The Mass Effect thread

[Knight of Cydonia]

"You cannot be serious."
-hit probe button again-
"-sigh- Probing Uranus."

[Knight of Cydonia]

I think rather than a full ret-con, I'd prefer to see something like "Sovereign was one of the most powerful Reapers, these are relative small-fry".
Sadly, it probably is going to come down to Conservation of Ninjutsu and "uh... Shepard is just that cool okay"

[Knight of Cydonia]

I hope they stick with the 70s/80s sci-fi-esque themes of the last two games, though. Those really fitted the game. For it to go all-out orchestral would be disappointing.

[Knight of Cydonia]

I manually save whenever I go back to the Normandy, that's it. If I quit mid-mission it's only ever because I'm tired/bored and then I'll come back to the most recent autosave.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Heal: Legion
Hurt: Liara

[Knight of Cydonia]

Actually, I did the exact opposite because of his PM.

[Knight of Cydonia]

PS. When did Ashley get super hot?

When she was revealed to be a transexual.

[Knight of Cydonia]

I gave it a maxed out magazine capacity and damage mod, and as long as there's at least 1 unit of energy left in the gun, it'll recharge to full much quicker than the reload. I used it for a couple of missions until I got a maxed out Mattock.

[Knight of Cydonia]

That bastard killed Kirrahe. He is

SO FUCKING DEAD.

[Knight of Cydonia]

But you can give free updates for XBOX, right? And all PC versions of the game are linked with Origin, so those can all be updated as well. If this is a marketing ploy, it's likely just a small update that gives a longer ending, not a full DLC mission.

But whatever. We'll have to wait and see.

Free updates on Xbox Live are limited to a comparatively miniscule data size and, IIRC, 2 per game. This is why generally they're used to push numerical data changes/minor code fixes post-launch rather than content. The only devs you'll see pushing big free content/bugfix patches are those who have signed exclusivity contracts (see major XBLA titles, the Halos, etc) - this is why TF2 is dead on 360, because Valve aren't capable of putting everything they've given the PC market into it without literally bankrupting themselves. (Microsoft charge based on the size of your update and the number of downloads of that update - now imagine all those hats)

If there is a free "small update" that gives a longer ending, that ending will have had to already be on the disc, (which would probably destroy what little goodwill Bioware have left from fans right now) and if there is going to be a

better/true ending

DLC, it will cost money (which will ALSO destroy that goodwill); therefore unless Bioware really think they can get away with "true ending" DLC, the

indoctrination theory

is sadly just a lot of Bioware fans trying desperately to justify some seriously shoddy writing.

Basically, it comes down to which is more likely: that BioWare not only fucked up the ending of their otherwise flawless game

flawless

[Knight of Cydonia]

The only reason any evidence for indoctrination exists is because that plotline was cut by the writers because Casey Hudson wanted LOTS OF SPECULATION. From RPS:" A longer, more expository conclusion was originally planned, and would have gone further into the origins of the ME3 universe and the backstory of the Reapers, but in last-minute meetings at the end of 2011 Hudson and co ultimately settled on something which would require ‘lots of speculation’ in preference to explaining away the nature of their fictional universe. The question, I suppose, is whether they were successful in that."

[Knight of Cydonia]

From the ME Wiki:
"Finally, they throw powerful biotic projectiles (similar to Warp) that move slowly but track their target. Shields can be instantly destroyed and up to two health blocks are drained over time."
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Banshee

[Knight of Cydonia]

Bioware writing has plummeted massively in standard since Karpyshyn or whatever his name was left and Hamburger Hepler started constantly "advising" writers even on games she's not involved with. The Ardat-Yakshi Monastery is NOT the worst piece of writing you're going to see before the end.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Hamburger Hepler

never heard of her, tell me more about this person

Woman responsible for the terrible writing in Dragon Age 2, the Bounty Hunter plotline for The Old Republic (and look how well THAT went) and centre of a "people only hate my writing because I'm a woman" shitstorm AND a "I don't really like games" shitstorm at various times.
Wrote one published TERRIBLE sci-fi book full of xenophobia, subsequently fell back on writing for games because... it's a paycheck, I guess.

[Knight of Cydonia]

We haven't forgotten ME3
We just pretend the last 20 minutes of it didn't happen