Mass Effect Series
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- Godot
how do you know "if" it's true before you play it yourself, though?
if it IS, yeah that's fucked up
but after finding a lot of inconsistencies between "this is what we say the game is like and "what I've experienced myself playing the game", I'm keeping an open mind, period
if it IS, yeah that's fucked up
but after finding a lot of inconsistencies between "this is what we say the game is like and "what I've experienced myself playing the game", I'm keeping an open mind, period
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- Amizon, Commander Shepard, Ellie, Rinoa Heartilly, Xena, Clara Oswald, Gamora, Lana Kane, Tifa Lockhart, Jodie Holmes, Chloe Price.
I've played through the first story mission so far and I'm quite enjoying it. It's frustrating because I want to take my time like any other game, but then want to play lots because I'm heading to Kupo Con tomorrow. 
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- Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon
So once Eos actually opens up, the game does seem to improve. I'm having a greater net amount of fun now that I'm actually exploring. The writing isn't getting better by much, but there are comparable moments of brilliance that I like, especially post first contact with angaarans (which simultaneously opens up the choice to explore 2 more planets). Both planets are interesting in their own right (though visually one is infinitely more cluttered than the other) and both more interesting than Eos, which on the scale of least to most inspired has kind of been pretty average at best as a Mass Effect locale.
Also helps that interacting with Jaal is a joy and the awkwardness of the dialogue and long silences is too good not to be done on purpose. A lot of the angaarans have British (or more jarringly, Australian) accents for some reason.
Other than that as a whole the game does seem to be on an upward trajectory in quality. I think Andromeda still probably has the worst opening in any BioWare game I've played, but the more the breadth of the game grows the less the shallowness of it matters.
Also helps that interacting with Jaal is a joy and the awkwardness of the dialogue and long silences is too good not to be done on purpose. A lot of the angaarans have British (or more jarringly, Australian) accents for some reason.
Other than that as a whole the game does seem to be on an upward trajectory in quality. I think Andromeda still probably has the worst opening in any BioWare game I've played, but the more the breadth of the game grows the less the shallowness of it matters.
Came home to find the game on the doormat. Woop!
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Naught Doge / ME 1 animator talks about animations. Unfortunately it's in Shitter format, so make sure to press the "x more replies" link.
Blimey, I personally would have scripted that entire opening sequence entirely different. It felt far too boring and generic. It's not until you actually get the Tempest and play through Eos does the game suddenly kick up a gear and it begins to finally feel like Mass Effect.
So yeah, poor opening aside ... the game is now really good.
So yeah, poor opening aside ... the game is now really good.
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- Godot
I fucking love this fucking game
it's like bioware looked at the success of me3 citadel and said hey we should put more of this in the main game to help characterize all the new faces and get people to bond with them more
no fucking idea what will happen with the romances so far but I'm definitely going either cora or vetra this playthrough (probably cora so that I can romance vetra when I play as femryder)
I'd post a LOT more stuff but I'd want screenies and I haven't been bothering to take them
tldr I love all the ship's crew, even the ones I thought I would intensely dislike (peebee and liam)
ps drack is like wrex as an old man and it's fucking amazing
it's like bioware looked at the success of me3 citadel and said hey we should put more of this in the main game to help characterize all the new faces and get people to bond with them more
no fucking idea what will happen with the romances so far but I'm definitely going either cora or vetra this playthrough (probably cora so that I can romance vetra when I play as femryder)
I'd post a LOT more stuff but I'd want screenies and I haven't been bothering to take them
tldr I love all the ship's crew, even the ones I thought I would intensely dislike (peebee and liam)
ps drack is like wrex as an old man and it's fucking amazing
I've REALLY not taken to Liam yet ... but it's early days.
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- Chloe Frazer
Thank you. That definitely gave me a good insight into it. I will certainly hold off venturing into it until I'm further along.
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- Chloe Frazer
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Also:
Mass Effect: Andromeda reveals that the all-female asari ... aren’t. Minor spoilers in how this happens.
Zaeed and Drack have ran into each other in the past.
Also:
Mass Effect: Andromeda reveals that the all-female asari ... aren’t. Minor spoilers in how this happens.
Keveh Kins
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My slowpokeness is showing but ehhhh, how vital is it to the do the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 to build up the readiness/Galaxy at war thing?
Is it gonna dick me if I skip it?
Also, I just met Tali again, talibrations! <3
Is it gonna dick me if I skip it?
Also, I just met Tali again, talibrations! <3
If you complete everything then no. But I would play a few matches of multi anyway.
I encountered my first major quest bug yesterday in Andromeda, something to do with finding things on Eos then it's supposed to point to a dude which it didn't, but I found him anyway, but parts of the quest still show as failed. Boo Bioware.
I encountered my first major quest bug yesterday in Andromeda, something to do with finding things on Eos then it's supposed to point to a dude which it didn't, but I found him anyway, but parts of the quest still show as failed. Boo Bioware.