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After playing through some of the new hazard maps, I have to say that playing ghost in the acid rain is awesome. So much fun. IMO it's the only one that adds is deep layer of strategy while at the same time not feeling unfair. Also the sandstorm on dagger is my least favorite, especially as someone who enjoys playing sniper. Overall I like the map tweaks they introduced, though I'm still a little bummed they closed off the control room in glacier. I understand why they had to do it, but now where are we going to hide man?!

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 I'm with Ryuu, I'll get the SP weapon pack when Omega comes out. Cool stuff, but I kinda wish they'd do more with squad outfits or new powers for your squad or something. Just to mix it up.

It was nice that all the alternative outfit DLC was available right off the bat this time instead of coming in batches after the game had already been out for months. That said I would not object to even more. But given that they stopped releasing ME2's outfit DLC before all of the squad members even had one suggests to me that the response was not great.

Kind of a bummer. ME2 is one of the few games that I actually ponied up for costume packs in. Thankfully the CE of ME3 added some variety, but I'd never argue with more.

And I would seriously pay 800msp for a Wrex/Grunt skin on James. Hell with continuity. I don't give a shit.

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 I'm with Ryuu, I'll get the SP weapon pack when Omega comes out. Cool stuff, but I kinda wish they'd do more with squad outfits or new powers for your squad or something. Just to mix it up.

Haha what you think this is Capcom?!
This is Biowarrre!

At work so this was the best I could do

Oh hell. That was good, it gave me a good chuckle in an otherwise very boring work day.

Wow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6CLZCHlFY&sns=em

So I just recently in the past few days finished ME3 and decided to run through it without the DLC endings. Well I hated it and decided to check out the extended cuts on youtube. I just made some observations I wanted to share and maybe get some opinions on.

There seems to be one glaring difference when it comes to the Destroy, Control, and Synthesis options compared to the Rejection one. In the first 3 you see all this stuff about rebuilding and living happily ever after (except the Geth and Reapers in Destroy). Then you get the end with Buzz Aldrin talking to the child and telling stories of Shepard. During this exchange, which I assume takes place long after story, the boy seems to be unaware of other species and other worlds. It's almost like something happened that may have separated the species again after the supposed times of peace.

The reason I think something big happened in the first 3, is because in the Rejection ending we get something a bit different. It is only in this ending does the kid say "And that's why we have peace?" The woman says that yes, and it is because of everything we accomplished and were able to pass this information to future cycles. So in this ending there is peace, but it would seem that may not be the case in the other endings.

In the Control ending it appears that Shepard is no longer like Shepard. He talks of control being power and whatnot, like TIM did. I feel this option is a trap set by the Reapers and the starchild (he even seems to be a Reaper from the Rejection ending where he says "So be it" in a Reaper voice.) Eventually Shepard likely succumbs to indoctrination and the Reapers take over.

Synthesis seems to be the option the starchild favors you choosing. Here it seems to me that we are indoctrinating the entire galaxy. I feel this likely lead to a galaxy wide extermination.

Destroy also would have lead to eventual conflict because we are lead to believe that even if we wipe out the Reapers (and Geth) our future generations would have built their own synthetics and thus creating a similar situation to what we find ourselves in now.

Rejection seems to me like the best choice, and the choice that the real Shepard would choose. He has no reason to trust the starchild and it wouldn't make sense to align ourselves with the Reapers. By picking this option we will fail in stopping the Reapers for this cycle, but as we see we are able to leave behind a message for the future much like the Protheans did for us. However this time we accomplished more than the Protheans and are better suited to advise the future generations how to stop the Reapers. We could spare them the wasted time of building the Crucible.

Anyways it would appear that after picking Rejection, the future cycle does receive our warnings and are this time successful against the Reapers and have achieved peace. Thus, Shepard has fulfilled his destiny in defeating the Reapers and creating a galactic wide peace.

And when you think of the endings in that way, ME3 actually seems like less of a disappointment (at least for me.)


I am eager to see where Bioware takes this series with future DLC and possibly future titles. Mass Effect is my favorite series and I love the possibilities for more things to come about in this awesome galaxy they have created.

Thanks for reading that long post. I'd be interested in others opinions.

Mass Effect 4: 'There will be no more Shepard'

"There is one thing we are absolutely sure of - there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over. So first, we don't want to make 'Shepard 2...

Originally Posted by Spybreak8 Mass Effect 4: 'There will be no more Shepard'

Yup, that's what they've said in the past.

The question is, when can they set it? A prequel or side story set concurrently with the Reaper War would be anticlimactic, but setting it after ME3 could create a scenario where the universe is so unrecognizable it may as well not even be Mass Effect. Plus for a game set in the future they'll have to pick one of Destory/Control/Synthesis as the "canonical" outcome for the ME universe, which is bound to make a lot of people angry no matter what they do.

Operation BLOODLUST (Oct. 19th – 21st) The krogan continue to be formidable allies. We will be lending the krogan army assistance in their next series of strikes against the Reapers. Squad Goal: Earn one gold melee-medal fighting as a krogan on any map at any difficulty. Squad Goal Success: All squad members awarded a Commendation Pack.

Sounds easy enough, but does this mean there is no allied goal? Also, it sounds like only one person on the squad earns the medal and then everybody gets the pack?

got the Turian infiltrator last night, that class was making gold feel like bronze for me last night

Originally Posted by Feeni Sounds easy enough, but does this mean there is no allied goal? Also, it sounds like only one person on the squad earns the medal and then everybody gets the pack?

That's what it sounds like. I'm just wondering if I can do this solo.

Originally Posted by sendme That's what it sounds like. I'm just wondering if I can do this solo.

Should be no problem using Kroguard. He's practically invincible on bronze.

They bumped gold melee medal up to 50 remember

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi Yup, that's what they've said in the past. The question is, when can they set it? A prequel or side story set concurrently with the Reaper War would be anticlimactic, but setting it after ME3 could create a scenario where the universe is so unrecognizable it may as well not even be Mass Effect. Plus for a game set in the future they'll have to pick one of Destory/Control/Synthesis as the "canonical" outcome for the ME universe, which is bound to make a lot of people angry no matter what they do.

In the news story, they said ME4, or whatever it's called, will be set *after* ME3. They made it sound like, "we've set the stage and we have this vast universe to go wild in". They made it clear it won't be a soldier-story, which makes me wonder where their head is at. I don't mean that in a bad way. I'm just really curious, as I'm sure we all are. There are so many places this could go, but I could go for a Turian-centric game.

On a side note, in real-life, they found a Prothean gold tooth on Mars.
http://news.yahoo.com/nasas-curiosit...news-tech.html

Originally Posted by sendme That's what it sounds like. I'm just wondering if I can do this solo.

Yeah, this is doable with the Kroguard on Bronze/solo. No squad goal, which stinks, but we get our commendation packs immediately. You could always go two players, one the volus and one Kroguard. Then switch and do another bronze match. Keep in mind, it says nothing about extraction, just the gold melee medal.

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 Yeah, this is doable with the Kroguard on Bronze/solo. No squad goal, which stinks, but we get our commendation packs immediately. You could always go two players, one the volus and one Kroguard. Then switch and do another bronze match. Keep in mind, it says nothing about extraction, just the gold melee medal.

why switch and do it again? Everyone in squad gets a pack for doing it.

Squad Goal: Earn one gold melee-medal fighting as a krogan on any map at any difficulty.

Squad Goal Success: All squad members awarded a Commendation Pack.

Originally Posted by chubbyninja1319 In the news story, they said ME4, or whatever it's called, will be set *after* ME3. They made it sound like, "we've set the stage and we have this vast universe to go wild in". They made it clear it won't be a soldier-story, which makes me wonder where their head is at.

Not a soldier, hmmm. Maybe the main character will be a police officer or a spy or a professional assassin rather than technically being a "soldier," but I'll eat my hat if ME4 isn't a third person shooter. Maybe they'll be able to put some interesting spin on it like in Dead Space, where Isaac Clarke is an engineer whose "engineering tools" just happen to also be remarkably suited to the task of shooting monsters in the face.

Originally Posted by theredworm why switch and do it again? Everyone in squad gets a pack for doing it. Squad Goal: Earn one gold melee-medal fighting as a krogan on any map at any difficulty. Squad Goal Success: All squad members awarded a Commendation Pack.

Oh, duh, my bad! Wow, this one will be really easy.

Ryuukishi
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Not a soldier, hmmm. Maybe the main character will be a police officer or a spy or a professional assassin rather than technically being a "soldier," but I'll eat my hat if ME4 isn't a third person shooter. Maybe they'll be able to put some interesting spin on it like in Dead Space, where Isaac Clarke is an engineer whose "engineering tools" just happen to also be remarkably suited to the task of shooting monsters in the face.

Engineer is an interesting angle. Or maybe a C-Sec type officer story investigating something on the new Citadel that leads to something bigger. Like say, oh.... an ancient race of giant water bugs that once ruled the galaxy as an all-enslaving alpha race with a nasty habit of entering other beings minds and staying in hidey-holes for a really long time and is now bent on galactic domination now that the Reapers are no longer a threat? It will be a shoe-eating party if it isn't a 3rd person shooter/RPG hybrid.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi Maybe they'll be able to put some interesting spin on it like in Dead Space, where Isaac Clarke is an engineer whose "engineering tools" just happen to also be remarkably suited to the task of shooting monsters in the face.

Got a laser tool that cuts through rock... not so far fetched that it cuts through faces too, monster or otherwise.