Mass Effect 3 Trailer Confirms Earth is Screwed

[TornadoADV]

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.

Well, I mean it's fairly obviously what they were building toward. Mass Effect 2 made it pretty clear that the Reapers had singled out humanity as their greatest obstacle, so of course they'd try to hit earth. The only surprise, potentially, is the extent to which Bioware is allowing them to succeed.

Which doesn't make it any less cliche. We've crossed from "sloppy writing" into "not trying anymore" territory.

Humanity's home planet is awfully close to the rim of the galaxy, making it a prime first target to begin with, no matter what you have to say about anything else storywise. Plus we did kill one of them, so I'd think they'd be pretty pissed at that.

As we can clearly see in this [http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/?p=808] fine post... wait, no... we're in the accretion disk... Something even Mass Effect [http://www.platformnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mass-effect-map.jpg] hasn't screwed up yet. We're a long way from the center, and a long way from the edge. Remember, space is big.

None of which addresses how goddamn cliche all of this is.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml

http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/solarsystemgalaxy.html

Naw, we are much closer to the Rim then your link suggests. Unless you be calling NASA liers. As for the cliche of it all, I plead no contest, ME2 wasen't exactly stellar on the story telling front.

 

[Ghored]

I sincerely hope ME3 isn't basically a round-up of teammates, half of which you don't even use, for a purpose that is incredibly short and underwhelming. You know, like ME2 was.

I also hope you don't have to save Earth. Seriously, my character may have been an Earthborn War Hero, but that doesn't mean I want to spend an entire game traveling around the galaxy just so I can end up going back and covering Earth's ass. Again.

I wouldn't mind saving everything else, though.

 

[Rpground]

*my Shepard personality* DESTROY EVERYTHING! WE'LL REBUILD LATER!
yep...earth is soooo screwed >.>

 

[Booze Zombie]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Burnhardt]

Is anyone else worried about that rumored multiplayer? It'll probably end up some third-persons shooter mode.

Come on Bioware chuck that in the bin and do what you do best. Amazing RPGS.

 

[Starke]

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.

Well, I mean it's fairly obviously what they were building toward. Mass Effect 2 made it pretty clear that the Reapers had singled out humanity as their greatest obstacle, so of course they'd try to hit earth. The only surprise, potentially, is the extent to which Bioware is allowing them to succeed.

Which doesn't make it any less cliche. We've crossed from "sloppy writing" into "not trying anymore" territory.

Humanity's home planet is awfully close to the rim of the galaxy, making it a prime first target to begin with, no matter what you have to say about anything else storywise. Plus we did kill one of them, so I'd think they'd be pretty pissed at that.

As we can clearly see in this [http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/?p=808] fine post... wait, no... we're in the accretion disk... Something even Mass Effect [http://www.platformnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mass-effect-map.jpg] hasn't screwed up yet. We're a long way from the center, and a long way from the edge. Remember, space is big.

None of which addresses how goddamn cliche all of this is.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml

http://www.astrodigital.org/astronomy/solarsystemgalaxy.html

Naw, we are much closer to the Rim then your link suggests. Unless you be calling NASA liers. As for the cliche of it all, I plead no contest, ME2 wasen't exactly stellar on the story telling front.

As a relative term, yes, closer. That's still a long fuckin' way away, and we are nowhere near the edge of the galaxy, even in Mass Effect's setting.

 

[Undeadpool]

Like Communism??

Yes. Like all true members of the oldest profession...I'm a capitalist. And the butler did it.

They ALL did it! But if you want to know who killed Mr. Body...I did. In the foyer. With the revolver. Now I'm going home and sleeping with my WIFE.

 

[The Harkinator]

Wow, I'm going to London to sort this shit out, kill all the reapers.

 

[alimarin]

Wow, I'm going to London to sort this shit out, kill all the reapers.

Lol it makes me think of Hellgate: London

 

[Sacul]

Firstly, like most 'trailers' floating around right now, this isn't. It's a cgi scene that trails nothing. A trailer includes gameplay, this doesn't.

Secondly, it implies a game predicated on a greater level of combat, which is something that unfortunately ME fails to do very well. I seriously hope that they redesign the combat system, the biotics and the companion AI (please stop running into enemy fire, Miranda).

The ME universe is very good. The ME game is not.

A trailer doesn't have to include gameplay. It just has to make you want to buy the game. Take the Deus Ex Human Revolution 'They can't stop the future' trailer. That didn't include any real gameplay and was pretty much all CGI but it did it's job showing me some of the story and making me want the game. This is just a teaser though.

The combat in ME will no doubt be changed at least a bit though. Personally though I'd rather that the dialogue menu actually shows me what I'm about to say, one time I picked something that led to Shepard being a bit harsher then I had intended.