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It's not the Normandy. It isn't long enough. The jets at the end are similar, that's all.
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Marx posted:But when Warf shows up it's after an in-atmosphere flyby of the Normandy which wasn't even supposed to be able to happen because the Normandy couldn't go in atmosphere because of its increased size and stuff which is why you have the ugly dropship. Hmm. I'll be damned. The plot inconsistency can be waved off (badly) by them persuading Joker and EDI to give them a hand somehow, but that wouldn't change the Normandy's airworthiness.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:39
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Does weight affect squadmates' cooldown? I'm tempted to get Garrus to ditch his assault rifle and go sniper only if it does
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Mar 11, 2012 18:40
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It has to be said, this game looks and sounds fantastic. I just did the Genophage Cure and the lighting effects are incredible, the sound engine for the fog horns the Reapers use sound amazing with a surround sound system too, nearly blew out my eardrums. Mordin went out like a champ.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:41
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Is anyone else not able to connect to the EA servers?
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Mar 11, 2012 18:45
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I can't currently connect to the EA Server and it won't let me play because it can't confirm my DLC... way to go EA.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:46
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Flipswitch posted:Why is the poker table never used, why? Bioware? It had people at it on my run at least once.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:50
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Capt Happhypants posted:I can't currently connect to the EA Server and it won't let me play because it can't confirm my DLC... way to go EA. If you're on the PC you can literally change some lines in your Coalesced.bin file and get the DLC for free, hahahaha Thanks EA for releasing it already on the disk and then charging for it, Sleazy motherfuckers quote:Definitive proof that the "From Ashes" DLC character is on the disc:
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GreenBuckanneer posted:If you're on the PC you can literally change some lines in your Coalesced.bin file and get the DLC for free, hahahaha Except that the mission on Eden Prime and all of his dialog are missing if you do that, so not exactly.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:54
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CaptainCarrot posted:Except that the mission on Eden Prime and all of his dialog are missing if you do that, so not exactly. There's another way to unlock him, but it requires a cracked exe. All the data is still on the disk. It's still sleazy.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:55
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halwain posted:about the ending.. so after i choose the merge ending i see the normandy flying away and then crashing on an island planet, ashley then leaves the normandy with EDI and joker but how the hell did they get back onto the normandy when they were fighting as part of the hammer??? . Was Ashley your LI? I saw EDI, Joker, and my recently lasered LI Liara get off the Normandy on the jungle planet.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:58
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GreenBuckanneer posted:If you're on the PC you can literally change some lines in your Coalesced.bin file and get the DLC for free, hahahaha gently caress, I just saw this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRRpGlmtws8 I feel pretty ripped off now for buying the collector's edition.
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Mar 11, 2012 18:59
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Brinstar Brew posted:Does weight affect squadmates' cooldown? I'm tempted to get Garrus to ditch his assault rifle and go sniper only if it does Squadmates are not allowed to only carry one weapon, they have to have both. Since there is no display about recharge time bonuses for weight I don't think they're effected by it.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:01
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So if I didn't meet Miranda on the Citadel before Cerberus' invasion, did I miss my chance? Because she's not where she said she'd be, but the entry is still in my quest log.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:02
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Dr. Abysmal posted:Squadmates are not allowed to only carry one weapon, they have to have both. Since there is no display about recharge time bonuses for weight I don't think they're effected by it. I dunno, Liara seems to have much shorter cooldowns than James, Ashley, or Garrus, all of whom have an assault/sniper rifle.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:04
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You have proven that Javik is on the disk, but is the mission that unlocks him? That seems to be what the "From Ashes" DLC does.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:07
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Lotish posted:You have proven that Javik is on the disk, but is the mission that unlocks him? That seems to be what the "From Ashes" DLC does. Using that ini edit just seems to force the character to show up and be used. You can used a modified exe that enables it along with everything else, such as voice acting, cutscenes, missions, etc. Google around if you don't believe me. the exe isn't 500+ mb or anything, which means everything is already on the disk it just has to be "enabled". This seems to be the case with the CE edition, at least.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:10
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Just noticed a nice little Mordin related callback in one of Liara's shadow broker files - looks like cerberus took note of Mordin's off-hand comment about optical flashbangs being better than cyanide capsules in teeth.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:15
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CaptainCarrot posted:I dunno, Liara seems to have much shorter cooldowns than James, Ashley, or Garrus, all of whom have an assault/sniper rifle.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:16
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Marx posted:But when Warf shows up it's after an in-atmosphere flyby of the Normandy which wasn't even supposed to be able to happen because the Normandy couldn't go in atmosphere because of its increased size and stuff which is why you have the ugly dropship. The SR2 can easily do atmosphere, it just can't do dropoffs due to its size/logistics involved. I assume you mean that though.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:18
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GreenBuckanneer posted:the exe isn't 500+ mb or anything, which means everything is already on the disk it just has to be "enabled". This seems to be the case with the CE edition, at least. But... you get From Ashes with the collector's edition.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:18
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Extra Smooth Balls posted:Just noticed a nice little Mordin related callback in one of Liara's shadow broker files - looks like cerberus took note of Mordin's off-hand comment about optical flashbangs being better than cyanide capsules in teeth. I said, "God drat it, Mordin" out loud when uncovering that little stroy.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:20
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Dan Didio posted:Arrival is easily the worst of the mission pack DLC's. Go Overlord. Arrival has one cool feature, which is that you can actually wait for the big countdown clock to reach 0 and lose the game, for whatever possible reason you would want to do that. Other than that, it's stinky.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:25
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Depths posted:Anyone who is not playing this game without a proper audio system is really missing out because the audio is really good. It's an awesome feeling when a reaper shoots his laser beam and the entire room rumbles. This is true, it's some of the best audio work I've heard in a game since Battlefield 3.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:28
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Loving Life Partner posted:So if I didn't meet Miranda on the Citadel before Cerberus' invasion, did I miss my chance? Because she's not where she said she'd be, but the entry is still in my quest log. Go to the spectre office in embassy and use the computer on the left.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:31
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Lloyd Boner posted:But... you get From Ashes with the collector's edition. Oh. I thought all the disks were the same. My bad.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:34
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From what I understand, the standard edition is ~1GB smaller compared to the Collectors EditionFag Boy Jim posted:This is true, it's some of the best audio work I've heard in a game since Battlefield 3. The problem though is theres a lot of prerendered cutscenes that seem to be mixed horribly, where important dialogue is overshadowed by much louder music, and the Mass Effect Relays are way too loud compared to the rest of the game VarXX fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 11, 2012 |
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Mar 11, 2012 19:37
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VarXX posted:From what I understand, the standard edition is ~1GB smaller compared to the Collectors Edition Yeah, and From Ashes itself is several hundred megabytes large.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:42
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I have the CE on PS3 and still had to dowload some hugeass file to get From Ashes. I would have preferred it if there was a special disc that had all the poo poo on it because it was a pain in the rear end to wait for it before I could play.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:43
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Fag Boy Jim posted:This is true, it's some of the best audio work I've heard in a game since Battlefield 3. It should. EA DICE, the developers of Battlefield 3, lent a hand to the ME3 developers for the audio.
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Mar 11, 2012 19:48
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VarXX posted:The problem though is theres a lot of prerendered cutscenes that seem to be mixed horribly, I think this bothered me the most. The pre-rendered cutscenes were really fuzzy too. They would mix them in with really important scenes and it really made some portions feel weird. I wish they did way with it.
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Avocados posted:I think this bothered me the most. The pre-rendered cutscenes were really fuzzy too. They would mix them in with really important scenes and it really made some portions feel weird. I wish they did way with it. Its not quite as bad as DX:HR, but its equally jarring. I like the magical switch between your correct weapons and the base assault rifle in the cut scenes. I assume they're to cover streaming/loading. Also, how hard would it really be to have slightly different cutscenes for biotics? You don't even need different VA work, just a couple scripting changes. For example, theres one time (vague for no spoilers) where a pair of asari jump down a floor using the biotic landing thing while you walk around and take the stairs. If you're a biotic why don't you just do that too? You can even have a funny scene where you and Liara/other biotics in squad do the same thing and a nonbiotic teammate rolls their eyes at you for showing off.
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A Humble Emperor posted:Kai Leng is goddamn terrible. During the fight on Thessia he didn't even pop my shields once and was constantly hiding to recharge his own. Then suddenly a cutscene starts and he beats my entire squad single handedly and makes off with the Prothean VI? What the gently caress? And again when you're at Tim's base, you beat him and knock him on the floor and everyone just loving turns around like oh no, he couldn't possibly come back to life and try to stab Shepard! Another thing that bugged me about that was EDI is just pacing around looking at the viewscreen, even though she's got a view of everything going around in space from the sensors on the ship. There's literally no reason for her to be staring at a wall when she should be watching for other people trying to enter the room.
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hobbesmaster posted:Also, how hard would it really be to have slightly different cutscenes for biotics? Have they ever acknowledged Shep's class in any way in any of the games? I always thought this was a missed opportunity in general -- my Engineer Shep could occasionally have an idea of her own and not depend on Tali / EDI for tech stuff, an Infiltrator Shep could use cloaking in some awesome renegade interrupt... all sorts of stuff. I suppose it would draw even more attention to the cutscene / gameplay divide, though: if infiltrator Shep cloaks once in a cutscene to get the drop on someone, why doesn't she do it all the time?
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Merry Magpie posted:It should. EA DICE, the developers of Battlefield 3, lent a hand to the ME3 developers for the audio. Good, I have something to look forward to when I hit 3. I finally played through ME1 and it was great, but the generic Halo gun sounds barely cut it for me, especially after coming from BF3.  has spoiled me.
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NmareBfly posted:Have they ever acknowledged Shep's class in any way in any of the games? I always thought this was a missed opportunity in general -- my Engineer Shep could occasionally have an idea of her own and not depend on Tali / EDI for tech stuff, an Infiltrator Shep could use cloaking in some awesome renegade interrupt... all sorts of stuff. I suppose it would draw even more attention to the cutscene / gameplay divide, though: if infiltrator Shep cloaks once in a cutscene to get the drop on someone, why doesn't she do it all the time? Kaidan comments on your biotics in ME1, though the scripting is a little bugged and he sometimes says the biotic line for a nonbiotic and vice versa.
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NmareBfly posted:Have they ever acknowledged Shep's class in any way in any of the games? I always thought this was a missed opportunity in general -- my Engineer Shep could occasionally have an idea of her own and not depend on Tali / EDI for tech stuff, an Infiltrator Shep could use cloaking in some awesome renegade interrupt... all sorts of stuff. I suppose it would draw even more attention to the cutscene / gameplay divide, though: if infiltrator Shep cloaks once in a cutscene to get the drop on someone, why doesn't she do it all the time? During Liara's memory box or whatever scene in ME3, she commented that my Shepard was a powerfull biotic as part of her description of me. That's the only time I think I've seen class mentioned though.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Using that ini edit just seems to force the character to show up and be used. So, what would I be downloading if I bought the Prothean pack? NmareBfly posted:Have they ever acknowledged Shep's class in any way in any of the games? I always thought this was a missed opportunity in general -- my Engineer Shep could occasionally have an idea of her own and not depend on Tali / EDI for tech stuff, an Infiltrator Shep could use cloaking in some awesome renegade interrupt... all sorts of stuff. I suppose it would draw even more attention to the cutscene / gameplay divide, though: if infiltrator Shep cloaks once in a cutscene to get the drop on someone, why doesn't she do it all the time? Are you referring to something like the computer hacking scene in Alpha Protocol? I can guarantee that class is not referenced in the first two games. I am not entirely certain of the third however. Merry Magpie fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Mar 11, 2012 |
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Liara knows about the ABCs, saying that Vanguard Shep is a near-invincible charging monster. e: ^ You would be downloading the files that aren't included in the standard edition.
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NmareBfly posted:Have they ever acknowledged Shep's class in any way in any of the games? I always thought this was a missed opportunity in general -- my Engineer Shep could occasionally have an idea of her own and not depend on Tali / EDI for tech stuff, an Infiltrator Shep could use cloaking in some awesome renegade interrupt... all sorts of stuff. I suppose it would draw even more attention to the cutscene / gameplay divide, though: if infiltrator Shep cloaks once in a cutscene to get the drop on someone, why doesn't she do it all the time? When Liara was doing her entry about me in her archive she mentions that I'm a "powerful biotic and skilled engineer" or something to that effect. My character was a Sentinel.
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