Mass Effect 3

[McNinja]

I will hopefully have the Collectors Edition pre-ordered for me for my birthday. That being said, I'm expecting the game to be about as long as both ME1 and ME2 combined (so around 50-60 hours).

The Multiplayer better have splitscreen, or I will not play it. I don't care how good it is. I barely like MW3 online, and that's because I'm setting playing online Splitscreen with a friend against the rampage of magic and lag that is MW3 multiplayer.

 

[Ziggy]

I love Mass Effect, but if it turns out to be Origin exclusive on PC, it can burn in hell for all I care.

listen to this man for he speaks the truth. if Origin exclusive then it's a no no for me. and if it's not then i will still wait a a month, to see if it's another dragon age 2

 

[AD-Stu]

Sorry, I just don't understand this. At no point will you be forced to play the shooting-only or story-only modes - you'll still be playing the mode that lets you do all the things yourself. So how has your intelligence been insulted, exactly?

The fact it's in the game, a developer actually thought "This is a good idea, our producers like it, EA likes it, the sponsors like it, the fans will love it" and programmed it in, spent money on testing and having to code it into the game just screams waste of time. The fact this is in the game only proves the rest of the game is filled with more of these instances. Of tunnel vision or just lack of concern for quality. That is why it is insulting to my intelligence because it assumes I wont see something wrong with it.

Couldn't you say the exact same thing about difficulty settings on pretty much every game ever released? Automatic gearbox settings in racing games? Blizzard including cheats in Starcraft?

It's not like it would have taken a particularly long time to code or anything, so I hardly see it proving detrimental to the quality of the rest of the game...

 

[Ziggy]

I dont think you completely understand what everyone's riled up about.

It's not so much the game is going to have more combat elements as much as everyone's worried the pacing is going to be completely skewed. A big part of the Mass Effect experience has been exploring worlds, talking to characters and then eventually engaging in some epic battles. But it was always paced nicely so that the game didn't feel entirely like you were only doing one thing over another.

Everyone's worried that the game is going to feature more of the combat then it is the "Space Opera" moments that the series was advertised has having originally. RPG itself is already a subjective term but what everyone is focused on is they are hoping it's not just going to be a third person shooter, with stats and dialogue trees.

we've already had two games of Shepard wandering around doing odd jobs, exploring planets, talking to people. This third game is supposed to bring the Reaper vs. Everyone Else war to an end.

that would be like saying, "we just made 2 modern warfare games where you run around. let's make number 3 an RTS because it will show the big epic war". bad eksempel, sorry. i will be in the corner

 

[shrekfan246]

that would be like saying, "we just made 2 modern warfare games where you run around. let's make number 3 an RTS because it will show the big epic war". bad eksempel, sorry. i will be in the corner

I think a more apt comparison would be Final Fantasy. Setting X aside, the Final Fantasy games before XIII all had large, fairly open worlds with multiple cities and tons of NPCs that would give you a multitude of extra missions to complete. X had a rather closed world overall, but still kept the cities and people and quests for the most part. XIII surgically removed the open world, cities, and NPCs, replacing them with very beautiful but very linear corridors and then relegated all of the cities and NPCs to uninteractive cut-scenes. It was a considerable shift in style for the series, and many people didn't like it.

All appearances right now point to Mass Effect 3 still holding the same overall style as the first two games, merely embracing action a bit more than before. There has been no information stating that all of the dialogue and extra crap for Shepard to do have been removed from the game, only that the combat system has been heavily tweaked and improved and that there will be three different modes of gameplay to choose. I find nothing wrong with that. Apparently many other people do.

I like a good story-driven game just as much as the next guy, but hey, sometimes I just feel like shooting some aliens. People are deluding themselves if they think there are tons of other games on the market that are just like the Mass Effect series, even if you did remove all of the lengthy dialogue options.

 

[LordRoyal]

Sorry, I just don't understand this. At no point will you be forced to play the shooting-only or story-only modes - you'll still be playing the mode that lets you do all the things yourself. So how has your intelligence been insulted, exactly?

The fact it's in the game, a developer actually thought "This is a good idea, our producers like it, EA likes it, the sponsors like it, the fans will love it" and programmed it in, spent money on testing and having to code it into the game just screams waste of time. The fact this is in the game only proves the rest of the game is filled with more of these instances. Of tunnel vision or just lack of concern for quality. That is why it is insulting to my intelligence because it assumes I wont see something wrong with it.

Couldn't you say the exact same thing about difficulty settings on pretty much every game ever released? Automatic gearbox settings in racing games? Blizzard including cheats in Starcraft?

It's not like it would have taken a particularly long time to code or anything, so I hardly see it proving detrimental to the quality of the rest of the game...

No because those things are things people like and could conceivably like. This is just a result of development by committee.

 

[Laser Priest]

I'm rather pessimistic, and I don't know why. I loved the first two Mass Effect games.

I really want this one to be good, but for some reason, I am mostly expecting massive disappointment.

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition. Unfortunately, I pre-ordered on Origin, so that's pretty much the one downside to me.

 

[Erttheking]

Sorry, I just don't understand this. At no point will you be forced to play the shooting-only or story-only modes - you'll still be playing the mode that lets you do all the things yourself. So how has your intelligence been insulted, exactly?

The fact it's in the game, a developer actually thought "This is a good idea, our producers like it, EA likes it, the sponsors like it, the fans will love it" and programmed it in, spent money on testing and having to code it into the game just screams waste of time. The fact this is in the game only proves the rest of the game is filled with more of these instances. Of tunnel vision or just lack of concern for quality. That is why it is insulting to my intelligence because it assumes I wont see something wrong with it.

Couldn't you say the exact same thing about difficulty settings on pretty much every game ever released? Automatic gearbox settings in racing games? Blizzard including cheats in Starcraft?

It's not like it would have taken a particularly long time to code or anything, so I hardly see it proving detrimental to the quality of the rest of the game...

No because those things are things people like and could conceivably like. This is just a result of development by committee.

...ok now you've just gone beyond reason and you've full out declared "No one will like this at all"...somehow I doubt that, you're coming off as extremely biased.

 

[AD-Stu]

Sorry, I just don't understand this. At no point will you be forced to play the shooting-only or story-only modes - you'll still be playing the mode that lets you do all the things yourself. So how has your intelligence been insulted, exactly?

The fact it's in the game, a developer actually thought "This is a good idea, our producers like it, EA likes it, the sponsors like it, the fans will love it" and programmed it in, spent money on testing and having to code it into the game just screams waste of time. The fact this is in the game only proves the rest of the game is filled with more of these instances. Of tunnel vision or just lack of concern for quality. That is why it is insulting to my intelligence because it assumes I wont see something wrong with it.

Couldn't you say the exact same thing about difficulty settings on pretty much every game ever released? Automatic gearbox settings in racing games? Blizzard including cheats in Starcraft?

It's not like it would have taken a particularly long time to code or anything, so I hardly see it proving detrimental to the quality of the rest of the game...

No because those things are things people like and could conceivably like. This is just a result of development by committee.

N'yeah... sorry, but I just can't buy that. You're categorically stating it's impossible that anyone will like a feature of a game that you haven't actually seen in action yet? That's not a rational response, especially since it's an option that's being included alongside the traditional "do everything" mode that I assume you're in favour of.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I've already told my wife (who is an avid gamer herself) to think of all the stuff she wants BEFORE I start playing, because once I start I will not be happy to stop.

 

[Xixikal]

The lore.
I must know EVERYTHING. The Mass Effect world is so rich with information that I find myself swaying precariously at the Point of No Return as I wait hungrily for the ME3 disc to slip into my profusely sweating hands...

Okay, maybe not that intensely. But I won't deny my love of worlds thick with lore and I rely on Bioware to deliver.

 

[sage42]

I reallllllllllllly want to get it, not as much as I wanted Skyrim but still. So I realllllllllllllly hope they don't screw us over with Origin. Plus I'm actually looking forward to the multiplayer, Hopefully I'll be able to play as a quarian infiltrator. That'd be sweeeeeet.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

I thought ME 1 was pertty damn good and I absolutely loved ME2. Of course I'm looking forward to the third installment.

 

[feriwan]

I really can't wait.
It's the first game I'm going to buy right when it comes out, and possibly the first game that I'll get the special edition of.
I'm also very fast to accept things, unless they're really horrible.
For example: I liked Star Wars the Force Unleashed II, I'm just sad it was so short...

Basically I'm super excited!

 

[Erttheking]

I've already told my wife (who is an avid gamer herself) to think of all the stuff she wants BEFORE I start playing, because once I start I will not be happy to stop.

You have a wife...who is a gamer?...LUCKY!

 

[Uriain]

I am very eager to play Mass Effect 3. I have really enjoyed both ME1 and ME2, even with the changes to ME2. Hopefully they strike a balance between 1 and 2, as for me that would be perfect.

I am excited to try out the co-op function. As I think Co-op COULD be a good thing for ME, as the group mechanic lends itself for that. The story is also looking interesting and am looking forward to seeing what characters are available, and how "dead" characters are going to be handled.

My biggest "want" though, is to smack someone with that energy blade.. it just looks too cool ^_^

 

[lRookiel]

Couldn't give a rats ass to be honest, I would Fus Ro Dah the game off a cliff and its not because of origin either (no matter how bad it may be), its because I dont like the mass effect games they bore me to death ...

 

[Richardplex]

I'm rather pessimistic, and I don't know why. I loved the first two Mass Effect games.

I really want this one to be good, but for some reason, I am mostly expecting massive disappointment.

It's because it's the end of a trilogy. Could be pretty dangerous for a story-driven game series like Mass Effect, since it would feel required to be an Act 3 all the time. That's my worry anyway, with ME1 and 2 being my favourite games.

 

[AwkwardTurtle]

In all due respect, you don't remember right. Have you ever done a playthrough on a game and found yourself hammering buttons to get the speaking stuff out the way because you know exactly what will be said and it's kind of a waste of time? Action mode basically does that for you, but it does NOT take away decision making. The choices and their impacts are as present as ever in action mode, it just speeds up lengthy dialogue segments because maybe not everybody wants to sit through the same long dialogue from Garrus for the 3rd time. But hey, if that option doesn't apply to you, don't use it.

I really don't think I'll ever get why people don't like options.

Well then that was my mistake. :3 I sincerely apologize. I was under the impression that action mode made the choices for you. I suppose I didn't do my research very thoroughly due to a lack of genuine excitement.^^'

I never had a problem with the option existing. Under my original understanding of not requiring any choice in dialogue, I simply didn't like what its existence implied about the game. It gave me the impression that Mass Effect 3's story and choices were of so little significance/interest that Bioware/EA made the conscious decision to include a mode where a player can just ignore those things.

I never said that I didn't want it there simply because I "don't like options".