Maybe with some of the PC version fixes? From what I understand they at least improved the inventory system and Mako controls in that version (I never played it on Xbox).
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Mass Effect Trilogy releasing this November on 360/PS3/PC (including ME1 on PS3)
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Maybe with some of the PC version fixes? From what I understand they at least improved the inventory system and Mako controls in that version (I never played it on Xbox).
Unregistered007
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are they promising 30 fps?
Did any mass effect game run at stable frame rate on console?
Did any mass effect game run at stable frame rate on console?
Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360 seemed to hang around a stable 30 FPS most of the time, but it's been awhile. It was definitely an improvement from ME1. I'm glad I got a PC for those games now, though.
Same here, besides that tom foolery of a loot system and some mechanics it was a fun game and a great start to the series and universe as a whole, just a shame about some of the choices they made after it.
Kill Your Masters
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Why not it's EA, and they need to cover the costs for porting ME1 to PS3.
No money from me then.CopyCat said:
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ME2 and 3 are pretty consistent on the 360 at least. ME2 on PS3 had good frame rate, but ME3 has plenty of awful drops according to the comparisons.
I would guess the ME2 DLCs are still included. Who would buy the trilogy if you get more content by buying the games separately?
But I agree, it's a bit weird they are so shy about saying anything about the PS3 version.
At least "soon" there will be more informations.
The inventory for the PC version was adjusted for Mouse controls. I would suspect they rather use the same as in the 360 version for PS3. Not sure about the Mako, haven't played the 360 version either.
The "targeted fixes" probably just mean bugs that where never fixed. I think there were some import flags in the save files that weren't saved correctly and stuff like that.
I didn't know this was confirmed. Good to know though. I have ME1 and ME2 on PC. No reason to get this now.
I'd like a PC sale on DLC but I'm not holding my breath.
The only reason the Mako controls better on PC is due to keyboard buttons where you can't make the mistake of a slight move of a controller stick and see the Mako do a crazy unwanted turn i guess..
Assume the Mako will be just as bad on PS3 than it is on 360.
Same with the inventory, a mouse is just better and faster to navigate a menu than a controller stick.
EDIT: Apparently already posted at the top of the page.
Worthy of a new thread? I think it's ridiculous that the PS3 version of ME2 included DLC, yet this trilogy set for 360/PS3 has almost nothing.
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/m...lude-any-of-the-paid-dlc/#x4ukBR15j0dIxPmv.99
Worthy of a new thread? I think it's ridiculous that the PS3 version of ME2 included DLC, yet this trilogy set for 360/PS3 has almost nothing.
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/m...lude-any-of-the-paid-dlc/#x4ukBR15j0dIxPmv.99
Melchiah
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Yeah, walking around the Presidium Commons of Citadel in ME3 was at times like watching a slideshow, and the canyon battle of Leviathan DLC was nearly unplayable on PS3.
Kccitystar
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Hyperbole much? I just spent 20+ hours in ME3 on the PS3 and never saw the frame rate go below 20fps. Slide show would be like 2-5fps. The frame rate never interfered with the game play. I swear without DF telling you all if a game dips in frame rate you guys wouldn't have a clue.
Clockblockers
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That will be the next re-release at the end of this counsel generation
Haven't played the DLC but the regular game was not a slideshow.
Dick Justice
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ME2 on PS3 had horrible loading times but a good framerate. ME3 had better loading times and a shitty framerate.
Also, not including all the DLC is to be expected of EA. They even kept the DLC for ME2 separate for the PS3 release, except for the larger mission packs.
Also, not including all the DLC is to be expected of EA. They even kept the DLC for ME2 separate for the PS3 release, except for the larger mission packs.
Melchiah
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No hyperbole whatsoever. It was not all the time, but occasionally the framerate went really low. So low, that moving the view from one point to another resulted with a brief pause, followed by the view being somewhere else. The same thing made the canyon part in Leviathan a pain in the ass, as aiming was almost impossible. There was also continuous hiccups in framerate when you moved forward in those areas. And I spent over 50 hours with the game on my PS3 fatty (RIP), so get off your high horse.
EDIT:
The Presidium Commons was the only area in the main game, where there was noticeable framerate problems, as far as I can remember.
Yes I read several times of this problem and saw videos on youtube, and I don't know what causes this, but this is not how Mass Effect 3 normally runs on the PS3.
Some scenes aren't completely smooth and in some cutscenes it gets choppy, but the game stays always at a playable level.
I didn't have any problems with the game or the DLC. Sad that Bioware apparently never fixed the bugs you (and many others) experienced.
Melchiah
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It seems so, as some others haven't apparently experienced the same. I wonder would those problems occur on my new PS3 slim.
EDIT: Come to think of it, I played the Leviathan DLC on the slim.
BTW, there was also continuous hitches in the audio in the same Leviathan part. I dunno whether the fact I used the PS3 wireless headset had anything to do with it, although I haven't witnessed such problems in any other games.
I guess this has something to do with the different HDDs in the PS3 models.
When I exchanged the HDD of my 80GB Fat I suddenly had a lot of audio problems in ME2 with cut off dialogues. I bought a new HDD from a different brand and ME2 runs fine.
Never had the problems with ME3 either. I use the PS3 wireless headset as well.
Melchiah
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I actually had put a WD Scorpio Black HDD into the fatty, one that was 7200rpm/16MB cache, so perhaps that was the problem? Although, there were no problems in other games. I did experience similar audio/cutscene problems in ME2/3 as you described. IIRC, I hadn't exchanged the HDD before I played ME2 though.
I had a WD as well with the audio problems. With the Seagate Momentus they were gone.
Yes not every game was affected for me. Dead Space 2 was flawless. Probably depends on how much they use the HDD to load data.
Melchiah
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So it looks like the WD might have been the source of the problem, but it's still a mystery why Leviathan had those hitches on the slim with the default HDD.
So, they need to fix mass effect 3 on ps3 or at least the cut scenes. Those are unwatchable for the stuttering
It's a strange problem. I suspect that the Mass Effect games are just a bit over-sensitive in regard of HDDs no matter if they are "official" HDDs or others.
Am I the only one who didn't really run into any problems with ME3, besides the first level FPS and an occasional dip when the action got heavy I didn't have any trouble with the game performance wise in game or cinematic.
I'm surprised they aren't in Games on Demand in the first place, I had assumed they were as both, ME2/ME3 were on the PlayStation Store on release.
I'm surprised they aren't in Games on Demand in the first place, I had assumed they were as both, ME2/ME3 were on the PlayStation Store on release.
Hydrargyrus
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Good to know about the ME1 for PS3 with improvements
theDeeDubs
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I was surprised how smooth ME3 was on PS3 after hearing how bad it was supposed to be. I plat'd the game and had very few fps dips. I did however have a glitch where the entire ending had no sound for the dialogue. I had already finished it on 360, so it wasn't a big deal to me though.
Melchiah
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I experienced short pauses in the audio at one point in the Extended Cut's ending, but had no problems with the original.
Stoffinator
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Same here. Only had slight hiccups with the frame rate in Mass 2 or 3. Nothing serious and never that long.
AgentOtaku
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ouch, sucks for 360 users =/
i myself having actually played/beat ME1 on both PC and 360 ....and will agian on PS3! (DAT sovereign voice)
Well there are only 2 pieces of ME1 DLC, and Bring Down the Sky was the only one worth having out of the two, which was included in the ME1 Platinum rerelease, so hopefully it is that version.
But this is the here's a rushed ending with a pretty important lore character as DLC Bioware, I wouldn't put it past them to just give us the base game and expect us to buy the DLC.
Still not a exact release date for PS3 but at least something:
"We're working hard to try to get it done in time for Christmas."
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253946100560560129
and they are working on it since April:
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/254088181333499904
I thought this was a late decision, apparently not
and a speculation:
the trilogy for PS3 will be released on 3 discs although the bluray should have enough space for at least 2 games. He explains it with "it would also mean putting three builds through Cert and not one, which would delay getting the games to you"
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253902656349814784
if they give only 1 game to Sony for certification I would conclude they just use the exact discs for ME2 and 3 as released so far which would mean ME2 will have the same DLCs included. Otherwise a new ME2 build without the DLCs included would probably need additional certification was well.
"We're working hard to try to get it done in time for Christmas.
"https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253946100560560129
and they are working on it since April:
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/254088181333499904
I thought this was a late decision, apparently not
and a speculation:
the trilogy for PS3 will be released on 3 discs although the bluray should have enough space for at least 2 games. He explains it with "it would also mean putting three builds through Cert and not one, which would delay getting the games to you"
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253902656349814784
if they give only 1 game to Sony for certification I would conclude they just use the exact discs for ME2 and 3 as released so far which would mean ME2 will have the same DLCs included. Otherwise a new ME2 build without the DLCs included would probably need additional certification was well.
MrMephistoX
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I'm pretty sure they have to include the DLC in the PS3 version since none the ME2 stuff is available for download separately on the PSN store...probably cheaper from an ROI standpoint to just include the same content for ME2 from an ROI standpoint as I'm not sure many would buy the DLC standalone at this point.
Pop-O-Matic
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The Platinum Hits rerelease had the BDtS DLC on a separate disc that you had to pop in the 360 and install on your hard disk, so chances are they aren't going to use that for the PS3 version. I wish they would include that disc with the 360 version of this set, since it also had a lot of interesting docs, trailers, art and music, and it would be a nice consolation prize for those buying what is essentially the worst version of the games.
But yeah, there is no reason not to include the ME1 DLC with the PS3 version other than trying to squeeze some extra cash out of the buyers, which, unfortunately is probably enough of a reason for EA.
RPGCrazied
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Still not a exact release date for PS3 but at least something:
"We're working hard to try to get it done in time for Christmas.
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253946100560560129
and they are working on it since April:
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/254088181333499904
I thought this was a late decision, apparently not
and a speculation:
the trilogy for PS3 will be released on 3 discs although the bluray should have enough space for at least 2 games. He explains it with "it would also mean putting three builds through Cert and not one, which would delay getting the games to you"
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/253902656349814784
if they give only 1 game to Sony for certification I would conclude they just use the exact discs for ME2 and 3 as released so far which would mean ME2 will have the same DLCs included. Otherwise a new ME2 build without the DLCs included would probably need additional certification was well.
I hope its Christmas. I hope PS3 gets some DLC. The only ones worth it to me are the extra squad members.
The actual work on the port is complete and the game has passed EA's certification yesterday and now only needs Sony's certification as well to be ready to be manufactured and shipped
Looks good so far and a 2012 release seems likely:
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/258309629975617537
https://twitter.com/LesPaulDuJour/status/258032383402573824
Looks like ME passed SCEA certification a couple of days ago.
"You have earned a trophy. Mass Effect PS3 approved by SCEA. #goldtrophy #comeonSCEE"
FWIW, Amazon has the PS3 version release date as Dec 4th.
"You have earned a trophy. Mass Effect PS3 approved by SCEA. #goldtrophy #comeonSCEE"
FWIW, Amazon has the PS3 version release date as Dec 4th.
CaptainZombie
Member
I hope ME is the PC version.
Melchiah
Member
Now I know what I'll ask from my girlfriend for Yule.
Nice, I was waiting for a date before jumping in the OT OT community topic and making an OT for those of us who will be picking it up.