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[JohnnyFootball]

Had to call it quits today right before I could head into the Suicide Mission.

Tomorrow's gonna be sweeeeet.

Mass Effect 2 is still such a goddamn fantastic game. I kinda miss the upgraded combat abilities from ME3 and the planet scanning gets tedious (and ultimately unneccessary) after a while, but holy fuck if the game isn't just a lot more than the sum of its parts.

Still in my top 5 of all time, easily.

Yeah, Mass Effect 2 was a special game that did all the little things so well, eventhough it had its fair share of detractors.

Nevertheless, it was clear that the suicide mission really tied their hands for part 3. Having seen so many characters in part 3 get reduced to cameos was....heartbreaking,

 

[The Lamonster]

I just ordered the Revelations novel. Is it any good? I figure it has to be, because of who wrote it.

Hopefully it's good, and his two sequels are good. If Revelations is good, I'll pass it onto my wife who doesn't know anything about Mass Effect, and then hopefully a remastered trilogy collection will become a reality in the near future that she can play.

 

[Patryn]

I just ordered the Revelations novel. Is it any good? I figure it has to be, because of who wrote it.

Hopefully it's good, and his two sequels are good. If Revelations is good, I'll pass it onto my wife who doesn't know anything about Mass Effect, and then hopefully a remastered trilogy collection will become a reality in the near future that she can play.

Yeah, no.

 

[UglyPony]

I am almost done playing through the entire trilogy again after a long time from first playing it, including all the DLC's this time. I was very surprised by how well all the ME3 DLC's are, even compared to the already good ME2 ones. Citadel and Leviathan are my favorite by far. Finding the apex race was done so well in Leviathan, it gave the me chills. Just wanting to know more about the origin of the reapers and their creators.

Then there is the Citadel DLC which is just a roller coaster of emotion. I loved the group photo at the end. But it was sad as well the ones that died weren't there. Mordin (one of my favorite characters), Thane and hell, even Kelly (who got executed by cerberus during the invasion on the citadel, such a sad story).

Despite the ending (which i haven't seen the extended cut yet) this is by far one of the greatest and most complete series i have ever played. Ranking ME2 among my favorite games ever together with Bloodborne, DS1, KOTOR and TLOU. The characters are so well done compared to other modern games. They are colorful and interesting. I really hope Andromeda is going to be like the original trilogy and not be some futuristic shooter with boring gray characters and terrible dialog like most games nowadays. Im confident enough the gameplay will be fine. Its just the writing that makes me question it. Or this is just going to end up like another star wars prequel.

Oh, and please. I would love a really well done complete ME1-3 including DLC remaster. Like a really good remaster with updated graphics and stable framerate.

 

[The Lamonster]

Yeah, no.

Peter Moore, is that you?

 

[Blue Ninja]

This trilogy both has some of the best and some of the worst writing I've ever seen in an AAA release. Especially Mass Effect 3, it has some excellent moments but then also contains these doozies:

"This isn't about strategy or tactics, it's about survival!"
"Every one of us has to be willing to die for this. Anything less, and we're already dead."

The gameplay in Mass Effect 3 is so good, coming off of ME1 and 2. It amazed me how little I remembered when I started my playthrough, compared to how well I know where everything in ME1 and 2 is.

It still pains me a bit to see how much the conversation system took a hit, though.

 

[shinobi602]

This trilogy both has some of the best and some of the worst writing I've ever seen in an AAA release. Especially Mass Effect 3, it has some excellent moments but then also contains these doozies:

"This isn't about strategy or tactics, it's about survival!"

Lol, I never got the disdain for this sentence, or the "We fight or we die, that's the plan." line.

They both just come off to me as from a commander who's been beaten and battered by that point, especially by the indecision and apathy of a council and leading races that wouldn't do shit up until that point. And by the fact that Reapers are practically unbeatable conventionally, hence the "this isn't about strategy or tactics". There is no strategy or tactics with the Reapers, you're fucked without the Crucible. It really is all about survival at that point, regardless of Shepard being a military leader with experience and all that.

 

[Bisnic]

Replaying Mass Effect 1, I still find the weird music/sound effect happening in certain scenes for a short moment to be too much out of nowhere.

Example : that Krogan you fight with after freeing Liara, when he shows up during a cutscene. Like, what the hell is that? Some sound trying to be intimidating to tell the player "oooh, dangerous Krogan incoming!"? Thing is, if that was the case, that sound plays when he talks, not when he walks toward Shepard's group.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Lol, I never got the disdain for this sentence, or the "We fight or we die, that's the plan." line.

They both just come off to me as from a commander who's been beaten and battered by that point, especially by the indecision and apathy of a council and leading races that wouldn't do shit up until that point. And by the fact that Reapers are practically unbeatable conventionally, hence the "this isn't about strategy or tactics". There is no strategy or tactics with the Reapers, you're fucked without the Crucible. It really is all about survival at that point, regardless of Shepard being a military leader with experience and all that.

Yeah, but without strategy or tactics you might as well tell the Reapers "hey guys, just finish us off, we don't know what the fuck we're doing."

Sorry Shinobi, but that line is just stupid.

I can live with "We fight or we die".

 

[Kabouter]

Yeah, but without strategy or tactics you might as well tell the Reapers "hey guys, just finish us off, we don't know what the fuck we're doing."

Sorry Shinobi, but that line is just stupid.

I can live with "We fight or we die".

Yeah, I strongly agree with this. "We fight or we die" is just a lame cliché, but "This isn't about strategy or tactics, this is about survival" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a video game character say, and that says a lot.

 

[diaspora]

He would have been better off saying that it wasn't about winning.

 

[Blue Ninja]

He would have been better off saying that it wasn't about winning.

"Stop them? This isn't about winning, it's about survival."

That sounds a lot better already.

Yeah, I strongly agree with this. "We fight or we die" is just a lame cliché, but "This isn't about strategy or tactics, this is about survival" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a video game character say, and that says a lot.

That said, now I kinda wish there was a dialog option where Shepard could just go "I don't fucking know, man, you guys all had your heads so far up your asses that all we can see is shit. NORMANDY OUT."

Should be the secret ending.

 

[TheUnsunghero26]

From Casey Hudson's twitter:

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I don't think any one-liner sounds particularly good in response to that question. Shepard don't even have the slightest fragment of a clue what's going on or what to do, so he's reduced to some variation on I Told You So. Unless he's giving actual practical advice it just sounds exactly like what it is, which is a brainless action movie quip.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I don't think any one-liner sounds particularly good in response to that question. Shepard don't even have the slightest fragment of a clue what's going on or what to do, so he's reduced to some variation on I Told You So. Unless he's giving actual practical advice it just sounds exactly like what it is, which is a brainless action movie quip.

Agreed, but there's a lot of one-liners that sound better than the one they actually used.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

The worst part about ME2 is going to see Anderson and the council because you can see the Presidium right there. It hurts not being able to go there. Also when the Normandy docks you can see the Wards from ME1.

 

[XT Vengeance]

I can't help but be cautiously anticipating Mass Effect: Andromeda. Despite the ending of the third game, I still love the series and it's universe. I just really hope they dont fuck it up.

Having Drew Karpyshyn back makes me at least a little hopeful.

 

[diaspora]

I can't help but be cautiously anticipating Mass Effect: Andromeda. Despite the ending of the third game, I still love the series and it's universe. I just really hope they dont fuck it up.

Having Drew Karpyshyn back makes me at least a little hopeful.

He's working on The Old Republic iirc.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Yeah, I strongly agree with this. "We fight or we die" is just a lame cliché, but "This isn't about strategy or tactics, this is about survival" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a video game character say, and that says a lot.

Really, the whole opening of ME3 is some hot garbage. The main reason, I believe, is because of how the original opening (and level design) was changed midway through development.

 

[XT Vengeance]

He's working on The Old Republic iirc.

Well at least he is in house. Really pretty much anything will be better than Mac Walters.

 

[Ralemont]

I just ordered the Revelations novel. Is it any good? I figure it has to be, because of who wrote it.

Hopefully it's good, and his two sequels are good. If Revelations is good, I'll pass it onto my wife who doesn't know anything about Mass Effect, and then hopefully a remastered trilogy collection will become a reality in the near future that she can play.

Revelations and Ascension are kind of what you expect from a game tie-in novel. I'm not big on Drew K to begin with, though. He's good with concepts and plotting, but his prose in the novels is basic and kind of boring(The DA novels with Gaider and Weekes are way better) and his dialogue follows suit (see the difference between Drew writing Tali in ME1 and Weekes taking over in ME2-3).

Having said that, his last one Retribution is better than the first two and sets up the small part Kai Leng and Kahlee Sanders play in ME3.

Drew seems like a great guy, though. In the midst of the ME3 backlash and people saying it wouldn't have happened had he been there, he pointed out that pleeenty of people thought he screwed up Revan/The Exile with his Revan book.

 

[Patryn]

Well at least he is in house. Really pretty much anything will be better than Mac Walters.

Mac Walters is Creative Director of Andromeda, I believe.

 

[Bisnic]

Mac Walters is Creative Director of Andromeda, I believe.

At least he's not the main writer.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Well at least he is in house. Really pretty much anything will be better than Mac Walters.

I guess? The Andromeda team and the Old Republic team are two different studios.

I'd welcome him back, his original vision of the Mass Effect 3 plot sounded really cool.

 

[diaspora]

Drew also wrote the Revan book as well as an entire story for Revan in the SWTOR MMO... and they both sucked imo. They were full of good ideas with terrible execution.

 

[Bisnic]

Can't wait to see this kind of stuff in Frostbite. I imagine we're going to see more alien/sci-fi things, if the artworks are anything to go by.
I need screenshots dammit. It's almost been 4 years.

Spoiler

Mindblowing when you realize that's the planet on the right, and the start on the left!

 

[Blue Ninja]

Shepard's lucky that star is so dim, or he'd need really strong sunglasses.

 

[Bisnic]

Shepard's lucky that star is so dim, or he'd need really strong sunglasses.

Are stars that close suppose to be as bright as when seen from far away(like looking at our sun from Earth?)

Honestly curious. Because otherwise, looking at our sun from Mercury's surface must be one hell of a way to say goodbye to your eyes.

 

[Ralemont]

Can't wait to see this kind of stuff in Frostbite. I imagine we're going to see more alien/sci-fi things, if the artworks are anything to go by.
I need screenshots dammit. It's almost been 4 years.

Need to borrow the Ark's cryo pods until June

 

[Blue Ninja]

Are stars that close suppose to be as bright as when seen from far away(like looking at our sun from Earth?)

Honestly curious. Because otherwise, looking at our sun from Mercury's surface must be one hell of a way to say goodbye to your eyes.

I think so, yeah. We got a little bit of its light and most of the harmful stuff gets filtered out.

I think you'd get cooked on Mercury's solar-facing side before you get a chance to look up.

 

[diaspora]

I think so, yeah. We got a little bit of its light and most of the harmful stuff gets filtered out.

I think you'd get cooked on Mercury's solar-facing side before you get a chance to look up.

You'd probably be cooked before you could arrive.

 

[shinobi602]

Can't wait to see this kind of stuff in Frostbite. I imagine we're going to see more alien/sci-fi things, if the artworks are anything to go by.

 

[Bisnic]

You...! I hope you haven't seen screenshots that nobody else but Bioware has seen. So jealous otherwise.

 

[Blue Ninja]

You'd probably be cooked before you could arrive.

That too.

 

[XT Vengeance]

Andromeda is going to be so damn pretty.

 

[shinobi602]

You...! I hope you haven't seen screenshots that nobody else but Bioware has seen. So jealous otherwise.

Why would you hope that? That's mean, thought we were friends Bisnic

 

[Bisnic]

Why would you hope that? That's mean, thought we were friends Bisnic

Friends should share things you know. Like screenshots for example.

 

[LumpOfCole]

I found a store in the mountains of Lebanon:

 

[Poodlestrike]

Lol wut.

What does it sell?

 

[Bisnic]

Maybe a sex shop?

Krogan sex doll. Oh my.

 

[The Artisan]

Haha, I must have missed that on my playthrough.



Slightly off topic, but what was The Artisan banned for?

Spoiler

"playing the console wars"

. it really sucks being banned and I sincerely hope it doesn't happen again. I didn't realize what I was doing came off as offensive, I honestly didn't mean to hurt anyone.

 

[PFD]

I found a store in the mountains of Lebanon:

Someone is a fan

 

[diaspora]

Elcor dildos.

Obviously.

edit: This is what the lack of news has reduced us to.

 

[The Artisan]

I found a store in the mountains of Lebanon:

In Lebanon, huh? Off topic but it kinda reminds me of the Krusty Krab in Palestine

 

[shinobi602]

Less than 120 days left. Ya'll ready?

 

[Poodlestrike]

Less than 120 days left. Ya'll ready?

More than ready.

So many announcements, reveals and first looks this year. It's gonna be one for the books.

 

[aravuus]

Less than 120 days left. Ya'll ready?

Fuck, the image took like 15 seconds to load so I thought we already knew the release date or something of the next ME game

Not sure why I thought that, you'd think there'd be a bunch of "woo it's coming out soon" threads

 

[XT Vengeance]

The hype train has no brakes.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Less than 120 days left. Ya'll ready?

Not really. EAs press conferences have almost always been amongst the worst and I have always been disappointed every time I had even a *little* hope that I could walk away excited. Heck, even with low expectations I end up disappointed. But then again, I am just not a fan of EA and how they try to make every game appeal to the "dude bro" audience. They rarely if ever have any legitimate surprises.


I am, however, very ,much looking forward to Bethesda's press conference as they hit a home run last year.

 

[Barrow Roll]

Unravel was a legitimate surprise last year and one of my favorite reveals. Maybe they're getting better?