First Mass Effect 3 details

[Joshimodo]

The Arrival DLC was rather disappointing; In the first game, we had this one mass relay being propelled by a supernova in the System. The Relay in the Solar System was encased in so much Ice that the mass collapsed into a sphere.
And now this Relay simply explodes. If there was some technobabble bomb on board or some death ray thingy or indeed anything other then a cutscene in which the relay is simply shattered by the impact of the Asteroid it would have been better. And why does it explode so violently that it takes out the whole system? Never explained. Why does the Doctor you free explain to you how the whole thing works and then she's against you all of a sudden? Apparently reaper artifacts can indoctrinate really fast and selectively, shepard was fine. But what ever. I could go on, but i'll just say that i wish that this isn't the basis for much of the remaining Plot. If it is, i would have dragged shepard in court for not trying to warn the Batarians the second he knew what's going on.


Next Hope for ME3: Cerberus isn't evil. Well, they are ruthless and stupid, some of the accidents they had in ME1 could have been prevented by Doors. Nothing fancy, just Doors.

I liked the Illusive man as being completely ruthless, but not "evil". I would have guessed that he wouldn't like some things shepard did, but he'd help him anyway because no matter what he did, he's still the best hope against the Reapers. Even if Shepard says he's going to destroy all the Cerberus experiments that he thinks are evil, which is about 95% of them, 5% of cerberus is better then 0% of Cerberus.

The Illusive Man would see Shepard as the best Hope for the survival of Humanity and if that means that most of Cerberus will bite the dust, he would still help Shepard.

I can not see why T.I.M. would have Shepard killed. I don't see the Boss of Cerberus changing his tune. He still believes shepard is the hero to save humanity. Kill shepard, humanity dies. Humanity dying isn't exactly the "Advancement of Human Interests" Cerberus has on its agenda.

It never said how close the relay was to the supernova, just that it was moved by a nearby one. Plus, an asteroid is actually making physical, solid impact, not just superheated gasses and plasma. The relays are weatherproof, not invincible, basically.

She explains why it could take out the whole system - It takes a vast amount of energy used to propel ships across the galaxy. It takes even more to power that thousands of times for millions upon millions of years. Destroying the container makes that energy unstable. Eezo go boom.

She was slowly indoctrinated, and the proximity to the artefact would cause further control. Plus, Harbinger. ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL etc.

Cerberus IS basically evil. The first game, they are terrorists. The second game, the only reason they aren't terrorists is because they revive you to help against humans being abducted. Basically a personal/racial agenda. Either ME2 ending sets you up - Blowing it causes them to hate you, keeping it gives them power and has removed the only reason they got you back - The Collectors.

Shep is the best hope for the galaxy, NOT just humanity. That's not what T.I.M wants. Plus, he may want to negotiate with the Reapers to evolve humanity into the Human-Reaper, or some such stuff. Maybe he'd want the Reapers to kill every race but us. Shep won't buy it.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Lucy(illusive man) will love the taste of my Assault rifle slug when i get my hands on this baby....

 

[Wadders]

Ashley is back!!!

I am soo stoked for this game. However, I think from this point on, I'm gona try and avoid all the pre-release info. ME2 gave so much away before it even came out.

 

[MatParker116]

Ashley is back!!!

I am soo stoked for this game. However, I think from this point on, I'm gona try and avoid all the pre-release info. ME2 gave so much away before it even came out.

damn ashley's kinda hot

 

[K_Dub]

Fuck man, so long as I got at least one Krogan ally, I'm sure I'll be fine.

 

[Wadders]

Ashley is back!!!

I am soo stoked for this game. However, I think from this point on, I'm gona try and avoid all the pre-release info. ME2 gave so much away before it even came out.

damn ashley's kinda hot

Yeah, I think it's cos she's wearing her hair down haha. It also seems to be lighter than in ME1 and ME2...

 

[Thomas Parker]

just rember your first 2 playthroughs will effect it dlc's will probably effect conversation and or story arc's

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

I don't understand why Wrex wouldn't be an ally. He's EVERYONE's favorite squadmate from the series. It only makes sense for him to be a squadmate in the finale.

 

[Internet Kraken]

While Wrex, Mordin, Legion and Anderson will potentially return, they are all believed to be non-controllable side characters.

It's like they took my two favorite things from Mass Effect 2, plucked them out, and threw them into a corner. Fuck you Bioware. You're not even utilizing your two best characters properly.

 

[JeanLuc761]

While Wrex, Mordin, Legion and Anderson will potentially return, they are all believed to be non-controllable side characters.

It's like they took my two favorite things from Mass Effect 2, plucked them out, and threw them into a corner. Fuck you Bioware. You're not even utilizing your two best characters properly.

Not necessarily. Wrex, Mordin and even Legion could potentially do far more good as story-important characters, even if they aren't squadmates.

Wrex: He needs to stay on Tuchanga and keep the Krogan in line.
Mordin: Needs time to work on *insert scientific project here,* which would be easier if he wasn't constantly in the middle of battle.
Legion: Will likely be a key ally in fostering peace between the geth and the quarians (along with Tali, one would imagine). Gaining the quarian and geth fleet against the Reapers? That'll be big.

 

[Rayken15]

I hope Garrus won't calibrate that much this time...god damned calibrations.

 

[edman270]

so can someone give me the plot summary of lair of the shadow broker, spoilers included, i
don't have the money right now to buy it or arrival so maybe you could help a guy out

 

[GBlair88]

larger skill trees

Huzzah! The skill tree in ME1 could've done with some trimming but ME2 was far too light considering some of the 'skills' were ammo types.

I am psyched for this

Seconded!

Decided to buy some of the DLC for ME2 today and continue my playthrough. Been on it for about three or four hours so far and still haven't gotten around to the DLC parts.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Interesting news thus far,I really hope they will bring Tali back.

 

[Villa Idiot]

Aww... no details on whether we'll need to probe planets to get resources to power the Mako for planetary missions where you're dropped 8 million miles from a 3-room building?

 

[GiantRaven]

they are all believed to be non-controllable side characters.

Does this mean they are squademates, who you can't control (as per the the previous two games) and fight by your side (and are therefore 'side characters')?

Or does it mean they aren't squademates (and thus aren't even vaguely controllable in the sense that they follow you) and are part of the side-quests to the game?

Pretty poorly worded statement if you ask me.

 

[Silent Biohazard Solid]

The story doesn't seem right. I mean, Cerberus trying to kill Shepard? What if you gave the Illusive Man the Collector base? Wouldn't you be on good terms with him? I certainly hope that comes through.

Also, I wonder if this James Sanders is in any way related to Khali Sanders from the novels.

 

[Nfritzappa]

The story doesn't seem right. I mean, Cerberus trying to kill Shepard? What if you gave the Illusive Man the Collector base? Wouldn't you be on good terms with him? I certainly hope that comes through.

Also, I wonder if this James Sanders is in any way related to Khali Sanders from the novels.

No. The illusive man was just using Shepard the entire time. Once he got what he wanted from him (the collector base), he no longer has use for him. Shepard will just get in the way of TIM's plans.

If you're paragon its self explanatory why Cerberus is out to get you.

 

[Silent Biohazard Solid]

No. The illusive man was just using Shepard the entire time. Once he got what he wanted from him (the collector base), he no longer has use for him. Shepard will just get in the way of TIM's plans.

If you're paragon its self explanatory why Cerberus is out to get you.

Right. But what if you're Renegade, who spend the whole game denouncing the Alliance and the Citadel, and talking about how you support Cerberus? And then you hand him the base. It seems like an odd choice to say, "Let's kill him anyway." It's not justified. It's like all those decisions you made didn't even matter. So why even make them?

 

[MarsProbe]

Always got to weigh in on the Mass Effect stuff. I'll likely have an opinion on everything in that article so as may as well run through all the points I want to pick up on in order.

Cerberus now out to kill Shepard instead of helping him. If we're talking Cerberus as the Cerberus that Illusive Man actually has control of, that would leave me annoyed. I took the renegade route at the end of the game, so TIM should have no reason to hate on me that much. On the other hand, certain rogue elements of Cerberus have tried to take down Shepard before, so there could be some background there. I still can't see TIM trying to kill off the very person he spent a crazy amount of credits to bring back.

Returning squadmates. Liara: would be neat, but I feel her story was sufficiently played out in LotSB. She isn't really much like the character we knew back in ME1, so she's better hanging around back in her base.

Garrus: no complaints there.

Ashley/Kaiden: Ashley is the survivor in my playthrough, but I've met both in ME2. Both of them were complete jerks - the less I see of them the better.

I don't personally mind not having Wrex along with Shepard again - as long I've got Grunt along with me, my badass Krogan needs are fulfilled. I can imagine you having to persuade Wrex to get all the Krogan clans together to help against the Reapers.

Legion is definitely needed back as squadmate in ME3 - we just didn't get enough of...them(?) the first time around.

All the gameplay changes they cite there sound okay to me, though I'm not too sure about having all classes being able to use all weapons. If that was done, there'd need to be more to differentiate the classes. otherwise they'd more or less end up just being soliders with slightly different abilities.

I predict Jack and Miranda will have put aside their differences and joined forces to launch a fashion range aimed at the lucrative female biotic market.