HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Did you beat Skyrim?
Everyone is all "meh, that's cool, I guess."
Unless it's a timed main campaign, it's not going to ever be realistic to do side quests.
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Mass Effect 3 |OT| Space Jesus Returns (tag all spoilers)
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Did you beat Skyrim?
Everyone is all "meh, that's cool, I guess."
Unless it's a timed main campaign, it's not going to ever be realistic to do side quests.
razgriz417
Member
Yup, no one is brave enough to check out any other ME3 media for fear of spoilers. Those "Space" copies of the game was really an absurd PR move that helped leak the ending a week before launch :/
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The retailer I worked for (Australia here) still has quite a lot of Collectors Editions for Xbox 360 allocated yet unsold. Tons of pre-orders, but it seems we're getting a pretty significant shipment of the 360 CEs.
PC CE's on order have been completely allocated to pre-orders, so they're out, and the PS3 CE's are close behind.
PC CE's on order have been completely allocated to pre-orders, so they're out, and the PS3 CE's are close behind.
Net_Wrecker
Member
How I feel as well. I've had the 360 CE pre-ordered just because I got the other 2 CE's and need to see how it all ends, but I'm not feeling the hype. The way the game has been marketed, and them moving further and further away from real space exploration has soured me on the whole thing a bit.
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
Guess it's good that spoilers don't bother me too much then. Reading a script never measures up to actually experiencing it myself. I am staying the hell away from YouTube, however.
Pollux
Member
If you sent me a copy could I play it in the US lol...
shingonation
Member
Well, from the mouth of the guy that played the Space Edition and leaked the info discussed in BSN, the game is an amazing ride and the ending is absolutely beautiful. BSN being BSN and all that.
New footage from X-Play, featuring Palaven:
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/57518/mass-effect-3-x-play-palaven-exclusive/?quality=hd
New footage from X-Play, featuring Palaven:
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/57518/mass-effect-3-x-play-palaven-exclusive/?quality=hd
Fimbulvetr
Member
Indeed and it was bad there too, but its more noticeable in ME3 because the stakes are so much higher.Vire said:
Recently? Fallout: New Vegas, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Alpha Protocol, SMT: Devil Survivor all come to mind.Vire said:
All but arguably the 4th do a consistently good job of creating sidequests that make sense for the player character to be doing:
In NVs case, the setting just naturally supports the ability to roam, gather resources, and run into events.
In the TOs case, the reason the protagonist would do these quests are usually justified in context with the main story(hearing suspicious reports of enemy soldiers in territory that seemingly has no significance to the war, wanting legendary treasure as a way to fund the war effort, etc.).
For AP, many optional quests are centered around gaining information and resources in order to tackle the more important ones. In a way, its like there arent any side quests at all(since doing a certain number of them is mandatory anyway); just optional main quests.
In Devil survivor, the main story is pretty much driven by smaller optional events and the characters tied to them(so it kinda has that in common with AP, though they handle it differently). The characters generally dont really know exactly where to go all the time, so these events are treated like happenstance. Theres also a time progression system, so you never feel like you are ignoring the main story by doing optional stuff.
All 5 generally connect sidequests to major thematic elements brought up within the overarching story, or bring greater understanding to some element of the main story itself.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
i wish you were in america
ill give you alls my money
If the full price + postage was covered I'd more than happily send it people a copy. You'd want to note though that;
a) Australian prices are totally fucked, and given the US dollar you will pay through the teeth.
b) From memory, international postage from Australia is also pretty pricey.
c) 360 is region locked, yeah? ME3 AU will be PAL, like Europe, and may not work on US systems.
d) That slight risk EA's online pass is region locked, because they're cunts.
MisterAnderson
Member
If I download Kasumi - Stolen Memory in ME2 will I be able to access that mission from my ship in my completed game save or do I have to be in the "recruiting" phase of the game?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I can stop whenever I want.
I understand the books have a certain....reputation, but are the comics any good?
Bruce Lee Kicks
Member
I can stop whenever I want.
Now I feel like I'm missing out on a lot. Are the comics considered canon?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The comics are considered canon, and no, they're not worth it. I'd know. I'm an expert.
EC, any more info you can share on Krogan anuses through your vast adventures in the Mass Effect universe? I'm dying to know.
There are definitely ways to make side quests more meaningful to the main storyline (though with Bioware...), but the struggle comes when there's some sense of urgency that needs to be instilled in the player. Side quests are generally by their nature optional, and to have optional objectives when the main one is so pressing is always going to be awkward if you don't stick a timer in there or something of the sort.
There are definitely ways to make side quests more meaningful to the main storyline (though with Bioware...), but the struggle comes when there's some sense of urgency that needs to be instilled in the player. Side quests are generally by their nature optional, and to have optional objectives when the main one is so pressing is always going to be awkward if you don't stick a timer in there or something of the sort.
You can do it whenever (in fact that's what I did), but you'll obviously get the most out of her if you still have most of the game to do.
Equus Bellator Apex
Junior Member
I can stop whenever I want.
I think this is this most disturbing picture Ive seen on the internet.
callmedave
Member
Thinking about playing one of the ME2 dlcs this weekend, I played Overlord a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Which would you suggest Gaf, Kasumi or the Shadow Broker?
LumpOfCole
Member
Shadow Broker is the best ME2 DLC.
I would only recommend Kasumi if you are doing another full playthrough of ME2 and get her along the way. Her story is alright but she has a great moveset (think vanguard but instead of a biotic charge, an insta-kill backstab) and the DLC has one of the best guns in the game (SMG).
I would only recommend Kasumi if you are doing another full playthrough of ME2 and get her along the way. Her story is alright but she has a great moveset (think vanguard but instead of a biotic charge, an insta-kill backstab) and the DLC has one of the best guns in the game (SMG).
Fimbulvetr
Member
True enough.Zeliard said:
Kind of ironic that one of the earlier trailers for ME1 implied some sort of time based system where optional events would happen simultaneously.
Too bad it's an established video game trope through and through. I do like it when something slips through (like the start of DXHR) or something similar (saving your crew in ME2 after they get captured).
Wish they had it so there are always certain sidequests that disappear after a certain amount of missions/mass relay jumps or something (like in SPAZ) so there is a semi-urgency created or some risk-reward management involved in the Galaxy at War system.
I can stop whenever I want.
Bro, how could you be missing this one?
Actually, I need to determine how both artbooks compare, as there is some overlap between both.
LumpOfCole
Member
You're not really a Mass Effect fan unless you have a Jack Wall signed Mass Effect OST.
NihonTiger90
Member
My ME2 disc scratched itself because my Xbox 360 sucks and does that.
Now I can't finish my playthrough because my town has no disc repair places. FUCK.
Now I can't finish my playthrough because my town has no disc repair places. FUCK.
D
Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
I hope Hepler wasn't serious about the homosexuality sequence. I don't mind the option, but if they honestly allocated resources to focus on something so trivial, then it's one more reason that this game won't be as good as 2.
The post you're thinking of is fake; Hepler's on a different team.
LumpOfCole
Member
I think that was the fake quote that /v/ or reddit spread around mixed in with some true quotes.
One of the Mass Effect posters also said she wasn't even on the ME3 team at all anyway.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
The great game if internet telephone continues.
I love everything about this
exmachina64
Banned
I can stop whenever I want.
LMAO
Seriously, Bioware needs to send you a reward for supporting the Mass Effect series that fully.
BengaBenga
Member
Nice OP!
Can't wait to get back into the universe. I hope that especially the decisions from the first game will play a role.
But DLC on release day, really? That's ridiculous. I've been on a blackout, so can anyone tell me whether the DLC is part of the main story?
Can't wait to get back into the universe. I hope that especially the decisions from the first game will play a role.
But DLC on release day, really? That's ridiculous. I've been on a blackout, so can anyone tell me whether the DLC is part of the main story?
Playing with friends in the demo is a real fucking piss-off. If we try and create a game, it takes on average 10-20 minutes to fill up a room. If we try and search for games and then send invites, for whatever fucking reason, it gives priority to people in solo matchmaking. In the end, it takes FOREVER to find a game.
If there's anyone from Bioware here, put a fucking matchmaking system in. Good lord. It's 2012 already.
If there's anyone from Bioware here, put a fucking matchmaking system in. Good lord. It's 2012 already.
Jake Tower
Banned
That'll be 800 spacebucks.
LumpOfCole
Member
Except for Deception, the novel titles at least make sense to the book. I guess Dietz (or the ME editor who commissioned Dietz) felt that the first three books ended in a "shun" sound so the 4th book had to have a "shun" title too, even if the word didn't correspond to the story at all. Deception really is a spectacular failure on every single front.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I missed out on the original art book. Now it's too expensive. Surprisingly not interested in the OST, but I'd love a signed one.
Including all the comics, the Mass Effect literature titles are;
- Revelation
- Ascension
- Retribution
- Deception
- Redemption
- Incursion
- Inquisition
- Evolution
- Conviction
- Invasion
The 'ion' theme will be broken by Homeworlds.
Including all the comics, the Mass Effect literature titles are;
- Revelation
- Ascension
- Retribution
- Deception
- Redemption
- Incursion
- Inquisition
- Evolution
- Conviction
- Invasion
The 'ion' theme will be broken by Homeworlds.
This is going to come back and bite Bioware on the ass when they realize there are no subtitles left for their ME spin offs. Then again, Unleashed is still available.
ShipTheCheese
Member
WALT SHEPARD IS SO READY!
After replaying the single-player demo, it's obvious Bioware has made serious concessions to both the action and the RPG crowd. ME's action finally feels like a full action game that's ready to finally challenge it's linear single-player cousins, but it also has deeper options to consider compared in the menus to it's predecessor.
We'll see how it all pans out, but I'm glad that Bioware is at branching out to both audiences instead.
We'll see how it all pans out, but I'm glad that Bioware is at branching out to both audiences instead.
I prefer Unbounded.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this, partially because I think it's going to be a fun game and partially because I cannot wait to see the rage the story induces. The ME2 spoiler thread was hilarious.