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I thought it was a sexual innuendo that was going over my head. Now I feel like a perv...figday said:Ahh. Now I get it. Damn I'm slow todayIlikemilkshake said:
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OP: I'd love the option to punch her in the middle of every dialogue exchange. Keep her on her feet.antipunt said:
By far, the funniest thing about this strip is Tali shopping for clothes. It's like seeing Legion comparing pineapples in a grocery store.
Shepard: Uh, Legion? You know what you're doing?
Legion: BUILDING CONSENSUS.
Shepard: S-sure, just catch up when you're done there...
Shepard: Uh, Legion? You know what you're doing?
Legion: BUILDING CONSENSUS.
Shepard: S-sure, just catch up when you're done there...
I find her really pretty. But its really her voice work that matters for this game... (bioware's going to fuck up the faces anyways) and although I'm not sure she'll do a good job, its way early for me to judge.Proverbial Jon said:
The people at Fox News are journalists (some of them anyway). Its just that they're completely terrible. (and Khalisah is basically Fox News in space so that applies to her too) However the same cannot be said of Jessica Chobot, because like was said under the comic, "standing in front of a screen showing game footage, occasionally interjecting with some guff about how awesome it all is/was/or is going to be".. that isnt journalismLordLundar said:
True. I have been trying to avoid any reveals about Mass Effect 3. Mostly because after all the constant character reveals for ME2, I feel it just ruined some of the experience for me. Sadly it is hard to avoid ALL news on ME3 when I insist on frequenting this website... or the internet in general I guess.mysecondlife said:
So either way I don't mind. If she turns in a solid voice acting performance and her character is more than just simple fan bait (Did anyone actually WANT this to happen?) then I'll be happy.
We had the likes of Seth Green, Martin Sheen, Tricia Helfer, Claudia Black etc.. on board for ME2 and every one of those voice actors were used, imo, to their full potential and made for a really rich and believable world. There's no reason why that wouldn't be the case this time, despite the origins and professions of some of the contributors.
If it weren't for that stupid Liara bishoujo statue they made, Bioware would have 100% of my trust. For now they'll have to settle with about 90%.
You see, what people have to realize is that ALL attractive women (and, arguably, attractive men to a lesser extent) trade on their looks in one way or another. Think about it: is there any real difference in the casting of Chobot on G4 and, say, the female anchors who appear on your local TV station's 7 o clock news? I doubt it.
P.S.: So, we're calling them "Sex Workers" now? It's official. Political correctness has infiltrated every aspect of our culture, for better or for worse.
P.S.: So, we're calling them "Sex Workers" now? It's official. Political correctness has infiltrated every aspect of our culture, for better or for worse.
BLIMEY! I totally misunderstood the idea of the submissions! I thought their purpose was to judge the artists, then, those selected would receive a script of sorts to make a strip! My goodness, I hardly think my own passed, considering I just made a stupid pun... Oh well.
Just a question then, considering the possibility of not being selected, and since the characters are not mine, especially Erin, could I use the illustration on my DA site? Not without giving proper credits to the Escapist and you, the creators of it, of course. Just asking.
Just a question then, considering the possibility of not being selected, and since the characters are not mine, especially Erin, could I use the illustration on my DA site? Not without giving proper credits to the Escapist and you, the creators of it, of course. Just asking.
I actually lol'ed at this comment, thank you! Anyway, I think it's just because everybody has their own idea of what "features" need to remain true to the original fan base, and what should be brought on board, and this is a very varied bunch of people who just end up bashing pretty much everything that gets implemented or so much as discussed. But, EA fan or not, you have to admit that some of the ideas are pretty wild and...not recommended.shadowmagus said:
And EA well, they just represent everything an evil gaming corporation could do today don't they?
Oh and...submissions, yes please!
Well, with Mass Effect 3 it's easy to understand. Mass Effect was supposed to be a series of space opera RPGs, a spiritual successor to "Knights Of the Old Republic" in a unique universe given that they didn't have the Star Wars/D20 liscence to work with at the time. With Mass Effect 2 they turned it from an RPG into a shooter with cinematics and removed a lot of the depth and itemization from the game rather than improving what was there. The third game has a lot of people up in arms because it's supposed to be even more of a shooter than ME2...erttheking said:
Also remember Bioware slotted off a LOT of people over "Dragon Age 2" for reasons ranging from the brawler type combat as opposed to stat based RPG combat like the first one, to the re-used enviroments, to their attitude in asking for fan feedback on whether or not it was okay to remove most character generation from the game and limit Hawke to simply being human with one origin, which received an overwhelmingly negative response, followed by Bioware claiming that the fans approved... which is a great way to start a riot honestly.
After years in development, there are a lot of mixed impressions of "Old Republic Online" as well. After the amount of time spent in development and the sheer amount of hype, a lot of people expected more, even if the game wasn't perfect. The amount of content is very limited, and the endgame is more or less a joke. The biggest defenses made about it being "well many MMOs, like WoW itself, launched with less" but that really isn't a good defense when your considering that it's not up against WoW when it launched. Given the sheer amount of time under development people expected more content especially at the high end which is where most people spend their time. Right now you have a lot of people going on about how once their storyline is done there is little motivation to do anything but sit around in the fleet and wait in queues. What's more in the process of making the game approachable, it shoots out high end gear like a pez dispenser. Part of what fuels endgame players is getting gear that is difficult, or very time consuming to get, and most other players won't ever be able to obtain equivilents to... this gear being used to face increasingly difficul challenges to get even sweeter gear. The thing is that you can obtain top tier gear just by sitting around and having your companions run crafting and crew skill missions, or just zerging the PVP queue since PVP rewards are fairly generous even for the losers compared to the actual cost of high end PVP gear. You can pretty much blow through the the two major tiers of endgame gear inside of three weeks, and you don't really have to do anything.
Fanboys will of course resent the point, but do some websearches for "The Old Republic Endgame" and look at the complaints and how echoed they are accross a lot of places. It doesn't get as much attention as the positive media blitz, but it's been noticed.
The point of mentioning all of these divergent topics is that they come down to problems with Bioware and it's relationship with the fans that got it this far. "Dragon Age", the spiritual successor to "Baldur's Gate" is nothing like what it was supposed to be. "Mass Effect" the spiritual successor to the single player "Knights Of The Old Republic" games has increasingly been turned into a cinematicly driven game combining Gears Of War and maybe a simplified version of Hellgate: London.
Joining forces with EA, Bioware has become increasingly about the business aspects of reaching the biggest possible audience of casual gamers, and that has even come out in "ToR" and it's version of an endgame... which is an endgame everyone can pretty much max out, literally getting top tier gear by just sitting there and clicking buttons and watching timers count down in your crew window which if you do a search some have likened to Farmville....
Probably more of an explanation than you wanted. For those that read this far I'm not really entertaining "yeah buts" or arguements here. This isn't about me attacking Bioware personally, or daring people to defend them, it's me simply stating WHY these issues exist and why Bioware is generating so much rage which would have been unheard of a few scant years ago. Whether you agree with the reasons or not, there they are. Of course I'm condensing a lot of things that could be easily figured out with a bit of research, reading the rants and complaints themselves, and noticing the common threads and issues which go beyond what ONE fanboy is saying. These are the things that create trends because thousands upon thousands of fans share the same sentiments which fuel them to attack Bioware. With all the arguements over the last few years about Mass Effect and it's trnasformation into yet another third person shooter, and the disapproval from vast legions of fans over it (even if there are plenty who support it), it would be more surprising if Bioware *wasn't* under siege during their annoucements.
I do not get the joke at all. Unless it's supposed to be that she'll probably die as in every mass effect happens if you screw up at all.
Thus she'd fit right in, in that he hates them anyway... I know that's why I didn't mind losing half my team. The only ones worth a damn were Grunt, Garrus, (who supposedly is so bad ass, but in-game can't handle a strawberry schnopps.) Zaed, (which is DLC so doesn't count) Tali, and Samra.
Thus she'd fit right in, in that he hates them anyway... I know that's why I didn't mind losing half my team. The only ones worth a damn were Grunt, Garrus, (who supposedly is so bad ass, but in-game can't handle a strawberry schnopps.) Zaed, (which is DLC so doesn't count) Tali, and Samra.
Man, reading this comic was a risk in and of it's own.
Concerning almost everything related to Mass Effect 3, I've had a major media blackout. I've been avoiding every tidbit of information related to the game because I don't want any spoilers. I got some spoilers with the first two games, and as some random deity as my witness, I'll have none of it in Mass Effect 3. I'm even missing out on the multi-player demo of it.
Hell, the only thing I've done was the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo for the free ME3 Weapon and Armor. The game's not bad, but it's good enough if it's got free stuff for the upcoming game that's making every author on the planet either cringe or cry out for joy.
I'm the author who does both.
Cringe, because I'll probably never write something so grand in me life, and cry out for joy because it's one of the greatest stories ever told, perhaps on par with Tolkien, H.G. Wells, and J.K. Rowling.
But I'm thankful that this wasn't something major.
Keep up the good work, John Carter.
You've no idea how hard I'm resisting saying "You're humanity's only hope, John Carter."
But I've said it.
And now I'm happy for at least half the day.
Again, keep up the good work.
The General
Concerning almost everything related to Mass Effect 3, I've had a major media blackout. I've been avoiding every tidbit of information related to the game because I don't want any spoilers. I got some spoilers with the first two games, and as some random deity as my witness, I'll have none of it in Mass Effect 3. I'm even missing out on the multi-player demo of it.
Hell, the only thing I've done was the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo for the free ME3 Weapon and Armor. The game's not bad, but it's good enough if it's got free stuff for the upcoming game that's making every author on the planet either cringe or cry out for joy.
I'm the author who does both.
Cringe, because I'll probably never write something so grand in me life, and cry out for joy because it's one of the greatest stories ever told, perhaps on par with Tolkien, H.G. Wells, and J.K. Rowling.
But I'm thankful that this wasn't something major.
Keep up the good work, John Carter.
You've no idea how hard I'm resisting saying "You're humanity's only hope, John Carter."
But I've said it.
And now I'm happy for at least half the day.
Again, keep up the good work.
The General
Dude, you're a monster.
Don't take it the wrong way, because in reality you're probably a very nice person.
But in Mass Effect 2, sacrificing half of your team?
By god, that's awful. That's horrible. That's... That's just monstrous.
The point of Mass Effect wasn't in that you could sacrifice teammates you didn't like willy-fucking-nilly. The point is to connect with the characters in a way that you feel emotionally attached to them, like Shepard seems to be.
At least that's how I played it.
The fact that you played it as any other game makes it clear why you don't get the joke. It's because Shepard's choices are your choices. You're the one who's making them, you, for all intents and purposes, are Shepard.
So if you sacrificed your team, Shepard, and in turn you, are a monster.
So if you think sacrificing half of your team isn't a big deal, I'd hate to be the human race when you fight the Reapers in Mass Effect 3. Or any other sentient species, for that matter.
Because you'd kinda suck in saving us all.
The General
Don't take it the wrong way, because in reality you're probably a very nice person.
But in Mass Effect 2, sacrificing half of your team?
By god, that's awful. That's horrible. That's... That's just monstrous.
The point of Mass Effect wasn't in that you could sacrifice teammates you didn't like willy-fucking-nilly. The point is to connect with the characters in a way that you feel emotionally attached to them, like Shepard seems to be.
At least that's how I played it.
The fact that you played it as any other game makes it clear why you don't get the joke. It's because Shepard's choices are your choices. You're the one who's making them, you, for all intents and purposes, are Shepard.
So if you sacrificed your team, Shepard, and in turn you, are a monster.
So if you think sacrificing half of your team isn't a big deal, I'd hate to be the human race when you fight the Reapers in Mass Effect 3. Or any other sentient species, for that matter.
Because you'd kinda suck in saving us all.
The General