Mass Effect 3 Trailer Confirms Earth is Screwed

[fnartilter]

This makes me so incredibly happy

Me too!
I can't wait. Someone invent a time machine so I can go forward a year!

 

[gunningyoudown]

I'm very disappointed to see that we spent two games in a giant galaxy and now were in earth. TWO GAMES!

 

[The Cake Is Annoying]

The real question: If there is multiplayer, will it be local? If not it doesn't matter.

Why would they introduce multiplayer now, so late into the series, of a narrative driven RPG? That's like complaining that a book isn't multiplayer to me.

"Hurry up and skip the cutscene!"

Why would they work so hard - from scratch - to add a problem (it is not a feature) like that?

It's an RPG in which you work on a team. Tailor made for co-op. It's been a major shortfalling of the series, and this is their last chance to address it. This is also their last chance to finally add melee weapons, but listening to me would be the smart thing, so they won't.

A lot of one player games involve the use of teams, without multiplayer elements - for the longest time Final Fantasy did. When multiplayer was added via MMORPG the results were, to politely, mixed. Since then they've been removed. Sports games where ever player on the team is human controlled are even rarer.

I've not read one single review finding fault with ME1 or ME2 for what it isn't. I've never heard an opinion expressed over a multiplayer ME either.

And mellee weapons? As in bringing a knife to a gun fight? You're going to complain that you can't bludgeon, hack or slice in the game. You've not shown the least sign of caring for the story, so maybe the game is a bad pick for you to play.

I find your claim that only by experienced and highly regarded developers obeying your whims alone can they improve the series (by completely junking a lot of the reasons it is unique and highly successful) to be pure bathos. I know you're serious but I'm laughing out loud.

Really, it sounds like you want Mass Effect 3 to be Gears of War 3. So perhaps you should just play GoW and GoW2? They really do sound like much better fits for what you want.

 

[DarkSpectre]

If you have to gather allies then I am so glad I kept everybody on myside, well except for giving Cerberus the collector base. Gathering all those contacts would be awesome.

 

[LogicNProportion]

HNNGGGGGGGG!

Sorry folks, I came.

 

[infohippie]

I am pretty sure that, for those who couldn't have their Shepard to survive the end of the second game they will be given the option to play as the guy with the sniper rifle in the trailer.

I've seen so many people say this in this thread and nobody has corrected it. Bioware have said that if your Shepard doesn't survive, you WILL NOT be able to import that save file in to ME3. You will start with a generic Shepard instead. So no, you won't be able to play as the guy in the trailer, Mass Effect is Shepard's story.

 

[Vicarious Vangaurd]

I hate to post so far into a thread but this is how ME3 will end

 

[brainslurper]

reach effect 3. this game looks good cuz those cool walky things

 

[xchurchx]

well that confirms im gettin mass effect 2 on ps3
Uncharted 3 will have to wait
ohy and i have to say London looks amazing in the mass efect world

 

[xchurchx]

Sorry if this is a repost but has anyone else noticed that last view in the teaser is wrong?

The London Eye is on the other side of the Thames, you shouldn't be able to see it.

no its not its on the same side..........at least i think it is........TO GOOGLE EARTH!!!

 

[munx13]

"Earth is Screwed"

Again?

 

[Max Goldfine]

i am so irredemably hyped about this game. i can barely control myself.

FUCK, YES!

 

[Gerrawn]

"Incoming message from the citadel, commander! It's the council!"
"Patch them through, Joker."
"Shepard! We're under attack by...by... the reapers!"
*Shepard stands silent and just stares at the turian councilor*
"Ah yes, "REAPERS", the immortal race of sentinent starships alegigly waiting in dark space. I have dismissed that claim."

If there isin't a segment like that in the game I'll never forgive BioWare.

 

[m72_ar]

A few million in the first week?

Doesn't anyone else find that weird? It's a planet extermination, and all they could do in a week is a few million out of several billion?

Well Reapers are powerful but Earth's not gonna fall in a single night.

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Really, did anyone not see this coming?

I didn't. I was hoping they wouldn't be that cliche. Apparently I need to lower my expectations once again.

I'm with you on this, I didn't see it coming either...

But mostly because Mass Effect games aren't really set anywhere in particular. They're about an entire galaxy (or more?). I highly doubt this game will be set on Earth entirely, however most Sci-Fi games which involve alien races intent on destruction seem to use the invasion of Earth as a alegory for "The worst possible shit that could ever happen!" or "The end of everything" because humanity has this HUGE fascination with Earth. Ok so it's out home and everything, but really, when you've colonized so many planets... is it such a big deal?

I want Earth destroyed in the opening sequence, and then the rest of the game involves the survivors preparing the rest of the galaxy.

I like this idea and it wouldn't be entirely unlike Bioware either, considering

Spoiler: Spoilers for ME2

Shepard is both killed and reincarnated in the opening scenes of Mass Effect 2.

Then again, the tone of the trailer seems to suggest that you're going to have to at least TRY to save Earth first!

 

[Motakikurushi]

The only problem with this is... it's such a long time to wait... at least it's not as bad as the wait for inSane is.

 

[JediMB]

Are people legitimately believing that it's going to be on Earth the whole game?

For fucks sake, people. Did you play Mass Effect 2? Hell, did you play Dragon Age?

You know most of what you're meant to do from the beginning. You're likely to spend most of the game building up a force to take on the Reapers.

Never underestimate people's ability to complete misinterpret what they're shown.

 

[JediMB]

Are people legitimately believing that it's going to be on Earth the whole game?

For fucks sake, people. Did you play Mass Effect 2? Hell, did you play Dragon Age?

You know most of what you're meant to do from the beginning. You're likely to spend most of the game building up a force to take on the Reapers.

Never underestimate people's ability to complete misinterpret what they're shown.

And they also seem utterly astounded by the Reapers fascination with humanity.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that one human is responsible for completely fucking over their plans twice.

Yeah, I know. I've had to explain the events of both previous ME games quite a number of times to get people to realize what's going on.