Mass Effect 3

[Ingmar]

They're all going to end up in those floating trash things in the center of the ocean.

[Lounge]

This game is worth buying for the multiplayer alone. 
Its so good it makes me think a vs mode could be incredibly fun.

[Furiously]

I'm just imagining the person who rents an airplane and a long pole with a hook on it to grab the copy before it lands.

[jakonovski]

Am I really the only one who finds the audio horrible? Everything sounds super muted and if you crank up the volume, the ambient sound still stays quiet as fuck. The big ass lasers at the beginning were barely audible and the collapsing buildings are practically silent.

[Velorath]

Am I really the only one who finds the audio horrible? Everything sounds super muted and if you crank up the volume, the ambient sound still stays quiet as fuck. The big ass lasers at the beginning were barely audible and the collapsing buildings are practically silent.

Under options -> Sound try setting Dynamic Range to low and see if that helps.

[jakonovski]

There was a slight difference, but not nearly enough. To make it extra weird, turning away from ambient sound sources makes them significantly more silent, yet turning sideways doesn't make them come louder from one speaker.

[kildorn]

I hit a bug after a grenade went off in multi where everything was muted as all hell for about 5 minutes, then returned to normal volume levels. Normally it was fine with explosions, so it wasn't just some fancy effect.

[rk47]

This game is worth buying for the multiplayer alone. 
Its so good it makes me think a vs mode could be incredibly fun.

Tell me more. You're making me wet.

[Ingmar]

This game is worth buying for the multiplayer alone. 
Its so good it makes me think a vs mode could be incredibly fun.

I'm sure this can't be true, everyone knows Bioware was going to RUIN the game by including multiplayer.

[Nonentity]

This game is worth buying for the multiplayer alone. 
Its so good it makes me think a vs mode could be incredibly fun.

He's not wrong.

The multiplayer is very good.

The carrot-on-a-stick of getting random unlocks and consumables out of supply crates keeps you playing, and it gets fucking HARD.

[tmp]

I'm sure this can't be true, everyone knows Bioware was going to RUIN the game by including multiplayer.

Think the presumption was the multiplayer part was going to be inferior and unneeded as it's not done by the main ME team, iirc

(that said, personally kinda got bored of watching ~15 min long video of it. It was constant repetition of shooting DA2-like "another waves" with occasional "now stand in this circle or else")

[kildorn]

This game is worth buying for the multiplayer alone. 
Its so good it makes me think a vs mode could be incredibly fun.

He's not wrong.

The multiplayer is very good.

The carrot-on-a-stick of getting random unlocks and consumables out of supply crates keeps you playing, and it gets fucking HARD.

The multi is indeed kick you in the nuts hard if you don't work as a team. It's awesome as all hell though, even if I can't seem to unlock the things I want.

[Surlyboi]

Managed to finish a few silvers and felt like a badass, but teamwork is an absolute necessity. Got a little big for our britches, went for the gold and got our asses handed to us.

[jakonovski]

The multiplayer unlocked. It didn't have any of the sound issues of the sp demo so I'm just going to chalk it up to Bioware using a shitty old build.

[Stormwaltz]

I'm sure this can't be true, everyone knows Bioware was going to RUIN the game by including multiplayer.

No no -- everyone knows that Story Mode was going to ruin the game (for those who don't use Story Mode).

[HaemishM]

So is the multiplayer some kind of co-op PVE mode or is it actually PVP?

[Lantien]

So is the multiplayer some kind of co-op PVE mode or is it actually PVP?

co-op PVE.  It plays like horde for GoW (or any other sort of survive waves of enemies game of your choice).  The demo allows you to pick a class, and then as you play you get XP to level up class skills like Lift, biotic charge, etc based on your chosen class.

Every 3 or so levels, you get an extra objective than just survive, be it killing specific enemies or hacking/decrypting nodes.  Finishing a whole game, or at least able to complete the extra objective parts gives you credits.  You can use the credits to buy Recruit or Veteran boxes, which then can unlock one time use gifts like a free revive or warp ammo, or you can get weapon unlocks, or it can unlock specific race/class groups like the Quarian Engineer.  These special classes are useful, as they have different special skills.

I'd imagine tuning this stuff for PVP would be hell on earth, so doing 4 player co-op seems like an enjoyable way to do things.  I've only played a few times, but it's been a lot of fun.

[kildorn]

I was playing the multi all last night, the demo unlocked multi for everyone a day early. It was funny watching people rapidly learn that Phantoms are not to be fucked with.

[Surlyboi]

Ran a gold level mission this morning, second wave they throw three phantoms and two atlases at us at the same fucking time.

[Nonentity]

It seems to me like Gold difficulty missions are mainly going to be attempted by a group of 4 who all know each other, and using those one-shot mission consumables (IE the weapon ammos and suck).

[kildorn]

Yeah, gold is where you use medi-gels, missiles and all those weapon damage mods and shield upgrades.


The semi random objectives also suck. Having the "hold this ground" objective be in the middle of the open LZ area on both maps is a freaking death trap.

[Mrbloodworth]

Demo was choppy as shit on my PS3.

[Merusk]

I'm sure this can't be true, everyone knows Bioware was going to RUIN the game by including multiplayer.

No no -- everyone knows that Story Mode was going to ruin the game (for those who don't use Story Mode).

It was never about "Story Mode."  It was about the "We need more story and less game" quote.  Story mode is fine. Removing guts is not.

[Ingmar]

I'm sure this can't be true, everyone knows Bioware was going to RUIN the game by including multiplayer.

No no -- everyone knows that Story Mode was going to ruin the game (for those who don't use Story Mode).

It was never about "Story Mode."  It was about the "We need more story and less game" quote.  Story mode is fine. Removing guts is not.

Ah, so the thing she never actually said, as far as I can tell?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ppbt6/lets_have_a_discussion_about_jennifer_brandes/c3r6hi9

It's all in the context of letting you skip things, not removing them from the game.

[Ratman_tf]

Bah. Co-Op story is where it's at. Horde modes and PvP get old after a few tries.

[Ratman_tf]

I like the story mode. Can't be assed with all the shooting every single playthrough beyond the first one.

God, your avatar is hypnotic!

[Nightblade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gayz4s82LHs&feature=g-all-s&context=G2a22631FAAAAAAAAAAA

[Stormwaltz]

Ah, so the thing she never actually said, as far as I can tell?

This.

[Miasma]

One of the editors - an enthusiastic gamer but a complete novice with shooters - was used to test ME2's difficulty for casual players. When she died multiple times in the tutorial (a feat the designers had convinced themselves was impossible), she attracted a crowd of very unhappy looking senior designers behind her, jotting down notes on all the things that tripped her up.

It was her, wasn't it?

[Tannhauser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gayz4s82LHs&feature=g-all-s&context=G2a22631FAAAAAAAAAAA

Great, you crushed my spirit.

[Sjofn]

Ah, so the thing she never actually said, as far as I can tell?

This.

Look, dudes, she clearly wants to fag up Bioware games by turning them into visual novel dating sims, why can't you see that?!

[rk47]

They based the multiplayer around Killing Floor concept. Waves and waves of enemies come with some variety with specific loadouts and specific counters. Guess being in a noob team made taking on the Titan nearly impossible. We're just not equipped to deal with that thing.

I unlocked grenades and found out I can just sit by crates and spam it all day long. Wonderful. 

[UnSub]

Ah, so the thing she never actually said, as far as I can tell?

This.

Look, dudes, she clearly wants to fag up Bioware games by turning them into visual novel dating sims, why can't you see that?!

I'm fine with dating sims provided you can kill aliens in between the talky bits.

[snowwy]

So is the multiplayer some kind of co-op PVE mode or is it actually PVP?

If the multiplayer had been PvP you probebly wouldn't see a single reply. f13's don't do that kind of thing unless there's NPC's involved. :-D

[Surlyboi]

So is the multiplayer some kind of co-op PVE mode or is it actually PVP?

If the multiplayer had been PvP you probebly wouldn't see a single reply. f13's don't do that kind of thing unless there's NPC's involved. :-D

Apparently, you missed the entire Planetside 2 thread.