Old Mass Effect Megathread: Original Camera Angles

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precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Went back to my ME1 replay, my only time ever playing a Soldier in any of the games, because I just want to shoot poo poo in the face and Tali/Liara can handle the space magic well enough.

Man some of these sidequests are tone deaf as hell in hilarious ways. You can really tell they wanted this game to Be Important.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 05:46

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# ? May 29, 2024 00:12

Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

I felt like they did a good job of reusing the basic shell of and/or continuing a lot of the ME1 sidequests while making them more character focused which helped a lot.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:37

8-bit Miniboss: May 24, 2005; CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY

ME3 replay finished. This was a second playthrough that took me years to actually do after the :turianass:

less-than-stellar :turianass:

ending the first time within a week of its release. I'm still going to say Javik should have never been DLC and I'm going to add Leviathan to that list.

In comparison I've done the following back to back with each game as they were released:

Mass Effect 1 on 360 - 1 Paragon and 1 Renegade run
Mass Effect 1 on PC - 1 Paragon and 1 Renegade run
Mass Effect 2 on PC - 1 Paragon and 1 Renegade run

Now that I got 3 fresh in the mind again, I look forward to comparing it to Andromeda. Airborne biotic charges have already peaked my interest. Also looking forward to drive around in a god drat vehicle again, the Mako may be poo poo, but I still enjoyed it.

Edit: Forgot :turianass:

existed.

8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Feb 27, 2017

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:47

Captain Oblivious: Oct 12, 2007; I'm not like other posters

Cythereal posted:

Going by Dragon Age, this might be the goal but I'm very dubious that they'll succeed.

That's fair.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 07:05

dazoner: May 17, 2006; White People!

8-bit Miniboss posted:

ME3 replay finished. This was a second playthrough that took me years to actually do after the less-than-stellar ending the first time within a week of its release.

The way the game just ended after killing Shields was weird. Step into the light and game over. Guess the reapers won and that's why Andromeda happens after ME 2 instead of ME 3

# ? Feb 27, 2017 07:20

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

dazoner posted:

The way the game just ended after killing Shields was weird. Step into the light and ~~game~~ franchise over. Guess the reapers won and that's why Andromeda happens after ME 2 instead of ME 3

FTFY.

Gotta print more money. Can't be killing the cash cow after your genius lead writer euthanizes the setting.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 07:59

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000; Belated Bear Witness; Soiled Meat

RIP Marauder Shields.

He was a good soldier.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 08:19

Generic American: Mar 15, 2012; I love my Peng

Shields... had a hard life...

He needs some time to rest.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 08:57

ijyt: Apr 10, 2012

Random rear end in a top hat posted:

What's it like in the alternate reality you live in? Because in the world I live in, Earth is going to be significantly less inhabitable in 100 years, leading to billions of deaths at a minimum, and rich people have the ability to fix this but are choosing not to because they can make more money actively causing the extinction of the human race then they can by preventing it.

Mass Effect the videogame is not Real Life the videogame.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 09:05

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

ijyt posted:

Mass Effect the videogame is not Real Life the videogame.

In real life the DLC takes longer to arrive and sometimes goes missing or gets broken in transit.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 09:09

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

saw this gathering of info about the game

quote:

"Mass Effect Archive" is a save import/export feature not unlike Dragon Age Keep. Andromeda's save file can be uploaded for, assumebly, future Mass Effect titles.[1]
Other ark names include Pachero (Salarian), Lunisia (Asari), and Natanas (Turian).[1]
Smallest planetary zone in Andromeda is larger than all of Dragon Age: Inquisition.[2]
The squadmate with the least amount of dialogue has more than all of Shepard's in Mass Effect 3.[2]
Nomad can swap between fast rear wheel drive, and all terrain six wheel drive.[/2]
The big theme for the game was 'fulfill the promise of Mass Effect 1.' - Ian Frazier, lead designer.[3]
Noveria from Mass Effect 1 used as a point of reference for how the open planet playspaces and mission are constructed. "Imagine a Novaria where you find a whole lot more than just driving from point A to point B, from the cool big hub and the other cool big hub." - Ian Frazier.[3]
Conversation tones include emotional, logical, casual, and professional. These replace the binary paragon and renegade.[3]
Additional conversation tones sarcastic, obedient, or skeptical noted.[4]
Ambient companion dialogue as you drive around.[3]
Nine preset heads exist within the character creator, across a variety of races and genders, that can be customised.[4]
Background training chosen during character creation, eg: security, biotic, technician, leader, scrapper, and operative.[4]
Environments designed with cultural and biological needs of the inhabitants who live there.[5]
Far more work has been put into writing behind the general crew of the Tempest, beyond your squadmates. Crew interacts with each other over the intercom.[5]
Attempting to make character interactions and relationship development more nuanced and made up of shades of grey.[5]
Timeline confirmed to have the Andromeda Initiative leave the Milky Way post Mass Effect 2, but pre Mass Effect 3.[6]
Exploration and open play begins right with the prologue. Given key goal, but area is open enough to do some exploring, engage in optional encounters, make discoveries, etc.[6]
Quest log fully details objectives and events, including the ability to go over a summary and see the decisions you made.[6]
Securing one character's trust could come impact another.[6]
Drack is the "antithesis of Gruny", older, wiser, and matured.[6]
Vetra is warmer than Garrus, and joined the Initiative with her little sister.[6]
Crafting blueprints organised into broze/silver/gold rarity category, and are purchased by spending "research data", which is accrued via scanning the environment to expand your codex.[7]
Weapon mods can change the way weapons function, such as adding burst fire to a shotgun, and lasers to an assault rifle.[7]
Galaxy map is used to scan planets for anomalies. These can result in simple resource acquisitions, to unlocking either open planet zones (with vehicle exploration) and smaller on-foot zones.[7]

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:15

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

If I can customise my future saves the Quarians will be extinct in all of them.

Give me a crew full of geth TIA.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:23

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

Quarians can't go extinct until after the Initiative leaves, so afraid not.
I do hope half the appliances turn out to be disguised Geth though.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:40

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

The Lone Badger posted:

Quarians can't go extinct until after the Initiative leaves, so afraid not.
I do hope half the appliances turn out to be disguised Geth though.

Hoping for a Geth toaster romance option.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:44

Moola: Aug 16, 2006

Generic American posted:

Shields... had a hard life...

He needs some time to rest.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:49

chiasaur11: Oct 22, 2012

The Lone Badger posted:

Quarians can't go extinct until after the Initiative leaves, so afraid not.
I do hope half the appliances turn out to be disguised Geth though.

Any one of us could be one of them.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 10:49

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

The Lone Badger posted:

Quarians can't go extinct until after the Initiative leaves, so afraid not.
I do hope half the appliances turn out to be disguised Geth though.

Everything goes extinct after the expedition leaves.

The toasters and coffee cups will end up being those shadow things from the Prey reboot.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 11:23

Milkfred E. Moore: Aug 27, 2006; 'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'

quote:

Drack is the "antithesis of Gruny", older, wiser, and matured.[6]

So... Wrex?

# ? Feb 27, 2017 12:48

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

quarians have boobs, so, ergo, they are superior to geth

sorry geth

*genocides all geth*

# ? Feb 27, 2017 12:49

Lycus: Aug 5, 2008; Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

Milky Moor posted:

So... Wrex?

Shepard.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 12:50

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

https://twitter.com/AarynFlynn/status/835722814376259584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This something they're actually bragging about, lmao.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 12:54

Cythereal: Nov 8, 2009; I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

poptart_fairy posted:

https://twitter.com/AarynFlynn/status/835722814376259584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This something they're actually bragging about, lmao.

I dunno, I'm guessing that's sarcasm.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:04

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

Milky Moor posted:

So... Wrex?

Maybe. But Wrex's arc is to become the leader his people needs. I kinda assume Drack has given up on that when he joined the initiative. Drack seems like the type of Krogan Wrex would really, really hate.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:06

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

Cythereal posted:

I dunno, I'm guessing that's sarcasm.

Further down the comment chain he keeps on about it, so I doubt that.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:07

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

You people have no sense of humour.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:13

Zzulu: May 15, 2009; (â°ËvËâ°)

So, is this "Drak" bangable? I've always wanted to know how you're supposed to kiss a Krogan

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:14

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

I think it's OK to mock a company when they mention soft porn in their games after marketing fuckable party members.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:14

Lycus: Aug 5, 2008; Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

Fangz posted:

Maybe. But Wrex's arc is to become the leader his people needs. I kinda assume Drack has given up on that when he joined the initiative. Drack seems like the type of Krogan Wrex would really, really hate.

The description seems to be saying that Drack's clan signed up, so he's not loner.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:16

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

poptart_fairy posted:

I think it's OK to mock a company when they mention soft porn in their games after marketing fuckable party members.

Ah, mocking a company. That's when you take a light hearted tweet an employee made and go omg they really think this.

Lycus posted:

The description seems to be saying that Drack's clan signed up, so he's not loner.

I'm basically assuming there's no genophage cure in this, so this is kinda a suicide mission for all of them for no benefit to any krogan.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:18

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

Fangz posted:

Ah, mocking a company. That's when you take a light hearted tweet an employee made and go omg they really think this.

I think it's OK to mock a company when its employees have a history of sincerely playing up this kind of thing.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:20

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

poptart_fairy posted:

I think it's OK to mock a company when its employees have a history of sincerely playing up this kind of thing.

I think you think 'going up in arms about every little bioware thing' = mocking and I don't. :shrug:

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:22

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

Fangz posted:

You people have no sense of humour.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:23

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

Fangz posted:

I think you think 'going up in arms about every little bioware thing' = mocking and I don't.

I think you are far angrier than the people mentioning tweets, friend.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:23

9-Volt Assault: Jan 27, 2007; Beter twee tetten in de hand dan tien op de vlucht.

poptart_fairy posted:

https://twitter.com/AarynFlynn/status/835722814376259584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This something they're actually bragging about, lmao.

Bioware knows their own fanbase. And :lol:

if you pretend not to play the game to bang everything.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:24

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

Person who loves Undertale also loves Mass Effect universe.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:26

Fangz: Jul 5, 2007; Oh I see! This must be the Bad Opinion Zone!

I am legit shaking right now

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:26

poptart_fairy: Apr 8, 2009; by R. Guyovich

Perhaps you should find a sense of humour and chill with us, here in the Mass Effect: Andromeda thread.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:31

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

Fangz posted:

I am legit shaking right now

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:40

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Zzulu posted:

quarians have boobs, so, ergo, they are superior to geth

sorry geth

*genocides all geth*

edi can make boobs for the geth race

# ? Feb 27, 2017 13:49

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Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Person who loves Undertale also loves Mass Effect universe.

love my gay dinosaures

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