Mass Effect - Bioware - PC

[Yegolev]

It was.  I can never sex up the people I want to in these games.  Or any, in fact: in Rune Factory Frontier I want to tag the bartender but she's not an option.

[calapine]

It was.  I can never sex up the people I want to in these games.

I had to bite my tongue for the last couple of posts now ... How come no one mentioned Wrex? He is the most popular character for a reason!

[Yegolev]

I was talking about me doing the sexing, not being sexed.

[Lantyssa]

Infertile means impotent, right?

[tmp]

B)  She's less annoying than Ashley.  Yeah, I've heard enough about your disgraced family.  Shit, I'm trying to kill the mother of one of my party members, and she's not droning on and on about family issues.  Get over your baggage already.

Hmm don't really remember Ashley being like that. The family thing is her "big secret" so it pops up if you do the private conversation bits, but doesn't really show up anywhere else. (well you can invoke it after the bomb drops if you did get the big reveal by then) But certainly, it didn't strike me as she was doing any more of "droning on" than the blue alien chick. Who does make a stink about the mother kill business in advance, and then can be optionally pressed for details about it after the deed is done, too. Oh and the blue alien keeps yammering about her Goddess, too. In some aspect these two are very similar and it's interesting how differently people can interpret similar data, based on personal preferences.

I rather liked Ashley; she does feel more real than the others because you can see some faults and hard edges to her, as opposed to just pliable conformity and some blatant pandering. Would say she's been shortchanged by the game not making it more obvious the distrust for aliens is quite prevalent and as such she's hardly out of line with her behaviour. You can get this as small bit of info in the Codex, but outside of it the game creates impression this is only view held by minority.

edit: oh and as far as other characters go... as much as i enjoyed Wrex, wish he wasn't such close copy of the Black Whirlwind from Jade Empire. Both of them were great source of amusement, but between the posture, voice, mannerisms and to a degree even the backstory, they're pretty much one and the same. Kept waiting for the "That's the most stupid story i've ever heard! <g>" as the way to end the ME conversations.

[Tarami]

The only party NPC I liked was Tali. Only played ME once, but everyone else seemed like whining bitches or mellow like spaghetti. Not necessarily bad characters, just not people I could sympathize with at all.

[tmp]

The only party NPC I liked was Tali. Only played ME once, but everyone else seemed like whining bitches or mellow like spaghetti. Not necessarily bad characters, just not people I could sympathize with at all.

Wrex can be bag of fun on Noveria... or for that matter anywhere else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1HJT6ZrB3U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rIxBlB_x0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-0PxoDOOPw

[Hoax]

I almost want to play just to kill that thing in the 3rd video, fuck I hate hivemind species bullshit.

[FatuousTwat]

SPOILERS!!!
(Apparently I can't use the spoiler tag anymore? Wtf.)

I didn't ever really get bored with the sidequests... If you do it all, there is some pretty cool stuff. I loved the planet descriptions, and the random little things you would find, like abandoned settlements and dead soldiers. RPGs are all about the side quests IMO.

On one of the planets, you find this floating silver orb. If you got the trinket from the Asari consort and put it in the orb, you experience a vision of a caveman being studied by the Protheans. Too bad it was just a textbox.

PIX!

[Furiously]

20 bucks on steam now. I'll be adding shortly...

[apocrypha]

My desire to play this game (and a couple of others) is making me start watching XBox360 prices 

[schild]

My desire to play this game (and a couple of others) is making me start watching XBox360 prices 

Just get it on PC. Looks better, loads faster, and won't redring on you.

[apocrypha]

Just get it on PC. Looks better, loads faster, and won't redring on you.

Still can't sit at a PC for more than an hour or so per day, and I have a feeling that games like ME would frustrate me greatly with that limitation, plus most of my daily allowed hour is taken up with playing WoW with my brother.

But yeah, 360 prices would have to come down a fair bit before my weak resolve was sufficiently weak to lead me down that path 

Edit: plus, if I could afford another console I'd be paying f13 subs ;-)

[Goreschach]

Why not just buy a wireless keyboard and mouse, and set something up?

[Sky]

Still can't sit at a PC for more than an hour or so per day, and I have a feeling that games like ME would frustrate me greatly with that limitation

[Stormwaltz]

Mass Effect 2

[Ingmar]

I like those geth dog things! And the geth with its leg blown off that still crawls after you. Does that mean ME2 has location damage, or is that just kind of a 'hit them this hard and this sometimes happens' kind of thing?

[AutomaticZen]

Excellent!

Repeat after me, Storm!  Salarian teammate! 

And is this coming out for PC at the same time?

[Sky]

I like the persistence angle!

[schild]

I think I do. But I won't call that I for sure "like it" until I never ever hear "Oh man, I wish x were here now, he'd know what to do" or any variety of that. I don't even want the dead characters brought up in conversation. Not even a little. I made my decisions because I wanted them dead.

[Ingmar]

I think I do. But I won't call that I for sure "like it" until I never ever hear "Oh man, I wish x were here now, he'd know what to do" or any variety of that. I don't even want the dead characters brought up in conversation. Not even a little. I made my decisions because I wanted them dead.

That's kind of unrealistic from a writing/story perspective, isn't it? I mean clinging to dead or missing people is something humans just do.

[tmp]

Repeat after me, Storm!  Salarian teammate! 

Also if the rule34 and random forum postings are something to go by, romance option for Turian. Ladies want fun with aliens, too.

Mass Effect 2

Please tell me Jack Wall is on team for this one too? Or it's a

[Stormwaltz]

Does that mean ME2 has location damage

Yes. You shoot the leg, the leg blows off.

Please tell me Jack Wall is on team for this one too? Or it's a

I think it's safe for me to confirm that. They've said they wanted sonic continuity between the games.

The music he did for E3 is pretty fucking incredible. I don't know if the plan is to make any of it public, though.

There's a high-def .mov up of that trailer now.

[tmp]

I think it's safe for me to confirm that. They've said they wanted sonic continuity between the games.

Awesome. I liked Jade Empire and Mass Effect for their game qualities enough, but his scores make a difference between a 'good game' and a 'holy shit' experience for me. Really looking forward to it.

[tmp]

It didn't click at first but having watched the full size video now... is that blown up Normandy at the end of it?

[Koyasha]

I really, really hope there's less of the annoying Mako in ME2.  Like, none.  I started replaying ME lately and as soon as I get to the parts where I have to drive around, I instantly don't want to play anymore.  It's not hard, it's just pure annoyance.

[Sky]

"Oh man, I wish x were here now, he'd know what to do"

How about "Thank god you got rid of that asshole x!"

 

Since we're putting in feature requests  Let's see what that quorian chick was packing under there! Subplot to get a cyborg implant to interface with her business!

No endless planet searching with the buggy, or at least make the buggy easier to navigate so you don't get stuck in little valleys.

Easier squad controls, though I don't know what that entails. I always seem to remember them not following my orders or orders not sticking.

Close-up shadows that work 

[schild]

How about "Thank god you got rid of that asshole x!"

I don't even want that. I want them gone and forgotten. I plan on going through the game one more time just so I can kill off the other annoying one.

[Yegolev]

Infertile means impotent, right?

It most certainly does not.

[apocrypha]

Why not just buy a wireless keyboard and mouse, and set something up?

Because it's sitting I can't do and propping myself up with a wireless mouse & keyboard is just as painful as sitting at the PC unfortunately :(  I've tried and just can't make it work. I think it is slowly weaning me off my games addiction (slightly) though 

[FatuousTwat]

Excellent!

Repeat after me, Storm!  Salarian teammate! 

And is this coming out for PC at the same time?

There is a little blurb about there being a 13th league of one member that escaped the purge, so you might just get your wish.

[Furiously]

7 hours in just hope the sequel has more elevator riding...

[Furiously]

The character animations reaaly have a nice feel to them I'm assuming it was all mocaped?

I'm really enjoying it and just wishing it kept going.

[Furiously]

I just finished the dlc fall from heaven and can only say...

I'm amazed at the two choices in that scenario. Well done. Well done.

[Koyasha]

I liked that one a good bit as well.  Also liked the speech Shepard gives the guy when she lets the batarian go, about how they'll always be after him.

Probably one of the best and most thought-provoking choices in the game, since the danger of letting him go is not so large as to make it a complete non-choice if you consider the situation through a logical perspective.