The Mass Effect thread

Zachrulez · Post Post #35 (isolation #0) » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:23 am

I don't know, I did like exploring planets in my vehicle of death.

Zachrulez · Post Post #55 (isolation #1) » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:23 am

I romanced Ashley in the 1st game.

Imagine how hurt she'll be when she realizes I've moved onto someone else...

Zachrulez · Post Post #57 (isolation #2) » Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:43 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Yeah I romanced nobody in profile 1 (male paragon), then in profile 2 (female renegade) I romanced Liara (yeah baby!) and then in 2 I am working on both Miranda and Jack (using the profile 1, male paragon from ME1).

Who did you move on to, Zach?

Tali.

Zachrulez · Post Post #80 (isolation #3) » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:49 am

Quarians only have like 3 fingers, so I'm not expecting them to necessarily be human-like looking.

Zachrulez · Post Post #92 (isolation #4) » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:05 am

TheButtonmen wrote:I actually didn't like the trailer for ME3; I mean they spent 1 and 2 building up how utterly unstoppable even a single reaper is and then show swarms of them descending on earth in the trailer which means the only way they can solve this issue is be severe ret-conning of power levels or by some deus-ex machina.

Reminds me of the Borg in Star Trek.

Zachrulez · Post Post #144 (isolation #5) » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:18 am

esuriospiritus wrote:I think I done fucked up with Zaeed.

I pissed him off on his loyalty mission and for some strange reason didn't have the paragon points to charm him out of it. (I'm so attuned to the Renegade Shepard, even when I'm
trying
to do a Paragon run half my choices end up being Renegade. <.<)

I may now be forced to flush him out the airlock.

Pick all the choices that you hate/find boring. Then you'll be a paragon.

Zachrulez · Post Post #149 (isolation #6) » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:36 am

I can't remember if I had to charm Zaeed or if I left the workers to die.

I remember my first crack at the suicide mission, I managed to get everyone to live. I remember Sotty getting all enraged when she lost Mordin after doing all the loyalty missions because she picked the wrong final party. (It took ages to even figure that out.)

So on top of everything else, I picked the right final party on pure dumb luck as well.

Zachrulez · Post Post #152 (isolation #7) » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:53 am

esuriospiritus wrote:It really isn't all that hard to keep everyone alive in the suicide mission if you've done the loyalty missions -- I made what I felt were the logical military decisions all the way throughout it
(Legion in the ducts since he's a.) good at tech, b.) not organic so if there at any point the duct is exposed to vacuum he'd be fine... Garrus as the secondary lead at both opportunities because he's got leadership experience -- even if he DID get his whole team killed -- and felt the team probably respected him more than Miranda. Thane went back with the surviving crew because I figured if anyone could singlehandedly defend them against any Collectors that appeared, it would be either him or Jack. Samara was my biotic specialist because she had 400+ years of experience as a biotic, and you just can't beat that. Garrus and ... I forget, but I think Tali ... came with me in the final fight because Shepard needed the people she trusted the most at her six and a balanced team for the final encounter)
and did just fine.

Turns out I was waaaay overthinking it compared to how relatively simple it actually is, but whatever, everyone survived my first playthrough.

People are gonna intentionally die in my second, just so I can see the differences when I port into ME3.

Also, relevant.

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Post Post #190 (isolation #8) » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:34 pm

I must say I really enjoyed the Shadow Broker expansion. I probably should have played it at the end of the game rather than the middle though, I died so many times...

Zachrulez · Post Post #193 (isolation #9) » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:58 am

esuriospiritus wrote:Yeah, that one's really good, but Overlord is my favorite DLC.

Have you done that one yet?

Yeah, I preferred Lair of the Shadow Broker.

It's probably just a matter of taste.

Zachrulez · Post Post #234 (isolation #10) » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:44 am

esuriospiritus wrote:
hitogoroshi wrote:Jack's romance was actually really well-done right until the end. I was about to call it a triumph on Bioware's part, because it actually had some depth to it. I got to the final scene
with Jack crying, thinking, "Wow, Bioware, mature message on your part. She had an infantile idea of companionship that no one could live up to, coupled with a simultaneous sexual self-loathing, and for once the answer isn't sex but simple honesty and - WHOOPS NEVER MIND GONNA FUCK THE CRYING CHICK
To play devil's advocate, it makes perfect sense for an Asshole!Shepard playthrough. <.<

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Post Post #235 (isolation #11) » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:49 am

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Post Post #237 (isolation #12) » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:22 am

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Post Post #238 (isolation #13) » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:24 am

It works for a renegade character yes, but it's WAY beyond just being an asshole.

Zachrulez · Post Post #257 (isolation #14) » Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:29 am

20 dollars for that shirt.

... and it's probably made in China.

WHAT A SCAM.

Zachrulez · Post Post #352 (isolation #15) » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:45 am

I just got the images of the elevator scene from T2 coupled with the mass effect characters calmly waiting in the elevator while the T-1000 tries to knife his way in.

We don't need our weapons drawn...

Zachrulez · Post Post #378 (isolation #16) » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:54 am

Worked fine for me.

Zachrulez · Post Post #384 (isolation #17) » Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:38 pm

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Mute wrote:The end boss was a joke. the Broker was harder.
Um, no.

Broker was easy as pie.

If you use a sniper...

Zachrulez · Post Post #462 (isolation #18) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:09 am

Hurt: Kaiden
Heal: Tali

Zachrulez · Post Post #463 (isolation #19) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:10 am

Kaiden/Ashley/Jacob

First three dead, gogogogogo!

Zachrulez · Post Post #470 (isolation #20) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:06 am

Umbrage wrote:C'mon, we need new faces! If more people don't start voting I'll reduce the number of hitpoints each character has.

PM people who are into mass effect

Zachrulez · Post Post #490 (isolation #21) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:27 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:You
like
the Ashley romance?

...
why?

I literally ran into that without intending to get into it.

It's like WTF, I was just trying to be friendly!

Zachrulez · Post Post #495 (isolation #22) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:23 am

zoraster wrote:why are you guys doing this instead of playing the new DLC?

WUT

Zachrulez · Post Post #502 (isolation #23) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:46 am

Something new to download I guess.

Zachrulez · Post Post #509 (isolation #24) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:28 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Zach/Zora: Are you guys interested in playing the Mass Effect game they're starting?

I haven't played with either of you before, but I'd like to! Are you guys gonna pre/in?

We've played before.

Hurt: Kaiden
Heal: Tali

Zachrulez · Post Post #516 (isolation #25) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:46 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:It's a bad/blurry pic but yea, she's black IRL. Her name's Kimberly Brooks.

Maybe they thought it'd be especially ironic to have a black white racist. lol

See of all the things I knew about the game, I didn't know that.

... and knowing it now, I still don't care.

Zachrulez · Post Post #530 (isolation #26) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:56 am

Another 7 dollars, another DLC beaten in an hour.

Zachrulez · Post Post #533 (isolation #27) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:15 am

Mute wrote:

That bitch though... I could smell the betrayal from miles away though.. but her motivations were... iffy? at best. I mean, what did she want to happen, the reapers to come and kill the human race? So what was the point of overloading the core? Got lost there... =S

Either way so worth the *6 dollars.

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Post Post #535 (isolation #28) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:15 am

Mute wrote:Yeah yeah I got that, but that's not a good umbrella for "do whatever just because of that" to me. There's gotta be a reason.

I'm more curious about why it doesn't work on Shepard.

Zachrulez · Post Post #540 (isolation #29) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:06 pm

What is this crap? No hurting Legion.

Hurt Kaiden
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #546 (isolation #30) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:22 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:It was only out of spite, because she hurt Zaeed.

Spite doesn't kill Kaiden dead.

Zachrulez · Post Post #551 (isolation #31) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:37 am

Hurt: Kaiden
Heal: Samara

LETS GET IT DONE.

Zachrulez · Post Post #553 (isolation #32) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:38 am

Pffft, you can't do anything with Morinth that doesn't result in your hot death.

Zachrulez · Post Post #563 (isolation #33) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:20 am

Maybe you take Morinth because you find the galaxy to be overpopulated.

Zachrulez · Post Post #567 (isolation #34) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:26 am

Moninth = Samara in terms of biotic power. Samara > Jack, thus Morinth > Jack

Zachrulez · Post Post #571 (isolation #35) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:35 am

Asari live for millenia and are specialize in biotics. I think that speaks for itself.

Zachrulez · Post Post #573 (isolation #36) » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:45 am

As far as I understand, Krogan biotics are rare.

Zachrulez · Post Post #582 (isolation #37) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:58 am

IT'S A NEW DAY.

TIME TO FINISH OFF KAIDEN

HURT: KAIDEN
HEAL: LEGION

ASHLEY NEXT.

Zachrulez · Post Post #584 (isolation #38) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:59 am

Mute wrote:Zach I'll fight you to the death to keep Ash alive.

this is not a joke. =|

You're fighting the tide of inevitability.

Zachrulez · Post Post #586 (isolation #39) » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:08 am

I can back killing Jacob before Ash. It's not the order I'd do it personally, but I think they should defintely be the first three to go.

Zaeed would probably be an earlyish target for me too.

Zachrulez · Post Post #629 (isolation #40) » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:55 am

VP Baltar wrote:
esurio wrote:Correction: Bother scanning all the planets. Some of them have anomalies that lead to sidequests or whatever that you won't get if you don't at least go into the scanning thing once on every planet. But you don't have to send probes on every planet, no.
Seriously I guess I'll save the planet hunting for after I finish the rest of my missions before the reapers.

Also, I don't get the Zaeed love, RC. He's basically just a weakened version of Garrus.

There are anomaly missions, but they aren't really worth it compared to the rest of the game.

Also...

Hurt: Ashley
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #647 (isolation #41) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:30 am

Umbrage wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:
VP Baltar wrote:
esurio wrote:Correction: Bother scanning all the planets. Some of them have anomalies that lead to sidequests or whatever that you won't get if you don't at least go into the scanning thing once on every planet. But you don't have to send probes on every planet, no.
Seriously I guess I'll save the planet hunting for after I finish the rest of my missions before the reapers.

Also, I don't get the Zaeed love, RC. He's basically just a weakened version of Garrus.
There are anomaly missions, but they aren't really worth it compared to the rest of the game.

Also...

Hurt: Ashley
Heal: Legion
This is wrong. Seriously. The anomaly missions are some of the best. They are really interesting, and way more varied than the main story. You are really missing out if you don't do them.

I stand by my comments.

Hurt: Ashley
Heal: Legion

RC's meaningless attacks... offset.

Zachrulez · Post Post #656 (isolation #42) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:56 am

Umbrage wrote:In order to speed the game along, I am reducing everyone's health by 5.

14th place: Jacob
15th place: Ashley
16th place: Kaidan

Wrex (5)
Liara (7)
Garrus (6)
Tali (7)
Miranda (7)
Mordin (9)
Grunt (6)
Jack (7)
Thane (7)
Samara (6)
Legion (7)
Zaeed (10)
Kasumi (7)

With the heal mechanic in play that isn't going to do much.

Zachrulez · Post Post #673 (isolation #43) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:02 am

Shooting things is pretty awesome.

Will vote Zaeed till he's dead under the terms of my deal with Esurio once I am able to vote again.

Zachrulez · Post Post #686 (isolation #44) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:26 am

I rather enjoy the fire ammo.

Zachrulez · Post Post #695 (isolation #45) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:38 am

Zaeed and Mordin will not win.

... Not if I have anything to say about it anyway.

Zachrulez · Post Post #697 (isolation #46) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:40 am

That said, I don't really have a clear idea who I'd actually want to win the whole thing, I just have a clear idea of who I DON'T want to win.

Zachrulez · Post Post #699 (isolation #47) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:37 am

Mute wrote:Tali
abso-fucking-lutely cannot win

BTW VP: Squad Cryo ammo > all. Shredder is useless as most enemies have shields/armor/barriers blocking the shredder ammo from doing anything, and some can regenerate that shielding. By the time you whittle it down to just health you'll already be killing it with your squadmates support. If you have to get a second ammo power, I'd say go with Warp ammo for any biotic and amor piercing for others. Though, on my infiltrator, I picked up Mordin's and with the Vanguard I got Stasis (glitching that to OHKO anything (even YMIR mechs) cannot be beat).

I should actively pull for Tali to win out of spite now.

Zachrulez · Post Post #702 (isolation #48) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:46 am

Don't trust him, he's secretly planning Zaeed's victory as we speak.

Zachrulez · Post Post #705 (isolation #49) » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:48 am

VP Baltar wrote:I plan to vote Zaeed AND Mordin out. Cause they be the lamez.

Then it is agreed, Zaeed dies next.

Zachrulez · Post Post #733 (isolation #50) » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:04 am

So, we still killing Zaeed up in here?

Zachrulez · Post Post #737 (isolation #51) » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:02 am

Hurt: Zaeed
Heal: Samara

I need to finish DAO2 one of these days.

Zachrulez · Post Post #754 (isolation #52) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:41 am

Hurt: Zaeed
Heal: Tali

Zachrulez · Post Post #766 (isolation #53) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:53 am

Well now I have to decide who I want to die next.

Zachrulez · Post Post #772 (isolation #54) » Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:56 pm

No interest in killing Grunt.

Would be ok with Miranda being next.

Zachrulez · Post Post #784 (isolation #55) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:48 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:No interest in killing Grunt.

Would be ok with Miranda being next.
Who do you want to live until the end?

Not going to tell you. Bahahahahahaha!

Zachrulez · Post Post #785 (isolation #56) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:51 am

What is this? Miranda has more health than Tali?

Well... it's time to fix that.

Hurt: Miranda
Heal: Tali

Zachrulez · Post Post #798 (isolation #57) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:35 am

Everyone needs to unify and help kill Miranda.

Zachrulez · Post Post #805 (isolation #58) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:55 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:Everyone needs to unify and help kill
Miranda
whoever ZR wants alive.
FTFY

It's therefore fortunate that you don't know who I want alive.

Zachrulez · Post Post #806 (isolation #59) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:56 am

esuriospiritus wrote:
Hurt: Grunt
Heal: Kasumi

Grunt < Miranda

If Miranda dying is part of the deal I'll take it!

Zachrulez · Post Post #810 (isolation #60) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:01 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:
ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:Everyone needs to unify and help kill
Miranda
whoever ZR wants alive.
FTFY
It's therefore fortunate that you don't know who I want alive.
When we get down to the final two, you know where I'll be voting.

Against you.

Well by then it's highly likely my favorite will have already been eliminated anyway.

Zachrulez · Post Post #813 (isolation #61) » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:31 am

Hiraki wrote:We're killing Thane next, then Jack. I can do opposites, but this decision is final.

That's just mean. Why would you want to go and do a thing like that?

Zachrulez · Post Post #833 (isolation #62) » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:52 am

Hurt: Miranda
Heal: Thane

Miranda death looks likely, YAY.

I'm pretty resigned to Grunt's death too (don't understand the hate.) so I'll stand aside and let that happen.

Zachrulez · Post Post #873 (isolation #63) » Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:02 pm

Hurt: Miranda
Heal: Tali

Zachrulez · Post Post #880 (isolation #64) » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:01 am

Well I don't know who I want to hurt now.

Zachrulez · Post Post #975 (isolation #65) » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:41 am

Hurt: Jack
Heal: Thane

Zachrulez · Post Post #978 (isolation #66) » Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:47 am

Hurt: Jack
Heal: Thane

Zachrulez · Post Post #1000 (isolation #67) » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:49 am

Umbrage wrote:11th place: Grunt
12th place: Miranda
13th place: Zaeed
14th place: Jacob
15th place: Ashley
16th place: Kaidan

Wrex (14)
Liara (9)
Garrus (12)
Tali (10)
Mordin (11)
Jack (4)
Thane (5)
Samara (7)
Legion (10)
Kasumi (9)

Anyone who honestly believes Tali is better than Jack needs to die.

Hurt: Jack
Heal: Tali

Also post 1000, YAY.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1083 (isolation #68) » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:23 am

Hurt: Thane
Heal: Kasumi

Zachrulez · Post Post #1086 (isolation #69) » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:17 am

This game would be more fun if we could kill the dead people again.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1090 (isolation #70) » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:03 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:This game would be more fun if we could kill the dead people again.
By this post we know Zachrules is both a lover AND a fighter.

Lover: He loves people who are alive so much that he doesn't want to kill them. Awwwww
Fighter: He wants to kill people who are already dead. Which is kind of awesome, but still odd.

Pretty much got it.

Out of everyone alive, I want Thane to reach the end the least, but... there isn't anyone left that I outright dislike.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1129 (isolation #71) » Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:20 am

Hurt: Thane
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #1135 (isolation #72) » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:11 am

Calling intent to hurt Mordin.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1162 (isolation #73) » Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:44 am

esuriospiritus wrote:
I like Kasumi quite a lot, but as she's a DLC character I am more resigned to her fate despite liking her more than Thane. ._.

Kasumi dying a sad person makes me.

Oh well, I can always try to delay it.

Hurt: Mordin
Heal: Kasumi

Zachrulez · Post Post #1184 (isolation #74) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:32 am

Hurt: Wrex
Heal: Kasumi

Zachrulez · Post Post #1188 (isolation #75) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:26 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Woah, people are healing Kasumi and hurting Tali?!!

What is this new devilry?

I'm healing Kasumi, but I'm not hurting Tali.

I like Tali.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1201 (isolation #76) » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:48 am

Hurt: Samara
Heal: Kasumi

Changed my mind, let's get someone dead.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1263 (isolation #77) » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:55 pm

Heal: Tali
Hurt: Wrex

Vengeance shall be mine Kasumi killers!

Zachrulez · Post Post #1316 (isolation #78) » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:58 am

Hurt: Wrex
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #1327 (isolation #79) » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:38 am

Wish I could play ME mafia, but I'm staring down a situation where I'm going to soon be in 2 games, and having to follow along 5... so time will be a little tight.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1348 (isolation #80) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:01 am

Hurt: Mordin
Heal: Liara

Zachrulez · Post Post #1352 (isolation #81) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:56 am

Seriously, if you guys are hurting anyone other than mordin at this point, you're just prolonging things.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1354 (isolation #82) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:21 am

What we should have done from the start was VOTE on eliminations.

The hurt/heal mechanic is just ridiculous.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1357 (isolation #83) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:23 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Disagree entirely. ^

Well you weren't witness to your preferred character dying due to you not being online. ^ _ ^

Zachrulez · Post Post #1358 (isolation #84) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:24 am

Sotty7 wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:Seriously, if you guys are hurting anyone other than mordin at this point, you're just prolonging things.
LIKE A DAGGER THOUGH MY HEART

Garrus, Tali, Liara final three?

Sounds underwhelming.

I'm eying one of Tali or Garrus to die after Mordin.

I don't imagine I'm going to much care which one either.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1367 (isolation #85) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:28 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
VP Baltar wrote:Nazis Nazis everywhere. This thread needs more drama.
Mordin sucks. Discuss.

And yet you're not helping to kill him.

Scummy.

FOS: ReaperCharlie

Zachrulez · Post Post #1369 (isolation #86) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:30 am

Ooooooooooooooooooooooh!

*Grabs popcorn*

Zachrulez · Post Post #1375 (isolation #87) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:24 am

Legion ain't dying.

He can not be stopped.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1378 (isolation #88) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:33 am

Strong enough to save Zaeed rite?

Zachrulez · Post Post #1380 (isolation #89) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:43 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:I SEE HOW IT IS ZACH.

FOR THIS, YOUR CHARACTER WILL BURN.

(unless you pick the same winner as me, in which case we can be a happy family)

lol... My character already burned.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1389 (isolation #90) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:23 am

ReaperCharlie wrote: And I don't care if your Flaming Viking character is already dead (btw, did you ever get that title? you should have, I thought), I'll kill him again!

No I did not get that title. It was filed as an avatar title and discarded I believe. (Which is par for the course for the title fairy thread these days it seems.)

Zachrulez · Post Post #1391 (isolation #91) » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:31 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Yeah but. Don't you love the Vikings? And aren't you a flaming fan?

It makes perfect 100% sense. Go back and dispute it, I say.

It had a lot to do with my in game personality actually, but add to the fact that Sotty's much more widely accepted title was blatantly ignored, you'll have to forgive me if I don't intend to waste my breath.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1410 (isolation #92) » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:08 am

Hurt: Mordin
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #1417 (isolation #93) » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:07 am

Well at this point everyone is something.

You have

THE ROBOT

THE ASARI

THE QUARIAN

AND

THE TURIAN

Zachrulez · Post Post #1430 (isolation #94) » Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:08 am

I'm sure you'd have no problem with that if it allowed for Legion to be quick killed.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1436 (isolation #95) » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:48 am

Legion's really not a bad guy. He brings perspective to the geth side of things. The geth attained sentience and the quarians flipped out. Who's the bad guy here really?

Zachrulez · Post Post #1473 (isolation #96) » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:58 am

Hurt: Garrus
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Post Post #1478 (isolation #97) » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:13 am

Already it was worth it.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1486 (isolation #98) » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:05 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:Wait, is this what indoctrination feels like? o_0

IT'S TOO LATE FOR HIM. SHOOT TO KILL.

Zachrulez · Post Post #1524 (isolation #99) » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:31 am

Hurt: Garrus
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:36 am

Mute wrote:If anything, sex sells. Many people bought ME1 because of the "sex" scene, and the outrage it caused, despite being nothing more than side-boob.

That's not why we bought the game.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:02 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Hurt Legion Heal Garrus

TOO LATE

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:54 am

I actually won't mind regardless of what way this goes now.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:39 am

The order does not dictate that.

I am bound to it irrevocably.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:32 am

VP Baltar wrote:
Haylen wrote:
Hurt: Legion
Heal: Liara

Why did I do this again?

^ tomfoolery is afoot. RC is clearly PMing people to cheat. I demand a 4 point health deduction for Liara.

lol, he is desperate.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:40 am

Join THE ORDER. Foil RC's lame attempts at cheating.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:48 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:It's not cheating, it's calling in your contacts, just like Liara would do!

The game is afoot sir.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:52 am

bahahahahaha.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:56 am

lol, the bombs are dropping.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:59 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Crab Canon wrote:
Hurt: Liara
Heal: Legion

ObvAlt.

WHO'S CHEATING?!?!?!

Well you did that by calling in people who obviously weren't playing up to that point.

Now the floodgates are open.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:03 am

Sotty7 wrote:Reaper has ruined this game. Good job.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:06 am

We should vote Legion to win just to spite RC at this point.

Why do you think I supported Tali to die? (It's not because I actually hate her.)

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:13 am

ReaperCharlie wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:We should vote Legion to win just to spite RC at this point.

Why do you think I supported Tali to die? (It's not because I actually hate her.)

You were the one who called for a war, lol

lol, a war.

In a contest between someone I won't mind winning, and someone I want to win because it will bother you SOOOO much.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:21 am

Should have known this would happen for the final round.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:56 am

ender241 wrote:Nearly everyone who "healed liara" did it because Reaper sent us all a message ...

NO! I would have never suspected.

Zachrulez · Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:19 pm

VP Baltar wrote:New rule: Your join date has to be before 2010 to vote in this competition. There, that should take care of the Liara lovers.

I endorse this rule.

Zachrulez · Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:57 am

Hurt: Liara
Heal: Legion

Zachrulez · Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:59 am

Great justice has been dispensed.

Zachrulez · Tue May 10, 2011 4:04 am

Video game movies tend not to be very good...

Zachrulez · Tue May 10, 2011 8:27 am

Natalie Portman as Ashley is a huge upgrade from the appearance of Ashley in the game.

Zachrulez · Thu May 12, 2011 4:24 am

That sounds like anti-alien racism to me.

Zachrulez · Thu May 12, 2011 5:15 am

Mute wrote:According to an article on a site whose validity i doubt over 70% of ME2 players didn't remain loyal to their ME1 romances.
I did on both my characters.
<3 ashley

They make it pretty easy to move onto a new relationship, especially in Ashley's case.

Zachrulez · Fri May 13, 2011 2:55 am

^ Alien hater.

Zachrulez · Fri May 13, 2011 3:07 am

Umbrage wrote:

And as for her 'it isn't human' speech, let's say you're in a burning building, about to collapse any second, and you can only drag out one person. Do you save the human, the batarian, or the vorcha? Honestly.

Oh I see what you did there. You don't have a batarian or a vorcha on your squad.

Plus they're portrayed pretty villainously to begin with.

Zachrulez · Fri May 13, 2011 5:18 am

Umbrage wrote:
Zachrulez wrote:^ Alien hater.

The whole 'anyone who doesn't want to give turians hugs and kisses is racist' thing is out of control. Especially since how some races are portrayed, as you said. At first geth were evil scum machines that were hurting the cute lovable quarians. Then Legion came along and suddenly geth weren't so bad after all. It's silly.

Everyone wants to have all the species love each other and work together to stop the Reapers and live happily ever after with krogan marrying salarians and humans sleeping with turians and geth making peace with quarians and all notions of racism come crashing down in one giant lovefest. But it's not going to happen.

All races have seriously fucked up at some point. The Krogan declared war on the entire galaxy. The Turians bullied their way into owning the Citadel with their military strength. The Geth kill anything that comes within a few lightyears of their territory. The Quarians tried to kill all the geth when they could no longer use them as slaves. The Batarians are notorious slavers. The Asari are slavers as well. The Vorcha are savages. The Salarians destroyed the Krogan and shied away from responsibility. The Hanar keep the Drell as servants. The Drell fucked themselves even worse than the Krogan. The Volus control the economy and have an unstable government. The Elcor are stuck in tradition. And Humans are greedily snapping up colonies at the expense of other species.

There's no way all that can be erased. And there's no reason to trust other species without good cause. The Turians and Humans are really close to another war, you can feel it whenever Shepard talks to a Turian. They just don't get along.

Sure, Shepard's squad is learning to trust each other and work as a team. But that doesn't mean the rest of the galaxy is doing the same.

Mass effect is serious business.

Zachrulez · Fri May 13, 2011 10:46 am

Mute wrote:

ReaperCharlie wrote:YES. lol

Wait, so how did she die? lol

You know how, at the end, platforms fall and you all go crashing down like Jack and Jill? Yeah, that's how.

Platform falls on squadmate.

Is Squadmate loyal?

Yes: They live... YAY
No: They die... YA... I mean crap!

I get a kick out of that...

Zachrulez · Sat May 21, 2011 1:46 pm

Umbrage wrote:Exactly. I never understood the whole problem with DLC. If you don't like it, don't buy it. When companies learn it doesn't sell, they'll stop making it.

The problem is with the XBOX fans that buy anything that's sold to them, especially if it has a CoD label, or is CoDish in any way. As far as I'm concerned, that's the only real difference between XBOX and PC gamers. XBOXers will pay for all kinds of shit and obsess over it. PCers go on the internet to complain. That's why there aren't many games made for the PC, the companies know it's a more discerning crowd. If a game is released on PC, it's either incredibly good, or a half-assed port shipped for a quick buck.

People need to wise up with their money. I never pre-order games, hell, I don't even buy a game when it's first released. That's just asking for trouble. People wonder why games keep rising in price, try stop buying them as soon as they're available and see what happens.

And piracy is not the answer. I hate people who try and justify stealing, pretending that they're getting back at evil companies when all they do is encourage ridiculous DRM and give PC gamers a bad name. The whole notion of capitalism is that you vote with your money. Not spending money means not voting, means your preferences mean fuck all. Piracy results in more shitty games being made, not the other way around.

/rant

I like waiting for games to drop from 60 dollars to around 40-20. I'm a lot more willing to buy games at that price. I only ever break from this if the game is really good or highly regarded as it comes out.

Zachrulez · Sat May 21, 2011 6:15 pm

ReaperCharlie wrote:I usually wait until about 30 as well.

I remember when new games cost 30-40, not 60.

Well, 15-20, actually, but that was on DOS.

Back in the Genesis era I think some of the RPGs went for around 100 dollars.

NES games started at 40-50 as far as I can remember.

Zachrulez · Sun May 22, 2011 7:47 am

I have never owned a Microsoft console.

Obsessive addicted gamers that will buy everything you sell them is very profitable... sadly.

Zachrulez · Tue May 24, 2011 8:44 am

Yeah, this thread keeps growing, like cancer.

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:53 am

And I thought it was going to be expensive.

Zachrulez · Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:22 am

Ha... ONLY.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:06 am

Maybe it will depend on whether you did his loyalty mission right or not...

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:26 am

Mute wrote:http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow ... _vas_Neema
"nerve stim"

Wut.

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:56 am

I suspect that Mass Effect mafia should be cleared for signups soon. (Depending on where it ultimately lies in the que.)

Zachrulez · Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:19 am

In post 2260, Hiraki wrote:
In post 2257, Umbrage wrote:HOLY FUCK

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... bled=false

I have no idea what to make of this. Not sure if they're just caving into pressure or if this is all part of their plan.
there's no source

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/03/21/4108/

Zachrulez · Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:50 am

In post 2283, esuriospiritus wrote:You know, I think it's pretty fucking horrible that people's response to "hey I liked the ending" is "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NO IT SUCKED AND HERE IS WHY. I WANT TO RUIN IT FOR YOU CUZ IF I CAN'T ENJOY IT NO ONE CAN WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"

Grow the fuck up, it's only a game.

I've spoiled the ending for myself, so I know why people are upset about it, but my reaction would be in the meh territory. (I can't recall ever caring how good or bad an ending to a game was as much as how well the game itself played en route to the ending.)

My main reason for being reluctant to purchase the game is DLC and the possibility of more of it. I easily shelled out a ridiculous amount of money on ME2 and it's DLC and would prefer not to do that ever again.

Zachrulez · Fri May 11, 2012 6:54 am

In post 2350, esuriospiritus wrote:already been done, UN

Umbrage botched it

I remember being a backup mod for that, and doing absolute zip in that game.

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:34 am

It's evil that they require multiplayer for the best ending. More evil in that you can't really do multiplayer without having people to play multiplayer with and the matchmaking seems to be spotty on the PC...

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:45 am

The big issue with multiplayer at the moment is that my guns suck.

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:26 am

In post 2368, Hiraki wrote:
In post 2366, Zachrulez wrote:The big issue with multiplayer at the moment is that my guns suck.
are you like

level 1?

You have to play like 3 games on each character to start to be doing decent

and you have to spam powers, rather than use them every so often

Started at level 2. Somewhere around 11 now.

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:49 am

I got the recruit and veteran packs and both kinda sucked, so I'm guessing that the trick is to save up the credits for the ones that are the most expensive which gives you the best chance of actually drawing something that's worth anything.

Zachrulez · Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:54 am

Yeah, I've kinda moved onto the more expensive upgrade packs, but it takes a while to save credits for those. What is annoying is that if you drop out of a game due to a dropped internet connection I've learned you don't get credit for any of the progress up to the point of dropping out. Lame.

Zachrulez · Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:15 am

In post 2375, Hiraki wrote:I've never encountered a game where I've been disconnected and I use Wifi. It's a very minor occurrence.

I got disconnected cause my internet dropped actually. Don't think it had to do with issues in the game. Mostly complaining about the fact that the game doesn't seem to give you credit for any exp/credits until after the session is complete. Given that some of the sessions last around 20 minutes, that can really suck if it happens after you've invested 15 minutes.

Zachrulez · Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:41 am

In post 2377, Hiraki wrote:Yeah, but what else can they do? They'd have to stop for a few moments every wave just for that. It's a bit tiresome and annoying on both parts.

How exactly did you reason that? (And why is single player not disrupted by saving stats then?)

Zachrulez · Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:16 pm

Yeah, so once I was presented with all the options at endgame, I realized that there was no choice I was going to truly be happy with... and that just sucks...

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:48 am

Bioware's new endings will probably suck more than the originals, if that's even possible.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:48 am

It's the only way any of it makes sense.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:16 pm

In post 2400, hasdgfas wrote:
In post 2399, Iecerint wrote:You're referring to From Ashes/Javik?

Given all the conversations he has with the rest of the crew, I think they were already integrating him into the game before it was "finished," whatever their claims.

There's a difference between writing a script(which is necessary to do in order to integrate him in the future) and actually implementing anything.

Neither Kasumi or Zaeed were "integrated", so I'm more willing to buy those two as legit DLC to ME2 than I am with From Ashes.

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:27 am

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Mass-E ... 41436.html

I'm inclined to believe the ending was intentional and that the plan was to make everyone pay for the "real" ending, and the only reason they didn't follow through was because the reaction to the ending was so negative they needed to do something to not make everyone hate the company forever.

Zachrulez · Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:22 pm

It's a really annoying trend. (And one that makes me reluctant to invest in the RPG genre today.)

My guess is that they expected fans to want more but didn't expect the backlash.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:12 am

In post 2473, esuriospiritus wrote:There's a pretty big fucking difference between the kind of storytelling that creates "lol shepard's special so we spent several billion credits to bring him/her back to life" and "lol shepard's special so let's entirely break the rules of something that's been talked about extensively since the book that came out even before the first game did"

one is still confined within the laws of the created universe

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:25 am

After all the talk about the endings, I kinda want Bioware to just release a trollface as their extended ending.

The endings wouldn't even be all that big of a deal if Bioware didn't promise that they'd be so much more than they actually were or could ever possibly deliver.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:56 am

In post 2506, Ankamius wrote:
In post 2497, Zachrulez wrote:
Spoiler:
You know what I'm stuck on? The idea that that Illusive Man was indocrinated toward control all along and why he'd want to bring Shepard back in that scenario at all. (It's the explanation for his eyes isn't it?)

Spoiler:
The eyes don't prove indoctrination at all.

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:50 am

In post 2513, Ankamius wrote:
In post 2511, Iecerint wrote:Exposure to Reaper technology is a necessary (and possibly sufficient?) precondition for indoctrination.

GUYS IT IS OUT NOW. Or in the next few hours.

But if TIM's indoctrinated, how does his actions in ME2 make any sense?

They don't make any sense if he is. That's the point I'm making.

Zachrulez · Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:45 pm

Interesting. Just went through the destroy ending again. Still don't like the end result, but a lot of the things that weren't explained before were this time around. I'll have to actually try some of the other endings when I have more time.

Zachrulez · Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:53 am

In post 2534, SpyreX wrote:Interesting find about potential future DLC: http://pastebin.com/rHzNDedX

So now with the new endings in place, time for some serious ramblings:

Spoiler: Yo Ass Got WORDS
I'm a little surprised that none of the IT stuff was included and I'd be very curious for the explanation of the out of game things (dream_foliage, the tweets implying starface was lying about the destroy option). Thats a big eye raiser and when it boils down to just oops or trollolol - especially the tweets - I'd be a little sad.

Brief thoughts on the endings themselves:

Refusal
- Hilarious and fitting. Its not a YOU LOSE SIR ending but it does illustrate that sometimes the moral high ground is going to have some severe short term damage. Like, you know, the elimination of most sentient life in this cycle.

Destroy
- I like the adherence to the overall goal all three games of destroying the reapers. However, when you have the benefit of knowing the end results of all endings this one really is the lesser case of moral high ground causing unnecessary damage. Galaxy in ruins, geth destroyed after all the god forsaken working making exactly NOT that happen, EDI tore a new one, etc. My biggest eerrr with this is the high EMS Shep still being alive though. On top of the eating a giant ball of death explosion and somehow surviving despite looking like what happens when I cook bacon, the simple fact that starchild was proven right about every damn thing else and yet somehow being only partly metal means he survives the synthetic genocide? Just hurts the head.

Also, dont get me started on (as we see in the other endings) the fact that destroy is the equivalent of burning an infinite number of Library of Alexandrias because all that sweet sweet knowledge is now rubble. BUT HAY WE WIN GUYS!

Synthesis
- I like the idea of the greatest victory being a unification of the two sides. However, this makes my teeth itch because it manages to be more playing god than the actual playing god ending. Also, how in the blue hell does genetic unity = everlasting peace? I mean, sure, now there can't be war between synthetics and organics but... really? We sure have seen a pretty long universe of organics killing the ass out of each other without beep boop help before and nothing about that bespeaks cultural unity sooo there we go waitin for the robo-Krogans and cyber-Rachni invasions again yeee haw.

Unlike stargenius, I dont see this actually being an infinite future of bunnies and love. Its a huge step in the right direction because of the combination of strengths (although not sure how the hell robo-dna even works but thats a digression) but it just creates a leveler playing field for the wars of the future. It'd be like if a diversive topic like Religion was somehow eradicated in full. I'm confident we'd find new reasons to hate/kill each other in due time.

Control
- Now, in game this is painted as the path of madmen and that is quite the telling point against it. However, I think this is my favorite ending. God Emperor of the Galaxy has a nice ring to it and it, as presented (not losing the self as time passes to become just the reapers all over again) seems to be the right connection of doing lasting good with the least amount of damage.

By updating stupid_starchild.exe with right_hook_of_justice.exe you now can harness the collective power and knowledge of the reapers to better the galaxy without fundamentally altering the structure of all life as we know it. Further, with the might of the reapers the actual idea of "stopping wars between synthetics and organics" is actually possible because if one side acts up they know the doomhammer could float into space and turn them into goo (and more doomhammers).

Further, at least for me, this one makes the most sense for my two main playthroughs with the addition of foreknowledge. Renegade shep that wants to do right but is selfish? Well, he's dead regardless so being in a position to gain immortality and influence works. Paragon shep that always does right and believes that the ends do not justify the means? Well, the loss of self to protect the greater good
forever
and almost immediately impact the galaxy in a positive way sure does fit. Its a sacrifice that gives way more fundamental gain and the concept of "allowing fate" can easily be accomplished by just jettin out on your sweet ass ride if you want.

To me control making sense for Shep is a function of why you're searching for it. TIM and Saren were looking for power. Shep (even renegade shep) is searching to do what is right. That difference is what really allows for the Lady in the Lake starchild to hand over Excalibur.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The new endings give more depth and make things more interesting. Based on the idea of wanting to do more in the ME universe and assuming that would in some way be related to this - not a prequel - I have to believe that
destroy
is the canon ending. The others, at least at first blush, would have a hard time being epic without running into dragonballesque OVER 9000 issues or Reaper Reapers or someone taking over the reapers, etc, etc.

ALL THAT SAID my biggest issue is still if after ME2 you told me straight faced the end of ME3 was going to be about the organics versus synthetics and the Reapers were created by organics to protect organics by eating organics I would have laughed and laughed and laughed. Up until the end I would have never believed that even in shocking plot twist land and I'm still miffed that regardless of what the endings are the basic premise still hurts.

There should be a fifth ending where you go "Are you serious? This is stupid you guys are stupid this is why." and then starchild goes oops my bad and the reapers leave. Because it is literally that stupid. I mean, if the Reapers got summoned by some kind of intergalactic war between synthetics and organics maybe (still dumb) but a god damn timer? LORD.

I love the universe. I love the gameplay mechanics. I even love the sometimes hamfisted dialogue. I love the illusion of choices.

But the endgame? Damnit guys.

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:39 am

In post 2546, Umbrage wrote:BUT ORIGIN MAKES ME CRY

It's funny how some 90% of games force you to install steam now, but people are largely okay with that. (Origin required games are basically the same as that.)

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:41 am

In post 2547, Iecerint wrote:I hope they release a re-developed version of ME1 someday. It seems like the work necessary to shoehorn it into the new engines would be relatively low, and it would avoid the licensing problems (as I understand it) that keep it from being released on PS3.

I'd like to see it happen cause it would be hilarious for Microsoft to completely lose exclusivity of the mass effect series.

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:08 am

Do it like Fallout and Elder Scrolls when you can one click things over to the sell side, and then change your mind before finalizing the transaction.

Zachrulez · Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:54 am

In post 2555, Umbrage wrote:
In post 2550, Zachrulez wrote:
In post 2546, Umbrage wrote:BUT ORIGIN MAKES ME CRY

It's funny how some 90% of games force you to install steam now, but people are largely okay with that. (Origin required games are basically the same as that.)

Because there's no difference between a service that's been around for 8 years run by the most beloved company in the gaming industry and new distribution platform that's arguably still in beta launched by the most hated company in America with a history of screwing over customers.

I'm pretty sure Steam was built in a similar manner when it first came out... but the more I think about it and the complaints I lodged over having to install Origin, that was exactly how I actually ended up with Steam. I didn't get it by choice.

When you get past that, I don't really have any problem with either program.

But I do know this. You do not want Valve to have a monopoly over digital distribution of gaming, no matter how righteous you think they are.

Zachrulez · Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:49 pm

In post 2598, Hiraki wrote:I believe KOTOR1's ending(mostly the final fight) could've been done a bit better(more towards the point where it impacted what actually happened in the epilogue part) but the entirety of the game was brilliant, especially for something that came out on the Xbox. I'm pretty sure PC KOTOR was only above average, since they already had Bioware titles like Baldur's Gate and Bethesda.

It was pretty much the same game actually.

2 was pretty good too, but it had an ending around the same quality of mass effect 3's original ending.

Zachrulez · Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:06 am

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:35 am

In post 2647, GreyICE wrote:I'm assuming there won't be any more Mass Effect games.

I'm not buying them

I'd bet on at least another trilogy, an MMORPG or two, and a hell of a lot of DLC.

Zachrulez · Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:19 am

In post 2676, Umbrage wrote:You know, I used to think the whole 'games are being dumbed down' trend was mostly overreaction. Then this happened:

Fuck.

I can't remember what the differences were...

Zachrulez · Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:32 am

In post 2702, esuriospiritus wrote:that's.... really not that big a difference <_<

I suppose you wouldn't know this, not being a girl and probably not spending a whole lot of intimate time with girls, but a subtle change in the clothing one wears can make a BIG difference in the size your tits appear to be, especially from the front... and it looks like this might be the case.

If we're really bent on figuring out just how much her tits changed (FOR SCIENCE, of course, who pervs over pixels amirite ^_^~) a full side shot for 1 and 3 would be more reliable. better yet, snag pics from the romance scenes for 1 and 3 so we can compare the pixel boobs directly, BECAUSE YOU CARE
SO MUCH

I am sad this series is over and that the only thing left to do in between dlc is argue about liara's breasts...

In post 2701, BBmolla wrote:I wish Knights of the Old Republic was remade on Mass Effect 2/3's engine.

I know that feel bro, I know that feel

I played kotor for the first time after playing the first two ME games (and before 3 had come out) and it was really hard to immerse myself in it cuz of the graphics. Not just that though, the fact that they reused the same ~7 npc models with ~3 lines for each model really hurt it for a game I found myself playing in 2011.

If it got a remake with a higher budget and maybe a few extras tossed in, I would probably buy it full price.

PS: playing as this chick was the best:

Is that the xbox version? Cause I don't remember the PC version's graphics being that bad.

Zachrulez · Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:53 am

I forgot how annoying it is when you can't open things in the first game because your decryption skill isn't high enough. (And you can't be bothered with manually leveling all your squad members up to get a reasonable decryption.)

Zachrulez · Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:17 am

In post 3157, Umbrage wrote:
In post 3156, Zachrulez wrote:I forgot how annoying it is when you can't open things in the first game because your decryption skill isn't high enough. (And you can't be bothered with manually leveling all your squad members up to get a reasonable decryption.)

it's basically just like making sure there's a rogue in your party to open chests and things

Garrus, Tali, and Kaidan should all have maxed decryption and electronics

I'm too lazy to actually worry about it. Pretty much just going to miss out on some omni gel really. (I think most of the items you actually get are pretty common anyway.)

Zachrulez · Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:50 am

Yeah, if you want maxed level, you can actually replay the character and start at a really high level.

The ps3 version has a lot of loading time... even with a hard drive install, it really adds a degree of impatience to the game.

Zachrulez · Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:01 am

I'm wondering if actually getting a 7200 rpm hard drive will help with the loading times. (SSD would be overkill for a PS3.)

Zachrulez · Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:38 am

In post 3176, Umbrage wrote:Then why didn't you just have Ashley do it for you?

Yeah that's what happens if you can't talk him down, and you won't do it yourself right?

Zachrulez · Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:04 am

In post 3182, Umbrage wrote:so last night I made this thread: http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/ ... 15858361/1

and I think I just may have pissed off a powerful corporation

can't wait to see what happens next

From what I read your "name calling and insults" were directed entirely at the game.

Company bashing is just lol. They actually cited that as a reason for the ban?

Edit: They locked that thread? Bioware is moody.

Zachrulez · Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:42 am

I just get a kick out of a ban being handed out for company bashing.

Zachrulez · Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:25 am

In post 3200, Oversoul wrote:
In post 3185, Zachrulez wrote:I just get a kick out of a ban being handed out for company bashing.

That happens more often than you think.

In the companies defense, insulting and name calling creates a hostile environment that is unlikely to accomplish anything.

Reading through the background of the post you made and what it was based off, not at all surprised you got banned. I would have banned you too.

Actually that ban looked pretty ridiculous from where I was standing.

(Also on the note of that forum, I found a bioware thread about mass effect 3 where many PS3 owners wanted them to fix the frame rate to be on par with the 360 version. This thread went on for 43 pages and as far as I can tell was never addressed by the company. Lesson: EA = Evil)

In post 3198, Ankamius wrote:I feel that all these moments of finally having to say goodbye to the cast should be within the story itself. If there's a DLC just for that purpose, I'm getting the feeling that they're expecting me to pay $15 for closure on the series in general. This isn't the job of DLC, it's the job of the game's ending or somewhere soon before if the story calls for it.

It doesn't make any sense to me.

It makes perfect sense. $$$$$ (The company selling this DLC had it's CEO go on record talking about how to get people to buy DLC and micro transactions, and he spoke about the player being "already invested in the game" when offering things like this.

Zachrulez · Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:14 am

I'm actually somewhat shocked that they didn't include Arrival in the trilogy version of the game. It seems like an inexcusable cut.

And yeah, I think it was a pretty significant blow to Microsoft when they lost exclusivity of Mass Effect. (Regardless of whether it's technically superior on the 360.)

Zachrulez · Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:46 am

Well the trilogy edition of mass effect does actually have Lair of the Shadow broker included. Doesn't have Arrival, or in fact any of the Mass Effect 3 DLC included.

I don't understand what got them not to include in DLC that was already out when they put the package together...

Zachrulez · Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:26 am

Just realized all the romances you have, you consummate them in your quarters.

Except Miranda that is, you take her in the engine room. How did that not hit me until now?

Zachrulez · Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:58 am

In post 3219, Umbrage wrote:either:

a) Miranda knows that's the one place that isn't bugged

b) Miranda really hates Tali

For all the reading I've done on the game, I just find it funny that I didn't notice that was the only romance that didn't take place in Shepard's quarters until I actually did it.

My original plan was to be faithful to Liara throughout all 3 games, but then I realized that wouldn't get me the paramour trophy for the 2nd game, so I ended up making Shepard into more of a whore. (Consort, Liara, Jack, Liara, Miranda.)

Zachrulez · Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:08 am

It's funny the only ending Shepard can live in is the one where you've destroyed EDI and the Geth.

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:45 am

Oh funny thing happened in my most recently completed playthrough of the trilogy.

Spoiler:

Zachrulez · Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:41 am

I always find it weird when they continue to make games for an IP after seemingly wrapping the series up.

Like Metal Gear games after Metal Gear Solid 4, or a Mass Effect game after Mass Effect 3...

For me it just feels like they're using the name to suck you in, but that the experience is going to be very different from what you're expecting.