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redreader posted:I liked and played mass effect 1 and 2 and have never played 3. It finally hit (while I was watching) 10 bux so apparently it's time to buy it. Is the base game fine? What DLC do I need? The base version is 9.99 and the n7 version is 15bux. Which should I get? I haven't gotten around to playing the single-player DLCs, but everyone loves Citadel, and Leviathan seems well-regarded. From Ashes is significant enough that I'd call it a requirement. Also, don't forget that despite the single-player mode's woes, they pumped out five free DLC packs for the multiplayer, and there are still plenty of people playing it. You have to specifically download them like any other DLC, though.
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Oh, yeah, From Ashes is great. Definitely get it because it's really intended as part of the main game experience. All the multiplayer DLC is worth it, too.
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Thanks everyone! edit: What the gently caress, no controller support???? I am an old man who plays video games on the couch these days. Is there a way to get my ps3 controller (via the scp ds3 tool software) to work? Come on bros I thought this was an AAA game! redreader fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 05:29
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redreader posted:Thanks everyone! No. It's real bad and stupid.
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Nov 27, 2014 11:32
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redreader posted:Thanks everyone! It's your fault for playing the game on PC. It's a console game ported to the PC. So that's doubly bad. Console > PC. And a port, as well. Tsk tsk.
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Nov 27, 2014 18:12
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Hey now, the Trilogy is actually better on PC simply because the inventory is slightly better in ME1.
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Mouse aiming makes the game too easy though. Headshot everything all the time at any range.
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White Phosphorus posted:Mouse aiming makes the game too easy though. Headshot everything all the time at any range. It's ok, the mouse is on the arm of my couch so I'm a bit gimped with aiming.
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redreader posted:It's ok, the mouse is on the arm of my couch so I'm a bit gimped with aiming. Good. Replace couch with chair, and that's how I played all 3.
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redreader posted:Thanks everyone! sassassin posted:No. It's real bad and stupid. What no, don't give up that easy, any controller can be used with any PC game via Pinnacle Game Profiler or Xpadder (Pinnacle is superior and has better mouse emulation, plus acceleration control). You can download a trial and the full version is only $5: http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/ I used this to play System Shock 1 in DOSbox with a wireless 360 pad. You can even set mouse co-ordinates to automatically move and click for you on buttons that are always in the same place on screen, like inventory panels and stuff.
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Milky Moor posted:still don't get why they'd even bother with the citadel when the reapers took everyone by surprise anyways with no losses tbqh Harbinger seems like a belt and dispensers kind of Waltzing Along posted:It's your fault for playing the game on PC. It's a console game ported to the PC. So that's doubly bad. Console > PC. And a port, as well. Tsk tsk. Ugh is this your gimmick now? You used to make good posts and now you're posting poo poo that belongs in the Imp Zone or the old YCS. I only mention it because it's not just in this thread, but come on.
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Knowing that console gaming is superior to PC gaming isn't a gimmick. But having to read blowhards go on about the PC masterbating race over and over has pushed me over the edge.
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Waltzing Along posted:Knowing that console gaming is superior to PC gaming isn't a gimmick. But having to read blowhards go on about the PC masterbating race over and over has pushed me over the edge. Please shut up with this stupid bullshit.
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Years later and Mordin and his seashells still get to me 
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A. Beaverhausen posted:Years later and Mordin and his seashells still get to me Mordin was too good for this world. You know what makes me feel better? Killing Batarians.
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sitchelin posted:Mordin was too good for this world. You know what makes me feel better? Killing Batarians. Incinerating Batarians, to be more correct. It's what Mordin would have wanted.
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This is racist and all of you should be ashamed.
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Alain Post posted:This is racist and all of you should be ashamed. Wouldn't it be more speciest?
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Alain Post posted:This is racist and all of you should be ashamed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eTaCRQNH6g
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MA-Horus posted:Wouldn't it be more speciest? Race and species are the same in Mass Effect.
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Physics engine what the fuuuuuck
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MA-Horus posted:Physics engine what the fuuuuuck No, this is actually in keeping with the fact that the Batarian Hawaiian Punch focuses the rage of a thousand suns into a small area near you enemies face, collapsing it along with the head. If the rest of the body happens to be in motion, you get to go along for the ride thanks to gravity.
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The war table from Dragon Age: Inquisition is really what I think the Galaxy at War feature from ME3 wanted to be. You build power and influence all over the map by dispatching your specialists to perform tasks for you, gather resources, research upgrades, and unlock new areas. Unless you play 100+ hours you don't really have the time to do every little side mission so you have to pick and choose which ones you do. It's so much cooler than spamming spacebar while flying your toy ship around a star system until the Reapers arrive. I kinda wish ME3 had the feature first because it would have gone a long way toward making the gameplay feel like you were amassing this huge galactic coalition, even if in practice not much would be changed.
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exquisite tea posted:The war table from Dragon Age: Inquisition is really what I think the Galaxy at War feature from ME3 wanted to be. You build power and influence all over the map by dispatching your specialists to perform tasks for you, gather resources, research upgrades, and unlock new areas. Unless you play 100+ hours you don't really have the time to do every little side mission so you have to pick and choose which ones you do. It's so much cooler than spamming spacebar while flying your toy ship around a star system until the Reapers arrive. I kinda wish ME3 had the feature first because it would have gone a long way toward making the gameplay feel like you were amassing this huge galactic coalition, even if in practice not much would be changed. It would also be nice if any of those things did gently caress all.
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Dan Didio posted:batarianstomper68 I Insanely And Brutally Murder Thousands Of Batarians With Grenade Launchers And Bazookas.
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Tezcatlipoca posted:It would also be nice if any of those things did gently caress all. Well like I said they get you items, increase influence, unlock new areas, give resources, and sometimes lead to funny things like sidequests, mount prizes and judgment dialogues. It's not the main game but it's enough to be interesting and way better than "fly around solar system spamming the scan button."
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Please shut up with this stupid bullshit. It isn't bullshit if he's right. There's no reason to play anything but lovely strategy games on PC these days, and even that has changed with the release of Civilization: Revolution.
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Mass Effect Megathread: Bring back YCS
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exquisite tea posted:Well like I said they get you items, increase influence, unlock new areas, give resources, and sometimes lead to funny things like sidequests, mount prizes and judgment dialogues. It's not the main game but it's enough to be interesting and way better than "fly around solar system spamming the scan button." Yeah I was referring to ME3 where none of those resources do anything to effect the game in any meaningful way.
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I think that when Saren throws his fit after Eden Prime may be one of the weirdest scenes in the series.
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Saren's fit is definitely the point where I stopped playing Bioware games for the writing.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think that when Saren throws his fit after Eden Prime may be one of the weirdest scenes in the series. Grrrr! Arrrgh! Raarrr!
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Waltzing Along posted:I think that when Saren throws his fit after Eden Prime may be one of the weirdest scenes in the series. The really weird part about it to me is that it's the only moment in the entire Mass Effect series, besides the intro with Illusive Man in ME2, that isn't from Shepard's perspective. Just very out of place.
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exquisite tea posted:The really weird part about it to me is that it's the only moment in the entire Mass Effect series, besides the intro with Illusive Man in ME2, that isn't from Shepard's perspective. Just very out of place. ...Joker.
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And a section or two with Benezia. But it was a nice subtle hint with how (do I even need to spoiler this?) Sovereign glows red inside during the tantrum, then the red cools off just as Saren does. Already the indoctrination was taking hold, and it was clear there was some connection between the ship and Saren.
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I think the scene was probably hastily written out of convenience, in a "poo poo, nobody will actually know who Benezia is unless we show this" kind of fashion.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think that when Saren throws his fit after Eden Prime may be one of the weirdest scenes in the series. The scene is fine on your first play through. That's like the second alien you encounter, maybe they are all like that. It's interesting to replay the first game after finishing the series so you can actually follow the plot instead of trying to remember what's what in the lore. "Did the Geth created the Assari to stop the Rachni or was it the other way around?" EDIT. Seeing it for the second time made me wish it was part of an MST3K episode. White Phosphorus fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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DarkHorse posted:And a section or two with Benezia. I did like that one part of the scene, showing that it wasn't Saren throwing a hissy fit, it was Sovereign. Unfortunately, taking the time to transcribe the growling just made it laughable.
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I just wanted to pop in here and mention that the PS3 port of Mass Effect 1 is really bad. The audio seems really loud or quiet(or just cuts out) at weird key moments, characters seemingly disappear during conversations, the frame rate dips way more than it should, load and autosave times seem to take forever, and basically the whole game just feels like it is about to fall apart as I play it. At least it's only hard locked my system once since I've been playing it.
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