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Daztek posted:Hope you really enjoyed the travel times on the Galaxy Map in MEA Ohhhh yeah.
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Guildencrantz posted:For all the massive and often cringeworthy flaws with the writing, I have to commend the way the main character is written most of the time. Plus no idea about how the dude voice actor handles it, but the lady VA is really good. I love that they made the male and female Ryders their own characters too. Shepard wasn't just a badass though, he was an N7-rated special-ops soldier. You do not gently caress with anyone bearing an N7 rating unless you want to spend time contemplating your mistake in an intensive-care ward.
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I'm about 50 hours in, just played Drack's loyalty mission and holy poo poo that made up for a whole lot of animation glitches and audio bugs right there. Also, unrelated--Vetra almost fully skilled out with the priming disruptor ammo is a beast--between her and my Ryder's incinerate/concussive shot detonations every five seconds the battles are pure chaos. This is easily the most fun I've had in combat in a Mass Effect game. except when they throw too many Kett at you and the framerate tanks Haledjian fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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Apr 2, 2017 09:18
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I liked when Bradley scolded me for wearing N7 armor.
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Apr 2, 2017 09:20
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Wait, really? People can react to that?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I tried to edit that to remove the reference to the bomb before posting that because you're right, whoops, but she still wanted to start serious poo poo with the Nexus to prove they were strong. There was no lie about her naming herself Overlord Morda or ranting about attacking the Nexus. When she made a demand and the Initiative acceded to her, that gave her the victory she needed. All the Krogan wanted was to be treated as equals.
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Ok I'm a dumb lazy goon who sort of liked mass effect 1 more than the other two, should I buy Andromeda at full price because I will like it or should get it on sale in a year since it'll just be mostly ok but nothing special?
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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blowfish posted:Ok I'm a dumb lazy goon who sort of liked mass effect 1 more than the other two, should I buy Andromeda at full price because I will like it or should get it on sale in a year since it'll just be mostly ok but nothing special? It's $44 on GMG, and $48 on Amazon if you have Prime. I think it's worth that but there's no harm in waiting either.
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blowfish posted:Ok I'm a dumb lazy goon who sort of liked mass effect 1 more than the other two, should I buy Andromeda at full price because I will like it or should get it on sale in a year since it'll just be mostly ok but nothing special? Is your reaction to animation errors and bad dialogue to laugh like it's a good B-movie, or be angry that you spent money on a game? How capable are you of ignoring 75% of the obviously dreary sidequests the game throws at you? The answers to these questions determine how enjoyable it is.
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Ok, I can ignore lovely sidequests and goofy stuff, so I might give it a shot 
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blowfish posted:Ok, I can ignore lovely sidequests and goofy stuff, so I might give it a shot You'll find it pleasantly acceptable! Seriously the minute I stopped doing the pointless side quests unless they were right next to me was when I really started to have actual fun.
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blowfish posted:Ok, I can ignore lovely sidequests and goofy stuff, so I might give it a shot You can't ignore them. You can just not complete them. E: What I mean is; the place is littered with them. You'll be on your way to a point on the map to do something and you'll pass half a dozen side quests. A lot of which will trigger some dialogue. A lot of the time that side quest that you were trying to ignore will trigger dialogue that will cut off the dialogue from the quest you wanted to do. Funky See Funky Do fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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neat thing that in a game where can change your name the npcs are actually voice acted to use the default. i wonder if you werent allowed to change the name at some point? seems rare though. so far the only times i can remember are in SAM node, a suvi relationship, and kelly Verviticus fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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Apr 2, 2017 10:42
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BrianWilly posted:Wait, really? People can react to that? Yeah, Bradley lightly chides you for wearing that armor since he's former Alliance military and still takes it serious but understands that it was your dad's armor.
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Apr 2, 2017 10:55
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So I'm about 25 hours in playing the single player and now I have a persistent crash occurring on arriving to Nexus, preventing progression. This game is so loving good. 
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Vanderdeath posted:Yeah, Bradley lightly chides you for wearing that armor since he's former Alliance military and still takes it serious but understands that it was your dad's armor. Plus, any old scrub can just buy it on the Nexus.
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Apr 2, 2017 11:22
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There's no longer a promotion mechanism to make anyone a N7 anyway since the Alliance is long dead. Wearing that armor is like dressing up as a space Roman Legionnaire
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Apr 2, 2017 11:27
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Ryder is wearing it in remembrance of Shepard, who insanely, brutally died.
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Dan Didio posted:Ryder is wearing it in remembrance of Shepard, who insanely, brutally died. The station fell on Shepard, then onto the planet followed closely by the galaxy exploding. All that remained was a franchise monetisation plan turned into confetti, scattering to the solar winds.
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Apr 2, 2017 11:47
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N7 armour is for wannabes, Maverick Ambusher 4 lyfe yo. The impossible has happened - Addison finally has a good line: "loving HELL."
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Apr 2, 2017 11:54
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It is kind of funny how N7 armor goes from being really drat good to being one of the first and worst sets of armor you can get. But then I guess I was spoiled by angaran and heleus champion armor.
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Light-headed Fool posted:So I'm about 25 hours in playing the single player and now I have a persistent crash occurring on arriving to Nexus, preventing progression. This game is so loving good. And this is really bad considering Andromeda is nothing but cutscene loads.
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BrianWilly posted:In the interest of...I dunno, something...my friend and I were talking today and agreed that this game doesn't have enough "fail conditions." As in, there's not really enough ways to make things go badly for yourself or others. Most decisions in this game just result in one outcome...or another outcome that's a bit different but not worse. I understand that they were trying to step away from more obvious, "you obviously want this/you obviously don't want this" choices, but there's got to have been a happier medium. The way that things stand, you can go through the game making zero planets viable other than Eos, and the game is still going to end with all planets being fixed by space magic anyway. There's no way to actually fail. Very, very few people like playing games where they find out they failed hours after it happened. If I really wanted to romance Peebee and found out I had wrecked it six convos ago, I might stop playing. A big rule of vidya game design is that you don't do things that make players put down your game.
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N7 armor is the best though. I can see a case for Hyperguardian chest armor, but otherwise nah.
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homullus posted:Very, very few people like playing games where they find out they failed hours after it happened. If I really wanted to romance Peebee and found out I had wrecked it six convos ago, I might stop playing. A big rule of vidya game design is that you don't do things that make players put down your game. hes right about fail conditions though - even previous ME games had them. you could fail loyalty missions, squad members could die. in this you can have loyalty missions end with a screaming match and then "You've earned x's loyalty!" pops up. i feel like there were failure conditions - jaal/vetra's loyalty missions especially, and then they took them out
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Verviticus posted:hes right about fail conditions though - even previous ME games had them. you could fail loyalty missions, squad members could die. in this you can have loyalty missions end with a screaming match and then "You've earned x's loyalty!" pops up. i feel like there were failure conditions - jaal/vetra's loyalty missions especially, and then they took them out More likely planned and scrapped, like a lot of stuff.
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Peebee's too probably. Sorry, totally shot at you to prevent you saving your lover. I need that boondoggle, and she tried to kill us. Welcome to the team.
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homullus posted:Very, very few people like playing games where they find out they failed hours after it happened. If I really wanted to romance Peebee and found out I had wrecked it six convos ago, I might stop playing. A big rule of vidya game design is that you don't do things that make players put down your game. I know gamers can be real dense about mechanics sometimes but there's certainly a way to make it as foolproof as possible.
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https://i.imgur.com/eADHjGA.mp4 Talk about an overload!
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BrianWilly posted:I mean, ideally it wouldn't be a trick or anything. You'd have, for instance, a tooltip popping up early in the game that flat out tells you that certain companions aren't into certain personality types. And then you'd have these companions, Peebee for instance, outright tell you if they like the way you're acting. Press E to gently caress [party member] Oh you were trying to open a door? Well now you're porking on the filthy floor of this remnant vault like animals. The only game that got romances correct was Saints Row 4.
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GenericOverusedName posted:https://i.imgur.com/eADHjGA.mp4 this game is good and well made
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Why do the space helmets at the beginning of the game break so easily? And why can't your helmet be fixed by your dad when they clearly setup that you can repair a broken helmet with the omnitool? Your dad's noble sacrifice feels so lame and forced.
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Why doesn't your dad do the thing we've seen scuba divers do on like a billion movies and just share the helmet? Why don't you just create a seal with your mouth over where your breather is? Why do we keep struggling to breathe the air we know is toxic?
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You just cracked the screen the first time, the second time you straight up lost the whole windshield because you like to catch yourself with your dang face. You have had repeated concussions and facial bone fractures through the course of your life, which explains your hosed up facial expressions See, it's worldbuilding!
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Given all the just-in-time manufacturing and force fields ME tech uses, not being able to handle a broken faceplate on an expedition suit is just stupid.
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Yeah why the gently caress didn't our shields protect us from that box r whatever that hit us in the face? Maybe have one of these in your supplies just in case?  That thing was somehow vacuum rated. WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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BrianWilly posted:I mean, ideally it wouldn't be a trick or anything. You'd have, for instance, a tooltip popping up early in the game that flat out tells you that certain companions aren't into certain personality types. And then you'd have these companions, Peebee for instance, outright tell you if they like the way you're acting. if you couldn't figure out for example, Peebee likes casual, Cora likes professional and Jaal likes emotional responses then you're probably too dumb for even Mass Effect's level of storyline.
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So I've gotten about three hours into this and it's okay but I was wondering when Shepherd is supposed show up? I'm ready to switch to him, I'm done with this tutorial character
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Why doesn't your dad do the thing we've seen scuba divers do on like a billion movies and just share the helmet? Why don't you just create a seal with your mouth over where your breather is? Why do we keep struggling to breathe the air we know is toxic? That wouldn't necessarily work if the problem was poison rather than lack of oxygen, that might just be a very efficient way to kill both people.
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moist turtleneck posted:So I've gotten about three hours into this and it's okay but I was wondering when Shepherd is supposed show up? I'm ready to switch to him, I'm done with this tutorial character Dan Didio posted:Shepard, who insanely, brutally died.
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