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I've decided I'm naming my ryder alec to make the game as confusing as possible.
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I preordered it on Amazon but I'm kinda bummed I won't get my pyjack.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:01
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I loved Mass Effect when it came out, liked ME2 a little less, and never played ME3 because I didn't have a console/good enough PC back then. Is there something at the beginning of ME3 to indicate your choices in ME2 (like a questionnaire) or is it all based on the character you import? Because I still know most of the stuff I did, but I don't have any save games.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:05
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Jack's Flow posted:I loved Mass Effect when it came out, liked ME2 a little less, and never played ME3 because I didn't have a console/good enough PC back then. Is there something at the beginning of ME3 to indicate your choices in ME2 (like a questionnaire) or is it all based on the character you import? Because I still know most of the stuff I did, but I don't have any save games. http://www.masseffectsaves.com/
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Mar 10, 2017 20:07
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CottonWolf posted:Good thing Obsidian's making a game explicitly about colonialism as we speak. Oh word? What's the name of the new game?
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Mar 10, 2017 20:07
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Jack's Flow posted:I loved Mass Effect when it came out, liked ME2 a little less, and never played ME3 because I didn't have a console/good enough PC back then. Is there something at the beginning of ME3 to indicate your choices in ME2 (like a questionnaire) or is it all based on the character you import? Because I still know most of the stuff I did, but I don't have any save games. Unfortunately, no. You hafta find a save state that's close to what you want and load that up.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:09
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Torrannor posted:Oh word? What's the name of the new game? Pillars of Eternity 2.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:10
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Torrannor posted:Oh word? What's the name of the new game? Apparently the pillars of eternity sequel starts with a long dead god showing up, loving up all your poo poo, and flipping you the bird while flying off to a distant island archipelago. So the logical response is to steal a pirate ship and fly the gently caress after it.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:11
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Peebee's jaw is falling off and Cora's either winking or having an eye spasm https://clips.twitch.tv/TrappedShortWaterYee https://clips.twitch.tv/BovineSuccessfulCheddarKeepo
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Mar 10, 2017 20:14
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Kurieg posted:Apparently the pillars of eternity sequel starts with a long dead god showing up, loving up all your poo poo, and flipping you the bird while flying off to a distant island archipelago. So the logical response is to steal a pirate ship and fly the gently caress after it. I mean, wouldn't you?
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Mar 10, 2017 20:46
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If you find a save you like but isn't quite what you want you can edit them with Gibbed to be precisely how you want.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:51
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exquisite tea posted:There's a kind of weird revisionism to "well the facial animations were always this bad, Mass Effect was never a good-looking series." Mass Effect 2 was maybe one of the most graphically impressive games of 2010 and still looks great today, especially compared to its contemporaries that don't hold up nearly as well. It had really strong art direction that made up for its shortcomings in other areas and ran well on even the most piece of poo poo system. ME2 was indeed better than anything else in this regard. However, in the meantime animation and quality of character models made gigantic leaps, while Bioware did not. DAI didn't look great and ME3 still seems quite stiff and like ME2/3 with better textures. Which would be really disappointing. That said, the 15 minutes of the beginning IGN showed looked quite good, better than this recent one.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:54
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I think I may just be a dullard because I can't see bad animations when I'm watching these vids in normal speed. I don't see anything until it's slowed down and pulled out of context. Now unless it pulls something like from ME3 where you're talking to Liara and all of a sudden ya'lls heads start spinning around while they follow Glyph around the room, I don't think I'll be pulled out of the story.
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Mar 10, 2017 20:59
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That was fast. Thanks a lot, guys. I really didn't want to play through ME 2 again, but I do want to play 3 before Andromeda.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:01
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Ainsley McTree posted:I've decided I'm naming my ryder alec to make the game as confusing as possible. You could name your Ryder "Ryder" so that in defaulting to the last name, the game will actually have all NPCs on a super-casual first-name basis with you.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:04
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Ryder Ryder is one flexible dude.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:12
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It's like Mario Mario.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:15
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Ryder was my fathers name. Please, call me Ryder
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Mar 10, 2017 21:17
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Kurieg posted:Apparently the pillars of eternity sequel starts with a long dead god showing up, loving up all your poo poo, and flipping you the bird while flying off to a distant island archipelago. So the logical response is to steal a pirate ship and fly the gently caress after it. Also by loving up all your poo poo Kurieg means "Ate parts of your soul" so, yes.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:17
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That bitch took my soul
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Mar 10, 2017 21:19
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marshmallow creep posted:It's like Mario Mario. Or Sirhan Sirhan.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:22
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Can someone please explain to me why the characters and facial animations I'm seeing in literally all the videos for this game feel so "off" - I don't think it's an uncanny valley situation because it's not hyper-realistic. I haven't been playing ME2 or ME3 in quite a long time so perhaps I'm not remembering correctly, but I never had anywhere near the visceral gut-level rejection of the 3D models the way I'm getting from this new poo poo. I think it's something to-do with the eyes maybe? Everyone human or asari just looks dead-eyed and fat-faced to me, and it's bizarre. edit: Like, seriously, Ryder just seems like the LEAST compelling character to play as and I have a feeling like it's not going to be received nearly as well as Shephard was. All the weird facial stuff going on and the voice-actor for the guy version just.... gah, I dunno!
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Mar 10, 2017 21:36
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I think this game will be fun to play but the characters and the story will be lol just lol imo
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Mar 10, 2017 21:38
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AwkwardKnob posted:Can someone please explain to me why the characters and facial animations I'm seeing in literally all the videos for this game feel so "off" - I don't think it's an uncanny valley situation because it's not hyper-realistic. I haven't been playing ME2 or ME3 in quite a long time so perhaps I'm not remembering correctly, but I never had anywhere near the visceral gut-level rejection of the 3D models the way I'm getting from this new poo poo. I think it's something to-do with the eyes maybe? Everyone human or asari just looks dead-eyed and fat-faced to me, and it's bizarre. Yeah I think it's the eyes that bother me the most. I can deal with weird facial animations but the dead, soulless eyes really kind of pull me out. I think that's also why the Krogan, Salarian, etc. aliens that have non-human eyes don't look so bad.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:42
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I preordered the game and I have origin access but I just realised I'll be away from my pc next weekend.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:45
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100% agree with you. The Salarian and Krogan characters I've seen look totally fine. The modelling of the eyes for the human characters doesn't seem as detailed actually. They don't look wet or alive. They're just these dead cow eyes surrounded by awkwardly shifting eyebrow motions.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:46
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A lot of characters seem like they have the shakes when they speak. Not all of them but a few seem like they can't stay still while speaking.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:49
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Ainsley McTree posted:Ryder was my fathers name. Please, call me Ryder Ryder Ibn Ryder. Ryder O'Ryder. Ryder Fech Ryder.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:52
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Spaseman posted:A lot of characters seem like they have the shakes when they speak. Not all of them but a few seem like they can't stay still while speaking. It's just what happens when you've been frozen for 600 years. It's immersive!
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Mar 10, 2017 21:53
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Turbl posted:Peebee's jaw is falling off and Cora's either winking or having an eye spasm I can't hear the sound at work, but the first looks like Peebee just starts snickering at a joke only she heard, while Cora looks like she has an eyelash in her eye but is trying to focus on the task at hand
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Mar 10, 2017 21:55
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To be clear, I *want* to like this game. I really do. But it hasn't won me over yet and I'm going in expecting it to be bad and get 60-70% range reviews, honestly. Prove me wrong, Bioware. Prove me wrong. Also, fix the human's eyes. Thanks.
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Mar 10, 2017 21:56
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Single player has confirmed Krogan Vangaurds with Nova I am fine with everything and its fine
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Mar 10, 2017 22:00
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fridge corn posted:I think this game will be fun to play but the characters and the story will be lol just lol imo My thoughts exactly for pretty much any Bioware game made in the last decade.
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Mar 10, 2017 22:00
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homullus posted:You could name your Ryder "Ryder" so that in defaulting to the last name, the game will actually have all NPCs on a super-casual first-name basis with you. You don't have to do that because if you leave the default names, characters will use that!
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AwkwardKnob posted:Can someone please explain to me why the characters and facial animations I'm seeing in literally all the videos for this game feel so "off" - I don't think it's an uncanny valley situation because it's not hyper-realistic. I haven't been playing ME2 or ME3 in quite a long time so perhaps I'm not remembering correctly, but I never had anywhere near the visceral gut-level rejection of the 3D models the way I'm getting from this new poo poo. I think it's something to-do with the eyes maybe? Everyone human or asari just looks dead-eyed and fat-faced to me, and it's bizarre. Its not much different in the previous ME games. I recently reinstalled ME3 and my first thought was "this has aged really badly". Super janky animations that never bothered me when it was released but now seem horrifying. I blame The Last of Us personally.
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Mar 10, 2017 22:06
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Personally, I want to name my guy Dave Rider after the character from Space Mutiny. Buff Drinkslots!
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Mar 10, 2017 22:06
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Esroc posted:It's not there on my end. It's certainly possible somethings wrong and I'm getting worked up over a simple glitch. But from where I'm sitting there are no tabs, no options, absolutely nothing I can select to access the cheaper editions and even using search to specifically bring up all the different editions in the search window just redirects me to Super Deluxe when I select standard or even "regular" deluxe. Doesn't matter though, getting it through Amazon worked just fine. Do you have a vpn/ublock origin, I had tons if issues with using either of these and using the ff14 launcher, maybe it's the same for origin?
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Mar 10, 2017 22:06
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WanderingKid posted:Its not much different in the previous ME games. I recently reinstalled ME3 and my first thought was "this has aged really badly". Super janky animations that never bothered me when it was released but now seem horrifying. Blaming naughty dog for effective design is mildly unfair. They're such a loving gold standard and have spoiled us rotten.
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Mar 10, 2017 22:08
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They ruined the cinematic gaming dream for me. Everything else just seems weird and wrong now. So yeah, its not uncanny valley. Its the march of progress and the difficulty of turning back.
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FunkMonkey posted:Blaming naughty dog for effective design is mildly unfair. They're such a loving gold standard and have spoiled us rotten. Yeah, there's no quick path to authentic facial animation. I'm guessing that ME uses some kind of procedural tech for most of the dialogue, and the only way to get quality on par with Last of Us is to have a human animator go through and do that hard work of making everything look believably human. I'm sure Bioware has some number of folks who do that job, but the huge volume of dialogue means that they probably only do tuning passes on cut-scenes and other plot critical stuff.
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