BioWare Unveils Mass Effect Trilogy

[Johnson McGee]

Does this mean I can finally play ME3 without breaking my Origin / EA DLC boycott?

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Yay! Finally, PS3 players will get to play Mass Effect 2 and 3 the way they were meant to be played. And I'll finally be able to get my trophies for Mass Effect on the PS3. I have always hoped this day would come. The only game franchise where I will own two of every game.
Um...you WILL be able to transfer your save file from the PS3's Mass Effect over to your old copy of Mass Effect 2, right? Because that comic doesn't do it justice.

 

[The_Waspman]

As someone who only has a PS3 for playing games, not only am I overjoyed that I will finally be able to play Mass Effect 1, but totally surprised that I will be able to play it on my system.

Not sure yet whether I'll spring for the whole package or just download the first game (I guess the UK price and extra content thing will determine that. And trade in values for 2 & 3) but just the thought that I'll be able to experience the whole trilogy (and hopefully be able to carry one character through the whole thing) is enough to make me break my 'only five games this year' rule.

Captcha: patience, child. My god have you got it right there Captcha.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

So they dumbed down ME1 so all the ME 2/3 fans can play it right?

Go back and replay ME1. You'll see that it was already plenty "dumbed down". At least ME2 and ME3 had more gray areas for deciding what the better choice was, rather than "blatantly Paragon" and "blatantly Renegade".

Well bioware has not been able to do anything more than a coule routes for a decade. Shooter aspect of ME 2/3 is a tiny bit more polished but the Mako made the game for me the crap they put in ME 2/3 to replace it sucks, I also do not care for the new equipment and crap.

I almost long for the days of KOTOR at least the gameplay was deeper than dragon age. ><

 

[Olas]

Should have waited, should have waited, should have waited.

Is ME3 still going to be coming out on the WiiU then? Because now it seems even more pointless.

 

[Tumedus]

I also saw a photo in another topic showing what appears to be an HD screenshot from the original game, sans the film grain that was present in the original release. I guess EA's trying to make this re-release more worthwhile for the CoD crowd, but that grain was a deliberate choice in the game as evidenced by the making-of materials for it. Not sure if I agree with removing a game's style just to fit in with the latter entries.

Fwiw, you were always able to remove the film grain in the original game. They are likely just showing screenshots w/ it turned off so it looks better for advertising purposes.

 

[teh_Canape]

Let me clear my throat, ahem-

Suck it brother!!!

I knew at some point they will release a triliogy box especially for the PC but my brother was like "Just buy the individual games already!".
I can assume the the pc version will be in good/ decent quality and not a direct port like Dark Souls: Prepared to Die edition!

well, Mass Effect 2 and 3 are indeed a pretty low port in comparison to the first one
but then again, they hired a third party company (Demiurge) to port the original one, and 2 and 3 were ported in-house

 

[MrHide-Patten]

From a dirty PS3 console player is ME1 really gods gift to man in comparison to 2 and 3, or is this just a massive troll that everyone's in on?

 

[Kotaro]

I already own all of them, so... yeah.
But if the PC version doesn't require Origin, I might buy this just so I can run ME3 without needing to install Origin on my computer.

 

[endplanets]

Insert generic statement of ending being bad.

Man, if I still didn't have all games I would totally get this. If a person doesn't have any of the ME games this is a great deal.

I wonder if on November 7th we get some kind of special event in the ME3 multiplayer.

 

[Imthatguy]

Would somebody please explain to me how Mass Effect is a good story? Villains are various and never well developed, the main character is completely wooden no matter what path you choose, and (speaking of choosing paths) the whole game is basically an invisible hallway simulator. It's a space game where there is no space gameplay. You are captain of a point and click ship. It was no different than the Kings quest games. Move something around and click on anything that lights up.

Terrible series. I had high expectations for it and it delivered on none of them.

I've only played 2 so I might be jumping to conclusions but I agree here the Dialogue options where usually just different ways of doing the same thing and the inventory... or lack thereof sucked.

Anyway... does this included the DLC or not?

 

[1nfinite_Cros5]

Does this mean I can finally play ME3 without breaking my Origin / EA DLC boycott?

I hope to God that they don't make Mass Effect 3 Origin-required. I've held off getting Origin for this long. If EA and Bioware don't make it mandatory for an Origin install on PC, I can assure them that they will sell more copies.

Fingers crossed.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

For a moment, I almost had a heart attack from the possibilities of a Mass Effect 4.

Thank you, BioWare. You may have half-assed the ME3 ending, but this is fricken amazing. Thank you.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

1) Will it include the DLC?

2) Does it require Origin?

 

[Andy Chalk]

Any information on what these "in game events" are? Are we talking everyone gets some free equipment packs for the multiplayer or is there going to be a special mission or something wedged into the campaign for a week or something?

No idea whatsoever. All the info BioWare released, I passed on. I would assume it's some kind of single-day multiplayer "special op," maybe with bonus drops or something. You know how BioWare is with trickling out information...

(Actually, you may not know. They dole it out infuriatingly slowly, little bits at a time.)

 

[Artemicion]

I've already got all three games, but I'm incredibly pleased to hear that ME1 (which is in my opinion the best) is at last coming to PS3 gamers.

 

[piinyouri]

Mass Effect 1..on PS3.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I won't buy ME3 till it's released Origin free and considering I own the other two, this trilogy is no use for me.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Why does generic Shepard look like the dirty cop who gets his face blow off by Bruce Willis in the first 20 minutes of the movie? Your a big god dam hero, Shepard, look like one! Anywho, still don't own 3 yet. Still waiting for something to come of Origin.

 

[Vanitas likes Bubbles]

Well I already own all three + all DLC. I even bought 2 copies of 2 & 3. This does nothing for me. I'll tell my friends who haven't played the series to buy it or something due to it being a fantastic series