Mass Effect

[Waldorf and Statler]

Ugh my curiosity is killing me I want to open Dean's big ending spoiler.

 

But then I remember that I've waited a year or more, so a week won't kill me.

[TheMightyEthan]

He's a fucking military man that kicks ass, and then we see this (insert your favourite offensive slur).

 

You realize there are gay guys in the military, right? And that they kick equal amounts of ass as the straight ones?

[TheMightyEthan]

http://blog.bioware....-mass-effect-3/

 

That's badass that your overall bar unlocks both Paragon *and* Renegade options, rather than each score unlocking options separately. It will make my "do whatever the hell I feel like" schizo-shep more effective in conversations.

 

It also seems slightly unrealistic, though. Like why would someone believe that a Shepard with a bar maxed out with Paragon points would carry out his threat to burn down an orphanage to stop them? Seems like the option should be there, but depending on your rep they should be like "Hah! You're way too much of a goodie-two-shoes to do that!"

[Waldorf and Statler]

I'm sorry but I gotta agree to an extent, and I'm a supporter of gay marriage. Shepard is only a blank slate to an extent, but it doesn't work with this. It worked with the generic character in DAO and Hawke in DA2 because the characters were never established as something beforehand.

 

But Shepard has gone for 2 games showing no interest whatsoever in men. Sure you had the option to not fuck any of the women in the games, but he still had heterocentric answers/responses/dialogue options. He had PLENTY of chances to flirt with any of the male characters back then.

[Luftwaffles]

But Shepard has gone for 2 games showing no interest whatsoever in men. Sure you had the option to not fuck any of the women in the games, but he still had heterocentric answers/responses/dialogue options. He had PLENTY of chances to flirt with any of the male characters back then.

 

But Mass Effect 3 is the most accessible in the series and great for those just getting into the Mass Effect universe, remember?

 

Ugh.

[Maritan]

He's a fucking military man that kicks ass, and then we see this (insert your favourite offensive slur).

 

You realize there are gay guys in the military, right? And that they kick equal amounts of ass as the straight ones?

After that I expect to hear that women are competent in battle.

 

I'm sorry but I gotta agree to an extent, and I'm a supporter of gay marriage. Shepard is only a blank slate to an extent, but it doesn't work with this. It worked with the generic character in DAO and Hawke in DA2 because the characters were never established as something beforehand.

 

But Shepard has gone for 2 games showing no interest whatsoever in men. Sure you had the option to not fuck any of the women in the games, but he still had heterocentric answers/responses/dialogue options. He had PLENTY of chances to flirt with any of the male characters back then.

Exactly.

[TCP]

I'm sorry but I gotta agree to an extent, and I'm a supporter of gay marriage. Shepard is only a blank slate to an extent, but it doesn't work with this. It worked with the generic character in DAO and Hawke in DA2 because the characters were never established as something beforehand.

 

But Shepard has gone for 2 games showing no interest whatsoever in men. Sure you had the option to not fuck any of the women in the games, but he still had heterocentric answers/responses/dialogue options. He had PLENTY of chances to flirt with any of the male characters back then.

Someone can't realize they're gay part way into life?

[Waldorf and Statler]

That still strikes me as odd.

 

It's like Bioware wants to make themselves more accessible with every new game they make. We'll eventually be playing Bioware facebook games

[Waldorf and Statler]

It's not that they can't realize it. And I'm sure plenty of gay men went around fucking women up to their 30's-40's and all of a sudden realized they're gay.

 

But Shepard hasn't shown any kind of self-thought or struggle with sexuality. He's always been this hetero man, he's literally not shown any kind of desire for a fulfilling relationship or glanced at a man in a way intended as anything other than a man being friendly or professional.

 

Plus this is Bioware. If one think they meant it as this deep psychological shit, then that's just cute. They wanted to shoe-horn this just like the supposed accessibility of ME3. Nothing else, nothing more. Their new mentality is to make money. I can't blame them, they're running a business. But I can't agree with this.

[TheMightyEthan]

He's a fucking military man that kicks ass, and then we see this (insert your favourite offensive slur).

 

You realize there are gay guys in the military, right? And that they kick equal amounts of ass as the straight ones?

 

After that I expect to hear that women are competent in battle.

 

They certainly can be, though I'll concede it wouldn't surprise me if on average they are less suited to it than men. Problem is that to my knowledge no one has ever done any research into it.

 

I'm sorry but I gotta agree to an extent, and I'm a supporter of gay marriage. Shepard is only a blank slate to an extent, but it doesn't work with this. It worked with the generic character in DAO and Hawke in DA2 because the characters were never established as something beforehand.

 

But Shepard has gone for 2 games showing no interest whatsoever in men. Sure you had the option to not fuck any of the women in the games, but he still had heterocentric answers/responses/dialogue options. He had PLENTY of chances to flirt with any of the male characters back then.

 

Exactly.

 

See, that's a perfectly valid point. Why couldn't you just have said that instead of acting like a prejudiced jerk?

Edited March 2, 2012 by TheMightyEthan

[Hot Heart]

Not sure how accurate this is (seems OK from a brief look), but thought it might make for an interesting read.

 

http://www.1up.com/features/philosophers-mass-effect-2

[Hot Heart]

Launch trailer

[jimmuhpage]

Dear God. I think I finally understand how Cartman felt.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPZRRT-ZGw

[TheMightyEthan]

lmao, I was just thinking about that the other day and how I finally understand why Cartman resorted to freezing himself.

[jimmuhpage]

As awesome as the trailer music was, I wonder why they didn't have Clint Mansell compose something or use something that's already in use for the game. We all know he can make amazing trailer music.

 

 

EDIT: In fact, I wonder how long until someone edits Lux Aeterna into the video on youtube.

Edited March 2, 2012 by jimmuhpage

[Hot Heart]

They did use a bit of his music at the start. I'm guessing the rest was Two Steps From Hell?

[deanb]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2066351/Screenshots/Games/Mass_Effect_3-Shep-1920x1200.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2066351/Screenshots/Games/Mass_Effect_3-ME3-1920x1200.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2066351/Screenshots/Games/Mass_Effect_3-FemShep-1920x1200.jpg

 

 

Wallpapers, grab em while their hot.

[jimmuhpage]

Right, that's what I meant, the Two Steps From Hell song could have been replaced imo. Forgot about the bit in the beginning

[TheMightyEthan]

http://dl.dropbox.co...p-1920x1200.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.co...3-1920x1200.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.co...p-1920x1200.jpg

 

 

Wallpapers, grab em while their hot.

 

It's kind of hypnotic to switch back and forth between the first and 3rd ones, watching Shep change shape...

[Maritan]

They certainly can be, though I'll concede it wouldn't surprise me if on average they are less suited to it than men. Problem is that to my knowledge no one has ever done any research into it.

I just think it's not "politically correct" to openly discuss such topics in the US and especially conduct such research. If "snowman" is already a sexist word... you know. That's probably why you haven't heard about such research.

See, that's a perfectly valid point. Why couldn't you just have said that instead of acting like a prejudiced jerk?

I like to antagonize people, I guess.

Also, it's the internet, don't take anything seriously.

[Hot Heart]

IT'S CALLED AN EXTRACTION ZONE FOR A REASON!

 

Some silly friggin' players...

[jimmuhpage]

Seriously. Even when I run out of ammo, I just spam powers inside the circle. Fortunately, I rarely play with randoms. And when I did Gold, our team got a full extraction.

[Hot Heart]

Well, I'll hang around outside the EZ to get 'one up' on the enemies; fighting them in a bit more space rather than waiting for them to bombard you in one area. It's the people who don't look at the timer, or rush off and get themselves killed that bug me.

[Waldorf and Statler]

You know. I've always found that many trailers can be just as epic with a really soft emotional song that contrasts the action thats is being displayed on screen. Like for example the Battle LA trailer is brilliant in my book.

[Hot Heart]

And putting Mad World over Gears of War.