Freeza Under The Shower
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I for one will not miss it, but I also didn't find it annoying on PC. Changing resolution and image quality seems to make it tolerable, where I turned it off on consoles.
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Mass Effect 3 |OT| Space Jesus Returns (tag all spoilers)
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I for one will not miss it, but I also didn't find it annoying on PC. Changing resolution and image quality seems to make it tolerable, where I turned it off on consoles.
Yeah, 'round here there won't be more than several people lined up if it's not a Halo or Call of Duty game. But I'm into PC gaming now, so I'll probably never go to one of those things again anyways. I should be able to unlock this shit at midnight without having to put on pants and go outside.
I don't see the Star Wars influence that some of you must see. That universe benefits from film grain since it's basically a space western. ME is not that to me. I guess that's why some are so divided on the film grain issue.
There are 70/80's sci fi films that had a clean look. Hell, the new game is inspired more so by FF: Spirits Within than old films anyway.
I find the characters to be more in line with Star Trek influences, too. Just the biotics remind me of Star Wars in relation to force powers.
Those Mass Effect 2 write-ups @ 1UP are pretty fun:
http://www.1up.com/features/mass-effect-2-revisited
http://www.1up.com/features/mass-effect-2-revisited
shadyspace
Banned
No.
Informative and well-argued post.
Mutanthands
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Did you play the same Mass Effect we did?
Reluctant-Hero
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I hate it too. I disabled it immediately upon my first boot ups of ME1 & ME2. I did the same for the ME3 demo and I'll do it again next week.
ME1 feels more like a sci fi out of the 60s. 70s and 80s sci-fi were a lot more dark and grim.
Guess you didn't notice the 3 frames of animation human sprites cowering for cover in the demo?
You are right, it's less 80's and more 60's and 70's even.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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I'll pick this up at a bargain basement price, however long it takes. This isn't worth day 1 money, if they can drop the ball on simple details that were consistent with the other games, like film grain and holstering.
thetrin
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ScreenSplitter
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Because those are the features that were on the back of the box for ME1 and ME2! Honestly, you can't want this game that badly.
Space travel isn't even done in the same way. Star Wars is like really fast jets flying around. ME is more like B5 and Stargate in respect to travel. What, other than the biotics, are Star Wars influences to you?
Fine Ham Abounds
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Film grain tends to give me a headache, sorta like bloom but not as irritating, so it went off pretty early on.
The pulpy sci-fi feel was not thereby hindered in my estimation, but I certainly feel for those who feel otherwise.
The pulpy sci-fi feel was not thereby hindered in my estimation, but I certainly feel for those who feel otherwise.
Mutanthands
Member
Don't tell me you can't feel the MetalStorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn vibe from the planet exploration in ME1?
ScreenSplitter
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I always thought film grain was to make up for the relatively shitty textures anyway.
Mass Effect is a mix of hard and soft scifi, and that's why I love it so much. You get your little Star Trek, but you also get your Star Wars with all the crazy races and history of the universe.
Oh god that movie was baaaad, but yeah
I had the opposite experience at the Halo Reach launch. I actually got stuck behind a pillar and wound up moving back in line. But when the jackasses behind me noticed me finally getting out from behind the pillar, they thought I had jumped into the middle of the line and tried to have me thrown out.
Fortunately the GS guys knew me and knew I'd been in front early on, but still, it soured me on midnight launches.
Back on topic, I had this conversation with my wife:
Her: When does Mass Effect 3 come out?
Me: Tuesday.
Her: You aren't taking Wednesday off to play it, are you?
Me: Of course not.
Her: Good.
Me: (Quietly) I'm taking Tuesday off.
Her: What?
Me: Nothing!
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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That's not really fair. The film grain look is a part of what I expect, I've put so much time into the games and it's always been there. Holstering as well.
I think that's why this film grain issue is a big deal to some. We all see their vision of the universe in a different way. Which says quite a bit to how in depth it is, too. I can't think of a deeper universe that's been created other than the Star Wars one and that's had a massive head start.
ScreenSplitter
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It's nice, but not exactly a selling point for me.
Freeza Under The Shower
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No different from Illium in ME2, where they used the same thing to get a sense of crowds. Besides, the entire skyline there is just a 2D box anyway.
What a sell-out. He used to be one of us, man.
Lifejumper
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I hope this fantastic track from ME1 will be back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6PMJYoaGf8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6PMJYoaGf8
That's not nice at all.
shadyspace
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You know what sucks, people have casual conversations about spoilers in the middle of an ACIII thread....
assholes
You kidding me? I have to avoid entirely unrelated threads now? How bad were the spoilers?
LumpOfCole
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The only solution is to get an army of Gaffers to flood fake spoilers everywhere, so that people won't believe or absorb the real spoilers when they are seen.
I already started earlier in this thread.
It was on GB, I think they're gone now but well. Out of context i don't know but they seemed kind of big.
Personally I'm just avoiding any boards and any comments that have to do with videogames that isn't NeoGAF.
In fact, I'm not even 100 percent certain I'm safe here, because I got a PM with the subject line "Mass Effect 3 Script." Hell no, I'm not opening that until I've beaten the game.
In fact, I'm not even 100 percent certain I'm safe here, because I got a PM with the subject line "Mass Effect 3 Script." Hell no, I'm not opening that until I've beaten the game.
What the hell is going on?!?!?
Photolysis
Banned
I'm really undecided on whether to get this at launch. I'm very uncertain over how good the single player will be, but the demo showed off a surprisingly strong multiplayer mode. However, combined with the somewhat rough nature of the matchmaking and netcode, and the "fuck you Europe" 3 day delay bonus, I'm tempted to hold off until the problems are ironed out and the price drops.
Has there been any word on the number of multiplayer maps in the final game?
Has there been any word on the number of multiplayer maps in the final game?
bigdaddygamebot
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ScreenSplitter
Member
Oh god guys, they're everywhere!
shinobi602
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shinobi602
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God DAMN it all these spoiler tagged tidbits are so tempting...STOP POSTING STUFF PEOPLE.
AAAAAaaaaaarrhhrghrhgr**@#$5
AAAAAaaaaaarrhhrghrhgr**@#$5
I have no spoilers, but I want to continue to drive shinobi crazy. So I am going to talk about nothing for the next couple of sentences. The sky is blue, but not so blue that it swallow the ocean. We also have things called feet that let us walk around. People like to walk around. Did you know that the ocean has no feet? Do you think think the sky has feet?
FUUUUUUUUUCK WHY DID I CLICKED THAT???????!!!?!?!
MisterAnderson
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I've already completed ME2, but am about to dive into the DLC to get ready for ME3. Will whatever I do in those DLC's get saved onto my "post game save" or do I need to beat the game again for it to carry over (assuming there's anything to carry over).
PC version, if that makes any difference.
Edit: As soon as I get my question answered, Imma GTFOutta here. Fucking spoiler tags all up in this bitch.
PC version, if that makes any difference.
Edit: As soon as I get my question answered, Imma GTFOutta here. Fucking spoiler tags all up in this bitch.
shinobi602
Member
That's it....
:lol