Critical Miss: Mass Effect 3

[ryo02]

did that plant fart at her?

 

[Toeys]

Eh, i just edited my saves and added 555555 of each mineral, i didn`t think that they could manage to make something even worse than mako, but planet scanning proved me wrong.

This!

I fell asleep twice while doing it. im just too dumb to figure out editing save files

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Looks like the puns have become systemic to this thread.

That must come as a re-leaf to yew. But we shouldn't pre-seed this comic with our plant puns; that wood be a waste of thyme.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

I didn't even mind scanning for minerals.
*looks around sheepishly*

I didn't either, but I did like the Mako more.

 

[icyneesan]

So help me god if I read another tree pun I'm going to leaf this forum forever...

 

[Mikeyfell]

This comic has no basis in reality right?
Because with all the EA meddling in ME3 I wouldn't doubt that this is real.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Does anyone have a link to that comic where Shepard keeps mining planets and destroys the eco systems while doing it? I love that one and seems relevant to this.

 

[McMullen]

That would be pretty amusing, collect minerals and upgrades by watering a plant.

You just got me hoping for a cameo by Crazy Dave in ME3.

And for some reason I just imagined Crazy Dave as TIM.

"Why did I bring you back to life? 'Cause I'm CRRRRAAAAAAAAAZYYYYYYY!"

 

[OceanRunner]

I found collecting minerals (especially Element Zero) to be strangely satisfying. I quickly got bored though, of course.

 

[mogar123]

I thought EDI's reaction from when you probed Uranus was pretty funny.

 

[Gindil]

Eh, i just edited my saves and added 555555 of each mineral, i didn`t think that they could manage to make something even worse than mako, but planet scanning proved me wrong.

If EVE Online taught me anything, it's that humans are masochists at heart.

 

[leviadragon99]

Yeah... with any luck bioware will get the hint about the grindyness this time round...

 

[Alar]

Garrus would help you grow more of them, but he's busy with some calibrations.

 

[PerfectDeath]

Newly leeked information just in!

The XBox version of Mass effect will require Kinect to be running in order to verify your observation, blinking will be penalized!

The PS3 version (whenever it comes out) will require the Playstation Eye to be running in order to verify eyes; pictures and animals will work as substitutes.

The PC version will require a webcam to be running in order to verify eyes; pictures and animals will work as substitutes. But we all know other more convenient ways to bypass it anyway.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

The realistic version of this would be: Go get X and kill lots of random dudes on the way. Repeat.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

So it's like the Zen Garden minigame in Plants vs. Zombies? I approve!

Except those plants are cartoonishly funny and give you money. ...still beats the hell out of scanning for minerals from orbit.

 

[FallenRainbows]

This topic seems to have a serious...

puntunia problem!

YEEEAAAAAH [http://people.rit.edu/~bss6378/instantCSI/]

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

As much as I rag on ME2 the mineral thing didn't annoy me as much as it did everyone else. Maybe I'm all OCD but I found it kind of enjoyable to systematically strip a plant of all of its mineral wealth. I just with I knew Miranda's upgrade made my radar move twice as fast in scan mode before 3/4 of the way into the game.

Still there is no mining/gathering minigame that compares to Star Control 2.

 

[UnknownGunslinger]

She's staring into our soul~

Ye, I don't mind you having to gather resources to upgrade ship and equipment, but there must be something better to do then literally harvesting entire galaxies to upgrade Garrus' Calibration Cannon...

True that, I think I would much rather prefer an merchantile trading mini games or shady blackmarket deals incorporated into the gameplay as a more realistic alternative for gathering required resource than playing space miner. In general I didnt find the resource part of ME II that anoying seeing how you can aquire all the resources you'll ever need for the entire game if you spend the first half hour mining like mad - but it's boring as hell and highly implausibe at that!