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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Mudo said:
Yeah, I'm kind of grumpy about that, actually. >_>
I want to use Ashley as love interest on the first playthrough, and I want Shepard to be a Soldier, so I guess that means I will end up barely using Ashley in combat and pretty much just leave her on the ship aside from romance dialogues. :lol
Unless there's enough room for customization to make two vastly different Soldiers. There certainly wasn't in KotOR. Well, yeah there was, there was melee and there was ranged, but even that's gone here.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
GhaleonEB said:
If this game includes even one moment of an abandoned hulk of a space ship whose engines, lighting, and readouts hum to life because of MY superpowered hack skillz I will officially fucking die.
Preferrably with a few sutters at first and then VRRRRMMMMMMMM.
"Nice one, Shepard. Can we go home now?"
[Wrex, you absolute douche. Let me have my moment.]
Cornballer
Member
[ sit forward ]BenjaminBirdie said:
BenjaminBirdie said:
Well I don't think you'll die, most of the salvaging/hacking stuff I've come across (non electronics skill related of course) has essentially been a button pressing mini-game that if done correctly yeilds you items but no change to the actual object you were targeting save for perhaps an opening door/compartment
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sallokin said:
Then I am disappointedly alive.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Tobor said:
Yeah I could go for a classic door slide.
"SHUT THEM ALL DOWN!!"
[Oh no, do you hear them Artoo, they're dying]
BenjaminBirdie said:
There is a very cool side quest at the Citadel where you're
following a backhacked computer signal throughout the Wards and Presidium that eventually leads you to a sentient AI termial that threatens to blow you up should you move. It essentially turns into a game of "guess the button combination" to disarm his self destruct sequence but it was pretty awesome nonetheless.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Sallokin said:
Ok. NOW I'm dead.
This really is sounding like Spaceblivion in terms of quest variety.
Micromegas
Member
Screen-tearing in this game confirmed? No next-gen v-sync enabled?
So I guess the pictures above confirm that Ashley = Soldier, Kaiden = Sentinel, Liara = Adept, Garrus = Infiltrator, Wrex = Vanguard, and Tali = Engineer. One party member for each class.
So now, I've got a question regarding how you use your party members' skills both in and out of combat.
So for example there's a minigame for using engineering to unlock stuff. Okay... can you access that game using Garrus or Tali or Kaiden?
I've never been too keen on hybrids myself, so I'm thinking Shepard, Liara, and Tali will be my favorite team.
So now, I've got a question regarding how you use your party members' skills both in and out of combat.
So for example there's a minigame for using engineering to unlock stuff. Okay... can you access that game using Garrus or Tali or Kaiden?
I've never been too keen on hybrids myself, so I'm thinking Shepard, Liara, and Tali will be my favorite team.
JayDubya said:
I suppose it depends on what you're doing in the game and which quests you're working on. For example, there's a computer in the Wards level of the citadel that my character, Ashley and Garrus couldn't hack due to low skills, but I switched Garrus out for Tali and I was able to. When I explore planets that have pirate strongholds on them (or any enemies), I always make sure to take a heavy combat capable team because I know I'll have to get out of the Mako and kick some ass.
Hope that helps.
Sallokin said:
Yeah, I'm guessing if I'm going into a bigtime hot-zone on Veteran difficulty I'd rather have Garrus and Wrex instead of Tali and Liara. Or maybe take Ashley with Kaiden sitting back and healing.
As a Sentinel, I guess Kaiden can't wear armor at all or train in weapons skills, so I'm not sure how to best use him. Medic / Crowd control?
Also, do you the player get to fully customize all 7 characters and their skill points, or only Shepard's?
Psychotext
Member
Bowing out of the thread for fear of spoilers. Will place pre-order in the morning. 
JayDubya said:
I haven't really used Kaiden, but he can wear light armor because I've changed his Onyx armer out for a gladiator type I believe. Can't say too much about his combat prowess though because I used him for the beginning and that's it.
You do get to customize all 7 characters, but their skill sets vary depending on their classes. For example, Wrex can't train in Sniper rifles but Ashley can.
Cornballer
Member
You are wise. I don't think I can do it - this thread is like crack to me! :lolPsychotext said:Bowing out of the thread for fear of spoilers. Will place pre-order in the morning.
If you run into something you need to open/inspect that requires some skill, all that is required is that any of the 3 people in your party has the sufficient level and it will let you proceed. I have hit some electronic stuff that said my skill wasn't high enough, and then gone back to the ship and swapped out with someone else (you choose your party each time you leave the Normandy) and then I was able to get whatever it was.
Screen Tearing: Yes, there is screen tearing. I can go most anywhere and wildly fling the camera around and see *some* tearing. It has not been an OMG RUINED XP thing for me at all though. Between that, the framerate, and textures popping in right after a zone loads, there are definitely some performance issue. If those are dealbreakers, DO NOT play the game. Otherwise, if you're like me, you will blaze right on through them into the amazement the rest of the game offers.
Screen Tearing: Yes, there is screen tearing. I can go most anywhere and wildly fling the camera around and see *some* tearing. It has not been an OMG RUINED XP thing for me at all though. Between that, the framerate, and textures popping in right after a zone loads, there are definitely some performance issue. If those are dealbreakers, DO NOT play the game. Otherwise, if you're like me, you will blaze right on through them into the amazement the rest of the game offers.
Silicon Knight
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EGM scores:
mass effect: 9, 9.5, 9
mass effect: 9, 9.5, 9
â Narayan
Member
WHY CAN'T NEXT TUESDAY BE TODAY?!
Francias Castiglione
Banned
sh4mike said:
Is your monitor upside down?
L0st Id3ntity
Member
So now 9s are shockingly low!
Reviewers should go over 10s next year, I like what that Italian mag did with SMG. :lol
Reviewers should go over 10s next year, I like what that Italian mag did with SMG. :lol
Cornballer
Member
Almost worth the drive through the Caldecott Tunnel for me, but not quite.SSnake said:
Thanks for the heads up.painey said:
If you're planning on using Ashley and Kaiden almost exclusively for most of the game, I would think you'd want to make Shepard either an Engineer or an Adept, and then focus somewhat strongly in those skills that Kaiden doesn't get.
So that would be, for Biotic Skills: Warp, Singularity, & for Tech Skills: Shielding and Reverse Engineering.
Of course, YMMV and if the game isn't super well balanced one or more skills might suck compared to others.
Silicon Knight
Member
The fuck is AFW btw?
Opus Angelorum
Member
sh4mike said:
Cornballer
Member
I definitely agree. In fact, it might not be a bad idea to get a review thread up sooner or later so people can bicker over there instead of here.Tieno said:
GREAT SUCCESS!!!!!
After trying 3 different Kmart's and getting shot down, I called the last one on the list. The one in the "seedier" part of town. The old lady said they had a copy and she would hold it for me.
The craziest part was watching her ring it up with the giant DO NOT SELL banner across the top of the box. She never even looked at it.
So thank you Gladys(I swear to god that's her name), you have made my week a hell of a lot better.
After trying 3 different Kmart's and getting shot down, I called the last one on the list. The one in the "seedier" part of town. The old lady said they had a copy and she would hold it for me.
The craziest part was watching her ring it up with the giant DO NOT SELL banner across the top of the box. She never even looked at it.
So thank you Gladys(I swear to god that's her name), you have made my week a hell of a lot better.
MaizeRage25
Member
So, for those of you who have played the game, what is your opinion on the best player class to start off with?
MaizeRage25 said:
I believe soldier would be the best and most well rounded, I picked an Infiltrator and that's proving a little challenging thus far. I would assume most of the biotic centric characters to offer the most challenge.
EDIT: I'm shocked at how many K-marts are still selling this. I mean the guy at my K-mart knew he shouldn't sell it until the 20th but did anyway because the computer let him.
The Nature Roy
Member
Can anybody answer approx. how long it takes to get the requisite # of kills with a certain weapon/ability that allows you to specialize with it even if your class doesn't?
I want to use a Vanguard who can specialize with the assault rifle. I'm thinking about using a soldier until I get enough kills to open up that possibility and then starting over again to use my preferred character. However, I probably won't do this if I have to get 7 hours into the game first or whatever.
I want to use a Vanguard who can specialize with the assault rifle. I'm thinking about using a soldier until I get enough kills to open up that possibility and then starting over again to use my preferred character. However, I probably won't do this if I have to get 7 hours into the game first or whatever.
Jugendstil
Member
Well, I broke down and called the Kmart at Ashland and Division and the guy in electronics said the game doesn't come out till the 15th. Huh. It sounded like he'd been getting a lot of calls about it. :lol
the german show "giga games" is showing the game right now.
looks awesome but texture reloading seems to be a huge problem. everytime the camera angle changes (in the conversations only) the textures reload.
music is awesome, i hope there will be a soundtrack.
german dubbing is very good (the main character has the german voice of clive owen).
looks awesome but texture reloading seems to be a huge problem. everytime the camera angle changes (in the conversations only) the textures reload.
music is awesome, i hope there will be a soundtrack.
german dubbing is very good (the main character has the german voice of clive owen).
Cornballer
Member
Yeah, they don't seem pleased whenever I call. :lol It reminds me of the Simpson's episode where Bart keeps pestering the postwoman about his spy camera.Jugendstil said:
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I have ordered my LE online. Not too bothered about getting it early.Dabanton said:Bah us Uk gaffers have to wait until the 23rd to get our hands on this hopefully a few of our stores screw up and we can get it early.