFE12 жыл бұрын
'dour british expression' bahahaha
@jackfromm11 жыл бұрын
"The Clint Eastwood Salarian" lol
@helloimtom10012 жыл бұрын
he some how became even more cooler
@Scorpio300212 жыл бұрын
Damn, good point. I'm sticking with my theory, though. It can't be that hard to add something into the codex an hour before you ship the game, and I desperately want to believe that Bioware pulled a Dr Seuss with "Salarian/Batarian"
@masseffectbozon12 жыл бұрын
OHHHHHH I want to see quarians with no masks, turian females, more elcor and volus in ME 4 :D plz
@Shiyamirai12 жыл бұрын
Never make flat-chested jokes at a Salarian female
@dEsSiCaTa12 жыл бұрын
4:09 Is that why the Raloi was never included in ME3?
@Tassanamm12 жыл бұрын
This is properly my favourite race in Mass effect
@SolKaras12 жыл бұрын
Actually they were mentioned in vanilla ME1, in the codex. :) They had a different look before they were properly designed for "Bring Down the Sky", though. But really, who read those codexes :P
@armandoBatista197911 жыл бұрын
Benedict Cumberbatch looks like a Salarian.
@Spulpacz11 жыл бұрын
i still want to see REAL GREY aliens in this game
@dkyoandblade12 жыл бұрын
wow. that's a lot of work to put into something. I bet the writers never told you that "Oh yeah, by the way, you guys are making such an artfully tasteful game, we're going to do a great job with the story all the way up until the end...then we're going to change the entire direction of the game in the last 5 minutes as a 'fuck you!' to the entire bioware fan base!"
@dkyoandblade12 жыл бұрын
Ha, you're saying that to me and about 95% of the other people who have played the game.
@demonnogo12 жыл бұрын
Mind=blown.
@jonnymovieboy12 жыл бұрын
I'm proud to be a British Salarians
@Xenomorphine12 жыл бұрын
With respect, that's a horrid mentality for you to exhibit - and one your brother would undoubtedly be horrified his loss inspired in you. If memory serves right, the friendly fire incidents involving Patriot missiles were a result of the IFF transponders either not working or not having the codes relayed to those manning and doing their jobs on the missile batteries. It has nothing to do with their nationality, any more than the RAF accidentally hitting civilians has to do with them being UK.
@commandershepard513112 жыл бұрын
I'll admit, I almost didn't want to do Synthesis. But I found out that we'd come back. Look in the coments of other mass effect 3 videos, and you'll find the others, pretty sure I saw Garrus argueing with his sister over the video he and Legion made. Speaking of which, Legion, Miranda, Tali, Garrus, Jeff, and Ilive in the same house now. I'm not quite sure where Thane and Javik live, but they're always with each other. Look up Legion and Friends videos, it shows what most of us do now.
@BlaqMagiq9912 жыл бұрын
he said that their inspiration for Mordins character design, at least for the face, was Clint Eastwood. 3:00 "the design brief was to say what would the clint eastwood salarian look like?" 3:14 "the intens squint and the wrinkles" if u look at Clint Eastwood and then this picture of Mordin u can see the similarities in the faces so, -.-... pay attention
@JRLeeman12 жыл бұрын
@TheCreator014 That's a stereotype - the majority of British people aren't sophisticated in the same way that many people in America aren't sophisticated. If you think that Britain doesn't have intelligence I have three words for you - Professor Stephen Hawking...
@estevanvalladares37017 жыл бұрын
And today we know how Andromeda ended up like. And on a more nostalgic note, all that sounds really cool, but still, in ME original trilogy, batarians always had their upper eyes upper from the visor in their helmets, so the human biometrics jabber didnt really gone through much.
@AdamSrayi12 жыл бұрын
were there any new aliens in ME3?
@SuperThundeification12 жыл бұрын
>Most powerful military in existence >Hasn't won a war since 1812 No doubt America has the biggest stick, but you swinging the stick like a baseball bat and accidentaoly hitting the UK. Your arrogance just adds to the hate.
@Hyake12 жыл бұрын
About the missing part of his head... I always thought he was born like that... but iunno, some battlefield related accident?
@killingrang12 жыл бұрын
'There's nobody on the team who doesn't want to see more alien race.' Then why did you not add any more for mass effect 3? The Protheans was the only new race and he was dlc.
@graidstinHitlerRants12 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the Salarians. Aliens supposedly based on the stereotypical, Roswell aliens, whose livers are a delicacy and who once ate flies. We have dismissed that claim.
@Ko700el12 жыл бұрын
the majority of people rarely (never) see when the comment they replyed was writen..nor go to previous pages to see if there was an answer..none cares..humor goes on
@SuperThundeification12 жыл бұрын
I'd say the Krogan's were Maori (New Zealanders). Bred big, strong, killing in the nature. Americans are more... Volus... Annoying, petty, god fearing and fat. :)
@Theonegamefreak12 жыл бұрын
I miss Mordin.
@AmariFukui12 жыл бұрын
I think they just hate the stereotypical american. Also I think that power comes from the location. with the only neighbors being canada and mexico
@erik73175 жыл бұрын
I wonder what other aliens were designed. I really want a Mass Effect MMORPG after ME3 where you can be any of the council races and then some.
@erik73173 жыл бұрын
@@mike-6139 hard pass on RTS for me
@pepparmostheelder12 жыл бұрын
Others alredy replied with this but I'll just go ahead and put another nail in the coffine :P Batarians were mentioned in ME1 before any DLC.
@Sharlarra198312 жыл бұрын
A pity they were so restrained and made all the aliens look so similar to humans. They must have had brilliant ideas for each race. Awww
@Seddon449412 жыл бұрын
Plus in 'war hero' psychological profile you fight off Baterian slavers
@katapruiz12 жыл бұрын
MORDIN
@OverFork0ver12 жыл бұрын
Very true. People will never say "Oh, I'm half-American and half-______ country" America is more a melting pot.
@TheUnknown28511 жыл бұрын
So, Mordin is the Clint Eastwood of salarians? I wonder if he talks to chairs when we're not looking.
@theswedishdude17 жыл бұрын
Mordin = Space Clint Eastwood? lol perfect
@SuperThundeification12 жыл бұрын
The Salarian face is based on our "Dour British face" Because we are never happy and never smile.
@Caboose72712 жыл бұрын
Always wondered why the Salarians looked like they too an ice cream scooper to the chest.
@bioniclebuu12 жыл бұрын
youve got a pont geth are Badass!
@DirtyNerd8612 жыл бұрын
Doesn't he realize that there were Batarians before ME2? Because... Uh... There were.
@Muzzly123412 жыл бұрын
You think you can do better than Bioware? I'd like to see you create an alien race.
@Hjernespreng12 жыл бұрын
3:27 He lost it in a skirmish with Krogans when they renewed the Genophage. The game itself makes it clear in the "Lair of the shadowbrooker" DLC.
@Nikolaj1112 жыл бұрын
I clicked on the video because i thought the thubnail was a Salarian in a suit!
@TH-xo4zx5 жыл бұрын
okay who came up with the concept of vorcha and why