[PC/PS3/360/WiiU] Mass Effect 3

[Keroko]

Not really. My Sheps been using facial configurations that werent even available in ME2, the only reason he got away with it was because of the import function, which is wonky right now.

Oh well, rollin with a femshep for now till they fix this bug.

[Nightengale]

Just one question that I want to be spoiled.

Is Helena Blake in ME3?

[Nixl]

Wondering how Tali fans are going to fair overall.

Regarding Tali....

Do not click this if you want to avoid spoilers of ME3.

Spoiler for Tali's Face Reveal/ME3?:

Whoever reads this will probably shoot me, but I cannot help it.

I thought Bioware was probably going to make Tali like female Draeni in WoW (blue woman perhaps minus the horns) and I was not too far off from the spoiler pic I have. At the same time I am kind of put off by her face, because it seems almost too human if that makes sense.

Do not get me started on EDI. What were they thinking giving a robot a camel toe.

[MeoTwister5]

Spoiler for Le Spoilers:

But... but EDI has boobs! Well shiny... metallic boobs. And Joker... well don't even get me started on that. It reaches new heights of uncanny valley levels.

[Nixl]

Thanks for the response,

Spoiler for Regarding EDI and DLC Companion:

Looking at EDI makes me even angrier about Bioware's stance on Javik (the Prothean) DLC. Really? A sexbot is suppose to be more relevant to the story than a Prothean? Are they saying non-long time fans of Mass Effect would appreciate a Sexbot more than a Alien Commando that mocks everyone?


I also heard one of those rumors that one ending or more is only accessible via buying DLC (possibly the Prothean one). Remains to be seen, but I hope this is a joke. Another being the ending is all told by an Old Man recounting the adventures of Commander Shepard to his grandchild lol.

When this all said and done I have a lot of serious questions about the Trilogy now. I mean,
-Relays are suppose to be able to survive even supernovas, yet how did SHepard destroy one with an asteroid?
-How can Sovereign's lecture that each Reaper is a nation/truly sentient when all Reapers are 100% controlled by a master AI be true? Did Bioware just forget Sovereign?
-Why can't the Reapers shutdown the Relays to their advantage?
-If the Master AI for *ALL* Reapers is on the Citadel, why did it only now wake up?

edited contents inside tag for additional questions/conjecture.

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by SRanger

Are you using that one save editor? Gibb or w.e? I was thinking of playing ME3 on my PC since I won't have access to my 360 for another 2 or so months...does downloading a save and then importing it to ME3 work well? Does it cover all the necessary flags?

Yes, though what is a really 'necissary' flag has yet to be determined, most major decisions can be editted. Importing a save works too, even if the whole ordeal is a bit of a hastle.

I don't count the missing faces bug though, since that's a bug on Bioware's part.

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by Nixl

Wondering how Tali fans are going to fair overall.

Regarding Tali....

Do not click this if you want to avoid spoilers of ME3.

Spoiler for Tali's Face Reveal/ME3?:

Whoever reads this will probably shoot me, but I cannot help it.

I thought Bioware was probably going to make Tali like female Draeni in WoW (blue woman perhaps minus the horns) and I was not too far off from the spoiler pic I have. At the same time I am kind of put off by her face, because it seems almost too human if that makes sense.

Do not get me started on EDI. What were they thinking giving a robot a camel toe.

Haven't actually seen her face assuming we will, but hey, dem hips!

[Terrestrial Dream]

Oh boy at this point it seems like I am going to get the game probably in 10days or so. Well this is probably good for me since I gotta lot of works that I have to catch up to. I am just going to hope that my will is strong enough resist all the spoilers.

[Nixl]

Okay 2 big spoiler pics so avoid it if you have not beaten the game yet.

That being said, I have only two things to say.

One, this looks like pure laziness BW. It's the finale of the series that is already strapped with DLC and you do this?

Two, how do people find this? I mean, these finds almost seem coincidental. No seriously, I am impressed.


Also, seriously do NOT click these if you have not played the game yet. Once you do, I implore you to click it and wonder if this is coincidence or not.

Spoiler for Spoiler Pic 1 lol:

Spoiler for Spoiler Pic 2:

[MeoTwister5]

So I was doing some research on how to, in theory, keep everyone alive. Apparently you can't, and it's based on the two biggest faction decisions in the game.

Spoiler for Big Ass Spoilers:

Krogan's vs. Salarians, Geth vs. Quarians

So apparently Tali CAN die if you don't play your cards right, and since I rewrote the Geth in ME2, I have a lot of work to do to keep her alive.

Also, yes, you are forced to choose between Mordin or Wrex. Screw Mordin, Wrex is a true bro.

In other words, galactic preparedness is still paramount and you really should do every quest as much as possible and probably as early as possible.

[GN0010 Nosferatu]

Originally Posted by Nixl

Also, seriously do NOT click these if you have not played the game yet. Once you do, I implore you to click it and wonder if this is coincidence or not.

Spoiler for Spoiler Pic 1 lol:

I've been pretty accepting over all the stuff fans have complained about. I'll still gladly get my copy tomorrow, and I know I'm gonna love it. But what I've just seen, is an atrocity. And this is big coming from me, I haven't said one ill thing about ME3. I'm not gonna condemn Bioware to the depths of hell and go on a giant flame blitzkrieg, but I am sorely disappointed at this. I really hope that when I start to play, I just forget about it or end up not giving a shit.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by Nixl

Okay 2 big spoiler pics so avoid it if you have not beaten the game yet.

That being said, I have only two things to say.

One, this looks like pure laziness BW. It's the finale of the series that is already strapped with DLC and you do this?

Two, how do people find this? I mean, these finds almost seem coincidental. No seriously, I am impressed.


Also, seriously do NOT click these if you have not played the game yet. Once you do, I implore you to click it and wonder if this is coincidence or not.

Spoiler for Spoiler Pic 1 lol:

Spoiler for Spoiler Pic 2:

Spoiler for Tali Spoilers:

Wow, way to be lazy Bioware, nice photoshop... what ever, atleast she not freaky, but it just bugs me how lazy they were....

Spoiler for EDI spoilers:

and as for EDI, her pervy robot body makes sense, it was created to hide as a human under cover etc, so it had to look as human as possible even with the skin on it.

[MrTerrorist]

Literal Trailer from Tobuscus!

[creb]

I don't get it. What's this about Companions dying?

Spoiler for You mean you haven't beaten the game yet and you're browsing a thread about ME 3? You deserve to be spoiled! :p:

I mean, I suppose it's possible the two Companions you bring with you on the final mission die, though I didn't see them at all during that last heroic charge, and there's no mention of them whatsoever from that point on, so I was left pretty much in the dark, but none of my Companions died in my game. Tali certainly didn't die, and it's not like I did anything to try to keep her alive, as there wasn't any moment where she seemed like she or any of your Companions are in danger of dying.

I was pleasantly surprised at how many ex-Companions you can't recruit did die though. I didn't think Bioware had it in them after how neat and tidy they were in ME 2. I really enjoyed that aspect, as it really drove home that this was the end.

Also, can we start comparing Shepard to Madoka?

So, color me puzzled.

On my second playthrough now. Did first as an Infiltrator. Was a bit boring at how easy it was (Cloak and like a 2 s CD as my rifle had almost no weight is just so stupidly OPed lol). Doing Vanguard this time.

Got to level 14 in multiplayer and then got bored. There really needs to be different game modes if that is ever going to hold my interest.

Edit: Also, lol at how all the NPCs seem to be gay based off the background chatter as you roam through the Citadel. :/

[Xion Valkyrie]

So how long is ME3?

Trying to plan my limited time for this week.

[StarTouch]

*waves* Greetings folks, planning to pick up ME3 tomorrow. Just a quick question though, I have a region 1 ME2 and I'm hoping to transfer over my storyline decisions / stuff to ME3. Will I have to get a region 1 ME3 for the data transfer or can I settle with a region 3 copy off ME3? (all my game stores are stocked with region 3 copies)

Thanks in advance!

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

About Tali...

Spoiler for Background on Tali off-game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammasa_Kohistani

Afghan refugee parents. Born in Uzbekistan, because of the Soviet war. Went back home to Afghanistan, but left again because of the Taliban. Now a UK British citizen.

Interesting choice. Picking an actual refugee as Tali's face. Born away from home, for that matter. Too bad they never actually HIRED her to have her face animated. It seems like they did put some thought into who to choose as the model. But it seems thought is all they got; they weren't actually willing to pay full price for getting her in the studio.

See, the thing is, Bioware did NOT pick Hammasa's face at random; they picked someone who had actually knew hardship, knew what it meant to be forced out of one's homeland.

In short, maybe they weren't kidding when they said they put in a lot of thought into what Tali's face should look like. In fact, I would believe they might even have choose Hammasa a long time ago. After all, they already hired a male model for Shepard's male default face.

But I think the crunch, is that it cost too much to hire Miss Britain 2005 for just ONE scene in the game. They couldn't justify to EA the costs of hiring her and scanning her face for one scene.

And as such, they went for the cheapest option.

[Kyero Fox]

^

Spoiler:

Oooh I get it, tali banned from her kind, tali-ban lawl........... what?

Anywaysm makes seense, aslong as they didn't just photoshop some random person. Woulda liked to see it ingame.

[Nixl]

@Kyero Fox

Spoiler for About Edi:

I can understand them wanting EDI to have a humanoid appearance, even female in looks, but adding a camel toe to a robot is absolutely bizarre. I am no prude, but that is just going too far and I'll upload my issue with it.

I have heard complaints that Bioware is making characters solely for sex appeal to sell copies. For me adding a camel toe to a robot only confirms that Bioware is using sex to sell copies.

Okay here are the pics that creep me out about what they did with EDI. I do not know who took the photos, but it is not like Bioware was subtle at all.

Spoiler for Spoiler plus Camel Toe on a robot:

It is ludicrous how far they have gone.

edit:

I am sorry, I know I am being negative, but I am approaching anger with Bioware on this one. I mean, lol at getting mad a video game, but this is just sheer milking the players because they know they can get away with it. That is what makes me mad, Bioware will get away with anything at this point.

This was their top studio telling us that they are making the best damn finale that they can for their fans. What a joke.

-Meanwhile, they recycle pictures on the web for characters and background.
-Meanwhile, they cut characters and content from the game and repackage it as DLC.
-Meanwhile, they make the distinction between "long time fans" and "normal fans" and decide who gets what based on peoples' wallets.
-I will not even get into to how very similar Mass Effect's story and plot is with Star Control (3?).

I am so perplexed by the Bioware's actions at the moment. Their eagerness to milk their fans, who have done nothing wrong and could possibly be one of the more loyal fanbases out there, combined with the laziness they have shown in both the writing (lol 2 dialogue options for 80% of the game?), designs, and gameplay. They have the audacity to say they are only trying to make the best RPG story possible.

Again, what makes me mad is that they will get a way with it, easily. Even worse is that some fans will give them a free pass all because "its Bioware, they can do no wrong."

[MeoTwister5]

Well that was a... damning choice...

Spoiler for Dem Spoilerz!:

Choose the Rachni queen (if you let her live in ME1), get the Rachni on your side, and let Grunt die, or get the fuck out of Dodge with Grunt alive but the rachni all but eliminated.

Rather tough call I should sau. Really leads credence on how the game is all about sacrifice.