Mass Effect 3 Discussion Thread

on a MP note, got my Asari Adept... daaaamn.

***SPOILERS MIXED IN WITH THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE***

on the squadmates, i have a feeling it will be very situational to the events in the story. those characters listed are ones with not a huge amount of "death potential" that affected their core story. They carried over from the first game or are new. I really hope Liara is fully groupable and not a drop in like in ME2 as she is my love interest in my "best playthrough" based off her involvement in the overall Shepard return and has a huge impact on the overall reason Shepard's story can be told.

However, there are a ton of conflicts goin on throughout the galaxy, and i can see several characters from ME2 and those not listed on the roster above being champions and points of contacts in Shepards attempt to resolve those issues. For instance, Legion clearly has a purpose after wiping or reprogramming the other Geth as well as the conflict with the Quarians. Shepard may deal with him during this time and have him in the squad in the homage to "loyalty missions" on a global scale. Other characters such as Jack, found purpose and moved on to teach at Grissom Academy, in which case she may play a contact role in the story, but will not be spearheading operations with Shepard.

With such a huge roster of possibly alive or possibly dead characters and interacting with them on a galactic scale, it would be tough to make each one a staple member of his overall core team. Everyone has business to settle, this title will try to wrap it all up in the best way it can. As long as I get resolution at the end to the characters we have known and loved, I am ok with that. And Miranda better not have been indoctrinated like the "play with fire" dumbass Illusive man, or seeing her kick his ass would be awesome.

I am so looking forward to this ending to the tale, to blast through some MP, and then do another marathon playthrough of all 3 with the other 3 classes i havent ran through start to finish. This title to me, is the greatest sci fi and gaming experience of our generation, and i look forward to getting lost in it again.
 
[quote name='Daywalker']Trying to contain my inner geek... so damn hard as the game release date gets closer.[/QUOTE]

Bahaha i saw the new avengers trailer today and all i could think was..TAKE EARTH BACK
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']...Or the full on softcore porn Rockstar approved sex scene in Red Dead Redemption that absolutely NO ONE gave a shit about it. Yet Bioware still insists on sucking their collective cock by giving us fully clothed dry humping scenes in a Mature rated game where bodies routinely explode and their remains scatter across the battlefield like parade confetti. :roll:[/QUOTE]

something I've wondered for a while is why it's fine to show violence in movies so much, and kids are so desensitized to violence, but breasts or some sort of sex is shown in any way and it's always a big deal. shouldn't it be the other way around? I mean, I don't want tits all over my tv, that's what the internet is for, but I can see people dying on tv all the time, and no sexual scenes really at all, I don't know, just seems backwards to me.

and in regards to them picking apart Mass Effect sex scene over Saints Row 3 / Red Dead Redemption... it almost seems they like to pick the games that are most artsy or take themselves serious and try to bring them down to the whole " they're just immature video games" level. not to say Red Dead didn't have some artistic value to it, but it's almost expected for Rockstar games to have that stuff, so who cares? but Mass Effect has a little love making and it's a big deal, I don't know just a thought
 
Horizon - I feel you. It really is an ass backwards societal flaw and always has been. I couldn't care less about an extra portion of tits and ass in my video games either. I can get that anywhere else. It's the fact I can't enjoy something without counting on a vaguely interested outside force given incontestable power to dictate how I enjoy it at a moment's notice that pisses me off. And developers just go along with it because those outspoken morons control or (in their minds) could easily sabotage the majority of their revenue. Or even worse... piss off shareholders.

It's a sad truth and much like nickle and diming DLC practices isn't going to change anytime soon until the majority has a problem with it. So over the years I've learned to accept the new standard, buy cheap/used and make sure not to grow too attached to future franchises. Because at the end of the day I know I'd have better odds winning the lottery than the developer still valuing my opinion when shit hits the fan. Why? 'Cause no one is trying to miss a payday.

My bad for derailing the thread any further though guys. Carry on.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']My bad for derailing the thread any further though guys. Carry on.[/QUOTE]No reason to apologize. You had a valid gripe and aired it in here. No harm, no foul. ;)
 
is the code for the digital soundtrack in the CE only let me play it through my xbox or can i DL it some where and put it into my ipod?
 
[quote name='100xp']is the code for the digital soundtrack in the CE only let me play it through my xbox or can i DL it some where and put it into my ipod?[/QUOTE]

How it worked with DA2 was that you got a code and you could download it online, then you would have to import it into iTunes. I don't know about downloading it on the xbox because I wouldn't be interested in that option if it existed.
 
[quote name='Anexanhume']How it worked with DA2 was that you got a code and you could download it online, then you would have to import it into iTunes. I don't know about downloading it on the xbox because I wouldn't be interested in that option if it existed.[/QUOTE]

I didn't get DA2.

good to know thanks, I thought it was something I had to redeem via XBL and then play it through zune only. so could i play it through my kindle fire?
 
[quote name='100xp']I didn't get DA2.

good to know thanks, I thought it was something I had to redeem via XBL and then play it through zune only. so could i play it through my kindle fire?[/QUOTE]

I don't know. Can you load external music files onto your kindle? If so, then yes.
 
[quote name='Anexanhume']I don't know. Can you load external music files onto your kindle? If so, then yes.[/QUOTE]I think if you upload them to Amazon MP3 and its associated cloud drive, then you can play it without question.

Loading them onto the device, not sure.
 
[quote name='Anexanhume']I don't know. Can you load external music files onto your kindle? If so, then yes.[/QUOTE]

Yep. You can just hook up the computer and drag and drop MP3s into a media folder and then listen to them.

I think one of the newer Kindles (probably the cheapest mode) may have removed that feature though. But the Kindle 1, 2 and 3 all had it, and I think the Touch does as well.

Kindle Fire is a tablet, so it will definitely play MP3 files. Sorry, missed the Fire part the first time I read the post.
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']CE unboxing???? Nerdgasm.[/QUOTE]
Makes you just want to drop everything and check all your local Walmarts, doesn't it? :lol:
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Makes you just want to drop everything and check all your local Walmarts, doesn't it? :lol:[/QUOTE]

Thats what I did this morning.

Only thing they had was a free "Walmart Game Center" magazine with Mass Effect 3 on the cover.
Included a Prima Guides mini walkthrough for a level- first 5 minutes of the demo released.

Also found a 200 pill bottle of Aspirin for .88¢
:cool:
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Makes you just want to drop everything and check all your local Walmarts, doesn't it? :lol:[/QUOTE]

When I've found games early at Walmart they are never able to scan right at the register so I wouldn't be to excited if you found one.
 
[quote name='theredworm']When I've found games early at Walmart they are never able to scan right at the register so I wouldn't be to excited if you found one.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, people on the social forum are speculating it is stolen/snuck through sales process since modern POS systems are supposed to block items breaking street date.
 
[quote name='Anexanhume']Yeah, people on the social forum are speculating it is stolen/snuck through sales process since modern POS systems are supposed to block items breaking street date.[/QUOTE]Walmart has made mistakes in the past about breaking street dates, though they're usually like you're suggesting, stolen or some deviation in the normal sales process.

It may be some mistake in their POS system not having it with a DO NOT SELL BEFORE 03/06/12 yet, and someone not knowing how to read the similar sign on the outside of the box or package.
 
So I'm not quite there yet but if you play as a Renegade in ME2 is it still possible for your crew to survive? Should I purposely try to kill some of them off? I played through already as a male Paragon soldier and now I'm playing as a female Renegade adept (and I like this character much better). I've only recruited about 1/2 of the crew so far (including Kasumi). I guess I want my 2 ME2 save files to be different enough so I can play ME3 more than once and have a different experience each time. What do you recommend?
 
[quote name='Javery']So I'm not quite there yet but if you play as a Renegade in ME2 is it still possible for your crew to survive? Should I purposely try to kill some of them off? I played through already as a male Paragon soldier and now I'm playing as a female Renegade adept (and I like this character much better). I've only recruited about 1/2 of the crew so far (including Kasumi). I guess I want my 2 ME2 save files to be different enough so I can play ME3 more than once and have a different experience each time. What do you recommend?[/QUOTE]I played as a Renegade female Adept in ME2 on my second playthough, with a 100% Renegade / 40% Paragon gauge and had all my crew survive because I couldn't rationalize killing them off.

Since it seems like from earlier discussions that the crew that could die off won't be squadmates with a couple of exceptions, it may not matter from what we know now.

As long as you have 3 or more crew members at the end of the game, you'll survive. If you only have 1-2, then you'll die off at the end of the mission, if memory serves.
 
You can definitely keep everyone alive on a Renegade playthrough. I purposely killed off the characters I didn't like on my main Renegade playthrough. It turned out to be just Jacob though-- Tali earned a stay of execution at the last minute. :D

On my Insanity playthrough, I think the only survivors were Zaeed, Grunt, and Jack. That should be an interesting ME3 import.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']You can definitely keep everyone alive on a Renegade playthrough. I purposely killed off the characters I didn't like on my main Renegade playthrough. It turned out to be just Jacob though-- Tali earned a stay of execution at the last minute. :D

On my Insanity playthrough, I think the only survivors were Zaeed, Grunt, and Jack. That should be an interesting ME3 import.[/QUOTE]Especially the Insanity playthrough, since we're not sure what those three characters would do in ME3.
 
I still remember my pure Renegade Sheploo save where I only had Zaeed and Grunt survive because I hated the Soldier class and Bioware's choices that much. I did everything I possibly could to get everyone including myself killed and still failed. Come ME3 I plan to kick every single person I can off my ship except maybe Chobot (eye candy, conversational punching bag purposes and someone has to report my awesome live at the scene as it's taking place) and Chakwas (everyone needs a medic and she's sort of a human good luck charm in the same vein as Joker when you think about it)

Sheploo don't need no god damn crew.

Sheploo IS the crew, his AR the LI and the real antagonist is anyone who says different. I sense a whole lot of people getting shot or smacked up for no apparent reason on this profile and it is going to be glorious. The Turian counselor has the privilege of being first up on my hit list 'cause I've been itching to punch him in the face since ME1.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']The Turian counselor has the privilege of being first up on my hit list 'cause I've been itching to punch him in the face since ME1.[/QUOTE]
How is he even still alive? I always take out the mf'ing council even with my Paragon characters.
 
Do you guys recommend finishing The Arrival before ME3? I played all the other DLC and heard it was just ok, but that there may be an important story point at the end? I kind of was thinking I would just skip it so I hit ME3 very fresh on Tuesday. But anyways, decision time because times running out...
 
Arrival will set up the first couple scenes of ME3, but it's not really worth it to play through it. The actual mission's pretty boring and has Shep going on a solo mission. If you're curious about what happens, just read up on it at the Mass Effect wiki here.
 
[quote name='Spybreak8']Popping in to say 5 days till ME3! woo, logging you out Commander...[/QUOTE]

And I still haven't finished my first run of Mass Effect 2. Still have Firewalker and Arrival DLC and to get the IFF in the main story.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']How is he even still alive? I always take out the mf'ing council even with my Paragon characters.[/QUOTE]

Because at first I could honestly understand their skepticism and they were logically doing the right thing by keeping the rest of the galaxy in the dark. Plus I figured sooner than later I'd get to tell them I told you so in ME2 and an all human counsel from a lore perspective would have made our race look worse in the long run. I had my Paragons keep their eyes on the prize, swallow their pride and tolerate his/their bullshit, but 90% of them always told him/them to eat a dick when appropriate.

After the same song and dance in ME2... I won't be so benevolent.

If he specifically doesn't pucker up those mandibles, kiss ass and respect my gangster my Mattock is going to "dismiss all claims" of giving a f*ck about the repercussions of a dead counsel. Hell... all of my profiles are going to put them to test verbally if they dare try to weasel their way out of offering support. There's no compromise this time. If you don't get with the f*cking program then I won't be around when the Reapers come Reaping the Citadel. If a squadmate or beloved NPC gets caught in the crossfire then well... in the words of Rocky IV's Drago - "If they die... they die."
 
[quote name='Salamando3000']Arrival will set up the first couple scenes of ME3, but it's not really worth it to play through it. The actual mission's pretty boring and has Shep going on a solo mission. If you're curious about what happens, just read up on it at the Mass Effect wiki here.[/QUOTE]

Thanx.
 
[quote name='Salamando3000']Arrival will set up the first couple scenes of ME3, but it's not really worth it to play through it. The actual mission's pretty boring and has Shep going on a solo mission. If you're curious about what happens, just read up on it at the Mass Effect wiki here.[/QUOTE]To offer a counterpoint, I liked the combat in the end-run of the mission, though the first part of it wasn't nearly as enjoyable.

I think it's worth the trip through it on one playthrough, at least.
 
[quote name='KingofOldSchool']Okay, I never bought any of the ME 2 DLC stories, will any of them be important to the import into the ME 3 game?[/QUOTE]

Shadow Broker and Stolen Memory
 
[quote name='Javery']So I'm not quite there yet but if you play as a Renegade in ME2 is it still possible for your crew to survive? Should I purposely try to kill some of them off? I played through already as a male Paragon soldier and now I'm playing as a female Renegade adept (and I like this character much better). I've only recruited about 1/2 of the crew so far (including Kasumi). I guess I want my 2 ME2 save files to be different enough so I can play ME3 more than once and have a different experience each time. What do you recommend?[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, i have a paragon Vanguard, a Renegade Adept, a Paragon Soldier, and a Renegade Sentinel. All of my crew survived each playthrough, and each playthrough has different choices so i can see how they all work together in the end of ME3.

Just got done with my best game of MP yet hitting my Krogan Soldier to 20, got 62,398 points at the end with the #2 guy at 9,344 lol. I been drinking a bit tonight so was a bit "Hold the Line" (thanks Capt. Kirrahe) and just smashed everything. Was fun, and cannot wait since this post will make it officially, 3 days at midnight release until i can rip into it for real!
 
[quote name='100xp']I didn't get DA2.

good to know thanks, I thought it was something I had to redeem via XBL and then play it through zune only. so could i play it through my kindle fire?[/QUOTE]

Redeem code on Bioware site
Go to your Bioware bonus item page
Click link for soundtrack and download zip file.
Unzip and put the music files where you want.
 
[quote name='faceturd']Do you guys recommend finishing The Arrival before ME3? I played all the other DLC and heard it was just ok, but that there may be an important story point at the end? I kind of was thinking I would just skip it so I hit ME3 very fresh on Tuesday. But anyways, decision time because times running out...[/QUOTE]

Honestly, if you are a fan of the franchise (which i am a ridiculously huge nerd of) i recommend finishing EVERYTHING in the game, reading the comics, and then playing through again with different choices, the amounts of changes and emotional investment you get from each path on each playthrough is so diffeernt, its like a whole new game with familiar faces. I plan to go through ME 1 - 3 with every class, making different choices and taking different squadmates (and eventually getting that damn insanity achievement) each time to really get the full story. hell, i just went back and finished The Arrival with my last most complete playthrough with a Paragon Soldier to start my first ME3 playthrough with, and found all new story elements I had not heard before after talking to everyone on the Normandy after the Suicide mission was done.

If you want the full true experience of this game, i HIGHLY recommend taking the ample time and dedication it requires to turn over every stone, enjoy every little story piece, and really putting yourself into everything it has to offer. Like the old dude in Jurassic Park says, "Spare no expense."

Do it all, you will be reward as such.
 
Is there any word on a release date for the iOS game that's supposed to be coming out? Infiltrator or whatever.

And I'm assuming there's no GOTY edition or anything for ME2 with the DLC included? I wanted to pick it up and do one more playthrough before Tuesday.
 
[quote name='opterasis']And I'm assuming there's no GOTY edition or anything for ME2 with the DLC included? I wanted to pick it up and do one more playthrough before Tuesday.[/QUOTE]
The PS3 version of ME2 is a kind of pseudo-GOTY because it includes most of the DLC available on PSN. But there's nothing like that for 360.
 
I traded in a bunch of Blu-Rays and games I don't watch/play much anymore to my local video game store to completely pay off the price for ME3, so I'm excited to pick it up. I had rented ME1 a few times and never got into it, but then decided to buy it when ME2 came out and beat both games back to back as a Renegade Soldier character. Haven't played the games since ME2 came out, so I might be a bit rusty on the plot and characters. Didn't play any of the ME1 or ME2 DLC.

I really liked playing the ME3 multiplayer demo with friends and think the "collectible card game" mentality of the random upgrade packs is a really smart way to do things. I hope the full game comes with more than just 2 maps. Might play through ME3 with my character as an Engineer.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Walmart has made mistakes in the past about breaking street dates, though they're usually like you're suggesting, stolen or some deviation in the normal sales process.

It may be some mistake in their POS system not having it with a DO NOT SELL BEFORE 03/06/12 yet, and someone not knowing how to read the similar sign on the outside of the box or package.[/QUOTE]

I've seen (and had some first hand experience with purchasing) Walmart messing up CE's, specifically, in the "DO NOT SELL TIL THIS DATE" category. For some reason the main sku gets flagged...but not the alternate CE sku.

Not saying that's what happened here...but it HAS happened before.

Also, if you find it at 3 AM, put out by stock, and bring it to the register....there's a good chance that the cashier is going to scan it, blearily hear the beep (cause it sounds just like the normal "can't scan" alert), clear the error, and eventually just ask you how much it was. Assuming you name a realistic price...they'll ring it through on GM for electronics and you'd be on your way.

Again, not saying that's what happened here...but I know it's happened before.

Most modern POS systems are "smart". Sometimes they're still not smart enough, though.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']The PS3 version of ME2 is a kind of pseudo-GOTY because it includes most of the DLC available on PSN. But there's nothing like that for 360.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I just bought and played that since I lost my 360 saves.

It has all the DLC except for Arrival and the costume/weapon packs.

So it has all the Cerburus network stuff--the small missions, Zaeed, Firewalker etc. (if you buy new), Kasumi, Overlord and Shadow Broker.

Goes for $20 most places, so great buy. Arrival is $7.99 on PSN.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']You can definitely keep everyone alive on a Renegade playthrough. I purposely killed off the characters I didn't like on my main Renegade playthrough. It turned out to be just Jacob though-- Tali earned a stay of execution at the last minute. :D
[/QUOTE]

Yep. The only things that matter in terms of keeping people alive are:

(no plot spoilers, just put it in tags to be safe in case anyone who hasn't played it yet doesn't want to know how to keep everyone alive)

1. Not delaying the end game missing after doing the IFF mission. Don't do anything more than the new character's loyalty mission after that one.

2. Have your squad loyal. And do all their ship upgrades.

3. Make smart decisions on who to assign to what tasks on the last mission based on their class (engineer, soldier, adept).

I kept everyone alive on both my paragon and renegade playthroughs as I wanted to have all character options available for ME3. Will have to redo my renegade playthrough on PS3 sometime though.
 
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[quote name='pilferk']I've seen (and had some first hand experience with purchasing) Walmart messing up CE's, specifically, in the "DO NOT SELL TIL THIS DATE" category. For some reason the main sku gets flagged...but not the alternate CE sku.

Not saying that's what happened here...but it HAS happened before.

Also, if you find it at 3 AM, put out by stock, and bring it to the register....there's a good chance that the cashier is going to scan it, blearily hear the beep (cause it sounds just like the normal "can't scan" alert), clear the error, and eventually just ask you how much it was. Assuming you name a realistic price...they'll ring it through on GM for electronics and you'd be on your way.

Again, not saying that's what happened here...but I know it's happened before.

Most modern POS systems are "smart". Sometimes they're still not smart enough, though.[/QUOTE]Until they lock human indifference or incompetence out of the equation, mistakes will still happen. Especially if it's not some beep that's different than the "normal" beep they'd be used to.

Wouldn't surprise me that with the small number of CE units under the CE SKU Walmart is likely to see, they didn't tag the CE as a "DO NOT SELL UNTIL 03/06/12" situation.
 
[quote name='Freemason']

sweet hell i got goosebumps... i see a lot of potential.. awww shit moments.

Garrus basically giving you a goodbye speech, Jack punching an Atlas, more sex, the masive fleet vs Reapers, a Krogan getting his ass handed to him...
Please God get this game here now![/QUOTE]

Holy ball dick sandwich. Cannot wait. Bouncing off walls.
 
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