Mass Effect Megathread: He said "I should go." Do I sound like that? - Games

[QUOTE=Wiggles;44468522]I think most people were expecting more than a disappointingly obtuse deus ex machina ten minutes before the end of the game.[/QUOTE] Ehh, anything less would have made the Reapers seem like pansies. I'm more upset about [sp]the whole thing being about stopping those pesky robots, I quite like robots.[/sp]

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44468842]Ehh, anything less would have made the Reapers seem like pansies. I'm more upset about [sp]the whole thing being about stopping those pesky robots, I quite like robots.[/sp][/QUOTE] I wouldn't have thought anything less of them if the Crucible just released an energy pulse that destroyed them all. Honestly, that should have been the only function of the Crucible, and there should have been no choices for the ending. The Crucible's effects should have been determined by your choices in the game. But we've been over this a million times by now, so I digress.

[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;44470742]I wouldn't have thought anything less of them if the Crucible just released an energy pulse that destroyed them all. Honestly, that should have been the only function of the Crucible, and there should have been no choices for the ending. The Crucible's effects should have been determined by your choices in the game. But we've been over this a million times by now, so I digress.[/QUOTE] Honestly the more I think about it the less it bugs me. While I can see where the extended cut would still be unsatisfying, it satisfied me. So long as they don't use synthesis as a hook for the next game, I think whatever they come up with will be A. interesting and B. not as bad as the original endings. On a different note, would [url=http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect3/mods/207/?]this control bindings mod[/url] be safe for use in multiplayer? The author says no, but other keybind editing tutorials I've seen say it's fine and he's done exactly what they've done. That, and iirc the only things that'll get you banned are level and credit manipulation. I only ask because for some reason I've been consistently unable to get keybind edits working properly.

Dunno if this has already been posted, but I found this today: [video=youtube;TVyWlLpUQ1I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVyWlLpUQ1I[/video]

[QUOTE]The next Mass Effect game is most probably going to be showcased at E3, and today we learned something about its possible title, thanks to the industry insider Ahsan Rasheed, who has a quite solid track record with what he relies from his sources. According to Rasheed, that previously mentioned that the game won’t be titled “Mass Effect 4,” the actual title will be “Mass Effect: _ _nt_ _t” where the undescrores are letters that he teasingly kept hidden. After a quick internal consultation here at DualShockers we determined that the only real possibility to fill in the blanks is “Mass Effect: Contact.”[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/05/06/rumor-the-next-mass-effect-game-could-be-mass-effect-contact/[/url] Wow, actually looking forward to E3 now.

Well, we can assume Mass Effect: Contact actually is gonna be that Turian Conflicts game we theorized back in the day.

I'm really looking forward to what they're going to pull off. I hope it won't feel a little bland without any Reapers...

Let me reiterate that they can't make a game out of the first contact war because it really wasn't a war. Just a standoff between turian fleets and human fleets with small conflict.

[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;44746098]Let me reiterate that they can't make a game out of the first contact war because it really wasn't a war. Just a standoff between turian fleets and human fleets with small conflict.[/QUOTE] You don't need a war to make a good game. [editline]7th May 2014[/editline] Or was that your point?...

all I'm saying is that it better be more than about the first contact war because it really wasn't a war.

i hope it's going to be set after me3 instead of a prequel because i want to see the way [sp] galaxy recovers after the relays are wiped [/sp]

maybe there will be something from a different galaxy

[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;44746185]all I'm saying is that it better be more than about the first contact war because it really wasn't a war.[/QUOTE] You don't think Bioware would just retcon it? They're certainly not above doing so. And if I'm remembering the codex correctly, it was more a siege than a fleet stand-off. The conflict ended when the Alliance Second Fleet surprised the Turians at Shanxi and ran them off.

It doesn't mean it'll be about First Contact War. It could mean that it's about the "contact" in general. Basically the first years of mankind meeting other alien races, going to the Citadel, learning about council and everything.

[QUOTE=H4wkeye;44748610]It doesn't mean it'll be about First Contact War. It could mean that it's about the "contact" in general. Basically the first years of mankind meeting other alien races, going to the Citadel, learning about council and everything.[/QUOTE] But that would be totally boring...nothing the books and codex hasn't covered already.

[QUOTE=ironman17;44745320]Well, we can assume Mass Effect: Contact actually is gonna be that Turian Conflicts game we theorized back in the day.[/QUOTE] You can assume incorrect. There's two new factions and all public art is of advanced suits, two with built in weapons and new gear, secondly two new wargear pieces are asari and the asari had jack shit to do with 314 unless BW wants to retcon everything. Also keeping your me3 save for a prequel is literally redundant.

[QUOTE=MaddaCheeb;44750979]But that would be totally boring...nothing the books and codex hasn't covered already.[/QUOTE] There's the drama aspect and smaller stories that add depth to those events. I doubt it though, based on the fact that doing a prequel like this won't allow players to alter the world fundamentally due to the fact that it'd contradict the previous trilogy. But doing the smaller stories would be the only way to allow for choices/consequences while making it all still fit.

I'm glad my disc got scratched before I could play the last third of Mass Effect 3. My experience with the series is nothing but bliss.

If you ended at rannoch, that's right where you should.

Hey so I was recently going through some old video game recordings and I stumbled upon renders of a Mass Effect stream I did back when streaming ME here was the cool thing to do (about two years or so now, along the likes of Arvuti and Jackald). Back then though I had to stop a little into ME2 because the place I was staying at the time had a reaper baby screaming into the mic, my net was unreliable with residents streaming their shows on it and my PC could barely keep up with running the ME games [i]and[/i] streaming with quality and a reasonable frame rate. Cool thing now is, all of those cons have gone! New house, new consistent net and a kickass new PC. Basically my question is, would there be enough interest from you guys to give streaming a full run of Mass Effect 1-3 another shot? [editline]17th May 2014[/editline] I mean, who doesn't want more Shepard being an airplane [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurrnKt0PB4[/media]

I can't believe I waited two years before playing Mass Effect 3, all because of some negative early reviews. Probably the best game I've played in the last two years.

If that next Mass Effect game is about some kind of "contact," it'd be pretty sweet if it focused on some science team opening up a new relay and finding something awful on the other side. The Council forbids it because that's how the rachni were found (if memory serves), but who says we couldn't have a game where the batarians took a starring role? Something set in their space wouldn't fuck with the other games because let's face it, we know exactly jack shit about the batarians aside from the fact that they hate everybody and would probably open an unexplored relay if they thought it would benefit them.

[QUOTE=Dr Nick;44850775]I can't believe I waited two years before playing Mass Effect 3, all because of some negative early reviews. Probably the best game I've played in the last two years.[/QUOTE] Mass Effect 3 is still largely underrated by the community. Sure it might have left the players wanting, but it wasn't the complete fuck-up so many claim it is. I remember getting bashed for saying that a few months ago on FP. [editline]20th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;44850923]If that next Mass Effect game is about some kind of "contact," it'd be pretty sweet if it focused on some science team opening up a new relay and finding something awful on the other side. The Council forbids it because that's how the rachni were found (if memory serves), but who says we couldn't have a game where the batarians took a starring role? Something set in their space wouldn't fuck with the other games because let's face it, we know exactly jack shit about the batarians aside from the fact that they hate everybody and would probably open an unexplored relay if they thought it would benefit them.[/QUOTE] A Mass Effect game where the Council and most of humanity are enemies sounds nice.

I cannot see Biowaret having a Mass Effect game where Humans, or a Human looking species, like the Asari, are not the main characters species.

With E3 coming up next week, here's a fun thought. Mass Effect 3 was released over 2 years ago. The time in between each game release in the trilogy was about 2 years and 3 months. If that trend continued, the next Mass Effect game would be released [i]this week[/i]. I think it's almost a certainty that the next game is going to be announced at E3 on Monday.

If I romanced Liara in ME1, then romanced her again during Lair of the Shadow Broker in ME2, and romanced Tali after [I]that[/I], what would the result be in ME3? Would I still be allowed the option to continue with either one? Or would I only be allowed to continue romancing the most recently locked-in interest (in this case, Tali)? I'm asking because I already romanced Liara in Lair of the Shadow Broker, and I'm at the point where I have the option to start something with Tali. I just wanna know if that would limit my future options or not.

[QUOTE=CAPT Opp4;45038679]If I romanced Liara in ME1, then romanced her again during Lair of the Shadow Broker in ME2, and romanced Tali after [I]that[/I], what would the result be in ME3? Would I still be allowed the option to continue with either one? Or would I only be allowed to continue romancing the most recently locked-in interest (in this case, Tali)? I'm asking because I already romanced Liara in Lair of the Shadow Broker, and I'm at the point where I have the option to start something with Tali. I just wanna know if that would limit my future options or not.[/QUOTE] You can still go for whichever one you want.

[QUOTE=mikester112;45038727]You can still go for whichever one you want.[/QUOTE] Yeah, you can still drop one and continue with whoever you want. What I'd suggest, though, is to restart your playthrough of the series and romance Garrus.

OPEN WORLD MASS EFFECT WITH ME1 MUSIC. im so hyped

So there will be N7 soldiers... Does that exclude the First Contact War setting?