Beefstew posted:Apparently Mac Walters said that Cerberus had nothing to do with the formation/sponsorship of the Andromeda Initiative. So hopefully their presence or impact will be minimized. Sure. But didn't he write those comics that said TIM's name was Jack Harper? One of the crew is Cora Harper. In the past, Bioware has changed names when it has led to unintentional comparisons. But they've kept this one. Hmm.
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Zakmonster posted:Apparently its not really a 'save-the-universe' deal, though, and Rookie Fuckstick works better on a small scale - especially if the conceit is exploring the new galaxy and building communities with your fellow space-travelers. It's Bioware. It's a save-the-universe deal.
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Cythereal posted:It's Bioware. It's a save-the-universe deal. Counterpoint: DA2
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That's just an argument for why they probably should stick to their save-the-universe deal. Speaking of saving the world, I just finished Inquisition with DLC for the first time. Honestly, if Andromeda turns out to be mostly Inquisition in space with guns, I'd probably enjoy it. Yeah sure, there's a lot of boring fetch quests and pointless collect-a-thons. But the vast majority of those are optional. When I started Trespasser I had over 200 power with nothing to spend it on, and like 500 each of the common flowers.
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Torrannor posted:Counterpoint: DA2 Probably still my favorite Dragon Age game just because of the smaller scope of the game's narrative. It would be nice if instead of galaxy-saving quest we just got to carve out a home for our ark and it was all about dealing with the people and factions standing in the way of that.
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Serf posted:Probably still my favorite Dragon Age game just because of the smaller scope of the game's narrative. 
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Serf posted:Probably still my favorite Dragon Age game just because of the smaller scope of the game's narrative. I agree, I would like a story of smaller scope, but dang. Dragon Age 2 was... not great. You really liked it more than the first one? Or even DA:I?
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ACValiant posted:I agree, I would like a story of smaller scope, but dang. Dragon Age 2 was... not great. You really liked it more than the first one? Or even DA:I? One thing I always liked were RPGs with smaller settings, and Kirkwall being the primary game area really did that for me. Don't get me wrong, traveling across Thedas in Origins and Inquisition was cool, but having just one area that you become very familiar with is something I'm into (gimme Warren Spector's proposed one-city-block RPG  ). Also I liked Varric and Aveline a lot, and the plot gets bonkers towards the end which was pretty great. I wasn't a fan of the combat system at first because I liked the Infinity Engine-style combat in DA:O, but I warmed up to it pretty quickly. It's not a complete upgrade like Mass Effect -> Mass Effect 2, but it is satisfying in its own way, both as a melee fighter and a mage. The central conflict being between mages and templars was the one I was most interested in from Origins, so it was cool to see that explored (as much as I love the darkspawn, they're less interesting), and they did more with the qunari, who I had a lot of questions about as well.I would dig a Mass Effect game set on a single planet, or on a huge megastructure like the Citadel, but by its very nature the series is about planet-hopping space adventures, so it probably wouldn't fly.
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Serf posted:One thing I always liked were RPGs with smaller settings, and Kirkwall being the primary game area really did that for me. Don't get me wrong, traveling across Thedas in Origins and Inquisition was cool, but having just one area that you become very familiar with is something I'm into (gimme Warren Spector's proposed one-city-block RPG Nitpicking, but you didn't travel across Thedas in DA:O and DA: I. Thedas is the entire world. DA: O spanned Ferelden, DA: I Ferelden and Orlais. There's still Antiva, Rivain, Tevinter, whatever the Qunari call their nation. Maybe the Anderfels is it's own nation or a city-state, not sure about that. Speaking of, there's city-states in the Free Marches we haven't seen yet either, like Ostwick, home to the human Inquisitors. I see what you're saying about the much more focused setting though, and it has it's appeal, but personally I think that DA2 executed it extremely poorly. The single cave map is but one example, but it's a good one. If you want to focus on a single city, there's really no excuse for having every single interior be identical. Something I would want, that still fit the smaller focused scope, would be a full game about reclaiming a lost thaig. I love the DA take on dwarves, and I enjoyed the Deep Roads DLC for Inquisition. E: Mass Effect at it's core is space opera, the planet hopping a natural part of it. That said, I do think the franchise could accommodate sidequels. 'Course the reason not to is the very same as why we're getting Andromeda; in the eyes of many ME3 irrevocably hosed the entire galaxy up. You can't set something after it, and if you set your game before, you'd get people saying what's the point, everone's going to die in a few years anyway. Groetgaffel fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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I bet that this game will primarily be about salvaging the Andromeda Initiative, finding a new Earth for the humans on the Arc (and maybe helping the other Pathfinders find homes for their people too) and establishing relations, good or bad, with the Andromeda galactic community. But there's probably some galaxy ending threat locked up in the Remant Vaults that's going to escape and require the Andromeda and Milkey Way races working together to stop it. SgtSteel91 fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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SgtSteel91 posted:But there's probably some galaxy ending threat locked up in the Remant Vaults that's going to escape and require the Andromeda and Milkey Way races working together to stop it. VVVVV Same. Does she want to bang you? Murder you? Both? Nobody knows, and you sure as hell aren't going to stay and find out. Groetgaffel fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Groetgaffel posted:It's Shepard. I'd play a Mass Effect game where you're the leader of a pirate band on your pirate spaceship, pursued by unstoppable juggernaut Shepard.
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yknow what game is gonna benefit from a very focused setting is DETROIT: Become Human let's talk about that
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isk posted:Agreed. We need more Shepards, Geralts, and Ashley Riots. It'd be pretty funny if the whole game was Ryder putting together a merry band of idiots and fuckups and just scraping by, preparing for the big confrontation....only for some N7 dudes to wake up from cryosleep and effortless blast the antagonist away.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/5t13cs/info_from_pc_gamer_uk_march_issue/ I guess PC Gamer UK has some andromeda info this month
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tayvaan posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/5t13cs/info_from_pc_gamer_uk_march_issue/ Huh, that all sounds like pretty much what I want. I'm here for the super-casual Mass Effect game where we're just trying to get by in space and poo poo.
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this article says there's no overarching threat, but I thought we'd already decided there would be?!
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Serf posted:Huh, that all sounds like pretty much what I want. I'm here for the super-casual Mass Effect game where we're just trying to get by in space and poo poo. this. it definitely sounds more start treky. which is a nice change.
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Super No Vacancy posted:yknow what game is gonna benefit from a very focused setting is DETROIT: Become Human let's talk about that I am hype for this PS4 exclusive from legendary video game director David Cage.
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Reclaimer posted:I am hype for this PS4 exclusive from legendary video game director David Cage. yeah pretty much. what sucks is the idea while done to death is cool but its david cage, which means the gameplay will suck and the story wont make sense or will blow its load in the first half and have dumb twists that ruin everything.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah pretty much. what sucks is the idea while done to death is cool but its david cage, which means the gameplay will suck and the story wont make sense or will blow its load in the first half and have dumb twists that ruin everything. This is literally my exact opinion on it. But I don't own a PS4 anyways 
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Can't wait to see the LP mocking it mercilessly.
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marshmallow creep posted:Can't wait to see the LP mocking it mercilessly. But enough about Mass Effect...
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Serf posted:I would dig a Mass Effect game set on a single planet, or on a huge megastructure like the Citadel, but by its very nature the series is about planet-hopping space adventures, so it probably wouldn't fly. well you kinda can live that dream in both the Omega and Citadel DLC in ME3, both take place in one area pretty much quote:Cora is 'more militaristic and orders and rules based', Ashley 2.0 Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Pattonesque posted:https://www.masseffect.com/news/vetra-nyx bitter middle-aged social studies or english lit teacher lookin rear end
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I guess Vetra is another Soldier type, or maybe Engineer with the heavily upgraded armor?
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I feel like this game is going to force me to take Peebee because all these characters look and sound boring as gently caress. Hopefully Drack will come through as interesting.
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tayvaan posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/5t13cs/info_from_pc_gamer_uk_march_issue/ This sounds both cool and good, how can it be possible??!!?
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Super No Vacancy posted:Heavy Rain was good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhG9D9UO7c
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SgtSteel91 posted:I guess Vetra is another Soldier type, or maybe Engineer with the heavily upgraded armor? The companions aren't going to stick to those classic roles. Vetra sound like a Soldier/Engineer i.e. an Infiltrator but uses tech for tankiness instead of stealth.
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Yeah, sounds like she might be like a Sentinel with an Assault Rifle but no biotics, or Grunt but with guile.
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TotalHell posted:This sounds both cool and good, how can it be possible??!!? How can this be a cool or good game if it I can't choose my pronouns?
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