I remember Greg F talking about this on the Lego forums to an extent regarding Gali's hooks. Said something like, in the books it's easier to explain what she's doing as if she has hands so she has hands, in the comics it's easier for her to manipulate things with her hooks so she has hook hands.

god I wish the execs at Zenimax didn't suck at their job so Quake could get a chance to finally shine again