Mass Effect 3
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Let me guess, they do the tango?
You know Garrus rise to popularity is interesting. In ME 1 he was an interesting companion to me, but the female gamers took a serious shine to him. It was honestly amazing to me the way the ladies demanded he be made a Love Interest, and they got their wish.
Heh, thinking on it, I bet if we ever see Varric from DA2 again he has a high chance of being romancable as well. Hell Varric was a memetic sex god to the ladies long before the game actually came out.
You know Garrus rise to popularity is interesting. In ME 1 he was an interesting companion to me, but the female gamers took a serious shine to him. It was honestly amazing to me the way the ladies demanded he be made a Love Interest, and they got their wish.
Heh, thinking on it, I bet if we ever see Varric from DA2 again he has a high chance of being romancable as well. Hell Varric was a memetic sex god to the ladies long before the game actually came out.
Finished seeing the dlc on youtube myself.
I'm still amazed in an horrified way that despite being able to create something like that, they fucked everything up in the main game in ten minutes at the end.
Goddamn, that should have been how the game ended. One awesome party and a farewell. Not the crap we got.
I'm still amazed in an horrified way that despite being able to create something like that, they fucked everything up in the main game in ten minutes at the end.
Goddamn, that should have been how the game ended. One awesome party and a farewell. Not the crap we got.
Main game was messed up long before the end.
Seriously, take a look at everything that actually advances the 'plot'. Mordin was essentially the only part where everyone wasn't handed an idiot ball for the sheer sake of it. Other than that, I think Jack and Samara were the only ones that came close, with Garrus's random shooting range moment also deserving mention. The ambient conversations are basically the only thing that even gives a glimpse of the actual conflict thanks to the game using Cerberus as a bigger antagonist than the synthetics hell-bent on wiping out life in the galaxy. Overall, R.L. Stine showed better writing in Choose Your Own Adventure books.
But yeah. The DLC is a glimpse at what Bioware used to be known for. Glorious Character interaction.
Seriously, I let DA2 slide because of the characters... and troll Hawke.
Seriously, take a look at everything that actually advances the 'plot'. Mordin was essentially the only part where everyone wasn't handed an idiot ball for the sheer sake of it. Other than that, I think Jack and Samara were the only ones that came close, with Garrus's random shooting range moment also deserving mention. The ambient conversations are basically the only thing that even gives a glimpse of the actual conflict thanks to the game using Cerberus as a bigger antagonist than the synthetics hell-bent on wiping out life in the galaxy. Overall, R.L. Stine showed better writing in Choose Your Own Adventure books.
But yeah. The DLC is a glimpse at what Bioware used to be known for. Glorious Character interaction.
Seriously, I let DA2 slide because of the characters... and troll Hawke.
Party comments from the DLC (spoilers, obviously; audio only):
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHoGUatL6BA' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC. Party comments</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKrYIG36r6s' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC. Party comments. Part 2</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHoGUatL6BA' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC. Party comments</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKrYIG36r6s' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC. Party comments. Part 2</a>
Just poking through the Mass Effect entry on TVTropes, when I found this new gem;
Playing through the Omega DLC lets you pick up Lash as a bonus power. Lash can be evolved to work through shields. Spamming this against Kai Leng in your final battle kills whatever dignity as an enemy he still had.
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2wpoTXbihg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Whip it good.</a>
Playing through the Omega DLC lets you pick up Lash as a bonus power. Lash can be evolved to work through shields. Spamming this against Kai Leng in your final battle kills whatever dignity as an enemy he still had.
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2wpoTXbihg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Whip it good.</a>
I wanted Joker as a an LI for Fem!Shep. That look he gives her whenever they talk about something meaningful... was so teasing.
I did not like EDI. Not one iota. Nope. She wasn't necessary as a party member, and I would have really preferred that we could have brought some of Shepard's old academy crew in one way or another.
I did not like EDI. Not one iota. Nope. She wasn't necessary as a party member, and I would have really preferred that we could have brought some of Shepard's old academy crew in one way or another.
Just started a new game of Mass Effect 2; I'm planning on taking my Infiltrator from ME1, turning her into an Engineer for ME2, and sticking with Engineer all the way through ME3.
...I miss rolling already.
And my heavy melee.
And being able to pick more than just a heavy pistol and a SMG.
...anyway...do the N7 missions in Mass Effect 2 have any impact on Mass Effect 3 at all? I'm pretty sure they don't, and if that's the case, I'll be skipping the whole lot.
That should cut a good third of the playing time out...
...I miss rolling already.
And my heavy melee.
And being able to pick more than just a heavy pistol and a SMG.
...anyway...do the N7 missions in Mass Effect 2 have any impact on Mass Effect 3 at all? I'm pretty sure they don't, and if that's the case, I'll be skipping the whole lot.
That should cut a good third of the playing time out...
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Really, the only additional powers added were through DLCs as bonus powers (Omega does that, but those powers aren't from multi-player, I think, though that might have changed since I stopped playing ME3). Same goes for weapons. Want some of the additional weapons? Pay. No such luck with powers, though.
Would've been awesome, though.
Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Really, the only additional powers added were through DLCs as bonus powers (Omega does that, but those powers aren't from multi-player, I think, though that might have changed since I stopped playing ME3). Same goes for weapons. Want some of the additional weapons? Pay. No such luck with powers, though.
Would've been awesome, though.
There are some mods that tinker with the equipment and stats (not powers, though and even so, it's simply availability and some value modification, damage output and ammo capacity), but modding Mass Effect 3 is hard by design and Origin doesn't help in the slightest. There's one that tinkers with the ending, IIRC, but nothing about powers.
I don't think that a DLC released a year after the main game makes up for the main game.
Particularly when said DLC costs more than the main game itself now.
The DLC is great... but it makes you wonder where the hell were the people who designed it during ME3's development. ...they were probably working on TOR
Particularly when said DLC costs more than the main game itself now.
The DLC is great... but it makes you wonder where the hell were the people who designed it during ME3's development. ...they were probably working on TOR
ME3 is poor, but it did have some very good things in it (Mordin! 
) And the gameplay was pretty fun, hell even the multi turned out to be really fun and still has a very strong following a year later.
I have many issues with how the game is put together and how its shit as a conclusion for the trilogy, but Citadel successfully manages a fantastic goodbye for its characters, which is what you want in the conclusion.
Basically, combined with the things I did think were great or good in the main game, it comes out to enough to give me enough catharsis and good feelings for this group of characters' last curtain.
Of course, chances are amazingly small that I'll ever buy another Bioware game again since their quality has been in freefall. I will definitely never preorder from them again or make a purchase without extreme research being done on the finished product. And that would be for full series like say another ME trilogy, not just single games. I will not allow myself to get caught up in a series to the point that I have a need to finish it despite the last game driving me homicidal. The first 2 ME games managed that, and never again will I trust Bioware enough to let it happen again with them.
) And the gameplay was pretty fun, hell even the multi turned out to be really fun and still has a very strong following a year later.I have many issues with how the game is put together and how its shit as a conclusion for the trilogy, but Citadel successfully manages a fantastic goodbye for its characters, which is what you want in the conclusion.
Basically, combined with the things I did think were great or good in the main game, it comes out to enough to give me enough catharsis and good feelings for this group of characters' last curtain.
Of course, chances are amazingly small that I'll ever buy another Bioware game again since their quality has been in freefall. I will definitely never preorder from them again or make a purchase without extreme research being done on the finished product. And that would be for full series like say another ME trilogy, not just single games. I will not allow myself to get caught up in a series to the point that I have a need to finish it despite the last game driving me homicidal. The first 2 ME games managed that, and never again will I trust Bioware enough to let it happen again with them.
ttestagr said:
ME3 is poor, but it did have some very good things in it (Mordin! ) And the gameplay was pretty fun, hell even the multi turned out to be really fun and still has a very strong following a year later.
I have many issues with how the game is put together and how its shit as a conclusion for the trilogy, but Citadel successfully manages a fantastic goodbye for its characters, which is what you want in the conclusion.
Basically, combined with the things I did think were great or good in the main game, it comes out to enough to give me enough catharsis and good feelings for this group of characters' last curtain.
Of course, chances are amazingly small that I'll ever buy another Bioware game again since their quality has been in freefall. I will definitely never preorder from them again or make a purchase without extreme research being done on the finished product. And that would be for full series like say another ME trilogy, not just single games. I will not allow myself to get caught up in a series to the point that I have a need to finish it despite the last game driving me homicidal. The first 2 ME games managed that, and never again will I trust Bioware enough to let it happen again with them.
) And the gameplay was pretty fun, hell even the multi turned out to be really fun and still has a very strong following a year later.I have many issues with how the game is put together and how its shit as a conclusion for the trilogy, but Citadel successfully manages a fantastic goodbye for its characters, which is what you want in the conclusion.
Basically, combined with the things I did think were great or good in the main game, it comes out to enough to give me enough catharsis and good feelings for this group of characters' last curtain.
Of course, chances are amazingly small that I'll ever buy another Bioware game again since their quality has been in freefall. I will definitely never preorder from them again or make a purchase without extreme research being done on the finished product. And that would be for full series like say another ME trilogy, not just single games. I will not allow myself to get caught up in a series to the point that I have a need to finish it despite the last game driving me homicidal. The first 2 ME games managed that, and never again will I trust Bioware enough to let it happen again with them.