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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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shinobi602
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A few shots from the art book. Love the Tempest's design:
DeadlyParasite
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I sure hope some of those outfits are examples of alternate outfits because I like the fully armoured variations way better.
Also anyone care to tell me what footage these gifs are from? Something recent with the previews? Maybe I'm just dumb blind but I don't remember seeing this anywhere else.
Also anyone care to tell me what footage these gifs are from? Something recent with the previews? Maybe I'm just dumb blind but I don't remember seeing this anywhere else.
NoctisCaelum
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Excited for this game! My only gripe so far is none of the side characters look badass except the krogan. lol. Not liking the look of the female asari, looks like that spectre asari from LOSB dlc.
BrassDragon
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A few shots from the art book. Love the Tempest's design:
It's great to see that concept art. For all the criticism they get for character design and animation, BioWare has been quietly nailing environments since the DA2 fallout. Inquisition had some wonderful vistas even within the cross-generation constraints and all the footage of the Andromeda worlds and interiors has been spot-on. Props to the designers.
I wish they had gone a little weirder with the vehicle and spaceship design but understand that they want everything to be recognizably 'Mass Effect'.
Release this game already so I can go out and explore!
easterislandhead
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I pre ordered from the Microsoft store online for xbox. Is that a digital version?
dr_rus
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Even more funny then.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I'm secretly hoping they delay again, want the release to be as bug free as possible....and by the preview sounds, it's nothing near that.
Obviously expect spoilers, art book after all.
Some more, leaked, from art book: http://imgur.com/a/bVjKD
Was linking to scans okay?
Edit: That armor Asari has on is so much better than Liara's stuff from OG
Some more, leaked, from art book: http://imgur.com/a/bVjKD
Was linking to scans okay?
Edit: That armor Asari has on is so much better than Liara's stuff from OG
VenomousCoffee
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Welp, just ordered the art book.
Playing the Omega DLC again, it's really great. The first time I played it I was disappointed because I believed it would add a new Omega hub like in ME2 with a decent amount of sidequests. So, playing it for what it is, it's really fun, the fights are great, Aria is a powerhouse (the biotic lash is hilarious, and the flare explosion, damn...), Nyreen is cool and there's some awesome settings. This game is so beautiful
I hope BioWare never change their approach with DLCs. It's nice that a studio that's part of EA resists the urge to go the Season Pass route.
downsampled on PC.
I hope BioWare never change their approach with DLCs. It's nice that a studio that's part of EA resists the urge to go the Season Pass route.
Getting some massive eden prime vibes from some of the planets shown
Yeah and it's already gold. Guess it's gonna go into manufacturing this or next week.
Wouldn't wonder me if we get a bigger day one patch though
The Preview build was an old build. BioWare even advised that since the time the Preview build was made for the press to play, something like a thousand bugs were fixed.
prag16
Banned
I believe someone from Bioware said on twitter that hundreds of bugs were fixed between the preview build and the gold build. It stands to reason hundreds more will be fixed between that and the day one update. It should be fine.
And would it even be BW game without some jank and bugs? Those are the gems that really make some moments, like Shep talking with Liara in ME3 and looking away in sharp 90 degree angle
Liam up there looking like a Deus Ex character/Snowboarder
edit: Fair warning, this spoils the design of the asari pathfinder.
Dandy Lyin
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Those art book scans look great. Make it very tempting to buy, but I've already ordered the hardcover Prima guide, and I only have so many spare credits to spend on MEA-related stuff.
It's good to see a better look at the angara flesh-bags. Originally I couldn't tell if they were free-hanging tentacles that were tucked into their clothes or not... Looks like they are just big flaps of muscular tissue, connected to head/neck/torso.
It's good to see a better look at the angara flesh-bags. Originally I couldn't tell if they were free-hanging tentacles that were tucked into their clothes or not... Looks like they are just big flaps of muscular tissue, connected to head/neck/torso.
The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda in $20.37 atm: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1506700756/81-521-20/
Dandy Lyin
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Tony Redgrave
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That double page spread legit floored me, amazing artwork. I love the fact that they're keeping the Syd Mead-esque aesthetics.
I'm going to have to get my hands on that artbook.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Just ordered, thanks for the heads up.
Heckler456
Banned
I've got it preordered (Belgium). Nexus Rising you mean, yeah?
Still thought for some reason that Initation was the first one out, NR is up for pre yeah thanks.
I think it was originally planned to release first. Jemisin said she'd been done with it for a while when I asked her about it a few weeks ago. She couldn't/wouldn't answer anything more about ME:A.
Ahhh just as im about to walk out to go to class. I gotta bookmark it
Yeah, not gonna watch that. I can wait a couple more weeks. Maybe.
It looks excellent! I really like SAM's interfacing between members of the Pathfinder team in addition to information that's useful on the ground. The game appears very vibrant too which is going to look amazing on higher resolutions. I'm going to be taking so many screenshots...
BioWare really loves to be condescending pricks in their game dialogue, don't they? 24/7 telling player what to do, where to do it, what it results in, what it resulted in and then put that on repeat until player does it.
ME3 was already big offender in that and if this mission is indicator then MEA will one up it.
ME3 was already big offender in that and if this mission is indicator then MEA will one up it.
Dandy Lyin
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I'm wary of spoilers, and I don't regret watching that. I wouldn't say anything story related was revealed.
I don't know where that mission is relative to the rest of the game but I would think it's fairly early? I don't think its condescending if they are trying to introduce people to mechanics instead of just throwing up a static overlay of "PRESS X TO ____". At least it's integrated in a believable way.
This one one of missions from PeeBee's loyalty mission chain so not super early game. ME3 was condescending like this from start all the way to the credits, MEA seems to one up that level.
Heckler456
Banned
I think you're projecting. They're not trying to personally offend you. That dialogue exists for a reason. Have you ever seen a non-gamer, or even a not so proficient one try to play a video game?
I have, my ex. Didn't take her that long to understand UI prompts and nav points.
Maybe I'm projecting, not sure tbh. ME3 made me more than once feel like moron because how it gripped my hand and lead me firmly to, very obvious, answers. What to interact with and such. MEA is taking that to another level in that mission.
I do get it why they are doing it, I just think they are taking it several steps too far.
Heckler456
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Can you give the most egregious example? I watched the first 5 minutes, and I don't see how what they're saying is so evidently out of character as to clearly be there solely for tutorial purposes. The dialogue sounds like that of a group of people figuring out what they're doing.
The Artisan
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i was told in this thread that bioware owns the patents for dialogue wheels so do they make money off of every copy of horizon zero dawn sold?
Was this the big IGN video shinobi was talking about? I was hoping for more than just combat again. Show us the galaxy map, the Nomad, the hubs, typical non-spoilery conversation scene.
I'm guessing there might be some of that in Bioware's next gameplay video series about exploration at least.
I'm guessing there might be some of that in Bioware's next gameplay video series about exploration at least.
Heckler456
Banned
It's probably just a licensing fee or something.
Take that 5 min and extended it over full duration. It's constantly holding your hand and constantly telling where to go, what to push, what it results in and resulted in. Even when you do similar stuff from earlier on in the video.
Not this shit again (hint: She's not even carrying an Avenger in the gameplay bits). Combat looks ok, Peebee continues to endear herself to ... I don't know who finds these kind of characters appealing. She's like the bad sidekick in an otherwise enjoyable action movie. They should have gotten Rob Schneider to voice her.
TC McQueen
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Actually, since this guy was playing it post main story completion (AFAIK), for all we know, this is the first time you ever do most of this stuff, so you get hit with tons of dialogue handholding you through everything so you can complete the mission.
We don't know how much of that stuff you do before that mission. It could be annoying in the long run, then again I'm playing though ME3 right now and it never bothered me once
Not much we haven seen honestly it more combat (with a bad player) with a tiny bit of traversal and scanning in between. Aside from the very pretty graphic it not mind blowing but it's not bad either
Heckler456
Banned
Well, if (and this might be a very big if) this is the type of dialogue we're getting regarding mechanics, new or otherwise, then... What's the big deal? How annoying is this really compared to sometimes ending up getting stuck? And besides, I remember the same dialogue being present when you were doing detective mode stuff in the Witcher 3.
I understand that it bothers you, but it personally doesn't bother me. I think in-character dialogue has to be particularly bad for the "immersion" factor to be outweighed by the "in actual fact, the devs are hinting at what I should be doing here" factor.
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