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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
very common one. i found it by accident.
I, however, totally missed the Shifty Cow easter egg. Legitimately was shocked to find that.
Edit: My fiance is playing the game series for the first time. Yeesh, the performance on Xbox 360 is much worse than I remember.
The Artisan
Member
lol, I remember that one.
sadly, I think the legion easter egg was left out of the Ps3 version.
The Artisan
Member
i might've recalled hearing about a 420 easter egg too
shinobi602
Member
So what species of squadmates do you guys most want for your Andromeda team? Let's go with the stated "7 team members" as noted in the survey from a few months back. Let's say 2 are human, leaving 5 for the other races. For me it'd be:
1)Krogan - Definitely want another cheeky Krogan on my team. Wrex and Grunt were some of my favorite squadmates in the trilogy, and Drak sounds like he'll fit the bill.
2)Salarian - No one can replace Mordin but I'll take another to make up for it.
3)Asari - Loved Liara, love the Asari race in general in the universe, not just because of their overall attractiveness, but I enjoy their large cultural presence.
4)Turian - Just give me Garrus 2.0
5)Volus - Come on, admit it, it'd be hilariously fun.
I wouldn't miss a Quarian or Drell squaddie personally.
1)Krogan - Definitely want another cheeky Krogan on my team. Wrex and Grunt were some of my favorite squadmates in the trilogy, and Drak sounds like he'll fit the bill.
2)Salarian - No one can replace Mordin but I'll take another to make up for it.
3)Asari - Loved Liara, love the Asari race in general in the universe, not just because of their overall attractiveness, but I enjoy their large cultural presence.
4)Turian - Just give me Garrus 2.0
5)Volus - Come on, admit it, it'd be hilariously fun.
I wouldn't miss a Quarian or Drell squaddie personally.
I want a goddamn Batarian. The chance for drama is off the charts.
After that, I just want a Salarian. They're all great!
Although, honestly, I'd like at least one new species.
shinobi602
Member
Having a Batarian on the team would definitely make for an interesting dynamic.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'd like at least 2 members from new species, personally. Take the humans, and after that...
1) Krogan, specifically a krogan scientist (class: Engineer). I loved the mad scientist guy on Tuchanka in 2.
2) Turian, like you said, Garrus 2.0. In fact, make it an AI based on Garrus' personality operating a mecha-Turian.
What I'm saying here is, make it Garrus.
3) Salarian, someone who contrasts with Mordin. More... laid back.
Asari can take a blue-butted hike.
How they didn't have a Batarian join your team in Mass Effect 2 is beyond me. It was the perfect time and setting.
The Artisan
Member
i've really been yearning for a mass effect rttp.
i'm gonna think of the purple man every time i look at your avatar from now on.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I want literally none of the ME races. Give us new, give us different. The worst thing Andromeda could be would be a reheated Mass Effect 1 with better shooty bang bang. We all fell in love with all the new and exciting stuff in Mass Effect. Why people want the same thing over and over and over again with shiner graphics confuses me. There is an infinite universe out there, we don't need to keep going to Tattoine and hanging around the Skywalkers, so to speak.
The Artisan
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I agree. I don't want any of the old soundrack tunes back either. New races would probably mean just new takes on fictional animal-humanoids, but that's that. I think the team will know how to be creative enough even with hudson gone.
Dude. Vigil. Soundtrack of Mass Effect: Andromeda could exist of just this track and it'd still be one of the best OST's of all time.
ME:A is already going to be in a different galaxy(which mean no Mass Relays, no Citadel, no characters or planets you know of), if you're not going to have any of the original races, why bother calling it Mass Effect? Because there is the N7 logo on your gear? lol
Might as well create a new space sci-fi IP at that point.
Might as well create a new space sci-fi IP at that point.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Because the established parts of the universe is the stuff I like. Makes no sense to discard everything, you might as well just call it a new series at that point.
StoppedInTracks
Member
After playing the Battlefront beta I'm 99.9% in on playing ME:A on PC. Frostbite looks so amazing now.
They better have controller support!
I want the old races. ME was my favorite series last gen in big part due to its fantastic world building. I think all the races have loads of room to fill in backstory/culture/etc.
A new race or two wouldn't hurt tho.
They better have controller support!
I want the old races. ME was my favorite series last gen in big part due to its fantastic world building. I think all the races have loads of room to fill in backstory/culture/etc.
A new race or two wouldn't hurt tho.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I don't see it. For me, Mass Effect is more than "Krogans are this" or "Asari are that," which is literally the only thing that has to change with all new races. It was about exploring a universe, meeting new characters and engaging in a unique, game-spanning story with relationships and choices that affected all of the above.
As long as it keeps the Mass Effect aesthetic and sheen, all of those things can be done with a new set of surrounding experiences. Yes, a new story can also be told with familiar races, but it definitely reduces the amount of discovery. Think of how awesome it was to meet a Hanar or a Drell for the first time. Running into yet another Asari wouldn't be as cool as running into a Zxlathorc for the first time and learning what they're about.
Assuming they don't fall into the pit of just making the species representative an info dump for their new species, it opens up entire avenues.
Yeah, it would be neat to see how the Krogan have changed, or how the universe has reacted to the Rachni, but it's still going back to the well. Again, infinite universe, infinite possibility. If there best they can come up with is "Hey, let's check back in and see that, wow the Krogan adapted well, neato" I'll be pretty disappointed.
You "like the established" parts of Mass Effect. I do too. But I also liked it while it was still getting established. It had to start from point zero and guess what? It managed to do pretty well.
That being said, I don't fault you for wanting to revisit the familiar. It's hardly an uncommon point of view. I simply prefer all new to some new.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think you're making this more... black and white, I guess, than it has to be. You can have all the old races and still have the majority focus be on the new ones. After all, most of the baggage and all of the plotlines got left behind in the Milky Way. The Ark (presuming the current guesses regarding that are correct) presents a clear line of delineation: you have the Old Races, and Everybody Else, the latter of which is probably split into a ton of different factions and focuses.
Besides: the basic premise is pretty clearly that at least some remnants of the milky way galaxy are in Andromeda. So the "all new" ship has pretty clearly sailed.
The Artisan
Member
na...
that's the theme particularly that I want kept away. it was teased being included at the end of the trailer though.
Nostremitus
Member
I wanted to like the Quarians but I quickly realized they were racist(specist?) genocidal maniacs who justly deserved their exile. Still saved them through unification, though.
The Geth had absolutely no qualms about letting them come home, the Quarians were just warmongering assholes who refused to share until the very last moment when they realized their choices were to be stop being assholes or commit suicide by forcing the Geth to defend themselves yet again.
The Artisan
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and the salarians weren't?
Melchiah
Member
The same goes for Elcor and Hanar, but dunno how they would work in combat.
Nostremitus
Member
I didn't like the Salarians either, and never sided with them in ME3.
The only Salarians I like are Mordin because of his character growth and story arc
(Because he's Mordin)
Agreed. Vigil became so overused in ME3 that I hope they just leave it be. There are many iconic themes in Mass Effect that I'd rather have the reuse.
Kirrahe was cool too.
Blue Ninja
Member
Volus would work. We've seen them, heck, we've played as them. I just want a Biotic God on my team.
An elcor could work as some kind of heavy support: mount a goddamn machine gun on his back and let 'em go to town. BioWare games have included dogs and golems as squadmates, an elcor wouldn't be too particularly different.
Poodlestrike
Banned
The Artisan
Member
playstation access included the indoctrination theory in their list of fan theories they really hope are true.
https://youtu.be/PT_6cLeErjU?t=8m45s
and I know mordin is a fan favorite of the commuity, but i'm not such a huge fan of him. he comes off as arrogant in my opinion. "someone else might've gotten it wrong" well as it turns out, padok wiks was able to get it just fine.
https://youtu.be/PT_6cLeErjU?t=8m45s
what's your beef with the quarians? what they did with the geth?
and I know mordin is a fan favorite of the commuity, but i'm not such a huge fan of him. he comes off as arrogant in my opinion. "someone else might've gotten it wrong" well as it turns out, padok wiks was able to get it just fine.
i agree with the first part but not so much the second. if they're not having any sort of connection to the first three games, i'd rather they don't reuse any of the old tunes either. if they're going distinct, then make it its own distinct series (assuming Me4 is the start of a new trilogy)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/16/ea-has-no-interest-or-time-for-hd-remakes
"Never been in their culture" is rich coming from the publisher with the most annualized tweaked games in the history of gaming.
The thing is, every time they say this, it is always about their studios not having enough time. That is why you hire an outside company with a couple consultants from the original team. Remakes and Remasters are two completely different things and sometimes I wonder if they confuse themselves.
Yes remakes are in fact a waste of time unless you are going back a good chunk of time. 10th year anniversary remakes are a good example. Early 3d games dont age all that well.
Mass Effect Trilogy doesnt need a remake. A remaster weaving it together and fixing some of the bugs while having a smooth framerate at 1080 is good enough.
"Never been in their culture" is rich coming from the publisher with the most annualized tweaked games in the history of gaming.
The thing is, every time they say this, it is always about their studios not having enough time. That is why you hire an outside company with a couple consultants from the original team. Remakes and Remasters are two completely different things and sometimes I wonder if they confuse themselves.
Yes remakes are in fact a waste of time unless you are going back a good chunk of time. 10th year anniversary remakes are a good example. Early 3d games dont age all that well.
Mass Effect Trilogy doesnt need a remake. A remaster weaving it together and fixing some of the bugs while having a smooth framerate at 1080 is good enough.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pretty sure that Ubisoft and Activision are the big names in annualizing.
Unless we're counting sports games.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, I played the butterball in the multiplayer. Fun for a while, but it didn't take me long to return to the others.
Elcor could work the way you described, and Hanar possibly as a pure adept without weapons. They could also be just crew onboard, who don't follow the player to battles. I don't see why the crew should consist of mostly humans again.
The Artisan
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indeed. halo 1 received a remake, which, in turn, received a remaster treatment itself for the mcc I think.
indeed. as I've always said, there is a practical reason to remastering ME because of all the technical issues that plagued the console versions (dunno about 360 but definitely Ps3) last generation.
that's probably what it is. otherwise we could throw sega into the mix.
The Artisan
Member
remakes=/=remasters
Remasters are stupid and water is wet, sorry.
Edit: an enhanced trilogy is available on a current get platform; at this point, get the platform and play it there or too bad.
The Artisan
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if by current gen platform you mean PC, then I guess my option is: too bad. I don't have a proper PC to play video games on, nor am I a PC gamer; not knocking PC gaming, just saying that it isn't for me.
dr_rus
Member
You can run ME trilogy in 1080p on Skylake integrated GPU nowadays probably which means that pretty much any laptop you buy for work and stuff should be able to deal with ME trilogy.
The Artisan
Member
even if it is not windows?
Ganzlinger
Member
I must be the only one who doesn't like Garrus much.
I'm sick of turians, asari, krogan and quarians.
I'd choose volus, salarians and vorcha.
I'm sick of turians, asari, krogan and quarians.
I'd choose volus, salarians and vorcha.
The Artisan
Member
he's cool, but he's not one of the best squadmates there in my opinion. i'd say that's grunt, maybe jack, & legion.
Ganzlinger
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Yeah, I prefer Jack and Grunt over him.
The Artisan
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word. maybe garrus's popularity stems from Me1+2 but I don't remember much of 1.
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