Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer Redefines "Epic"

[isometry]

The ME 2 launch trailer was better. Watching this did not make me even slightly reconsider my decision to dump this series.

 

[Fidelias]

GAH, four DAYS!? How did it get here already!?

Dammit, my ME2 save files got erased! Must complete it AGAIN!

But... Digital Devil Saga...

NO, YOU ARE ON A DEADLINE

But, demons are sweet...

ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL OF THIS FORM

... NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG

 

[Avatar Roku]

Eh...get ready to be disappointed.

Spoiler: Very minor officially-revealed-in-other-countries spoilers

Apparently, when you first get to the Citadel from Earth, the Council just says "well, it's your fight, we don't give a shit". Fucking assholes.

Wait, are you serious? That council is rivaling the Australian/American government in terms of stupidity. Bioware really knows how to tap into the political atmosphere!

I know, right?

Spoiler

It takes the Reapers coming after them before they act...which means they thought the Reapers would stop at Earth for some reason.

You know, I defended their behavior in the second game; they were scared, Shepard lost credibility for being with Cerberus, it had been 2 years, etc. But this...just wow.

 

[Comic Sans]

Pretty damn awesome. I don't care what the haters say. I have my collector's edition waiting and I cannot wait to love this game.

 

[Reaper195]

And not not as overly amazing as the game looks, it still looks a fuck-tonne and a half better than ay other game coming out in the next few months.

Mass Effect 3 comes out on March 6, just four days from today, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Unless, you know, you live in Europe and you have to wait seven more days. Bloody Americans.

Fuckin' right? I laughed my ass off though when Duke Nukem came out world-wide four days before it was released in the US though. Irrelevant of how not great the game was, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw threads about Americans raging that people had ruined the game for them by telling them how bad it was.

 

[tobi the good boy]

]That will be cool, but this is what I'm really waiting for:

Spoiler

Same. Here. That and the chance to make it a hat trick of... well, of this:



Seriously, if she shows up again for a third knuckle sandwich, I might just die of laughter.

Does that make me a bad person?

I actually talked with one of the co-developers for bioware (Robyn Theberge) and asked her if she would show up again. She responded with

"You've played the last two games, what do you think?" with a devilish smile. I think she might be back

 

[Strazdas]

as a person who has never played mass effect (go rage now) but heard good things about it. i didnt care for the new game either way. i would like to think im unbiased on this topic. The trailer.... was ok. it had a good message, but it wasnt the new definition of epic.
But i have to say this, the spacefights, this is how eve-online should have been.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Redefines epic?

Uhhh, it was good and all but I've seen better.

 

[Eri]

Whaaaaaaaaat >____>

 

[nightwolf667]

Redefines epic? No.

Your fanboyism is noted, Andy.

Good trailer, sure. But it felt like a mishmash of all their other promotional material and having seen that promotional material my response is meh. Maybe that's just because you told me it would redefine epic...

I'm looking forward to getting this one in the mail and playing through it! Still, Babylon 5, Skyrim, and several other tv shows/movies/books/games have all been more epic. So, a report with a little less of the geeking out would be great.

No really, it would.

 

[Ohjin]

Agreed not epic, but, I don't mind the geeking out. In fact I welcome it. I prefer positive insights to negative ones.
This is the third game of the series, and the fight has now come to earth. Awesome.
Ive seen the gameplay, and IMO it looks great.
I'm just annoyed I'm not going to be able to play it as its on Origin.
And now let follow the Origin 'fanboyism'( A word that is used way to much IMO ,by the fanboys).

 

[The.Bard]

Ugh...I hope I'm not the only one unimpressed by the overly used hyped-up fancy trailer to show off an otherwise mediocre game that features absolutely none of the trailer incorporated into the actual gameplay itself.

Cinematography is there to look cool, so yes if you like mass effect you're gonna drool over this despite the fact that it means absolutely nothing to the game itself, it gives us no insight into how the interface is going to work and what gameplay mechanics there are.

Hellgate London, Final Fantasy XIII, Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, these games all had fantastic opening cutscenes, and yet were at best mediocre games and at worst unbelievably boring.


Cutscenes do not define a game, and they shouldn't. This is a trailer for a movie, at least that's how it's presented. It's NOT presented as a trailer for an interactive media, ala a video game.

I won't go into huge detail picking apart individual straws in this thing except for one part. "You need to be willing to die or you're already dead," is easily one of the most retarded things I've ever heard anyone say.

So, just out of curiosity, do you go into stores you don't like shopping at, peruse clothes you don't want to buy, and then take time out of your day to write a letter to management telling them about how their offerings stink? cuz it feels that way here.

Have you ever played a Mass Effect game? It sounds like not, because half of the gameplay is conversational in nature, which means a very large chunk of this trailer IS gameplay. Not all, but most. That you think it's all cutscenes makes me giggle. You has shown up to a biotic fight with omni-gel.

Also, I wonder if you can elaborate on cinematography being around to "look cool." Did Schindler's List look cool? It's an art form. Being cool is completely irrelevant unless that is the point of your specific movie. Compared to other video games, the cinematography in this is fantastic.

Regarding not showing how the game plays, there are a SLEW of trailers for ME3 already showcasing all kinds of gameplay features, which you probably would have seen if you even half-cared about this game. The specific purpose of a launch trailer is to whip the fan base up into a frenzy. And on that level, it is a resounding success. This is the most positive Bioware energy I have seen around here in months, aside from gatecrashers like you. ;P

As far as the quote, think about it and it makes a lot of sense. You are on a plane plummeting out of the sky. Your buddy is scared of heights, and terrified to jump. You turn to him and say "if you aren't willing to die by jumping, then you are already dead.". So yea, quote makes sense.

It just feels like you're the guy who wants to walk out into the confetti party after the Super Bowl and complain about how football sucks. And I honestly wonder how it's even worth your time; go find a game you love and hang out on its epic launch trailer board.

So in closing, Mass Effect is the one game series where these trailers are not only justified, but can truly be said to be showing off gameplay elements. The quote works, we all rejoice, and you can go secretly buy the game next week, love it, and tell nobody of your secret. Seeeeecret. 8)

 

[Chairman Miaow]

It is interesting how they advertise it as a movie. It still pains me to see EA pop up after Bioware.

And putting femshep on the back of the covers is pointles if you use maleshep for EVERYTHING else.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I just... it just... I mean... it... did you... holy fucking... GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

...

I just nerded all over the floor.

EVERYTHING in that was amazing.

You bet your ass it redefined epic...

 

[The.Bard]

This is your proof, Shepard? Doctored video and lies. I didn't see any Reapers. I have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Thespian]

Oh my god.
A trailer has never done this to me before. I am literally out of breath. Holy fucking shit. What the shit. I wasn't even that excited for it before. Oh man. Must have. MUST HAVE. DO WANT.

I mean, it started and I was like "WhatEVER, rehashed footage of that one kid who dies, boo hoo... Wait, what's that thing... What's Garrus saying now? Is that a- O_O OH... MY... EVERYTHING...."

 

[Zipa]

This is your proof, Shepard? Doctored video and lies. I didn't see any Reapers. I have no idea what you are talking about.

I hope Shep gets to punch the guy in the face.

Oh also if you have a origin copy and don't want to wait til the 9th because of stupid release dates then VPN your IP to a country where the game is released when you launch origin on the 6th.

It worked a treat with Battlefield 3

 

[Canadish]

"Go out there, and give them hell Shepard. You were born to do this."


Oh Garrus...the things you do to me...

(First actual good trailer since this was announced. Can't wait to see everyone get furious when they get their "Fuck You" ending.)

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Ehhhhh... nothing special, seen far better, i would classify it as medium-bland.
Sort of reminded me of a Michael Bay film- Explosions, cliche all over the place, and the dramatic music.

Then again i don't have orgasms over pixels so perhaps i don't understand...