[S1kkZ]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[rozay]

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]

*Hops in the imaginary line for the dummy account*

[S1kkZ]

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]

Shit yea it worked on Internet Explorer.

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

[Moaradin]

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]

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]

Does the demo import ME2 save data?

[Skilotonn]

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]

Anyone want to hook me up with a dummy account?

I made that beta leak video for GAF. :p

[OdysseusVA]

I want to hear the main menu music.

Will up in a few

[rozay]

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]

Will up in a few

No cell phone recordings, please. :P

[Lord-Audie]

Who'd doing the dummy Gamertag for sharing ;)?

[Nils]

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

[JambiBum]

Does the demo import ME2 save data?

No

[GlamFM]

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]

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

[GnarkillZA]

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.:D

[S1kkZ]

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]

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

[Gambit61]

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

[Feindflug]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Downloading it now. It's 1.76 GB

[Mindman]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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. :P

[Gartooth]

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

[Pollux]

In the first area, anderson in the second more meaty area, garrus and liara

wrex, liara, garrus and anderson

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

[CTE]

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]

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 :(

[Darknessbear]

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]

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

[Pollux]

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]

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!