Board 8 > Mass Effect Discussion and Holding the Line Topic [SPOILERS]

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Well, either way the FFVII saga definitely ends with that for me. Decided that a while ago. Really didn't dig the franchise expansions.

Here's hoping Mass Effect manages to crank out more good stuff...!

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FFVII's ending is alright. Nothing special, but not bad. ME3's ending, though, yikes.

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I always take Garrus with me on missions, he's like the spotter to my sniper, or vice-versa. On my playthroughs of earth, I've taken Javik on one and Vega on the other, they don't really say much during that mission. Gotta wait for my friend to be done with ME1 before I take another crack at it since I want to start from the very beginning. Not gonna romance anyone in ME1, and then romance Tali, that way no one gets mad at me and I can see the tali romance. Also will see if I can resist the tactical sense of killing off Ashley, mainly so I don't have to listen to that awkward Kaiden convo.

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Jeff Zero posted...
Well in case you aren't already aware, Casey Hudson and plenty of other ME3 dev team folk are hard at work on 'gameplay initiatives' in an attempt to fix some of the ending mess right now, so just keep that in mind while watching. We won't know what the hell they're up to until 'April', which could mean the first of the month but could technically also mean the thirtieth, so yeah.

But still, depending on what it is? It's something. They have officially stated it will offer more closure and answer questions the fans have regarding the ending, so that's good news.

April 1st they announce some super awesome DLC / ending fix

hmmm..................

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I still thinks it's awesome that I got the Bruiser achievement after beating down a Brute

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Speaking of which, I was wondering about that one achievement for "bringing a majority of the galaxy at war assets to the final conflict." I thought I did that during my first playthrough but never got the achievement. Is multiplayer required for that one as well, or do I just need to do pretty much everything?

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You need more than 68% galactic readiness, because that's how much I had the last time and the achievement didn't register.

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Yeah I didn't get it until my second playthrough, where I had over 90% readiness.

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Nevermind, I guess I did get it, it just for whatever reason didn't pop up.

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Eh, I still love ME3 despite the ending, but I will say I don't like endings where it's not entirely clear what actually happened.

ME3 and FFVII share common ground there!

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I don't dislike FFVII's ending for it's un-clarity.

I dislike it for undermining a very important event.

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By the way, Liara never really got mad at for breaking it off with her.

I'm trying to remember what she said. It sounded less like disappointment and more like she was surprised, to be honest.

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Everyone seems to take a breakup really well, for some reason.

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Except for Ashley from what I hear.

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I do remember the whole "whoa Ashley is hot now" thing.

Even though all she did was let her hair down.

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You say that like girls aren't almost always hotter when their hair is down.

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Why can't I use Javik right now? It's a side mission. I guess he said he needed a bit before he was ready to fight, is that why?

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You can't use Javik until completing Palaven, I believe.

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LeonhartFour posted...
Everyone seems to take a breakup really well, for some reason.

Miranda doesn't really. At least not at first.

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From: TheRock1525 | #169
You can't use Javik until completing Palaven, I believe.

Well that's balls.

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You know what starting up Dragon Age 2 reminds me?

How much the default FemShep sucks. At least the default FemHawke is decent enough to use.

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****

My game just froze on me while playing on Insanity, and there's a crack on my disc. Hope it doesn't spread to the more readable portions.

You still have your receipt? How long ago did you purchase it?

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Bought it at launch, still got the receipt.

You could try taking it back and saying it was defective. I know some places go 30 days.

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If it was wal-mart then they'll let you exchange it for the same thing (which is what you want anyway). I imagine that's how it is at most places.

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Yeah I'll try to see if I can get it exchanged at Best Buy.

Best Buy is friggin' great about exchanges.

Especially their no receipt policy. If you don't have a receipt, they'll take it back and give you a giftcard. Of course, they go by the lowest price for said item during the past month, and you can only do it once a year, but it's perfect for when I find a good deal somewhere else (buy two, get one free) and they don't have a great selection but they have two games I want. Like Toys R Us. Buy the three games there, return the one I don't want to Best Buy.

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Also, James Cameron's Avatar: The Game has a better user score on Metacritic than Mass Effect 3.

Hell, ME3 barely sits above DA2 (4.8 to 4.3) in this case.

This is why we can't have nice things.

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That's because, while I don't fully g]agree with people who say that fans aren't justified in their dislike of the endings, I do agee that people are blowing it out of proportion and letting the the last 10 minutes ruin what is a great game.

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Started using Salarian Engineer in MP tonight.

Geth are so. f***ing. easy with it.

<3 my engi.

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Salarian Engineers for life.

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PartOfYourWorld posted...
Speaking of which, I was wondering about that one achievement for "bringing a majority of the galaxy at war assets to the final conflict." I thought I did that during my first playthrough but never got the achievement. Is multiplayer required for that one as well, or do I just need to do pretty much everything?

IIRC that achievement requires you to have at least 4000 resources available when you hit the Illusive Man's base. Without multiplayer that means you need 8000 total. I had about 7000 so I just did two or three multiplayer matches to get it above 4000.

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From: Nevest | #182
Started using Salarian Engineer in MP tonight.

Geth are so. f***ing. easy with it.

<3 my engi.

Are you ... playing on Silver/Gold?

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This... this was actually an interview before the game came out.

Interviewer: [Regarding the numerous possible endings of Mass Effect 2] “Is that same type of complexity built into the ending of Mass Effect 3?”

Hudson: “Yeah, and I’d say much more so, because we have the ability to build the endings out in a way that we don’t have to worry about eventually tying them back together somewhere. This story arc is coming to an end with this game. That means the endings can be a lot more different. At this point we’re taking into account so many decisions that you’ve made as a player and reflecting a lot of that stuff. It’s not even in any way like the traditional game endings, where you can say how many endings there are or whether you got ending A, B, or C.....The endings have a lot more sophistication and variety in them.”

Now I can see why people who followed the development would be even more pissed off.

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Yeah. That's one of the main reasons we're pissed because they blatantly lied to us.

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Yeah the more I research this the more bewildering it all becomes. But whatever.

Changing gears, one of my favorite little revelations in the game that doesn't really impact much besides being an 'oh neat' moment is when you find out that EDI was the VI that freaked out on the moon in ME1. It makes me want to replay ME1 just to do that mission over again.

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Holy s*** seriously? I never realized that. Amazing.

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How did you not realize that. They explicitly tell you through one of the video consoles when you're going through the Cerberus base!

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When you're storming the Cerberus Base at the end there are some videos about it and you can talk to EDI about it.

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victory

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Man, I just wanna replay ME1 to have the Elkoss license now that I know it affects how much Conrad can help you out.

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Oh my god not having Tactical Cloak makes this stupid Grissom Academy area a lot more f***ing difficult.

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RayDyn posted...
Except for Ashley from what I hear.

She handles it pretty well, from what I recall.

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From: ShadowHalo17 | #186
Are you ... playing on Silver/Gold?

Yes.

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LeonhartFour posted...
She handles it pretty well, from what I recall.

I romanced Ashley in ME1 and Tali in ME2 on my paragon Shep and they got a bit catty about it.

Tali: Good to see you Lieutenant-Commander Williams.
Ashley: You sure about that?
Tali: Definitely, we're all adults here.
Ashley: Of course. Oh, and congratulations on getting your big-girl name!
Tali: Thanks! I'm so glad you decided to help Shepard this time.
Ashley: ...Let's go shoot something.

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Well, that generally happens when you get two love interests together, yeah. Tali jokingly suggests Liara is using her resources as the Shadow Broker to spy on Shepard if you dump her for Tali. I'm talking about how they react if you tell them you don't want to continue the relationship.

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From: LeonhartFour | Posted: 3/26/2012 1:38:54 PM | #196
RayDyn posted...
Except for Ashley from what I hear.

She handles it pretty well, from what I recall.

Again, I wouldn't personally know, I always take the tactically smart choice on Virmire and she ends up dead

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