What is the appeal about Tali?

[Daddy Kaneki]

I get it, she's a smoll thingy that looks up to you and always welcomes your guidance. I get the appeal.

I'm simply wondering why so many people are attracted to that specifically. Is the majority really into Tali that much more than any other character?

[Ogami]

Beats me. I like her well enough as a character but never seen this huge " omg Tali is the best!" appeal so many seem to get from her.
I also did never feel any desire to romance her in any of my playthroughs.

She feels more like a little sister character to me then an equal possible love interest for Shepard.

BUT, as always, everyone as different taste in characters.
And thats ok.

[Daemoc]

I am willing to bet this has to do more with the age of the player than anything else.

[Kage Goomba]

Her personality and the brains to match honestly.

[JinxTheWorld]

Heretic! This thing dares to question the divinity of our Goddess Tali. A billion souls of the damned have cried due to your heresy.

[Zack the Legendary Super Saiyan]

I use her & Garrus as personally in ME1 so I can play as a soldier & be able to hack/decrypt things without worry I didn't bother with biotics I just got by with my assault rifle modded with shredder or tungsten rounds & mods to decrease heat & increase accuracy along with regen & shield mods for my heavy armor & staying well stocked on medi-gel & I'm good. I used the 2 of them for the other games just for constancy I also enjoy their small talk outside of cut-scenes I only wish Shepard would chime in on their small talk.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Well i hate her innocent personality overall but I find the mystery and armor attractive.

But other females dont do much for me. How people tolerate Liara I have no idea either.

Or Ashley or Kaiden.

Garrus, Thane, Wrex are the only respectable ones for me.

I dislike Jacob being a goodie goodie. I dislike Zaeed for being way to about himself. I grunt is... a baby.

Jack I like after you get her to call down and Miranda... ugh I dont want anything from buggy bunny.

Mordin is pretty awesome too. I honestly would have liked a romance with joker or even anderson a playful fling

[Daddy Kaneki]

Originally posted by Daemoc:

I am willing to bet this has to do more with the age of the player than anything else.

Elaborate on your meaning.

[Rez Elwin]

Tech is sexy.

[xice666-TV]

you Dare question Tali !

[Daddy Kaneki]

Originally posted by (N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★:

But other females dont do much for me. How people tolerate Liara I have no idea either.

It's clear why people are into Liara. She's a 100 year old alien that acts like an 18 year old foreign exchange student. I find it mildly annoying, but many people are attracted to it for the same exact reason that we find it annoying. It's subjectivity.

If she was 20 it wouldn't be annoying to me at all, but being hundreds of years old and still having the persona of a Japanese schoolgirl visiting America for the first time is just cringe.

There is also a very heavy romantic undertone at the end of Lair of the Shadow Broker even if you didn't romance Liara (Shepard goes "I hope I'll see you again soon" after she leaves in a very hopeless-romantic way.) It's strange because BioWare doesn't screw up when it comes to player choice, and it's unlikely to be an oversight because *it's the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ending of the dlc.* It's not a fault on Liara's character so much as it's extremely confusing, because it's hard to believe it's an oversight but it just might be.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Masaru Enatsu:

There is also a very heavy romantic undertone at the end of Lair of the Shadow Broker even if you didn't romance Liara

Thats WAY worse in Mass Effect 3. The game constantly shoves her in your face as a possible romance and there are like 4-5 trigger scenes to start one.
She also has MASSIVELY more interactions and scenes with Shepard then any other character in that game, even if you choose another love interest.

I personally dont mind it too much since i always go for the Liara romance but it could definitely be annoying for others.
But the writers seem to had a clear bias for Liara as the main love interest of Shepard.

[Daemoc]

Originally posted by Masaru Enatsu:

Elaborate on your meaning.

In the context of your question and Ogami's answer I think the age of the gamer probably has a lot to do with Tali in that regard.

[Bealla Donna]

Well I've only just met her in 1 but I like her getup, she's like a female version of Zero from Borderlands, this mysterious looming figure with little quips of information about them, first thing I tried to do after adopting her into my team was take her helmet off lol.

[Punchmeat]

How can anyone possibly explain such a thing in a way that will make you understand? Everyones personality is different and they will be attracted to different things. If you are not then thats that, why would it matter to you?

[Naijiro]

I used to think she was pretty cool when i was a teenager, but as an adult i find her kinda mid, yeah she's innocent and a dork but it's kinda boring now. I'm more attracted to Jack or Liara