I'm not even kidding, this shit is my favourite part of ME2
>>323308118
I agree. I spent a few hours going to every planet and collecting every resource. I loved that shit.
May I recommend a clicker game?
Or perhaps heroin?
>everyone flipped shit about Mako and it being boring as hell
I don't know about you, but I greatly preferred roving around in the Mako in ME1 over the shitty scanner clicker shit we got in place of the Mako.
fuck bioware
>>323308225
Hey man if it feels good
>>323308118
Comfiest Mass Effect track coming through.
https://youtu.be/vGF-f3arb04
I wouldn't go that far, but it was a hell of a lot better then looking for rocks on that rover.
>>323308461
I also really like the Mako. Takes like ten minutes to properly get the hang of.
>>323308476
idk sounds too video gamey
PROBING URANUS HAHAHA
>>323308118
>I'm not even kidding, this shit is my favourite part of ME2
I am just annoyed that I could have a tonne of resources but with no money. That shit makes no sense.
>>323308118
The only thing that annoys me is this isn't at all how spectrographic analysis of a planet would work. They would be more like sharp peaks.
>>323308476
Mass effect lost that feeling about space exploration and started focus on fast cutscene action drama.
>When you hover a rich deposit and the controller starts vibrating
>>323308118
I hope you kill yourself along with the other Biodrones on this board.
>that one goat Normandy track they use at the beginning of 1 and then never again
http://youtu.be/RrVSKx8aISw
>>323309359
>put it on your dick
>>323308476
It's a good track don't get me wrong but I always preferred the track Noveria/Port Hanshan
>>323309406
>>323309359
>>323309406
this faggot will never know true satisfaction
>>323309521
>you can play it in your room in me2
sweetest release
>>323309406
>He never struck rich with a large deposit of Palladium
>that theme
>those clicks and other noises the elements made
>>323308118
It wouldn't be so bad if the mouse controls weren't so damn slow.I loved the mako missions/exploration in ME1
>>323309082
>>323310284
This is way too deep of a realization for me.
>>323308476
Honorable mentions
https://youtu.be/P5GHQNnPUuo
https://youtu.be/WV56iJ9KFlw
Dude thatplanet with 2 suns was the shiit
>>323310534
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IitCQCaKi3E
PLEBS
>>323308461
People complained about the Mako?
What was wrong with it?
>>323308118
Well you are properly weird then.
Is that what you came here to read?
>>323310707
bouncy
How many things did ME rip from Star control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_JVEXDrJYg
>tfw me3 abused virgil to get nostalgia trips outta the fanbase
Oh ME1, you had so much potential
>>323310707
Probably because it wasn't action enough.
I think it felt right. I always had this feeling of pure solitude in the dark universe.
>>323310668
>this theme plays after that atrocious fucking ending in ME3
>literally actually ruined it because it just reminds me how mad I am about how trash that story ended
did. they. do. ANYTHING. RIGHT.
>>323310707
`The instances where you used it were easily the least inspired part of the game.
be honest, an entire game only made of mako sections, would your consider this a good game?
>>323310831
ME1 did it right.
>>323308476
Goddamn a wave of nostalgia I didn't even know I had just hit me hard. Why'd they have to end the series so shittily and ruin my outlook on the series?
>>323310984
>did. they. do. ANYTHING. RIGHT.
The multiplayer was kind of fun. Other than that, not really.
>>323310884
>>323311009
Well I always thought it wasn't perfect, but could have been improved in later iterations, like more things to explore, less dull landscapes.
But instead they decided to scrap it and replace with a clicker scanner thing? That's just depressing.
>That feel when you hit a planet rich in 3 resources
>That rumble when you find the sweet spot for all three and only have to spend one probe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTp7sqq-RsM
>>323310534
>>323310668
>Forgetting about Feros
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4Uagty2vE
>>323310984
Hyping you properly to make the disappointment even more appalling is a great skill, at least for a villain...
how do you go from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8YKELY9Jg0
to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE2S3GdZtRg
>>323310984
Multiplayer was some fun shit.
>>323308461
Both sucked for different reasons.
>>323310707
It was fine on the mainline planets but when you had to go on the minor sidequest planets that all look like someone made them in a Far Cry map editor the shitty controls of the Mako really start to show. Especially with all those fucking mountains. And all the planets were the same shit with a different colored tint.
Seriously though.
The reaper design is 10/10
They look like the Hands of god in the skies.
![1310485591942[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6aovsei.jpg "1310485591942[1].jpg")
>>323311009
>be honest, an entire game only made of conversation sections, would your consider this a good game?
>be honest, an entire game only made of menu sections, would your consider this a good game?
>be honest, an entire game only made of Simon minigame sections, would your consider this a good game?
It's one element of a game, fuckwad. Most of them wouldn't make a good standalone game, that's not a reason they're shit.
>>323310707
It only ever controlled remotely well in the handful of plot-critical segments it cropped up in, while all the sidequest planet roving shit had atrocious level design. It's not that the Mako was necessarily bad, but the way it was used most of the time fucking sucked.
Eden Prime/Citadel, Therum, Asteroid X57, Feros, Noveria, Virmire, Ilos/Citadel is my preferred way of playing Mass Effect.
What's yours and for what reason.
>>323311557
They're just cuttlefish, anon.
>>323311557
I honestly thought ME2 kinda made them boring with Harbinger AKA the direct control meme squid
Sovereign was perfect, then they had to go make them cartoon villains
>>323311243
Don't worry, they're bringing it back in Mass Effect: Andromeda, releasing later this year! Be sure to pre-order for your exclusive N7 themed bonuses!
>>323311720
Which is still cool, since Cuttlefish are fucking weird looking motherfucks.
It's kinda a shame what happened with ME1's side planets and side missions. Yeah, the worlds were dull as shit and looked like they were made in some funky random terrain generator with some copypasted assets thrown on top, and all the side missions on planets/ships were the same copypasted scenario in the same copypasted room with the only difference being who you met after you defeated the enemies.
But it was something they could've IMPROVED on. Instead they just scrapped it.
>>323311720
It somehow doesn't make them cuter.
>>323311784
they totally fucked it up after 1
>>323308118 >>323308476
damit........ should i reinstall ME1?
>>323311702
That's literally the best way to play though.
You have to start at Citadel, Therum gets you the best companion early on, Asteroid X57 gets you good gear, Feros is easier than Noveria, Virmire makes more sense to do later and Ilos is last by default.
>>323311852
>Instead they just scrapped it.
Literally all they did was get rid of the shitty planet roving, which couldn't really be improved upon without dedicating a shitton of resources to a game that already suffers from a bloated sidequest log and a bunch of filler. The sidequests are still there in about the same capacity as they were in ME1.
>>323311902
>tfw I was so done with the Mass Effect series I deleted all saves and DLC
>tfw starting to want to replay 1 (and maybe 2) again.
Fuck man, I remember how fucking hyped I was to see the rest of the series after I finished the first one. It was such a perfect set up to a larger story, and the reapers seemed like they were going to be one of the best sets of villains ever.
>>323311902
lobotomize your brain and 100% forget me3 exists you might enjoy replaying it while not knowing the ending of the series
>>323312106
I hardly remember any side quests in ME2. I remember one where you're walking on a crashed ship on a planet and one where you blow up crates. that's it
Some people give Mass Effect 3 shit for reducing the amount of dialogue options, but I kinda like it. I think it was a good idea to make Shepard an actual character rather than some supposed self-insert you actually have no control over. You're always either gonna play as full dickhead or full moralfag.
>>323308118
Its great for OCD types. I loved it too I collected every fucking resource.
>>323311784
Mass Effect 1
>Our motives are too intricate to be understood by organics, we are too advanced for you to even comprehend, we are each a nation
Mass Effect 2
>ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
Mass Effect 3
>Leviathan explains perfectly what the Reapers are
It's a shame really, because in Mass Effect 1 they actually did make the Reapers scary. Sure, it was kinda generic idea, but I thought they executed it perfectly. But in the other games they kinda 'humanfy' the Reapers or downplay their motives
>>323312303
Pretty much all the side quests in ME2 were helping the party members out with their daddy issues.
>>323311998
Depending on the difficulty you can get your ass rocked by the Krogan Battlemaster
I'll tell you what I don't miss in ME1: Fighting the Asari Biotics and Krogan Battlemasters
>>323312163
Eh, you'll still get enjoyment out of playing the games, the third one just ends on a sour note.
>That ME1 ending
You really feel like a fucking hero.
>>323309359
I came
>>323310284
Oh fuck now I'm feeling rage and grief.
Best Asari desu
>>323312246
the problem is that the reapers are supposed to be this lovecraftian-style horror that you simply cannot comprehend. They worked well because you didn't understand them or their motives AND your feeble human brain could never dream of comprehending them.
There was basically no way to give them a fleshed-out backstory and understandable motives without it ruining their characterization and making them lame as shit. That's not to say bioware did "the best they could" with ME3's explanation, because they did an awful job even with what I said considered.
>>323312452
Krogan just shrugging off your bullets, rushing you and headbutting you to death was a god damn pain.
Say what you will about Mass Effect 3 but it was the closest thing to good combat the series has, to the point where the horde mode multiplayer was actually fun as hell.
>>323312246
That'll teach you to trust the modern gaming industry. Temper your expectations your in for a shitty ride.
>>323312614
>She comes on to you on Illium
Too bad Shepard can't have a one-nighter with her
>>323312447
Those weren't side quests though. By that logic, everything except the opening mission, horizon, and the omega relay are side missions.
>>323312614
the copy machine doesnt birth naked asaris, damn western christian imageboard values, you make everything worse
Post characters that did LITERALLY NOTHING wrong
>>323312614
Good taste.
>tfw can't wait for andromeda sosmudboychimps out
reminder me1 was last game developed without EA influence
dont feel suicidal over it or anything, but thats the timeline you live in
>>323312868
hes literally hitler so I guess youre right
I think its funny as hell in Mass Effect 3 that if you didn't do the loyalty missions and your squadmates somehow survive the game just up and kills them off immediately the first chance it gets.
Like "Oh, you're a lazy cunt who got lucky? Well too bad nigger, all the Mass Effect 2 squadmates and most of the Mass Effect 1 squadmates are fucking dead."
>>323312480
>the third one just ends on a sour note
oh god especially when you loved playing 1 & 2 so much you made multiple characters..and then having to play them in 3.
Can you imagine what it's like to end ALL of them with "Tell me another story about the Shepard" and finding the will to go on and do another save?
>>323312709
And running at you head on with a shotgun in their hands. Oh and them regenerating once you put them down.
I say asari because of them making you ragdoll and then taking cheap shots at you while you got back up.
Horde Mode is still fun as hell.
One problem I had with the whole paragon/renegade thing was that Renegade seemed like the "make the hard choice for the greater good", Dirty Harry side, but Paragon was able to ALSO resolve things equally well wihle saving everyone, so Renegade just comes off as an asshole
>>323312709
I legitimately think that ME1 had the funniest combat because you could spam all the special skills almost non-stop.
Combining singularity, warp and throw was always fun.
>>323313423
Oh yeah it was busted as hell. Last time I played through by the middle of the game I had an assault rifle that would literally never stop firing until I let off the trigger.
>>323313521
Fuck, I forgot that you could customize weapons. Having frostbite rounds in a pistol was the greatest thing ever. Or hellfire rounds in your assault rifle.
>>323313360
My biggest issue with Renegade was that full Renegade meant saying "No" to a shitton of quests. It's too bad a neutral playthrough is damn near punished in the games.
>>323313260
Like i said, i enjoy the rest of the games enough to not let the ending bother me. Played through them all a couple of times now.
>Omega DLC on Insanity
Fucking christ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye0Rl16elKo
Never forget.
>>323313360
Renegade almost always seemed like the worst option, because it's the 'fuck you I'm a space cowboy and I give no fucks about you' but at the same time you're fighting to save the galaxy, so you're not really a renegade, you just come across as a dick.
Good. You opened this message. This isn't actually asari military command. They're busy tending to what's left of their planet.
So you survived our fight on Thessia. You're not as weak as I thought. But never forget that your best wasn't good enough to stop me. Now an entire planet is dying because you lacked the strength to win. The legend of Shepard needs to be re-written. I hope I'm there for the last chapter. It ends with your death.
-KL
>>323313794
Jennifer Hale sounds like a big meaty bulldyke anyway so the running animations fits.
>>323313902
SPACE NINJA
>>323312868
Hate him almost completely. The part where he sang was not funny or endearing and I rolled my eyes when he did it again in 3. Sabotage is the only way to go.
>>323313902
christ what a botched attempt at badass villain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gISlB1IdUjI
best end credits theme by far
>>323313773
>Play the final scene on Insanity where they throw all types of Reaper enemies at you on Insanity including the Harvester
>Equip Me, Garrus and Vega with the N7 Typhoon
Rated M for MANLY
I actually thought Kai Leng was okay.
>>323309082
that's depressing as fuck jeez
>>323314083
Goes to show you should never introduce a new and important character in a video game series in a motherfucking book.
If you think your video game story can be expanded upon in books, fucking go for it but don't make it fucking required reading for the sequel just to know who all these new jagoffs are.
As for Kai Leng, it might have helped if he was actually a threat. The only fights he wins are in cutscenes and the only way to die in his actually boss fight are if the Phantoms catch you off guard somehow in that fuckhuge room and sync kill you.
>>323314308
Disagree, 3's credit music was the best
>>323313902
You motherfucker you.
>>323314509
He didn't sound half bad until we actually saw what he looked like and the whole cereal thing happened.
>>323314723
3 was good too, they were both by the same band
>>323314795
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27yRNPEQ5q8
3 had the deus ex machina tricolour ending to go with so Id say better memories with the me1 ending song.
>>323308461
Why not both then?
Say their shitty Andromeda would include that planet-clicky-thingy for worthless planets, as in that planet is a barren world with nothing on it, or a gas giant or something like Titan/Europa, and proper landing and exploring of planets that possibly had/have life on them?
best of both worlds. Oh, and MAKO is upgradable.
>>323308461
The idea behind freeroaming on distant planets was excellent, but the execution was flawed. I wish they would have worked on improving it instead of scrapping it completely.
I played ME1 at release and fucking loved it. ME2 has been laying on my shelf since release, but I haven't even opened it. Should I play it if I never intend on playing ME3? Also, I played ME1 on X360, so my choices won't transfer over to 2.
>>323308118
the sound effects were pretty fucking great
>>323315247
It wouldn't work. To me they're both flawed, unimportant and completely perfect. Any attempts at improving it would make it less of what it was to begin with. :)
>>323308118
I'll add this to the list of games I want to make. Expect to see it in 2-5 years if I haven't decided to kill myself.
>>323315398
You have literally NO reason to not play the other two games if you enjoyed the first one. They're all good, play them and have a fucking blast dude.
>>323315398
Download the interactive comic for ME2, it activates after the opening.
>>323315398
Do it, ME2 is pretty comfy, don't listen to contrarian shitters. It's a fun game in its own right but much different than 1 or 3, my personal favorite.
>>323309082
>>323312926
Back when Oni was good and didn't just shovel out shit as fast as possible for a pay site.
>>323308118
>>323316056
i think this was his best work too
>>323308118
>probe Uranus
>"really commander?"
>>323316152
>EDI knows what an anus is
really bioware?
>>323315398
If you have ME2 for PS3, download the comic that lets you make your file for 2.
If you are playing on PC, theres a site where you can download save files based on the most important decisions, from there you can use the ME2 save editor to fine tune the ME1 decisions.
And yes, I think you should play the rest. I though ME3 was alright. It was dissapointing based on what we were hoping for, but it was still alright, especially with the updated ending.
>>323316152
>probing your anus :P
ITS PRONOUNCED URANUS
>>323316252
>an advanced AI not knowing basic human anatomy
really anon?
>>323315398
Don't listen to /v/, ME2 was great in its own right and ME3 wasn't that bad either
Even though I know each game had a different tone, I was a little annoyed that 3 went full military vibe.
I mean the first game was space cops and the second game was secret agents so its not like changing it again in the third was unexpected, but I thought it was kinda wierd how everyone went super military mode.
I mean I guess that can be easily explained by the fact that a actual war was going on, but the cynic in me feels they might have been trying to grab the battlefield crowd.
>>323316626
she is pure
>>323316629
I was actually surprised when I completed Mass Effect 2 to find that /v/ disliked it as a whole. It's fucking great, my only complaint is it removes the space cowboy feeling that Mass Effect 1 had, but everything else felt improved upon IMO
>>323316629
>and ME3 wasn't that bad either
the only good part of ME3 was the multiplayer, which ironically was included just so they could stuff it full of microtransactions
Does anyone have hope for Andromeda? I feel like it has a chance since its been at least in the concept phases since 2012. Mass Effect 3 was clearly rushed out the gate. I'm gonna hold out until they finally reveal some gameplay, but I also know they will be shoehorning gay characters in my face to seem progressive instead of having a gay character and them not having to constantly tell me how gay they are
>>323316252
Turning EDI into a robot NPC was the dumbest thing ever. One of the many reasons I dropped ME3
>>323308118
Go play Ur-Quan Masters ( Star Control II ), it is literally the spiritual predecessor to Mass Effect and this planetary exploration thing. Also it's a much better game.
shit now i want to reinstall ME1
>>323316662
Considering there's a Battlefield soldier as a character in MP you're probably right
>>323316795
Though it did microtransactions right.
Tons of free content updates and all paying does is let you unlock more crates, and since you get money for crates at a perfectly reasonable speed, it never feels like you HAVE to spend money to get crates.
It was surprisingly reasonable.
>>323316890
at least you can use her for lewd stuff
>>323316873
>Does anyone have hope for Andromeda?
>I feel like it has a chance since its been at least in the concept phases since 2012.
NO HOPE
O
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P
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>>323316873
Andromeda's lead writer / designer whatever drinks from a "White Tears" mug. That should be a big warning sign.
>>323308118
>Scanning Uranus
>>323316795
The multiplayer was fucking GOAT. My only gripe was those microtransactions, cause if you didn't pay for them it was playing for the pretty shit credit gain and even then you still don't know what you're getting in that box. Took me WAY too long to get some characters I really wanted to play as
>>323316873
I want it to be good but I'm not expecting much and need to see more of the actual content and gameplay.
>>323316768
It's the beginning of the end and the game that divides the fanbase the most, some things improved others removed for sake of streamline which people miss.
>>323316873
Im just gonna wait and see.
I have a feeling they aren't gonna do the "Being gay is okay" story again after DAI (And even then it was sorta kinda not a full example)
>>323316873
I have some hope but considering their track record I hope they don't bungle it up.
I want cool new planets to drive around in and explore.
>>323310284
Would hate to ruin the circlejerk, but
>animators and cinematic animators
lol
>level artists
Do you guys remember the awful level design of mass effect 1?
Like, ME1 is definitely better than ME3, but holy fuck the amount of unjustified praise this shitty clunky half-made UE3 cover-based shooter gets from /v/ is simply baffling. Same goes to Bully and Red Dead Redemption desu
it was a little therapeutic in a way and definitely a change of pace
I can see how it's both liked by some and hated by some
>>323317090
the plot is going to be stopping the spread of misogyny across the galaxy, isn't it
>>323317241
Well they did say the Mako is coming back, and its about (at least initially about) exploring a new galaxy.
I get the feeling they are gonna make it like DAI where you explore new planets and do a bunch of shit on them to gain resources to continue the plot.
Actually now that I've typed that out, Im really certain thats what they do.
>>323317302
>Same goes to Bully and Red Dead Redemption desu
>>323316768
I disliked it because I found biotics much more fun in 1 than in 2. The universal power cooldown was really fucked up, in my opinion.
>>323308118
I loved the ME series. Favorite game series of all time.
But I feel like EA ran it to the ground. It had so much potential.
Why must the Gods be so cruel?
Citadel DLC was good, but even then, it was just a nostalgia trip.
>>323317090
Oh I fully expect the story to suck I just want to explore planets again.
>>323317302
>Same goes to Bully and Red Dead Redemption desu
>>323317449
Though perhaps cooldowns shouldn't have been universal, I liked biotics in 2 and 3 because they could be used more actively. In 1 they were basically nukes that had minute+ long cooldowns. In 2 and 3 they were active weapons, even if they were increasingly nerfed.
Plus they were pretty broken in 1.
>>323317376
It's going to be Cerberus trying to take over the galaxy to benefit humans and neo-shepard stopping them. Ceberus is going to be portrayed as heartless white men for sure, though.
>>323317019
explain. I thought she had the hots for the cripple
>>323317609
Sure, you got to press the hotkey for warp a lot in 2 and 3, but had little reason to do anything else thanks to the cooldown system and how blatantly better it was compared to everything else. Using it more made the decision making process a whole lot less fun.
>>323309476
>that part in Halo of that snow level where that giant tube explodes with banshees and Flood
>xbox controller vibrates super hard
>put it on my dick
>>323317624
Cerberus is probably dead. You blew up their headquarters and the man who was running them died.
At least I hope they don't bring back Cerberus.
What I wanna know is which ending will be canon.
I assume/hope Destroy is since it would have the least plot reprecussions. With Control you gotta wonder why the reapers aren't being sent to help and Id imagine the synthesis ending would come up somehow.
>>323317609
A lot of the abilities in ME1 are broken as fuck. that pistol ability that significantly lowers the overheat so you can just blow as many bullets into an enemy for awhile is stupid, witch a powerful pistol you can clear areas before that thing wears off
>>323317883
http://rule34hentai.net/image/136959
>
>>323317960
I just hope they won't try to pull some Invisible War esque shit.
>>323317950
Well its either shoot biotics or shoot guns as a biotic class.
I don't see anyhting wrong with shooting biotics.
Hell Id like it if there was a full biotic class with no guns. In Jack's recruitment mission she breaks out and destroys a whole lot of shit with nothing but her biotics.
ME1 had the best atmospheric music i've ever heard in a game. 2 and 3 massively cut down on the ambient and you could only hear your footsteps most of the time.
>exploring and unknown world
>ambient music filling your ears
>nearing an enemy
>music picks up
it helped that each major story encounter was basically a variation on the regular music. reinforced the notion that each event flowed into the other. i can only think of DEHR giving me the same feeling. any other games that had amazing sound design?
does anyone know if they said anything about the original trilogy saves being incorporated somehow into andromeda? i'm legit playing through all 3 again if that's the case.
I hope they bring back the super synthy music that ME1 and 2 had.
They went full orchestral on 3 and that just wasn't as enjoyable. When the ME1 theme started during that scene with Liara though, I was pretty happy.
>>323314509
That renegade interrupt at the end of Cerberus headquarters is still the most satisfying moment of the series for me.
>>323315694
Your entire statement is full of logical flaws. Please reconstruct/clarify.
>>323314548
What's even more depressing is that Karpyshyn got shipped off to work on TORtanic. They dumped their main writer and really entire plot for a failure.
>>323318129
In 1 you had to shoot biotics and your gun because your biotics have a meaningful cooldown. In 2 you spammed warp to get through shields and then you could finally use one of your other awesome abilities to finish the guy off...or just click on his head with your pistol. Shields in combination with the cooldown change marginalized all the other biotics. Anyway I'm sure you get my point. More wasn't better. It was just more.
>>323318324
Offing that faggot felt so damn satisfying. Especially after all the cutscene shit that they pulled.
>>323317960
I hope that they will start all over and maybe have some vague references to the original trilogy. And please, no reapers or other ancient threats that only one man / woman/ genderfluid tumblerite can stop. Its already been done too many times in ME & Dragon Age.
>>323317960
They are portrayed as an organization with infinite money led by someone who is capable of bringing someone back from the dead. I certainly wouldn't put it past neo-bioware to bring them back.
>>323318241
They said Andromeda takes place a good while after ME3 so probably not. I believe they are basically trying to start a new story with few to no strings attached.
>>323318324
I dunno, I know you were supposed to hate him but I hated Kai Leng for the wrong reasons. He was just this little shit who talks constant shit but only manages to ever overtake you because the plot dictates it
The part that bugged me most was just how all your teammates keep talking about how much they hate him and it just felt like Bioware was just really trying to sell this guy as a good villain.
But he wasn't, at least I don't think so. I know a roommate I had bought into the character more than I did.
>>323318694
But the Illusive Man is the reason they are being held together.
And apparently hes also the only one in contact with every cell so other cells wouldn't even know where to begin. Though I suppose they might be able to find info at the destroyed base.
>>323318726
>They said Andromeda takes place a good while after ME3 so probably not. I believe they are basically trying to start a new story with few to no strings attached.
i know. a man can hope.
>go on a planet
>find lost armor
>it's your old armor
> inscribed with N7 commander YOURNAME
>>323318661
> or other ancient threats
I got bad news senpai
>>323318967
The question is why would Shepard's armor be all the way in the fucking Andromeda galaxy?
>>323318970
I just want to gather my own crew and go on to some Cowboy Bebop styled bounty hunter missions. Not saving the world for 6th time.
>>323318241
I think that both 1 and 2 have a good number of very atmospheric moments.
2 actually has a good number of atmospheric handcrafted environments for side quests. Rogue AI fucking up an entire facility forcing you to run through the streams of steam, running from beacon to beacon on that mist-filled planet or exploring a giant vessel on a verge of falling are all GOAT moments in atmosphere department.
>>323319120
the universe is a place with infinite possibilities.
I really wish they had more physics objects in ME2&3. I remember having some fun in ME1 using my biotics to crush enemies with what they were using as over or having a bunch of stuff floating around the room when you used singularity. It didn't effect everything, but it was cool when it did.
![[visible confusion].webm](https://i.imgur.com/dXW49de.jpg "[visible confusion].webm")
>>323318967
>writer drinks from a cup labeled MALE WHITE TEARS or something like that
>"a man can hope."
>>323319169
Well theres gotta be some sort of overarching plot. Some sort of endgame.
I am hoping they don't do another ancient evil. At least for this installment make it a more grounded problem.
Also I hope we meet new aliens. I mean what are hte chances that if one galaxy has all kinds of aliens that another galaxy would have zero aliens?
>>323311009
I would compare it to the Batman AK batmobile. It wasn't fun or inspired either, but just okay.
>>323308461
>he likes driving in a gravity hating beachball with a gun
>>323308118
I like it too. It will never come back though because bioware hates their fans.
Will andromeda in any way connect to your old saves in ME - ME3?
I played through the first three games without saving anything to an EA origin account so I'll be in trouble if they do
>>323319364
Biotics in general need to be more physics-based. You should be able to push containers at such velocity they kill whoever gets hit by them, for example. Or charge into some debris and fucking explode them with all the junk being thrown to the sides while harming enemies a little.
>>323318726
The worst thing they did to Kai Leng was have an on his deathbed Thane pretty much get the best of him for most of their fight.
I could never take him seriously after that knowing that if Thane was not sick he would of kicked his ass.
>>323316873
No, because I'm convinced they'll borrow wholesale the Wartable cancer and having to grind plot points to pass gated points on the main story
>>323319638
I think it would be cool if you had a pure biotics class that can just throw shit around.
>>323319786
>>323319824
Any biotic is capable of doing this.
The only reason i will ever bother with Andromeda if it has a good vanguard class.
>>323319884
>>323316873
No, none, not a drop. ME3 was an absolute turd, I thought the fighting somehow was less polished than 2's and let's not discuss the story. Everyone fucks up once, and it just so happened they killed a series doing it though.
My big thing is how mediocre DA3 was, not bad, just mediocre. Almost like they knew what they did wrong, tried to correct it, and couldn't even do that right. So even if they DO know what the problems were and are taking steps to fix them for Andromeda, all we're going to get at best is some 50 hours slog through recycled environments, boring story, a flat cast that loves you for you with maybe one memorable mission or party member.
>>323319998
>>323319931
Well what I meant was like a gunless biotic class that does nothing but various biotics.
Also I really wanted to like Vanguard, in 2 at least, I just felt it was terrible. Throwing yourself into the middle of an enemy group is just suicide and if theres only one enemy left then you might as well just kill them the same way you killed everyone else.
>>323320023
And they still wont be able to render fucking hair or beards that dont look like helmets/glued on your chin.
>>323320127
>>323320280
Wait, so the people in Andromeda don't even know how the Reaper war ended?
Well shit
>>323320184
Vanguard on Insanity is actually the most fun way of playing ME2. You just need a good team that will debilitate and stun enemies before you charge in to unleash the hell. Miranda/Kasumi combo is great.
>>323320280
But why wouldn't the Reapers be able to go to the ones in the Andromeda galaxy or whatever?
>>323319169
I hate to be 'that guy' but in the supposed Bioware survey, they mention 'a mysterious alien race known as the Remnants you will rush to secure their left behind technology'. If the survey is to be believed, anyway, then I can easily see the Remnants not actually being gone but instead the villains.
So I played ME1 and I really enjoyed it.
Now I'd like to play ME2, but what is it worth (more specifically compared to ME1)?
>>323320379
This is actually fine with me.
Definitely they're going to smuggle Cerberus troops/Reaper-indoctrinated into ARKCON forces though.
>>323320927
Its pretty good. The gameplay is a bit more corridor shooter-y than ME1 was, but the gameplay mechanics were generally improved
>>323321051
Well in that way I can definitely see Cerberus being relevant in Andromeda. I just hope they aren't THE badguys.
>>323320927
me2 is a fun game with much better gunplay and good characters
everything else falls short of me1 imo, but it's still worth playing
>>323320280
>ME3 went out of its way to show that every single galactic nation was slowly collapsing or already destroyed thanks to the fight against the reapers and that all resources were being sent to the crucible project or to the frontlines
>somehow also had the resources and manpower to develop this ARK project and didn't even mention a thing to Shepard, the guy who is single-handedly responsible for giving the galaxy a fighting chance
This is quickly reaching George Lucas tier of "making shit up as you go along"
>>323321236
Oh you know they'll just say that the leadership was worried he was indoctrinated or something along those lines so he wasn't told.
>>323317302
The people who determine the direction of a game are the director, lead artist, writers, publishers, and producers anyway. The rest are just literally who grunts who have no input into the game at all. The thing that hurt the series most is losing Karpyshyn, and having EA as the publisher. It was EA who overrode design choices, it was EA who removed Karpyshyn, and it was EA who rushed the damn thing.
>>323321236
Oh shit, what if they make a big point about how Shepard could have been indoctrinated?
Then as players we have to doubt whether the ending of Mass Effect 3 "really" happened at all.
That would be cool but I'm not sure Bioware would risk alienating the casuals.
>>323321236
>didn't even mention a thing to Shepard, the guy who is single-handedly responsible for giving the galaxy a fighting chance
why would you tell your last hope at normalcy that you don't believe in him and because of that you're secretly working on a plan b in case he fails
what kind of leadership move would that be lmao
>>323314723
>trying to regain a semblance of the feeling at the end of ME1 by using Faunts again at the end of ME3.
felt like glitter on shit
>>323321236
It's just a fan theory. I bet ME:A will be written in a way similar to the theory, as in we don't know what happened, but I doubt there's some arc.
>>323321527
Forgot Lead Designer, and Lead Level Artist as well.
>Mass Effect threads before /vg/
fun times
>>323309082
>Mass effect lost that feeling about space exploration
This might be one of the good things to come out of the open world fad going on right now, namely that Mass Effect : Andromeda is rumoured to have a focus on piloting the ship, a new mako and planets to explore. We just might get at least some of what we wanted from the sequel when we first played the original ME, guys.
>>323311602
>handful
It's used on every main planet.
>Feros' Highway to Hell
>Noveria's Wild Ride to Peak 15
>Therum's Scenic Lava Cruise
>Virmire's Tropical Rodeo Resort
>Ilos' Hallway of Coffins
>>323322148
Just imagine someone in the future who wants to get into the me series
>mako is in 1 and andromeda but not 2 and 3
>"thermal clip" is in 2 and 3 but not 1
>weapon mod is in 1 and 3 but not 2
What a clusterfuck
>>323309082
Drew wrote the best and worst star wars books it don't know how he did it
>>323318550
And then Karpyshyn shit out the Revan novel and I lost respect for him, too. Such a shame after he masterfully handled the Darth Bane books and solidified Revan's presence as a signature Sith manipulator.
He wrote his own duology some years ago, but I mever bothered with them.
>kill off main character in opening scene
>bring him back in next scene
>>323322695
even more strange is that they had a DLC where you drove around with a vehicle in 2, which for me was an indication that they'd realize that more fully in 3, but it was sorely missed and even more linear and action-y than before.
>>323323359
Oh God, I just realized, they're going to pull a Destiny on us
>Wake up in Freighter on route to Andromeda
>'Hello Shepherd, you've been comatose for a long time, so you might see some things you don't understand'
>>323323491
And the vehicle they gave you (Hammerhead, right?) was a piece of shit. Sure do love paper thin armour and weak ass rockets.
>>323319308
>plot convenience
FTFY
>>323323708
DLC itself was godtier though. That vehicle controlled like a Mako with melted butter for wheels and armor.
>>323321051
This would cause me to not buy or even pirate the game.
Cerberus ruined ME3 even more than the ending. If they include Reaper/Cerberus forces in Andromeda, I'm done. Nope. Not doing it. Nope.
>>323323667
Shepard got blown up and vented into space without a working suit, then made a naked reentry onto a fucking planet and they immediately brought him back via lolspessmagic. And THEN they made two more games.
The story is dead Anons. Time to move on.
>>323323667
>in the opening of ME3 Shepard gets hit in the head when he's in that office meeting or whatever it was and the events of ME3 are Shepard imagining everything in his coma
>>323321163
The main bad guys are some evil alien race, if i recall correctly
>>323324068
Nah, they'll just set them up as the noob enemies in the beginning half of the game before introducing the Not-Reapers to battle.
I hope they don't go for "Ancient Space Evil" again, that would be shitty.
>>323324837
Everytime I rewatch the reveal trailer I see Protheans, and those pop-up buildings look Prothean too.
>>323322148
Judging from Inquisition, I'd be worried. The world was big, but also completely lifeless. I hope ME1 doesn't make the same mistake.
>>323324965
Can't remember what they were called but Protheans weren't in any way good guys, so having them as enemies isn't entirely implausible.
>>323325357
Yeah, Javik explained that everything was under the Prothean empire by force. They weren't very friendly.
>>323325563
>Javik
>>323325904
reminder that javik was the final boss in the leaked script
>>323326250
>the final boss would have literally been DLC
>>323317960
>What I wanna know is which ending will be canon.
Probably none. My bet is that they started a top secret ark like generation/hibernation ship with verified unindoctrinated members of the coucil races after the fall of the Asari planet. That would explain Shepards motivational speech we hear in the trailer. Once you arive in the new galaxy the ship gets blow up by the new antagonists of ME:A and you are amongs the few survivors fighting with new friends you meet there against the new evil.
rate
>>323326250
where's the leaked script?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17vTg6rwmHIywnC54Whkmj01fv840GgrJEf92z1ce_qg/mobilebasic
>>323327220
Thanks, is this legit?
>>323327283
yeah, ruskies leaked back in the day
>>323327378
It's quite huge, where's the Javik part?
>>323327748
Probably near the end if he's the fucking final boss
>>323328051
Yeah I thought so but it's only post-battle shit and using the catalyst. Guess I'll have to dig in it for while.
Got it now.
>>323319554
>he doesn't
