Singularity I win button was fun sometimes.
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Singularity I win button was fun sometimes.
Niftu Cal, the real hero here.
Happy to step in if someone wants to offer a ME legendary key and I will play through as a new player and share my impressions.
I really enjoyed ME2 and ME3. I started with ME2 and have meant to always go back to the first one. Waiting for it to show up on Gamepass or receive a steep discount.
Chad
Yeah I found ME2 in a sale bin at EB Games (Best Buy) and fell in love with the ME IP.
I tried playing ME1 years later but the max resolution and textures were quite dated by then. Its combat and inventory management felt exponentially clunkier than 2 or 3. I got pretty far but stuck on a planet chasing Sarian and never finished 1; the quest direction indicator sent me in a circle and I just gave up.
This reminds me that I was supposed to go back and finish Andromeda but maybe that will stay on the pile until if and when Andromeda 2 comes out.
There will never be an Andromeda 2.
Which makes me very sad. I really liked Andromeda, and I would love to explore more - like what happened to the Quarians? There was a lot of filler in that game, but the main missions were really good.
Happy N7 day everyone!
Happy N7 day everyone!
So say we all...
I just randomly started a game of ME2, 5 minutes in I'm like "oh crap I'm going to play the hell out of this thing again, aren't I?"
But will you make different decisions this time around?
I'm assuming everyone has seen the latest teaser art?
Speculation on Reddit is that they're investigating the remains of Geth or trying to find Shephard. The bigger crew member might be one of our favourite Krogan.
I'm not sure how I feel about what might be EP IV continuing on from ME3. I mean the pros would be all the pre-existing lore to use as a foundation but at the same time Andromeda teased us with new biomes and potential new alien life. I'm not sure I'll ever get the legendary collection but ME5?? COUNT ME IN DAY 1
I just randomly started a game of ME2, 5 minutes in I'm like "oh crap I'm going to play the hell out of this thing aging, aren't I?"
It you can figure out a way to play it without aging as you do, make sure to let us know.
But will you make different decisions this time around?
If I'm honest with myself, my decisions are probably not drastically different in a video game no matter how many playthroughs I do.
I don't know what it is about a dialogue choice but it breaks me. Kill an innocent civilian in a GTA-style game? No issue. Say something mean to someone who doesn't deserve it? It puts a rock in my stomach.
If I'm honest with myself, my decisions are probably not drastically different in a video game no matter how many playthroughs I do.
I'm much the same. It's one reason why I've not seriously considered a renegade playthrough after paragoning my way through the trilogy for the first time a couple of years ago. In other games I've replayed, I don't even usually play a different class. I've done Baldur's Gate 1 at least four times in the past, and every time I play a mage. I've tried playing other classes, but I always find myself thinking "well, this is all very nice, but it's no mage"—and note this is the first game, so it's not even really a power thing until late on. Even in classless RPGs, I tend to hone in on the kind of build I like (usually a kind of mage...), and only play minor variations.
For the record, I played the Mass Effects as an adept, and yes, I am happy to be a space wizard, no matter the benefits of vanguards and such.
(Though the face Shepard never bloody remembers he's a space wizard in cutscenes is kind of annoying.)
I intentionally tried to do my first (and only finished) ME playthrough as mostly renegade.
Couldn't do it; it required being too mean to my crew. I'll be a hardass to Joe Random on the street, but these lovable goofs on my ship needed me to be able to be nice from time to time.
So I leaned into it and mentally roleplayed this cynical hardass slowly thawing into a Mama Bear type.
In other games I've replayed, I don't even usually play a different class. I've done Baldur's Gate 1 at least four times in the past, and every time I play a mage. I've tried playing other classes, but I always find myself thinking "well, this is all very nice, but it's no mage"—and note this is the first game, so it's not even really a power thing until late on. Even in classless RPGs, I tend to hone in on the kind of build I like (usually a kind of mage...), and only play minor variations.
I'm the same way, although for me it's usually something like a Paragon/Vanguard (i.e. Warrior but with some low-effort magic). Once you pick a class that is exactly like you like to play anyways, it's hard to force yourself into doing something else.
I think since I bought the Legendary Edition from the most recent sale, I might do my PS5 playthrough with Shepard as a....gasp!...guy for the first time.
tl:dr.
Bet it is a Prothean dig site.
It's been pointed out that the whole thing looks like a geth (or maybe Legion in particular), which could be an important theme. Perhaps the Destroy ending is the canonical one and you'll be trying to bring them back.
It's been pointed out that the whole thing looks like a geth (or maybe Legion in particular), which could be an important theme. Perhaps the Destroy ending is the canonical one and you'll be trying to bring them back.
There were so many unanswered questions from Andromeda... but truthfully that game was so meh I almost don't care.
I'm not thrilled that signs are pointing ME4, or whatever it will be called, will choose a canon ending. Goes against the entire point of the series.
Yeah, assuming speculation is correct, this would be a huge bummer to me.
It was actually my biggest problem with ME3. And to a certain extent, Andromeda. You've established a galaxy! Why am I still dealing with the same few races, the same few people, the same few locations, the same issues and mysteries?
If we concluded the story on 3 with all that represents, only for them to do more stuff with the protheans again? Blech.
It reminds me of how we had to sit through a whole movie basically resetting the Star Trek universe from scratch...And then the second film has them dusting off Wrath of Khan again.
You literally created a universe of possibilities and then decided to stick to your backyard.
Completely agreed. If they are insisting on sticking within the same frameworks, I'd like to see something mostly detached from the Shepard arc. There's a throwaway line of Jacob being a part of the Corsairs and it's bothered that they've never done anything to explore it further.
Corsairs were Alliance Marines serving under an independent starship captain to conduct autonomous missions outside of Alliance jurisdiction, giving the Alliance the ability to disavow any knowledge of them. Such operatives were often granted considerable liberty and autonomy in order to facilitate efficient operation, though it was noted that even they were subjected to bureaucracy that impeded them.
A prequel about running a Corsair ship would be cool as hell.
I think I've said it before but I stumbled into the green light at the end of ME3 and didn't even realise there were other endings until the fanbase exploded.
I know Liara, Wrex/Grunt were popular but to me I had no particular attachment to any of them (my staple companions were generally Garrus and Tali). I know something with ties to the trilogy will probably succeed commercially in comparison to new IP so I guess one just has to accept there will be some canon adjustments and presumably destruction ending or otherwise the continuation of the trilogy story doesn't make sense.
At the end of the day, what I really want out of a sequel are companions better written than what we got in Andromeda, an airborne Mako option (I really don't need to hit rocks to get from point A to B), no silly transition clips or elevators to disguise loading times, and maybe some mixed mech action like Destiny. That and biotic charges with shotguns.
I played with most of the classes in all three games, but haven't played Andromeda.
One of the reasons I wasn't particularly enamored with ME1 is because the hybrid classes there were really just hybrid classes. If you played a Vanguard, you're just a Soldier with some biotic skills replacing combat skills. Ditto for Infiltrator except tech (which was the second magic type). Engineer in ME1 itself wasn't fully characterized - it was a little fuzzy around the edges. Vanguard and Infiltrator got assigned Shock Trooper and Sniper roles in ME2, with Engi becoming a summoner class, with the Sentinel having nascent TANK POWA - fully realized in ME3 because fully kitting out your Sentinel in tankiness meant you could just ignore cover and tank it with the best of the Krogan.
I think the combat and support aspects of the core game are pretty well handled and I expect more improvements.
Minigames were blah. Could take them or leave them but I guess some inoffensive ones wouldn't be amiss. It'd be nice if they were consistent with class or character choices.
Traversal should be twofold - the on-foot game could use more exploration. The vehicular part could take some notes from Borderlands. It's not amazing, but it's nice enough to give you a sense of scale of the map, and it's inoffensive when it's not doing that. Vehicular variety would be pretty ace, too.
ME1's theoretical exploration aspect was nice so long as you didn't look too closely and didn't do too much of it. I did all the planets and I'd say the illusion wears thin once you're reaching about the halfway point of the planet exploration portion. There's only so many identically floor-planned structures you can breach before it starts feeling like you're rehashing an XCOM map for the 10th time.
I do think that XCOM2: War of the Fallen expanded the map pool enough that you didn't rehash anything immediately identifiable until you're well into grinding the end part of the plot arc for sh*ts and giggles, so I think that's a reasonable benchmark. The planets don't all have to be unique, but they have to be unique enough and the story portion railroaded enough that you don't see through the seams too easily.
But will you make different decisions this time around?
Of course not.
Budo wrote:I just randomly started a game of ME2, 5 minutes in I'm like "oh crap I'm going to play the hell out of this thing aging, aren't I?"
It you can figure out a way to play it without aging as you do, make sure to let us know.
Fixed!
(Would totally play an aging Shepard though...)
FYI, I'm seeing rumors that Legendary Edition is making its way to Game Pass.
So, maybe hold off on buying if you were thinking about it. And maybe give it a chance anyway if you were convinced not to by any of the conversation here (if you have Game Pass, that is).
FYI, I'm seeing rumors that Legendary Edition is making its way to Game Pass.
So, maybe hold off on buying if you were thinking about it. And maybe give it a chance anyway if you were convinced not to by any of the conversation here (if you have Game Pass, that is).
It will be in the EA Vault soon so it will also be available to Game Pass Ultimate members then.
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