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S1kkZ · Feb 10, 2012

some impressions:

-music is great, sounds more like me1
-graphics look great, much sharper. the new unreal 3 engine improvements really show.
-sometimes it looks a little bit cel shaded (kaiden for example)
-facial animation is mostly shit, way to stiff and lifeless
-gunplay and movement feel much better than me2.

bigdaddygamebot · Feb 10, 2012

JambiBum said:
Also, the stupid universal cooldown is still in

That's a really odd mechanic. I wonder what the reason is for that? They're basically stopping you from using combinations of biotics yes?

JambiBum · Feb 10, 2012

bigdaddygamebot said:
That's a really odd mechanic. I wonder what the reason is for that? They're basically stopping you from using combinations of biotics yes?

Honestly no, it got lost on the last page, but the cooldown is super fast to the point where you can combine biotics just fine. The combinations are a lot stronger now too.

Darklord · Feb 10, 2012

S1kkZ said:
some impressions:

-music is great, sounds more like me1
-graphics look great, much sharper. the new unreal 3 engine improvements really show.
-sometimes it looks a little bit cel shaded (kaiden for example)
-facial animation is mostly shit, way to stiff and lifeless
-gunplay and movement feel much better than me2.

Is it worse than ME2? Sure seems like it in videos.

bigdaddygamebot · Feb 10, 2012

JambiBum said:
Honestly no, it got lost on the last page, but the cooldown is super fast to the point where you can combine biotics just fine. The combinations are a lot stronger now too.

It'll be interesting to see how it affects the overall gameplay.

Papercuts · Feb 10, 2012

Skilotonn said:
I'm down for that if it's good with you.

I'll send you the info after mine is done, I'm at a whopping 3% though!

JerkShep · Feb 10, 2012

Papercuts said:
I'm on Chrome and saw the banner, but I remember it being wonky with the Gears beta for firefox.

I got a dummy made and it's downloading now, so if you don't want to bother you can wait for that.

If you don't mind I'll gladly use it, I've tried creating an account of my own but have some problems still

Lifejumper · Feb 10, 2012

How does the new health system work? Medi gel usefull again ?

rozay · Feb 10, 2012

bigdaddygamebot said:
That's a really odd mechanic. I wonder what the reason is for that? They're basically stopping you from using combinations of biotics yes?

There are recharge bonuses and other bonuses in the powers so it won't be anywhere near as limiting as it was in ME2 to play a caster class.

Ephemeris · Feb 10, 2012

*Hops in the imaginary line for the dummy account*

S1kkZ · Feb 10, 2012

Darklord said:
Is it worse than ME2? Sure seems like it in videos.

it never bothered me in 2 but it seems worse here. but its also 2 years later, so maybe its just me.

shinobi602 · Feb 10, 2012

Shit yea it worked on Internet Explorer.

Also, use Retail Sales Associate. *downloading =D*

Moaradin · Feb 10, 2012

Papercuts said:
I'll send you the info after mine is done, I'm at a whopping 3% though!

I would like the dummy account also if you don't mind.

Kiraly · Feb 10, 2012

What place in the game does this demo take place? On a media blackout for this game, but won't know if I can resist the temptation.

LumpOfCole · Feb 10, 2012

Does the demo import ME2 save data?

Skilotonn · Feb 10, 2012

Papercuts said:
I'll send you the info after mine is done, I'm at a whopping 3% though!

No probs man, take your time - just drop me a line in here when it's done!

Vire · Feb 10, 2012

Anyone want to hook me up with a dummy account?

I made that beta leak video for GAF.

OdysseusVA · Feb 10, 2012

Lakitu said:
I want to hear the main menu music.

Will up in a few

rozay · Feb 10, 2012

Kiraly said:
What place in the game does this demo take place? On a media blackout for this game, but won't know if I can resist the temptation.

The same 2 places that they've demoed since E3-Earth (the intro to the game) and the krogan princess mission on Sur'Kesh.

Sethos · Feb 10, 2012

OdysseusVA said:
Will up in a few

No cell phone recordings, please.

Takamura-San · Feb 10, 2012

Who'd doing the dummy Gamertag for sharing

?

Deleted member 13876 · Feb 10, 2012

If there's gonna be any sort of cue official or not I would like to be added to it as well.

JambiBum · Feb 10, 2012

LumpOfCole said:
Does the demo import ME2 save data?

No

GlamFM · Feb 10, 2012

S1kkZ said:
some impressions:

-music is great, sounds more like me1
-graphics look great, much sharper. the new unreal 3 engine improvements really show.
-sometimes it looks a little bit cel shaded (kaiden for example)
-facial animation is mostly shit, way to stiff and lifeless
-gunplay and movement feel much better than me2.

My worries confirmed. Shit.

Kaizer · Feb 10, 2012

I'm trying to work it out on the ExpertZone site, but I'll also hop in line for the dummy account.

GnarkillZA · Feb 10, 2012

JambiBum said:
It's expertzone only right now. So unless someone makes a dummy account and shares it then everyone else has to wait until the 14th.

Thanks!Worked like a charm.

S1kkZ · Feb 10, 2012

finished the first part of the demo (second part i already off to a good start:

wrex!

), some more impressions:

-the game looks fucking amazing (aside from the facial animation), wow! the improvement from me2 is quite big.
-looks and feels pretty epic.
-music is fantastic.
-combat/shooting feels really good. its also harder, enemies can hit you when you are in cover.

Vire · Feb 10, 2012

How big is the demo? Someone could probably upload it to a filesharing site and then we all put it on a thumbdrive.

Gambit61 · Feb 10, 2012

If there's still a line add me too lol. I can't believe they haven't verified me yet.

Feindflug · Feb 10, 2012

S1kkZ said:
some impressions:

-music is great, sounds more like me1
-graphics look great, much sharper. the new unreal 3 engine improvements really show.
-sometimes it looks a little bit cel shaded (kaiden for example)
-facial animation is mostly shit, way to stiff and lifeless
-gunplay and movement feel much better than me2.

How's the frame-rate? and also does the game have motion blur/object motion blur?

Thanks in advance.

CyReN · Feb 10, 2012

Feindflug said:
How's the frame-rate? and also does the game have motion blur/object motion blur?

Thanks in advance.

Frame rate good so far. Finished part 1 just now.

JambiBum · Feb 10, 2012

Vire said:
How big is the demo? Someone could probably upload it to a filesharing site and then we all put it on a thumbdrive.

Almost 2 gigs

S1kkZ · Feb 10, 2012

Feindflug said:
How's the frame-rate? and also does the game have motion blur/object motion blur?

Thanks in advance.

pretty good and solid. sometimes a bit of tearing but mostly in cutscenes.

Wario64 · Feb 10, 2012

Downloading it now. It's 1.76 GB

Mindman · Feb 10, 2012

Vire said:
How big is the demo? Someone could probably upload it to a filesharing site and then we all put it on a thumbdrive.

Quick someone do this.

Pollux · Feb 10, 2012

S1kkZ said:
pretty good and solid. sometimes a bit of tearing but mostly in cutscenes.

Who are your squad mates so far? PM me if you don't want to post it on here, if you don't mind.

Papercuts · Feb 10, 2012

I'll make a new thread for the demo sharing so it doesn't clog this up, but the actual list will take awhile to go down since you have to wait for each person to fully finish.

Bisnic · Feb 10, 2012

Kinda sad to hear that facial animations are bad, but i expected this from that video a few weeks ago where Vega and Shepard were fighting...

Hopefully ME4 on next-gen consoles wont have such a thing.

darkpaladinmfc · Feb 10, 2012

bigdaddygamebot said:
That's a really odd mechanic. I wonder what the reason is for that? They're basically stopping you from using combinations of biotics yes?

The reasoning for it at least in ME2 is because of consoles/gamepad layout.

JambiBum · Feb 10, 2012

zmoney said:
Who are your squad mates so far? PM me if you don't want to post it on here, if you don't mind.

In the first area,

anderson

in the second more meaty area,

garrus and liara

S1kkZ · Feb 10, 2012

zmoney said:
Who are your squad mates so far? PM me if you don't want to post it on here, if you don't mind.

wrex, liara, garrus and anderson

Feindflug · Feb 10, 2012

S1kkZ said:
pretty good and solid. sometimes a bit of tearing but mostly in cutscenes.

Having better visuals with no compromises in the frame-rate is great news.

Can't wait to try the demo.

You haven't answered my question about motion blur though.

Gartooth · Feb 10, 2012

I would also like to use a dummy account to download the demo.

Pollux · Feb 10, 2012

JambiBum said:
In the first area,

anderson

in the second more meaty area,

garrus and liara

S1kkZ said:
wrex, liara, garrus and anderson

Cool. Thanks. If you see anyone else let me know lol

CTE · Feb 10, 2012

Vire said:
How big is the demo? Someone could probably upload it to a filesharing site and then we all put it on a thumbdrive.

There is a pic that says 1.76gb in the OP.

JambiBum · Feb 10, 2012

zmoney said:
Cool. Thanks. If you see anyone else let me know lol

Nah that's it. Demo ends after the second area. I wish the servers were up for the multiplayer though

LightofRohan · Feb 10, 2012

Ughhh, I have a previous Expertzone account, but it is no longer verified. And every goddam time I make a new one, it sends me the verify link and it just takes me to the Register page and if I click it again, it says invalid. Grrrr

Heshinsi · Feb 10, 2012

I would like to hop in line for the dummy demo if possible. No banner for Canadian expertzone

Pollux · Feb 10, 2012

JambiBum said:
Nah that's it. Demo ends after the second area. I wish the servers were up for the multiplayer though

Got it. I was hoping on confirmation of Miranda being in the squad or not because if I just get an email and a cutscene like Ashely from ME2. Well, I will not be amused.

Although on my official prep for ME3 play through I've been keeping faithful to Liara.

LordAlu · Feb 10, 2012

Really enjoyed the demo. It looks better than ME2, other than the facial animation which is still poor. Framerate is nice and consistent during gameplay, it only drops during cutscenes (which is a little jarring but so long as it doesn't affect actual gameplay I'm not bothered). Combat feels good, although the enemies seemed to easy to me on default settings.

Overall I'm pretty happy, and it's certainly got me hyped for the full game!

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