Poodlestrike
Banned
Oh, that's kind of a shame. Liked the look of that quite a bit, and there's nowhere near enough urban fantasy games.
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Ivory Samoan
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I actually think the 3M/6M thread is pretty chilled out with a majority of people not drive by shitposting (which is refreshing for a ME thread to be honest).
The game will easily go within the 1.8M-3M bracket, and 6M lifetime is super achievable, if a bit low IMO.
If the reviews are good and the marketing on point, that 3M first week is not unachievable at all.
Can't wait to see some marketing though, Horizon's approach seems great - a preview event with positive feedback would be cool in a few weeks....
prag16
Banned
Yeah, that topic's not nearly as bad as some others recently. Only a handful of driveby shit posters rather than seemingly a majority other times. Those targets are definitely realistic. I'd expect the IGN thing within a week or two, with a flood of previews at various outlets following shortly after before the end of the month. Should be good.
Mediking
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I think Miranda is very attaractive... beautiful black hair and blue eyes. Great body and tsundere personality. She actually reminds me of Yennefer alot. I waa hoping that she would get a successor in Andromeda because of how awesome Miranda is.
I'm looking forward to meeting all the characters. Cora's head does look a little big and it would be much better if her hair was like Power Girl's.
Poodlestrike
Banned
The lesson from Dai multi being, don't make it anything like Dai multi
I think I made it to 20 on 3 chars and had a single ring to show for it, acc wise. no sense of progress.
DeadlyParasite
Member
One has to wonder why BioWare made us go through all that effort filling in a spreadsheet of information and multiple choice questions for a technical test if they're pushing it so close to launch that it may as well be nothing more than a marketing beta that everyone has access to.
Did something implode along the dev pipeline that made the technical test not a viability?
Did something implode along the dev pipeline that made the technical test not a viability?
Freezasaurus
Member
Huh. So they're finally doing away with locking you out of romances based on player character gender. About time.
prag16
Banned
Huh? They're not going to make every npc love interest bisexual. That would be silly. Maybe you mean something else. But what else would "not locking you out of romances based on player character gender" mean?
Freezasaurus
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Freezasaurus
Member
But why did they put it as a headline on their main page just a few hours ago?
Maybe they are going off of old information or again misunderstood? But you can't get any more clear than Mac Walters saying no.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Thanks Yeul, I was going mad looking for that tweet. But yeah, IGN's running some misinformation there.
You are quite welcome, friend!
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Is there a convenient way to check whether Miranda died after Priority: Horizon? I warned her about Kai Leng, I gave her Alliance Resources, I continued her romance and she was loyal as of ME2. But she appeared to be wounded/dying in the cutscene anyway. I kind of skipped through it, assuming I'd somehow fucked up and then went looking, but I can't think of any reason she would have died.
Does she show up as a war asset or something? I checked in Gibbed's ME3 editor but it doesn't have any useful flags or info about it.
Does she show up as a war asset or something? I checked in Gibbed's ME3 editor but it doesn't have any useful flags or info about it.
prag16
Banned
Pretty sure she shows up as a war asset (25 or 30 iirc?) if she's alive.
shinobi602
Member
Expect hands-on previews in about 3 weeks.
JeffG
Member
Cool...Just when I get back from Costa Rica.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Sweet.
Any ETA on the rest of the IGN coverage this month? Or is that all part and parcel?
shinobi602
Member
The IGN coverage will be throughout the month.
This preview event is a few hours hands-on for a variety of press, embargo lifts in a few weeks.
Retrofluxed
Member
JeffG
Member
I love these interviews with the voice actors. It's some of my favorite stuff that they do.
JeffG
Member
DeadlyParasite
Member
So now that we know her full name I'm not sure why the abbreviated name is necessary. It's not exactly a hard thing to pronounce. I would hope at some point in the story you can stop calling her PeeBee.
JeffG
Member
Where did you get her full name from?
Edit: Ahhh...The Wiki page
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Peebee
shinobi602
Member
Was that ever in doubt? 😅
DeadlyParasite
Member
Recently added.
Pelessaria B'Sayle.
Not exactly world ending in terms of ability to pronounce or say.
JeffG
Member
Not really.
I am sure I will try it on a couple of my 20 (+/- a couple) playthroughs
lucebuce12
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RevolverVaro
Member
Might be that she prefers to be called PeeBee.
DeadlyParasite
Member
I'm not sure how that matters. I don't entertain people who want to call themselves Buttercup Princess in real life so why would I in a game? The great part about roleplaying a serious pathfinder is that if I don't get the option to call her by her real name I can leave her in the darkest, dankest part of the Tempest and use the other, more reasonable companions for the rest of the story experience.
Poodlestrike
Banned
LOL damn, this feels harsh. She's not asking you to call her Buttercup Princess, she's asking to be called by her initials.
Man, you sound like the kind of guy who'd call a dude Harold right after he asks you to call him Harry, huh?
prag16
Banned
Damn. If Liara had told you to call her L.T., would you have told her to fuck off?
DeadlyParasite
Member
Just a person who's tired of people thinking they're clever and edgy by calling me Bob or Rob when my given proper name is Robert.
Like I said, it's not a deal breaker. I get to use more interesting companions and don't have to use the ones I don't like. Sort of like how I left Jack to squat in the bottom of the Normandy while I had fun with everyone else. No hair off my back and world moves on.
lucebuce12
Member
"Ashley Williams sir, but my friends call me Ash."
"Hey your name starts with an A. You know what else starts with an A?"
"What sir?"
"The Airlock. Go jump out of it"
"Hey your name starts with an A. You know what else starts with an A?"
"What sir?"
"The Airlock. Go jump out of it"
All I ever wanted to do in ME1 was tell Liara to fuck off. So far PeeBee looks like a bit of history repeating.
Weren't there still a bunch of dormant relays and systems left to explore? This is very #alternativefacts of BioWare.
jfc lol
RevolverVaro
Member
I hope you're not this rude with real life people that have unique/strange names.
Did Jack even remember her full name? Seems harsh man.
DevilDog
Member
Also PeeBee is looking like Sera 2.0
Isn't this like a military operation? I'm the pathfinder/commander/spectre/grey warden so I get to call them whatever I want.
Same with Shepard in ME3 and James.
IRL my friends aren't my inferiors.
Isn't this like a military operation? I'm the pathfinder/commander/spectre/grey warden so I get to call them whatever I want.
Same with Shepard in ME3 and James.
IRL my friends aren't my inferiors.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Not there and I persuaded dad to stand down. Goddamnit.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Nothing to do with the name, she just tries to be an edgy rebel in Mass Effect 2. Everyone else in the crew has a shitty past just like her but they cooperate and don't try to start fights. Except maybe Tali and Legion, but we already know in 3 that it's mostly the Quarians fault.
Heckler456
Banned
I tend to find that Bioware writes these "edgy" characters fairly well. I feel like they elicit this feeling of giving another person a chance, and they mostly stick the landing with them. I remember having the same feeling with Jack, Sera, and even Leliana if I remember correctly. Thought they were edgy and lame at the beginning, but once you give them a chance, they're actually well fleshed out characters that have at least some sort of point to make.
Also, Jack was positioned as anti-social. She was separated from the rest of the children at that institute, and I believe locked up in solitary afterwards. I think they justify her behavior well enough for me to be able to buy it.
Also, Jack was positioned as anti-social. She was separated from the rest of the children at that institute, and I believe locked up in solitary afterwards. I think they justify her behavior well enough for me to be able to buy it.
shinobi602
Member
I don't think other members on the crew went through something "just like" years and years of severe abuse as a child, imprisonment and later being raped and taken advantage of.
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