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Pops Mgee
Aug 20, 2009

People all over the world,
Join Hands,
Start the Love Train!

Kurieg posted:

You have to not be romancing anyone else and you have to be really really pushy about it but yeah you can sleep with James.

I like James a lot, but if you're not romancing someone when you do Citadel there is really only one option.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNs3Exop1HE

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The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

and it's Epic Bad

Only because I cannot make the Fat Man into an auto sniper rifle. But there are mods for that I am sure.

midwat
May 6, 2007

SciFiDownBeat posted:

so when's the mass effect virtual graphic novel coming out? can't wait to attend volus high school and romance all the cute elcor girls

Telltale is probably working on this.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese
There should be a Papers Please style C-Sec game, which is just you as some downtrodden Turian cop trying to make ends meet while a libertarian volus complains at you that he should be tried as a VI since the court sign has a neon outline and some teenage Quarian is DDoSing the computers by spamming Hanar porn on all the terminals.

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule

MikeCrotch posted:

There should be a Papers Please style C-Sec game, which is just you as some downtrodden Turian cop trying to make ends meet while a libertarian volus complains at you that he should be tried as a VI since the court sign has a neon outline and some teenage Quarian is DDoSing the computers by spamming Hanar porn on all the terminals.

the end of the game is your being turned into goo by the Reapers when they invade

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
There really should be an alternate ending where you take a "side job" for more money and get your face blown off by Garrus while he jams to lovely techno.

Torrannor
Apr 27, 2013

---FAGNER---
TEAM-MATE

Kurieg posted:

I thought he was one of the guys you could make a drunken mistake with after the party.

Right, I forgot that. But it's only possible if you play femShep :(

Wild Horses
Oct 31, 2012

There's really no meaning in making beetles fight.
Are we ever going to have vorcha/batarian/elcor teammate or are my dreams never coming to life

thats all i want to know

tadashi
Feb 20, 2006

Wild Horses posted:

Are we ever going to have vorcha/batarian/elcor teammate or are my dreams never coming to life

thats all i want to know

If they don't eventually let you ride an Elcor into battle and shoot stuff while it fires missles mounted from its sides, then everything will have been for nothing.

Khizan
Jul 30, 2013


Wild Horses posted:

Are we ever going to have vorcha/batarian/elcor teammate or are my dreams never coming to life

thats all i want to know

Vorcha and Batarian showed up in the ME3MP, so maybe. I would not set my heart on Elcor, though.

tribbledirigible
Jul 27, 2004
I finally beat the internet. The end boss was hard.

Khizan posted:

Vorcha and Batarian showed up in the ME3MP, so maybe. I would not set my heart on Elcor, though.

Even if they can't be squadmates, I just want them in cutscenes, preferably reenacting all the Dinobots' scenes from Transformers: The Movie, but with more missiles and miniguns.

wookieepelt
Jul 23, 2009
Elcor are called living tanks. So maybe they'll have vehicles in multiplayer and if you're a Volus you get to ride an Elcor into battle and it says cool things like "With menace: I am death incarnate" every time you fire the big guns.

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
Resentful lament. I will never be your beast of burden.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese
With barely concealed lust: You can be my wingman any time.

Thor-Stryker
Nov 11, 2005
"Expressing Fury: Raaaaggh!" (Elcor Vanguard Charge)

Halloween Jack
Sep 12, 2003
I WILL CUT OFF BOTH OF MY ARMS BEFORE I VOTE FOR ANYONE THAT IS MORE POPULAR THAN BERNIE!!!!!
Undisguised schadenfreude: I just want to say, I was pleased that in ME1, killing off Ashley is not only the desirable choice, but the tactically wise choice. Obviously if your plan relies on a bomb, you guard the guy setting up the bomb.

Pook Good Mook
Aug 6, 2013


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Halloween Jack posted:

Undisguised schadenfreude: I just want to say, I was pleased that in ME1, killing off Ashley is not only the desirable choice, but the tactically wise choice. Obviously if your plan relies on a bomb, you guard the guy setting up the bomb.

I let Kaidan die becaues the dipshit couldn't wait two seconds. Shepard's like "Hold on we're coming for you!" and Kaidan is like, "No time, just activated it."

Alright then, guess you'll just have to live with that decision.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Halloween Jack posted:

Undisguised schadenfreude: I just want to say, I was pleased that in ME1, killing off Ashley is not only the desirable choice, but the tactically wise choice. Obviously if your plan relies on a bomb, you guard the guy setting up the bomb.
No you send Ash with the bomb so not only does she die, but then you save Kirrahe!

Lycus
Aug 5, 2008

Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

SubponticatePoster posted:

No you send Ash with the bomb so not only does she die, but then you save Kirrahe!

Kirrahe is saved either way.

Olanphonia
Jul 27, 2006

I'm open to suggestions~
Just realized in my most recent playthrough that the asari with ptsd is talking about Joker's family and the fact that she killed his sister. You know, the one he talks about hopefully getting on one of the last refugee shuttles from Tiptree. Dark. As. gently caress.

TheCenturion
May 3, 2013
HI I LIKE TO GIVE ADVICE ON RELATIONSHIPS

Olanphonia posted:

Just realized in my most recent playthrough that the asari with ptsd is talking about Joker's family and the fact that she killed his sister. You know, the one he talks about hopefully getting on one of the last refugee shuttles from Tiptree. Dark. As. gently caress.

Have you ever tried approving her request for a gun on the spectre terminal?

wookieepelt
Jul 23, 2009

TheCenturion posted:

Have you ever tried approving her request for a gun on the spectre terminal?

Who is this? I have never encountered an Asari with ptsd.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013

wookieepelt posted:

Who is this? I have never encountered an Asari with ptsd.

When you hit the hospital in the Citadel, go to the right, there's an Asari talking with her therapist.

Olanphonia
Jul 27, 2006

I'm open to suggestions~

TheCenturion posted:

Have you ever tried approving her request for a gun on the spectre terminal?

Yeah, once. Never again.

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

Olanphonia posted:

Just realized in my most recent playthrough that the asari with ptsd is talking about Joker's family and the fact that she killed his sister. You know, the one he talks about hopefully getting on one of the last refugee shuttles from Tiptree. Dark. As. gently caress.

Jokers family? I must have missed that bit.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Don't you only get the relevant convo if you talk to him after Thessa?

2house2fly
Nov 14, 2012

You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!

Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

and it's Epic Bad

Well yeah because it's building off Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Mass Effect 4 is building off Mass Effect 3, which was fun. I think it's being made by the people who did the ME3 multiplayer? Just let those guys go nuts and you probably end up with an epic gaming experience.

2house2fly
Nov 14, 2012

You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!

Alain Post posted:

Don't you only get the relevant convo if you talk to him after Thessa?

Yeah he cracks some kind of joke and you chew him out saying "why are you always making a joke out of things, Joker! Gah!" And he launches into the reference dialogue about his family to explain he's trying to lighten the mood or something.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
You can also make him mad and he acts testy during the run-up to TIM's base. I think you finally apologize during the run-up to Priority: Earth.

Olanphonia
Jul 27, 2006

I'm open to suggestions~

2house2fly posted:

Yeah he cracks some kind of joke and you chew him out saying "why are you always making a joke out of things, Joker! Gah!" And he launches into the reference dialogue about his family to explain he's trying to lighten the mood or something.

He also gets a call from Liara who tells him about the final shuttles that escaped from Tiptree. She says there were mostly kids on board and Joker says he hopes that one of them is his 16 year-old sister, Hillary.

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


The Division is out and it's kinda scratching that ME3 MP itch for me in a way Warframe/TKF did not, although I find myself wishing there were aliens + space wizards instead of a modern setting. If Andromeda outright stole Division's gameplay features straight up that would be pretty cool to me, although ME4's development looks absolutely hosed right now. But the Division also had a troubled production and turned out pretty good, so there's some hope, maybe?

If any old MP dudes are still kicking and playing the Division on PC, my ubiplay name is yuppidoo.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

Halloween Jack posted:

Undisguised schadenfreude: I just want to say, I was pleased that in ME1, killing off Ashley is not only the desirable choice, but the tactically wise choice. Obviously if your plan relies on a bomb, you guard the guy setting up the bomb.

Congrats on not being able to listen to what you're told.

The bomb is in literally no danger. The actions of your squadmate guarantee that it will go off. This is explicitly stated multiple times during the sequence.

It's a choice between groups of people and nothing else.


Lycus posted:

Kirrahe is saved either way.

This is a bug as it doesn't make any sense. The Salarians have no exit plan without you.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:

exquisite tea posted:

The Division is out and it's kinda scratching that ME3 MP itch for me in a way Warframe/TKF did not, although I find myself wishing there were aliens + space wizards instead of a modern setting. If Andromeda outright stole Division's gameplay features straight up that would be pretty cool to me, although ME4's development looks absolutely hosed right now. But the Division also had a troubled production and turned out pretty good, so there's some hope, maybe?

If any old MP dudes are still kicking and playing the Division on PC, my ubiplay name is yuppidoo.

Do you get special abilities and stuff or is it all just guns?

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


There are special powers, yes. You start out with 2 and eventually 3 base skills, and they all get special mods + evolutions added to them as you build up your fortress. Riot shields, medikits, auto turrets, moveable cover, that kind of thing.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Lycus posted:

Kirrahe is saved either way.
Not in any version I've played (and I played it on every platform). If you go back to save the bomb person, Kirrahe and his crew dies. Then Mordin references it in 2 and you get Substitute Salarian in 3 instead of Kirrahe.

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule

SubponticatePoster posted:

Not in any version I've played (and I played it on every platform). If you go back to save the bomb person, Kirrahe and his crew dies. Then Mordin references it in 2 and you get Substitute Salarian in 3 instead of Kirrahe.

Doesn't Kirrahe die if you fail to do the extra stuff (destroying some AA platforms, taking a more difficult route) on the way to the labs?

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


AFAIK Kirrahe will always live if you do everything to help the Salarians, regardless of who you choose to save. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but whatever, video games.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde
Weird. I always do the extra stuff but he croaks (lol amphibian joke) if I've gone with bomb person.

Kurieg
Jul 19, 2012

RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20
:blizz::gamefreak:
The salarians are divided into two groups, Kirrahe's in charge of one, Ash/kaden are in charge of the other. If you don't do the things, Kirrahe dies and Ash/Kaden takes charge of both squads. Presumably if he's alive his squad is able to get away but Ash/Kaden's squad is the one pinned down

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Dr Snofeld
Apr 30, 2009
Third trilogy playthrough is complete, and already I'm itching to go again. So far I've completed the games with an Infiltrator, Sentinel and now Vanguard, but I've never played on anything above Normal and I've never played past ME1 as a ManShep (because I can't make a male Shepard face that isn't hideous in ME1's editor). Now I wonder whether to go with one of the pure classes for a Hardcore run or go with Infiltrator or Sentinel again. I like the tech classes for ME1 because I can take both of the unlocking skills on Shepard, and since I have all the character-specific achievements, I can take whatever combinations of party members I feel like without worrying about not being able to open stuff. I might go Soldier so that I can play around with more of the guns come ME3... Cursed class paralysis.

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