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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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Animations looks good enough. Lipsync on the other hand seems almost as bad as the trilogy. Oh well.
Can't wait to play this in 3 weeks.
Dandy Lyin
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Eep. Not sure if I want to see the first 13 minutes or not... So tempting.
DeadlyParasite
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I do like the music I am hearing in the exploration video.
prag16
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If you've been following this thread closely, there's nothing all that spoilery really. I guess what's going on with the NPC twin at the outset is a (somewhat unsurprising) spoiler, but that's about it.
I watched it and have no regrets. Though I tend to be unable to black myself out of things like this prelaunch in general.
Yeah honestly, I tried to go on a "partial" blackout for DA:I but in the end it didn't matter since most of the stuff they showed was pretty self-contained. I could understand if people don't want to see the introduction, though. I just went all in lol.
I tried that then the hinterlands happened. Someone should ask them if a hinterlands equivalent situation exists here to help out the people who want to go on a complete blackout.
Really like that they are doing this.
This was one of my favourite parts of the trailer. It really situates you in the universe rather than just having the galaxy map representation of your location. I can't wait to get hold of hattiwatti's tools for this for some planet photography.
I'm not watching that first 13 minutes. I remember watching all the gameplay footage that came out before ME2 and I've got to say it really did impact my enjoyment of the game. I mean, I still enjoyed it but it had lost some of that awe of discovery.
I'm saving any real footage (outside of official trailers and non-spoilery preview footage) until early access when I can see it for myself. I know I'll enjoy it a lot more that way. So I for one greatly appreciate spoiler tags being used in this thread.
I'm saving any real footage (outside of official trailers and non-spoilery preview footage) until early access when I can see it for myself. I know I'll enjoy it a lot more that way. So I for one greatly appreciate spoiler tags being used in this thread.
Royal_Phalanx
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They can put in all this detail but not a day/night cycle? 
They can put in all this detail but not a day/night cycle?
Wait, there is no day/night cycle?
DeadlyParasite
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Yes there is no day/night cycle, was confirmed a good while back.
They can put in all this detail but not a day/night cycle?
Would the cycles be different per-planet?
DeadlyParasite
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One interesting thing of note is that Scott is wearing casual clothing on that planet outpost that Sara was wearing full body armour for in the december gameplay video. Does that mean we can just randomly go to planets with no armour? lol
shinobi602
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Different planets were given different weather and environmental conditions to differentiate them and make them all feel unique and their own.They can put in all this detail but not a day/night cycle?
I like a good day/night cycle (Horizon, Witcher), but I can understand what they were going for too.
No, you can there because it's a hub.
AWizardDidIt
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They can put in all this detail but not a day/night cycle?
All planets we visit are tidally locked to their star
(not really)
Son Of Sparda
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This part blew me away. Undoubtedly the best trailer they have shown thus far. So excited to play this.
Really like that they are doing this.
Though after watching the trailer, I do have a couple of questions that I wonder if shinobi or others could answer. How many planets are there for you to explore? The guy in the trailer said
a handful
Also, Nomad was a bit slow... ? I know he said you can upgrade the boost but can you improve the default speed? I basically wanted a Mako 2.0, but speed wise, this one seems more like it's in-between DA:I's horses and Mako from ME1.
DeadlyParasite
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I know, but does that mean we can change between being fully armoured and not within a hub? Or has the ability to wear full armour there like Sara did in the december trailer been removed?
Royal_Phalanx
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Would be cool if they had it though. They can have different lengths depending on the planet with cold planets getting even colder at night making night travel more dangerous and hot planets would get colder making them less dangerous. Also it's good for the immersion.
DeadlyParasite
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Looks like actual armour (just not as bulky) to me. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Would that not imply then that there's no seamless transition between planet hubs and the explorable world, because you'd have to somehow switch back to full armour?
Nomad has 2 modes, one for speed one for terrain traversal, plus a boost. It'll be way faster than ME1 Mako.
moustascheman
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The desert planet is seriously giving me Dune vibes. Hopefully it's filled with interesting unique locations and the terrain isn't anything like mass effect 1.
DeadlyParasite
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It appears the Nomad can be completely destroyed? Meaning you have to hoof it to the next fast travel point on foot if you want to get it back?
Son Of Sparda
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Okay, that's great to know. Thanks.
Looks like actual armour (just not as bulky) to me. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ
Would that not imply then that there's no seamless transition between planet hubs and the explorable world, because you'd have to somehow switch back to full armour?
Compare to the character kit, you can see it's the same under armor but it's missing the shoulders, chest plate, etc.
I don't know where the transition to fully kitted out would be. Maybe when you pop in/out of the nomad or hit one of those camp beacons.
shinobi602
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Casual in hubs, armor in hostile environments.
This mean that one spaceport run by the ex-Ai woman was a hostile environment at the time or has the scene just been updated?
VenomousCoffee
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Holy shit that exploration trailer. Can't wait for release.
She's not in armor at the spaceport. She's in the under armor which you can apparently use as a casual outfit.
Officer.Sanchez
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From the "First 13 minutes" video, I only watched the last minute.
Is this normal? looks like a bug.
Is this normal? looks like a bug.
DeadlyParasite
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So since they confirmed there's an outpost hub on that desert planet. If we're wearing casual clothing in hubs it's gonna be super awkward having that deluxe edition hoodie on.
Scott Ryder dies of heat exhaustion. Game Over.
Scott Ryder dies of heat exhaustion. Game Over.
Reckless Onion
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Someone at the bioware animation department is running a long con
shinobi602
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Meaning there's no combat in hubs. That scene's still there.
shinobi602
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From the first 13 minutes, I still for the life of me can't understand some comments on the animations. They're perfectly in line with other huge RPGs of similar caliber. Heck I'd say they're better a good amount of the time.
AWizardDidIt
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Sorry Shinobi, that's not the GAF Approved Narrative
I've only seen one or two gifs (the silly walk made me lol), but yeah they're mostly fine. The mouths all look a little weird when they're talking, but nothing most RPG players aren't used to by now. Maybe I am just blind.
shinobi602
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I've been told lip syncing and some weird animations have been fixed in the day one patch. Hopefully that'll quell whatever's left
From the "First 13 minutes" video, I only watched the last minute.
Is this normal? looks like a bug.
Playing Horizon at the moment, if you aren't you really should, it's got the same thing going.
Son Of Sparda
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I'm okay with most of the animations that they've shown so far. But I gotta admit that some of the gifs/pic that people come up with are so damn funny. Like, the Shrek picture in the 13 minutes video thread, made me legit chuckle.
The withering look from Dad plus Scott and Cora standing to attention was really well done.
Yeah that one pic definitely made me laugh lol.
That's exactly the moment I was talking about! Alec looked great.
LegalEagleMike
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That moment when 600+ years later and you still havent measured up to your father's expectations.
easterislandhead
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So what's the deal with character customization of the main playable character? You can change the name and appearance right
Yes indeed.
Officer.Sanchez
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Don't play the copy paste card on me about "Oh here goes the animation troll again". Lips don't pop out of your face like that. It looks like a bug to me (anchor points or something, I know nothing about animation) that's why I asked and that's why I posted here.
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