I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite board on 4chan.
Paragon all the way. Fuck you Renegade faggots.
>>339569945
In a realistic setting, Renegade would get the job done.
>>339569945
t. nerd
I should go.
Posting broest bro
Is it worth a replay, bros? If I viewed it as a cheesy b movie instead of the GOAT series it pretended to be? Now that the dust has settled.
>>339569991
this, although it didn't really translate into ME. it was good for a laugh now and then, but usually it was just typical videogame "evil" (ie. being a prick for no real reason) rather than utilitarian
>>339570282
>want to replay ME Trilogy
>remember the Mako in 1
>>339570929
>Mass Effect 1 being the game that stops you from replaying the trilogy
get out
>>339570929
The Mako wasn't bad, you were just new to this type of game at the time and sucked at learning.
>>339571038
shit controls but fun game none the less
>didn't age well
>>339571112
You kidding? It was a big boring waste of time. The maps with the Mako were fucking empty. Fuck you contrarian retards.
I want to fuck Ash
>>339570284
I just pretended to be Zapp Brannigan, sticking it to neutral scum and trying to sleep with every alien woman around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfU69_up02Y
>>339571139
>why
Your format
>>339571235
>Actually does sidequesting
>>339569991
>>339570065
>Implying they didn't mean for the players to play through as Paragon
>Implying Paragon isn't canon
I love playing Renegade (who doesn't love punching a news reporter?), but Paragon is where it's at.
>>339570929
if you don't think backflipping off the tiniest bit of elevation and doing other feats of vehicular parkour is THE TIGHTEST SHIT go back to ME2
>>339571235
pop an adderall and grind them out. it's better that way anyway, so you can be a high level during the main story missions.
I enjoyed ME3 the most. Followed by 1, then 2 last.
>>339571557
>last third of game
>overleveled beyond shit
>one shotting everything with shot gun
Felt bad, but it felt so good.
>>339569669
you have bad taste
HEY EVERYONE
THIS BOARD DISCRIMINATES AGAINST THE POOR!
I'm commander sheperd and this my favourite endscreen on the citadel.
>>339571235
Agreed, the Mako sidequests of ME1 are "that part" that destroy any will to replay whenever I feel like playing again. Not because the Mako was bad, the thing was great. But because every planet was samey empty garbage with only some retextures to differentiate.
Also, the Rachni mission that sucked shit.
Not to mention the entire inventory system UI was so bad the complete removal of inventory for ME2 was an improvement.
>>339571438
>canon
>>339569945
I don't get the whole Paragon/Renegade path thing. Isn't choosing one sole set of responses really dull, restricting and predetermined? Where's the fun in that? Granted I've only done one playthrough and just chose whichever options I thought were best, so I haven't tried it myself
>>339572342
Is that the Synthesis end?
>>339571438
The correct way to play is a mixture of both. Why the fuck would anyone limit themselves to only one kind of answer? Where's the roleplay in picking blue always no matter what?
And before you uninformed idiots say it, as a matter of fact you CAN play down the middle and still have enough points to pick either option in almost every important decision of ME1 AND ME2. In ME1 if you take the speech upgrades, and in ME2 if you import your high paragon / high renegade save. Far more choices than you'd have available by sticking to one path.
>>339572498
They subverted that really well with the paragon and renegade action QTEs in ME2 and 3. I know, "well" and "QTE" in the same sentence.
choosing a renegade option in a paragon run didn't feel like a penalty, more like a "fuck this shit i'm out" moment.
>>339570282
Yeah, replay 3 games to get this as a reward.
>>339572949
>Endings are all that matter!
Sir, I promise to buy you Gold every month my allowance comes in the mail.
>tfw no option to break into musical mode during Tali's trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eqfM1GTZK0
>>339572949
It's funny how Deus Ex did the same thing but it wasn't horrible because it wasn't the final chapter of a massive trilogy that they promoted as HURR CHOICES MATTER.
>>339572949
I kept waiting for a difference. I don't want to believe
I'm seriously gonna miss Shepard in Andromeda though.
It may have been a fluke, but Bioware managed to create an incredibly enjoyable and iconic protagonist for their space opera.
>>339573170
If you're talking about HR then the only bad thing about it was that you literally press a button to receive an ending, but at least they all were different.
>>339573170
>>339573293
Yeah there wasnt a buildup of "UR CHOICES MATTUR!" and the cutscenes at least were different.
>>339573293
They were. I'm pretty happy they brought Adam back. His survival is a little hard to swallow, but he was another really great protagonist that was too good to waste.
>>339573434
Mankin divided has pretty poor writers.
Adam having some secret augs no one knew anything about is just cheap as fuck.
>>339573434
I don't remember the plot to HR whatsoever. Extremely forgettable. Hyped for 3 still.
How do you go from this
Is it worth it being Garrus' little cockslut or is it better being his platonic bro?
>>339573051
What in the fuck are you ramblibg about? Most people don't have xbox these days
>>339573512
To this
>>339573649
Well if you're ever in the Dallas area, I'll be happy to buy you a beer. Well, I'm not old enough to buy you a beer, but I'll give you the money for one. Definitely want to shake your hand, sir.
>>339573512
To this?
How do a team of supposed professional developers creating the final installment of one of the biggest franchises in the decade, with all the tools at their disposal, somehow manage to make a far worse model than any jackass can do in their default character creator?
>>339573793
UHHHHHHH THICKE
>>339573512
>>339573834
>Bioware
>Talented
Pick one.
>>339573880
They did good in ME1 and ME2 though, despite some wonky-ass lighting. I realize their talent left them, but it's shit like that that makes it incredibly blatant.
Default maleshep became an icon. "Default Femshep" is a joke.
>>339571038
gameplay was absolute total garbage in 1
overall 2>1>3
>>339574005
they did good games, then EA bought them and fired 80% of the old employees.
>>339574008
I agree with you but please let's not do the ME General argument again after all these years.
>>339571586
you have bad taste
>>339569945
That's not a very paragon thing to say anon.
>Bioware now
>>339574193
>>339574254
>>339574254
Thanks I wanted to post that but didn't have it. Figured someone would in response.
>>339574346
>>339574254
>>339574346
These can't be real. They're fan made videos...right?
>>339574254
>that shiny thing on his face
oh it' fucking hair, jesus, this is bad in every way. bethesda does more fluid animation, this is like first-take mocap.
>>339574552
>bethesda does more fluid animation
Bethesda's animator has improved slightly over the years he's better than Bioware's definitely, and also thatObsidian's for NV.
>>339574418
looks like a shitty rap video
>>339574497
Nope, just some AAA game developers work :^)
I WILL DESTROY YOU
I thought Mass Effect was the shit at the time, and I'd probably still enjoy it if it were to come out today, but in retrospect it seems like it just highlights how immature "choice" usually is in games right now.
Everything's so built around creating a MAXIMUM FUN experience that moral choices don't have any stakes. You know you're the big badass and should be able to fix any and everything, or at least do some save scumming to get what you want. The moral high ground is something you just choose and get, rather than something you earn and gamble on. Sticking your neck out is always going to be worth it, no matter how big the risk allegedly is (allowing the rachni to continue living, for example- damn near suicidal idealism with no repercussions). There is literally no such thing as a choice that actually backfires in Mass Effect, except for when you're a dick, which tends to be the exact of opposite of reality.
The Ashley/Kaiden choice is probably the only one in the series that's all that good. Fucking shame the rest couldn't live up to that.
>me2
>dialogue choices doesn't match the actual dialogue
>they're also written very vaguely
>black and white shit doesn't translate well since you're working for the gray as fuck cerberus
>paragon choice could either mean "you're evil cerberus i don't like you" or "cerberus is evil but it's humanity's best hope"
>renegade could be "fuck you cerberus" or "fuck yeah cerberus lets kill some aliens"
>tfw I just shot the meme child and doomed all life in the Milky Way
>>339575295
So use renegade on people you don't like and problem solved, jeez.
>>339575260
I loved that choice, only because it was an actual grey choice. There is no good or bad way of doing it, you just need to pick. I hate looking at the concept art at what could've been, like Renegade Shepard resorting to reaper tech and becoming indoctrinated, or how the reapers had a semi-decent reason to harvest people due to dark energy being produced from biotics instead of "LOL ALWAYS WAR"
>>339575936
>Bioware said they planned the game to be a trilogy from the beginning so the story was already on paper in general terms
>I believed them
>I believed them
>>339576326
>bEAware said...
>bEAlieved them
>>339574005
default maleshep was modeled after a model guy while i think femshep was just computer generated
>>339574005
>>339576710KROGAN COCK SO GOOD
>>339577194
FOW really is shit
>>339574008
1 is the better rpg
3 is the better shooter
2 sucks at both.
>>339573793
sauce?
>>339574346
This one is my favorite
>>339573370
>>339573252
Are people seriously mad at Mass Effect 3 because the devs didn't animate different cutscenes? That doesn't even make sense, afterwards there are ending unique cutscenes and IIRC your actions do affect some end scenes.
>>339579656
1 has godawful gameplay
3 has godawful writing
2 is the balanced middle ground and so the most enjoyable.
>>339569945
Renegade Femshep with liara romance is the true cannon
Paragon maleshep is the best playthrough if you want to feel like superman.
Renegade femshep for that queen bitch of the galaxy feel.
>>339579656
1 is an RPG without gameplay
3 is a shooter without RPG
2 is the golden middle
>>339574346
Every time.
>>339572692
I usually just edit the save to have max paragon and renegade so i can say whatever the fuck I want
>>339574642
the best thing is
it's all the same animation
>>339569669
Shit taste, Sheep Herd.
>>339573252
There is a slight difference, the person that recorded those didn't have the max fleet size and probably fucked up somewhere along the lines cuz the relays dont have to explode.
>>339574346
i love that one scene when some npc beats shit out of your character
