Xander77 posted:

Extended. Just bought it the other week, and I think the extended ending is standard for all current editions. But in this case, I was talking specifically about the Reapers showing up on earth.

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Should I continue this, or am I just repeating the same stuff that's been rehashed in this and previous threads?

Xander77 posted:

Female. It's just the daintiest and most awkward running animation - that transitions right into a leisurely sprint I suspect is shared by the male model.

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Some of the casual conversations are genuinely good / touching, such as the old woman as the human embassy. Kinda reminds me of Jacob's loyalty mission - odd how the (second) worst character had the most affecting mission.

"I feel like a qualified dorm-aaaaaaaaan". What was that?

The council. You know, a more explicit "fix our problems so that we can help you" would place the council's attitude within the standard quest structure and help people come to terms with it.

Ahh, elevators that are just loading screens. Joy

A dream sequence. A slow-motion dream sequence. De-loving-lightful. I care so much about that random kid.

My ship upgrades are still there, and each counts as much as one games journalist.

Oh hey, the airlock leads to nowhere even though we haven't flown anywhere yet. I don't think the airlock was used even once during ME2.

That is just the ugliest robo-dog

Having the psych101 sessions take place in an actual dynamic scene kinda works. Leopard Shepard, warrior therapist.

You know who I really want to meet? My shuttle pilot. For two games it's been killing me that I never saw their face or had an extensive chat about their past. If ever there was a romance option I was really hoping for.

But seriously, being back on the Normandy is just a lot of fun. I wandered all over the ship, looking for my toys they're called models, Mom. They're collector's items! I hope my space-hamster is ok, because I can't find it anywhere.

Oh hey, the shotgun can decapitate people. I've seen the occasional limb taken off in ME2, but this is even better.

The problem is that they were just that in ME1. I spent a lot of time pouring over the right weapons and armor for my squad, and they were just as good as me (or better) in a standup fight. In ME2 I quickly stopped bothering about what weapons they had, as they were only there for their powers.

Nihilarian posted:

Good news: you can totally meet the shuttle pilot. Bad news: you can't romance him. His name is Steve.

JawKnee posted:

I think you meant to say, his name is STEEEEEEVE!

Xander77 posted:

But seriously, being back on the Normandy is just a lot of fun. I wandered all over the ship, looking for my toys they're called models, Mom. They're collector's items! I hope my space-hamster is ok, because I can't find it anywhere.

Kurtofan posted:

Are people dissing Esteban?

Chexoid posted:

Yeah I loving love how everyone will kind of wander around the ship getting into conversations with each other, even if it is kind of tricky to find them at times.

Chexoid posted:

Yeah I loving love how everyone will kind of wander around the ship getting into conversations with each other, even if it is kind of tricky to find them at times.

Kibayasu posted:

You mean you didn't obsessively check every single corner of every single room on the Normandy and the Citadel after every mission to make sure you didn't miss a single line of dialogue? Poser.

Kurtofan posted:

Telling Diana Allers to gently caress off feels so good.

Coughing Hobo posted:

I invite her on to the ship with the express purpose of kicking her off immediately. The way Shepard growls "Get off my ship" is so satisfying.

Kibayasu posted:

You mean you didn't obsessively check every single corner of every single room on the Normandy and the Citadel after every mission to make sure you didn't miss a single line of dialogue? Poser.

Kurtofan posted:

Are people dissing Esteban?

SgtSteel91 posted:

Just out of curiosity, is Ashley or Kaiden alive in your play through?

Xander77 posted:

The one who had an actual personality.

Xander77 posted:

Who killed 300000 Protheans? How? If you wanted to represent an epic conflict rather than a minor firefight... that probably wasn't the way to do so.

Shepard apparently descends from Shatner, as she launches into an action roll at any excuse.

I'm basically just shotgunning dudes on normal. Like, I could charge or use powers (Liara's singularities are nice, but my shockwaves don't really compare to their ME2 glory), but I can just blow a guys head off from across the screen. Still miss my Geth shotgun :/

I wasn't quite decided on Javik, up until "They used to eat flies". The matter of the fact delivery of that line sold me.

Aww, I can't have the old science / officer uniforms, even though those were the best. The hoodie is not a viable replacement.

Goddamn it, three games and we still have dialog options popping up in the middle of a sentence so that I choose a reply instead of skipping a line.

Some NPCs will delay their reaction to your frantic mashing of the use button, then will fire off two or three replies in a row. Well done.

Goddamit (again), the game will periodically drop me into the war room of its own volition and I'll have to slowwwwwwwwwwly trudge through the screen each time? Bah.

Garrus!

Ooh, big scary monster. Time for a... oh, it's dead. Three shotgun rounds from me, some random spam from Vega and Garrus, and a charge. Even got an achievement out of it.

Oh my god, Garrus' mincing running. OMG, Garrus' run backwards while aiming at me. I can't.

James, care to expand on that statement? And is that "fought with a Krogan" or "fought with a Krogan?"

Well, at least I didn't get another "oh, I'm too busy to help you" thing from Garrus. That would have made me quite upset.

Yeah, I absolutely believe that the diplomatic / manipulative race won't bother showing up at a major summit at all. After all, what could they possibly gain from sending even a single representative?
The one who had an actual personality.

Il Federale posted:

They're both dead?

Xander77 posted:

Sexy robot EDI. Sexy. Robot. EDI.

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Why?

I've written other stuff, but... yeah.

Lycus posted:

In case you've wondered about this: no, you cannot sex the sexbot. Someone else can though...

Xander77 posted:

Sexy robot EDI. Sexy. Robot. EDI.

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Why?

I've written other stuff, but... yeah.

Nihilarian posted:

If you can look past the sexbot body I think she still has a few funny lines.

JawKnee posted:

sexbot EDI is the #1 reason why I'm not torn up about killing her off with the Destroy ending

Lycus posted:

Just know this: None of your choices affect gameplay at all.* The only changes are to bits of dialogue and cutscenes.


*The lone exception being that certain characters can't be ME3 squadmates if they're dead.

Crappy Jack posted:

Even with all the cool renegade options and the like, I've never reacted faster to a prompt in the entire series than I have to the "Don't date the loving ship AI you loving creep" dialogue option.

Plus I really liked the whole platonic flirting relationship between her and Joker and ME2, they had a nice His Girl Friday thing going on, and then in typical Bioware fashion rather than character development they stuck her in a SEXBOT BODY.

Jerusalem posted:

I like that you specified "certain" characters since they just put Legion back in there anyway even if you shipped him off to Cerberus, only he's a copy or something that the Geth happened to have lying around.

The Unnamed One posted:

The main problem with the EDI talks is that in ME2 she seemed to understand the human condition fairly well for a machine. In ME3 she has downright regressed to "Is this what you organics call... Love?" levels of ignorance.

She became loving Data. And seven seasons of Data was enough.

Pattonesque posted:

One of the annoying bits of the Extended Cut was EDI saying that, due to Synthesis, she finally felt alive. Which kinda contradicts her saying that to Shepard before the final run to the beam -- then it was more due to her interactions with and acceptance by organics that made her feel alive

Extra Smooth Balls posted:

If only they'd had the same any kind of remotely competent writer as ME2 1.

Bobby Deluxe posted: