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Mass Effect 3 |OT| Space Jesus Returns (tag all spoilers)
- Thread starter Blue Ninja
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I think he's talking about just the face code, not the entire character with all the decisions.
Don't most Gamestops do only pre-order pickups for midnight releases? I haven't been to one in like a year, but the last few I went to, they kicked everyone out of the store, then only let small groups in after checking that they had a valid receipt.
shinobi602
Member
Ironic that Miranda was designed by women then lol.
Yeah it's only pre order, you can go in anytime between 10-12 and pay off in full and get your final receipt. Then you usually go stand back outside, or just sit in your car. At midnight they let everyone in and you hand them the receipt and they give you the game.
Do they give out numbers so you don't have to stand outside the store for 2 hours after getting your final receipt?
Nope, and they don't police the door either (at least here). At the Assassin's Creed release people rushed the door who were not standing in line and they didn't do shit. I typically just stay in the car and wait for the line to dwindle, to avoid spoilers and douchebags.
FilthyLies
Member
There's always the 24 hour Wal-Mart Supercenter
Just don't read the comments or don't act like the people in them and you'll be fine. My experience has been that people nowadays don't give a second thought to you playing videogames if you don't act like a weirdo about it.
Concerning the article, yeah it's been a common criticism in this industry and towards BW in particular. I don't agree with the last paragraph though, people think they are somewhat progressive, but their games mostly handle sexuality and relationships from the same immature perspective than everybody else, they just go deeper into letting you play the role and have conversations and work a little bit before taking them to bed.
Since the first game both Liara and Ashley were there to represent two groups very common to the style of science fiction they were referencing and big parts of their personality were fan service: the naive girl, and the strong beliefs girl. It's common and there's nothing wrong with it, but it's nothing groundbreaking either. For 2 they just upped the ante.
Spoiler concerning a certain squadmate in ME2 & 3:
When I first heard they got Tricia Helfer to do VA, together with Yvonne, I thought they were just going to bombard you with sexual tension, and then they showed the other characters like Jack but, it turned out Helfer's character was a disembodied AI with a somewhat secondary role. I actually thought that was a clever twist on your expectations for her character, while at the same time keeping the fanbase pleased with just having her there. Now I just realize they probably had too many sexy females going around, so they decided to save it for ME3. That why I was disappointed by her new body reveal, and that doesn't say they are letting you romance her or whatever, but I don't find the need to represent her that way, influences and all.
It also plays into things like how now male Shepard will be able to romance same sex character(s?), which is fine I guess, except that I remember they said specifically and emphatically they didn't really see him that way since before ME2 came out. They are not making a statement of character, they are just pandering with that the same way they did with DA2. A simple case of knowing your audience I guess, and while there is nothing wrong with that, they are not setting any standards either.
I just decided to order mine off Amazon. I am then coincidentally taking a vacation day on Wednesday.
shinobi602
Member
LumpOfCole
Member
You guys do midnight launches wrong. You just drive up to GameStop at 12:15 am when the line is gone, go inside, and pick up game. No waiting in stupid lines.
EteRnal PAL
Member
That's what I've been doing for a couple of years now. Best thing imo.
And my avatar has been N7ed. I'm ready for this, come at me reapers!
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Have they mentioned whether film grain will be in the final game? It was missing in the demo 
Yeah that's what I'll be doing this time. Last time was because my nephew had never been to a midnight opening and kept begging. Don't think he'll be asking to go ever again.
LumpOfCole
Member
Have they mentioned whether film grain will be in the final game? It was missing in the demo
They took out holstering animations because it ran up against the video memory ceiling. I'm betting the film grain option is gone for similar reasons.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
I....I don't want to live anymore
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
wait, what? That is their reason why holstering is gone? Then why not bring it back in the PC edition rabblerabblerabble
Roll animation and expanded melee stuff were directly cited as needing the memory that holstering was using.
It's still there.
Maleficence
Member
Still not a good reason not to have it in the PC version at the very least. The constantly unholstered combat look is incredibly annoying to me.
Vire
Member
Tap to do the elbow bash, hold to do the charge up.
The tap wasn't effective at all, though, from what I used of it. Felt like you had to get a charge in.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Any ideas for DIY film grain? I'm thinking maybe wrapping my tv in dirty cellophane or something.
shinobi602
Member
You guys serious about the film grain? Looked terrible, turned it off immediately. Gotta have my crisp clarity.
What annoys me about the lack of holstering is that it means that combat areas and dialogue/exploration areas have to be clearly segregated. You can't seamlessly transition between the two now if the game can't handle the character putting their gun away.
I liked it.
I liked it.
Vire
Member
If you do a triple bash combo it's plenty effective.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
If the illusive man dies.
I will die.
I hope you get to personally stab the Illusive Man. Fuck that guy.
I loved the film grain. It made the game look like an old sci-fi movie.
Seriously, haha.
ScreenSplitter
Member
I've hated the way Shepard has his pistol 90 degrees straight in front of him since Mass Effect 1. Looks so wooden and awful.
It's a lot weaker at the start forsure. I haven't tried getting the melee bonuses in Alliance Training to see how that fares though. I don't really like how it's impossible to melee someone when they're on the ground, so you either have to aim at them and use a bullet or wait for them to get back up and risk exposure to other enemies.
It makes jaggies and other artifacts just a little less noticeable, so I will miss it.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Was a bit overdone in ME1 but perfect in 2. Would be nice to have the option at least.
Yeah it's a pain. You can hit them, but it has to be lined up oddly. Lately I'm having a bigger problem with biotics warping enemies into extremely odd locations. Sometimes their corpse isn't where it should be. Stuff like that.
It's almost to the point where I believe the Asari AoE heavy melee is a band-aid on the problem. I have had to use it quite a few times to kill a glitched enemy.
shadyspace
Banned
Turn off motion blur. Turn off film grain. Play on PC.
BattleMonkey
Member
I always turned off the grain, never understood its purpose, it really didn't fit the games visual style at all to me. The games never felt like old sci fi or anything, everything is too slick looking.
Fimbulvetr
Member
3-hit melee combo is very useful. It can be a good insta-kill on non-shielded enemies.
Other than the earlier complaint about knocked down enemies, the only real issue is that it occasionally doesn't register at all even when you're clearly hitting guys square in the jaw.
shadyspace
Banned
Film grain for a game set in 2186.
Mutanthands
Member
Film grain for a game set in 2186.
ME (the first one at least) was all about emulating the feel of an 80's sci-fi film, down to the synth music and film grain. So yes, film grain on a game set in 2186.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I have been photo documenting midnight launches for the past year.
Or rather, it turned into a documentary of how the the changing economy has hit retail stores.
Mass Effect is all about the 70 and 80 scifi resemblance, so it fits very well. I always liked the effect. It felt a bit bleak without it.
What does playing on the PC have to do with any of this? You've always been able to turn of the grain and blur on the console version.