Mass Effect 3 Trailer Confirms Earth is Screwed
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I found it kinda weird for the planet to look so normal and yet there is supposed to be flying cars and the such.
And the several million thing is kinda weird too, there are billions of us. Unless that is why Shepard is fighting else where to bring the help.
oh, and Shepard better do the "What the fuck now *****?" speech. "You think I'm lying bout this one!"
And the several million thing is kinda weird too, there are billions of us. Unless that is why Shepard is fighting else where to bring the help.
oh, and Shepard better do the "What the fuck now *****?" speech. "You think I'm lying bout this one!"
I confess: I thought "Definitely not a ME trailer, the accent's too English"
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"Weapon design doesn't show the folding/telescoping of ME weapons."
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"Direction is far too 'cinematic', it clashes with all the ME roleplaying aspects. Probably just another new IP."
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"Sniping is too FPS, not ME, and he could be sniping anything. Maybe its that Resistance serie I've never played"
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"Palace of Westminster? Are you kidding? In the entire galaxy they're picking Westm-"
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"Shepard? So what. Its a surname, could be anybody at all. Is this a Terminator game? Even if those things do look a hell of a lot like..."
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"OK, so the N7 and the view from space and reuse of Normandy S2 music and vicarious Shepard do- poor earth! Waiting for this is going to hurt like hell
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"Weapon design doesn't show the folding/telescoping of ME weapons."
then
"Direction is far too 'cinematic', it clashes with all the ME roleplaying aspects. Probably just another new IP."
then
"Sniping is too FPS, not ME, and he could be sniping anything. Maybe its that Resistance serie I've never played"
then
"Palace of Westminster? Are you kidding? In the entire galaxy they're picking Westm-"
then
"Shepard? So what. Its a surname, could be anybody at all. Is this a Terminator game? Even if those things do look a hell of a lot like..."
then
"OK, so the N7 and the view from space and reuse of Normandy S2 music and vicarious Shepard do- poor earth! Waiting for this is going to hurt like hell
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I might be the only one who noticed or cared, but why was the soldier ejecting what seemed to be red-hot brass from his gun? They use slivers of metal taken from a block stored inside their gun, and in the second game, you weren't swapping mags, you were swapping heatsinks (I honestly didn't much care for the concept, you're essentially limiting your troops when if they're doing they're job right, they'll pop out, take a couple shots, and go back to cover).
That guy doesn't know much about what is happening in the rest of the world. The several million is probably just in Britain. Maybe just in London.SteelStallion said:
Eh... Like Reapers invading wasn't going to happen. Anyone who's played ME1 pretty much called that.Synek said:
You *DO* realize that the Reapers have had their plans messed up. Unlike previous occasions people knew that they were coming, The Illusive Man has been prepping things, and even if you destroyed the base at the end of Mass Effect 2, the good guys were scavenging tech from the Remnants of Sovreign, leading the the development of some of that tech you got to install on The Normandy in the last game.HK_01 said:
At this point it wouldn't make sense if everything went according to plan and things were quite as one sided as they were before. The Reapers are still a major threat, and of course could win, but one wouldn't expect even their main fleets to be quite so unopposed at this point.
It's also noteworthy that while Earth being destroyed is an iconic vision to us, it's sort of irrelevent to the Mass Effect universe. This is one of those futures where Earth is already supposed to be a wreck, and humanity has spread out to all kinds of colonies and such. I believe they make a point in the stuff based around the "Earthborn" backround that earth is a dystopian hellhole full of criminal gangs and such, like the earth from Andromeda or whatever. It's probably defended, but I'd be surprised if much was actually centralized there unless they are going to retcon a lot of stuff. In the overall scheme of things losing Earth might be a bit of a morale hit, but in the big pictures them taking months to bring down Earth kind of implies epic warfare, because Earth is probably a relatively minor blow all told.
The biggest problem with the trailer though is why the guy would still have a British accent. Earth is supposed to be unified, and we have one language (English) and going by most of the NPCs it seems like everyone is supposed to have a USA accent. It's kind of odd that you'd see this, though I'd imagine Bioware might be wanting to make things a bit more multi-national seeming in the 11th hour (love political correctness). I suppose it's minor but it kind of irks me. Not so much because of some flag-waving American uber-pride, (though I suppose there is that) but simply because I feel political correctness is a cancer that needs to be opposed and it makes me wonder if we're going to see tons more people suddenly walking around with accents just for the sake of them being there now.
I'll also be honest in saying that the whole "Red Herring" thing might be in connection to the trailers, with them being irrelevent to the game. Maybe earth isn't destroyed, and this doesn't have much to do with the actual gameplay. Perhaps it's a vision of an alternate future like in "Stormwatch" or something where we're supposed to think it's real, but instead it's The Illusive Man showing Shepard possible futures through a dimensional portal or something, explaining how he can predict so many things.
Its a fair point. But ME and ME2 did handle overheating differently, so it'd hardly be blasphemy to change something that was never consistent to begin with. Plus (being careful to avoid spoilers here since some people may only be a bit through ME1/ME2) considering what firing at it may completely justify a new time of ammunition to deal with a unique threat.Bitter_one13 said:
As a Mass Effect fan before a Bioware fan, I couldn't be happier, although I can see how some on the other side of the fence could be a little disappointed with this. However, I dislike the idea of Reapers attacking Earth; not because it's cliche, but simply because it makes no bloody sense, at least at face value. How did the Reapers get there through means other than the Citadel? Why go for Earth primarily, rather than the Citadel? How has London survived even this far over the course of a week? I counted at least six Reapers above it. I'm sure there'll be some explanation, but for now, this just frustrates me more than it intrigues me.
I'm a bit confused here, so maybe I'm just misunderstanding you.HK_01 said:
The Reapers have ALWAYS been gigantic mechs. We've walked right next to one in Mass Effect 1, and we walked INSIDE one in Mass Effect 2. Of course they're gigantic mechs; we already knew that.
All right, that's fair, but I still can't see what kind of gun they'd use that would eject brass unless we're talking a standard gun-powder/case/bullet deal like we have now. Or maybe that was a heat sink he ejecting, but again, that was approached more like a clip.The Cake Is Annoying said:
Or, it is just an abnormally old gun he's firing, and the situation is really so bad that he needs to be using an antique.
Yeah, I dunno, Harbinger just never seemed like the main villain to me. I really did perceive him more as a "Count Dooku" figure, you know? A stepping stone before we get to the real bad guy.Internet Kraken said:
At least... I hope that's what it is.
Well, part of the reason weapons were designed to use low-mass, mass effect accelerated rounds was to prevent decompressions in space (if I remember correctly), and it could be that the rifle was made by an armoury that manufactures weapons that are made for forces that'd never have reason to leave a planet.Bitter_one13 said:
That way they'd never have the restrictions of the Citadel's legislation of mass effect weapons that way, and using older and cruder techniques (20th/21st century) might be easier to churn out at short notice, in an emergency.
Or it could be they're completely illegal and since the citadel is doing nothing to help earth, the attitude at the armoury is "Screw the law, give the men something that'll put craters in those metal bastards."
Hell, if it was combining a round that size with a mass accelerator it could hit like a WMD, if the accelerator could get it fast enough. Remember the speach from ME2 about not shooting the giant space ship weapons "from the hip" because "you are ruining someone's day"?
Well, it's worth pointing out thatTimbukTurnip said:
They have gobs of reverse-engineered reaper tech from that base, and the Thanix cannons which can be mounted on fighters but can put a hell of a dent in cruisers.
I hope they do more with this premise than what's at face value. I don't want to play a game in which I'm a space marine trying to retake earth; if I wanted that, I'd play Halo or Gears of War. Maybe they could 'splode Earth and focus on some other premise.
Oh, and for anyone who doesn't understand why so few humans died, did you even play the second game? The humans are going to become to the reapers what the protheans currently are.
Oh, and for anyone who doesn't understand why so few humans died, did you even play the second game? The humans are going to become to the reapers what the protheans currently are.
Oh, that's what you meant. Well, they still seem to be gigantic sentient starships; the fact they use their "feet" to walk doesn't really change that.HK_01 said:
We'll have to see how it goes. A 30 second trailer doesn't really tell us much of anything about the game.
Wait, is he credited? I recognized the similarity in the voice, but are you sure that's him? Because if it is and Richard Sharpe XIII isn't in your squad, I will be very dissapointed.RewardMe said: