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84-643: Turian may refer to: Turian ( Mass Effect ) , a fictional alien species in the Mass Effect video game franchise Turian-Chay State Reserve , in Azerbaijan Mike Turian (fl. 1997–2004), American professional Magic: The Gathering player Roland Turian (fl. 1948), Swiss Olympic fencer Turian, a neologism for gay men , named after Alan Turing See also [ edit ] Tourian (disambiguation) Turin (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

168-493: A form of video game monetization , enabling the publisher to gain additional revenue from a title after it has been purchased, often using some type of microtransaction system. DLC can range from cosmetic content, such as skins , to new in-game content such as characters, levels , modes , and larger expansions that may contain a mix of such content as a continuation of the base game. In some games, multiple DLC (including future DLC not yet released) may be bundled as part of

252-614: A raptor -like silhouette. Instead, they possess somewhat elaborate cheek extensions, and a body shape which is considerably more graceful and slender. Like the quarians , turian biochemistry is based on dextro-amino acids , which sets them apart from most other species, including humanity, which are based on levo-amino acids. They cannot eat human food, or ingest any substance that is based on levo-amino acids. For turian individuals who engage in sexual relationships with individuals of other species, any substance exchange may potentially make either party suffer adverse reactions, including

336-449: A " season pass ", which allows users to pre-order a selection of upcoming content over a specific time period, and ensuring the customer's ability to immediately obtain the content upon release. As users do not have the ability to fully preview the content before their purchase, there is a chance that the content of a season pass may not be of a sufficient quality to justify the purchase. In multiplayer games, season passes may also segregate

420-534: A " season pass "—typically at a discount in comparison to purchasing each DLC individually. While the Dreamcast was the first home console to support DLC (albeit in a limited form due to hardware and internet connection limitations), Microsoft's Xbox console and Xbox Live platform helped to popularize the concept. Since the seventh generation of video game consoles , DLC has been a prevalent feature of most major video game platforms with internet connectivity. Since

504-550: A "careful and detailed study" of possible turian anatomy and "the ways in which it might misfit with human anatomy". She suggested that these anatomically detailed sketches represent a type of desire that is attached to biological difference, but not sexual difference or its associated hierarchical meanings. Zekany also discussed the representation of posthumanism in Mass Effect and how it emerges through an affective connection between species which are biologically and culturally incompatible with each other by convention, giving rise to

588-592: A badge of honor as well as a cultural relic from a bygone era in which the species as a whole were embroiled in civil war. The turian armed forces are the largest in Citadel space, and their armed forces make up the single largest portion of the council's military force. The turian fleet is most battle tested in the Milky Way Galaxy, its naval architects and combat systems engineers set the galactic standard for warship design, while its immense military-industrial complex

672-418: A base game. They often required an installation of the original game in order to function, but some games (such as Half-Life ) had "standalone" expansions, which were essentially spin-off games that reused engine code and assets from the original game. The Dreamcast was the first console to feature online support as a standard; DLC was available, though limited in size due to the narrowband connection and

756-404: A beetle-like shell and a cat-like way of speaking and acting", while Emma Kidwell from Polygon described them as "parrots with no lips". Susana Polo, writing for Polygon , drew attention to the turians' clawed digits and tough, metallic carapace as somewhat reptilian characteristics. They have head crests which resemble that of a plumed bird, avian legs with bones jutting from their calves, and

840-671: A contingent of turian colonists participates in the Andromeda Initiative, a civilian project which sends settlers on board "ark ships" on a one-way trip to the Andromeda Galaxy prior to the events of Mass Effect 3 . The turian smuggler Vetra Nyx joins the crew of the Andromeda Initiative Survey Ship Tempest as a companion of its commander, the human Pathfinder. Another major turian character in Andromeda

924-483: A dangerous species of hostile insectoid creatures known as the rachni from an unexplored region of space. Hostilities between the human Systems Alliance and the Turian Hierarchy cease following a three-month war and humanity is integrated into the galactic community soon after. Turian opinions' of humanity are mixed: while a minority admired the humans persistence, honor, and sacrifice even against overwhelming odds of

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1008-477: A dozen factions remained and the Hierarchy finally intervened. By that time, the chieftains were too weak to resist; they were forced to put an end to fighting and renew their allegiance to the Hierarchy. Though peace was restored, it took several centuries for animosity between colonists to fade completely. Most turians still wear the facial markings of their home colonies, with the term "barefaced" referring to one who

1092-457: A flanging quality. "We usually try to avoid the females because what do you do with a female turian? Do you give her breasts? What do you do? Do you put lipstick on her?" — Derek Watts, Mass Effect 3 art director According to Mass Effect 3 art director Derek Watts, all of the turian head models prior to the release of the Mass Effect 3: Omega downloadable content pack are almost

1176-451: A means of offering new songs to be played in-game. Harmonix claimed that Guitar Hero II would feature "more online content than anyone has ever seen in a game to this date." Rock Band features the largest number of downloadable items of any console video game, with a steady number of new songs that were added weekly between 2007 and 2013. Acquiring all the downloadable content for Rock Band would, as of July 12, 2012, cost $ 5,880.10. As

1260-798: A metal-laced carapace on their shoulder blades. The design of turian clothing is balanced between human and alien, and to allow space for the aforementioned physical features. Turian physiology is directly influenced by their planetary environment: according to the series' in-game “Codex” entries, a collection of background and worldbuilding information accessible by the player, the turians' thick, carapace-like exoskeleton act as protection from Palaven's high levels of solar radiation, though it does not protect them against physical impact. The turians exhibit characteristics of sexual dimorphism : while all individuals have mandible-like facial features flanking their mouths, turian women are presented as lacking their male counterparts' sweptback cranial crests which projects

1344-591: A mixed reception upon its release for that reason. However, by 2009, the Horse Armor DLC was one of the top ten content packs that Bethesda had sold, which justified the DLC model for future games. Where a normal software disc may allow its license sold or traded, DLC is generally locked to a specific user's account and does not come with the ability to transfer that license to another user. In addition to individual content downloads, video game publishers sometimes offer

1428-567: A notable video game antagonist: he placed #29 on IGN's list of top 100 video game villains, and #92 on GamesRadar's list of 100 best villains in video games published in 2013. PC Gamer staff ranked Vetra as the second best squadmate of Andromeda , with praise for her nuanced and relatable characterization. The lack of female turian characters for the majority of the first three main series games attracted criticism. Zekany noted from her research that Watts’ remarks from an interview with Game Informer prompted backlash among players who "used

1512-511: A peacekeeper role. The First Contact War, which the turians refer to as the "Relay 314 Incident", broke out when turian forces attempt to stop human explorers from opening a new "mass relay", massive hyper-advanced devices of extraterrestrial origin that enables rapid transportation to other mass relays located cosmic distances away, by force in order to prevent a repeat of the Rachni Wars, a historical conflict when explorers accidentally unleashed

1596-404: A severe anaphylactic shock suffered by turians which is potentially fatal if untreated. Turian culture is modeled on that of the ancient Roman civilization , and is fundamentally egalitarian with no apparent definition of specific caste or gender roles : every soldier starts as private or cadet and earns prestige via promotions. Turian society is centered around their military, which

1680-660: A similar manner to consoles. Nokia phones of the late 1990s and early 2000s shipped with side-scrolling shooter Space Impact, available on various models. With the introduction of WAP in 2000, additional downloadable content for the game, with extra levels, became available. The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service on the Nintendo DS could be used to obtain a form of DLC for certain games, such as Picross DS —where players could download puzzle "packs" of classic puzzles from previous Picross games (such as Mario's Picross ). as well as downloadable user generated content . Due to

1764-415: A song called "Turian Courtship", which is included in a B-Side compilation released in 2011. An internet meme called "Marauder Shields" originated from negative player reception towards a portion of the controversial ending sequence of Mass Effect 3 . It sarcastically references the fact that the final enemy unit the player fights in the game is a standard Marauder protected by defense shields , who

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1848-513: A spacecraft known as The SSV Normandy , which is created from a joint collaboration between humans and turians with Anderson, now a Systems Alliance captain, commandeering the vessel. Shepard is poised to join the Spectres as its first human member and works under the supervision of Nihlus Kryik, a senior turian Spectre who is present on the Normandy as a Council representative. The Normandy lands on

1932-486: A themed skin for Anthem player characters, released on November 7, 2019, in commemoration of "N7 Day" , an informal celebration of the Mass Effect franchise observed annually. GameSpot uploaded a video in April 2012 which analyzed the plausibility of life in other parts of the universe, and if complex extraterrestrial life exists, the probability of convergent evolution which the Mass Effect series has adopted for

2016-708: A war nor retreated from battle, and their homeworld, Palaven, was never occupied by an alien invading force. The Reapers, aware of the Turian's reputation for martial attitude, brought overwhelming force to Turian territories, outnumbering turian forces by ten fold, and immediately kinetic bombarded colonies and cities that resisted--and all of them resisted--costing the Reapers dearly. Whereas all other species' homeworlds were conquered, Paleven never fell to Reaper occupation. Turian characters are featured prominently in Mass Effect media, either as leading or supporting characters. One of

2100-490: A young age, and the entirety of the turian population are effectively military volunteer veterans. Military service for every citizen is seen as coming of age , a mandatory part of adulthood and a cornerstone of their culture. Every family can trace their lineage via distinguished service decorations , heraldrics and documentaries of heroism. Most turians who leave Palaven or another colony do so by order of their superiors to accomplish special missions. Some, however, abandon

2184-519: Is Tiran Kandros, the cousin of Nyreen who is the leader of a de facto volunteer militia responsible for station security on the Nexus, the Andromeda Initiative's seat of government , and also leads the Initiative's APEX Strike Teams which protect its interests. Tiran's backstory is explored in the limited comic series Mass Effect: Discovery , which ran from May 2017 to October 2017. The turians are featured as

2268-424: Is also female and serves as a companion to the player character . Except for members of the asari race like Liara T'Soni , no other alien characters are available as romance options for the first Mass Effect . Then-project director Casey Hudson noted that the developmental team was initially unsure if they could rely on the alien characters on an emotional level in terms of storytelling, though he felt that by

2352-538: Is beguiling or not to be trusted. The historical Krogan Rebellions were quelled when the turians deployed a devastating biological weapon developed by the salarians known as the Krogan Genophage, which impairs the reproductive viability of the krogan on a genetic level by causing almost all newborn krogan to be stillborn. As reward for their service, the turians were invited to join the Citadel Council to fill

2436-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Turian (Mass Effect) The turians have been recognized as an important and recognizable aspect in the Mass Effect narrative, and turian characters are popular among series fans as subjects for expressions of fan labor . The relatively late introduction of female turian characters into the main series games has been met with some criticism, as well as commentary on

2520-451: Is home to the most advanced defense contractors . Due to their role at the center of the Citadel's military. They often serve as law enforcement on behalf of the asari and salarians, and the starships used by other species within Council space are often based on turian designs. Turians' native religion manifests as a form animism , a believe that groups and areas have "spirits" that transcend

2604-508: Is nevertheless easily dispatched by the player as Shepard. The meme's notoriety inspired a parody webcomic about the character. An advanced persistent threat (APT) group which targets various states' Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as telecommunication companies in Africa and the Middle East utilizes backdoor method as part of its modus operandi ; a custom backdoor which emerged in

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2688-432: Is similarly impressive, shutting down vulnerable metabolic processes during daylight hours and repairing cellular damage at night. Garrus Vakarian states that, despite the immense radiation, Palaven is "not as hot as Therum and similar to Virmire". The turians' overall physical appearance are often described in zoological and/or mineral terms. For example, Kirk Hamilton from Kotaku called the turians "talking catfish, with

2772-401: Is supported by a well-developed infrastructure and visible fortifications of Turian cities, and is considered to be an all-encompassing public works organization as opposed to merely being a state-sanctioned armed force. Nearly all occupations and educational institutions serves the state in some capacity. Most turians have a strong sense of public service, with discipline and honor instilled at

2856-470: The Call of Duty franchise to PlayStation consoles. Some time after a game's original release, a publisher may reissue the game at retail with all of its existing DLC included at no additional charge and, in some cases, exclusive content which may be released as DLC for existing owners in the future. The resulting SKU is often branded with a subtitle to distinguish it from the original release, such as "Game of

2940-458: The Mass Effect series, as well as their reinterpretation by Mass Effect fandom. She observed that the presentation of a human-turian romantic relationship as well as its complexities invite "interesting questions about either the potential exacerbation, or the rendering-unintelligible of sexual difference, as well as about cross-species desire and about the ontology of the natural and the artificial". Zekany drew attention to fan art which offers

3024-413: The concept of nomadic subjectivity that "transcends the artifices of gender and species definitions". Several turian characters, most notably Garrus , have received a positive reception from players and video game journalists, and are embraced as a popular choice for fan art as well as cosplay at gaming and science fiction conventions since the franchise's inception. Saren has received some acclaim as

3108-654: The Atari 2600's GameLine service, which allowed users to download games using a telephone line. A similar service, Sega Channel , allowed for the downloading of games to the Sega Genesis over a cable line. While the GameLine and Sega Channel services allowed for the distribution of entire titles, they did not provide downloadable content for existing titles. Expansion packs were sold at retail for some PC games, which featured content such as additional levels, characters, or maps for

3192-480: The Citadel Council also appears in Revelation , with the Council being presented as the governing body and ultimate authority in Citadel space. By the novel's ending, Saren discovers a massive starship of unknown origin , which sets into motion the events of the first Mass Effect game which occurs 18 years after Revelation . The introduction of Mass Effect begins with player character Commander Shepard on board

3276-545: The Conduit on behalf of the Reapers, a collective of sentient hyper-advanced starships that appear every fifty thousand years to wipe out all organic life in the Milky Way galaxy. Shepard is later formally inducted into the Spectres by the council and assumes command of the Normandy to hunt down Saren; among the allies Shepard may encounter include Garrus Vakarian, a turian officer working for Citadel Security Services or C-Sec. Towards

3360-413: The Hierarchy. Without the galvanizing influence of the government, the colonies became increasingly isolated and xenophobic. Colonists began wearing emblems or facial markings to differentiate themselves from members of other colonies and open hostilities became common. When war finally broke out, the Hierarchy maintained strict diplomacy and refused to get involved. After several years of fighting, less than

3444-524: The Marauder, " generals " among the Reapers' ground forces of synthetic-organic "husks", and the hybrid Brute spliced from a mixture of krogan and turian body parts, are introduced as new enemy types. The third game's Omega expansion pack introduced Nyreen Kandros, although minor female turian characters have appeared in other media prior to the release of Omega in November 2012. In Mass Effect: Andromeda ,

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3528-605: The Nintendo DS's use of cartridges and lack of dedicated storage, most "DLC" for DS games was limited in scope, or in some cases (such as Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 ), was already part of the game's data on the cartridge, and merely unlocked. The Nintendo 3DS supported the purchase of DLC for supported titles for Nintendo eShop . Starting with iPhone OS 3 , downloadable content became available for

3612-459: The Turians homeworld, Palaven, as “a silver world of fortresses and fire”, while an alliance admiral stated "The only thing on this planet that isn't silver are the turians. It's all too clear they're made of steel." Because Palaven's weak magnetic field is a poor shield from its sun, most of the planet's animal life developed metallic carapaces as defenses against solar radiation. Its photosynthetic life

3696-601: The Xbox Live service. Most of this content, with the notable exception of content for Microsoft-published titles, was available for free. The Xbox 360 (2005) included more robust support for digital distribution , including DLC downloads and purchases, via its Xbox Live Marketplace service. Microsoft believed that publishers would benefit by offering small pieces of content at a small cost ($ 1 to $ 5), rather than full expansion packs (~$ 20), as this would allow players to pick and chose what content they desired, providing revenue to

3780-587: The Year Edition", "Definitive Edition" or "Complete Edition". Destiny was reissued twice to coincide with its "Year 2" and "Year 3" milestones and associated DLC expansions The Taken King and Rise of Iron ; a compilation of the game's existing DLC and The Taken King was released in 2015 under the title Destiny: The Taken King - Legendary Edition , while the game was re-issued again in 2016 as Destiny: The Collection to add Rise of Iron . There have also been cases where DLCs were intended to be part of

3864-548: The Yehat. Multiple character sketches which have little similarity with each other were conceived and later discarded before the team settled on artist Brian Sum's concept for the final look of the species: the horns on the back of the head resemble feathers of a bald eagle in shape, the mouth part resembles a bird's beak, and the legs are dog-like in shape. The artists originally sketched turians without any clothing in order to explore their alien anatomy, but faced limitations in designing

3948-547: The asari siarist philosophy. Since opening diplomatic dialog with the Human Systems Alliance, some Turians have embraced Confucianism and Zen Buddhism. Turian civilization spans fifteen thousand years of recorded history. As with the other future Council species, the turians have a mass relay within their system. The first turian starship to travel through a relay was called the THV Ravuna. This spawned colonies throughout

4032-425: The assessments of superiors and peer, is the governing body of turian society. The Hierarchy is considered to be powerful, stable, and proactive in suppressing perceived threats, with each member of the Council of Hierarchs known as "primarchs" in command of an entire star cluster . The turian economy is larger than that of the human Systems Alliance but inferior to the asari Republics in terms of size and power, with

4116-499: The conception of most of its alien races. Presenter Cameron Robinson noted that most of the Mass Effect races physically resemble terrestrial animals in terms of appearance and compared the turians to crabs . In an article published by the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society in 2016, Eva Zekany from Central European University explored the boundaries of interspecies sex and the desire for alien romance options as depicted in

4200-412: The course of a game's lifetime helped increase sales throughout, and had succeeded well with that business-model in the past, but was required to implement fees for downloads when releasing content for their Microsoft-published game, Gears of War . As of 2010 the sale of DLC makes up around 20% of video games sales, a substantial portion of a developer's profit margin . Developers are beginning to use

4284-487: The different circumstances between their respective societies. Mumu Lin from the Daily Californian said BioWare's decision, which she opined is based on "societally ordained concepts" of gender, almost gave the impression that the turians are a mono-gendered species in the same manner as the asari. Lin argued that this is a result of the writers' anthropocentric view when coming up with a “diverse” world, and that unlike

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4368-629: The end of the first game, Saren and the Reaper Sovereign lead an army of geth to attack the Citadel, but is repulsed and defeated by its defenders. By the events of Mass Effect 3 , the Reapers had launched a galaxy-wide invasion against the various civilizations of the Milky Way . Shepard is tasked by the turian councilor with rescuing Primarch Fedorian from a military base in Menae, a moon orbiting Palaven, but discovers upon arrival that he has died along with

4452-460: The first game's primary antagonist Saren went through several iterations: the team experimented with structure, scarring, and decorations. His final appearance is similar to other turians but with a distinctive crest, and a lack of tattoos unlike most of his kind. The first female member of the turian species to appear in the main series video games is introduced in Omega : the character, Nyreen Kandros,

4536-457: The full Hierarchy might, the majority retain mutual resentment over casualties from both sides as a result of the conflict still persist during the timeline of the original Mass Effect trilogy. This brief historical background, as presented in the game's introduction, offers insight to the ideological setup of the Mass Effect universe . Before the Reapers Wars, the Turians have never lost

4620-482: The galaxy when the asari reached the Citadel. At about the time the asari were forming the Council with the salarians, the turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war next door. The Turian Hierarchy had been a pivotal participant in major interstellar conflicts within series lore. The Unification War began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from the turian homeworld, Palaven. These colonies were run be local chieftains, many of whom had distanced themselves from

4704-609: The game's data. DLC of this nature revealed via data mining is typically referred to as " on-disc DLC " or PULC ( premium unlockable content ). This practice has sometimes been considered controversial, with publishers being accused of using what is effectively a microtransaction to lock access to content that was already contained within the game as sold at retail. Data relating to future DLC may be included on-disc or downloaded during updates for technical reasons as well, either to ensure online multiplayer compatibility for existing content between players who have not yet purchased

4788-474: The human colony of Eden Prime during a routine incursion to investigate an attack by the geth, a synthetic race of artificial intelligences originally created by the quarians who turned on their creators. During the chaos, Shepard discovers an unearthed artifact of an extinct elder race known as the Protheans and learns about Saren, who murders Nihlus and leads the geth to search for another Prothean artifact known as

4872-601: The incident as an opportunity to criticize the industry’s general unwillingness to invent in diverse nonmale character designs", while others chose to ignore his comments as part of their personal interpretation of the Mass Effect universe . Zekany herself was perplexed by the exclusion of female turian characters throughout most of the original trilogy, as turian society "does not uphold any rigid gender hierarchies". Polo, writing for The Mary Sue , called out Watt's comments as "lazy" and found it incredulous that female turians are only introduced after female krogan when contrasting

4956-581: The individual. For example, a military unit would be considered to have a literal spirit that embodies the honor and courage it has displayed. A city's spirit reflects the accomplishments and industry of its residents. These spirits are neither good nor evil, nor are they appealed to for intercession. Turians do not believe spirits can affect the world, but spirits can inspire the living. Turians enjoy absolute freedom of religion and can practice whatever appeals to them so long as it does not impede anyone's ability to perform their duties. There are many practitioners of

5040-442: The influence of traditional gender constructs in fiction writing and on gender representation in video games. The turians originated as a vague idea for a birdlike, proud militaristic race by BioWare's writing department for Mass Effect , which the design team aimed to reflect in their features. The Bioware team was influenced by the space game Star Control II , with the Turians taking inspiration from an avian warrior race called

5124-520: The krogan to reinforce Palaven's defenses. The story arc also explores the turians' role in the original deployment of the Krogan Genophage as well as an operation led by the primarch's son Tarquin Victus to disarm a bomb, planted in the aftermath of the Krogan Rebellion as a last resort weapon in the event that a resurgent krogan civilization renew their aggression within Citadel space. Mutated turians like

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5208-590: The krogan, there is no excuse for female members of a thriving species like the turians to be excluded from being encountered by the player character in an entire galaxy across three games. The introduction of Nyreen in the Omega DLC has received varied commentary. Some praised her characterization and welcomed the decision as female representation was important for the game; others were disappointed that her visual design consisted of features that mostly relied on conventional depictions of femininity as interpreted through

5292-475: The late 2010s is dubbed "Turian" and noted for its similarities to "Quarian", another backdoor deployed against Syrian and American diplomatic targets in the early 2010s. Downloadable content Downloadable content ( DLC ) is additional content created for an already released video game , distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher. It can either be added for no extra cost or it can be

5376-441: The lens of a human understanding of gender, with some even preferring a lack of divergent gender markers in turian characters. Lin was of the view that the inclusion of a major female turian character was an attempt by BioWare to address criticism of their limited view of possibilities in alien races which are influenced by heteronormative or traditional gender constructs. American electronic musician Baths wrote and composed

5460-472: The main characters of Mass Effect: Revelation , the franchise's inaugural media installment, is Saren Arterius . He is a turian member of the Spectres, a special forces unit which answers directly to the Citadel Council, who resents humanity as a result of the First Contact War's events and actively works to undermine the candidacy of human Spectre hopeful David Anderson . The turian representative of

5544-494: The main game, but they were later stripped out of it in order to be sold as a separate feature. Tomb Raider: Underworld has been criticized for providing two DLCs, exclusive to the Xbox 360 , that were supposedly removed from the original game. The Sims 4 : My First Pet was likewise criticised for containing items that had seemingly been removed from the Cats & Dogs expansion, with

5628-500: The majority of the Hierarchy's leadership during the Reapers' initial assault. In spite of monumental losses, the turians manage to hold out and Palaven does not fall to the Reapers unlike the homeworlds of several other species. Fedorian's successor and the highest ranking turian official left alive, Adrien Victus, is secured by Shepard, and he pledges turian support to the Alliance's efforts to retake Earth once Shepard successfully convinces

5712-462: The new DLC, or as dormant support code for planned content that is still in development at the time of the release. Downloadable content is often offered for a price . Since Facebook games popularized the business model of microtransactions , some have criticized downloadable content as being overpriced and an incentive for developers to leave items out of the initial release, with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's horse armor DLC having faced

5796-525: The platform via applications bought from the App Store . While this ability was initially only available to developers for paid applications, Apple eventually allowed for developers to offer this in free applications as well in October 2009. In some cases, a purchased DLC may not actually download new content to the device, but merely consists of data used to enable associated content that is already present within

5880-494: The player base if it is the primary means of receiving gameplay content such as maps. Microsoft has been known to require developers to charge for their content, when the developers would rather release their content for free. Some content has even been withheld from release because the developer refused to charge the amount Microsoft required. Epic Games, known for continual support of their older titles with downloadable updates, believed that releasing downloadable content over

5964-605: The popularity and speed of internet connections rose, so did the popularity of using the internet for digital distribution of media. User-created game mods and maps were distributed exclusively online, as they were mainly created by people without the infrastructure capable of distributing the content through physical media. In 1997, Cavedog offered a new unit every month as free downloadable content for their real-time strategy computer game Total Annihilation . Later PC digital distribution platforms, such as Games for Windows Marketplace and Steam would add support for DLC in

6048-486: The popularization of microtransactions in online distribution platforms such as Steam , the term DLC has become a synonymous for any form of paid content in video games , regardless of whether they constitute the download of new content. Furthermore, this led to the creation of the oxymoronic term "on-disc DLC" for content included on the game's original files but locked behind a paywall . The earliest form of downloadable content were offerings of full games, such as on

6132-544: The publishers. Microsoft also utilized a digital currency known as " Microsoft Points " for transactions, which could also be purchased through physical gift cards to avoid the banking fees associated with the small price points. Sony adopted the same approach with their downloadable hub, the PlayStation Store . With Gran Turismo HD Concept , Sony planned on having the bulk of its content be purchased separately via many separate online microtransactions . The project

6216-410: The role of business development primarily handled by a client race known as the volus. A widespread species in the galaxy that lives according to a martial code of conduct, the turians are commonly perceived by other species to be disciplined, forthright and rule-abiding in terms of personality. Many turians bear distinctive facial markings or tattoos unique to their home colony, considered to be both

6300-436: The sale of DLC for an already successful game series to fund the development of new IPs or sequels to existing games. DLC is usually distributed through a console platform's online storefront, such as Microsoft Store , Nintendo eShop , PlayStation Store , or similar storefronts for PC games such as Steam . Platform exclusivity can also apply to DLC, with Activision having reserved a timed exclusivity period for DLC in

6384-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Turian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turian&oldid=1102998287 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

6468-440: The same with the exception of certain characters, and are male by gender. To differentiate between individual turian characters, tattoos or warpaint of different patterns and colors are employed to decorate each individual's face. For popular turian squadmate Garrus Vakarian, he is given a blue visor, and later extensive scarring on the right side of his face from Mass Effect 2 onwards, as distinct visual cues. The head design of

6552-465: The size limitations of a memory card. These online features were still considered a breakthrough in video games, but the competing PlayStation 2 did not ship with a built-in network adapter. With the advent of the Xbox , Microsoft was the second company to implement downloadable content. Many original Xbox Live titles, including Splinter Cell , Halo 2 , and Ninja Gaiden , offered varying amounts of extra content, available for download through

6636-479: The society for various reasons, most commonly acts of lying, cowardice, nepotism , desertion, dishonorable discharge or a simple desire for freedom from the unyielding law and command. Those who desert their military post or other assigned position are become Outcasts—exiled from Palaven—as this is seen as the ultimate betrayal and tarnishing their ancestor's legacy. The Turian Hierarchy, a stratocratic hierarchical meritocracy which promotes individuals based on

6720-420: The species' bone structure as all squadmates shared a humanoid skeleton for combat animation purposes. The team realized that the knees had to line up with the body's ankles and the waists, and that the original concept's long arms and wide waists had to be shortened in order to conform to a human-like bone structure. Their final design is broadly humanoid with two legs, two arms, and a head, and their voices have

6804-477: The time the team had finished the first game, they turn out to be some of its most emotionally engaging characters. He also noted that there was much desire for protagonist Commander Shepard and Garrus to be in a potential romantic relationship, in spite of the latter's turian physiology which has little in common with a human's, which greatly increased in popularity after Garrus becomes a romance option in Mass Effect 2 . An asari diplomat poetically described

6888-420: The video game industry. According to BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas, designing Nyreen was challenging as the team had no prior video game reference point during the pack's developmental cycle, and they wanted to ensure that the character's gender marker is unambiguous for her first impression. Vetra Nyx, a major turian character in the standalone sequel to Mass Effect 3 , Mass Effect: Andromeda ,

6972-471: Was later canceled in favor of the full Gran Turismo 5 . Nintendo has featured a sparser amount of downloadable content on their Wii Shop Channel , the bulk of which is accounted for by digital distribution of emulated Nintendo titles from previous generations . Music video games , such as titles from the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, took significant advantage of downloadable content as

7056-440: Was originally an asari with no relation to the storyline's central character Aria T'Loak. Writer Ann Lemay saw the opportunity to significantly expand the character's role, change her species, and create a "diverse and engaging female character" early in the development of Omega . Lemay claimed that her request to introduce a female turian character with management was the " simplest and smoothest" process she ever went through in

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