Mass Effect 3

[A Happy Medium]

Has anyone else checked out the official site for Mass Effect 3? There's some pretty cool stuff in there.

http://masseffect.bioware.com/me3/home/

 

[vivisectvi]

Mass Effect 3 Debut Trailer [HD]

Mass Effect 3: Fall of Earth

Mass Effect 3 - E3 2011: Gameplay Demo

Mass Effect 3 Comic-Con 2011 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Mass Effect 3 - Squad Leader Gameplay [TRAILER]

 

[vivisectvi]

Got mine on pre-order.

 

[A Happy Medium]

According to some gameplay footage, there will fighting against indoctrinated Cerberus troops. I'd love to speculate on what that actually means.

Cerberus runs in small cells. There were a lot of people to shoot in the footage. Does this mean that the Illusive Man is indoctrinated himself?

 

[muzzington]

FemShep is now a redhead. Also looks like a crazy killah.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

That's hot.

 

[Edwin]

Way better design than any of the ones I've come up with, and a boost over the old design. I'll take it. Maybe not with that red hair, but solid otherwise.

I've managed to avoid almost all the pre-release stuff for this game so far, and am hoping to go in just about totally unspoiled. Might start playing through the previous two games again soon...

 

[LPM]

My evil FemShep is a redhead too. Their version is better, well done Bioware.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

The few pics I've seen have the omni-tool formed into some kind of stabbing weapon. Hoooly fuck I hope we'll be able to stab-hook Husks then blast them with a heavy pistol, or hack off limbs or stab Geth and scramble their circuitry like the Robert Cop spike.

 

[A Happy Medium]

I'm can't wait to T-1000 some Husks. I started an ME1 game and now I just got off the Collector Ship in ME2. I was able to resist Morinth's charms.

 

[A Happy Medium]

 

[KingPK]

Just pre-ordered the Collector's Edition on Amazon. First time I've ever sprung for one of those.

 

[KingPK]

So it looks like there will be multiplayer in this, but it will be completely separate from the main story. I'm ok with that; it'll be cool to have something a little extra to try.

 

[A Happy Medium]

It seems like it will be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, BioWare has some overzealous fans. On their board, they have fifty pages of bitching posted.

 

[Edwin]

It seems like it will be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, BioWare has some overzealous fans. On their board, they have fifty pages of bitching posted.

Up to 96 now.

I think it sounds awesome, and brilliantly done so that it's just a totally separate feature from the single player. Now that he doesn't have to be hush-hush about it anymore, my buddy who works at the Montreal studio says it's pretty much the coolest game thing he's ever worked on. Psyyyyyched.

 

[A Happy Medium]

When I heard that you could pick a race and class, part of me yearned for an elcor vanguard.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

When I heard that you could pick a race and class, part of me yearned for an elcor vanguard.

Hanar soldier is what I want.

 

[Vitamin X]

When I heard that you could pick a race and class, part of me yearned for an elcor vanguard.

Merciless fury. I will kill you.

 

[Edwin]

Bloodthirsty anxiety. Enemies everywhere.

 

[A Happy Medium]

Profound excitement. It's a Prothean artifact.

 

[A Happy Medium]

When I heard that you could pick a race and class, part of me yearned for an elcor vanguard.

Hanar soldier is what I want.

This one is here to extinguish those who extinguished the Enkindlers.

 

[muzzington]

Intoxicated defiance. Say hello to my little friend.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

I want to roll up a red sand-using Volus Adept like the one you encounter in ME2

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Actually, Elcor vanguard would be so worth it for the romance subplot.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

Actually, Elcor vanguard would be so worth it for the romance subplot.

"Extreme arousal... Oooohh baby right there, yeah."

So from what I understand, the multiplayer function is you and some teammates doing some separate missions to take control of areas, which will somehow reflect on the single player game in some way, including providing an alternate way to beat the single player campaign somehow. To quote IGN, "This 'alternative method' appears to be called "Mass Effect 3: Galaxy At War," a new system that will allow gamers to alter a Galactic Readiness level that gauges the player's level of preparation for the game's final battle. Priestly wrote that "players can impact their game's Galactic Readiness level in multiple ways via the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, including multiplayer. Other platforms and interfaces will be announced in the coming months." "

As someone who doesn't play a lot of multiplayer, I hope it doesn't have too big an effect on the single player campaign. However, if someone wants to run through the multiplayer missions send me a message. I call the soldier class, race to be determined. A salarian soldier might have some comedic value. Or I'll just go Krogan and run everything over.

 

[A Happy Medium]

I like the idea of a Krogan engineer taking cover and throwing out combat drones while a Salarian holds the line.

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

I like the idea of a Krogan engineer taking cover and throwing out combat drones while a Salarian holds the line.

Captain Kirahee would be proud of that image.

 

[Edwin]

Actually, Elcor vanguard would be so worth it for the romance subplot.

"Extreme arousal... Oooohh baby right there, yeah."

So from what I understand, the multiplayer function is you and some teammates doing some separate missions to take control of areas, which will somehow reflect on the single player game in some way, including providing an alternate way to beat the single player campaign somehow. To quote IGN, "This 'alternative method' appears to be called "Mass Effect 3: Galaxy At War," a new system that will allow gamers to alter a Galactic Readiness level that gauges the player's level of preparation for the game's final battle. Priestly wrote that "players can impact their game's Galactic Readiness level in multiple ways via the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, including multiplayer. Other platforms and interfaces will be announced in the coming months." "

As someone who doesn't play a lot of multiplayer, I hope it doesn't have too big an effect on the single player campaign. However, if someone wants to run through the multiplayer missions send me a message. I call the soldier class, race to be determined. A salarian soldier might have some comedic value. Or I'll just go Krogan and run everything over.

INSIDE SCOOPZ (nothing major, but don't worry about the single player)

Minimal effect on the single player. You can ignore co-op entirely and still get the same results--it's just an alternate means of doing things. A lot of the co-op will resemble the Gears of War horde mode, with waves of enemies. Krogan, Salarian, Asari, Turian, and Drell are definitely good to go with others possible. Being the most humanoid-shaped of races, they're easiest to set up as a player character. Other goofier-shaped races present some camera issues, and not all had been modeled/tested in combat. Co-op probably won't go gold until December or January, so there's still time to add more features and test/fix bugs.

 

[A Happy Medium]

I wish there was an option in dialogue where you can ask a Drell about the best crap they had ever taken.

 

[Vitamin X]

Actually, Elcor vanguard would be so worth it for the romance subplot.

"Extreme arousal... Oooohh baby right there, yeah."

So from what I understand, the multiplayer function is you and some teammates doing some separate missions to take control of areas, which will somehow reflect on the single player game in some way, including providing an alternate way to beat the single player campaign somehow. To quote IGN, "This 'alternative method' appears to be called "Mass Effect 3: Galaxy At War," a new system that will allow gamers to alter a Galactic Readiness level that gauges the player's level of preparation for the game's final battle. Priestly wrote that "players can impact their game's Galactic Readiness level in multiple ways via the Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War system, including multiplayer. Other platforms and interfaces will be announced in the coming months." "

As someone who doesn't play a lot of multiplayer, I hope it doesn't have too big an effect on the single player campaign. However, if someone wants to run through the multiplayer missions send me a message. I call the soldier class, race to be determined. A salarian soldier might have some comedic value. Or I'll just go Krogan and run everything over.

INSIDE SCOOPZ (nothing major, but don't worry about the single player)

Minimal effect on the single player. You can ignore co-op entirely and still get the same results--it's just an alternate means of doing things. A lot of the co-op will resemble the Gears of War horde mode, with waves of enemies. Krogan, Salarian, Asari, Turian, and Drell are definitely good to go with others possible. Being the most humanoid-shaped of races, they're easiest to set up as a player character. Other goofier-shaped races present some camera issues, and not all had been modeled/tested in combat. Co-op probably won't go gold until December or January, so there's still time to add more features and test/fix bugs.

What about quarian? I'd imagine that'd be pretty easy,too.