/meg/ - Mass Effect General

My ryder's chest light got stuck on. Is there a button for that? The headlights button for the nomad doesn't help.

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FEMTUR WAIFU IS BEST WAIFU BECAUSE FEMTUR WAIFU WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

Cora is cute!

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>Metacritic score is still falling
Hilarious

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That scene is anime bullshit tier jesus.
Dat booty tho.

>>172890336
Score looks about right to me.

Can't say the same for a lot of games.

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>>172890212

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TURIAN WAIFUS ARE FOREVER BEST WAIFUS

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>>172890336
>71

holy fuck.

>>172890336
Kinda weird to me, because honestly the game is growing on me the more I play it despite initially disliking it.

I'd still only give it about a 75 though. Like, it's solid, but lacking in so many ways.

>Nomad Platinum paintjob
Not bad. Not bad at all.

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>>172890336
oy vey bad goyim stop low rating our propaganda

>>172890414
Sarissa or Vederia, who would you fuck given the chance

>>172890514
>the game is growing on me the more I play it despite initially disliking it.

That's called Stockholm syndrome, anon.

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>>172890437
>not giving Vetra her canon tits

>>172890514
Is this your first time being on the opposite side of a gaming circlejerk?

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Gil is best gay romance. Reyes shitters have no say

>>172890319
She'll never love you as much as she loves Sid

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>>172890414
Booty

>>172890418
I'd put it closer to a 6 than a 7 at least until they fix the objectively broken things. But that is on an actual scale where 5 is still technically a pass. On the AAA scale it would be an 8.

Do femturs like being touched in a lewd way?

>>172890514
Probably because you're a huge bioware fan who sees past all their faults.

You would have liked it way less if this was a completely different ip by some other company

>>172890707
Can turians even feel you touching them since they have rocks for skin?

Which Pathfinders do you like?
Do you make Avitus Pathfinder or no?
Raeka or Hayjer?
Scott/Sara or Alec?
Vedaria or Sarissa?

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Business idea: beast races

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How did I do with my ryder?

>>172890693
Yeah I feel the same, though after the ending I decided that 6 should just be a 7. That gave it just a bit more to me.

But yeah with the AAA retard scales, sure an 8, those scales are fucking dumb though.

>>172890872
>Sally

>>172890336
Giantbomb gave it a 4 and they've got a heavy weight on metacritic, so this wasn't surprising.

>>172890717
That's the case with all AAA games. Big franchises and games with big marketing pushes can get away with way more shit.

GTA4 being one of the highest rated games of all time as the most egregious example.

>>172890832
We already have those idiot.

>>172890832
get the fuck out furfag

>>172890770
Garrus gets scarring on his plates, there's some sort of tissue there. I think they'd feel touch.

>>172890872
Fine

What is objectively the best comp for platinum speedruns in ME3?

>>172890790
Alec would've made a terrible pathfinder. He may be a talented genius but he's too autistic to deal with the more delicate social and moral issues that come with the job.

>>172890770
They don't have them everywhere. If anything. wouldn't touching them on soft spots be even more lewd? Having the plates be like constantly wearing lewd lingerie that exposes just the right parts.

>>172890960
the "plates"are more like really really tough skin. like scales. they can bend and they can feel through them. Just for eevidence of them being bendable, well, their fucking mouths move after all.

>>172890707
Yes, on the inner thighs, scalp, and tips of their mandibles.

>>172890336
70's is an accurate score.

A more honest score than what Mass Effect 3 got.

>>172890707
Seeing Ryder kiss Vetra made me wonder how that would actually feel for a Turian given their lack of lips or whatever you want to say is going on with their mouth.

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>>172890319
Vetra is only good for fuck n dumping.

>>172890514
I was cautious at first, liked it, but then nearing the end of the story began hating it seeing how poor most of the writing is. Also the Kett are an active threat but just kind of feel there. There's also no motivation, consequence, or reward in the end to outpost most of these worlds, it has no impact whatsoever.

>>172890872
The spray-on tan detracts from it

>>172891142
ME2 getting a 95 is a huge joke. Even if you actually fell for the good characters meme, the story is objectively bad and the gameplay is objectively average-ish.

>>172891050
Yeah, and sara is fantastic at social situations.

Granted, Alec does seem the kind to get drunk on the nexus and go on about how Addison can't open a can of pickles.

>>172890336
>metacritic
>mattering

>>172891162
fuck off, Vetra is for starting a family with and taking care of Her and her sister with snuggles and bedtime kissu

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>>172891162
DELETE, Vetra is for cuddles, affectionate lovemaking, and building a home with.

>>172891113
>tips of their mandibles
I'm imaging a relaxed nude femtur with closed eyes having her mandibles lovingly stroked while she makes small contented noises deep in her throat.

>>172890872
Looks like someone from jersey shore

>>172891336
>falling for the autistic meme

>>172891238
cod shitters man, they loved it cause it felt familiar, what can ya do?

>>172891142
Mass effect 3 was fine up until the last 5-7 minutes of the game. I went in blind 2 years ago into this trilogy and ended up enjoying ME3 even more than I did ME1 mostly because your crew felt really involved in everything that was going on and talked a lot, finding Javik, Tuchunka, Citadel DLC, etc, etc.
Also just about every romance in ME3 was handled damn well unless you went Thane or Kaidan.

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you're waifu spells out words and names using her butt?

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGv6_hBDBgM
Here we go.

>>172890934

like what?

>>172890627
Is Gay Space Alistair's romance any good, or is he Steve tier?

Does he actually have a kid with Ryder? That seems... sudden

>>172891434
>I went thane AND kaiden
I really fucked up on which import save I used.

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>>172891470
>No THICC companion
Truly the worst mass effect of the series.

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>>172891354
Oh sorry, here's the Gamerankings score instead.

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>>172891434
>Mass effect 3 was fine up until the last 5-7 minutes of the game.
No it wasn't but that's what people believe nowadays.

>>172891532
>tfw if we get a sequel following the Ryder trilogy your kid will be onboard
>tfw even if your kid isn't on board if you cheat on Gil you have to divorce and ruin at kids childhood by being a slutty dad who never has time for anything but killing Kett and cheating.

>>172891595
>caring about review scores
>ever

>>172891518
>Krogan
Sharks
>Salarians
Salamanders
>Angarans
Catsquids
>Geth
Headlamps
>Asari
Octopus

>>172891637
Aside from the forced PTSD Shepard developed ME3 was honestly no different than the other Mass effect games to me. Are you sure you just don't like Mass effect and latch onto these threads thanks to Stockholm syndrome?

>>172891731
>angarans
I thought they were sneks

>>172891731
>>Krogan
>Sharks

Krogan are heavily armored bats without wings.

>>172891712
Don't you have a corner you need to cry in, Mac?

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Maybe MEA will end up like FNV over time, where it got lukewarm reception and unfavorable comparisons to its predecessor initially, only for everyone to realize its genius later and remember that they were looking at its predecessor with rose-tinted glasses.

>>172891781

Structure's all wrong for that. Cobra hoods are thin, angarans have really bulky head thingies.

>>172891775
I know people will never admit it but the story of these games has always been shit. Which is fine considering the other strengths of the game but I wish people would at least admit it.

>>172891471
>I've been known to tango

Damn Citadel ruining our change to dance with birdfu.

>>172891826
>Maybe MEA will end up like FNV over time
HAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>172891471
>...would you be ...okay?
Jeez, Jaal's VA is good.

>>172890336
>>172891595
With all of it's problems I think a 7/10 is pretty good.

>>172891775
I do like Mass Effect, enough to deal with the flaws in 1,2 and Andromeda and genuinely enjoy the games.

But 3 was balls despite it's combat/multiplayer being fun and it wasn't just because of the Starchild (but oh boy is it one of the issues I had with it)

>>172891826
yeah no. FNV is brilliant, only plebs disliked it.

>>172891224
>>172891414
Yeah, sadly I only noticed the orange until after I hit create.

>>172890336

If they fix the bugs that can be fixed, I think it deserves upper 70s/lower 80s. It is a game that when it doesn't have a ton of graphical, menu and other issues will appeal to fans of Mass Effect and that's about it. I would say 80% is about what a game that's okay but has no appeal beyond its niche audience deserves.

But the sometimes awkward voice acting and poor writing will not be fixed by any patch. So lower 80s is the absolute best it can do I think.

I don't expect a lot of bug fixing from Bioware though. They have never been one to do that. Then again, they don't usually release a game with this many obvious bugs (DA:I had a lot though), so they are kind of in unfamiliar territory.

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>>172891826
Sure thing,Mac. People will see your brilliance anytime now.

Soon they'll know you're the Vincent van Gogh of the modern age. It helps if you kill yourself though. Just a tip.

>>172891731
Headlamps are my favourite animal

>>172892041
Everyone shat on it when it came out, it took several months for most people to appreciate its genius.

>>172891862
Nobody here is claiming Mass Effect is a literary masterpiece.

>>172891826
Well to be fair, half the people completely shitting on the game have never even played it and are just going for the 'lmao everyone's saying the animations are shit so it must be shit" meme

>>172891731

That's not the same, and you know it

>>172892131
You'd be surprised.

>>172891532
I think his story is cute. Impulsive guy who had no idea why he came to Andromeda and just goes with things.

You can tell him you're not ready to raise a kid if you romance him, which you should because Jill is crazy

>>172892107
>If they fix the bugs that can be fixed, I think it deserves upper 70s/lower 80s
It doesn't.

It's a game where story and dialogue are pretty much the most important thing, and those things are outright terrible and not something that can be patched.

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>>172891786
They're Snapping Turtles man

>>172892159
MY FACE IS TIRED XD
Meanwhile every non-gaming dedicated discussion I see it pop up in has people talking about how much they liked it despite the flaws.

>Fight Architect on Voeld
>Game glitches out and makes everywhere a Level 2 Hazard
???

>>172892013
>But 3 was balls
Why?
I'm sincerely curious since most people are usually just spiteful towards it due to the lackluster ending.

>>172892113
You already have people claiming Mass Effect 3 wasn't that bad.

>>172892159
>People who dislike it just haven't played it! This game is really great! I'm having so much fun! Buy my game please!

>>172892305
Yeah that happens when you go to the ME subreddit, mate.
Maybe you should stay there?

>>172892363
Yeah the ME subreddit sure is not gaming related.

>>172892315
that's not a glitch

there are heat lamps you're supposed to take cover near to warm up

>>172892361
Nothing is as bad compared to MEA. Everything suddenly looks way better next to this turd.

>>172892241

Nah the gameplay is still the most important thing. This is especially true for an open world-type game like ME:A. And I don't think the combat and gameplay is all that bad.

The fetch quests and other tediousness in exploring is more a mark of mediocrity than bad. It makes for a very generic open world game. So around 80% is appropriate I believe if they fix all the graphical bugs, dialogue bugs, and do something about the menus.

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>>172891471
>so... uh... what do you like to do for fun?
>This.
>Yes. But... No. For... fun.
>Thiiis.

HANDY DANDY GUIDE TO DETERMINE HOW SHITE YOUR CHARACTER'S IS:

1) Post an image with your character
2) wait until the thread dies
3) Read the following
>You're bretty gud tier
10+ posts fetshizing your character
>15 Minutes in paint tier
3+ posts straight up complimenting your face
>About the same level as default Ryder tier
1-2 posts about how it's okay/shit or meming up a minor aspect of it
>A little bit below default
No one replies.
>Your face sucks tier
3+ posts telling how awful it is.

I think this is right. Where did I go wrong?

>>172892453
Exactly. A circlejerk falls into the porn category.

>>172892510
>combat is the most important thing in an ME game
You're hilarious, Mac.

>>172892474
No, I mean after I beat it
The whole of the planet was a level 2 hazard until I went to a Forward Station

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>learning the writer for Halo 4 is the writer for ME:A

Nice. The Remnant tech and stepping into those vaults felt familiar as fuck.

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>>172891471
>"lately I find myself... looking back."
Not on my watch.

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>Go to jack the Archon's shit
>Have to pick saving the Salarian Pathfinder or some random Krogan mooks
>Why is this even a choice?
>Drack goes super retard mad about it
>Even after doing all his loyalty shit, helping the Krogan at every turn etc
>Don't even get any persuasion options or to defend your actions
K.

>>172891471
>the socially inept alien is better at getting through vetra's shell than anyone else

The game has been out for over a week and still no patch.

Bioware has no intention to fix anything of this mess.

>>172891649
>the kid is a DLC pet

>>172892612

What do you spend nearly all your time doing in ME:A? Fighting and exploring. The most important part of a game is what you do the most of. It is very simple. That doesn't mean the story is irrelevant, of course.

>>172892041
lolno
I love the game but a huge amount of NPCs where just there for exposition dumping. Shit was almost Morrowind tier.

>>172892620
Yea, it explains why the story is shit

>>172892510
>The fetch quests and other tediousness in exploring is more a mark of mediocrity than bad
Not really, it's a mark of bad design.

>>172891471
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85fyYvYo5Ec
Peebee & Jaal is out too.

>>172892672
I saved the Krogan because exalted Krogan would be a nightmare to deal with compared to exalted Salarians. That and pathfinders always have a back up.

>>172892748
Sure thing, Mac. The third person shooting action is why people play ME games. Most important part of the game.

>>172892851

>What are Cobra RPGs?

>>172892764
I like it, same way I liked Halo 4. Fuck Halo 5 though, now that was a piece of shit

>>172892746
kek

>>172891369
>starting a family
>with another species

and how are you supposed to do that, dummy?

>>172892764

Most open world games are infested with boring fetch quests and the like, even when they have other more interesting quests alongside them. By your logic almost every open world game has bad design.

I wonder what an exalted human looks like

>>172892672
I went for the Krogan. The replacement Salarian Pathfinder has a cool voice

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>>172892783
>Afterlife was a shithole bar
F-fuck you Peebee

>>172892851
Figured saving the Salarian pathfinder, and potentially whats left of their leadership, was worth more than some random scouts that are mentioned like, twice in some throwaway dialogue.

And that maybe, just maybe, there would be a small bit of old bioware writing in that me helping the Krogan at every turn up till then would make Drack not shit the bed.

>>172892903
I was thinking more storywise.
If I were in that spot I still would have picked the Krogan because Krogan are, again, fucking dangerous and shouldn't be left to Kett for exaltation. The Salarian pathfinder had her own mission and probably would have understood the dangers as well.

>>172892889

You need to learn that the set of people who play Mass Effect is much larger than waifufags on 4chan. Most people who buy it are driveby gamers that likely don't even finish the game and don't care about the story. They want to kill shit. For them the gameplay, exploration, and fighting IS what matters most.

>>172892980
Nothings impossible with SAM and a hefty dose of pure love

>Liam: Anyone seen a Hexchap(?) battery?
>Vetra: The ones that leak charged element zero? Did you bring one of those onto the ship?
>Liam: Uh, No... 'course not...
>Drack: I have three in my leg.

So seriously, Drack is the break out star of Andromeda, right?

>>172893014
>Most open world games are infested with boring fetch quests and the like
Not to this degree, and certainly not of this low quality.

And if they are then yes, it is bad design. Especially when it discourages exploration because things only pop up when certain quests are active, which literally point you to where you need to go.

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>>172890627
Hah, he was so gay looking when I first saw this character. So fucking annoying they ruined every human npc.

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Why would you throw away 5 years of work to avoid a couple more months of production costs?

>inb4 yadda yadda sunken cost fallacy, etc.

>>172893042
post yfw dlc reveals the archon was somehow originally a prototype for the exalted human and was actually a metaphor for human ambition and greed all along

>>172893195

He's really dull, 2bh. He's whole personality is "old krogan". There's no life to him

>>172891434
>Mass effect 3 was fine up until the last 5-7 minutes of the game
Everyone seems to have repressed their memories of godmode Cerberus and Kai Leng.
And the forced PTSD nonsense.

>>172893164
I know, Mac. People by Mass Effect for the third person shooter aspects instead of better action games.

Maybe you should make it even more of a shooter in the next game? Most important part of the game after all.

>>172891471
>Jaal: "We have very... large... families. When you are surrounded by family, you feel strong, like... a wall. Many stones, standing, as one. You can't have a wall with just two stones."
>Vetra: "But you can smash someone's head between two stones."

Best girl.

Also Jaal confirmed for racist.

>Jaal: "After reading Milky Way history, I'm finding it difficult to... trust... salarians."
>Vetra: "They're like anyone else. Have to take the good with the bad."

DAMMIT I THOUGHT I SAID NO BIGOTS ALLOWED?

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>>172892783
>Peebee, when asari exclaim "Goddess", who are they mean?
>Me.

>>172893268
Is it actually possible to dye short stubble beard like that?

>>172893437
Are the stones meant to be her thighs?

>>172893534
Yes

I saw a porn where some dude had dyed every hair on his body neon red

>>172893558
The stones are her and Sid.

>Vetra confirmed for being up for a threesome

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>>172893558
>vetra will never wrap her thick thighs around your neck and forces you to lick her blue cunny

>>172893164
This is bullshit. People buy ME for its story and its characters, not for the action. There's literally no one who praises the mass effect games for its fantastic shooting action.

This is not CoD that sells tens of millions of copies. ME is still a relatively niche franchise for AAA terms, and the people who buy it don't do it for the action. They've got Gears of War for that.

>>172893410

> People by Mass Effect for the third person shooter aspects instead of better action games.

They don't just buy one or the other. Do you honestly think Bioware spends more time and resources on writing and plot than do on the combat and gameplay aspects? Surely you aren't this delusional. I mean you can TELL that the combat got a lot more attention than everything else in the game just by playing it.

>>172892783
>You're the glue that binds Milky Way species. Your ability to reproduce unites all as one.
Through asari's dick, unity.

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>Get to last leg on remnant
>It bugs out and goes invulnerable
Fucking epic.

>>172892783
And Peebee remains the shittiest.
Who would have thought?

>Driving around with Drack and Cora
>So getting pretty friendly with ryder..
>REMNANT SIGHT AHEAD


Fuck this shit, party banter should always be the top priority over this shit

>>172893671
I don't know about you, but combat in ME:A is top-notch comfy

>>172893632
Where't the fucking art of Vetra fingering Sid

>>172893675
>Do you honestly think Bioware spends more time and resources on writing and plot than do on the combat and gameplay aspects?
Yes.

Combat has always been an afterthought in previous ME games. With lazy encounters and mechanics.

>>172893397
I specifically brought up the forced PTSD in the follow up. Leng was utter shit but both of those things weren't enough to ruin an entire game for me?

>>172893809
Sid is not for sexual.

>>172891839
No. In term of dps vanquisher still win against the black widow.

>>172893809
Vetra smut in general soon, I hope.

>>172893671

You are mixing up what Mass Effect is versus what Bioware (or rather EA) wants it to be. They want Gears of War sales. Or Halo to be more precise, though it's not an FPS.

>>172893856
Sid is for 3 way with Ryder and Vetra

>>172893675
Story and dialogues and shit is gameplay. The most important gameplay in Bioware games even. Combat is only there as filler and to justify the rpg aspects of upgrading and levelling. It's never gotten much attention or time in development.

>>172892667
>no option to "accidentally" eject Peepo's escape pod

>Jaal freaking the hell out at Chutes and Ladders.
>Vetra looking too hard into it

Why is it that the only really entertaining parts of any BioWare games these days are the ambient banter?

>tfw no Ryder/Cora/Sarissa threeway

>>172893593
>a porn

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6IsSQwKUk
>SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAT

>>172894013

> Story and dialogues and shit is gameplay. The most important gameplay in Bioware games even.

I hate to break it to you, but that part of Bioware is long gone, even if its hardcore fans still cling to it.

Thus you have their new IP that isn't even going to be an RPG.

>>172892327
>SO DEEP Dream sequence with that shit kid that occurs 3 times
>Kai Leng
>Rannoch and more specifically the terrible writing with the Geth
>Illusive Man takes 5 levels in Stupidity
>You fight the Cerberus Army more often than the FUCKING REAPERS
>"Who did you pick for Earth's Citadel Councilor? Lol it doesn't matter"
>"Did you save the Rachni or Kill it? Lol that doesn't matter, you're getting Ravagers no matter what"
>Did you save the Council? Lol doesn't matter
>ME2 Squadmates are reduced to cameos
>VS being back in your squad means fuck all when they don't have anything interesting to offer
>No Krogan because Wrex is busy and see above for Grunt (despite not having much to do after he's patched up)
>Edi goes from cool Ship VI to a Sexbot for Joker to fuck
>Ashley gets turned into a transexual
>Meltyface Allers
>STEEEEEEEEVE
>Udina's Betrayal is never explained (and his sudden black hair) and it's swept under the rug
>Sidequests are very slim, Most are fetch quests across the Galactic Map before BRAAAAAP run away from the Reapers.
>Javik perhaps the most relevant/interesting squadmate is DLC
>Liara is a terrible Shadow Broker after she finds the Crucible
>Omega sucked balls and Aria goes back to her couch in Purgatory instead of cleaning up Omega (no hub world)
>Deus Ex Machina Weapon
>Starchild
>"Tell me another story about the Shepherd"

This is all off the top of my head so no it wasn't just the ending that sucked.
What was good?

>Tuchanka Arc, Ravager shit aside
>Multiplayer was fun
>Combat was better than 2
>Citadel DLC was alright, Leviathan DLC had some nice bits like the stormy Waterworld


>>172892491
Nah, regardless of Andromeda's ugliness and jank, I'm having way more fun playing this than the Turd that was ME3.

>>172893915
>They want Gears of War sales
I'm sure they do, but that's not the people who buy their games.

They tried this with DA2 as well and that was a flop because of it. They tried it with MEA again, and once again the game suffers for the increased focus on combat instead of on the things that made Bioware games great and for which people buy the games.

>>172894030
while Vederia watches

>>172893715

>Your ability to reproduce unites all as one.

I mean, not really

>>172893715
If by "unites all as one" he means "outbreeds everyone else and overloads the galaxy with your vile parasite species," he's not that far off the mark.

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>Peebee's telling the crew she is there to stay
I loved how they let her have that little moment then all left when she asked for help cleaning up her sty. True Family.

>>172894156
For Jaal it means that the Asari allow all of the milky way to be one family.

>>172894105
>I hate to break it to you, but that part of Bioware is long gone
Which is why their recent games have been shit, because they've started building the games around their weaknesses instead of around their strengths.

>>172893715
>>172894156
Mac insisted that be put in, I bet.

>>172894273
Well, he did compare asari to ketts...

>>172894294
The only good reaction in that scene is Cora's non-verbal "I don't give a shit, why did you waste my time?".

>>172892672
>Why is this even a choice?

The krogan were prisoners being held against their will. The salarian pathfinder chose to risk her life to save the ark. The choice is between saving a group of (relative) innocents, or letting them get exalted to save the pathfinder.

I think saving the krogans is the better choice, from a story point of view. Clan Nakmor is going to be a force to be reckoned with since they're getting over the genophage and don't have Tuchanka's wildlife holding them back, so it's probably not a bad idea to get on their good side. Plus, Raeka was prepared to die when she took her team in. She knew the risks.

Besides, her replacement Captain Hayjer is a pretty cool guy. Kirrahe-tier.

>>172894075
A porno*

I think it was a snuff movie

>>172894330
That's been the case since DA2's "push a button, something awesome happens"

>>172894354
Yeah, but then he apologized for it, so I'm not sure it really counts as outing the asari for the interspecies leeches they are.

>>172892672
>Kesh mentions it
>Say it wasn't an easy choice
>She says it's okay, I've done enough for the Krogan

At least Kesh doesn't forget all the shit I did for these turtle bat faced fucks.

>>172893835
And they weren't enough to ruin the entire game for me either, anon. Just enough to land it squarely as my least-favorite Mass Effect game.

And certainly enough to annoy me now, when ME:A is getting infinitely more shit for issues that are way less jarring by comparison, at least in my opinion.

>>172894387
>since they're getting over the genophage


Except they're not. They just have marginally better odds at having a live birth than usual.

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>>172894354
Truly best boi.

>>172894465
He did think about it tho.

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>>172894465
Vetra made the same comparison and didn't apologize.

>>172894549
I didn't say it was cured, jackass.

>>172894569
Save us based Vetra

>>172894610
So don't say they're getting over the genophage when they're clearly not, retard.

>>172892672
>Raeka saves your lives earlier on in the mission
>Drack literally says "she saved our asses, we owe her one"
>Drack then gets mad that I chose to save her ass

Gas the krogans

I think the next race we find should be the natural greatest ally for humanity. The Angara and Asari are already besties

>>172894461
Yea and it's been getting worse and worse. And now we're at a point where people say "yeah, the story, characters, dialogue and RPG-elements are bad, but at least the action is good!"
Which is exactly why people don't play Bioware games, and the opposite of the games that made them famous and loved.

What did you do with Ruth in the contagion quest? It seems like the angara probably won't be able to do anything with the virus but I don't want to risk it.

>>172894684
They're improving! You said it yourself! They are in the process of getting over it, though slowly. I'm sorry your peanut brain couldn't put the pieces together, champ.

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>It's like a flying school bus.
What a precise description of Tempest.

>>172894387

Anything that benefits the Krogan, is bad for literally everyone else. Do you honestly believe when the Krogan go back to breeding like they used to they're going to behave?

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>>172894387
>Captain Hayjer is Kirrahe-tier
Sounds good to me.

Kirrahe is vital to getting Salarian Support in 3, Dalatrass be damned.

>>172894770
So dog furry aliens?

Good. You opened this message. This isn't actually ditaeon command. They're busy tending to what's left of their outpost. So you survived our fight on Kadara. You're not as weak as I thought. But never forget that your best wasn't good enough to stop me. Now an entire outpost is dying because you lacked the strength to win. The legend of Ryder needs to be re-written. I hope I'm there for the last chapter. It ends with your death. -RV

>>172894505
It's getting shit on because while ME:A might have less jarring issue than ME3 there is not a single really memorable or hype moment about it. ME3 could get really sloppy at times but in that mess there were some great bits. Andromeda is just really mediocre in everything but combat which has been glorious so far.

Given that the Asari disapprove of mating within their own species, does that mean that almost all the Asari who came to Helius can be expected to chase after other species? They are like a virus.

Based on that they should have brought fewer numbers than anyone else. What if the majority of Asari just so happen to have the hots for humans? That could reduce the human breeding population by a large portion.

>>172894796
I killed her

>>172895048

You have your normal human family, and you have your government sanctioned asari family

>>172895048
Asari were a mistake.

>>172894130
The majority of these I didn't really have a problem with and some come off as nitpicking (Wrex had every reason to be absent from the team) BUT I absolutely agree with you on Rannoch, Leng, Udinas coup going unexplained, and fighting cerberus more than the reapers. THAT was bad, like really, really bad.

>>172894130
Yeah, basically this.

ME3 wasn't as bad as it could have been, but all throughout it I always had that uncomfortable feeling in the back of my head, like I could just _feel_ how they were desperately scrambling to deliver on all the hype they built up and tie up all the loose ends they left, and how they obviously weren't going to be able to pull it off.

Hows the Explorer profile. Has anyone played it? It seems good once you acquired a fuckton of points to invest.

>>172895048
>MEA2
>rogue group of Ardat-Yakshi fuck shit over as a minor side villain or in a story DLC
I'd be alright with that

>>172894889
>Kallo and Drack don't interact with each other beside the "Nice Work, Kid" when he flies out of the Scourge.
Aw.

>>172895279
The blink is pretty useless.

>>172893297
He's wrong. Today's a delayed game can end up in a development hell because of constantly aging graphics, like Duke Nukem.

>>172895371

You can sometimes blink through walls you shouldn't be able to

>>172895371
I got stuck inside the nomad once and blink saved me from having to revert to an older save.

It has its uses.

>>172895456
Same thing happened to SWTOR.

>>172895371
This
>Try to blink to some cover
>Blink through it instead and continue being raped

>Try to blink up some stairs because its faster than running
>lolnope, blink through the stairs

And the bonuses in general aren't that worth.

>>172895456

True enough, but a game that constantly gets delayed was probably never going to be good in the first place

>>172895371
it makes getting away from enemies pretty easy

Is Bioware slowly trying to corrupt us? Best waifu gets less and less human each game.

>>172895589
It's not any better at it than the evade you get with every other class. If anything it can be worse because it fucks up your positioning.

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>>172895597
>MEA3
>marriage quest is a thing
>only doable if you have an alien waifu/husbando
>they use Meridian as an excuse for half-breed kids

just you wait

>>172895597
What? There's never been a good human waifu.

>>172894994
As someone who actually really likes ME:A, I agree with you. Compared to the previous games, this one does come off as a much slower and steadier burn. And I can absolutely see how that would underwhelm some people.

>>172895456
Duke Nukem's problem wasn't the problem.

And graphics aren't that important anyway. Look at The Last Guardian and FF15 as games that were delayed for years and still turned out pretty well, if not great. If you've got stylised graphics like Zelda it's especially unimportant

>>172895695
>It's not any better at it than the evade you get with every other class.
if it is a fullsized wall, it is better, with the other dodges you have to jump up and then dodge, exposing you to more fire.

Blink is also a further dodge than the others

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>>172894901
Nakmor specifically wanted to move away from typical warlike tendencies of the krogan, which is why they went to Andromeda in the first place. Even Drack admits that bloodthirsty warrior krogan like him are relics of a bygone age that he doesn't think Nakmor needs any more.

In fact, most of the krogan you interact with are very much not the Klingon-tier warriors you saw all the time in the Milky Way. They're less aggressive guys like Vorn and that scientist that talks about Okeer, and Kesh on the Nexus.

It's actually super fucking weird that Morda is the way she is. Even the krogan running the animal fights are relatively friendly.

>>172895784
>Duke Nukem's problem wasn't the problem.
Duke Nukem's problem wasn't the graphics*

>>172895850
Morda is also an old relic

>>172895230
Yeah? Well I had a major problem and those were the big ones, you want nitpicking, I left out my annoyance about David Archer.

>Wrex had every reason to be absent from the team
Wrex did, Mordin did, Legion did, Miranda did

Grunt didn't and Jack could do her shit on the ship.

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>Former BW employee says they never touched up Sara' face and animations because of perceived backlash over making Good looking women.

No wonder we got the googley eyed autist

>>172894089
wtf jaal

>>172895850
Even Drack talks about how rage only gets you so far before you have to just buckle down and fix things.

>>172896016
source?

>>172896016
I, too, would be interested in reading more about this

>>172896012
Grunt had his own squad and Jack has her students. The Normandy wasn't going to accommodate Jacks daycare program.

>>172896120
His gaping /v/ filled asshole

>>172896016
This is bullshit, probably based on that dumb tweet about making flawed characters.

>>172895371
Bull shit. Once you get used to it it's fucking God tier. You can telephone through objects, through doors, through walls, and up levels if angled properly. The blink is incredible as a charger because it ensures you'll never be in a situation where your targets are obstructed.

I am convinced that the Explorer profile is the best profile to play as a "vanguard" with.

>b-but muh melee damage

Melee is shit. It locks you in place and is no faster than just headshotting with a shotgun. The only reason to use melee is to abuse the iframes on the asari sword to do things like dodge a destroyer pulse or some other telegraphed attack.

>>172896016
whether or not this is true, it's funny that some feminist got mad at them for not making her pretty enough because they perceived it as "othering" women, meaning the man is the default option and the woman is the other option

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>>172896302
>telephone through objects

FOOLISH PHONEPOSTER

A lot of the Krogan's fate both in Andromeda and in the Milky Way is going to come down to whether they can learn to regulate their birth rate on their own. If they just breed naturally they will overwhelm all other species, no matter everyone's good intentions.

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>>172896120

>>172896520
If you take it to the extreme, after conquering everyone they'll eventually run into mass starvation.

Heleus krogans will probably realize that. Not sure about the Milky Way ones.

>>172896520
I imagine as Krogan have better lives and better places in society they'll start having less kids just like we do.

>>172896302
>Explorer gets +40% biotic damage
>7.5% damage reduction
>+15% weapon damage

Add into that the tech recharge, and you've got a great Sentinel set up with the Omni-Vents skill halving the cooldown of all your other abilities when you use a tech ability.

So you can charge in, Nova, Incinerate, and your charge has like two second cool down, then charge again.

The shield strength from Vanguard means less when you're getting 100% shields every six-three seconds, and there's nothing else that's helpful from the vanguard bonuses.

MEA has me replaying the Mass Effect Trilogy.

I've never done Renegade Shepard, should I do it? I have a feeling I'm going to stop halfway through because it gets too hard to be mean :(

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>>172896546
>speculation

>>172896546
Guess Robertson is Liam Robertson, so this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42-3GCq6gqo

>>172896204
Jack sends them out on missions she doesn't babysit them.

>>172896546
Polishing the facial animations would make them look more realistic, how is that contradictory to realistic characters? It doesn't even impact their looks. What the fuck, at least this explains things

>>172896821
Also, with no insane wildlife to kill them, less fertile krogan will be able to successfully reproduce which will skew the natural birth rate lower.

>>172896520
The problem with them now is they have to procreate at the old rate thanks to the genophage being set up specifically to keep their old mortality rate.

>>172896861
It doesn't matter because in the end you will get only one ending.

cora wants to fuck asari, not scott

Do you guys think the Geth would head over to Andromeda out of their own accord.

>>172895738
No, I mean the quality alien waifu resembles a human less and less.

>ME1: human with blue skin and weird ears
>ME2/ME3: human with bowed legs, three toes and fingers, grey skin, and weird ears
>MEA: raptor
>MEA2: krogan?

>>172896940

Cora wanted to fuck Alec, not Scott.

>>172896828
You get so much power restoration from biotics, tech, and Explorer passives that you'll have 100% shield restore even while taking shocktrooper rather than bastion. So you'll be getting 100% Shields far more frequently than that too.

>>172896939
Mass Effect isn't about the ending, it's about the journey. Yeah, I don't like 3 any more than anyone else, but the first two games are fucking fantastic with plenty of consequences for your choices.

>>172896945
They're already there, they are SAM. Why do you think the program is called AI?

>>172896908
You really are quick to accept whatever random bullshit is posted in an image

>>172896945
Absolutely.

Being in a galaxy full of asshole "parents" that hate you just because you moved out fucking sucks. I know I'd definitely want to GTFO as a Geth, personally.

Not to mention I really want a fucking Geth squadmate. I'd perform fellatio on many penises to have this.

>>172897070
>Artificial Intelligence
>AI
>Andromeda Initiative
>an AI plays a key role in the AI

I bet you some smug mother fucking writer thought he was so goddamn clever when he came up with this

>>172897078
True, but the facial animations in the game look largely like untouched mocap so it isn't super far fetched even if the presented reasoning is

>>172897115
>The Quarian Ark doesn't have a SAM.
>The Quarians are actually Geth sympathizers, their AI is a full bank of Geth.

>>172896945
Given the ease of transporting runtimes, it's surprising they have not already.

>>172897187
At least they didn't jerk themselves off by pointing it out ingame.

>>172897196
Yeah but anyone can tell that they didn't touch up the mocap enough. A lot of us have been saying that from the beginning.

Am I the one who's noticed how weird Turians legs are in ME:A?

>>172896875
Sources aren't speculation, mate.

>>172891434
>Mass effect 3 was fine up until the last 5-7 minutes of the game.
KEK
Are you serious?
The game is pretty much a bad ME2 clone.

>>172897306
I've noticed that all turians are leaning back too far, and that for the most part their toes are broken and stick straight up

>>172897230

My guess is that they aren't (all) geth sympathizers, but based on how the DLC goes they may accept the geth as their "SAM" by the end, or the geth get destroyed and the Quarians go with an AI, or the Quarians get destroyed and you just have the geth.

>>172897371

Meant to say Quarians go without an AI

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>>172897276
Even just fixing the eyes would've helped a fuckton.

I mean, they even modeled (or bump mapped, I dunno) the iris/pupil properly so it appears to dip into the eye underneath the cornea just like it would on a real eye. All they had to do was get the shadows and specular right, and then throw in some more lifelike movement during cutscenes (particularly eyelids having some minor variation like squinting slightly to emote, etc)

>>172897306
No I see it too and it bugs me just as much

Biotics are for chumps.

>>172892248
I assumed everyone knew this.

>>172897685
The general lack of movement in conversations is what gets me most. It's either someone crossing their arms or keeping them by their sides only to do that weird half raised motion with nothing going on with the eyes.

>>172897438
As long as the AI doesn't ask if it has a soul the Quarians should be fine with it.

Ascent is go! Leaving atmo.

>>172897230
Probably brought some Geth along to study because Shepard had Legion on one of their colony ships

>accidentally saved sloane from the sniper, now reyes' head is going on a spike
FUCK
can I redo that mission

>>172897685
Someone needs to edit Scott's eye. I'd like to see them fixed

>>172897065
>>172897065
Look who's getting philosophical.

Life is not about the end but it's about the journey. Yeah, I don't like life any more than anyone else, but the first two decades are fucking fantastic with plenty of consequences for your choices.

>>172897997
Reyes still escapes bud

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Are you ready, guys?

>>172894130
Everytime I make this list there's always something I forgot.

>"Did you save or keep the Collector base?"
>AH HAHAHA doesn't matter!

>>172897868
The complete lack of facial movement and emotion just kills half the story and most of the dialogue.

Perfect example is the 1st time you talk to Addison.
When she repeats back that "Alec is dead?", then the camera just swaps to your character with the most vacant, dead stare ever.

>>172898275
Is this coming for PC? That's my only question.

Can someone post the cut audio from the Vetra romance?

>>172898275
I hope it comes with ALL dlc pre-installed

>>172898398
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5waeCv5lk

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>>172898275
Those motherfuckers, better have all the DLC.

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How do I get up there?

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R U D I M E N T A R Y C R E A T U R E S O F B L O O D A N D F L E S H

>>172898398
>>172898449
>listen to this the first time
>expecting something actually interesting
>it's just generic grunting, doesn't even have fucking flanging

what's the point of this again?

>>172892008
He's the best VA of the group. Jaal's speaking rhythm annoys me sometimes but it's supposed to be that way.

>Talking with the Angara that betrayed the Moshae
>He asks if I want to know why he did it
>Telling him that you don't care
>Then reloading the save just to double check the reason wasn't important
A-at least in my real save I was a cool guy!

What groups have the best banter?

Vetra and Drack have been great. Who is good with PeeBee and Cora?

>>172898565
Where is this?

That's some pretty intense foreshadowing.

>>172898585
Why did he do it? I told Sloane I didn't give a shit about him, and then told him I didn't care why he did what he did.

>>172898683

It's in the "messages from the Angara" where you go around Aya and decide which messages from the Angara to upload to the Nexus.

>>172898646
>Who is good with PeeBee and Cora?
PeeBee and Cora have good banter with each other and Drack

>>172898690
He thought that the Moshae was the only one the Archon wanted and by giving her up he'd leave the Angara alone.

>>172898646
I expected Vetra and Liam to have some good banter.
Instead it was just a 2 way street of hate.

>>172898646
If you want to hate Liam, take him with Vetra.

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>>172898646
>Who is good with PeeBee and Cora?
Drack is good with anyone.
Except Liam. Liam fucking sucks with anyone that isn't Jaal.

>>172898646
Cora has some decent stuff with Drack but then again most people have decent banter with Drack.

>>172898275

I hope they at least boost ME1's graphics. I mean Bethesda did at least that when they rereleased Skyrim as a cashgrab. Though doing so was completely pointless on PC thanks to mods.

>>172898275
I can just play ME1 and ME2 on my 360 instead

And redownload some of the DLC.

>>172898916
>Got the cashgrab edition for free on steam for some reason
>Literally no reason to ever download it since it has shit mod support and modded normal Skyrim already looked better

>>172899040

It was free for PC owners of Skyrim.

How come I can't fuck Sloane and get a bunch of STDs?

>>172899151
SAM makes you immune to STDs

>>172899151
>implying Sloane fucks anyone but her turian husbando

>>172899223
>>172899151


Could they cure mom's illness by putting SAM in her?

>>172898820
Minus all those Angara the Archon took?

Guy doesn't even have the excuse of Indoctrination to be this stupid.

Does anyone have any idea what Bioware is going to say on Tuesday? I really hope they up power dmg in MP.

>>172899273
Yes.

>>172899273
No, SAM explains why he couldn't cure her if you ask after getting the penultimate memory. I'm pretty sure it amounts to the disease just being too far along by the time SAM was finished.

>>172898646
Vetra: It's hot.
Drack: Weak.
Vetra: You did not just call me weak.
Drack: I've heard you scream. We all have.
Vetra: What? When?
Drack: Last night, have fun Ryder?
Vetra: Remember to put the pillow in my mouth next time.

Name a conversation that beats this one

>>172899315
Some PR talk about supporting the game and feedback, bug fixes and I'd guess something about MP.

>>172899315
You don't need an announced announcement for that. Its going to be DLC or MEA2. Maybe they will talk about sales if they were good, to fight back against public perception. A little "humble bragging."

>>172899383
>SAM literally makes you immune to an incredibly contagious, 100% fatal disease
>"No I couldn't help her"

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>>172899151
You can fuck Sloane, but Kaetus gets to fuck your ass while doing it.

>>172899315
While I'm hopeful for shit to be fixed, it'll just be underwhelming announcements of minor fixes.

Maybe DLC announcements too.

>>172899436
Lies. There's no such conversation.

>>172899436
It's not polite to lie, anon.

>>172899436
Need proof

>>172899516
I don't see a downside here

>>172898646
>Liam is a massive fucking cunt to everyone and gets in everyones face
What a fucking dick.

>>172899494
SAM makes you immune to catching it. If you already had it, SAM could probably only delay the stage progression at best.

>>172899734
I really liked Liam until I actually started using him. Why is he only nice to people on the Tempest?

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>>172899436
LIAR I'm pretty sure.

>>172898916
Lolololol Bethesda just shat it out with the hi res dlc

>>172899734
>Vetrafag
Not Liam's fault your shit waifu can't handle the bantz.

>>172899920

Well if Bioware puts out ME1 without any graphical improvements, they are even worse than Bethesda.

>>172899734
>Kinda liked Liam as a loveable idiot
>Try using him with some different squadmates
>Its just him and whoever else being a dick to each other all the time
Eh.

Vetra and Drack are best combo

>>172899734
>Liam gets in everyones face
>rides them for making mistakes
>He's the only one with a loyalty mission that is you fixing his retarded fuck up

Name a person on a Tempest that is a bigger faggot than Liam.

>>172900062
Gil

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>No Movie Night 2 DLC

>>172900062
Literally Gil.....

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>>172894889
>Gil: Whoa. Shit's real.
>Jaal: I see this word "shit" is very... multifaceted.
>PB: Especially in hands of a master like Gil.
>Gil: Uh.. eww.
What did they mean by this.

>>172900062
Gil

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how the fuck did the vorcha become a space faring race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJARrs0hrZQ

>>172900279
*watches last five minutes*

Seems pretty agreeable.