dr_rus
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People were successfully running it in WINE on OSX.
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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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People were successfully running it in WINE on OSX.
It doesnt even matter considering remastering a game and updating one aren't the same thing. There's no contradiction in EAs stance on remasters.
Poodlestrike
Banned
He was pretty bland in ME1. It's in ME2 he hit full badass bro status.
That too.
Agreed. I think people get salty about the "creative" and "ideas" part of the statement. Though it's not like they've got a small portfolio to work with.
The Artisan
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my macbook's hd is currently lost in limbo and the one i've been using is technically still a borrowed one. even if I wanted to try it, it's got issues of their own.
Sony please don't cause unnecessary hype.
https://mobile.twitter.com/PlayStationRU/status/658549055556067328
It will only lead to disappointment.
Love the image
https://mobile.twitter.com/PlayStationRU/status/658549055556067328
It will only lead to disappointment.
Love the image
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
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Lol the point is that people are wondering what's up with PlayStation posting about Mass Effect today
dr_rus
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That's just some guy managing this Twitter account being optimistic at the start of the day. I don't think that it has anything to do with Mass Effect trilogy especially as the message is about "new adventures ahead". I mean a trilogy remaster would hardly be about "new adventures".
Nostremitus
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They have a society with racism and xenocide as a foundation. Not much to like there.
They are basically Neo-Nazis who were kicked off their home planet by the people they were trying to exterminate.
The Geth never wanted to hurt the Quarians, and the Quarians could have returned home peacefully at any point in history but refused to live alongside another species. In their mindset, exile for not being able to exterminate the Geth was preferable to sharing their planet.
TC McQueen
Member
That's only because Bioware woobified the Geth hard in ME3, while in ME1-2, it seemed like the reason the Quarians tried to kill the Geth was to avoid the Council crushing them for violating the AI ban.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Really the Geth side of the story didn't exist until ME2, and I definitely appreciated fleshing them out. I got the impression from ME2 that the Geth had been proactive at securing their independence by force, their relative benevolence in the present was a function of them being safe/secure.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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I did get the feeling that BioWare went too far with making the Geth so wonderful and peaceful. Somebody fighting only in self-defense doesn't build hundreds of 12-foot tall laser blasting, rocket firing death machines and chase an entire civilization off of their planet. Do they?
Nostremitus
Member
They do if the alternative is extinction and realize the only way to keep from having to completely destroy their enemy is to create something that will make them think twice about assaulting again.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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That's still an assumption, though. I feel like the Quarians should be a little more horrified of the Geth if whatever they did was enough to push an entire species off of their planet, but their attitude is more "Those jerks, we want our planet back" than fear. The Geth are pretty clearly prepared for war at all times, and the idea of a society that exists in perpetual preparation of defending against genocide probably wouldn't be as peaceful as Legion makes the Geth out to be. But at any rate, it's good that they added some nuance to the Geth rather than having them be vicious killing machines, since that would only justify ME3's bullshit.
shinobi602
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I don't know, that feels like a pretty big leap to make in logic. Being prepared to defend yourself doesn't mean you're automatically more inclined to violence.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
I suppose Geth wouldn't have any power-mongering types to take advantage of the perpetual state of readiness for war or attempting to disguise mass accruing of weapons as "self-defense measures" in the way crummy organics would. Building Geth Primes would just be pragmatic rather than an indication of aggression.
shinobi602
Member
That's a good way to look at it.
Yeah, but they shot down any ships that even came close to their area of space, even diplomatic ones. Everyone should keep in mind that Legion is a liar as he admits in the Rannoch arc. Even when he doesn't outright lie, he's going to manipulate the truth to make the geth look good. If you want to see another side of geth, play through the Rannoch arc with Legion dead or sold so you get the geth VI.
The Artisan
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I think it is a cool looking picture.
the geth aren't people.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Geth shouldn't be capable of lying. Though maybe Legion said that and it seems capable of lying, in which case that would probably be a lie.There are definitely some parts of the ME1 spooky scary robo-boogeymen Geth that haven't been or can't be convincingly reconciled with most of what Legion says.
Of course who cares about any of that when we can just abandon all of the lore for a new setting entirely!
The Artisan
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if they're capable of anger, why not deception?
Nostremitus
Member
They are artificial life with wants, needs, and self awareness. That's people as far as I'm concerned. There are humans with less than that.
The Artisan
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all that matters there. for my shepard at least.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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Your Shepard sounds like a jerk.
The Artisan
Member
why thank you, a renegade shepard gets that a lot.
LOL, reminds me of an old Warhammer 40k quote:
Do not ask, "Why kill the alien?" Rather, ask "Why not?"
The Artisan
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just looked it up, don't think i've ever heard of it before
TheUnsunghero26
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So what's everyone expecting for N7 day? I think we can safely rule out a trilogy remaster at this point.
The Artisan
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aside from the beat up elephant in the room that's been talked to death about, maybe just a little more tidbits of Me4 then.
others have said historically, much isn't revealed on n7.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Fingers crossed for what? LOL
My expectations of their being anything remotely interesting happening on N7 day are very very low. Plus, I'd assume that if anything interesting was going to happen something would have leaked.
The Artisan
Member
i mean, even with low expectations, we would like to see something nice come out of it, johnny. hope for the best, plan for the worst.
DagnastyEp
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Bioware put up their post for N7 day:
I thought last years N7 was lackluster and uneventful. I'm not expecting much from this year. My wish would be a remaster trilogy, but I'm not expecting any news in this regard. If ME:A comes out, and EA/Bioware hasn't released a remaster trilogy I'll be baffled. I don't understand what their thought process in this regard is.
Source: http://blog.bioware.com/2015/11/02/n7-day-is-almost-here/?sf42134047=1
I thought last years N7 was lackluster and uneventful. I'm not expecting much from this year. My wish would be a remaster trilogy, but I'm not expecting any news in this regard. If ME:A comes out, and EA/Bioware hasn't released a remaster trilogy I'll be baffled. I don't understand what their thought process in this regard is.
Source: http://blog.bioware.com/2015/11/02/n7-day-is-almost-here/?sf42134047=1
Snacks the sober sea lion
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I just want an actually decent way to get the series with all DLC.
I haven't played Shadow Broker or Citadel.
I haven't played Shadow Broker or Citadel.
Anybody have experience with these kinds of loot crates?
I'm interested, but $75 for a bunch of mystery items is a lot.
comshoplesce
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If you have XBOX 360, there's a deal on XBOX marketplace, all ME 2 DLC 50% off.
Mass Effect 2 Genesis £1.34 (50% off)
Mass Effect 2 Arrival £2.34 (50% off)
Mass Effect 2 Kasumi Stolen Memory £2.34 (50% off)
Mass Effect 2 Overlord £2.34 (50% off)
Mass Effect 2 Lair of the Shadow Broker £3.37 (50% off)
Mass Effect 3 Citadel (1 of 2) £4.99 (50% off)
Mass Effect 3: Citadel (2 of 2) (Is Free On The Store)
Mass Effect 3 Omega £4.99 (50% off)
Mass Effect 3 Leviathan £3.37 (50% off)
Mass Effect 3 From Ashes £3.37 (50% off)
I never got around to playing all the ME3 DLC (my save game got corrupted after finishing the base game + from ashes).
Do you think there will be a good N7 day sale or is this 50% off all I'm going to get? I plan to do another play-through of the game, partly just to see all the DLC I missed.
Do you think there will be a good N7 day sale or is this 50% off all I'm going to get? I plan to do another play-through of the game, partly just to see all the DLC I missed.
If you're talking on XBox, this is probably as good as it's going to get before Christmas.
I know last Christmas there was a sale, so there may be another one this year, but I doubt there will be a sale for N7 day.
hmmm I was talking Xbox, but I notice it is a gold member's only sale and I don't have gold ATM... bummer. Wait it out I guess. I got from ashes and looking at my account I already bought leviathan (but couldn't play it).
I suppose I can play Omega/Citadel after I finish the base game and if I put that much time into it I suppose full price DLC won't kill me.
ShaggsMagoo
Member
Does anybody know if the Mass Effect 2 and 3 DLC has ever gone below 50% off? I am thinking about playing through the series next year but I am wondering if I should hold off and wait to see if the DLC will drop any further during the holidays.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
If you're dead set on playing it, then 50%off is as good a deal as any.
However it's impossible for anyone to say with any certainty if it will get cheaper, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
I will say that with BC on Xbox One launching next week, it's possible that the entire series will be BC and could see some sort of sale on DLC.
Something else to consider is that people who bought Borderlands got all the DLC for free on Xbox One.
Choices. Choices. Choices.
Having pushed through ME2, it's interesting to see it touch on almost a Lovecraft type of unknowable sci-fi and horror with the derelict Reaper with the video logs (much better handled than Sovereign in ME1) and the prematurely aging stars. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if the series brought back a type of sci-fi horror back.
Poodlestrike
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I get the feeling we'll have some of that in MEA thanks to the Remnants, but it'll never be a major part of the series, with good reason IMO. Horror is a pretty restrictive genre.
Oh, I agree. I don't mean for it to be at the fore of the new games, but having it appear would be nice. The derelict reaper was some Event Horizon type shit.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Maybe this was discussed way earlier, back when the trailer for ME Andromeda first came out, but did anyone else notice that the shadowy figures near the end of the trailer have Prothean shaped silohouettes? The tech that rises out of the ground looks a lot like prothean design too.
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