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

I fear that Bioware tried to reinvent Mass Effect too much and actually killed the series' identity with this game.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;51015680]I fear that Bioware tried to reinvent Mass Effect too much and actually killed the series' identity with this game.[/QUOTE] It is nothing more than a pre-alpha demo to showcase the PS4 Pro. I wouldn't worry until we actually see some gameplay which will probably be shown a bit around N7 day and beyond.

[QUOTE=doommarine23;51015697]It is nothing more than a pre-alpha demo to showcase the PS4 Pro. I wouldn't worry until we actually see some gameplay which will probably be shown a bit around N7 day and beyond.[/QUOTE] I hope you're right. I'm finishing my bi-monthly Mass Effect playthrough and it would be a shame to see this awesome series get a forgettable sequel.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;51015795]I hope you're right. I'm finishing my bi-monthly Mass Effect playthrough and it would be a shame to see this awesome series get a forgettable sequel.[/QUOTE] Aye, we're both hoping for the future. All I can say is that it seems the year old leaks seem to be coming true. [editline]7th September 2016[/editline] [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/32yzxf/last_month_i_took_a_random_survey_about_mass/[/url]

I figured all of it was true a long time ago, however worth noting: [QUOTE]Remnant Vault Raids: Find and activate Remnant Monoliths to unlock Remnant vaults. Explore abandoned Remnant ruins to find and locate a powerful artifact, but once you remove it you will trigger the vault defenses that will arm traps, activate defense robots and even change the architecture of the vault itself to stop you from escaping. Fight your way out of the vault and you will be rewarded with valuable loot, including powerful gear, crafting resources and Star Keys that can be used to unlock massive orbital facilities in space that grant permanent stat bonuses.[/QUOTE] This must be what we saw in the video.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;51015952]I figured all of it was true a long time ago, however worth noting: This must be what we saw in the video.[/QUOTE] Yup, it absolutely is, as the main player character states it is a vault.

[quote] animation [/quote] Must be opposite day, cause I'm actually gonna be that guy this time and note that those are all me3 animations except for two. That said, don't expect dragon's dogma/ninja gaiden level of anything, either. Pretty funny that they're hyping up the Neo as the flagship platform when 10 bit color tvs to do real HDR on aren't even a thing right now. I can guarantee you now all they're doing is picking the color ranges off a prolly 10 or 12 bit LUT and then dithering the fuck out of them... which is amazing never before seen technology that users of [B]DX9[/B] ENBs have had for over a year now, and anyone who played Alien:Isolation already got a taste of. Marketing, marketing never changes. At least the days of 512 pixel non-procedural textures are gone for good.

[QUOTE=27X;51017758]Must be opposite day, cause I'm actually gonna be that guy this time and note that those are all me3 animations except for two. [/QUOTE] They're bad but they're not from ME3

Not very hopeful, to be honest. They gush about the graphics, but that's not the reason I got into ME in the first place. It was the story, the characters, and world-building. I just don't have faith they won't fuck it up, and so far, it seems the ending choice will be handwaved entirely, which just goes to show it should have been changed far more thoroughly. I honestly still believe the ending to ME3 more or less killed the series.

[QUOTE=torres;51018825] I just don't have faith they won't fuck it up, and so far,[B] it seems the ending choice will be handwaved entirely[/B], which just goes to show it should have been changed far more thoroughly. I honestly still believe the ending to ME3 more or less killed the series.[/QUOTE] GOOD This is the absolute best possible choice they could have made. Ignore fucking EVERYTHING about the ME3 ending and make it new people in a completely alien (lol) place. And if you read the developer interviews they're very dedicated to maintaining the character focus present in the previous games, they regret (in a between the lines sorta way) the way ME3 ended, they want to recreate the sense of wonder you got when first playing the ME series, and also CASEY HUDSON IS GONE, YESSSS. edit [QUOTE=Tuskin;51018865]Well the ending to ME3 still happened, we just don't know which one because you left the Galaxy before it happened IIRC.[/QUOTE] this too, I remember devs saying that there will be mention of Shepard in Andromeda since he was still pretty famous, but it's a new story in a new place. Pretty hype tbh

Well the ending to ME3 still happened, we just don't know which one because you left the Galaxy before it happened IIRC.

[QUOTE=EcksDee;51018859]GOOD This is the absolute best possible choice they could have made. Ignore fucking EVERYTHING about the ME3 ending and make it new people in a completely alien (lol) place.[/QUOTE] They should have properly retconned it, is my point. It pretty much kills sequels in the Milky Way, and it is still largely undiscovered. Mass relay travel sees to that. I'm betting there's more than the Reapers out there, other races which never used eezo. It could have been real interesting seeing something like that interact with the established ME universe, but instead they have to move the setting hundreds of years and millions of light-years due to that single massive cock-up. And no-one had the ability to intergalactic travel during the ME games, so I'm real curious as to how the refusal ending fits in. [QUOTE]And if you read the developer interviews they're very dedicated to maintaining the character focus present in the previous games, they regret (in a between the lines sorta way) the way ME3 ended, they want to recreate the sense of wonder you got when first playing the ME series, and also CASEY HUDSON IS GONE, YESSSS.[/QUOTE] [I]Everyone[/I] regrets the way ME3 ended. And I'm unsure if they'll manage to capture the same sense of wonder as the first trilogy. And Mac Walters is still there :scream: [QUOTE=Tuskin;51018865]Well the ending to ME3 still happened, we just don't know which one because you left the Galaxy before it happened IIRC.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=EcksDee;51018859]this too, I remember devs saying that there will be mention of Shepard in Andromeda since he was still pretty famous, but it's a new story in a new place. Pretty hype tbh[/QUOTE] Then they sure as hell can't "ignore fucking EVERYTHING about the ME3 ending". I'm not that hyped, and I don't think the new trilogy(?) will be as popular.

[QUOTE=torres;51018916]Then they sure as hell can't "ignore fucking EVERYTHING about the ME3 ending".[/QUOTE] Yes they can, the new game takes places in a galaxy 2.537 million light years away. Your character and crew has no idea whats happened to the Reapers. IIRC The ship left before the end of ME3.

It would be a damn shame if we never saw the Milky Way again in the series though.

I know I'll be alone on this, but the more "information" and "reveals" (yeah, right) I get from Andromeda the more the game is looking like an hardcore No Man's Sky to me Where the fuck is the story? Where is the combat? Where is characters interaction? We got the announcement years ago, for fuck sake

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;51019168]I know I'll be alone on this, but the more "information" and "reveals" (yeah, right) I get from Andromeda the more the game is looking like an hardcore No Man's Sky to me Where the fuck is the story? Where is the combat? Where is characters interaction? We got the announcement years ago, for fuck sake[/QUOTE] Yeah and the release date is set for 6 months from now. I don't like it. [editline]8th September 2016[/editline] The leak still represents the most info we know about the game. But when the devs aren't telling people about their game, it's a bad sign.

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;51019168]I know I'll be alone on this, but the more "information" and "reveals" (yeah, right) I get from Andromeda the more the game is looking like an hardcore No Man's Sky to me Where the fuck is the story? Where is the combat? Where is characters interaction? We got the announcement years ago, for fuck sake[/QUOTE] What This aint actual spoilers but it is a fairly in depth overview of what the story will revolve around, so if anyone wants to experience it 100% fresh then meh [sp]The next Mass Effect game takes place in the Helius Cluster (a cluster of hundreds of solar systems in the Andromeda Galaxy). As you explore this sprawling series of solar systems (over four times the size of Mass Effect 3), collecting resources and building colonies, you will encounter the savagery of untamed lands in the form of cut-throat outlaws and warring alien races. Players will lead the fight against a deadly indigenous race bent on stopping us. To survive and colonize the wild reaches of space, you will need to grow your arsenal, your ship, your crew and make strategic (and often uneasy) alliances to fight against increasingly menacing foes. Along the way, you will encounter the remains of a once powerful and mysterious alien race, the Remnant, whose forgotten technology holds the key to gaining power in this region of the galaxy. As you uncover who the Remnant were, and the mysteries their ruins contain, you are drawn into a violent race to find the source of their forgotten technology that will determine the fate of humanity. This is a slightly more intimate story about becoming a hero, with a younger cast of characters who are far greener than Shepard and cut off from everything they would have been familiar with. In the original trilogy, you arrived on the scene as a hero. For Andromeda, we’ve been looking at more of a hero’s journey, a darker start with a lot of challenges, trials and tribulations. Ryder is not a typical space marine; they lack experience and support, being alone in another galaxy. [/sp] I mean what's all this pessimism about, just not researching the game or something? [editline]8th September 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Loadingue;51019207]Yeah and the release date is set for 6 months from now. I don't like it. [editline]8th September 2016[/editline] The leak still represents the most info we know about the game. But when the devs aren't telling people about their game, it's a bad sign.[/QUOTE] [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/4oejff/everything_we_know_about_mass_effect_andromeda/]We know quite a fucking lot about the new game[/url]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;51019130]Yes they can, the new game takes places in a galaxy 2.537 million light years away. Your character and crew has no idea whats happened to the Reapers.[/QUOTE] Seems like it'd be somewhat pointless to mention Shepard then, as the new crew don't know the whole story. So, either way, if they ignore some bits, and follow only up to and through ME2, maybe halfway through ME3, Shep will be a famous soldier, but not known as the one who potentially ended the Reapers (and other conflicts), but maybe they know he gave the Reapers resistance. If they incorporate the ending, ME:A should, as the ending implied, feel like four [I]completely[/I] different games, depending on Shepard's choice. As I see it, it is a no-win situation. Any mention of Shep will not be what it should/could be, and the lovingly built setting is ditched. Which is a shame, I'd have loved to explore the Milky Way in a sequel taking place hundreds of years later, to see how things had changed. Instead, the developers are forced to a blank canvas. [QUOTE]IIRC The ship left before the end of ME3.[/QUOTE] Really? Seems like a serious step up from what we saw of tech in the older games though. But if that's true, shouldn't they prepare for a counter-attack from Andromeda, where there is presumably nothing enforcing the Fermi Paradox? Like, come back after 50.000 years and hit the Reapers in their sleep? They don't know what happened after all, and I'd say the need/feeling for vengeance and/or victory amongst the colonists would ride high. They should have all the intel they'd need on the Reapers, all they need is to develop their tech, population etc. to a sufficient level. ...Calling that as a plot point.

Shepard was a hero in all 3 games, mentioning him/her makes sense.

[QUOTE=torres;51019273] Really? Seems like a serious step up from what we saw of tech in the older games though. But if that's true, shouldn't they prepare for a counter-attack from Andromeda, where there is presumably nothing enforcing the Fermi Paradox? Like, come back after 50.000 years and hit the Reapers in their sleep? They don't know what happened after all, and I'd say the need/feeling for vengeance and/or victory amongst the colonists would ride high. They should have all the intel they'd need on the Reapers, all they need is to develop their tech, population etc. to a sufficient level. ...Calling that as a plot point.[/QUOTE] How is it a step up in terms of technology? There's even ME1 - 3 era technology shown in the game as standard. The Carnifex pistol is seem at least twice, once in this latest video and in the previous CGI trailer. Besides, they're sending off a ship just incase they don't survive the reapers, of course they're going to stick the best technology they can onboard. As for going back to fight the Reapers...why would they? There's no chance of planning that far ahead, and it's entirely pointless considering by that time none of it would matter at all. They don't even know if they won or lost against them, so it's even more of a waste of time and makes no sense. The entire purpose of sending them away is to get somewhere that they don't have to worry about the Reapers and the species survives, they're not going to arrive and think "We'll we've escaped the Reapers, better get started on preparing to fight them 50,000 years from now even though we might have already won anyway". Whatever happened with the Reapers it doesn't make any difference at all to them. They have far more important things to do - like establishing colonies, the reason for being there in the first place. Also, they were sent away before ME3, at that point no one really takes the Reaper threat [I]that[/I]seriously and they don't know what's coming.

Bought mass effect 1 and 2 on sale for $8 and I just had the time to play them a week ago. Now I wonder why I haven't played this series a looooooong time ago it's exactly the kind of space game I want. Already finished the first game now I just started the second. Love it a lot :toot:

[QUOTE=EcksDee;51019238][url=https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/4oejff/everything_we_know_about_mass_effect_andromeda/]We know quite a fucking lot about the new game[/url][/QUOTE] Isn't most of that from the leak? Thus proving my point. [editline]8th September 2016[/editline] I can see the sources but I can guess the leak is what ties everything together since it looks like they simply picked bits of info spread across all media.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;51015523][hd]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1hBNALUk4w[/hd] Nice to see Bioware's animation department still sucks ass.[/QUOTE] [t]https://66.media.tumblr.com/178412b6f2266172fd81ceb109b015a9/tumblr_od7wpjX5pu1r0vg82o1_1280.png[/t]

Why, oh why, do developers keep using the shitty "Hold down the button for over a second to activate the thing" thing? It's fucking infuriating to have to stop and just wait to do something as simple as use a computer. Do they think players are dribbling retards who are prone to fits and could randomly hit the interact button at any time?

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;51023574]Why, oh why, do developers keep using the shitty "Hold down the button for over a second to activate the thing" thing? It's fucking infuriating to have to stop and just wait to do something as simple as use a computer. Do they think players are dribbling retards who are prone to fits and could randomly hit the interact button at any time?[/QUOTE] Remember that it's a console game. Meaning it will be played by casuals :p

[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;51023574]Do they think players are dribbling retards who are prone to fits and could randomly hit the interact button at any time?[/QUOTE] I did that a lot in 2 and 3 because for some reason the interact button was also the sprint and the cover button. Every single time I went to talk to Zaeed I ended up asking EDI about the engineering deck because there wasn't an option to bind these things to separate keys.

[QUOTE=An Eyewitness;51033370]I did that a lot in 2 and 3 because for some reason the interact button was also the sprint and the cover button. Every single time I went to talk to Zaeed I ended up asking EDI about the engineering deck because there wasn't an option to bind these things to separate keys.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but that's because they used a stupid control scheme where you were trying to do something else.

anyone else going in for the voice competition that bioware are doing?

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;51043359]anyone else going in for the voice competition that bioware are doing?[/QUOTE] Would if I lived in one of the first world countries (tm) they listed lol

[QUOTE=EcksDee;51043627]Would if I lived in one of the first world countries (tm) they listed lol[/QUOTE] pretty crazy that they limited it to basically english speaking countries and that's it like, if someone has a good voice and good english, why limit it