Jason Moyer on 26/6/2012 at 23:42
I didn't start the final missions again to see all of the changes, but I took all of the endings to watch the 15 minutes of slightly-varied cutscenes. I'm not really sure if they're good or bad, but they remind me of the part where Conrad Verner explains why he was being a dick in ME2 and it's the most awkward, fan servicing dialog ever. I'm glad they stuck to the original creative vision more or less but sometimes it's better to just keep things ambiguous and ignore your idiot fanbase while they debate/complain/masturbate furiously over it.
Eldron on 27/6/2012 at 08:56
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I'm glad they stuck to the original creative vision more or less but sometimes it's better to just keep things ambiguous and ignore your idiot fanbase while they debate/complain/masturbate furiously over it.
What are you talking about, they retconned the teleportation-abilities of your two allies at the end.
[spoiler]And magically rebuild the relays in every ending because they couldn't explain their way out of that one otherwise.
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There's no creative vision in the ending, only budgetary compromises. The original creative vision for mass effect as a trilogy was already thrown in the trash to make way for the new one in ME3,
what's left are promises to customers that one shouldn't make in the first place when selling a product.
Volitions Advocate on 30/6/2012 at 04:39
I finally just got around to starting this up, and it's interesting playing it directly after the first 2 installments.
Right off the bat there are 2 things that annoy the crap out of me.
I can't import Shepards face. And my recreation of my old creation is almost there but not quite. Its aggravating.
And the not being able to holster my weapon during missions. What a cop-out that was. The only reason I read on the web was something about memory problems. Whatever, sounds like sloppy design or programming or something or other to me.
The enhanced focus on combat is both great and not so great. The Infinite sprint seems a little bit pandering to action fans, and yet I find that I spam it constantly. I LOVE the actual fighting though. ME1 and 2 was the smattering of chest high wall cover based combat that made GOW so boring. But it seems to work on this one because I find myself only using cover to recharge my shields, and most of my actual fighting is done stand up in the open with a badass assault rifle bearing down on my target, it's quite satisfying in way I thought an ME game could never deliver. I think the heavy pistol is my favorite weapon now.
I've also noticed that the animations are much better, especially in combat. I ran into my first marauders on the Turian moon, and that fight was nuts. I kept seeing things out of the corner of my eye that I did not fully understand and it makes the secrecy of the reaper indoctrinated enemies that much more frightening.
I'm still trying to figure out the new space mini games and the scanning and war preparation. Although the story and dialogue seems to sweep by so quickly and its so action packed that sometimes I really dont' want to go do all that stuff, which sucks because I actually enjoyed all the extra mini games in the first 2 games.
from a technical standpoint. I really like the hassle free, no HUD-stretched, no hack/crack multimonitor support. It just works, and it works flawlessly. The game even darkens the outer monitors at the proper times for dialogue and FMVs. My framerate takes a bit of a hit with the exploded resolution, which gives me mouse acceleration problems, But i'm dealing with them because I don't want to turn the detail down. Its a very nice looking game, Bio ware has definitely improved on UE3 a bit to satisfy their own needs.
Sorry if I have repeated anything already said, but I haven't been reading the thread because I'm terrified of spoilers.
Also. WTF Bioware. what is up with Liaras boobs? I saw what you did there and I'm not buying into it. I'm not a 12 y/o boy. Disappointed.
Jason Moyer on 30/6/2012 at 05:49
I thought the patch was supposed to fix the 'importing Shephard's face" bug.
nicked on 30/6/2012 at 06:00
I imported my Shepard absolutely fine through all three games. Are your saves etc. in the right place?
Volitions Advocate on 30/6/2012 at 06:21
Origin says there's a patch, but it wont download, just sits at 0%
if it would fix the bug I'll start over, not kidding.
I understand the original bug was only with characters that were created in ME1, even if you imported them into ME2 later and didn't modify them.
If your shepard was created in ME2 apparently there weren't any problems.
I did have one awkward moment. Receving an email from both Kaiden and Thane at the same time saying they were in the same hospital and both wanted to have some alone time.
errrrm... awkward. Should have abstained in ME2.
Jason Moyer on 30/6/2012 at 06:51
I just tried importing my ME1-->ME2 save again and it works now, so the patch seems to fix the import bug. It didn't work when I played through the first time.
Volitions Advocate on 2/7/2012 at 06:18
Yeah, It finally patched and worked for me. Shep still looks a bit weird, it didn't translate over very well compared to the me1 - me2 transition, but its fine, at least she doesn't look pissed all the time anymore.
Jason Moyer on 2/7/2012 at 13:45
I think the overall look of the game is a little weird, especially if you've just played ME1 and ME2 which were fairly consistent in their presentation. I dunno what they changed exactly besides not having film grain, but overall I don't think it's a very good looking game compared to the first two.
Volitions Advocate on 10/7/2012 at 20:41
I gotta say, I am loving the shit out of this game. A few minor script related issues, but other than that I"m surprised to find that I am enjoying it more than either of the previous two.
It sucks that everybody is dying. Mordin's death was definitely my favorite so far. Thane dying was a little underwhelming considering the history he has with my femshep but truthfully I liked mordins character better.
Teaming up with Wrex and possibly Kirrahe is/was a fun moment and I find myself emotionally involved in the story. Maybe its because I've played all 3 games back to back now, but when I go up against cerberus, I play very aggressively compared to any other times. I hate those guys.
I don't know how this is all going to end, and I'm reserving judgement despite of all the complaning. But whatever happens, getting there is fun as hell.
