Topic: Bioware's New Game: It's Mass Effect 3. (Read 27090 times)

KvP · « **Reply #50 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 02:50 »

Mass Protocol

Alex C · « **Reply #51 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 06:09 »

I prefer Alpha Effect.

KvP · « **Reply #52 on:** 25 Nov 2010, 02:27 »

New code:

Translates to this:

Either they're fucking with us or this game is going to be very, very british.

cyro · « **Reply #53 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 03:57 »

Sonic Chronicles 2: Rise of the Mass Effect.

snalin · « **Reply #54 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 05:08 »

It's going to be an alternate future where the conflict in Northern Ireland has expanded to be a full out war between England and Ireland over the gulf. The picture is you, the player character, a mercenary sniper working for the British Secret Services who has to uncover the ethereal conflicts that's really the grounds for the war.

Fight fanatic catholics and protestants through ancient Welsh and Irish monasteries, uncovering the deep, alien secret that threatens much more than two island nations in deep conflict. Accompanied by English and Irish punk rock, delve into a stunning FPSRPG set in the English and Irish back country. Will you help restore peace in the two nations by fighting off the Evil from Beyond that Looms, or will you master it's dark secrets to draw power from the conflict? Explore combat mechanics involving magic or guns, or combine them into powerful combos. Fight over 100 different kinds of enemies, from regular militia to cultists to special ops (or special ops cultists). Experience tons of side-quests like "catholic girl school mayhem" or "god sacrifice the queen", or delve straight into the 30 hour+ main storyline that will leave you alternatively gasping from fear and pumping with adrenaline.

M.A.S.S. E.F.F.E.C.T.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #55 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 11:09 »

would play

Tom · « **Reply #56 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 11:47 »

I can't think of a reason not to.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #57 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 04:06 »

get out of here, sheperd

get out of here, sheperd

get out of here, sheperd

get out of here, sheperd

get out of here, sheperd

get out of here, sheperd

Jeans · « **Reply #58 on:** 27 Nov 2010, 12:21 »

Quote from: snalin on 26 Nov 2010, 05:08

Explore combat mechanics involving magic or puns

This is what I read the first time and I'm not sure if I want it to be "guns" or "puns".

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #59 on:** 28 Nov 2010, 01:29 »

Quote from: KvP on 25 Nov 2010, 02:27

The Clash

Mass Effect: White Riot.

snalin · « **Reply #60 on:** 28 Nov 2010, 05:18 »

Jens, that theme has been picked over quite extensively.

scarred · « **Reply #61 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 09:29 »

Mass Effect: The World Is Not Enough

Tom · « **Reply #62 on:** 29 Nov 2010, 11:59 »

I think it's worth noting that Steam has KOTR going for 2.50 USD today.

KvP · « **Reply #63 on:** 09 Dec 2010, 08:43 »

Joystiq has a source claiming that the new game is ME3 w/ multiplayer.

KvP · « **Reply #64 on:** 10 Dec 2010, 05:19 »

It's Mass Effect 3.

Quote

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth.

Sounds like a job for the Grey Wardens. Or Aragorn.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #65 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 09:35 »

Quote from: KvP on 10 Dec 2010, 05:19

Aragorn.

oh no you don't

Buttfranklin · « **Reply #66 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 11:33 »

Wait a sec, Shepard is Alliance again?

Josefbugman · « **Reply #67 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 02:23 »

Well they only reason they let go of shep was because of death, this having changed (and still having friends like Hackett and Anderson) no doubt shep will get the heroes welcome we, sorry, Sheppard deserves.

scarred · « **Reply #68 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 05:33 »

that summary makes it sound like they completely shelved all the rpg elements that weren't discarded in me2.

booo.

Josefbugman · « **Reply #69 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 06:00 »

Considering how cluncky a lot of the stuff in ME1 was I can't say its a great loss.

And more importantly it looks as if we will be fighting on the streets of London.

neomang5 · « **Reply #70 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 06:32 »

Personally, as much as I understand the plot and reasoning behind it, I really wish Earth was not the primary target in the game. It's pretty unrealistically simple for an invasion thousands of years in the making, and it doesn't really give the sense of immediacy to the other races. It sounds like a lot of begging/intimidating the council and citadel space races into helping earth rather than rallying the galaxy against a common and dangerous foe. I really hope for a Mass Effect game to give a larger portion to the other races of the galaxy rather than just humans being the most important. We get these wonderful glimpses into a culture nothing like our own but then can investigate no further. Elcor, Hanar, and Drell have very little backstory and we haven't seen more than a sprinkling of any of them. I want to see how their civilizations work.

That having been said, there is NO CHANCE that this will not be a day 1 purchase for me. I loved the first, adored the second and look forward to the third.

Johnny C · « **Reply #71 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 06:53 »

Quote from: scarred on 11 Dec 2010, 05:33

that summary makes it sound like they completely shelved all the rpg elements that weren't discarded in me2.

booo.

no it doesn't, it says literally nothing about gameplay

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #72 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 07:04 »

wait

Since when was anyone supposed to give a shit about Earth for the past two games and now we're supposed to emotionally connect with this piddly rock in the Local Cluster somewhere at the bottom of the Galaxy Map

Yeah I'm real impressed.

Buttfranklin · « **Reply #73 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 07:11 »

I'm a little disappointed that Earth is the target, too.

I'd prefer a thing where several major worlds are attacked and you go to each one and try to defend it, sometimes having to make a choice between which to protect, and maybe the climax is on Earth? That would be cool, and more in line with the plot arcs of the previous installments.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #74 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 07:16 »

We are analyzing and criticizing a game based solely on a leaked blurb on a storefront.

Have some perspective.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #75 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 07:20 »

I am confident that Bioware will put absolute genius into the writing though and I do hope the game isn't just "Earth"

But that said, Earth is a reasonable location for a Reaper conflict. I just hope it isn't the "ultimate" one.

Buttfranklin · « **Reply #76 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 07:32 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 11 Dec 2010, 07:16

We are analyzing and criticizing a game based solely on a leaked blurb on a storefront.

Have some perspective.

Wait, are you suggesting we entertain ourselves by playing video games that are actually out and playable rather than scrutinizing unreliable leaks about details that even if true are not finalized?

KvP · « **Reply #77 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 08:05 »

My Bioware

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #78 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 09:37 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 11 Dec 2010, 07:16

We are analyzing and criticizing a game based solely on a leaked blurb on a storefront.

Have some perspective.

We're analyzing and criticizing the possible concepts based on the given trailers and leaks.

It's not the be-all-end-all of the game but we're going through the what-ifs.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #79 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 10:44 »

You have 51 words written by a PR department and 3 seconds of a guy in the snow with a gun.

JD · « **Reply #80 on:** 11 Dec 2010, 11:37 »

They better fix those controls. I don't want the spacebar doing 3 completely different things again.

maxusy3k · « **Reply #81 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 12:16 »

Teaser!

cyro · « **Reply #82 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 02:15 »

Quote from: maxusy3k on 12 Dec 2010, 12:16

Teaser!

omg
omg

Yay!

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #83 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 02:46 »

Quote from: Ozymandias on 11 Dec 2010, 10:44

You have 51 words written by a PR department and 3 seconds of a guy in the snow with a gun.

Quote from: maxusy3k on 12 Dec 2010, 12:16

Teaser!

Thought you guys would have picked up on the link sooner though.

KvP · « **Reply #84 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 03:24 »

Here I was hoping that the Reapers would be all about the star destruction and world-scarring mass accelerators they've been hinting
at since MEs two and one, respectively, but hey I guess epic ground battles will probably do.

Let's be serious, despite Bioware's gum-flapping to the contrary ME has always been about Shepard the Space Chosen One. The climax has to take place on Earth because this one dude is so aggravating to the Reapers that they're going to go after this one specific planet to conquer the galaxy. I'm sure the explanation will have something to do with making new Reapers, as shown at the end of ME2 - invariably in any setting with races other than humans, humans are exceptional in some special way, having to do with their adaptability or ambition or whatever.

Anyway all it really means is that the game will have a fuckin' lame final battle, but that will just make the series 0 for 3.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #85 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 04:50 »

I thought both the fight down the side of the Citadel and the suicide mission were really well done, actually. Unless you're talking about the actual final fights, in which case yeah. To be fair, it's kind of hard to do boss fights well in shooters and Mass Effect is far from the only game to have that problem. Apparently the boss fight in the Shadow Broker DLC is actually good? I dunno, I haven't played it yet.

maxusy3k · « **Reply #86 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 05:32 »

The boss fight in the Shadow Broker was good in a kind of really challenging way. It was certainly very different. The lead-up to it was also really good and quite difficult. A huge counterpoint to the incredibly easy Overlord DLC boss fight.

I'm quite interested to see how they play out ME3. I've seen a lot of people whining that something as significant as the Earth being razed should not have been the first reveal of the game, but my counter on that was that "Shepard is dead." comprised the message behind most of ME2's hype and promotional material, so it's a possibility that Earth being under seige could - like Shepard's death - actually be something which starts the game rolling.

Thing is, I guess they could reveal that the game is now a God of War clone or something and I'd still buy it anyway.

Johnny C · « **Reply #87 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:39 »

Quote from: KvP on 12 Dec 2010, 03:24

Let's be serious, despite Bioware's gum-flapping to the contrary ME has always been about Shepard the Space Chosen One. The climax has to take place on Earth because this one dude is so aggravating to the Reapers that they're going to go after this one specific planet to conquer the galaxy. I'm sure the explanation will have something to do with making new Reapers, as shown at the end of ME2 - invariably in any setting with races other than humans, humans are exceptional in some special way, having to do with their adaptability or ambition or whatever.

it's something about the number of human colonies & the increasing power & presence of humans in citadel space iirc

Johnny C · « **Reply #88 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:45 »

teaser looks badass, mass effect 2 was super good, this is going to kick ass

scarred · « **Reply #89 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 04:23 »

so we went from "Save the galaxy" to "Save earth maybe sometimes"

JD · « **Reply #90 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:57 »

Yeah I guess the aliens are fucked then huh

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #91 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 08:26 »

The aliens are always fucked. Whether it be in Shepard's bedroom or out on the battlefield.

JD · « **Reply #92 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:00 »

Johnny C · « **Reply #93 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:21 »

Quote from: scarred on 12 Dec 2010, 04:23

so we went from "Save the galaxy" to "Save earth maybe sometimes"

don't think the premise is that they're going to destroy earth and then peace out back to dark space but ok

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #94 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:34 »

i will buy it, i will buy it so hard, this game is going to be awesome, i hope there are 3 disks this time

Tom · « **Reply #95 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 10:20 »

Multiple discs are only a problem if you are to lazy to get off your arse or keep 12-13 GB free on your HD.

JD · « **Reply #96 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 10:21 »

Course I bought my game on Steam so it was all very seamless

scarred · « **Reply #97 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 11:50 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 12 Dec 2010, 09:21

Quote from: scarred on 12 Dec 2010, 04:23
so we went from "Save the galaxy" to "Save earth maybe sometimes"

don't think the premise is that they're going to destroy earth and then peace out back to dark space but ok

yeah but that's what they're making out the focus of the game to be, which is pretty silly considering it's been a galactic-minded plot thus far.

Johnny C · « **Reply #98 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 12:08 »

i mean based on a brief teaser and preliminary synopsis that's what it's going to be but they laid out a case for it in the last game anyways

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #99 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 12:41 »

Quote from: Tom on 12 Dec 2010, 10:20

Multiple discs are only a problem if you are to lazy to get off your arse or keep 12-13 GB free on your HD.

i'm a console gamer all the way, just can't use a mouse, especially not for shooters. so i play my games on xbox360. when it's time to switch disks it tells me which to swich to and i get off my bed walk the 2 steps and change disks

i was just hoping for more disks because that will mean more game for me to devour

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