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exquisite tea posted:I don't even enjoy TW3 as much as the Mass Effect trilogy, it's just a good example of how game writing has evolved over the last five years and we should hold developers who market themselves on their stories to a higher standard. Journey has no dialogue and yet has a far better story than TW3.
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but seriously anyone who pre-ordered do you get to play with the dlc yet
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Generic Monk posted:i'm still finding it kind of weird that the 'pathfinder' title is treated with almost religious significance. maybe it's better explained in the course of the actual opening idk. guess i'll find out when i get a pc that can play morrowind at more than 15fps (not joking) It kind of feels like this element of the script has suffered from rewrites. The Pathfinder isn't some religious figure who can heal rifts in the sky with her magic hand, she's just any old dope with an iPhone wired into her brain. Feels like at one point it was meant to seem more superhuman given all the reverential dialogue.
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precision posted:Journey has no dialogue and yet has a far better story than TW3. A lesson Mass Effect: Andromeda should have taken to heart.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:23
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exquisite tea posted:It kind of feels like this element of the script has suffered from rewrites. The Pathfinder isn't some religious figure who can heal rifts in the sky with her magic hand, she's just any old dope with an iPhone wired into her brain. Feels like at one point it was meant to seem more superhuman given all the reverential dialogue. I think they just have no idea how to write a character that isnt the chosen one
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Mar 20, 2017 01:23
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GreenBuckanneer posted:but seriously anyone who pre-ordered do you get to play with the dlc yet By DLC you mean the skins and pet pyjack? No. Everyone gets the same experience in the trial. Pre-order/deluxe content doesn't unlock till release.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:23
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eonwe posted:I think they just have no idea how to write a character that isnt the chosen one yeah the only game bioware's ever made that didn't establish your character as some sort of unique super person was mdk2
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Mar 20, 2017 01:25
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Coldforge posted:Quarians arent in this game (maybe). I thought it was funny when some incidental dialogue clarifies the Quarians built an Ark (you know, with all those excess resources they have lying around) but it's sort of the "everybody else" Ark so they were running behind schedule figuring out how to bring Drell, Elcor, Jellyfish People and so on. I imagine they won't show up during this game but it gives Bioware either the option to add them in postgame DLC or have them available in a sequel. It's just funny to imagine they show up a couple years after the events of ME:A after a smooth trip and are like "Wow, looks like you guys got the whole colony thing worked out, great! Did we miss anything?" The Batarians probably aren't coming.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:26
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I really hope there's more actual resistance to Ryder being in this position, especially from actual teammates like Cora. One thing that really struck me with both siblings, but Sara especially, is how young, hysteric and panicked they can sound in combat. Maybe they will grow throughout the game and Sara will sound a lil bit more Jennifer Hale by the end but I'm just struggling to imagine why the crew and the squadmates would take either sibling seriously at this point. And I'm not criticizing the performances, clearly they're trying to be that way and the line delivery is good and all that jazz. But I just dunno if the narrative is going to support it or if its going to require some pretty big suspension of disbelief to take this starship crew respecting and eagerly following this awkward dumbshit kid seriously.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:27
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CottonWolf posted:End of prologue spoilers: Seems to me that it was more a case of "well my son is dying, and I have to die to save him, so I'm going to initiate this transfer so my son can carry on whatever my shady ulterior motives were" rather than SAM directly saving Ryder's life
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Mar 20, 2017 01:28
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Funky See Funky Do posted:By DLC you mean the skins and pet pyjack? No. Everyone gets the same experience in the trial. Pre-order/deluxe content doesn't unlock till release. The multiplayer stuff has unlocked already.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:28
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I don't care about lore in the multiplayer so there drat well better be Batarians in there. Or I guess just make whatever race Jaal is the new "ugly punchdudes".
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Mar 20, 2017 01:30
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Cowcaster posted:yeah the only game bioware's ever made that didn't establish your character as some sort of unique super person was mdk2 In DA2 you start off a nobody and slowly work your way up (it's one of the things the game did a decent job of).
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Mar 20, 2017 01:32
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evilmiera posted:Replace pathfinder with inquisitor and be enlightened. glowy hand? glowy hand.
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eonwe posted:ill give this probably bad game another try tonight glad to hear you're not giving up on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Dolash posted:The Batarians probably aren't coming. With any luck, they're all dead.
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Fojar38 posted:yeah post the rear end Smash Mouth eat the rear end
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Captain Oblivious posted:Seems to me that it was more a case of "well my son is dying, and I have to die to save him, so I'm going to initiate this transfer so my son can carry on whatever my shady ulterior motives were" rather than SAM directly saving Ryder's life I bet the secret family history thing is this: Mon!Ryder was dying and Alec tried to save her by having her live on as an AI. He was part way through mapping her brain when she dies. Alec then discovers that directly interfacing with the AI, now retooled as SAM for the Andromeda Initiative, unlocks the full extent of the Human Potential (Synthesis achieved "naturally" as opposed to Shepard being blended by the Crucible). It's represented in gameplay terms by allowing Ryder to use every ability and it's in this specific condition that allowed him to unlock the Remnant Vault and restore Habitat 7. But directly interfacing with SAM only works for him, Scott, and Sara, since the twins are the children of MomRyder, who SAM's neural network, or whaterver, was partially built ontop of, and Alec, who got the AI to directly interface with him. That is why Alec made Scott or Sara Pathfinder; they are the only ones who can directly interface with SAM and use the Vaults to restore the Golden Worlds. And I bet a plot point is that the Archon will kidnap the other Ryder twin and use them to access the Vaults.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:42
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I don't get why you can't change the eyes. Got a character design I really liked, but with eyes like Reese's pieces. Looks constantly in shock.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:46
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Cowcaster posted:yeah the only game bioware's ever made that didn't establish your character as some sort of unique super person was mdk2 Wow nice 17 year old pull.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:48
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cams posted:were people able to get through the beginning of the game on the hardest difficulty level? makes me think there has to be another new game plus type option in this, cause insanity seems impossible starting fresh. There is a New Game Plus, but I completed the trial on Insanity as a biotic and only died twice. The hardest part for me was at the very beginning on Habitat 7, where I had to spend a lot of time cowering in cover because I only had Throw. After the first level up I grabbed Pull and Singularity and it became much easier.
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OK, here's the question. What is multiplayer like? I'll play the single player at some point this year, which should give Bioware some time to fix some of the issues if they care to, but I really enjoyed the ME3 multiplayer. Is it as good to play for those of you with early access?
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Digirat posted:When there is so much legitimate ammo to use against this game, complaining about poo poo like this is about as loving asinine as it gets. Jesus christ. If you're going to build a bonfire, you throw every log you have on it; you don't stop halfway.
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Mar 20, 2017 01:54
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Thundercloud posted:OK, here's the question. What is multiplayer like? I'll play the single player at some point this year, which should give Bioware some time to fix some of the issues if they care to, but I really enjoyed the ME3 multiplayer. Is it as good to play for those of you with early access? It's being discussed in the ME3MP thread but short answer is "Maybe, there are still hosting issues"
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fridge corn posted:The reason why witcher is *high art* is because most goons don't read real books Witcher 3 is *high art* within the confines of videogames, if anything. I don't get why people try to stretch so hard to defend other videogames, as if Witcher 3 is going to eat the other games or something. IT's a good game, it's a high bar to hold other examples up to but it doesn't mean no part of any other game can be good or great or interesting. That said, if MEA does similar things to W3 then it'll be compared and judged accordingly. I probably will like MEA's combat much more than W3's, but those are pretty different, so it's not fair to compare. Open world poo poo and story and character stufff, well...we'll see in a few days.
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cravius posted:She's like hundreds of years removed from any actual colonialism lmao My granddad grew up on a reservation that looks like a third world nation, my dude. That's not remotely true.
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Mar 20, 2017 02:00
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orange juche posted:gently caress that Fiend fight at site 2 on Eos on hardcore. Like seriously you have 3-4 minigunner dudes, a Fiend, and a ton of trash kett. That fight was insanely stupid to do. That fights great. It's the one where you realise you really have to push your new mobility to stay alive when poo poo gets real. Lots of dashing and flanking and charging, even into dangerous situations, to get your shields back up. A big open space that's not a corridor with cover. As always, Always Be Charging, because the game opens the gently caress up when you do. More fights like that please
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Dolash posted:I thought it was funny when some incidental dialogue clarifies the Quarians built an Ark (you know, with all those excess resources they have lying around) but it's sort of the "everybody else" Ark so they were running behind schedule figuring out how to bring Drell, Elcor, Jellyfish People and so on. I imagine they won't show up during this game but it gives Bioware either the option to add them in postgame DLC or have them available in a sequel. It's just funny to imagine they show up a couple years after the events of ME:A after a smooth trip and are like "Wow, looks like you guys got the whole colony thing worked out, great! Did we miss anything?" i like that the quarians, the race most used to spacefaring and continuous ship maintenance, arent the first ship out the gates or at least hugely involved in the construction/design process of an ark also that they're likely to die from exposure to p much anything so lets include a bunch of species that can make them cripplingly sick!
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Mar 20, 2017 02:06
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Any word on the new art book? Have people started getting copies? Also what about the novel
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Hedrigall posted:Any word on the new art book? Have people started getting copies? Novels aren't coming for a little while. March 28ths is the first one, and then the other two will be later this summer and beyond. quote:MASS EFFECT™: NEXUS UPRISING by Jason M. Hough and K.C. Alexander also, quote:A planned fourth novel, by BioWare creative director Mac Walters, has been shelved. 
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Coldforge posted:Quarians arent in this game (maybe). That's because Quarians aren't people. 
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Mar 20, 2017 02:16
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The only thing more tiresome than comparing ME:A to W3 is all these hot takes on W3.
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Mar 20, 2017 02:18
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2house2fly posted:glad to hear you're not giving up on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt thanks im really looking forward to....wait
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Mar 20, 2017 02:21
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SgtSteel91 posted:~Ryder Theory~ That's actually pretty plausible and thought out, well done.
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Clawtopsy posted:i like that the quarians, the race most used to spacefaring and continuous ship maintenance, arent the first ship out the gates or at least hugely involved in the construction/design process of an ark Well if the actions of the Quarian fleets during ME3 told me anything, it's that the people with power in their culture aren't willing to abandon their stolen home world. I feel like pushing for a colonizing generation ship before reclaiming their home would have been spun politically to be seen as treason to take valuable supplies and skilled people necessary to rebuild Rannoch.
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Arglebargle III posted:The only thing more tiresome than comparing ME:A to W3 is all these hot takes on W3.
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is it just me or is the lighting in some areas (like the nexus) really bad? like the fullbright command in HL2
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Drifter posted:Novels aren't coming for a little while. Just checked my kindle preorder for the first one and it's saying March 21st
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CottonWolf posted:End of prologue spoilers:
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