Mass Effect 3

[hellrasinbrasin]

I'll wait for Mass Effect 3 to be resold under the greatest hits label for PS3 before buying it again or any DLC.

[Con-con]

I'll probably do that too, despite really wanting the Collector's Edition. I'm tantalized by their faggot-ass DLC offers. Shame they don't overstock with their LE's like a lot of other games do. Nothing like picking up a big "limited" box for like $60 off in 5 months. But I guess when Bioware says it's limited, they do mean that it's limited.

[Adamant]

[Con-con]

[Adamant]

That dark energy angle sounds cool but now that I think about it it doesn't make sense. Dark energy is the name for the force that biotics generate to create mass effect fields, as well as being what mass effect fields are made of themselves. How can the Reapers be trying to stop the spread of dark energy if they require such huge amounts of element zero, and therefore equally huge mass effect fields, to function? And if we were to stop it's spread that would mean destroying the mass relays anyway, and our ships, and our guns, and practically everything else. And you know what I think of that whole omagosh humains r soo dieverse cause magik DNA bullshit they trot out every so often. Really, I think it would have been nice to just keep the Reapers enigmatic supermachines who harvest life to reproduce and you either blow 'em up or whatever other options. All this alterior motive stuff feels shoehorned in, whether it's a canned ending or the actual one.

[Con-con]

I guess we'd have to ask Drew about the specifics. It could be that the harnessing and the spreading are two different things.
I do prefer the Reapers as big, horrific, Lovecraftian mysteries though. That leaves them being awesome, and especially not the bitches to some cunty little ghost kid whose existence is a complete ass-pull.


Woah, I just realized that the Reapers' motivation for destroying civilizations is really similar to the Anti-Spirals in Gurren Lagann. Like really damn similar. Wow. WOW.


EDIT: Oh fuck guys, and now I just realized that Drew Karpyshyn totally looks like Zerim if he got fat and lost his neck-to-head definition.



That's uncanny man.


EDIT 2: http://maraudershields.com/
He has his own website now.

And then there's also this: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324170/20120404/mass-effect-3-ending-jennifer-hale-femshep.htm

[hellrasinbrasin]

Well at least these children were kept away from our Metal Gear Series can you imagine what Metal Gear Solid 4's Epilogue would look like if Kojima caved into fans.

[Adamant]

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_3:_Resurgence_Pack

Can anyone say they're surprised? Practically since the announcement of multiplayer we knew there would be extra packs. It is really cool that Bioware basically read everyone's "What If" character choices for Mass Effect and implemented them, and it's free too. That's something to be glad for. I wonder if the weapons will make their way into singleplayer in a future pack. Will we have to pay for them then? Probably. Also, will these new items and characters be added to the random chance lists or will you unlock them from the beginning? And will this be a separate pack in and of itself or will it be spread amung the existing packs? I'm betting it won't, but you will have to unlock everything... except perhaps for a freebee when you download it for the first time.

[Con-con]

http://kotaku.com/5899919/no-comment-from-bioware-on-the-mass-effect-3-indoctrination-theory
I would really give anything for it to be the real ending.


So I'm figuring all the Extended Cut is is just the original ending with more substance. So with dialogue and voiceover I guess, and some explanations for how your actions affected the universe.
I don't think anything will be able to beat the Animal House ending.


EDIT: http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/
So this got me thinking; I have a feeling that what Drew Karpyshyn means when he talks about the "spread" of dark energy, he really means "expansion". So maybe it's more of the expansion of the universe that is bad, and not just the energy itself. Could be that as the universe expands and more dark matter comes into existence to be the "space" in space, it causes normal matter to drift apart and lose its own properties, becoming more dark matter. So the Reapers harvest civilizations at the peak of their existence, right before synthetics wipe them out, merging their knowledge into their collective minds to try to combat the expansion of the universe and keep existence and reality, uh, existing.

Just a theory.




http://www.youtube.com/v/Ai_9LTcwYic

Okay, cool, so they will somehow explain how nobody starves to death. And I was always thinking about the possibility of rebuilding the relays, although it would seem rather difficult to even GET to where they were with them, uh, GONE. But okay. Okay. Alright.

I do agree that if the indoctrination theory is thrown out, I'd rather not have the Extended Cut. It's kind of like how I think the worst thing Guns of the Patriots did was have Raiden and other things from Sons of Liberty in it. I could accept MGS4 easier if it didn't include him and Vamp and all that other shit, because it ruins Raiden's, and the whole game's, character and arc. So I'm okay with some explanations, just not when it actively hurts some of the best parts of the overall narrative.

The "EA is evil thing" I don't necessarily buy into, but whatever.

So yeah, I dunno, we'll see. I'm down to be satisfied. I really am curious to see what all they do. I don't WANT to dislike the end of a killer game. And I'm open for someone to explain to me WHY the current ending is good, I just haven't seen it yet. The indoctrination theory does it, but if it gets fucked up, well, I just don't know.

Only time will tell I guess.

[John]

[Con-con]

[John]

Well okay, right now it seems to be getting better. But goddamn, my last playthrough before ME2 came out was a nightmare. Sometimes the sound and music cut out, which was really fucking lame for a game I think is awesome for feeling being cinematic even in gameplay.

I was relieved when I saw that ME2 and 3 ran perfectly, even on my hardware.

Edit: Wait... if they're going to charge for the new endings (for those who didn't buy it in time)... and if there's no gameplay... can't I just watch everything on YouTube?

That's what I'm going to do. Just watch the endings as is first, maybe watch a video on the Indoctrination Theory, then watch Mass of the Effectriots on YouTube for free.

[Con-con]

ME1 runs pretty meh on consoles. I mean, it was pretty amazing for 2007, but in 2012 the massive framerate dips and slow texture loading really makes it show its age. This is mostly just in combat though, so cutscenes and conversations are still presented great, but I don't know how people could possibly play on Insanity when the framerate stutters so much that you can't even see where you're shooting. ME2, at lleast on PS3, is WAY better with it. It's basically perfect. 3 had some problems at launch, and I even griped about them a bit, but after going back to 1, the technical problems of 3 are paltry in comparison.


Yeah, just watch the endings on YouTube. That's what I did. Make your decision on how you feel then. I am really interested in what you think of it all John.

[John]

Oh I'll totally write up what I think of it (both unedited and nanomachine'd versions.)
...in, like, half a year, or maybe more. Gotta get my perfect save/a price drop!

Anyway, yeah, ME1's working surprisingly well now. I finished Feros and saved Liara. I chuckle every time I hear about those Asari chicks being "indoctrinated" by Sovereign. I wish I started this earlier in my spring break...

Also, as for the "main character" moment Perp/you mentioned; he had a main character moment when his mind was able to see the visions from the Prothean beacon. Liara said "a lesser mind would've been destroyed" or something.

[Con-con]

Yeah, it seems like everybody's always talking about how Shepard is beast and his mind and will are so strong that it gives women orgasms from across systems. Bitches won't shut up about it.