Duke Togo Posted April 21, 2011 Author Posted April 21, 2011 PC Gamer: Mass Effect 3 first screens released Shepard vs Cerberus troops on the Salarian homeworld.
Duke Togo Posted April 27, 2011 Author Posted April 27, 2011 Game Informer's Mass Effect 3 page has a ton of goodies on it, the best being 7 video interviews (that all together clock in at just under an hour). They cover everything from the origin of the game, to voice work and sound design, to character design, and how much attention that pay to feedback from the first two games. You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you are a ME fan and don't check it out. Game Informer: Mass Effect 3
Lynx7725 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Mass Effect 3 will be released in the first three months of 2012. The development team is laser focused on making sure Mass Effect 3 is the biggest, boldest and best game in the series, ensuring that it exceeds everyone’s expectations.” - Casey Hudson, Executive Producer Mass Effect series https://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=10150180010521601#!/media/set/?set=a.10150170133576645.300911.85811091644 Ok, back to sleep...
eugimon Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Cool, I hope they take their time and release a product that is more in keeping with their reputation and not something that's more like sort of stuff EA makes... I'm looking at you, dragon age 2.
David Hingtgen Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Hey, didn't "massive patch version 2" just get released? I'm waiting for patch #3 myself before starting it again...
Duke Togo Posted May 5, 2011 Author Posted May 5, 2011 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&¬e_id=10150180010521601#!/media/set/?set=a.10150170133576645.300911.85811091644 Ok, back to sleep... More time to play SWTOR!
eugimon Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Hey, didn't "massive patch version 2" just get released? I'm waiting for patch #3 myself before starting it again... The first patch was just to fix the boring prince DLC, right? I didn't notice anything in patch 2 about fixing haste (as in not hasting EVERYONE) so I figure I'll wait until there's a big, juicy DLC to play.
Lynx7725 Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Want your own Normandy-II? https://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150180894876601#!/photo.php?fbid=10150170919366645&set=a.205444541644.131114.85811091644&type=1&comments
Ghost Train Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Want your own Normandy-II? https://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&¬e_id=10150180894876601#!/photo.php?fbid=10150170919366645&set=a.205444541644.131114.85811091644&type=1&comments Hell Yeah! Getting a whole fleet. But at 35.00, I hope the worksmanship is good.
eugimon Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 got one pre-ordered, been waiting for a normandy for a long time
HoveringCheesecake Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Really not a fan of the new paint job, or the SR-2 in particular. If they ever make the SR-1 I'll pick one up.
kaiotheforsaken Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Personally I like the new paintjob. The Normandy should not have Cerberus branding on it...ever. I don't care if they built the SR-2. Additionally, I'm pretty stoked Cerberus is against Shep in 3m hopefully we get a chance to confront the Illusive Man on our own terms this time. I didn't like him at all, and I especially didn't like how he tried to dictate his BS to me. And I'm glad Bioware has pushed back 3. Polish that game to a mirror finish. Flesh out everything appropriately (like being able to have a friendship with crew mates and not just multiple romances like you had with Jack) and don't fall prey to EA syndrome. Take all the time you need to make this the perfect ME experience and the perfect ending to this trilogy.
Wanzerfan Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Personally I like the new paintjob. The Normandy should not have Cerberus branding on it...ever. I don't care if they built the SR-2. Additionally, I'm pretty stoked Cerberus is against Shep in 3m hopefully we get a chance to confront the Illusive Man on our own terms this time. I didn't like him at all, and I especially didn't like how he tried to dictate his BS to me. And I'm glad Bioware has pushed back 3. Polish that game to a mirror finish. Flesh out everything appropriately (like being able to have a friendship with crew mates and not just multiple romances like you had with Jack) and don't fall prey to EA syndrome. Take all the time you need to make this the perfect ME experience and the perfect ending to this trilogy. But you gotta admit, Martin Sheen does fit the "ends-justify-the-means" bastard to a "t", doesn't he? I hope there's an option for using one of his cybereyes as an ashtry when you finally confront him as a Renegade.After my first playthrough of the game, I thought up a character using this quote: "Let's just say if you lock me in a room with that son of a bitch (The Illusive Man), I'll be playing Snooker using his eyeballs when all is said and done." Mind you this character I came up with is a United States Marine Recon trained SOB who was released from some form of stasis six months before the events of the first game. Another line attributable to him would be "I've forgotten more than any of these N7 (euphemism for cats) would ever know."
Ghost Train Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 But you gotta admit, Martin Sheen does fit the "ends-justify-the-means" bastard to a "t", doesn't he? I hope there's an option for using one of his cybereyes as an ashtry when you finally confront him as a Renegade. After my first playthrough of the game, I thought up a character using this quote: "Let's just say if you lock me in a room with that son of a bitch (The Illusive Man), I'll be playing Snooker using his eyeballs when all is said and done." Mind you this character I came up with is a United States Marine Recon trained SOB who was released from some form of stasis six months before the events of the first game. Another line attributable to him would be "I've forgotten more than any of these N7 (euphemism for cats) would ever know." Please don't quit your day job.
eugimon Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Please don't quit your day job. That dialog sounds an awful like something from Fast Five... In which case, that is his day job and he's doing just fine.
Lynx7725 Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Actually just shootin' the breeze... but how many bets on the Normandy-II buying it in ME3? I'm almost certain Shepard's due for a mid-game upgrade in ship...
Ghost Train Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 It'd be cool if Shepard kept the SR-2... But just as it's about to be popped by a group of reapers, another Normandy based on the original design but upgraded to the II's spec commanded by Anderson shows up for the rescue. (Single greatest moment of BSG)
HoveringCheesecake Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 It'd be great if we could choose which ship, with each choice having specific strengths and weaknesses. Small and fast - SR-1 design (we know at least one other one exists, the SSV Ain Jalut - rename it like they did for the Defiant on Deep Space 9). Mid range - SR-2. Slow and powerful - an Alliance cruiser or some new design. I know which one I'd pick. SR-1 or none.
kaiotheforsaken Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Personally I always thought the SR1 looked a little...off. I prefer the SR2 vastly (it is about the only good thing Cerberus has ever done).
Ghost Train Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 I miss the pseudo-legal arms dealer "requisitions officer." ;_;
BeyondTheGrave Posted May 7, 2011 Posted May 7, 2011 Personally I like the new paintjob. The Normandy should not have Cerberus branding on it...ever. I don't care if they built the SR-2. Additionally, I'm pretty stoked Cerberus is against Shep in 3m hopefully we get a chance to confront the Illusive Man on our own terms this time. I didn't like him at all, and I especially didn't like how he tried to dictate his BS to me. He did bring you back from the dead. I do agree with Wanzerfan about the ends justify the means. I always had the impression that Cerberus did the things that the Alliance wouldn't and couldn't do. I just wonder if its all of Cerberus against you or just a handful of Cerberus cells?
Ghost Train Posted May 7, 2011 Posted May 7, 2011 I feel that having Cerberus as a major antagonist again greatly diminishes the choice of saving the collector base and getting on the I.Man's good/bad side. Although Cerberus has its share of very ruthless operatives, as a whole the organization is amoral. Jacob, the engineers (or most of the SSV II's crew for that matter), and the secretary of course are certainly not murderers or bad people.
Lynx7725 Posted May 8, 2011 Posted May 8, 2011 Well, technically Jacob did murder a lot of Eclipse and Blue Suns... xD I'll really hate it if I saved the base, and then Cerberus turn around and use that tech against me. Ow.
Duke Togo Posted May 8, 2011 Author Posted May 8, 2011 Well, technically Jacob did murder a lot of Eclipse and Blue Suns... xD I'll really hate it if I saved the base, and then Cerberus turn around and use that tech against me. Ow. 'Cause that tech's done alot to stop us before... oh, wait.
Lynx7725 Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 http://kotaku.com/5800972/five-new-mass-effect-3-details-you-might-want-to-hear
CoryHolmes Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 There's only one fact I want confirmed: That Ashley will be present in ME3 and I'll get a bonus/scene for staying true to her instead of falling for Miranda's charms. Give me that and I'll be a happy gamer.
Lynx7725 Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 IIRC, Kaiden is confirmed in; that means Ashley has to be. But not sure about the True Love portion.. probably, it's too easy a mark for Bioware to miss. The smaller number of characters I do welcome. It was a bit crowded on Normandy II and most of the time I ignore a lot of them anyway. The rest I can live with really. It depends on how good or bad. I'm not a big fan of big worlds only because that means we get silly hovertanks again. :/
Wanzerfan Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Well, technically Jacob did murder a lot of Eclipse and Blue Suns... xD I'll really hate it if I saved the base, and then Cerberus turn around and use that tech against me. Ow. It's not murder if you're contracted to kill them, Lynx7725. Highly unlikely. I think the Illusive Man will sic the base on the Reapers, IMHO, and sending it against the Normandy II is akin to sending a nuke to kill a mosquito. I think all Shepard has to worry about is the random assassin Cerberus sends his way. Oh, you said the tech, well, that's a horse of a different color. All I'll say is that if Cerberus decides to use that tech against you, you do have a few choices (if you're a Soldier or an infiltrator, anyway) The Widow or the Collector Partilce Beam. :evil:
Duke Togo Posted May 13, 2011 Author Posted May 13, 2011 As of today, confirmed regular squad members: Kaiden/Ashley, Garrus, Tali, Liara, and James Vega.
Ghost Train Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 We need a female Krogan to fill Wrex/Grunt's shoes... this way Shepard can solve the fertility crisis the natural way! Those slimy blinking Salarians will never develop a cure.
Lynx7725 Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Here comes the PS3 ME Comic A bit mixed reaction. I don't intend to get ME until the ME3 big box (you know that's coming), so I probably will pick this up... but most of my ME2 builds are done and I'm not keen to redo my Paragon Sniper from this. Hmm. Paragon Sniper, Renegade Adept, Dominate Engineer (in progress). I suppose I can do one for Soldier, Vanguard or Sentinel. I can see why for Soldier and Vanguard, anyone has any reason why I should do a Sentinel?
eugimon Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 I gotta admit, I was pretty ambivalent about ME3 incorporating the Kinect but I'm liking how they chose to do it. http://kotaku.com/5808993/mass-effect-3-gets-more-tactical-and-conversational-with-kinect
Nicaragua Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) I gotta admit, I was pretty ambivalent about ME3 incorporating the Kinect but I'm liking how they chose to do it. http://kotaku.com/5808993/mass-effect-3-gets-more-tactical-and-conversational-with-kinect Its incorporating voice recognition - it can be done on any microphone or headset, its just that Microsoft are trying to brand it as a feature thats only possible because of Kinect when in reality there is nothing hi-tech about the microphone incorporated in the kinect device. I'd be very surprised if the PS3 and PC versions also did not have this feature without the need for a £100 webcam. Edited June 6, 2011 by Nicaragua
eugimon Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Its incorporating voice recognition - it can be done on any microphone or headset, its just that Microsoft are trying to brand it as a feature thats only possible because of Kinect when in reality there is nothing hi-tech about the microphone incorporated in the kinect device. I'd be very surprised if the PS3 and PC versions also did not have this feature without the need for a £100 webcam. I never said it was "hi-tech" or anything, just that's it's nice way to integrate a peripheral into the game.
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