873 replies to this topic

[Piglet]

Thundertactics, on 16 December 2010 - 08:24 AM, said:

How many humans does it take to screw a lightbulb?

'Nuff quoted.

[Erix]

That works pretty good actually.

*In response to the new wallpaper*

Edited by Erix, 19 December 2010 - 04:26 AM.

[Valdez]

[Dei]

Your work?

[Haasth]

So they have a new composer for Mass Effect 3. Clint Mansell!
Clint Mansell is of course known for his great job at the Moon OST, Requiem for a Dream OST, Black Swan OST and more.

Could be pretty promising if you ask me.

[Dei]

Moon OST? He wins.

[Piglet]

Oh the black swan OST?

That movie is amazing, it has lesbian sex scene!

Never heard the music in the movie though, but the Moon an RfaD OST's are great!

[Valdez]

[Dei]

The Ferris wheel..humanity's ultimate weapon of mass ..centrifugal force.

[Erix]

The May issue of Gameinformer is going to be full of Mass Effect 3 goodies!

http://www.gameinfor...d00_789055.aspx

[Valdez]

He's really not getting new armour???

[hagren]

First GameInformer info (I need new pants!)

Quote

Game starts with Shepard on Earth, effectively on trial in regard to the events of Arrival, and in the middle of the trial, the Reapers invade. Prologue involves Shepard's escape to the Normandy, and off to start finding those allies, fighting Reaper troops (husks of all the different species) the whole way.

Confirmed squadmates: Liara, Ashley/Kaiden, Garrus (if he's alive) and... James Sanders... That must be the guy from the trailer, I don't remember.

Speaking of which, there's a screenshot of Ashley with her hair down, and she actually looks hot. Don't have a scanner, so wait till someone with one turns up.

Confirmed to appear, but not guaranteed as squaddies: Wrex, Mordin, Legion, and Anderson. Obviously, if they live.

The game will by default feature a "previously on Mass Effect" comic to make decisions with if starting from scratch.

The Illusive Man also plays a prominent role, and Cerberus is out to kill Shepard. Reason why is unknown at this point.

The RPG elements are being beefed up, not going back to ME1, but giving more freedom with the character skills. Skill trees will be larger, and powers will evolve several times instead of just once, offering even more freedom. Weapons are ME2 style, with a set list, but mods make a return, not in the ME1 style, but allowing you to swap out different parts such as barrels, scopes, and so on, which effect both the weapon's combat performance and its appearance.

All classes can wield all weapons unhindered now, but will have limited slots to carry them. Only the Soldier can carry all weapons at once. Probably means Adept, Engineer, and Sentinal will be limited to two, and Vanguard and Infiltrator will have three.

Also mentioned: The game will have numerous endings, some good, some bad, and who you have in your squad and which allies you recruit can have a drastic effect on which are available.

That's basically the gist of it, except for the sidebars filled with stuff everyone already knows.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention one thing: Confirmed NO MULTIPLAYER. They're talking about future games and/or spinoffs having it, but not this time.

[Erix]

Definitely sounds good to me so far!

[Gorays]

Sweet, here are some low quality scans(couldn't find any better quality scans),



Rachni Soldier Husk



Shot of the Reaper invasion.



Batarian Husk

Edited by Gorays, 08 April 2011 - 03:18 AM.

[Erix]

That Batarian husk is creepy.

[Valdez]

What a fat batarian husk. But interesting. I guess husks are the new "mercs" (main fodder enemy), I hope they can do ranged attacks now to be more challenging. I want hanar and volus husk

Will Harbinger direct control a husk?

I like the versatile weapon slots idea.

No Tali confirmation. FANBOYS WITH BATED BREATH... Seriously though I think she's probably going to be worked into a subplot involving the Geth heretics

Edited by Valdez, 08 April 2011 - 04:23 AM.

[Dei]

That's probably because she was dead-able in 2...but..wasn't Mordin and Legion dead-able too?

[Valdez]

Seeing how all ME2 squadmates are dead-able, I guess Mordin and Legion won't have major roles, probably only cameos whose presence won't even impact the main plotline. The most it could go is them being recruitable, but that's just like say, another Zaeed or Kasumi (no major story impact in ME2)

Another interesting thing I realised... what if a person's playthrough doesnt have Arrival? If ME3's starting events hinge on Sheppard having gone through Arrival, then not having gone through it will probably result in some continuity issues (which probably will be resolved by some cheap dialogue like in ME2 when Jacob and Miranda ask some "questions"), but seeing as how not playing Arrival equals premature Reaper invasion, it is likely canonical that one way or another, Sheppard went through the Arrival DLC.

Edited by Valdez, 08 April 2011 - 08:11 AM.

[Erix]

I actually thought about that as well. I'm interested to see how they handle it for savegames that haven't done Arrival.

[Valdez]

http://www.thatvideo...-mass-effect-3/


NOOOOOOOOOO!

*cue Those Minerals rap"

Edited by Valdez, 09 April 2011 - 04:28 AM.