Mass Effect 3

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 06-03-2012 6:06pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Ugh, if there is a need to play through tacked on multiplayer I'll be irked. I've managed to keep everyone alive until now, so I'll be disappoint if I can't keep the track record going in SP alone.

Also, kind of feel like starting a campaign to include a 'transgender Shepard' in any further sequels in the name of political correctness.

maybe a dlc where we discover shepard has struggled with colour blindness his entire life, brought to live with greyscale qte prompts

super_furry · 06-03-2012 6:10pm

Everything I hear about this game turns me off it a tiny bit more. No-one wanted that multiplayer at all, now to force people to play it to get the 'proper' ending? Bull****.

johnny_ultimate · 06-03-2012 6:16pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

maybe a dlc where we discover shepard has struggled with colour blindness his entire life, brought to live with greyscale qte prompts

Or where Shepard has locked-in syndrome and can only communicate through telepathic Kinect inputs (which I believe the hardware is capable of). Or an update allowing sadomasochistic romances, as well as more socially frowned upon sexualities and an 'edgy' abortion subplot for femshep. And of course the DLC where Shepard refers to him/her/itself in the third person, has to do a full left rotation whenever he wants to turn right and has crippling space-pteromerhanophobia.

Homosexual intercourse is a step in the right direction. But not far enough!

Koa Salty Ambassador wrote: »

Interestingly enough - the Xbox360 version has a 94% critical rating, but only 43% public rating on metacritc (forgot to add that)

There's only one group of people worth ignoring more than the critics, and that's the general users of metacritic :pac:

blatantrereg · 06-03-2012 6:17pm

super_furry wrote: »

Everything I hear about this game turns me off it a tiny bit more. No-one wanted that multiplayer at all, now to force people to play it to get the 'proper' ending? Bull****.

I dunno. That's been in the back of my mind, and I'll wait to see myself whether that's actually the case. Review could be accurate wrt that bit, but it also could be a guy QQing because he didnt get the best ending.

Mass Effect 2 was really annoying in how basic and easy the gameplay was tbh (on the hardest level). Any indication of any sort of increased difficulty is good imo.

06-03-2012 6:18pm

I'm still going to buy this game - I've invested a lot of time into the past two games, through multiple playthroughs. If it weren't for that, I doubt I would. Everything I've heard, from the multiple DLCs and now the multiplayer thing kinda sour it for me.

degrassinoel · 06-03-2012 6:34pm

blatantrereg wrote: »

Mass Effect 2 was really annoying in how basic and easy the gameplay was tbh (on the hardest level). Any indication of any sort of increased difficulty is good imo.

I must be getting old then, i only just completed it on insanity a few days ago and parts of it were incredibly hard!

blatantrereg · 06-03-2012 6:43pm

degrassinoel wrote: »

I must be getting old then, i only just completed it on insanity a few days ago and parts of it were incredibly hard!

Dunno. I found ME1 the right level of challenge, and I'm not unusually good at fps games or anything. But a duck and auto-heal approach solved every situation in ME2 for me. I think at one point I had to run between different items of cover for a boss, but that was still easy. Perhaps it's more challenging with a different character spec. I was a soldier imported from ME1.

06-03-2012 6:45pm

blatantrereg wrote: »

Dunno. I found ME1 the right level of challenge, and I'm not unusually good at fps games or anything. But a duck and auto-heal approach solved every situation in ME2 for me. I think at one point I had to run between different items of cover for a boss, but that was still easy. Perhaps it's more challenging with a different character spec. I was a soldier imported from ME1.

I fully agree - the only time I found myself dying was when the controls would mess up for some reason Sheppard would be standing out of cover like a dullard. This whole ducking and recovering thing that a lot of games use now take a lot of the challenge out of it.

Jigz · 06-03-2012 6:51pm

Just checked again and HMV is now included in EA's list.

CE (xbox) is back for preoder again on their site for anyone looking.

danthefan · 06-03-2012 6:55pm

Just wondering, do I have to have Origin installed to play Mass Effect 3?

humanji · 06-03-2012 7:03pm

danthefan wrote: »

Just wondering, do I have to have Origin installed to play Mass Effect 3?

I think you do.

Temptamperu · 06-03-2012 7:03pm

danthefan wrote: »

Just wondering, do I have to have Origin installed to play Mass Effect 3?

Probably, it is an EA game after all.

jaykhunter · 06-03-2012 7:29pm

I just bought a gaming PC a few weeks ago - will there be joypad support for ME3?

Kiith · 06-03-2012 7:52pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

I just bought a gaming PC a few weeks ago - will there be joypad support for ME3?

Apparently there isn't. Mouse and keyboard, but no joypad iirc.

danthefan · 06-03-2012 7:58pm

Kiith wrote: »

Apparently there isn't. Mouse and keyboard, but no joypad iirc.

Correct, which I find really odd.

jaykhunter · 06-03-2012 8:16pm

Em, will there be some kind of user mod patch to enable joypad support? That sucks

Zeouterlimits · 06-03-2012 8:27pm

Yeah, I posted here about they're being no joypad support when the demo came out, that they confirmed it wouldn't be in the final game, and I was ridiculed.

Glad to know I'm not the only one bothered by this.

Sl!mCharles · 06-03-2012 8:47pm

I usually don't pay a lot of attention to the user reviews on Metacritic, but the current backlash is... unnerving.

Ridiculous how many people give that much of a sh1t about a little gay action as well.

pixelburp · 06-03-2012 9:10pm

Sl!mCharles wrote: »

I usually don't pay a lot of attention to the user reviews on Metacritic, but the current backlash is... unnerving.

Ridiculous how many people give that much of a sh1t about a little gay action as well.

Optional gay action at that (and even then it's just a bit of spooning ffs); I'm sure you could do a dozen playthroughs and avoid any homosexual romancing. En masse, gamers really are f*cking idiots tbh.

Sl!mCharles · 06-03-2012 9:13pm

Tis sad but true... Just surprised at how much homophobia is still out there.

Temptamperu · 06-03-2012 9:55pm

I really enjoyed Jim Sterlins video from last week:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/5413-Mass-Effect-3-A-Gay-Erotic-Love-Story
you may have to enter your birthday but its worth it... in a kinda horrifying way.
and this weeks too.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/5433-Mass-Effect-3-And-The-Case-For-A-Gay-Shepard

Zero-Cool · 06-03-2012 10:21pm

Good Question on ME 2's facebook at the moment asking what class you will be playing as first. Soldier is winning hands down with 4000+ votes with Vanguard (1800) and Infiltrator (1400) in 2nd and third. Gonna go with Infiltrator as it was a great class in the demo.

https://www.facebook.com/masseffect2

Kiith · 06-03-2012 10:53pm

I'm a Vanguard myself. Original character was Soldier, but i enjoyed the mix of biotics and guns on my 2nd playthrough.

super_furry · 06-03-2012 10:53pm

Any idea how they'll handle the stats reset this time around? There was a kind of logic about having to build you character up from level 1 at the start of two. But unless they're going to use a similar kind of trope, it'll be weird to lose all your skills and perks again.

Varik · 06-03-2012 11:24pm

Kiith wrote: »

I'm a Vanguard myself. Original character was Soldier, but i enjoyed the mix of biotics and guns on my 2nd playthrough.

Started ME1 again with a new vanguard and he sucks in that, but in 2 it's good and from the demo in 3 as well.

super_furry wrote: »

Any idea how they'll handle the stats reset this time around? There was a kind of logic about having to build you character up from level 1 at the start of two. But unless they're going to use a similar kind of trope, it'll be weird to lose all your skills and perks again.

You're out of practice from being behind a desk for too long.

Just because they call it level 1 does not mean it will feel like it ME2 level 1, you could still be a bad ass that is now capable of even more.

Kiith · 06-03-2012 11:34pm

super_furry wrote: »

Any idea how they'll handle the stats reset this time around? There was a kind of logic about having to build you character up from level 1 at the start of two. But unless they're going to use a similar kind of trope, it'll be weird to lose all your skills and perks again.

What ever level you were at the end of ME2, you'll be the same level in ME3. Level and skills carry over, though i'm fairly sure you'll get to respec your skill points early on. Cash and minerals from ME2 give you points to your total warfront score.

Mr. K · 06-03-2012 11:40pm

Some players are reporting that their Shepard's appearance was reset in ME3: http://ie.xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220112p1.html

Hopefully they'll fix it quick!

danthefan · 06-03-2012 11:41pm

If anyone, like me, doesn't have their old ME2 save, you can download some from here: http://www.masseffect2saves.com/

Meesared · 06-03-2012 11:42pm

Mr. K wrote: »

Some players are reporting that their Shepard's appearance was reset in ME3: http://ie.xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220112p1.html

Hopefully they'll fix it quick!

http://kotaku.com/5890992/bioware-says-its-working-on-mass-effect-3-face-import-errors
Apparantly they are

pixelburp · 06-03-2012 11:46pm

So if MassEffect 3 is now an Origin-only affair, does the game still pick up saved games from the Steam version of #2? Whilst I figured on not getting this game 'cos of the DLC shenanigans, the lure of experiencing the last chapter in the story is pretty strong & I may buckle!

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