Here's some interesting stuff. Like I said, Casey Hudson was the guy who actually came up with Mass Effect and imagined the game as a trilogy. Here is his first pitch document that later became Mass Effect 1. And the 2nd one is the first plot storyline for Mass Effect 1.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ioxk3.gif[/IMG]
The first plot line
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zca6D.gif[/IMG]
that would have been neat
[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;35297747]First time I played I said "Alrighty, I'll just do the Virmire mission then get Wrex's family armor." Ashley shot him, I tried to load the game but I saved over the save just before Virmire.
I'm sorry Wrex. Wreav is such an asshole...[/QUOTE]
You mean you didn't have multiple save slots? God have mercy...
A single playthrough of Mass Effect 1 will easily net me 30-40 separate saves (usually every half hour to 45 minutes), and Mass Effect 2...I max out the 55 save limit.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35297837]You mean you didn't have multiple save slots? God have mercy...
A single playthrough of Mass Effect 1 will easily net me 30-40 separate saves (usually every half hour to 45 minutes), and Mass Effect 2...I max out the 55 save limit.[/QUOTE]
I had four saves. But I never had one that was before a mission... It beat the purpose of multiple saves.
[QUOTE=H4wkeye;35297789]Here's some interesting stuff. Like I said, Casey Hudson was the guy who actually came up with Mass Effect and imagined the game as a trilogy. Here is his first pitch document that later became Mass Effect 1. And the 2nd one is the first plot storyline for Mass Effect 1.
The first plot line
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zca6D.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Interesting, this reminds me of the dev notes from Planescape that were released a while ago.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35297837]You mean you didn't have multiple save slots? God have mercy...
A single playthrough of Mass Effect 1 will easily net me 30-40 separate saves (usually every half hour to 45 minutes), and Mass Effect 2...I max out the 55 save limit.[/QUOTE]
I maxed out saves in every Mass Effect game. In the first one I'm on Save 76 atm. 2nd one I think I'm at around Save 95 and on the 3rd one I'm at Save 126.
[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;35297894]I had four saves. But I never had one that was before a mission... It beat the purpose of multiple saves.[/QUOTE]
...I'm confused. Two reasons to have a separate save before every single mission & interlude:
1) If you want to revisit a very specific part of the game
2) If the game glitches or you fuck up, you're never sent too far back.
With the number of save slots I use, I'm usually no more than an hour away from a "safe" redo.
I just save after every fight in the same slot after the Noveria Incident
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35297941]...I'm confused. Two reasons to have a separate save before every single mission & interlude:
1) If you want to revisit a very specific part of the game
2) If the game glitches or you fuck up, you're never sent too far back.
With the number of save slots I use, I'm usually no more than an hour away from a "safe" redo.[/QUOTE]
True, but at the time I didn't save it in a way where I have one save before the mission, I just had four slots that I saved over ever time I could. So, on Virmire, I had four saves on one mission.
It was a stupid thing to do.
[QUOTE=Conro101;35298011]I just save after every fight in the same slot after the Noveria Incident[/QUOTE]
For PC gamers, this is where the glorious "F5" (quicksave) key comes in.
[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;35298013]True, but at the time I didn't save it in a way where I have one save before the mission, I just had four slots that I saved over ever time I could. So, on Virmire, I had four saves on one mission.
It was a stupid thing to do.[/QUOTE]
The more you know!
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35298023]For PC gamers, this is where the glorious "F5" (quicksave) key comes in.
[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]
The more you know![/QUOTE]
Yeah except the PC version of Mass Effect caused so much lag it generated what I like to call a lag effect field that not only slows the game to a screeching halt but any objects in the immediate vicinity too.
After I was freed from the horrible time vortex, I bought the game for xbox and never looked back
[QUOTE=Conro101;35298068]Yeah except the PC version of Mass Effect caused so much lag it generated what I like to call a lag effect field that not only slows the game to a screeching halt but any objects in the immediate vicinity too.
After I was freed from the horrible time vortex, I bought the game for xbox and never looked back[/QUOTE]
I...it did? Barring a couple badly optimized parts of the Presidium, Mass Effect is one hell of a smooth experience on my computer.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35298081]I...it did? Barring a couple badly optimized parts of the Presidium, Mass Effect is one hell of a smooth experience on my computer.[/QUOTE]
my old computer was pretty shit I must admit but it ran most games well
I've been debating whether to re-buy the series for PC but I have all the games and DLC for Xbox already
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;35298023]For PC gamers, this is where the glorious "F5" (quicksave) key comes in.
[/QUOTE]
It was F6 by default for me?
[QUOTE=jechtman;35298120]It was F6 by default for me?[/QUOTE]
Oh right. F6 for ME1, F5 for ME2 and ME3.
Still throws me off, like when I go back to ME1 and press "R" expecting my gun to reload and instead I toss a grenade.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;35298149][URL="http://facepunch.com/threads/1170148?p=35130270#post35130270"]why[/URL][/QUOTE]
Can we please grow past this and judge the show on its merits rather than the fact that someone from Japan made it?
[quote=darkrei9n]Can we please grow past this and judge the show on its merits rather than the fact that someone from Japan made it? [/quote]
It's not because Japan made it, it's because if the Halo anime films are of any indication, the canon and characters will be butchered so bad that you won't ever want to hear from them again.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;35298149][URL="http://facepunch.com/threads/1170148?p=35130270#post35130270"]why[/URL][/QUOTE]
oh my god
this is
this is the worst thing
THE WORST THING
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;35298211]It's not because Japan made it, it's because if the Halo anime films are of any indication, the canon and characters will be butchered so bad that you won't ever want to hear from them again.[/QUOTE]
Well, it's not like it's bound to be bad just for the one similarity of being an animation made in Japan.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;35298165]Can we please grow past this and judge the show on its merits rather than the fact that someone from Japan made it?[/QUOTE]
if you think that's the problem then you're completely disconnected from reality
[quote=Cone]Well, it's not like it's bound to be bad just for the one similarity of being an animation made in Japan. [/quote]
It's being made by the same studio.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;35298291]if you think that's the problem then you're completely disconnected from reality[/QUOTE]
Big insults towards a guy who doesn't hate on an anime intrinsically
Very logical of you
[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;35298149][URL="http://facepunch.com/threads/1170148?p=35130270#post35130270"]why[/URL][/QUOTE]
I fail to see any issue with this whatsoever. The visual style is anime; so what? I'm not an anime fan by any means, but it doesn't put me off.
Any people who have issues with Vega really need to let it go; his dialogue and personality are just as well written as any other character in ME3.
Anyone else like the M8 Avenger?
I love it.
[QUOTE=Clementine;35298312]Big insults towards a guy who doesn't hate on an anime intrinsically
Very logical of you[/QUOTE]
one of my favorite movies of all time is Akira
don't you even start pulling the fucking gaijin bias card on me motherfucker
a fucking cartoon shat out by I.G. based on Slab Brickmeat and your first inclination as to why people are horrified is that it's Japanese. Maybe you need to rethink your own biases.
[quote=Goldenboy]I fail to see any issue with this whatsoever. The visual style is anime; so what? I'm not an anime fan by any means, but it doesn't put me off.
Any people who have issues with Vega really need to let it go; his dialogue and personality are just as well written as any other character in ME3. [/quote]
You're missing the point. I'm not saying it's gonna be terrible just because it's anime. I don't mind it at all.
I'm saying it's going to be terrible because it's being made by the same people who made terrible anime adaptations of the Halo universe, completely destroying established canon. And Vega is a cool character, I don't have any issues with him.
If it were being made by a good studio, great, but it isn't.
[QUOTE=Goldenboy;35298323]I fail to see any issue with this whatsoever. The visual style is anime; so what? I'm not an anime fan by any means, but it doesn't put me off.
Any people who have issues with Vega really need to let it go; [B]his dialogue and personality are just as well written as any other character in ME3.[/B][/QUOTE]
You're taunting my snarky side with that sentence. I hope you realize how hard it is not to say something.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;35298353]one of my favorite movies of all time is Akira
don't you even start pulling the fucking gaijin bias card on me motherfucker
a fucking cartoon shat out by I.G. based on Slab Brickmeat and your first inclination as to why people are horrified is that it's Japanese. Maybe you need to rethink your own biases.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately that is a main reason why people are put off, because they have some stupid stereotype of anime being terrible...
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;35298365]You're taunting my snarky side with that sentence. I hope you realize how hard it is not to say something.[/QUOTE]
he's actually pretty unremarkable, he does semi-cool shit once in a blue moon and doesn't really do anything else pretty much
I mean the way you guys talk about him you'd think Hamburger Helper managed to break into Bioware headquarters and add him in before security tranquilized her
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