EA Hints that a Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster Could Be Coming Soon, Because "People Want It"
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I'd just like it if the games all play the same. ME1's gameplay was vastly different from 3's, and to be honest, I preferred the "shooter with RPG elements" side of the equation, as opposed to the "RPG with shooter elements" path.
I'd totally buy it again.
I'd totally buy it again.
But its on the PS3 and my PS3 only has 75 GB HardriveMeiam said:
Now I wait for a PC or PS4 version (preferreably a PS4 version)
Because I gave up on this overly negative view of the gaming industry ever since I raged at Resident Evil 6. Something happened that made me not care anymore. Its why I was not so negative at Konami's controversy, its why I am not pissed at the whole Nintendo copyright controversies.Metalix Knightmare said:
Remaster?
Fine.
Fix... the... damn... ending...it... SUCKS!!!!
But I'd still probably buy it if the trilogy was remastered to the higher resolution and levels our platforms of choice can attain.
But fix the ending, please? It's just.... so bad (sighs depressed)
Fine.
Fix... the... damn... ending...it... SUCKS!!!!
But I'd still probably buy it if the trilogy was remastered to the higher resolution and levels our platforms of choice can attain.
But fix the ending, please? It's just.... so bad (sighs depressed)
And you honestly think that, for example, Valve is not collecting that same level of information? Indeed the more you buy from them, the more info they have.Katherine Kerensky said:
Valve are not the consumer champions people think they are. Just like EA they want profit and they'll use you to get it.
Yeah, but the difference is that I have over three hundred games on Steam, and a pretty profile.votemarvel said:
I'm not going to get the additional cancer that is Origin just for one game that upset a lot of people with an apparently crappy ending.
I have 207 games on Steam, including the first two Mass Effect games.
Yet you know what, I wanted to play Mass Effect 3 and so I bought it. The only difference is that EA got all my money instead of Valve taking a 30% cut of it.
Valve are not some consumer champion, they are a business dedicated to earning money. People complain about Microsoft building a walled PC garden with Windows 10 but happily brick themselves into Valve's land.
Buy Mass Effect 3, you'll love it. Don't like the ending? Then download and use one of the many ending mods that exist. I favour John P's version A myself http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect3/mods/265/?.
Yet you know what, I wanted to play Mass Effect 3 and so I bought it. The only difference is that EA got all my money instead of Valve taking a 30% cut of it.
Valve are not some consumer champion, they are a business dedicated to earning money. People complain about Microsoft building a walled PC garden with Windows 10 but happily brick themselves into Valve's land.
Buy Mass Effect 3, you'll love it. Don't like the ending? Then download and use one of the many ending mods that exist. I favour John P's version A myself http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect3/mods/265/?.
Call me a consumerist sheep, call me a Biodrone, call me the cancer that's ruining this industry, I will buy a Remastered version of the Mass Effect trilogy, even with that stupid ending.
I got a notification from Valve to do a survey scan of my computer. It listed system specs and installed programs among other things that it would survey. I was able to decline the survey. I don't think Origin asks or allows users to decline these types of surveys.votemarvel said:
Origin also has a lingering image problem from when it launched connected to privacy concerns. Even if they had changed what info they would collect to be more limited(I think they did at some point), it may not help their image. It reminds me of all the stories where people still believe that the XBox 1 won't play used games.
The only part of that I disagree with is the "stupid ending" part. I found the original ending terrible. The EC ending? Tolerable, but underwhelming for sure.Burnouts3s3 said:
Mass Effect remastered trilogy?
Well, I did want to play through all 3 games in succession, especially given Andromeda coming closer. So this is something I'd be interested in.
What it mostly hinges on is whether it's available outside of Origin, I'm not a fan of it (Mostly because a large majority of my games are on Steam and I really can't be bothered with the hassle of other things such as Origin and Uplay). Also, since I use Steam more frequently, I'm more aware of when sales are on.
Well, I did want to play through all 3 games in succession, especially given Andromeda coming closer. So this is something I'd be interested in.
What it mostly hinges on is whether it's available outside of Origin, I'm not a fan of it (Mostly because a large majority of my games are on Steam and I really can't be bothered with the hassle of other things such as Origin and Uplay). Also, since I use Steam more frequently, I'm more aware of when sales are on.
It better come with the DLC installed - at the very least, squadmate DLC, Extended Cut, Shadow Broker & Citadel are a must. Otherwise not worth the time. Then again, I've played the trilogy so many times anyway, a remastered version holds little appeal for me.
Origin has actually gotten considerably better since it's initial release.
OT; I am somewhat ambivalent. ME2 still looks very good, even ME1 isn't that bad (the low res textures are noticeable, but they are not horrible). Unifying the control schemes might interest me in getting it. I would definitely consider it if they re-did the ending of the game from when you go back to Earth onwards. Otherwise, as a PC Gamer, I just don't see the attraction of a remastered trilogy.
OT; I am somewhat ambivalent. ME2 still looks very good, even ME1 isn't that bad (the low res textures are noticeable, but they are not horrible). Unifying the control schemes might interest me in getting it. I would definitely consider it if they re-did the ending of the game from when you go back to Earth onwards. Otherwise, as a PC Gamer, I just don't see the attraction of a remastered trilogy.
The only reason I'd want a remastered Mass Effect collection is to breath life back into the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. As much as it shocked me, the multiplayer was pretty darn fantastic. Now it's just completely dead.
If they were going to put more effort into it than I know they will, it'd be interesting to see a gameplay revamp for Mass Effect 1. I like the story in it, but the weak gameplay makes me want to avoid it every time I try to pick it up again.
If they were going to put more effort into it than I know they will, it'd be interesting to see a gameplay revamp for Mass Effect 1. I like the story in it, but the weak gameplay makes me want to avoid it every time I try to pick it up again.
I like this series but it feels like they just came out. At least give me some time to forget a little bit about them before releasing them again. Plus, now that I'm an adult and have *shudder* responsibilities *gag* I don't have enough time to play all of the new games I want let alone going back to something that's still not old by any stretch of the imagination.
I'd be most interested in the first game. I liked ME best when it was an RPG
I'd be most interested in the first game. I liked ME best when it was an RPG
Actually, I have declined those kinds of scans from Origin when I installed it. Everything worked fine.-Dragmire- said:
And the times they have asked me to take a survey, it was only one question: "On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely am I to recommend the service to my friends?" Hardly what I would call invasive questioning of personal information.
You don't want yet another user and marketplace installed? I completely understand it... but, just for the record, I think Origin is far better than other shit shows like UPlay or Battle.net; it also started a lot better than Steam did when it started (that service was unusable for several years).
Well, the first time I played ME1 I outright quit over the controls. I only played it eventually on PC on easy mode after I had played mass effect 2. One thing to take note of here is that I don't play mass effect for the gameplay (I do play other games, even shooters, for their gameplay) but for the story. The purpose of the gameplay is to keep me mildly amused for 25 hours and not get in the way of what really matters. That's why I don't play witcher. I'm not interested in learning the ropes of some complicated mediocre gameplay systems when that isn't even what I am there for anyway. In this regard, the gameplay of mass effect 2 and 3 is relatively simple and very standard. If you've played gears of war or some other third person shooter it'll instantly feel regocnisable. This may be unoriginal and dull but in that way I don't have to spend time learning the gameplay making sure the gameplay fulfills the 'don't get in the way' clause I mentioned earlier. Then I have a bunch of specific gripes with mass effect 1. None of them are the dice rolls. I hadn't explicitly realised those existed until now. The thing is, it's just awkward. All of it feels clumsy. First, the sway on the sniper rifles is far too much. I might as well just use accurate assault rifles. The running is weirdly fast. I can never get shepard to take cover in the way I want to. (this last one is particularly annoying as it is something I do at my most vulnarable moments) The abilities don't really visibly do much. The difficulty curve is a flat line, whereas my gear keeps getting better. And while these are some specific gripes there is the more intangible gripe that it just feels clumsy. Shepard never really does what I want him to do. The gameplay never really feels good. All my weapons always feel too weak. I can never rely on a mechanic to do precisely what I expect it to so I am forced to play conservatively. And then there was endlessly driving a car around empty planets finding nothing half of the time, and still finding too little to keep me engaged the other half of the time.votemarvel said:
And the thing is. The ME1 gameplay has it's charm. I remember endlessly driving around the maco and occasionally finding absolutely nothing of interest. Then at planet number 25 I search around and go looking at some signal. I see the signal emitter in some crater, drive into it, and boom, a bunch of Geth fall out of the sky around the crater and ambush me. It was cool, because I genuinely didn't see it coming which was because I didn't actually expect anything interesting to happen on patrol. That is what most of the mass effect 1 gameplay feels like to me. An occasional cool moment that could only come about in a system that is otherwise horribly clumsy and boring. It's even realistic that many planets harbour little of interest, besides some replacable resources but it is rather boring when I just spend 20 minutes driving around, marking resources, and only have some credits to show for it. So I hope that helps explain why some people aren't too impressed with ME1's gameplay.
On topic: so are you going to change the ending? No? Ah, well, I'm not as mad about it as some other people are. Still, ME3 could use a better ending, nudge, nudge, EA, nudge, nudge. Besides that, I hope they do something interesting with it. I never played the DLC and I am interested in the shadow broker and that prothean guy so if that is included I would be interested. Besides, mass effect lends itself decently well to adding bitesized bits and bonusses, so some extra's would be nice. If they are going to overhaul the graphics they might also want to look into a standardized charactar creator. Some of my shepards didn't come through the jump from one game to the next unscathed. Plus, maybe this time they could try to include some better minigames. Neither the maco from ME1, nor the resource scouting minigame from ME2, nor the quest system of ME3 were good ways to pass the time. They were all too much busywork.
That's quite odd Pseudonym as I remember my first run through Mass Effect 1, I'd hit Feros and was attempting to turn the water back on. I entered cover as Geth started appearing and I remember thinking to myself "this really is a great system. RPG enough for fans of that genre and shooter enough for those fans."
To say I was wrong would prove to be somewhat of an understatement.
I confess the sniper rifle didn't bother me as I went in expecting things to get better as I invested points into a skill. Halfway through the game I was hitting everything with the sniper rifle, which is quite funny on the higher difficulty levels (because enemies tend to use Immunity a lot) and if you are using explosive rounds the enemies will be thrown halfway across the map.
To say I was wrong would prove to be somewhat of an understatement.
I confess the sniper rifle didn't bother me as I went in expecting things to get better as I invested points into a skill. Halfway through the game I was hitting everything with the sniper rifle, which is quite funny on the higher difficulty levels (because enemies tend to use Immunity a lot) and if you are using explosive rounds the enemies will be thrown halfway across the map.