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[General]

Mass Effect 2 did not bring a lot of new things to the ME gameplay yes, but it did a very good job on "story", I doubt Mass Effect fans become a fan of it because of the gameplay, they LOVE it because of its storyline. I trust in ME3 we will see consequences of our actions on previous game to be deeper and better told than it did in ME2.

Edited by General, 17 February 2012 - 13:30.

[Anubis]

I think Ion said exactly what i had in mind. Still, to make it more clear. Yes in DAO, kingdoms of amalur, two world 2 or skyrim you have character evolution, but you also have alot of customization. You find stuff, you have an actual economy of your character with stuff to keep/sell and improve, you have an actual inventory that allows you to carry what ever you like and use it the way you like. You also have a world that you are basicly free to explore and fight objectives in mostly the order you like. Everything in a RPG must be about having as much freedom as possbile without becoming boring. This was in ME but died with ME2. You lost every customization choice, every aspect of having your character the way you like. You were imposed so many limitations that basicly your whole character experience was just run gun run gun. I was alot more attached to other game characters than i was to my character. Hell tbh, i find sheppard to be one of the most boring, cheesy and uninteresting characters i ever played in a RPG just for the simple fact that i couldn't enjoy the full potential of living my role play THE WAY I WANT, not the way they want. Every key aspect of my customization had a specific moment in the game ( armor components were at 1 shop only and no place elce, each weapon was gained at a very specific level etc ). In fact if you chosed to go on with just the main story and do as little as possbile from side missions, you basicly had shit for customization. Not to mention that every level in ME2 is a narrow corridor in which you'd have to be a utter moron to get lost or not find your way. Exploration in ME2 and from the demo it seems ME3 is basicly reduced to looking at background pictures. Also alot of the important moments in the game were taken away from you and put into a cutscene ( like the reaper ship mission when you were under the biotic shield bubble of one of your crew members, when at the end instead of letting you do it, they scripted it and many more like it ). This is why ME2 and ME3 will never be more than a shooter game with some rpg elements.

Edited by Anubis, 17 February 2012 - 13:50.

[Ion Cannon!]

Mass Effect 1 had a good story, 2? Not so much IMO. I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 that had the genophage, but I think it was 1? It looks like that is going to come back up in 3 though. I shall be intrigued to see how the reapers are defeated though.

[Anubis]

I have a feeling the defeat of the reapers will have something to do with both some lost and found prothean technology and that weapon tech that took out that ancient reaper in ME2. Cause looking at the reaper tech and how they managed to turn the entire alliance armada into fireworks, i doubt even the combinet forces of the galaxy have a chance. As it stands iirc the only actual military races of the citadel are the turians, salarians, asari, ( ex citadel race ) quarians and alliance. The alliance is basicly dust.The quarians will probably go to war with the geth during the invasion so they will be weakened. Krogans were pretty much reduced to scattered clans and mercenaries and they basicly have no actual fleet. So without a outside super technology, i really can't see how they will win. However if the ME story line is the same as every other fairytale with the silver knight who saves the world, it will most likely be 'an ancient artifact of infinite power' that was created by some godlike being/race to destroy the evil.

Edited by Anubis, 17 February 2012 - 17:28.

[CJ]

Ion Cannon!, on 17 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

Mass Effect 1 had a good story, 2? Not so much IMO. I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 that had the genophage, but I think it was 1? It looks like that is going to come back up in 3 though. I shall be intrigued to see how the reapers are defeated though.

The genophage was in ME1, I'm replaying it right now

[General]

CJ, on 17 February 2012 - 18:09, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 17 February 2012 - 13:51, said:

Mass Effect 1 had a good story, 2? Not so much IMO. I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 that had the genophage, but I think it was 1? It looks like that is going to come back up in 3 though. I shall be intrigued to see how the reapers are defeated though.

The genophage was in ME1, I'm replaying it right now

It also keeps on ME2 noticeably.

[Anubis]

I may not like how the mass effect series turned, but damn i will give credit to bioware for something. They fkin know how to make awsome trailers. For those that haven't seen it yet :



Also looking at the last part of the trailer i wish more and more that bioware will do a mass effect rts.

Edited by Anubis, 22 February 2012 - 06:36.

[Raven]

Awesome trailer, although I feel that the continuity between scenes is a bit lost.

As for the RTS, they may well do it, after making Generals 2. Instead of going for a new CnC (Tib or RA) they might work on a ME RTS.

[Sgt. Rho]

Shiny. They show Dreadnoughts near the end.

[Raven]

Since I'd be playing the full game on PC, I decided to give the PS3 demo a try (I did not play the PC demo). It was god awful compared to what ME2 in PC. Cutscenes had framerate drops, animation breaks during cut scenes were frequent. They seem to have done a better job with character models in the PS3 version compared to the ME2 PS3 (I only played the demo for ME2 on PS3).

Voice acting is good as always though. It looks like the same ME formula when it comes to the story line. Get the alliance together to fight the Reapers and save the earth.

btw does any of you plan to get hold of the Space Edition when it lands in the EU or US?

[Liten]

Raven, on 25 February 2012 - 03:02, said:

btw does any of you plan to get hold of the Space Edition when it lands in the EU or US?

I wish, the closest one landing near me is in Paris and it would cost me more to buy a plane ticket there then it would to buy the N7 Edition

[Raven]

lol...one has landed on a tree in San Francisco.

[Sgt. Rho]

[Raven]

Just saw it...After watching this I wanted to play it right away. Damn these adverts!!!

[Anubis]

Just wish Bioware would put more effort in the actual gameplay and alot less in the shit tons of advertising. I also wanna buy that n7 armor. Badly .

Edited by Anubis, 27 February 2012 - 17:18.

[General]

Raven, on 27 February 2012 - 07:32, said:

Just saw it...After watching this I wanted to play it right away. Damn these adverts!!!

After watching this, first thing I thought was how awesome a professionally made Mass Effect movie will be... Game doesn't need advert for TV anyway

[Amdrial]

Recieved my Normandy SR2 model!

[General]

Amdrial, on 28 February 2012 - 15:46, said:

Recieved my Normandy SR2 model!

Awful.

[CJ]

Yeah, it doesn't look really great, especially with the Alliance's colors

[Sgt. Rho]

Looks pretty awesome, if not a bit too "chubby".

[Raven]

Is this the dark horse model?

Edited by Raven, 29 February 2012 - 03:09.

[Amdrial]

Yes, that is indeed the Dark Horse model.

[Pav:3d]

I have both, the cerberus one looks a LOT better, the alliance varient is ugly as sin, purely because its a terrible paint job.

[Raven]

Paved can u please post a high res photo of the Cerberus model? I'm also interested in getting one.

[Pav:3d]

My phone camera is kinda crappy, but here you go:

http://i.imgur.com/pYxdr.jpg

Its not fantastic, but its better than the alliance one imo