I'll join the droves of unimpressed Escapists who believe that a third-person shooter with a light drizzle of (optional) RPG mechanics is what's going to surface. Can't get the CoD crowd to think about putting points in a menu; that's just too hard for the average quick-scoping brain!
So....Mass Effect 4
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Yeah, how about those positive points about Mass Effect 1 that definitely weren't in the other two, that amazing driving system and those really fair difficulty spikes at random points in the game. Fans really have a lot to miss from it, don't they?glchicks said:
Dropping the sarcasm now because it gets old quickly, even for me, ME1 is by no means a bad game but it's certainly unpolished. The story and characters were great and it did have some moments in it that I still think of as being some fine moments in gaming but the gameplay does leave a lot to be desired.
Besides, I'm happy to see some more Mass Effect. They're good games with interesting lore behind them. If there's anything I'd like to see in the next set of them, it'd be furthering away from the military setting of the previous three and more towards the criminal underworld you get to see glimpses of occasionally as you help C-Sec or Aria. If we're distancing the next protagonist away from being another Shepard, having them not be in the military would be a good way to go about it.
captcha: panic stations
It's as if it already knows what I should be heading for with some of the flack I fear I'm probably going to get from this.
They could stop faffing about and announce an Origins-style ME game where you can freely choose a race and class and get this over with. I reckon that's the only way to improve any further.
'Sides, can't wait for the completely inapropriate race-class combos. I'll only play two characters, a Krogan Infiltrator and a Volus Soldier.
'Sides, can't wait for the completely inapropriate race-class combos. I'll only play two characters, a Krogan Infiltrator and a Volus Soldier.
Will have to wait and see later on in development how I like this idea.
Like they pretty much did in ME3?sanquin said:
Yeah that was the bait-and-switch they pulled with ME2's marketing campaign. Shepard is dead! Yay, we'll get to roll another race and continue the fight! But no... Shepard will just come back to life and Bioware's human/racism thing will carry on. From the company that made Dwarves interesting in Dragon Age Origins, that was such a disappointing turn. Then they compounded it with DA2 and ME3 and SWTOR (five races to choose from, two of which are human, in the Star Wars setting? Bioware...) Yeah I think the last two ME games sucked all of the optimism out of me, cautious or otherwise.Caramel Frappe said:
I will say the one thing I have been saying since ME1 In campaign multiplayer. I would much rather be screwed over by one of my incompetent friends than an incompetent ai. at least that way I could dump shepard on someone else while I played as the characters I really wanted like Garrus or Wrex.
I don't have any more hate for the ending to give.
But a company that lets a producer ruin the ending and then insult people that didn't like his primary school fanfiction with his pointless 4th choice in the DLC is simply obnoxious. Sorry Bioware, never again.
Bioware has gobbled up enough hipsters with ME3 to survive without my money.
But a company that lets a producer ruin the ending and then insult people that didn't like his primary school fanfiction with his pointless 4th choice in the DLC is simply obnoxious. Sorry Bioware, never again.
Bioware has gobbled up enough hipsters with ME3 to survive without my money.
Not really excited. For me, Mass Effect is done. This may play in the same universe but it's a completely different series, even developed by someone else. I may pick it up but certainly not on the first day. Either when the price is very low or if the general reception is very good.
It's a new series so it has to prove itself.
It's a new series so it has to prove itself.
No, ME3 was about the same as ME2. More loot/level up things, less dialogue things. So it was both better and worse than ME2.White_Lama said:
Full on 3rd person shooter would mean removing the skill level up system entirely, and instead just giving each 'class' say...3~4 skills to use. No extra hp, no weapon upgrades just different types of weapons (one pistol, one assault rifle, etc), no renegade/paragon quick-time events at all, etc. THAT would make it a full 3rd person shooter.
I can stomp my feet as much as I want, but I know I'll end up getting my hands on it somehow.
For as poor a taste it left in my mouth, the Mass Effect series has been hands-down the best gaming experience I've ever had. Sure, it's hella cheap that BioWare is tacking on the 'Mass Effect' title just to rope in the money, but what else is new? As long as it's the same universe, I'll want to explore it.
That being said, I will only purchase it used. I'm still mad at the $90 I shelled out for the ME3 Collectors Edition only to have it RUIN MY LIFE. (/exaggeration)
For as poor a taste it left in my mouth, the Mass Effect series has been hands-down the best gaming experience I've ever had. Sure, it's hella cheap that BioWare is tacking on the 'Mass Effect' title just to rope in the money, but what else is new? As long as it's the same universe, I'll want to explore it.
That being said, I will only purchase it used. I'm still mad at the $90 I shelled out for the ME3 Collectors Edition only to have it RUIN MY LIFE. (/exaggeration)
Ever heard the Phrase "Brevity is the soul of wit?" Just saying I don't think you have the "Soul of Wit" That metaphor is overly complex and no one who was not thinking in the same way as you would figure out that's what you meant.glchicks said:
hahah you know...thats not such an outragous charachter interpretation..I can actually see Liara being that crazyPirateRose said:
especially if you didn't romance her...if she can't have shepard she may as well become pregnant with him/her! (and not tell him/her)
"I rebuilt you sheaprd..liek cerberus, excpet this time your completly synthetic so we can be together...forever...I even put in a controll chip"
ha! Ive got it
Mass Effect 4: Misery
I'm still waiting for them to come completely out of left field and announce the playable hanar. I think having a character with that emotional and psychological disposition could be interesting. Also because they could put stealth-tentacle strangling into a game. Yeah. That would definitely redeem everything.