>ITT we pretend that this is 2007 and you're hearing this for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xblM1zPBWDg
>>345280526
![screen%20shot%202015-07-30%20at%202.31.57%20pm[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/EGhm2nS.png "screen%20shot%202015-07-30%20at%202.31.57%20pm[1].png")
>>345280487
>2007 was 16 years ago
>>345280716
Wrex.
I still remember when ME1 came out and really liking it and playing/discussing it alongside a vidya forum I frequented at the time. Life was a little crazy but I was younger and it seemed like a great time for games.
No, fuck you and your shit OP, it hurts too much.
>>345280487
>wow this looks like a promising new triology
>so all of my decisions are going to matter?
>let's hope they don't change these games into a typical corridor shooter if it gets popular simply to attract the casuals
Remember when videogames were about videogames and not transgenderqueerequality.
Forgot the song OP ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeBoTQ4Sjmo
>>345282024
>let's also hope that the combat doesn't suck my grandpa's dick
>>345282214
Why cant all those people go away? what's the use of ruining videogames? shit was bad enough with everyone trying to get the COD audience, we were getting out of that vicious circle when this shit happens
>>345282024
It's Bioware. They'd never do shit like that.
>>345283074
I bet you play Overwatch you fucking faggot. Get the fuck out of this RPG thread
>>345283124
there is no real reason. they just want you to suffer
>>345281393
Is the Mass Effect series really that old? Damn...
>>345283227
This hurts.
>>345280825
>A Dyson Sphere
That's like my favorite fictional invention. I hope we get to visit the individual paneks and all of them are different
ME
>Wow this is such a great game, with well written characters, a decent story and great gameplay, I can't wait for the sequel
ME2
>While not quite as good as the first, it's still good. The new characters are a little flat but the old guard are still well written, and while the story is somewhat rushed it comes to a resaonable conclusion. Gameplay has changed, but it's not a step up or down, just different
ME3
>Pic related
>>345283285
The bastads.
>>345283449
The citadel isn't even remotely a Dyson sphere.
>>345283227
Fuck man this is a punch right in the gut considering what happened to the series.
>>345284117
Not to mention what happened to Bioware as a whole. They were legit one of the best western RPG developers not 10 years ago. Then look at ME3, TOR and that Dragon Age shitpile of a series.
Jesus fuck.
I was in college when I played it. Of all things, it was a fan video made to "Teardrop" that convinced me that I needed the game to be part of my life
>went in knowing literally nothing about it
>a completely new and unique Sci-fi world
>retro aesthetics with soft, somewhat goofy looking but endearing armor
>random bits of absolutely horrific imagery to stir things up
>actually managed to get lost in the citadel for a bit
The game kind of changed my approach to Sci-fi entirely. It didn't all have to be deep space explosions, fighters, and drop ships. Sometimes it could just be serene and lonely.
God damn what a great game. Shame about 3 and the generic cowadoody grayness everywhere
I agree with the other anon that 2 wasn't really bad, just way different.
>>345283124
You enabled them.
>>345284837
This. All the fucking spergs who sent them death threats just lengthened this by another 5 years. Fuck. I just want to play video games
>>345285264
>death threats
>>345282024
>>345283227
>>345284117
>>345284334
What's wrong with Mass Effect 3? I thought it was fun.
>>345280487
>I WILL DESTROY YOU
There are people that actually like ME1's janky combat and glacial travel speed?
>>345285503
Ugly textures, sprites, citadel reduced to 4 hallways, complete removal of exploration, boring and repeatitive music, retarded plot, and Clint slapping his dick on a keyboard every 5 minutes.
The only thing ME3 had going for it was the horde knock-off. It had more thought and variety put in to it than the entirety of the campaign.
>>345285742
>juggling niggas for days as a biotic
>Soldiers ignoring damage
>Infiltrator could just walk wherever the fuck they want, when they want.
The only slow part of 1 was the elevator rides.
>>345286212
The general walking speed was slow as fuck and nearly made the game unplayable.
>>345286316
Sonic confirmed GOAT
>>345281412
Shepard.
>>345286212
>Soldiers ignoring damage
I don't remember this but the biotic juggling was my favorite thing and a big reason why I liked 1 more.
>>345286316
And you had sprinting, fast travel, and the mako to speed things along. Or was the 30 second walk from one end of Noveria's lobby to the other too grueling for the modern gamer?
>>345286560
IMMUNITY, NIGGA
>>345286460
Wrex
>>345281393
>that's not right it's only been nine yea-
>2007 was nine years ago
I'm getting old.
>>345286212
>forgetting enemies that JUMP AROUND THE FUCKING WALLS FUCK
The sequels could have been so much better had they kept the geth hoppers
>>345284089
neither is that, unless they magically massively compressed the sun
>>345286609
Sprinting only lasted ~5 seconds and could only be used while enemies are around. I'm specifically referring to the general walking speed. You know, the same slow snail pace that made the Citadel and nearly every sidequest a pain in the ass?
>>345286648
Shepard.MY FRIEND.
>>345286316
You walk like .1 percent faster in 2 what are you talking about?
>>345281393
What?
>>345285503
2 and 3 were good games, no doubt, but they burned everything that made 1 remotely unique (story, worldbuilding, characters, tone, etc.) in order to facilitate a slicker, prettier shooter with more badass shenanigans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqO1ViYFa4s
>thermal clips
>>345286920
I disagree with ME3 being pretty at all.
The first thought I had while playing the intro was how ugly everything suddenly was.
>>345281393
Hello time traveler.
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>>345284379
This really stirred up my feelings for the game. Just the menu music brings me back, so optimistic and lonely at the same time
>>345287062
>Garrus always turns into the fucking Punisher regardless of what you did in the first game
Is the first Mass Effect a shooter RPG done right?
>>345287441
Does it matter?
In seriousness, I guess I'd say yes. Though the shooting elements are rather terrible from a pure fps/3ps viewpoint, I didn't mind it at the time. It fits with the game
>>345287441
No. The shooting is awful.
>>345281320
He did nothing wrong
>>345285503
Well the intro is fucking stupid and shits on the arrival dlc and ending of 2.
Everything revolving around the child is fucking stupid and shits on everything it means to have a player made RPG character.
Weapon balancing is compete ass. Even more so if you count the game breaking DLC weapons.
They 2 plot critical characters are restricted to DLC, one of which came on the disc.
TIM is reduced to a babbling retard.
Literally copy pasted the Genophage arc for the Geth arc.
EMS is a fucking retarded mechanic and reduces moral choices to a literal numbers game.
Kai Leng is the stupidest character ever written in any form of media ever.
Bioware spent an entire fucking game building up Harbinger and then did nothing with him.
Everything revolving around the reapers and their plan makes no sense which leads into:
everything revolving around Earth and the ending is the stupidest shit ever put in a video game. 99 cent steam games made by 12 year olds have more thought put into them than this ending.
At least the multiplayer was serviceable.
>>345288076
Agreed on pretty much everything. Was your problem with the intro that Shepard made a great sacrifice in Arrival to stall the reapers from blindsiding the galaxy only to have the reapers blindside everyone anyway?
>>345288275
While that is completely true, and another reason the intro is fucking retarded, I was more referring to the fact Arrival sets up a trial were presumably you'd have to defend yourself against the pissed barbarians.
Instead you're just kind of put under house arrest without trial, and the alliance doesn't even bother to pump you for information until literal seconds before the Reapers attack earth. Also the Batarians are reduced to a complete nonentity offscreen. That's cool. Not like we had 2 dlcs and rather large cast of side characters setting up the batarians as this huge threat against the alliance. We'll just throw that plot thread out the window.
>>345281393
>2016 was seven years ago
he never did build that wall
>>345288738
>barbarians
thanks autocorrect.
>>345287067
>I disagree with ME3 being pretty at all.
I always thought they did a good job with the engine, at least. Everything looks pretty nice even running on a toaster.
>>345286754
>neither is that
No, that's pretty much a dyson sphere. You know, by virtue of actually being a fucking sphere, you colossal faggot.
>>345288076
>SHEPARD CAN'T YOU SEE, I NEEEEEEED THE CRUCIBLE FOR MUH CONTROL
>Okay, why don't you just help us get the crucible to the citadel then?
>WELL YOU SEE IT'S BECAUSE I'M EEEEEEEEEEEEVIL
SecuROM spies on your porn collection, deletes your hard drive, murders your parents, rapes your butthole.
Don't buy this game because it has SecuROM!
>>345289346
>Can't you see, we had to create the reapers to harvest organics!
>Well then why do you just genocide entire races like the Quarians?
>UHHH UHHH, CHECK OUT THIS ENDINGTRON 9000 I MADE
I didn't even realize they threw in lovecraftian telepathic squids into the 3rd game, like a whole rewrite of the entire canon from a fucking dlc which I didn't know existed.
Thanks bioware!
>>345289781
>Woah a free Geth dreadnought. Maybe we can reverse engineer this thing, or maybe use the shit itself in that massive intergalactic war that's currently going all.
>HEY EVERYONE, THIS SHIP ISN't A THREAT ANYMORE, BETTER SHOOT IT TO SHIT. NOT LIKE THERE'S 50000 OTHER SHIPS CURRENTLY SHOOTING AT US. WE NEED TO BLOW UP THIS BENIGN HUNK OF METAL BECAUSE I LIKE EXPLOSIONS. I'M TOTALLY AN ADMIRAL I SWEAR.
>>345290327
>>345290374
Oh yeah I forgot about that one.
>Hey guy's turns out if we put these orbs near the Reapers these squids will mindjack them and have them kill other Reapers and then themselves. All we literally have to do for this war to be over is put one of these orbs on every colony.
>Wow Shepard that's a great idea, but I don't really trust these space squids, I think I'd rather take my chances throwing rocks at the fucking machine gods and using a random unfinished, untested, piece of ancient alien tech that we have no fucking idea what it does..
>>345290374
At least you can punch him and throw him off the ship. I wound up letting the Quarians get themselves killed even though I had the option for peace.
>>345288764
Because the Great Minefield of Hyde was cheaper and got the job done.
>>345280716
I gladly killed this meathead to keep Mordin around.
>>345284089
>>345283449
Like that shit has amazing tri turbine suction power to eliminate dust and allergy-inducing particulates from your home.
>>345290929
My favorite one that no one mentions is how the Reapers leave the Earth relay open. Like, they took the fucking Citadel, the war is over. Shutdown all the relays and pick everyone off at your leisure. Bioware established this as their modus operandi in the first game, but they don't do it. For no reason. You don't need to be a hive mind to figure this shit out.
>>345291475
That's a good one too.
>Aright guys, the Reapers have taken the Citadel and turned Earth into a massive fortress. All the collective greatest military minds the galaxy have come up with this ultimate solution: Fly at the machine gods in a straight line, throw a bunch of rocks, hope we don't all die.
>Well why don't we just use the Conduit? That secret relay the Reapers don't know about? You know, the one that teleports you like half a mile from were we need to go?
>Shut the fuck up Shepard, no one played Mass Effect 1.
>>345280487
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcrDWAuyqtc
>yfw
>>345291975
Some one needs to edit this guy into some Mass Effect armor.
>>345291975
For all we know the Conduit was rendered non-functional after Sovereign's attack.
>>345280939
I have this personal fan theory that husks were going to be the original look of the Protheans. Basically implying that humans were their ancestral children. It also make sense given the "Human reaper" I think they changed this though because Halo's story did the same tried cliche fairly close to the release of ME1.
>>345281320
best villian
As a huge fan of the first game, I can safely say:
Get it cheap, and play Technomancer.
>>345292748
Saren was awful when first introduced and only rose to mediocre when the game was pretty much over.
>>345292673
That's the point. We don't know, and no one fucking brings it up. It's just this big gaping plot hole that leads into the never ending rabbit hole that is 3's ending.
>>345292708
They're not far off from the original tentacle-beard Prothean statues on Ilos and in the visions. They did meddle with the evolution of most if not all of the major races, so you're not far off there. I couldn't properly justify the human reaper though, that shit was too dumb for me.
TIM starts out as enigmatic and interesting with understandable goals.
Ends up crazy person because he bad dude now.
Every big problem in the galaxy is solved in a few days. One errand boy needs to run around fixing them all so people will donate to a big machine that will ensure they aren't killed.
No one just sends help willingly to save their own hides because genophage.
>>345288076
>Kai Leng is the stupidest character ever written in any form of media ever.
I still can't decide between the cereal thing and the email in terms of which is actually worse.
>>345293184
>TIM starts out as enigmatic and interesting with understandable goals.
>Ends up crazy person because he bad dude now.
That happened in ME2, not ME3.
>>345293184
>"We'll all die if you don't help us build this magic problem fixing machine we just found out about."
>"No way are we doing that unless you help us cure this disease that's killing us."
>"Or stop this war that's killing us."
>"Or find us a new home that the lack of is killing us."
>"Why not help me eliminate the thing that will kill you all anyway and then we can get on to your individual problems?"
>"No!"
>"Alright, well fuck you guys I'm gonna go fuck the many star whores I own before we're all slaughtered. See if I give a fuck."
>>345288076
>They 2 plot critical characters are restricted to DLC, one of which came on the disc.
IT WAS LITERALLY A LINE OF CODE
THEY CHANGED A FUCKING LINE OF CODE
I KNOW ONE OF YOU FAGGOTS HAS THE SCREENSHOT
>>345293402
I remember it got a lot worse in 3. How did it happen in 2, exactly? Thought it ended with him studying plans of the Collector station that you got for him during that last mission.
>>345293556
Knowingly leading Shepherd into a trap was so fucking stupid and shortsighted that I wanted to drop everything with the Collectors and fuck up Cerberus' shit.
>>345293754
The best part is he does it twice. And both times the Collectors could have turned Shepard into Atoms, but don't because they have the intelligence of Power Ranger villains.
>>345294025
He pulls this shit twice? And the fanbase used to consider him a great character?
Fucking awful.
>>345293754
To be fair, I think he saw those plans as being much more useful than one soldier, even an effective one like Shepard.
First that "help other anons find games that they don't remember the names of" thread now this? Fuck I'm getting way too synched to the /v/ hive mind.
Anyway, I decided tonight to give the trilogy another playthrough from the very beginning. I did vanguard all the way through the first time i played, going sentinel this time. What am i in for?
>>345294510
>Waste a fortune to resurrect shepard through the power of plotholes
>Knowingly gamble his/her life by sending him into a death trap anyways
>>345296017
Worth it for the ridiculously powerful tech he could bring back from the Collector base that can give your clandestine operation the edge it needs to achieve all its goals?
>>345286920
>3
>good
absolute shit taste
>>345287441
Nah, its a good RPG and a crummy shooter.
>>345283497
Honestly I thought ME2 characters were much better written, lots more personality
>>345296368
He already had a dead Reaper and all he did was sit around smoking weed while staring at a blue supergiant.
>>345296625
They were very stiff in ME1, but I didnt feel like the characters were that much better in ME2. The only traits the old characters got were becoming more edgy or other equally eye rolling shit like tali suddenly having a crush on shepard now that she happens to not be what we consider underage anymore.
>>345296625
They're certainly more in-depth. ME1 characters were incredibly one-note, particularly Tali and Kaidan who were basically codex entries for their particular quirk.
There's a much greater focus on the characters in ME2 but some of them are incredible twats and almost all of them have daddy issues. It's a trade off.
>>345296908
Again, to be fair, that sounds sweet.
But he likely couldn't properly analyze it what with the going crazy when you're near it thing.
>>345296989
>>345297103
>>345291975
>Shut the fuck up Shepard, no one played Mass Effect 1
I laughed.
>>345291975
I could swear it breaks at the end of ME1
Why exactly do people like ME3 multiplayer?
>Boring wave based gameplay
>Random boxes
The only thing it had going for it was finally being not Shepard
>>345297906
Because the actual gameplay in ME3 was a step up from 2, and in multiplayer there isnt any shitty story hindering it
>>345297906
Random boxes?
>>345297776
I wouldn't be surprised if the Council intentionally destroyed Vigil and the Conduit.
>>345297103
>almost all of them have daddy issues
Not this meme again.
>>345298014
In 2 they say that Vigil corroded beyond use by the time they tried to follow up. Can't recall any mention of the Conduit and I played the series many times.
>>345297987
>in multiplayer there isnt any shitty story hindering it
Exactly this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3JEnymeAI
The chills. THE FUCKING CHILLS. Most of the time spend in character creation is chilling to this.
>>345297987
It was barely a step up from Gears of War and instead of having a shitty story it had boring as fuck maps with the same waves over and over again.
>>345297994
IIRC you used credits to by boxes filled with random unlocks so say you wanted to play as a Salarian there was a chance you got a Human and some ammo
>>345280487
The issue with first details was dedicated to mgs4. It didn't matter what bioware had up its sleeve. The most anticipated game of the next year had a full cover story.
>>345280487
Why did it have to end the way it did? I loved Mass Effect, despite its problems.In fact, it's one of only a handful of games that struck me from the moment the main menu appeared, due in no small part, I'm sure, to the title track.
I vividly remember my abject disappointment upon playing Mass Effect 2, at the same time telling myself that its sequel will be better.I lied to myself.That said, of all the shit in Mass Effect 3 that went wrong, the two scenes featuring Vigil - namely Mordin's death and saying goodbye to your crew - were at least decent.
>>345298232
Boxes were a little annoying but easy to come by without paying any money.
ME3 MP was fucking amazing. There was a shit ton of maps and characters/playstyles that were constantly being put out long after the game's release for free. Fun as hell horde mode done right.
>>345298336
>Why did it have to end the way it did?
Because EA.
>>345298486
I remember using some glitch on the 360 to farm credits, never got caught and unlocked everything I wanted in no time. Geth were my favorite.
>>345298701
I love the Salarians, infiltrator especially. That cloat + shield drain combo.
>>345298486
My problem is that the unlocks were random and I guess people like horde mode but I just don't. Killing waves of endless enemies just isn't fun to me
>>345298986
>i found it boring so it was objectively bad
Forgot this was /v/, that's on me.
>>345299190
I don't think the gameplay is what makes it objectively bad, I think it's the way unlocks are handled
>>345285742
ME1 is the only decent ME. The others are just mediocre third person shooters with a bad story and characters.
>>345286316
So F Zero GX is the most playable game of all time?
>>345299462
Get a load of this homophobic dick.
>tfw you will never see any of them again in andromeda
>tfw they will all be long dead and something that only grandparents tell their grandchildren to as stories of the long distant past to make them go to bed
>tfw you will never see them again
I want to fuck Garrus
>>345299462
ME2 is at least as good as if not better than the first game.
>>345299679
Are you actually going to play andromeda? Gross.
>>345299657
But F-Zero GX is the most playable game of all time.
>>345299817
No it isnt.
See? I can pretend my opinions are facts, too.
>>345299902
>me1 is the only good mass effect
>i disagree
>HAHA WHOA I CAN PRETEND MY OPINIONS ARE FACTS TOO LOLLL
simply epic my man
>>345299902
I could tell that from your first post.
