The Worst Character in Mass Effect 3 Has Finally Been FIXED

Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition is an amazing game with an amazing roster of characters. But man, Kai Leng is probably the worst character in the entirety of the Mass Effect trilogy. And with today's mod, Kai Leng has finally been "fixed".

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[grunt]

A quiet Kai Leng is WAY more intimidating it shows the inhumanity of Cerberus that their best assassin is this quiet killing machine. Also it reminds me of Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe.

[agentbrown]

If you can remove a character's dialogue entirely and have that actually improve the character then you've fucked up somewhere.
Imagine entirely removing any other character's dialogue in any of the games and having it improve the character and overall story? Just shows how poorly written he was.

[existentialselkath]

Sadly very little can be done about his stupidity projector he uses on all the main characters. Shepherd and Thane still loose 100iq points when he's around

[SilverHyozanryu]

It's pretty incredible how well his scenes still work even without dialogue. Like if I hadn't played the game before I probably wouldn't question it at all. I also like that this version is sort of an inverse of Shepard, having no voice or face, two of the things most important about Shep. It's as if in this au the Illusive man realized trying to create his own Shep or convince him to join cerberus was a fruitless effort so instead just went in the exact opposite direction.

[christophergroenewald]

I think just shutting him up makes him 100x better, because he's actually a cool character until he opens his mouth

[hailtheprince]

It's actually shocking just how big a difference simply not talking makes to his character. He actually has an air of mystery and dare I say some intimidation factor when you don't know what he's thinking or what exactly he's gonna do next. Removing his vocal arrogance also means you're less likely to judge his character quite so harshly for his failures against Shepard, he comes across as a silent professional that, while skilled in their own right, simply isn't as good as Shepard. As opposed to the cocky, trash-talking douche canoe that's constantly talking a big game with empty threats and "badass" one-liners while consistently and hilariously failing to live up to his own hype EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[MartmeisterPaladinHaven]

I like how they kept the roars and grunts in at the final battle. It helps to show how he seems to be losing his composure and unflappability, becoming sloppier and making himself vulnerable.

[crazyandorian]

you know how they coulda improved Leng? Made him a series of clones? So you can actually beat him and kill him, but he keeps reappearing because TIM cloned him and kept sending the clones at you, with the one at the final Cerberus base being the original, who mocks you for only being able to kill his inferior clones.

[rpmfla]

The whole idea of Thane pulling a gun and RUNNING AT THE ENEMY WHO IS WIELDING SWORD is just the stupidest! Why would a person with a gun run into melee range like that? Just absurd. Worst moment in the game.

[Marksman]

Man, this is such a vast improvement over OG Leng. He comes off as annoying with the way he was written originally. I feel making him the silent masked ultimate assassin makes him so much more intimidating as a villain

[ladyphoenixgrey]

I always felt it was such a waste of a voice actor on such a trash character. Baker could’ve been served so much better elsewhere in the story.

[SWyrick]

I would've only had Leng only say two words in the entirety of his run, and that's on thessia, "You're attention." After that, everything else can be cut.

[Grzesuav]

Well, the only true problam Leng had, is that dialog and character did not mix. Removing/changing one is enough to make an improvement.
In re-writing, there would be two options for him:
1. Leave the douchebag part, but make him entirely reliant on his bullshit plotshield, basically making him immune to ranged attacks. This would make his sword make sense with his attitude and even better, the last fight would be Shepard stunning him when overloading his shield when exploding a generator near him or something. Then, Omni-Jab(tm) would be even sweeter, since this is the only way his bullshit shield can be bypassed.
2. Make him an absolute menace, which this mod gets very close to by simply shutting him up.

[LoganWH]

Skipping the Thessia fight improves the encounter immeasurably. The boss fight only establishes that Kai Leng isn’t a threat in a drawn out firefight. By skipping the fight and going directly into the cutscene, instead of him suddenly becoming competent, he’s competent from the start, he actually acts like a ninja. He knows he won’t win a shootout, so he closes the distance and takes down both squadmates in close quarters, and instead of acting like he can beat Shepard one on one, throws up his shield and summons the actual big guns. He’s not here to fight you, he’s here to retrieve the VI.

[spencerbowden]

You know a character is bad when you can remove all his dialogue and it literally doesn’t leave anything out of context.

[anthonyworstell]

The “Silent Antagonist” is an angle I’ve haven’t seen before. Plus, his modded outfit gives off a mystery of who he is. I kinda wished the writers decided to do this when they created his character.

[Santi-eiqf]

Its unbelievable how removing all his dialog actually makes him better without affecting the scenes

[markotarma]

I seriously loved how his arc ended. So satisfying. Thane was a good friend.

[andrewmeredith]

Dude the moment when shepherd ask him what do you want after killing the scientists and he says nothing is actually very unnerving, it's kinda like having a mass effect version of Jason Voorhees.

[Siansonea]

I was thinking "the only way to fix Kai Leng is to remove him entirely", and, well, they did the next best thing. I like that they replaced one of his appearances with a Phantom, I always wanted to see one of them up close. And Kai Lang is just a glorified Phantom himself, so it stands to reason.