>>145489
Sounds more like hats to me.

Yeah, it actually got me to play the demo

It actually looks like a pretty good game too

Read about KoA and sounds like a good environment and looks a lot like Fable and Dragon Knight but better. Those look like nifty armors too.

I could see this being a good Real Femshep if they aren't set on going for a ginger. Two other versions are NSFW and will be in /pco/

wait is this a mass effect thread or a kingdom of amalur thread? i don't know if i need to hide this thread or not

also: >>145559
didn't they say they were going to use stupid sexy ginger femshep in ME3 promotion materials and shit? what the hell happened to that?

>>145562
Well, for starters, people voted on the ginger thing. Second, that's only for the Collector's edition, if I recall.

Also, is KOA on XBox?

I still wish that, in order to enjoy Mass Effect 3, I wouldn't have to download and install spyware.

I am talking about Origin, since it acts like Spyware.

>>145566
You can always pirate. Even if you get it on console you need to link to an account now.

>>145566
Fer reals, I downloaded that bitch for Alice Madness Returns and it caused me nothing but problems, constant EA ad bombardment especially.

>>145567
The account link part isn't so bad, the installation is where ya get fucked.

>>145567
wait what

>>145570
EA is fucking retarded, this should not surprise you, they plan on screwing everyone on their DRM bullshit, you can just play it offline though.

>>145570
yep I remember reading that you have to link to an active account.

Oh and here is another little tidbit for KoA

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/01/questline-online-pass/

You buy second hand then....NO QUESTS FOR YOU. Second hand copies will be locked out of a DLC ON DISK Quest line.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (seriously, who the fuck chooses this as a title for a game that's not, like, the 7th in the series?! And even then, Kingdoms of Amalur 7 would still be better.) will be self-published on Steam, so I'm guessing there will be no retarded EA DRM going on. We'll have to wait and see, though.

>>145591
Ea already did this with dragon age. It's not anything new. Maybe the dlc wasn't that memorable but it's still there to remind us.

>>145596
>Shale
>Not that memorable

>>145597
Man, I had to borrow my friend's game, thus buying shale. I don't know which dlc it was all I know is that he didn't have to buy all the dlc and I did.

>>145594
Never count on EA not trying to fuck over Steam with DRM, look ay Mass Effect 3.

>>145596

They did it with Mass Effect 2 as well. Nothing new there. The EA account thing isn't a big deal. Not being able to play it on PC because origin is evil? Kind of a big deal.

Doesn't seem like a bad game I like some of the mechanics but there are some graphical glitches that really need a fix. Is this the same engine that TOR is running on?

>>145610
Yeah, I already had to link the account to get at my Pepsi promotional DLC from ages ago. Still worth it, the Sentry interface was useful as hell.

>>145566
>>145568
Read at least 20 comments before downloading a pirated game. Some have malware or other problems, others work just fine.

I went in with low to middling expectations, but I was not impressed with the Amalur demo. The combat system was a bit slow, but not horrible and it had some clever writing bits in it. However, the pacing and traversal were terrible and even though we got that intro video, the world seems very bland and poorly thought out. I was not immersed, which is generally not a problem for me in these kinds of games. It was like Oblivion and Fable mixed together, but too neutral to be a good blend of either one. Another gun in ME3 will be nice though.

Hey, we got weapons that never run out of ammo! They just need to cool down for a sec. I know! Let's "upgrade" them with heat sinks so we need to carry extra gear to save half a second while reloading!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XBpMF3ONlI308D9IGG8KICBHfWKU0sXh0ntukv-_cmo/preview?pli=1&sle=true

They managed to replace Karpyshyn with someone 100 times worse.

>>145679
Ahaha holy shit

>>145679
Alot is missing...

>>145679
Well, this IS what happens when you take it from in-house to a shared world perspective.

>>145679
>>145686
>This IS what happens when a fan has too much time on his hands.
fix'd

Wait a minute. At the end of ME2, Thane has a year left, at best. ME3 takes place two months after the fact. Thane should still be fine for the most part.

>>145686

Except it's written by the head Mass Effect guy.

>>145727
The fourth book is written by William C. Dietz, not Drew Karpyshyn

>>145726
Thane is confirmed as a guest crewman in ME3.

Mass Effect 3 Voice Cast Reveal

>No appearance by Brandon Keener
Well fuck you too, Bioware.

But who the fuck is Diana Allers?

>>145766
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Diana_Allers

Because why settle on developing and finishing off the existing relationships when we can cram another one in. I mean you video game nerds like your IGN News Reporters right....just fuck off already Bioware.

>>145766
>Chobot

She licked the PSP what, 6 years ago? Do people still care about her?

>>145774
Probably not but the Game Mag Industry is chock full of Bioware fanboys so this kinda thing was bound to happen at some point.

>>145726
Meh, I still prefer the Mordin used SCIENCE! idea.

Oh god damnit, now my game's freezing on Feros. Repeatedly. Ffffuck.

>>145812
Fuck, shove that Space Juicehead out the airlock.

>>145812
Why even create new love interests on the last chapter of a trilogy?

>>145821
Something for the people that are just playing the third game so they don't have to be overburden with backstory she's ignorable for everyone else I'd say.

>>145821
Because they wanted to?

>>145559
>The omni-tool becomes a physically usable melee weapon.
Wildsiderz

>>145821

Because there's an audience for that?

There's the people that is new to the game, the people that did not like previous romances or (like me) the ones that will try at least most romantic options because they are available.

>>145812
Vega I was fine with but what the fuck is wrong with her everything?

Did they fail to render Jessica Chobot into Allers even worse then they did with Yvonne Strahovski into Miranda

>>145869

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of that particular model (neither was a fan of Miranda's).

>>145812
That just sort of illustrates how very wrong Vega's nose looks.
Not even commenting on Allers.

>>145870
It's not even an issue of being a fan of the original models/VA's. If they had done a decent job of rendering them into Mass Effect, we'd just mentally note it with an 'oh cool' and move on instead of marveling at how...plastic they look.

>that leaked script
My god.

Default Male Shepard (and maybe Kaidan) are the only non-weird looking humans in Mass Effect.

>>145897
Well, Anderson and Hackett are pretty decent.

>>145897

>No Anderson, No Joker, No Jacob

Nigga, you just went full retard.

>>145980
>Jacob

>Ingrown hairs on a flat texture.
>Odd maligned mouth.
>always crossing his eyes for some reason.

I'll give you the others, but even they seem to get worse as the series progresses. The animation was never world class, but each game seems to take one step forward and another back.

Pfffft-

>>145992
yea its like they want to recycle as much shit as possible regarding base textures and such, Hence what I think the error was with Garrus having texture problems that would have been hard to fix because they half-assed the implementation of textures from the first game into the second.

>>146043
>there's
>problems

Hello, subject-verb disagreement, we meet again. I thought Tycho knew better.

>>145992
What the hell did you break in ME2 to get that shit out of Jacob?

Better yet, why does everyone hate Jacob?

>>146049

His ass isn't fat enough and he doesn't ride the wambulance. His character is thoroughly self determined without Shepard needing to make everything better.

I think it's because he's activity centered. He keeps saying, "Let's go party" but you never get the cutscene of partying at the citadel.

>>145869

It's one of the problems with laser scan modeling a face. It picks up all her bumps and puffyness without defining skin color or makeup. It's compounded by any polygonal limits fthey might impose to fit system requirements.

Further they took an average persons head and put it on a ultra fit modeled body. It's alright in Freddis Prince jr's case because he is actually fit and a closer match to the character's build but Chobot is not even close. Chobot is average, for a woman, so it's seriously mismatched to the muscular athletic female body they put her head on. Seriously, it's the worst case of fat-head ever.

And Bioware's modellers can't be bothered to clean it up.

>>146051
>His ass isn't fat enough and he doesn't ride the wambulance. His character is thoroughly self determined without Shepard needing to make everything better.

This. Most love interests in these games are emotional cripples. Their fans essentially love them for being non-threatening. Biodrones love the idea of having all the power in a relationship, especially if all they had to do for that power was utter one shitty pickup line at just the right moment.

Reading through most of the spoilers, I really like everything that has nothing to do with the main plot, like the Hanar/Elcor remake of Lethal Weapon.

>>146057
Man, I'd love a love interest who wasn't a fucking wreck you have to fix.

>>146059
Moe, seriously. Spoilers.

>>146062
That's not a spoiler. A spoil gives away something that has to be built up. This is about as much of a spoiler as the average trailer, or the pre-order bonuses.

>>145992

Pff, I never saw a Jacob that broken.

It seems your ME gaming experience just sucks.

>>146051

>I think it's because he's activity centered. He keeps saying, "Let's go party" but you never get the cutscene of partying at the citadel.

That was criminal.

>>146063
You just said spoilers. Right there.

>>146084

Would it really be so hard to have a montage where Jacob, Shepard, and any other loyal squad member drank, brawled, or cruised the citadel while playing "The Boys are Back in Town" Bioware? Because that's all people needed to like Jacob.

Even a What Is Love gag would have worked.

>>146049
Jacob was my favorite companion in ME2 and he's someone I would love to hang out with if he was a real person

>>146153

True.

I would hang around with Jabob and ME1 Kaidan (can't wait to fucking punch some sense back into him in ME3).

>>146183
I still hope you can tell Ashley to take a flying fuck.

>>146187
Though this new Long Hair model may actually break out the trapeze at such a suggestion. Bet she's going to be open to a Threeway if you have that option still flagged from the save carryover.

>>146183
>>146187
You do know they were COMPLETELY justified in telling off Shepard on Horizon, right?

>>146228
Kaiden maybe, but Ashley was all about alien genocide. Where she got off scolding Shepard about being aligned with Cerberus was anyone's guess.

>>146229
I'm sorry, have you even fucking played the game?

>>146183
After Horizon, you get an email from him/her apologizing for what they said. You don't have to beat their heads in, they already got their heads in the game.

Ugh, finally All side missions are done. All that's left is Virmire, the two or three side things on the Citadel, and then Ilos. I might have to make a vanilla Insanity on ME2 to catch up...

>>146256
You only get that email if you romanced them. Otherwise they never respond to you.

And I cared less for Ashley than I did for Kaiden (personal preference, that's all) so while I can forgive Kaiden, I won't cut Ashley as much slack.

And besides, if they were so justified in telling Shepard off, then how is it that Garrus and Tali have your back?

>>146277
Ash and Kaiden loyalties while to Shep are superseded by their loyalties to the Alliance and his showing up out of the blue two years after being presumed dead and "wearing the colors" of a supposed terrorist organization they might be a little unsure as to what they are actually dealing with and be even more thrown by the fact that their former crew is backing him.

>>146228

Yes, I understand where they are comming from.

>>146256

Did not get such E-Mail.

And it seems they are still not with you in ME3, and that needs fixing.

Adam WarRock "S.P.E.C.T.R.E." [ME3:EP]

http://www.destructoid.com/dtoid-exclusive-adam-warrock-s-mass-effect-ep-221138.phtml

>>146371
There is also a Mordin track and my god it is so awesome

After reading all those spoilers, I'm like "Yeah, I can fucks with this game."

I blew my angry load months ago, and now I'm not so mad about the inconsistencies and retcons. I'll like it for what it is, even if it isn't the super-awesome Star Trek simulator ME1 was. I suppose the changes will be sudden and jarring to ME1/ME2 fans, though. Proceed with caution, for a whole lot of stupid shit lies ahead.

>>146507
Where did you even read the spoilers?

>>146535
I lost the mediafire link, but you can get some sourced spoilers here:

http://dana-duchovny.livejournal.com/

It's all sorted, so you don't have to give away too much.

Tali: Yeah, I've always had a thing about spiders. When I was a little girl, I had a dream that this beautiful quarian man was chasing me. When he caught me, he took off his helmet, and it was just... filled with spiders. Like there wasn't a person inside. Just thousands of spiders controlling the suit like a puppeteer. But I guess everyone has that dream. Anyway, back to work!

I love this shit.

Can't wait to get my hands on the game.

oh crap this thread reminded me I have to finish ME 2

>>146551
I have serious doubts about the legitimacy of those spoilers.

But even then, how the fuck would Tali know what a spider is? The Quarian homeworld didn't have insect/arachnid life and I wouldn't think something like a spider would make its way into a standard galactic knowledge.

>>146567
Technically don't they use translator implants or something so whatever we hear as "spider" is just the closest thing it can work out. Yea its bullshit but its worked for Star Trek.

>>146570
There still isn't any quarian analog to a spider though.
So unless she's referencing Turian spiders or Asari spiders, I don't think the line makes sense.

>>146593

How do you know that? It's not like Quarians are real. If Bioware wants them to have spiders or a spider analog, then by god they'll spiders/spider analogs.

>>146673
Because it was stated explicitly that there was no insect/arachnid life on their homeworld in the game.

>>146682
That's because Quarian spiders are actually closer related to our elephants than our spiders.

>>146695
Heh now that would be something to see, course what would the implications of such a dream be.

>>146682

Retcon.

>>146695 This too. Actually, this would be pretty awesome.

>>146724
Ah futurama.