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Mass Effect 3 |OT| Space Jesus Returns (tag all spoilers)
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revolverjgw
Member
Can I change this ridiculously tight FOV on the PC version?
Adept is challenging enough on Insanity, it's not like we're telling you to play a vanguard. Just play the game and see how it goes.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Do you got a link to this? would love to see Bioware confirming the derail of their own concept.
gotta love when people here suddenly are story experts on everything.
The original director for this scenario parted ways with Bioware. His plans have been scrapped for some time. It wasn't changed midway through ME3's development.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
how can I take screens ?
I just want to take screens
I just want to take screens
Still totally worth it.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
Ta mate
It's the best way. Fraps takes lossless bmps. Then just upload them to something that won't compress the shit out of your pics, like abload.de, and you're good to go.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
is it just me or the escape scene at the beginning is absolutely FUGLY on pc? I have a 7950 and thought I had just bought a turd of a videocard
HarryHengst
Member
Play a vanguard on Insanity, always bring Liara, charge everything while blowing up everything with biotic explosions. Feel like a guddamn Krogan.
Play Vanguards like this:
I thought it was the way faces are animated, but it appears that it's just default FemShep that seems to permanently have her eyes glued wide open.
Managed to make a custom FemShep that's actually legitimately good looking this time. Now my space-whore actually looks her role.
Managed to make a custom FemShep that's actually legitimately good looking this time. Now my space-whore actually looks her role.
Riposte
Member
Hmmm, quests keep bugging on me. Didn't get the chance to complete the Kasumi quest because of it. Bummed.
The giant monitors in the Presidium hallways look awesome.
I really like Kai Leng. He should have been a potential squad member and Cerberus should have been potential allies.
EDIT: I find it hilarious and a bit comforting that this game doesn't mention the fourth book at all, even though it had quite a few chances to. Poor Gillian.
The giant monitors in the Presidium hallways look awesome.
I really like Kai Leng. He should have been a potential squad member and Cerberus should have been potential allies.
EDIT: I find it hilarious and a bit comforting that this game doesn't mention the fourth book at all, even though it had quite a few chances to. Poor Gillian.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Went down into the Normandy's Engineering sub-deck and found
MY FUCKING SPACE HAMSTER!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
BUT...
but...
(spoiler pic)
http://www.abload.de/img/masseffect32012-03-103zxog.png
That
motherfucker killed Thane. THANE. I mean Thane was already dying but still. Fuck Kai Leng's bitch ass.
Riposte
Member
The way I see it,
it gave him one last moment of glory. Proved himself to be the best assassin in the galaxy.
HarryHengst
Member
Are you playing on PC? If so, how do you take screenshots? I couldnt find it.
He got killed by another assassin, though. It was very well-done, especially his final scene with his son.
It was very well-done, especially his final scene with his son.Are you playing on PC? If so, how do you take screenshots? I couldnt find it.
Yep PC. Just use Fraps as mentioned earlier. It's free and excellent. You can also use it to check your framerate (and record videos).
Question about the end, I think.
I'm about to attack the cerberus HQ, is this the point of no return? Or can I go and do more side quests after this mission?
Also, I have about 6,200 points in galactic readiness or whatever it's called. Will this be enough for the best possible ending? Read somewhere that i needed 8k but I've also heard 6k.
Also, I have about 6,200 points in galactic readiness or whatever it's called. Will this be enough for the best possible ending? Read somewhere that i needed 8k but I've also heard 6k.
What I had to do to rescue my 360 save is fire up ME2 and replay the ending. Weird, but it worked.
Jake Tower
Banned
This. I'd rather make friends with Cerberus again and use their Lazarus Project tech to resurrect Kaiden than ever have Jaime Vega in my squad.
HarryHengst
Member
An ammo skill. You dont need anything else, because if you can fire a bonus power you can also charge.
This just reminded me that Kaidan
is the only asshole with Reave and I told him to fuck off when he asked to join the Normandy. Damn.
I'm using Carnage right now as Vanguard, for kicks. Slam is also good fun - especially combined with Cryo Ammo and Pull - if you're not going around with Javik who already has it and recharges pretty quickly. When I was with Javik, it was all about Pulls and Slams on Cerberus fools. It's such a hilariously violent combo, especially if you get some height on those Pulls.
I'd just pick which ever is most enjoyable, an offensive power. Vanguard is already pretty beastly as-is, and the defensive powers tend to sap your recharge rate, which isn't always ideal.
I already have cryo ammo maxed out. I love using it, so I don't think I'm going to go with anything else.
I was thinking carnage, slam, or warp. I'd like a good offensive power that can hit enemies from far away.
Empty Space
Member
If you have the DLC character Dark something is good because the effect spreads after the target dies allowing for lots of detonations.
fastford58
Member
Hmmm...just encountered my first decision that I am second guessing on.
I might be so wrapped up in recruiting resources that I am making poor long term decisions.
I saved right before it all went down, so I might go back and reverse that decision. After all, it counters the decision I had made in the previous games.
Also...
The rachnii queen in the cave....I let it live. Grunt survived, but his team didn't.
I might be so wrapped up in recruiting resources that I am making poor long term decisions.
I saved right before it all went down, so I might go back and reverse that decision. After all, it counters the decision I had made in the previous games.
Also...
Does the reporter you let on your ship become a pain in the ass? Should I kick her ass out? I caught her doing "opinion" pieces that were counter-intuitive to the war effort. I let her on because of her assets, but not sure now.
Carnage is solid because it does splash damage and also does decent damage against armor. But Carnage is more effective if you had gone with Incendiary Ammo since it combines with it to create a fireball explosion. Slam is one to go for if you want goofy fun, and it also works well with Cryo Ammo and can create biotic explosions. If you mostly just want to blow stuff up, Warp works since it both sets up and ignites biotic bombs.
I haven't gotten that bonus power yet. :< It's definitely quite useful.
Shake Appeal
Member
Energy Drain is a beastly bonus power for Vanguards. Not that you really need the help it gives.
Huge ME fan.
15 hours in and really hooked.
I am digging the writing (dialog), the way the 3rd episode is playing out as a part of the series, majority of missions, new Citadel, weapon/skill/equipment options and the game as a whole.
Neutral on the plot that is full of holes as good as parts of Mass Effect are it's always been an average space opera/summer blockbuster movie in terms of the overall plot and logic of the story.
Not digging the combat scenarios and their design and lack of ammo.
No way I'm playing this on Insanity like I did with ME2. That game had really good combat scenario design. A lot of the fights stick in my mind clearly to this day and I particularly remember doing the fight on the moving hexagons against the collectors about 50 times on Insanity. I started this on hardcore but dropped down to normal. There are too many situations where you start with your back to the way with too many enemies coming in from too many directions and relentlessly flushing you out with grenades. I'm sure these spots are "doable" but even on hardcore I wasn't having the fun with the challenge I did with the second game. It straight up feels like bad design. Pity because I was really looking forward to challenging myself, something I'm not normally prone to do.
15 hours in and really hooked.
I am digging the writing (dialog), the way the 3rd episode is playing out as a part of the series, majority of missions, new Citadel, weapon/skill/equipment options and the game as a whole.
Neutral on the plot that is full of holes as good as parts of Mass Effect are it's always been an average space opera/summer blockbuster movie in terms of the overall plot and logic of the story.
Not digging the combat scenarios and their design and lack of ammo.
No way I'm playing this on Insanity like I did with ME2. That game had really good combat scenario design. A lot of the fights stick in my mind clearly to this day and I particularly remember doing the fight on the moving hexagons against the collectors about 50 times on Insanity. I started this on hardcore but dropped down to normal. There are too many situations where you start with your back to the way with too many enemies coming in from too many directions and relentlessly flushing you out with grenades. I'm sure these spots are "doable" but even on hardcore I wasn't having the fun with the challenge I did with the second game. It straight up feels like bad design. Pity because I was really looking forward to challenging myself, something I'm not normally prone to do.
Gives me hope that all the bitching about the end may just be yet another case of good old internet exaggeration. I know it has only gotten progressively better for me as the game moves along.
MrCompletely
Member
Wow does this game pick up the pace at the end of the first act. I think
Tuchanka is my favorite mission of all the Mass Effects. The Genophage was always my favorite side plot. It's amazing to the think of the possibilities of how everything could turn out. What the hell happens if Mordin, Wrex, and Grunt are all dead at the beginning of ME3? It's also amazing how Mordins loyalty quest ends up being so pivotal to this story arc. A+ stuff here. Mordin died saving the Krogans. He was my favorite character, alas, this is a sad but fitting end for him.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
"Jokes have a delineated structure. This is known as 'messing with you'."
Just one mission with her and I think she might be my favorite crew member ever. Although Varik is fucking rad so far.
Just one mission with her and I think she might be my favorite crew member ever. Although Varik is fucking rad so far.
<3
The ending truly is awful.
Overall not at all a bad game, but the many long and overly scripted sequences will probably hold me back from playing this again for a while.
Also the easiest game in the series. Good thing too, because I don't care much for the combat, and similar encounters in ME2 would have had me pull my hair out.
Overall not at all a bad game, but the many long and overly scripted sequences will probably hold me back from playing this again for a while.
Also the easiest game in the series. Good thing too, because I don't care much for the combat, and similar encounters in ME2 would have had me pull my hair out.
bitoriginal
Member
Just to let you know I'm playing on Insanity for my first playthrough and I've not come across any situations that seem impossible or have angered me due to bad design. Everything feels achievable, but yeah, the grenade spam is almost on par with COD World at War on Veteran. I'm quite enjoying the challenge though.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
HarryHengst
Member
I finished the game on Insanity and the game was hard, but never really unfairly hard. Well, except perhaps Grissom Academy, that was probably the hardest part. Its no Dark Souls. :lol
I probably died like a 100 times during my playthrough, but i felt it was 90% of the time my own fault, while the other 10% i got stuck behind the environment or went to cover when i wanted to do something else.
I probably died like a 100 times during my playthrough, but i felt it was 90% of the time my own fault, while the other 10% i got stuck behind the environment or went to cover when i wanted to do something else.
bitoriginal
Member
Thank fuck I've already done Grisson Academy. Cerberus Engineers are the most annoying enemies so far. Stop putting down new fucking turrets!
I played on insanity and had little trouble, but I was an adept and I could explode something every 2 seconds. Most enemies don't have any extra protection so they explode really well. Turrets can kill you extremely quickly, but adepts can just spam some biotics from safety.
I also started out at level 30 as I imported a character. That probably helped.
Psychoward
Banned
I'm about to do the final mission, all the finality on the normandy is bittersweet.
5 years
;(
5 years
;(
captainnapalm
Member
I'm only about halfway, but I already can't wait to start another epic ME 1 - 3 runthrough. I haven't touched the first two games since I first played them, so it's going to be nice to see how the whole thing ties together. I must admit, I've come across a few characters in 3 I just don't remember.
Always played pretty paragon so I'll probably go a bit renegade this time around, maybe romance a few different ladies, pick different guys for my squads. Sweet.
Always played pretty paragon so I'll probably go a bit renegade this time around, maybe romance a few different ladies, pick different guys for my squads. Sweet.
So far it's not been bad. But not great, either. I'm surprised at the lack of new music. I've heard a lot of tracks from the previous games, though. I really have no complaint about that because I love that music, but considering Bioware went to the effort of hiring Cliff Mansell to do the soundtrack I thought there would be a lot of new material.
Somehow I lost my flawless ME2 save, which was an import of my ME1 save with all of those decisions. I'm pretty irked about that. I kind of want to stop playing ME3 for now and go back and run through ME1 and ME2 again in order to recreate that save, but that's going to take forever. I can't just speed run through them because I spent a lot of time on side quests and would want to follow the same path.
Somehow I lost my flawless ME2 save, which was an import of my ME1 save with all of those decisions. I'm pretty irked about that. I kind of want to stop playing ME3 for now and go back and run through ME1 and ME2 again in order to recreate that save, but that's going to take forever. I can't just speed run through them because I spent a lot of time on side quests and would want to follow the same path.
HarryHengst
Member
Just download a savegame if you play on the PC or 360.
I eventually settled on the defense drone. Fire it up and forget about it. Also used inferno grenades for a while, those complimented my Vanguard's arsenal pretty well.