Mass Effect Megathread: "I'm sorry, my face is tired from dealing with everything." - Games

[QUOTE=XanaToast.;52119977]wots wrong with Garrus-la? u talkin' shit boi?[/QUOTE] Hey, I bring Vetra along everywhere, together with Peebee. She's not a bad character by any stretch of the imagination, but it's pretty clear she's basically a female Garrus and nothing more (only, with parental issues instead of knight templar issues)

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;52119962]Dude, listen, my alternatives were either Negashley or Garrus-la, give me a break[/QUOTE] You know you don't HAVE to romance someone

[QUOTE=Jzzb;52120010]You know you don't HAVE to romance someone[/QUOTE] My [I]actual[/I] reasons to keep playing Andromeda are enough scarce as it is.

[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;52119233]There's several points where I desperately wanted to be Shepard because I [b]KNOW[/b] Shepard wouldn't have taken the shit Ryder just took with a smile.[/QUOTE] This makes me want an option to punch Keri just because I [b]always[/b] punched the journalist in every playthrough of the trilogy it is tradition

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;52119962]Dude, listen, my alternatives were either Negashley or Garrus-la, give me a break[/QUOTE] Negashley? You mean Female Pagan Min?

Beat Mass Effect 1 yesterday and jumped into Mass Effect 2. Again, been years since I last did either and it's fun to go back and see things with new eyes. ME1 still holds up pretty well overall, though its flaws are more apparent than they used to be. It's a much smaller game than I remember, sidequests are pretty "same-y" and involve a lot more useless travel to pad time than they should. Characters are also not as strong as I remember, now that I'm seeing them divorced from ME2 and ME3, but Wrex, Ashley, and Kaidan still hold their own. Shepard is also more boring in ME1 than I remember, which was kind of a shame. Still a great game, but hopefully if the OT ever gets remade they'll go back and spend more time on areas that were lacking. Feros and Noveria could also use a big overhaul; visually, they're bland as hell. Also, going from the ending of ME1 straight to the ME2...man, it's like 2010 all over again. What a [B]huge[/B] jump in presentation, from the visuals to the sound design to the voice acting. Reminds me just how big a leap ME2 was at the time. And I still maintain it has some of the best art direction the series has seen, Andromeda included. [editline]18th April 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=WhySoSeriouz;52120059]This makes me want an option to punch Keri just because I [b]always[/b] punched the journalist in every playthrough of the trilogy it is tradition[/QUOTE] The punch is satisfying, but I think taking the Paragon route and having Shepard give her the verbal smackdown is even better. Especially in ME2 where he lectures her about just how full of shit she is.

[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;52120177] The punch is satisfying, but I think taking the Paragon route and having Shepard give her the verbal smackdown is even better. Especially in ME2 where he lectures her about just how full of shit she is.[/QUOTE] The verbal smackdown also has no negative consequences in-universe, you humiliate her [b]utterly[/b] without anything to defend herself/attack you with.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;52119741]So which other romance option has great dialogue? I've done Peebee so far[/QUOTE] Vetra's romance melts my heart.

So worse recent Bioware villain: Corypheus or the Archon?

[QUOTE=Pax;52121228]So worse recent Bioware villain: Corypheus or the Archon?[/QUOTE] Bioware itself

Corypheus at least had a decent line or two. Archon has nothing.

[QUOTE=Pax;52121228]So worse recent Bioware villain: Corypheus or the Archon?[/QUOTE] I won't annoy anyone to death with the details, but the latter. The former has, at the very least, a solid lore and artistic design behind him and, while the whole thing is as anticlimatic as it gets, [BOTH ANDROMEDA AND DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION SPOILERS] [sp]you actually get to fight him, instead of just interacting with a console a couple of times[/sp]

A lot of the background stuff with [sp]the Archon is pretty cool, how's basically going rogue and defying the Kett Senate for his own good. Really wish they expanded on the kett more than just 'they're evil'[/sp]

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;52121647]A lot of the background stuff with [sp]the Archon is pretty cool, how's basically going rogue and defying the Kett Senate for his own good. Really wish they expanded on the kett more than just 'they're evil'[/sp][/QUOTE] There's so much they missed out on. [sp] - The Kett Civil War - The Archon breaking with the Senate - The Kett Ark Ship you're on in Liam's Loyalty Mission - The lack of exalted Salarians/Krogan after 'Hunting the Archon' Like ffs, right now the Kett are just generic space baddies with little to no background/lore.[/sp]

[QUOTE=Skyward;52121296]Corypheus at least had a decent line or two. Archon has nothing.[/QUOTE] Damn right he did: "Beg that I succeed, for I have seen the throne of the gods and it was empty." He ended up being fairly lackluster as far as being an actual threat goes (though the Haven sequence was outstanding), but he had strong on-screen presence. Great voice too.

[QUOTE=Citrus705;52119412]Don't fuck with Shepard Or you'll be the one getting fucked[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/yRe2I8a.jpg[/img]

There should be a DLC where you play as [sp]a Kett in the Archon's backstory So there can be a bit where he goes "I am the Senate."[/sp]

[QUOTE=Jzzb;52120010]You know you don't HAVE to romance someone[/QUOTE] HERESY

Damn this game is still lovely to look at (with ALOT and a Reshade installed) [t]http://i.imgur.com/FnN44fN.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/nmS22cd.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/MOzH5wb.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/rh2xcur.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/iWuZLL0.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/N8josc8.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/qVTsbra.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/rwymYoE.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/z6E6t1Z.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/HeCe0eB.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/MTXfuzE.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/fFtlIFL.jpg[/t] And Turian guarding the quarantine district is still one of my favorites for a bit role. "It starts with a cough, then you start coughing up blood, then...well, then I shoot you."

Anyone feel like the city hubs in Andromeda felt "dead" compared to Mass Effect 2 city hubs? Sure citizens would talk but it was nothing really memorable like the Elcor bouncer or Batarian preacher in Omega.

[QUOTE=USA_Pilot;52123100]Anyone feel like the city hubs in Andromeda felt "dead" compared to Mass Effect 2 city hubs? Sure citizens would talk but it was nothing really memorable like the Elcor bouncer or Batarian preacher in Omega.[/QUOTE] They remind me of SWTOR. Which isn't a good thing

[QUOTE=Raidyr;52123455]They remind me of SWTOR. Which isn't a good thing[/QUOTE] All I remember from SWTOR were just guards everywhere in cities.

[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;52122659][t]http://i.imgur.com/FnN44fN.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] You reminded me, that I wish someone figured out a way to let you use that helmet in ME2. Nice to have the armour, would like the full set though.

[QUOTE=Essante;52123674]You reminded me, that I wish someone figured out a way to let you use that helmet in ME2. [B]Nice to have the armour, would like the full set though.[/B][/QUOTE] Well, there's my little "mod", [URL="http://social.bioware.com/173070/blog/2541/"]Casual Outfit Beyond Normandy[/URL]. It has that armor, but I'm not sure about the helmet.

[QUOTE=Pappi_man;52124359]Well, there's my little "mod", [URL="http://social.bioware.com/173070/blog/2541/"]Casual Outfit Beyond Normandy[/URL]. It has that armor, but I'm not sure about the helmet.[/QUOTE] Hey, that's pretty good. I thought that BNS didn't host mods anymore, maybe you should re-upload it somewhere else? I'd've loved to know this mod existed before, but BNS is terrible for searching mods.

[QUOTE=Loadingue;52124392]Hey, that's pretty good. I thought that BNS didn't host mods anymore, maybe you should re-upload it somewhere else? I'd've loved to know this mod existed before, but BNS is terrible for searching mods.[/QUOTE] Re-upload where? Back in the days that site was the only place to host mods.

[QUOTE=Pappi_man;52124518]Re-upload where? Back in the days that site was the only place to host mods.[/QUOTE] To the Nexus, probably. That's where most ME mods go nowadays, I think. [editline]19th April 2017[/editline] I know people there would be glad to have your mod.

In ME3 I just [sp]Shot Mordin[/sp] I feel like such an asshole but my shepard does [sp]hate aliens and thinks the genophage was a good thing. I'm going to have to do a paragon run of the trilogy to make up for my sins [/sp].

[QUOTE=USA_Pilot;52123100]Anyone feel like the city hubs in Andromeda felt "dead" compared to Mass Effect 2 city hubs? Sure citizens would talk but it was nothing really memorable like the Elcor bouncer or Batarian preacher in Omega.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I finished exploring Kadara Port and checked the map to make sure that was it. Also, people are constantly talking about nothing in particular, and it overrides real conversations you want to have with people and clutters up the subtitles. Geez, Bioware, what are you doing?

[QUOTE=bdd458;52124698]In ME3 I just [sp]Shot Mordin[/sp] I feel like such an asshole but my shepard does [sp]hate aliens and thinks the genophage was a good thing. I'm going to have to do a paragon run of the trilogy to make up for my sins [/sp].[/QUOTE] Who's the leader of the Krogan, Wrex or Wreave?