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LoweGear · 2012-01-23, 11:21

More new info from XBox World supposedly:

Spoiler for New Info:

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Originally Posted by XBox World

1) The flowchart that contains all the imported data from your ME1 and ME2 data is remarkably complex and just mind staggering.

2) Cutscenes are drastically affected by your past decisions and narrative.

- The article describes an example of two seperate motion-captured animations for a cutscene were Ashley is seriously injured and if Shepard romanced her in ME1 he'll actually pick her up very "tenderly" as apposed to picking her up in a more "professional" manner.

3) The Galaxy at War system will consist of in-game content, multiplayer, facebook, iOS apps, iPhone, iPad and other social games.

4) Shepard's mission is to essentially to rally and unite all the Galaxy's alien races and to acquire as many war assets as possible to help defeat the Reaper's in the end game.

-"It's a war story, so it's really all about getting people behind you - fleets, armies, important individuals... the better your assets, the more successful you'll be as you pursue that end-game."

5) Planet scanning and mineral mining is essentially replaced with a "Search and Rescue mechanic," , where you can explore the conflict zones for any survivors.

6) Ashley/Kaidan is "a focal point for ME3" and is still some what suspicious of Shepard's involvement with Cerberus and the Illusive Man.

7) If the Council died in ME1, they'll be reluctant to help Earth when Shepard first arrives.

8) Cerberus has done some serious experimentation with Reaper / Collector / Human technology and the Illusive Man will "look more kindly upon you if you carried out his wishes" i.e., saved the Collector base; where as Ashley/Kaidan will not.

9) On Mars, the Cerberus troops arrived before you and are in the process of "executing" the Prothean research facility staff. You'll also fight them in contamination rooms, darkened areas, and mono-rail trains.

10) Everything in multiplayer from the character builds, customization, weapons, biotic, tech and ammo powers, feel balanced. The audio is also very impressive.

11) Shepard will travel from Earth then to Mars then to the Citadel.

12) The movement system is very refined, smooth and more "free-flowing"

13) Enemies will actively "flank, charge, retreat and co-ordinate their attacks"

14) The difficultly has been increased via better enemy AI and level design

The "Search and Rescue" mechanic intrigues me, since it replaces the Mining and Scanning. I just hope it's actually fun and totally worth it

Darkbeat · 2012-01-23, 11:33

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Originally Posted by LoweGear

7) If the Council died in ME1, they'll be reluctant to help Earth when Shepard first arrives.

I'd imagine they would be, if they're dead.

I agree about the search and rescue mechanic, sounds like a step in the right direction. I actually enjoyed planet exploration on the Mako in ME1, even though it gets a little tiresome. Planet scanning in ME2, however, was tedious from the offset. A healthy balance of both seems ideal.

BTW, some of the quote seems spoilerful, may want to deal with that XD

DarkLordOfkichiku · 2012-01-24, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Key Board

I'm not sure I can pigeon-hole my Shepard into one category

He let the rachni queen go
He kept sensitive Cerberus data to himself to be decrypted later
He told Mordin to salvage his disciple's research on a genophage cure
He had Legion rewrite the heretic geth
He salvaged the Collector base

I guess this Shepard likes having as many bargaining chips on his table whether they are risky or not?

So he's curious, maybe reckless ambitious with a slight hint of being immoral?

The real non-roleplaying answer is that I want to be this final game to be as chaotic (read: interesting) as possible with several elements clashing into each other.

Welll, your Shepard certainly seems to want to try and have as many aces up his sleeve as possible for when the time comes

On another side, that Cerberus data is of some interest to me, as I wonder how that'll turn out - I have two Shepards ready to be used when 3 comes out (the first a soldier, ther other one a Vanguard, both Paragorns, but with somewhat different decisions across the games) but both made different decisions in regards to th tone - one Shepard choose to send it to the alliance, the other one choose to keep it for himself. I'm wondering what (if any) importance this data will have. I recall some early info on ME3 (dunno if this has changed or not) saying that you'd be able to choose whether to support/join the Alliance or Cerberus in ME3 and if so, who you turned over the data to could hold some meaning to that: if you turned over the data to either, joining either could prove easier. If you keep the data for yourself, on the other hand, it could become important in some other way (opening a new mission, perhaps), or become a bargining chip somewhere along the road...

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Originally Posted by Darkbeat

I'd imagine they would be, if they're dead.

Heh, they probably mean "the other major alien races in general", but heh... Still, bit of a kicker for those who sacrified the Council. On the other hand, even if it is, from what else is said, it wouldn't be fatal and you can likely convince the other races to come around regardless (or circumstances will force'em)

Stiletto · 2012-01-24, 15:02

I doubt a lot of Shepard's can be expressed and explained easily. Simialrly how a mixture of Paragon and Renegade could be considered 'neutral' while someone might consider that 'anti-villain'.

Mine is unusually pragmatic and vicious, but is a father to his men. Like, using a renegade interrupt to push a guard out of a skyscraper, while still stabbing the hell out of the hug button for Tali.

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Originally Posted by Keroko

The Geth did, or at least the right faction. 1183 of them even risked their lives for him.

"Why did you use a peice of my armor?"

".... there was a hole."

DonQuigleone · 2012-01-24, 21:04

I followed the paragon route, and I still pushed that guy out the window. Too funny.

MeoTwister5 · 2012-01-24, 21:08

I followed Paragon too, but also did some nasty things for the awesomeness of it. Pushed the guy off the tower, kicked Conrad Verner's ass, headbutted the the Krogan, etc.

Skane · 2012-01-24, 21:36

I think my favourite Renegade QTE was snapping that one mercernary's neck, followed by an epic beatdown which ended with a Salarian gaping in a "I'm screwed" expression.

Hehe.

Stiletto · 2012-01-24, 22:24

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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

I followed the paragon route, and I still pushed that guy out the window. Too funny.

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Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

I followed Paragon too, but also did some nasty things for the awesomeness of it. Pushed the guy off the tower, kicked Conrad Verner's ass, headbutted the the Krogan, etc.

You guys. <3 After my heart.

Pushing the guard out of the skyscraper was helluva fun though, wasn't it~?

I totally forget about the headbutting Krogan thing though. That was badass, for a variety of reasons.

DonQuigleone · 2012-01-25, 19:12

How about shooting the gas pipe, after which the krogan says "Ha, you weakling human missed", after which shepard shoots again for BOOM!

That was also totally worth it.

Frankly, renegade got all the good interrupts. Can't think of a good paragon one.

Skane · 2012-01-26, 00:09

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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

How about shooting the gas pipe, after which the krogan says "Ha, you weakling human missed", after which shepard shoots again for BOOM!

That was also totally worth it.

Frankly, renegade got all the good interrupts. Can't think of a good paragon one.

This one, and if you're romancing Tali, the hugging one.

Cheers.

DarkLordOfkichiku · 2012-01-26, 00:51

Hehe. The Krogan Headbutting has got to be one of my favourite interrupts. Pity indeed that Renegades seems to get all the fun since I usually prefer to go Paragon (though I'm no stranger to a renegade choice here and there)

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Originally Posted by Skane

This one, and if you're romancing Tali, the hugging one.

Cheers.

The hugging one? I seem to recall that we get the option to hug her when we find out what happened to her father. Is that the one, or do you mean another one (none my Shepards have romanced Tali yet, so)...

-Sho- · 2012-01-26, 08:16

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

So why does Miranda get the front of the poster? ... getting sick of her. Tali gets like 0

Cuz she have a fucking butt

Anyway +1 Tali ! Need moar !

Darkbeat · 2012-01-26, 09:21

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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

Frankly, renegade got all the good interrupts. Can't think of a good paragon one.

A few come to mind;

1. Saving the Quarian from getting arrested on the citadel. Paragon interrupt brings the oh-so-awesome "You're going to arrest a Spectre?!" line to scare off the C-Sec lackey (when he threatens to arrest Shep too).

2. Hugging Tali during her loyalty mission.

3. Punching Zaeed in the face (!) during his loyalty mission.

4. Pushing over that "Biotic god" volus (Niftu Cal?) during Samara's recruit mission.

5. Shooting the lamp and taking down Kolyat during Thane's loyalty mission.

6. Pistol Whipping that doctor from the Overlord DLC.

As far as I can recall, most of the others are pretty lame, getting your team-mates not to shoot others, saving people's lives etc. Standard paragon stuff actually

Kyero Fox · 2012-01-26, 13:02

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Originally Posted by -Sho-

Cuz she have a fucking butt

Anyway +1 Tali ! Need moar !

Onlly because of that ugly suit. Butts are nothing without nice hips...

SoldierOfDarkness · 2012-01-26, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Keroko

The Geth did, or at least the right faction. 1183 of them even risked their lives for him.

LOL

Now that you mentioned it one ending I aimed for was to have only Jacob, Miranda, and Legion survive.

I had done all of the loyalty missions but I set it up so that everyone died along the way. I sent Legion as the escort and took both Jacob and Miranda with me. Therefore only Mordin was left to fend for himself....needless to say he didn't last very long

GN0010 Nosferatu · 2012-01-26, 19:12

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Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness

LOL

Now that you mentioned it one ending I aimed for was to have only Jacob, Miranda, and Legion survive.

I had done all of the loyalty missions but I set it up so that everyone died along the way. I sent Legion as the escort and took both Jacob and Miranda with me. Therefore only Mordin was left to fend for himself....needless to say he didn't last very long

Man, that's messed up.

So I found two things that are INCREDIBLY SPOILERIFIC at another forum I visit. Be warned, these are ULTRA SPOILERS, so do not look at the contents if you wish to remain surprised by whatever ME3 throws at you.

Here we go...

Spoiler for high level spoilers:

Kyero Fox · 2012-01-26, 21:46

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Originally Posted by GN0010 Nosferatu

Man, that's messed up.

So I found two things that are INCREDIBLY SPOILERIFIC at another forum I visit. Be warned, these are ULTRA SPOILERS, so do not look at the contents if you wish to remain surprised by whatever ME3 throws at you.

Here we go...

Spoiler for high level spoilers:

Oh..my god.... Seriously -_-

SAW THAT COMING!

DingoEnderZOE2 · 2012-01-26, 22:04

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

Oh..my god.... Seriously -_-

SAW THAT COMING!

Your reaction gave the impression it was something critical. It wasn't that bad......sorta. But meh I'm still highly anticipating this game.

(Request to all: PLEASE CAN IT WITH THE REACTIONS TO POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN THE FUTURE. COMPARED TO JUST LEAVING A BUTTON FOR US TO PRESS TO VIEW IT, IT'S A LOT MORE TEMPTING IF PEOPLE'S REACTIONS TO THE SPOILERS ARE POSTED ON HERE.)

Flying Dagger · 2012-01-27, 00:53

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

Oh..my god.... Seriously -_-

SAW THAT COMING!

Spoiler:

Kyero Fox · 2012-01-27, 00:56

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Originally Posted by DingoEnderZOE2

Your reaction gave the impression it was something critical. It wasn't that bad......sorta. But meh I'm still highly anticipating this game.

(Request to all: PLEASE CAN IT WITH THE REACTIONS TO POTENTIAL SPOILERS IN THE FUTURE. COMPARED TO JUST LEAVING A BUTTON FOR US TO PRESS TO VIEW IT, IT'S A LOT MORE TEMPTING IF PEOPLE'S REACTIONS TO THE SPOILERS ARE POSTED ON HERE.)

Yes, Blame me and not you're strong urges to KNOOOOOW! XD

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MeoTwister5 Komrades of Kitamura Kou Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 39	I followed Paragon too, but also did some nasty things for the awesomeness of it. Pushed the guy off the tower, kicked Conrad Verner's ass, headbutted the the Krogan, etc. __________________ Medical Student vs. Anime Last Exile - Fam the Silver Wing -

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Skane Anime Snark Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Age: 41	I think my favourite Renegade QTE was snapping that one mercernary's neck, followed by an epic beatdown which ended with a Salarian gaping in a "I'm screwed" expression. Hehe. __________________ Hearthstone Battletag: Skane#1425 [Can't GIF This], [Jail's House of Rock], [Kanon In The Snow], [She Ain't Dead Yet... She's In Quantum], [She Stabs] Founder of "The Cult of Psycho-Moe", Member of "ARIA the Social Group" & the "Belkan Saint Church".

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DonQuigleone Knight Errant Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 35	I followed the paragon route, and I still pushed that guy out the window. Too funny.

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DonQuigleone Knight Errant Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 35	How about shooting the gas pipe, after which the krogan says "Ha, you weakling human missed", after which shepard shoots again for BOOM! That was also totally worth it. Frankly, renegade got all the good interrupts. Can't think of a good paragon one.