Mass Effect

[Vargras]

New trailer, specifically for Fem Shep this time. We also get some glimpses of Legion, Jacob, Miranda, and Samara.

[TheMightyEthan]

At 1:06 that video has the clip of Anderson telling Shep she's reinstated that I was trying to find earlier. Though the one I'd seen before was Broshep.

[Hot Heart]

While trying to get a snapshot of who Miranda was blasting (it looked a bit like TIM, but I don't think it is), I got this.

 

That's not a femshep!

[Vargras]

While trying to get a snapshot of who Miranda was blasting (it looked a bit like TIM, but I don't think it is), I got this.

 

That's not a femshep!

 

I lol'd.

[TheMightyEthan]

That's pre-op Femshep.

[Waldorf and Statler]

Fucking finally. Miranda and Legion were the two characters I wanted to see. Besides Garrus and Grunt. Hopefully Legion is a party member. He's a better engineer/techie than Tali imho.

 

Also, I don't know what they mean by reinstated here. I know we discussed this before, but in my gameplay Anderson is part of the council. I'm not sure whether he has anypower to reinstate ranks in the military, so could he be talking about the Spectres?

 

GAWD I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME AND FIND OUT INSTEAD OF SPECULATING.

[TheMightyEthan]

Legion is my favorite companion character from ME2.

 

*Edit* - According to the canon Anderson is no longer a Councilor by this point, even if he was in ME2, he's been replaced by now. Also, he's an Admiral in the Alliance, so it's not unreasonable to think he's talking about Alliance rank. Not to mention the whole reason Shep is on Earth is for a military trial, so presumably he's saying "the trial's over, you're cleared of the charges and reinstated to active duty".

Edited February 10, 2012 by TheMightyEthan

[Vargras]

Fucking finally. Miranda and Legion were the two characters I wanted to see. Besides Garrus and Grunt. Hopefully Legion is a party member. He's a better engineer/techie than Tali imho.

 

We've seen Legion before in other trailers, but this was the first one to show Jacob, Miranda, and Samara (even though all crew members who survived ME and ME2 have been guaranteed to reappear in ME3).

[Waldorf and Statler]

One thing is to guarantee. Another thing is to say "oh they'll appear there as a background character". So yes it is nice to see them. Especially Miranda since my Shep has no interest in too-much-make-up Ashley.

 

A plot point I REALLY want to see in this game is the whole Geth thing. Knowing Bioware, you'll probably have to up your debating skills since you'll most likely have to convince these guys to fight together.

[TheMightyEthan]

I'm telling you, forget Ashley and Miranda, it's Liara all the way! I mean, you get to make it with a hot alien babe. And in the end, is that not what man has dreamed of since he first looked up at the stars?

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

^You know, I agree with Zap about that. Applying that to Mass Effect, you might as well do shit you aren't going to do in real life. Which is why I've been evil/anti-heros/female in every game I've played the past few years.

[SixTwoSixFour]

^You know, I agree with Zap about that. Applying that to Mass Effect, you might as well do shit you aren't going to do in real life. Which is why I've been evil/anti-heros/female in every game I've played the past few years.

 

And why I've been a good female nymphomaniac in both titles.

[Hot Heart]

Well, I'm never gonna make it with Yvonne Strahovski in real-life. So stick that in your logic machine and...reason with it.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Yeah, but you can totally fuck a hot human.

 

edit: in real life

Edited February 11, 2012 by Faiblesse Des Sens

[Hot Heart]

Yeah, but you can totally fuck a hot human.

 

edit: in real life

 

You give me too much credit.

[Waldorf and Statler]

My love life is complicated so until either the girls that like me break up with their current relationship or I find a single girl I like as much as these ones...

 

 

It'll be Miranda for me. Forever Shepard ;'D

[TheMightyEthan]

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 again so I have a lot of time to sit around and think about how stupid planet scanning is and how it could be less stupid, and here's my solution:

 

Instead of having to manually go over the planet, you simply press the scan button and EDI scans the whole thing manually and gives you a report on how much of each mineral is on the planet. She also tells you how much it will cost in credits to mine those minerals, based on factors such as the surface conditions, the mineral makeup of the planet, whether the minerals are concentrated in a few places or spread out all over, etc. You then have the option to spend the credits to mine the minerals or not. Another facet I've considered but not decided whether it's a good idea or not is to give you the option to only mine some of the minerals, or only one type of mineral, with the disadvantage that it would cost more per mineral collected (though still less overall) due to the fact that there's a certain amount of overhead or whatever just in setting up operations.

 

Another option would be to have you pay a certain amount just to establish a mining facility (determined by surface conditions on the planet) and then pay an additional amount determined by how much mining you want done (based on the other factors I listed).

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Another option is to play it on PC and skip that shit.

[TheMightyEthan]

Yeah, but I already have it on 360, cause I got ME1 on 360 when it was an exclusive and I wanted to be able to keep my save files.

[Waldorf and Statler]

another option is to have a hooded figure who comes up to you

 

"Hello stranga'! What minerals are you buyin?"

[Hot Heart]

Facebook 'game' for early 360 demo access or Normandy avatar item. In case you have nothing better to do on a Sunday.

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1218525p1.html

[TheMightyEthan]

The facebook app page just reloads forever for me, looks like it's caught in a redirect loop.

 

Man, I just cannot work the internet today.

 

*Edit* - Might be UK specific (the URL, even if I search for the app on Facebook, keeps putting "uk" in it).

Edited February 12, 2012 by TheMightyEthan

[Hot Heart]

Sure it's not your browser, or some kind of server issue (loads fine for me, but maybe not US folks)? Because I can see plenty of American people commenting that they can see the app or have already got the demo.

[SixTwoSixFour]

Wow. This game is actually... really stupid. Completely luck based, not really interesting at all. I tried three times, the virtual dice came up snake eyes three times. It says it'll let me try again in two hours, but I really don't care enough to put up with this crap game to get a demo two days early.

[Hot Heart]

Yeah, looking around, I realise it's just a fucking slot machine. I think they have 10,000 codes to giveaway but hopefully they'd have taken the thing down if they are all gone.