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07-17-2012, 10:20 AM | #256 |
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Bump for the new multiplayer expansion that is being released today. It looks amazing, and the trailer for it is ****ing sweet.
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04-20-2013, 09:19 PM | #257 |
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Anyone still playing this? I'm addicted to the Multiplayer, never knew it could be this fun.
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04-21-2013, 03:32 AM | #258 |
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Yeah, the multiplayer has been a pleasant surprise. I've played it fairly regularly since it came out, with the occasional break for something else. I always come back to it though.
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05-14-2013, 09:24 PM | #259 |
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So I'm replaying this from the beginning as a Renegon Shepard (can't bring myself to do certain things like wipe out all the colonists at Zhu's Hope and waste Wrex).
I'm struck by a few things: 1) I forgot how clunky the combat metrics of the first game and how annoyingly long all the recharge times for powers were. 2) The second game was really ****ing hard on higher difficulty levels. I zoomed through an Insanity playthrough w/ a Sentinel in ME 3 w/ two or three deaths total, but I've died dozens of times on Hardcore in ME 2 w/ an Infiltrator. The balky use of cover, the need to constantly switch weapons, and the lack of powers are all really frustrating. Ultimately, it helps me realize and appreciate how great the gameplay of ME3 is. Ending issues aside, it's a quantum leap from the first two games. If I had to rerank these I'd probably put them in this order: ME 3 ME ME 2 I realize that's the opposite of most people, but my favorite Star Wars film was ROTJ.
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05-14-2013, 09:28 PM | #260 |
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Ewok lover.
Although I wouldn't disagree with you. About the ME series. Ironically I've played 3 more than the other two combined due to the feature I bitched the most about (that being the multiplayer). I think the game itself is a masterpiece, even including the giant misstep in the single player game that was London until the end. ME would get the #2 spot due to nostalgia and world-building. And ME2 isn't a distant 3rd by any means. In the end it's one of the best game trilogies of all time. I can't wait to see what they're doing with 4. And I can't wait to see whatever their new mystery IP is. |
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05-14-2013, 09:31 PM | #261 | |
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Quote:
That shit aside, what do you mean mystery IP?
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05-14-2013, 09:38 PM | #262 | |
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I think the final act of ROTJ is amazing, the arc on the planet, on the death star and in space all intertwined. Movie magic in every sense of the word, music and plot and action...
There isn't much out yet on the new IP: Quote:
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05-14-2013, 09:59 PM | #263 |
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I mean what is IP short for?
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05-14-2013, 10:00 PM | #264 |
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Intellectual Property I think.
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05-14-2013, 10:05 PM | #265 |
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Gotcha. ME 4 is going to be a hard transition for me. Mass Effect is, obviously, about Shepard above all. I think Commander Shepard is probably the best character in the history of video games, owing to my own personal sympathies as his actions make him an extension of myself.
It's very hard to have a series with such an identifiable protagonist continue after the end of that protagonist's story. I'd hate for them to go prequel, because you know how the story ends, and there's too much of a temptation for retconning.
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05-14-2013, 10:12 PM | #266 |
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Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what they do with it. They do have a well-established style of gameplay and a successful multiplayer element to build on, it's just a question of what they can do in terms of story. Which is sort of backwards from a bioware perspective.
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05-14-2013, 10:15 PM | #267 |
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Isn't it going to run on the Frostbite engine? How do you think that will affect the game?
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05-14-2013, 10:19 PM | #268 |
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Yeah, it's on Frostbite 3, but I don't really know enough about that to say one way or the other.
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05-14-2013, 10:29 PM | #269 |
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I loaded this game up again the other day. I do enjoy the multiplayer. The combat is great, despite the crappy spacebar-does-everything bullshit. I love the hookshot mechanics of the biotics combined with TPS gameplay.
I enjoyed the series on the whole, despite giant plot holes and their insistence on morally judging my actions with blue and red bars - and the fact that it really gets tiresome jogging around a ship with doors that open slower than a ghetto supermarket making sure that Garrus was still calibrating and all the gays and lesbians were doing ok. There was some crappy writing and a pile of exposition, but there was also some good fun and then they totally make up for it with scenes like Mordin curing the genophage. No idea where they start with a 4th. |
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05-14-2013, 10:46 PM | #270 |
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I'm about to launch the reaper IFF mission in ME2 in my "one year anniversary" game.
Renegade female Shep (with soft spots for Tali and Liara). Trying to save all the crew this time. I have really enjoyed playing through again. Love this trilogy and will miss Shepherd greatly.
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