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Wow, I saw it mentioned earlier that this was a way that the Mordin mission could play out, but gently caress how heartless do you have to be to take this route? Yes, Shepard literally shoots Mordin as he gets into the elevator, and he dies crawling to the console. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FOxbe36KsI
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I still can't work out how they went backwards there.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:02
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They certainly found a way to make scanning even more annoying. Wander aimlessly while clicking the button until OH NO you pressed it too many times abandon system, go somewhere else and forget where you scanned in the current system so you get to do it all over again. There should be some kind of overlay in each system to show where you've scanned. Also those tiny reapers remind me of Pac-Man ghosts.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:04
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Do anyone have a way to cheat for war assests? I hate the fetch quests and scanning.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:05
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I didn't leave a system til I'd scanned all the planets or found all of the sites. Only thing I'd be missing that way was fuel.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:06
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I really miss my Geth Shield Boost from ME2. I thought it would transfer over, or give me it as a bonus for importing my ME2 character. I expected to have this bonus from the get-go. I've become addicted to running out of cover, getting my shields taken out, boosting them back up, THEN taking cover again. It's really screwing up my flow. I tried starting a new game as a Sentinel thinking they had it but their extra shield is not what I was expecting at all. Is there an equivalent in this game that I can equip from the start?
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Mar 14, 2012 19:06
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Shield boost powers in 2 where bad, the only good shield was tech armor because you could stun dudes with them and be badass assault sentinal.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:09
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You get Fortification as a bonus (loyalty) power from one of the default squadmates very early in the game, and Defense Matrix from another one later. I haven't tried them but they might be what you're looking for, they're not the same but they're both defensive buff. There's also Barrier if you kept Kaidan alive. Alternatively, play Infiltrator and use cloak as effectively a "second shield" (or, more likely, a first shield). NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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Mar 14, 2012 19:14
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ACanofPepsi posted:I really miss my Geth Shield Boost from ME2. I thought it would transfer over, or give me it as a bonus for importing my ME2 character. Pretty sure the only thing in ME3 that you can press to restore shields is Adrenaline Rush for the Soldier, assuming you spec into that option. The chance to insta-restore shields when they go down is gone, and Tech Armor provides flat damage resistance instead of shield restore.
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I'm just about to make the final push and I've gotta say, never have I enjoyed the little character moments so much in a plot that I care so little about. The Reaper plot is really barebones "go here and do this because video games", but the way the characters react to it and live underneath it is so great. And I finally got Stasis off of Liara, right after everything went to hell 
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When you deactivate defense matrix it restores your shields. Barrier apparently lifts dudes into the air when you detonate it, but I haven't unlocked it as a bonus power yet.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:23
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Part of the risk is that if the reason doesn't hold up to scrutiny then you've undermined the story. It can also reduce them as a threat; there's a difference between an unknowable, implacable force of nature and a bunch of bad aliens. Doctor Spaceman posted:There are lots and lots of permutations for that section. Some just change a few lines, some have Shepard shooting Mordin in the back, with him dying trying to reach the console. NihilCredo posted:The latter. Although, ME3 has fewer companions in general, and only a few of those could die in ME2. Depending on various choices, the minimum is 3 available squadmates, the maximum is 8. DesolateRampage posted:So the game, besides the ending angering me, unless you believe the indoctrination theory, which kind of makes sense. was very well done. Some of the emotional bombs in this game really hit me hard. 28 year old dude trying to not choke up during some parts? Yep.... - Meeting Kelly Chambers in the refugee camp then finding out Cerberus summarily executed her. I can't remember the last time I felt that angry at an event in a game before. - On Tuchanka when Mordin went to the top of the Shroud and sacrificed himself to save he Krogan. Only Red Dead Redemption has put tears in my eyes like that.
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MadRhetoric posted:I'm just about to make the final push and I've gotta say, never have I enjoyed the little character moments so much in a plot that I care so little about. The game is really amazing at doing that, isn't it? The characters in ME3 have never felt more alive and natural. I've always liked Liara, but even still the things they have done with her character in ME3 compared to Me1 or vanilla ME2 are just astounding. There's a massive improvement.
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Grey Fox V2 posted:Garrus, EDI, Tali, Liara, Javik, James, Ashley and...?
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Finished this game yesterday afternoon and I'm going to repeat the sentiment that 99% of this game was absolutely kick rear end while the last 1% of it was completely WTF. It got to a point where I was getting all emotionally invested in this game. I started deciding who I would assign to my squad based on interactions and story rather than for tactical reasons. It made me regret things like only getting romantically involved with Liara until the 3rd game. It made me wish I had tried harder to keep Wrex from dying in the first because the krogan who replaced him was a d-bag. I also had to keep playing for hours and HOURS until I heard every bit of dialog from like, every single talkative character in the goddamn game. Now that I've finished it and gone through the paragon story I can play it with a little less emotional attachment by going through it as a bitchy femshep renegade. I can't get over how much better the voice actor is at being a bad-rear end than male shep. Question Edit: It's my first time trying the class so does anybody have any Insanity level tips for a Sentinel? I'm mostly trying to play her like an Infiltrator with tech armor instead of cloak and I'm wondering if there's some straight up awesome way to play the Sent that I should be doing? AndyElusive fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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AndyElusive posted:Finished this game yesterday afternoon and I'm going to repeat the sentiment that 99% of this game was absolutely kick rear end while the last 1% of it was completely WTF. Male shep doesn't even seem to exist in my mind, his VA just seems flat and generic and doesn't fit the character at all. It's always going to be femshep for me. 
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The Quake posted:Male shep doesn't even seem to exist in my mind, his VA just seems flat and generic and doesn't fit the character at all. For what it's worth Meer nails this time around
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Mar 14, 2012 19:38
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I didn't leave a system til I'd scanned all the planets or found all of the sites. Only thing I'd be missing that way was fuel. How do you do this with Reapers chasing you from all sides?
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Defense Matrix is amazing. I would argue that it's the definitive bonus power for Engineers. It can be built to give 25% more tech damage, and the cooldown penalty can be reduced at the final level, and even further negated with Blood Dragon or Inferno Armor. This gives you extra defense for more staying power, and an oh poo poo button to recharge your shields, which addresses the only complaint I would ever consider against Engineers, which is their fragility. I am doing a new game+ with what I thought was going to be a gimmick build with Tech Mastery built for the Drone mastery, which increases shields and damage on your turret and drone. It's doing incredibly well so far, the drone built for rockets is mangling enemy lines while the flamethrower turret is wrecking poo poo. Even if something decides to shoot at me I have Defense Matrix so I don't fold over like paper. Engineers 
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drat, the Quarian missions continue to have the best music. The music for the Reaper base is heroically epic as gently caress.
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Has anyone had any trouble getting the voice commands with Kinect working? I've played about 3 hours and am yelling at my tv with nothing happening. I have the Kinect setup and already used the tuner. It recognizes when I'm speaking on the dashboard, but doesn't do anything when in the actual game. Any ideas or something I should enable? Thanks
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Dick Trauma posted:How do you do this with Reapers chasing you from all sides? If you've found an anomaly and start scanning right away it'll pause the chase on the galaxy map. You get a few seconds before Reapers get to full speed to book it to the mass relay.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:42
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Dick Trauma posted:How do you do this with Reapers chasing you from all sides? I ran a lot. I mean I didn't fly off to another system, I'd just exhaust one before moving on. Nothing to remember that way.
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Mar 14, 2012 19:43
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Dick Trauma posted:How do you do this with Reapers chasing you from all sides? I just quick-saved on the Normandy before I started scanning. Found all the things there were, quick loaded, and then picked them up...
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Guys there are lists now for that kind of thing.
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The Quake posted:Male shep doesn't even seem to exist in my mind, his VA just seems flat and generic and doesn't fit the character at all. If you don't take it seriously and view the game pretty much as Archer In Space, then male Shep works so, so much better.
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Darko posted:If you don't take it seriously and view the game pretty much as Archer In Space, then male Shep works so, so much better. I felt just a touch dirty playing Renegade Shep in ME3 because the stakes were so much higher, like in ME1 and ME2 it was largely code:melon farmer fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Mar 14, 2012 |
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The Quake posted:Male shep doesn't even seem to exist in my mind, his VA just seems flat and generic and doesn't fit the character at all. Then you never saw the drunk Ashley scene. Seriously, Mark Meer sounds fantastic in this scene. I do wonder if he was into the 'action' stuff as much as this.
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poptart_fairy posted:Then you never saw the drunk Ashley scene. Bahaha that was AMAZING. I am almost sad I have no Ashley playthroughs, that was priceless.
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Well, I never thought the old robot with a soul trope would get to me, but drat did Legion's death make me teary.
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Tooter posted:I always thought about that too. Playing a vanguard I always wondered when someone is running away from me or towards something I want why I didn't just charge them and beat them to it. It bugged me how you were in a scripted chase scene on Mars and as a Vanguard I couldn't immediately end it. You can't even try to use Charge.
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poptart_fairy posted:Then you never saw the drunk Ashley scene.
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The Quake posted:Male shep doesn't even seem to exist in my mind, his VA just seems flat and generic and doesn't fit the character at all. I feel the exact opposite. Hale sounds absolutely horrible in all of the ME games and I can't stand playing a femShep at all because of it. Every time she says anything I just have to go "SHUT UP ALREADY!". It's strange, because she's never bothered me in anything else she's in. Actually, her being in so much stuff makes her pretty much the definition of "generic".
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NihilCredo posted:Is that romance related / does that only happen with manshep? 'Cause if it isn't, I'll wait to see it for myself. I romanced someone else, and I got prompted for that scene somewhere in the last third of the game. Not sure if it happens if you romance Ash.
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Drake Bate posted:For what it's worth Meer nails this time around Meer is actually pretty sweet this time around, but Hale just sounds like she's ready to murder any and everything that gets in her way. Case in point; The last Kai Leng fight in TIM's base. The taunting she does and the Renegade interrupt where you gut that dirty space ninja like a kipper just can't be beat. Translated into Elcor, she'd run the "Badassfully" prescript into the ground harder than the Blasto thing did. "That was for Thane and Miranda you son of a bitch!"  ManShep has a straight laced, unflappable kind of delivery but FemShep is a lot grittier and emotional. Her lines have more of a bite to them, which is why I think the general "canon consensus" was Paragon ManShep, Renegade RemShep. You can use Charge on Mars in that chase scene, it just does fuckall.
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I definitely agree that ManShep makes a better Paragon, and FemShep makes a better Renegade. Hale just does a Shepard that sounds almost constantly annoyed, pissed off, and frustrated. Which I'm not saying is a bad thing, but it's why I think she makes a much better renegade.
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UnknownMercenary posted:If you've found an anomaly and start scanning right away it'll pause the chase on the galaxy map. You get a few seconds before Reapers get to full speed to book it to the mass relay. I ended up scanning planets first (where all the real assets are), then pinging empty space (which is always fuel, or I think a couple of times credits). If I alerted the reapers I'd either quickly nab it if I had breathing room, or exit the system via the green circle and pop right back in. you'd come back in at a semi-randomized point and a few seconds before the reapers show up again, so if I came back in close to the resource I had time to grab it before popping back out. (And if not, just pop in-out til it did.) There's not enough missions in the game to be resetting them all the time. I like Hale's voice even as a paragon, but maybe it's because she's all I used at first. Meer just doesn't sound like Shepard when I tried. I like how she always sounds slightly annoyed though. It gives me the feeling that she's just letting everyone know she doesn't have a lot of patience for other people's crap but she's trying anyway out of duty.
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Aristobulus posted:I definitely agree that ManShep makes a better Paragon, and FemShep makes a better Renegade. Hale just does a Shepard that sounds almost constantly annoyed, pissed off, and frustrated. I can't take her at all Renegade BECAUSE of that. It's FUNNY when MaleShep does ridiculous stuff in Renegade because he sounds so detached still. FemShep sounds far far too serious while doing it and ends up making me annoyed with her instead of whatever she's overreacting to.
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Darko posted:I can't take her at all Renegade BECAUSE of that. It's FUNNY when MaleShep does ridiculous stuff in Renegade because he sounds so detached still. FemShep sounds far far too serious while doing it and ends up making me annoyed with her instead of whatever she's overreacting to. Well maybe, but I've never really played a renegade or anything so I'm just going off some videoclips I've seen. I might even agree with you if I gave Renegade/FemShep more of a chance. But I've always played a Paragon/MaleShep, really.
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I have a weird question here. Can anyone tell me just how bad the ending is without spoiling anything? I've heard from countless places across the internet that the ending is irredeemably bad and since I'm so involved in the plot I want to brace myself for the disappointment. I mean how bad could it possibly be? Is it St. Elsewhere levels of horror? Are people just exaggerating? I just don't want to get to the end and then have all the enjoyment I've had crashed to poo poo without at least some preparation.
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