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The Mass Effect Community Thread
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Ivory Samoan
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Do you guys see Andromeda in your vault in Origin Access?
It's not in mine currently, and pre-load here in NZ is the same as Euro, 18th :/
I ask, as it's the 16th here in NZ in T-minus 40 minutes
Do you guys see Andromeda in your vault in Origin Access?
It's not in mine currently, and pre-load here in NZ is the same as Euro, 18th :/
I ask, as it's the 16th here in NZ in T-minus 40 minutes
It's not in the vault but under the play first trial option for me. No preload available tho (EU)
If i remember correct the FiFa trial went live around 1pm eastern time for everyone world wide
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Origin Access is weird. From memory, the build of the game in your library is your pre-ordered copy, not necessarily early access, and the pre-load / unlock dates are listed accordingly.
If you go Origin Access -> Play First Trials you can see Andromeda there with a date of 16/03, but no pre-load option is available.
Makes me think there isn't actually one on PC for the early access, and the game will simply be up for download and trial come the 16th.
If you go Origin Access -> Play First Trials you can see Andromeda there with a date of 16/03, but no pre-load option is available.
Makes me think there isn't actually one on PC for the early access, and the game will simply be up for download and trial come the 16th.
BrassDragon
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Sounds like a recipe for a server outage but what do I know?
If it's anything like when the Fifa 17 trial released origin will be down for the next 3 hours
BrassDragon
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Just asking to be sure: there is no procedural generation in the multiplayer firebases, layout is always the same?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Unless they've stated otherwise, the layouts should be locked, like ME3.
Ivory Samoan
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Oh cool yep found it - it's just saying learn more currently, I'm on 100mb/s down though so should be able to get it in an hour or two....exciting: now, the wait for 'Learn More' to change to 'Get Now' lol.
Blue Ninja
Member
So the trial should be going live around midnight then? Damn, wish we could preload, I'd totally stay up to play.
DeadlyParasite
Member
I got little to no sleep last night because of anticipation for this game. I just hope it unlocks at midnight and not in the middle of tomorrow.
I can't remember when the BF1 trial went live.
I can't remember when the BF1 trial went live.
I still might do that if it downloads fast enough. Hopefully this doesn't fuck up the servers too much.
Anyway, as a huge Mass Effect fan I sure hope my experience is closer to shinobi's and not the RPS preview. Would break my heart if it's just Mass Effect: Inquisition. I had a decent enough time with that game but after Witcher 3 I don't think I could go back to an open world RPG that is as reliant on fetch quests and collectathons. Doesn't even have to be on the level of Witcher, something like in Horizon would be enough for me.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The sooner the trial goes up, the better. Australian internet is fucking godawful bullshit and if I have to download a whole 55GB to play the trial I need to start it asap if I want to get in any hours over the weekend.
I like the look of the Human Female Adept in the multiplayer trailer. Going to see if that face can be recreated for SisRyder. Hopefully the prerendered head shapes aren't too constricting.
She looks a lot like my FemShep did. If I can re-recreate this I'd be very happy.
DeadlyParasite
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I wonder why it's 12 GB larger on PC than Xbox/PS4.
TC McQueen
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Better textures/less compression?
DeadlyParasite
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That's not usual for a BioWare PC game is it? I don't remember Inquisition PC having such a disparate difference in file size.
SliChillax
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If you see the IGN graphics comparison, you'll see the PC has much higher res textures.
DeadlyParasite
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I'm pretty sure it's been established that you can revisit mostly everything planet-wise except certain specific main story locations (sort of like how you can't revisit the dead reaper in Mass Effect 2 or Thessia in Mass Effect 3).
As to whether or not it's an open-world game, I think Shinobi said that's semi-open world. As in, some planets have huge explorable areas like Eos and others are more linear and small (including space stations).
If you've played Mass Effect 1 it's more akin to that but with planets having way more story content, places to explore, and reasons to revisit (supposedly).
Also they've said there will be a few major hubs on top of the colonies you create and the Tempest.
DeadlyParasite
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Someone posted in the trial thread that it's unlocking today at 5:30 EST PM.
Oh Shit.
Oh Shit.
I think the preload for Open Access is today at 4:30 Central, about 7 hours from now.
Ah DeadlyParasite beat me to it. I'd seen the same time listed.
shinobi602
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I commented in the Rock, Paper, Shotgun thread and wanted to paste those thoughts here for people wondering a little more about side content:
I like to be fully transparent when I describe things so people don't come back and say I misled them. I haven't done many sidequests personally. I stated that from several reviewers I've spoken to that are deep in the game, more than myself, sidequests come into their own later and some have multiple quest lines that can span multiple areas/planets.
I also described a few side activities on the very first prologue planet that *felt* more fleshed out to me as opposed to DAI's fetch quests because they actually had narration by the characters and you learn/investigate some interesting things that provide neat info vs "Collect 10 ram hides for the soldier" in DAI for example.
Some more examples: I've also been going through a Turian murder mystery on the Nexus that spanned multiple conversations with the Nexus director, then a witness, the suspect's wife, etc and that's now asking me to go to Eos to find and investigate the remains.
Also been following up leads on someone sabotaging electrical grids on the Nexus and now I have to find out what's going on and why.
These things feel more compelling to me than a lot of the junk in DAI lol.
There's still the "tasks" that are simpler in nature. One injured soldier asked if I could place a pendant next to where he lost his brother on a planet, but even that felt more fleshed out than DAI 'sidequests' because he talked a bit about how close he was to his brother. I'm enjoying them personally.
So I can only speak for myself. Hope that helps
AWizardDidIt
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I suspect that if the dialogue animations end up overall worse than in DA:I, this will be a reason why. The spread of having to animate much more convo will just result in lower quality across the board but it's a trade off I think I prefer. I sort of hated the zoomed out convos in DA:I.
Now this I like.
Edit: On a second listen, I really like it.
Sounds like Dragon Age / a fantasy universe with horns, choir, and strings. The synth fortunately kicks in much later, but it's still a bit understated.
JeffG
Member
I like it.
Glad I got the Deluxe version so that I get the sound track. (For DA:I I went to iTunes to buy the songs I wanted because I just got the standard version)
Does anyone know, How do they "deliver" the soundtrack for the XBox (and I assume PS4)
A Download link?
DeadlyParasite
Member
It would appear that sentinel tech armour disappears after you stop taking damage from what I've seen, unless that's something you can toggle.
That makes me sad.
That makes me sad.
I was bummed out to find this out too! Based on the preview info, it seems that annihilation is the new "signature" power for sentinels, with tech armor being a profile bonus. However that should be a pretty neat combination if one was to throw a shotgun in the mix...
AWizardDidIt
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I've decided my first character is going to be a short range focused shotgun Sentinel with Annihilation Field, Tactical Cloak, and Shockwave (which I'm hoping will trigger multiple combo detonations if I cast it on a group primed with Annihilation)
Retrofluxed
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It's really starting to sink in that I will be playing a new Mass Effect for the first time in 5 years tomorrow (took a day off from work). Wow.
That's a pretty neat build with lots of biotic explosions! The description for annihilation doesn't mention shielded or armored enemy resisting it (unlike other primers like singularity, cryoblast and incinerate), so you may be unto something good here!
My first build will be a sentinel with annihilation, overload and cryoblast: I plan on being a priming machine and rely on my squadmates to detonate the combos (Looking at you guys, Cora and Liam
). On the topic of combos, Bioware would have made my choices much easier if overload and energy drain could still prime targets from the get-go, because I find it counterintuitive to use a cryo or fire power on an enemy with shields to prime them (I believe shockwave, energy drain and overload can only become primers at rank 6)
Systolique
Member
This really feels weird, doesn't it?
I finally got to convince my best friend to play the trilogy a few weeks back, he completely devoured through 1 & 2, and is trying to finish the third one asap so he can jump into Andromeda as soon as it releases !
It's a warm and funny feeling to see him discovers everything for the first time, and only have to wait like 4 days for the next Mass Effect to come out
Can someone help explain what Ian means regarding the PS4 Pro? How can it be full 4K if it's 1800p with Checkerboard?
https://twitter.com/tibermoon/status/842044683702423552
https://twitter.com/tibermoon/status/842044683702423552
JeffG
Member
The Checkerboard image gets upscaled to 4K
AWizardDidIt
Member
I believe that's because in Andromeda, Bioware has been trying to minimize (or even outright eliminate) abilities from doing double duty as both primers and detonators. Which makes sense since balancing around those abilities would be tricky if they did both. Why take 2 abilities that prime and detonate when you can take 1 that does both? If a high level evolution lets an ability become both then that makes sense since that would be a super powerful quality to add to it.
Any reference to back this up? I really hope this is true. I don't have any time to play tomorrow night but tonight would be perfect.
Cross-Section
Member
Mass Effect Archives are up.
Log-in doesn't work for the character sharing interface, but it does for the soundtrack download, which is apparently a thing.
Anyone want to confirm that the latter works for standard edition owners as well? (I'm a deluxe owner)
Log-in doesn't work for the character sharing interface, but it does for the soundtrack download, which is apparently a thing.
Anyone want to confirm that the latter works for standard edition owners as well? (I'm a deluxe owner)
I agree, having abilities with double duties would have limited the incentive to experiment with new powers. It's just that we normally have to go through our enemies shields, then armor and health so I expected the primers and detonators to follow the same order.
However your point about balance makes sense, especially given that several combos can now be primed through an enemy's shield, which was seldom the case in the original trilogy. Either way I am really looking forward to the builds that the community will come up with this newfound freedom in power selection!
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I don't think the game itself is unlocking tonight, just the pre-load for Early Access.
Link to a video? I'd play it in English either way but I kind of want to hear how bad it is.
I remember a lot of Access/Origin trials going live the night before it was slated to around that time, so I'd say it's likely that is the case.
SliChillax
Member
It's good but it doesn't come close to Uncharted Worlds.
SliChillax
Member
Oh wow, downloading the soundtrack right now. Can't wait to listen to it.
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