What happens if you don't recruit Tali in Mass Effect 2? I'll be showing you some unique dialogue & outcomes, including consequences for Mass Effect 3.
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Tali’s absence is one of the most destructive in Mass Effect 2 and also has long term ramifications for the Geth - Quarian conflict in Mass Effect 3. For starters, Tali is one of the characters that provides you with research on vital upgrades to The Normandy. Without Tali, you cannot access the Multicore Shielding upgrade, which guarantees that one of your squadmates will die on the Approach to the Collector base at the end of the game. The engine core will overload and incinerate a squadmate that is hanging out on the Engineering Deck at the time. The three characters most likely to die without this ship upgrade are Kasumi, Legion and Thane.
So not recruiting Tali is a two-birds-with-one-stone scenario in the worst kind of way - since you are guaranteed to be down two squadmates. Without Tali, you also won’t have the big blowout fight between her and Legion, obviously, which makes it easier to secure and keep his loyalty. But it’s hardly impossible to get Legion’s loyalty with Tali in your crew, so this isn’t much of a benefit.
Not recruiting Tali also makes it impossible to secure peace between the Geth and Quarians in Mass Effect 3. When you link up with the Quarians midway through the game, Tali will not be part of the Admiralty Board. I presume she was killed on Haestrom during the events of Mass Effect 2. Which makes sense, because when Shepard arrived she was cornered by a large squadron of Geth, including a Colossus, and the only other surviving member of her unit was the badly injured Kal’Reegar. Without Shepard’s help, there’s no way Tali got out of there alive.
During the Geth Dreadnought mission in Mass Effect 3, you will be shadowed by Admiral Xen. If you’re familiar with the Dragon Age series, you may recognize the voice… since the same voice actor played the role of Morrigan in Origins and Inquisition. Xen will not help you fight, mostly staying cloaked throughout the mission, but she will relay information that is usually given to the player by Tali.
There is also some unique dialogue at the beginning of the mission. I didn’t pick up on any unique dialogue during either of the two major side quests preceding Priority Rannoch. The biggest change to the main quest comes after you take down the Reaper. When you have to make a choice between allowing Legion to upload the Reaper code or saving the Quarians, it will be Admiral Raan who pleads with you to save her people. This scene has much less emotional impact without the incredibly compelling voice of Tali.
If you side with the Quarians, Raan will blast Legion with a shotgun and you will be treated to a much briefer thank you scene with the Admirals at the conclusion of hostilities.
If you side with the Geth, the Quarians will be blown out of the sky and Raan will commit suicide. Again, this has much less emotional impact without Tali. Shepard barely even seems to care that Raan just blows her brains out in front of her.
If you let the Geth destroy the Quarians, Liara will have some unique lines about Tali after the mission.
Out of all the characters I’ve skipped in these videos, Tali is by far the most detrimental to miss out on. While the absence of characters like Garrus and Wrex leaves an emotional void, Tali’s absence contributes to detrimental gameplay consequences in addition to the emotional ones. You’re guaranteed to lose a Mass Effect 2 squadmate during the suicide mission and you’re also guaranteed to destroy either the Geth or Quarians in Mass Effect 3.
So there you have it - what happens if you don’t recruit Tali in Mass Effect 2.
4 мар 2021
