Mass Effect thread #67

Post » Tue May 15, 2012 10:51 am

Short it may be,but it is the unethical approach is what I was getting at.They charged people for something that was meant to be in the finished product.

I wasnt disagreeing, if anything i was attempting to point out it was so short it wasnt even worth being a dlc, it was basically just another short side mission, yes we all get to go, "oh look its a Prothean", and then i got over it and i never used him, or the weapon, it had a link to a resistance group on Eden Prime, which i thought you might get to meet and end up with a longer mission but it wasnt, and certainly wasnt worth being a dlc, the ones in ME2 were much better, at least getting Kasumi as an asset in ME2 was a longer mission, not a blink and its over and, "oh look its a Prothean".
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 10:55 am

I recommend Javik for Thessia mission.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 9:31 pm

Yes ive already read the interactions for the mission, the only real purpose for having it during the whole game really, otherwise if id survived at the end i would have shot it anyways to stop the squids from worshipping it, and i hated it anyways.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 3:53 am

Yes ive already read the interactions for the mission, the only real purpose for having it during the whole game really, otherwise if id survived at the end i would have shot it anyways to stop the squids from worshipping it, and i hated it anyways.
Javik certainly was a bit of a disappointment. I would have preferred him to be 1) a scientist or otherwise educated 2) have rational views on evolution and science instead of Nietzsche-wannabe "strong prey over the weak" crap 3) look like those tentacle people on Ilos (who Javik identified as Inusannon).
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 6:35 am

Oh yeah plus it made Liara angry, all the more reason to empty my assault rifle into it.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 6:21 am

Oh yeah plus it made Liara angry, all the more reason to empty my assault rifle into it.
Aye. It was so sad to see Liara get whacked so hard throughout the game and Javik certainly didn't help it :(
They were planning to co-author some books, but considering the ending and the fact Liara is my LI, they won't be seeing each other again.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 8:15 am

Bought this last night instead of Res Evil; Op Racoon City. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 12:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pqgBw_exw&feature=youtu.be
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 pm

Bought this last night instead of Res Evil; Op Racoon City. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint
Mass Effect is 99% good. It's the last 1% that ruins the thing. Everything up until the last few minutes were, in my opinion, nothing short of awesome.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 11:31 pm

Mass Effect is 99% good. It's the last 1% that ruins the thing. Everything up until the last few minutes were, in my opinion, nothing short of awesome.
Well I spent 30mins making my character, then when it came to ingame cutscenes with him I noticed his cheeks are nearly non-existant so that's downed me, but that's my own fault and I'll get over it :P
Noticed the cutscenes are loooong with no way of skipping, or is that because I choose the RP option.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pqgBw_exw&feature=youtu.be

I'd literally just forgotten about this... :cry:
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 2:18 am

Mass Effect is 99% good. It's the last 1% that ruins the thing. Everything up until the last few minutes were, in my opinion, nothing short of awesome.

Do you know, this is the thing that upsets me most about the game. People are never going to remember the really good parts (ie Garrus/Shep shooting on the Citadel, the heartfelt goodbyes by LIs, the intimate conversations you hear between families/couples/friends on the Citadel etc). All people will ever hear about is the end. And that's a damn shame. :(
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 6:08 am

Do you know, this is the thing that upsets me most about the game. People are never going to remember the really good parts (ie Garrus/Shep shooting on the Citadel, the heartfelt goodbyes by LIs, the intimate conversations you hear between families/couples/friends on the Citadel etc). All people will ever hear about is the end. And that's a damn shame. :(
Agreed. Despite the abominable ending I still rank ME3 as one of the best RPGs I've played. Definitely better than most of its modern day peers like Skyrim.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 9:39 pm

Agreed. Despite the abominable ending I still rank ME3 as one of the best RPGs I've played. Definitely better than most of its modern day peers like Skyrim.

It is good, though the one thing that would stop me giving it a 10/10 (ignoring the ending, of course) is that they'd really cut down on the amount of free-roaming that had apparently been promised: I was hoping for more than the previous games, not less, so it was rather sad to find that my return to Noveria was confined to some grubby shuttle port and all we saw of Dekuuna was its representation on the galaxy map. Really disappointed about that. Other corners that had been cut such as no longer being able to holster weapons and the non-updating journal tarnished it somewhat, too.

But I definitely enjoyed it more than Skyrim, in spite of the latter's potential for exploration (though it was mostly unrealised); I found ME3 far more compelling and was able to lose myself in it, whereas I couldn't even face completing Skyrim's MQ.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 4:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435IDMsdJrI&feature=related

I miss toonami
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 2:00 am

For I the whole series is good. The only 0.005% with a bummer of an ending. That dose not mean its going to stop me from playing it. I like that review what born posted.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 4:44 am

For I the whole series is good. The only 0.005% with a bummer of an ending. That dose not mean its going to stop me from playing it. I like that review what born posted.

While I honestly do agree, the problem with the end is that replaying the entire series again just seems so damn....futile? after knowing how it ends. I can't get over the fact that none of it really matters...maybe I'm just being a crybaby :lol:
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:25 pm

BioWare can still redeem itself and save the game, though it looks pretty bad with apparently no new dialogue for Shepard. I can only hope that BW leadership stops trolling us like this and delivers us the closure we need.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:36 am

Eh, I like Javik as both a squadmate and a character and I like the rifle he comes with.

And as i discovered yesterday you can edit your save to give yourself that gun without the DLC ;) Also "Indra" Sniper Rifle, was that a pre-order bonus or something? Also in the game files a small edit away.

This is what happens when you include your DLC on the disc :P
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 7:52 am

And as i discovered yesterday you can edit your save to give yourself that gun without the DLC :wink: Also "Indra" Sniper Rifle, was that a pre-order bonus or something? Also in the game files a small edit away.

This is what happens when you include your DLC on the disc :tongue:
the indra is part of an alienware promotional dealie.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 9:58 am

And as i discovered yesterday you can edit your save to give yourself that gun without the DLC :wink: Also "Indra" Sniper Rifle, was that a pre-order bonus or something? Also in the game files a small edit away.

This is what happens when you include your DLC on the disc :tongue:
I'd be pissed had I bought Javik separately. Thankfully the CE was its usual price so Javik came pretty much free for me.

Though...
I would be interested in this save game editing?
I'm sure you know Origin will ban you if you edit Coalced.ini (or whatever the file is)
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:25 am

I'd be pissed had I bought Javik separately. Thankfully the CE was its usual price so Javik came pretty much free for me.

Though...
I would be interested in this save game editing?
I'm sure you know Origin will ban you if you edit Coalced.ini (or whatever the file is)

Yes, i know, and don't do that because of it. This thread on BSN is where i learned of this: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/323/index/10759911

It has the tools and details.
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:40 am

I would be interested in this save game editing?
I'm sure you know Origin will ban you if you edit Coalced.ini (or whatever the file is)

I thought it was only certain settings that did this; I did see a thread asking for clarification but it ended up being locked by a Bioware staff member who didn't oblige, for reasons best known to himself.

I'm also unclear as to whether "banned" means "banned from ME3 multiplayer" or "banned from all Origin services including your other games lol"...
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 12:07 am

As far I'm concerned about neither "Shepard" voice actor being contacted, I'm not losing hope (on what I'd like to see done, at least.)

(ME3 Ending Spoilers)
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Wouldn't be my first choice, but I can deal with the "three flavors" ending so long as there's some closure and some questions answered. And you wouldn't need Shepard to do that. But there are some huge things in desperate need of tying up:

(I chose the Synthesis option for my first play-through, as the lesser of three evils - though a lot of this is probably going to be common to the other two endings.)

What is the Normandy doing, in the first place? I'd spoken directly to Admiral Hackett not five minutes ago, and last I'd seen him, he was on the Normandy, which was supposedly playing a crucial role in the battle in orbit around Earth.
  • So, the Crucible starts :shrug:, because Space Magic. What makes Joker decide that now he must flee to the Mass Relay?
  • They don't know I'm dead - this is not their first heroic rescue against all odds. Why are they not sticking around to even see if I make it out or not?
  • Could the Normandy even have made it there in time? Isn't the only Mass Relay in Earth's system out on the edge of the system?
  • I just turned everything into :shrug:, for :twirl:. What does that even mean, exactly? How does that break the cycle? Are humans now like, Mentats, or something? Because even if we're glowy-circuitry things - does that mean we won't have any further use for artificial intelligence of any sort? Or just that now they won't try and kill us, because of :banana:
There are now the combined forces of the entire Galaxy massed around Earth's system. With the Mass Relays gone, they're effectively stranded with no way out. Earth's resources were already stressed before the Reapers were busy destroying it for the past So... how does that work, exactly? Everyone starves?

(My personal theory is that the Krogan take over...)

And, oh yeah - so, are the squad-mates I took on my final mission dead, now? Because there was this giant Reaper laser beam and all...

And if they didn't die, what are they doing now? Miranda was my love interest in the game - I'm understandably a little curious to see how she deals with being magically (and without warning or even explanation) turned into... glowy-circuitry lady (presumably. Night light sales across the Galaxy are certainly going to suffer after the Synthesis ending.)

What about any of my crew? Okay - Joker and EDI are going to make really weird babies on some random planet, because I guess that's what you go and do when your Commander may or may not be dead (who knows? They don't - they didn't stick around to find out.)

What about any of the political ramifications of what I spent the entire game brokering? Do Wrex and Eve bring back a Golden Age of Krogan - who don't try and destroy the Galaxy now? Does it work out withe the Quarians and the Geth?

Lastly - Shepard is the only one in the Galaxy who knows what he did. And he ain't talking. Everyone just got glowy-circuitry stuff going on when Space Magic Day happened, because Crucible. I don't know about anyone else - that would freak me right out. I certainly wouldn't immediately think "Oh, that rascal Commander Shepard must have figured out how to save us from this "cycle" that I - as a civilian who has not had conversations with Reapers or even heard of them until they started killing us all - don't know anything about. Surely this is a good thing that has happened. I do not need to see a Doctor about my new skin condition - not that they'd know anything about it, either. Hooray Commander Shepard! I wanted the Reapers gone, and you not only did that, but this other thing! Which is... awesome! I have no reason to assume that I've suddenly become a monstrosity!"

Anyway - my point is that I don't need Hale or Meer to do voice-overs for any of that. I'd like someone to be doing some voice work, obviously - but Commander Shepard is the last person I'd expect to show up and explain all of this to me, at this point. I don't really expect them to completely re-write the last ten minutes of the game (though I wouldn't mind if they did.) But I would like some answers...
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 1:10 am

I have a bad feeling the DLC will just include a slideshow epilogue that will answer many of those questions in a completely non-satisfying way.
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