>>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.

Does anyone else feel ME2 to be really short? I spent almost three months playing two playthroughs of ME1, and I've only played for four days, and I'm done everything on disc one.

>>146797
Nope, ME2 is longer.

>>146797
Including all available sidequests?

Well, here's one thing to think about. The time spent doing real action and completing adjectives is longer than ME1. But there is much less aimless wandering on planets, for better or worse. So that could account for the time.

...Huh...

>>146865
Not terribly surprised considering how he got those shiny blue eyes to start with.

>>146868
I was hoping he would be a reaper that wants to fuck over his own in order to get more out of organics but I saw something like this coming as soon as I saw him.

>>146865
FFFFFFFFFFfffff... shouldn't have read that. I don't care if he was good or bad, I just imagined him as somebody who wants to wipe out EVERYTHING to make humans the only and superior creatures :(

>>146865
>was

They're not going through with this.

>>146883
People can still react to the fact that even they knew how bad of an idea that was.

>>146883
*Phew* I was worried there for a moment
>Moe
Dammit.

>>146798
I haven't explored every single planet, mind you, just the ones I remember on hand having missions.

Mass Effect 3 40 Minutes Gameplay (HD 720p)


* SWTOR level dialogue.
* 'Arrival' pretty much ignored.
* Shitty cheesy game intro.
* Instead of showing new players how powerful the Reapers are, or even implying it, all we have are Shepard and a few admirals going "OH YEAH MAN THE REAPERS ARE WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN US." Shit storytelling 1/10 would not read.
* Voice actors all forgot how to do their characters. ESPECIALLY Mordin and Wrex.
* Random retcons and inaccuracies. (Sol Relay? RREEEEALLY?)
* Intro is super-rushed, as opposed to the carefully sculpted and thought-out intros of ME1 and ME2.
Clint Mansell doesn't know how to turn off suspense.
Horrendously forced "sad" scenes in the intro.


I THOUGHT I'D BE OKAY WITH THIS. I REALLY DID. BUT I'M NOT. THIS SHIT IS SO DUMB THAT I HONESTLY CAN'T IMAGINE WHY I USED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ME2.

>>146944
Well, Moe, it's finally happened. You have officially become more annoying than my washing machine when it's off-centre by one sock. Do you have any idea the level of achievement you have attained with that accomplishment? And how much I hate you now?

I'm not watching that video, so please forgive my naïveté.

'Arrival' pretty much ignored.
-Think of it this way. Would you rather the Arrival be "ignored" for the sense of the game covering you for not playing it, or rather the game taking that into account and having an automatic game over?

* Instead of showing new players how powerful the Reapers are, or even implying it, all we have are Shepard and a few admirals going "OH YEAH MAN THE REAPERS ARE WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN US." Shit storytelling 1/10 would not read.
We only had to go by Tali, Benezia and Saren's words as to the Repear's power in the first game until the end.

* Random retcons and inaccuracies. (Sol Relay? RREEEEALLY?)
Sol Relay makes more sense in the case that they're naming it after the system it's in, and not the "moon" they dug it out of.

* Intro is super-rushed, as opposed to the carefully sculpted and thought-out intros of ME1 and ME2.
You wouldn't stop bitching about how shitty ME2's intro was for three weeks.

Horrendously forced "sad" scenes in the intro.
See above

>There used to be a bug in the 360 version of Mass Effect 2 which allowed you to essentially get infinite skill points, for both you and all 12 of your party members, if you didn't enable auto-level.
>By pressing A ("Buy Rank") and X ("Reset Talent Points") at the same time when buying a Rank 4 skill, you'd get the skill...as well as every point you spent on that screen.
>If you had at least 10 unspent skill points going in, then you could completely level up every single character in the game in one fell swoop.
>At level 6.

I'm still trying to figure the fuck out how they supposedly got here (if these are actual reapers)

I mean the main transport gate is bust so they have to go the "Long Way" which only adds about a 3-4 year travel time on to these space squids....REALLY!!!???

>>146946
You're about to make me go FULL AUTISM up in here.


What bothers me the most about the whole Arrival thing is the way they address it. Shepard seems genuinely pissed that he's been grounded on Earth, even though he spent about a year doing footwork for a notorious terrorist organization, killed 300,000 people, and damn near started an intergalactic war. Dude is walking around willy-nilly like the whole "war criminal whose actions have threatened our species" thing isn't a big deal.

As for Reapers, they weren't considered the main villains of ME1 until Virmire. By the time Sovereign had it's big reveal, we had already learned about indoctrination and read about the hundreds of alien ruins across the galaxy. Every scene with Sovereign itself was carefully crafted to portray it as not only incredibly powerful and capable, but wholly apathetic to anything that stood in it's way. They went back and forth between showing it was powerful and implying it. When Sovereign was said to be a God, the game made you believe it. Here's one example, just to show what I mean.

ME1:
"It must have a massive Element Zero core to be able to land on a planet and take off like that!"
"Sovereign just pulled a turn that would shear any of our ships in half!"

ME3:
"THESE REAPERS ARE REALLY POWERFUL, MAN. HOW POWERFUL? REALLY POWERFUL."

The Charon/Sol change just seems odd and unnecessary, like they weren't paying attention. It's less of an actually bad thing and more of a sign of Bioware's mindset, like >>146865

I actually like how ME2's intro was done, but that mostly has to do with the fact that that scene (and the Tartarus Debris Field sequence) were pretty much completely stolen from Star Trek XI. If anything, I was probably complaining about the whole "SHEPARD IS DEAD NOW ONLY SHE'S NOT" twist.

The sad scene, wow, I think I've had speeches about this type of thing. In real life. I'll save that for another post.


</autistatwork>

Maybe someday that kid will grow up to be like me.

BOOM

Ah well

HA HA HA HA!!!

More spoilers, guys!

This relates to both Bring Down The Sky and the Leviathan of Dis:


Shepard.
You should have killed me on that asteroid over Terra Nova.
Commander Shepard. Captain Ka'hairal Balak, Batarian External Forces.
I've been waiting for this. Everything that has happened to my people is your fault.
Yes. After you ruined my plans, my government accelerated research efforts on the Leviathan of Dis!
Have you heard of it, Commander? The ancient organic dreadnought my people recovered from Jartar 20 years ago? Sound familiar?
Yes, looking for a way to reclaim our place as the true power of the galaxy. Hundreds of our best scientists were enlisted...
When the Reapers reached Khar'shan, our own people betrayed us. Defense grids were deactivated. Ships fired on allied targets.
We were destroyed from within... because of you.
We were a proud race, a beautiful race! Have you seen what the Reapers have done to us?
I am trapped on this Citadel. Our warships only know the locations of Reaper forces because I've tapped Council transmissions.
I am the highest-ranking military officer left in the Hegemony. I can't save my people! But I can end you.
Vengeance. The Bahak system...

>>146950
It also seemed to be a game purely without past save data so who knows, maybe it will throw you a bone if you give it something to work with. It still funny to watch you turn right back around to hating something.

>>146953
yea since he was in a fresh game that does edit some of the dialog according to Bioware to prevent spoilers so they say.

>>146950
Like I said, that's a first for me. Also, thank you for spoilering.

Just out of curiosity, what did you do with Kasumi's Graybox? And why is that thing so huge? Do they expect you to willing have two fist-sized chunks of your brain removed?

Fuck it, I liked that video.

>>146955
I'm fairly sure I forced Kasumi to destroy it. The choice seems to have almost no bearing on ME3, save for the fact that if you don't get Kasumi's loyalty, she spends the rest of her life as a morose shut-in, constantly reliving memories of Kenji.

>>146962
I won't lie, the gameplay is pretty tight. ME3 is going to be fun, one way or another.

>>146969
Thing is I'm not really seeing a difference in combat when compared to ME2. This had better not be a case of "Well you want to see the new combat oriented stuff you have to play it on "action" setting"

>>146974
They made moving around a lot easier, which sorta makes it feel like Vanquish. The enemies look more varied, too.

>>146969
Well, that's incredibly depressing.

>>146975
The enemy AI was upgraded to work together a lot better. More variety added too, like the enemies with the riot shields.

Just finished the demo. I played in hardcore and got my ass handed to me getting used to the tweaked controls and abilities.

First off, sprinting is much smoother and Shepard can go longer than before, it seems. I'm not really a fan of A button for all things. A to run, A to get behind cover, A to jump up a platform or over a barrier, A to dodge to the side or forward or backwards. Actually, the dodge roll to the back is pretty cool. Anyway, it took me some time to get used to the context of when A would apply for cover and not a side roll.

I noticd a few spots where sitting behind cover caused your aim to be totally fucked. Pre-aim, press LT to aim, suddenly you're shooting a wall and not that trooper you were targeting. This happened in ME2 as well but it's annoying still.

I definitely want to playthru a few more times. I'm pretty sure I picked the worst vanguard build. I really want to see how adept plays; people have said it's fun and mass mayhem with Liara and singularity.

Cannot fucking wait to try out multiplayer.

You know what? Egnineers, Adepts and Sentinels are shit for an Insanity Run. Two of them lack any real bulk to survive long, and I can accept that. Support roles, whatever. What is a dealbreaker, though, is the fact that pistol and smg upgrades only pop up once before disc 2. Sniper rifles and shotguns pop up twice, and you can get three assault rifle upgrades almost right off the bat. Fuck that, restarting as Vanguard or Soldier.

>>147009

I think sentinel is actually my favorite class on any difficulty. I think I just got used to them...

>>147005
I have a bad feeling that multiplayer will be full of greifers and assholes if bioware hate is a legit thing to drum up for this game.

>>146567
Ranoch never developed insect or arachnid life. Doesn't mean it wasn't introduced.

>>147012

Not to mention, analogues and translation convention.

>>147011
I have a feeling that the multiplayer's going to be nothing but krogan and quarians.

>>147009
Maybe this discussion would help you give Adept another chance.

http://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/p7ijr/class_discussion_of_the_week_thursday_february/

>>147011
We'll have to see if pirated copies are allowed to play online, I guess.

>>147028

They won't.

>>147049
I don't see it being a problem, then. What with so many ways to get banned and all your games locked out.

>>147049
Grief finds a way.

So the demo is out now....for the x-box at least.

Is it sad that I plan to spend my Valentine's masturbating to the Bioware forums?

>Fanboys who are starting to realize that ME3's plot and dialogue will be stupid as shit.
>Fanboys who are still trying to defend the sinking ship.
>/v/ supplying both sides with ammo and laughing about it back on 4chan.

As for the demo, you'll find that going Soldier/Vanguard and meleeing everything is not only fun, BUT A COMPLETELY VIABLE TACTIC. Also, Engineer makes up for having low health by being CONSIDERABLY USEFUL HOLY FUCK NO MORE SHITTY BYPASS MINIGAMES AND MORE TOOLS THAN A SWISS ARMY KNIFE.

>>147082
get out.avi
Just get out already and let the rest of us discuss ME3 without your constant bullshit.

>>147086
Seriously, all you do is shit on the thread.

>Discussing plot points and gameplay while pointing out what I like and what I don't like (all the while explaining my reasons so.)
>Laughing at nerds on BSN and /v/
>Shitting up the thread.

>Complaining about on-topic posting.
>SAVIOUR OF /COG/

I swear to God, though. As soon as you're in the position where your ass isn't getting lit up by bullets, just run up to enemies and melee them. IT JUST WORKS.

>>147086
>>147087
Moe isn't even doing anything wrong here for once, he's even pointing out things HE LIKES.

Let it go bro.

Every single time Vega is on screen I can't help but start thinking of Space Mutiny.

>>147086
>>147087
It's funny that someone who calls themself a "Shitposter Repentant" consistently makes such terrible posts.
Even funnier when said posts are actually far, far worse than the posts made by Moe which you're bitching about.

>>147086
Disreguard this, I cook socks (and cakes).

Honestly, at this point Moe just keeps getting vindicated

Yeah that demo confirmed it. I was considering getting a console version despite everything but now there's no way. Congrats EA, you've ruined the last relatively good part of Bioware.

Spoilered for those who are waiting to partake in the demo or the game itself.

I am not a huge fan of the demo so far. It's not horrible, but I don't think it's really directed at me. The gunplay feels sped up from ME2, but not in a way that makes it flow better. I've only played as Infiltrator and Sentinel so far, but the power diversity is better than before. The cooldowns are a bit long though.

Not really a drawback, but Wrex looks tiny in this one. Maybe they were just using wider shots, but his head doesn't fill up the screen like it used to.

The dialogue had some bad bits in it. That first scene with the earth council thing was pretty rough. "What do we do Shepard?" "We stand together." I laughed at how much of a trailer line that was. Also two dialogue decisions at the end that say the same line. Come on, son.

There's a glimmer of hope though. Bioware may have just picked some actiony parts to show off. It would not surprise me. I probably will find some fun things about this game after I've played it through, but so far it's looking a little too similar to ME2 for how much they hyped it and the VAs performances are generally worse. Mark me down as positive, but hesitant.

Moe is right about melee combat. It's ridiculous.

Cheesy, terrible script, decent action game otherwise.

I just had a funny thought.

>Shitty plot.
>Fun gameplay with a few faults.
>Tons of cutscenes.
>Multiplayer that fans feared was tacked on, but ended up being really fun.
>...aside from the fact that you have to sign into the developer's service to use it.
>Hardcore fanbase that refuses to acknowledge flaws.
>Forced melancholy that falls flat 95% of the time.
>Love-it-or-hate-it weight/stamina system.

Oh my God, /cog/! Mass Effect 3 is Guns of the Patriots!

>>147142
But that had a enjoyable main enemy. The reapers are just giant machines that likely don't have a visible leaders save for the biggest, toughest reaper cluster at the end you have to shoot until it dies. If that were the case then Cerberus would be the PMCs and most reapers are just mass produced mooing metal gears.

>>147142
Forgetting the tired out joke man that WONT FUCKING LEAVE!!! Incontinent man would be a blessing. Verner will be back I just fucking know it.

My beloved shootan-arpeegee space opera is back in full form with cheesy dialogue, badass posturing, great voice acting, and fun character interaction? Oh god, the demo put all my fears to rest.

Well, except for the cover system. Controls were finicky in 2, but the blocky architecture made it work fine. The more elaborate setpieces in 3 seem to make things... difficult.

I found out the hard way last night that you can still get shot when behind cover, if it is low enough. Couldn't regenerate my shields and died like a little bitch. This is awesome. Between that and the grenades being flung at me, I'm forced to move around the field much more often instead of hanging back and taking my sweet time lining up pot shots.

Mass Effect 3's AMAZING Graphics!

1/10, would not view.

If I could get them to change one thing about the gameplay, it would be to make it so you don't have to go into cover before jumping over an obstacle.

> dat score when escaping Vancouver

I was a bit concerned when they changed composers for the game, but wow that was good.

Mass Effect 3 Piano Theme Complete (HD)

As long as it doesn't end with a Monolog and Motherfucking Stock Footage (FUCK YOU DEUS EX...FUCK YOU HARD!!!!!) then I'll overall be fine.

>>147188
But there is no stock footage of aliens and space warfare. That would actually take creative effort from Bioware to turn the end credits of the game into stock WW2 reels with older surviving crew talking about the good old days of the reaper incident. With Shepard either being tried for war crimes or hailed as a galactic hero and never seen again.

Guys. GUYS. The skil upgrade for Vanguard contains a bonus that grants 200% increase in recharge speed after killing someone with a heavy melee attack. That means that if you choose to only carry a really light weapon, you can go full melee and never die while spamming biotic charge.

>>147193
>That means that if you choose to only carry a really light weapon, you can go full melee and never die while spamming biotic charge.
>you can go full melee and never die while spamming biotic charge.
>you can go full melee and never die
>DELICIOUS CANDY

You can't put your weapon away anymore? Fuck this game.

Welp, time to finally finish ME2...

I'm gonna make a Mass Effect spoiler tumblr soon.

I'm just going to wait on the real backlash from the gameplay on this one.

>>147163
Calling it now. Conrad Verner is instrumental in the galaxy's salvation.

Oh wow, those leaked endings. Someone on the writing team sure likes Deus Ex.

>>147312
So... there will be more than one ending?

>>147333
According to what I read there's three:
One where you destroy the reapers but also the Mass Effect Relay, one where you send the Reapers back into dark space for another 50,000 years, and one where you fuse with them and bring about a tech Renaissance.

>>147337
Yep gonna ignore that third option, because I'm not going down the path of a hamfisted christ analogy again. Even though by this point its fucking hard to escape that. Wonder who is going to be Judas.

>>147337
Really glad I never got 2, and thus am not going to get 3.

>>147337
How?

>>147345
I kinda see ending three being an option only if you went with the hand it over option in 2. Kinda wish that Three was that nobody was on Sheppard's side. It would have been that he breaks out of a holding facility during the attack and then does is own thing with the Alliance and Cerberus just being factions that he could utilize pending on whom he operates for.

The demo is alreadt being datamined for content.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eK99_T61alc

>>147356
...I'm not gonna lie, I kind of like it.

>>147356

i....i hope this is really true? I'd be pretty okay with this.

>>147356
WE ARE THE PROTHEAN BOB-SLED TEAM, MON.

>>147341
So you're stuck with the shittiest one.

>>147356
I laughed. But I actually think this is really cool. Props to Bioware for taking that in a totally unexpected direction.

>>147356
Wait is that generic African or Jamaican?

>>147349
No, the endings are based on your score in 3. All choices in the previous games are pointless because even if you kill someone, someone else just replaces them and does the same thing.

>>147376
oh yea I'd forgotten they'd dumbing it down down so that people that hadn't picked up the series until three wouldn't be overwhelmed..dammit. Kinda hoping this doesn't come to steam so it won't be disappointing.

>>147374
>thisiswhatamericansthinkwesoundlike.avi

>>147379
HEY, I'M FROM PUERTO RICO YOU ASSHOLE.

>>147380
>Insinuating PR isn't America.

>>147379
Strictly speaking, wouldn't it be Canadians?

>>147381
An owned "commonwealth" isn't the same as being an actual force in the government. We are neither true entities as state citizens nor our own nation.

>>147374
No, it's clearly Prothean.
YOU RACIST.

>>147384
Are you telling me that all them came from Earth?

aw man, the improved level-up system is like candy for me

I'm gonna play this shit over and over just to experiment with builds

>>147415
I'm going to try out the demo when I beat the game in a few days, but tell me. How do Ammo Powerups work?

>>147435
they've changed from the old add effects?

>>147436
Do I still need someone to use their ammo upgrade to give me and the other guy the upgrade, or is it back to an inventory thing?

http://www.gamespot.com/mass-effect-3/forum/confirmed-michael-beattie-wont-be-returning-as-mordin-61312206/?page=1

OH, SO THAT'S WHY!

>>147379
No, that's not true. We think there's a lot more bong noises in day to day Jamaican speech.

>>147464
Jamaicans don't use bongs. Trust me I am the Jamaica expert.

Hmm, I think I will replay ME2 as a "why would you do that?!" Shepherd just to see how fuck evreyone will be in three.

>>147356
Welp, looks like I finally have somebody I like as much as Legion.

>>147471
I still need to hear actual conversation talk from it to put it up the legion levels. But it seems to be one of the only pure good things about 3.

>>147471
Mordin is infinitely better than a nonsensical survivor and Generic Robot Character 1001.

>>147478
Legion and... who?

>>147478
>wah wah wah I poop my pants

Good to know chum.

>>147483
Garrus, Grunt, Jack, Tali or Zaeed, if you take "survivor" at face value.

Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back Trailer

New trailer

>>147497
I wish the in-game character models looked more like that...

>>147497
Not pictured: the makos flipping over and crashing into each other as they drive towards the reapers.

>>147478
I love me some Legion, but I agree with the nonsensical survivor thing.
What happened? Vigil forget he had a Prothean tucked back next to the frozen peas or something so he never got around to shutting off his pod?

It's dumb.

>Playing the demo
>Just killed a bunch of dudes
>"Shepard, hurry up and push this button so we can move on. There might be more dudes coming to fuck up our shit."
>Screw around for a bit looking for collectibles because fuck you, I'm commander Shepard
>After a while more dudes actually appear and start shooting again
Huh. I'm genuinely and pleasantly surprised they programmed that in.

>>147497
haha, swords, really?

>>147497
Ahh Mass Effect, rivaling Star Trek in having the most shit fighter craft in existence.

>>147379
On the other hand, Okeer sounds like Tia Dalma.

>>147356
It's cool and all that we get to meet a Prothean, but somethings have bother me about the Protheans in relation to the rest of the galaxy:

1) As Silverhawk Anon stated, where does he come from? Then again, it is possible that yet another world slipped from the Reaper's grip in the form of bad record keeping. I'm ok with that, the Galaxy is a place so vast it's plausible. But, I digress, this is about Ilos. So, Shepard found Ilos in pursuit of Saren and he discovered Vigil's little lab with all the lifepods. And, Liara can't be the only scientist obsessed with them.

Didn't anyone, you know, go back and crack one open? 50,000 years locked away in a cryogenic or some kind of life support pod would yield some fantastically preserved remains. We can ascertain they've studied some Prothean remains because EDI does make the connection between the Collectors and them.

So, a bunch of lifepods with Prothean remains inside? No takers? Really?

2) He looks off, if that is indeed his representation. Remember what Protheans looked like in their statues? The tentacles from the lower jaw and more hominid looking skull clash that, he looks more like the Collectors as the Reapers designed them. After all, the Reapers did rewrite their DNA to suit their designs, so I just assumed they did so in such a drastic way that they just turned out like that. So, why the change?

>>147516
I'm guessing it’s a combination of "people liked 2 so we'll just reuse a modded collector model" and a the in-story excuse that someone got their hands on a collector and made them get better/after the base got destroyed the remaining Protheans were just left to rot in the coming Reaper invasion and somehow Mbeki became self-aware.

>>147516
HAL SHALL ADDRESS.

and do so, incognito.

To begin with, we only have what looks like concept art to go off of and a voice that may or may not have actually been ripped from the demo, I personally will wait and see and am willing to accept that I may very well be deluding myself so as to assuage my spoilers guilt.

Now, as for how the hell: It's possible that this Prothean is some manner of collector escapee, remember in the second game that one Collector in some kind of examination table and Harbinger's "ASSUMING CONTROL" maybe in some way indicates the Collectors still had the teensy bit of will left in them and this guy is the Kunta Kinte of his species.

Option 2 - somebody cooked him up from the leftovers under Vigil's care. Mayhap with Exogeni's Thorian research.

Option 3 - Time Travel. Always an option.

Option 4 - He's not a final game concept after all and we got worked up for nothing.

As for the statues in the ruins not looking like him if he is final game material, you can go ahead and say their cultures just weird. I mean, we've got tons of statues throughout recorded history that only vaguely resemble what we actually look like... Maybe all those statues were built during their modern art period and got really damn popular. As for those shots of them in the flash back I keep thinking they're just husk in those.

I'm not saying that's the case, I'm just saying, possibility.

At any rate, the facts are these. There were a bunch of still living Prothean Scientist after the purge. They were on the citadel before they died. maybe they actually did manage to tuck away a member of their species in another cryopod hidden somewhere deep in the citadel that they programmed the Keepers to either ignore or maintain. They've fucked with the way the Keepers work before so there's that.

I guess that all counts as 'Option 5'.

Of course this is all just my thoughts on the matter, I could be wrong.

Common knowledge so no spoilers, the Prothean extinction event occurred in 48,000 BCE.

So.

Big number to chew on.

>What's the deal with the shiny ball I got during the Hammerhead Missions?

>What's the deal with Dholen and the crazy dark energy reaction there?

playing demo . . . why is there always that one guy that never selects ready and why doesn't the leader ever kick them?

thinking about preordering the basic game to get the bonus items then trade/sell it and get the limited edition later or is that just stupid?

>>147521
I want a follow up to Leviathian of Dis. And more references to the guy with the returned/exchanged merchandise, the woman and brother-in-law who can't decide how to immunize or not immunize her child and Helena motherfucking Blake.

Ok, so all I have left on ME2 is the Eclipse cache and the canyon thing, then Legion, Tali, Overlord, Shadow Broker, Arrival and finally the station assault. I'm thinking of running an all-nighter to compensate for shitty timekeeping and work taking up six days a week for the last four months.

>>147520
>>147519
Non-mass erray interstellar flight. Relativistic effects could readily explain a mere 50000 year gap.

>>147521
>What's the deal with Dholen and the crazy dark energy reaction there?
WOW THIS IS ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT I'M GLAD YOU REMEMBERED IT.

>>147526
>I want a follow up to Leviathian of Dis.
WOW THIS ISN'T AS IMPORTANT BUT THEY HANDLED IT IN A SEMI-LAZY WAY THAT EITHER COUNTS AS CLEVER OR REALLY BORING. I LIKED IT SO WHATEVS.

>>147525
Well it does need to be unanimous to kick someone. The worst is when someone leaves because that guy won't go, and as soon as they leave the guy clicks ready.
What I want to know though, is whose brilliant fucking idea was it to let the item packs give you items that you already have? I've gotten the damn scimitar shotgun at least three times already. Not to mention getting the character unlock for a class, only to have it be the one that damn class starts with in the first place.

Lots of information is being taken from the demo. See you guys on the 6th!

>>147536
my very first purchase i got xp and a costume option unlock for one of my dudes everything else has been same smg or shotgun times a million. saving and buying the veteran pack is hella lame. i don't know why i still do it

still, adept/engineer ftw

>>147542
I bought 5 5000 credit packs before I learned my lesson. I got an Asari Adept on my second veteran purchase.

So.

No more "Take over atlas mech" feature?

>>147546

Not in demo but confirmed for full release.

>>147548
And I'm betting not in multiplayer, cause that shit'd be broken.

http://www.destructoid.com/ea-quickly-ends-mass-effect-3-s-bf3-freebie-offer-222054.phtml

http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1218979p1.html
Mass Effect, SWTOR Writer Leaves BioWare

He was Lead Writer on 1 and 2 but not 3 and now things make a little more sense.

Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back…

>>147587
Cheap and greedy.
>>147608
Cheesy and stupid.

>>147587
Cheap and greedy.
>>147608
Cheesy and stupid.

>>147619
Ham and eggs.

>>147620
With buttered toast.

Y'know, it kinda bothers me a little bit that Alenko ends up outranking Shepard in ME3.

And he's a spectre on top of that.

>>147655
If you think about it logically, being one of the Alliance's most decorated and experienced biotics should probably be more valued than a random "highly proficient member of special forces". I know Shepard is canonically the God-King/Queen of humanity now, but Kaidan is far from dime-a-dozen worthless. Maybe not Spectre-level, but yeah.

Also, he wasn't a terrorist for the past two years.

>>147656
Eh, I still have a problem seeing Alenko actually getting anywhere in life though.

A four krogan party doing nothing but melee is pretty hilarious. Not really viable on silver or gold though.

>Asari Adept
>Max Stasis with Bubble.
>Straight-up carry my team in some waves.

I AM SO
FUCKING
USEFUL

>>147665

Not quite as useful, but I find being Sentinel helps TONS on the waves where someone needs to hack or some shit. Easiest way to draw fire is to just waltz right in the middle of them.

>>147656
Not just a highly proficient N7 commando, also possibly the most celebrated war hero of the Skyllian Blitz.
Or the most infamous and ruthless cutthroat the Alliance has to offer.

... yeah, I got nothin for Sole Survivor. But Shep's mom has turned down a place amongst the admiralty several times, which should denote something about the family. That kind of thing was enough to keep Ash in the backwater assignments for years.
And the biotic comment kinda falls short if Shep is an Adept, Sentinel, or Vanguard.

I don't have much to say about the ham-handed Cerberus lackey-ism. Still, Alenko rising from Lieutenant to Major in just about two years is nothing short of meteoric. The next step in the Alliance chain is Admiral/General for the enkindler's sake...

After extensively playing (and enjoying) the demo, I have two major questions:

1. So... no male Quarians?
2. Why the hell am I having so much trouble unlocking new characters? Is there some way to do it other than buying equipment packs?

>>147674
>So... no male Quarians?
So... no female salarians/krogan/drell/turians?
>Why the hell am I having so much trouble unlocking new characters? Is there some way to do it other than buying equipment packs?
Packs are the only way and what you get in them is random. Veteran packs cost a shitload but they're guaranteed a silver item or better and new characters are gold. Just keep playing and actually try and complete the objective waves quickly for extra credits. A smart guy like you probably does that already but most people out there don't even realize that if the timer runs out you fail the entire mission.

>>147669
His mom is Janeway so she knows the score. Admiralty means she loses her ship so not as bad as "your ancestor is labeled as a coward so NO PROMOTIONS FOR YOUR FAMILY...EVER." Ash got saddled with

>>147675
>>147676
I had figured the missing genders would be added in the final multiplayer content.

I'm surprised by the lack of Tali in the ME3 marketing.

>>147680
Same here with Kaiden.

I mean, seems like an overwhelming number of players said "Nope" to Ashley.

>core content locked as DLC

Not this shit again.

>>147683
Ain't it fun?

>>147681
Kaiden was bland, as much as people cry about a character not being touchy feely with rival species or having a religious faith thats better than a big pile of...nothing.

>>147688
But they picked him and they sexualized Ash for anyone to remember she existed.

>>147689
Sorry I thought you meant Kaiden had been dropped and Ash had been shown in promotional material alot as arm candy, since they are mutually-exclusive.
I've not being too close attention to it all since the characters and writing seems to have gone to crap.

>>147688
At least Kaidan was nowhere near as bland and boring as Jacob.

>>147691
but...but...the Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiize~

>>147691
>At least X isn't as bad as character I don't like.

And now for your viewing pleasure I give you the old Mass Effect character bitching cycle routine.

OH WOW

http://petition.masseffect.com/

>>147695
Some promotional reality dealie?

Why I think Bioware has gone t…

>>147700
Damn, TB is pissed.

>>147700
Damn TB, you tore that shit apart and didn't even go into Origins bullshit.

Origins is where I drew the line.

>>147695
This some terrible attempt at an ARG?

>>147700
Never heard of this guy. I like him.

>>147700
I don't normally agree with the man, but he's spot on here.

>>147695
Well EA has to cover the costs of the old republic somehow; ME3 is the perfect tea tax on the consumer base that should rightfully eat up whatever EA deems them worthy of having at an exuberant price.

>>147693
Yeah, I'll bitch. We've talked the old games to death and we're still waiting on new info from the new game. There's nothing left to talk about that isn't a retread.

>>147700
It's like he's never had to pay for shareware software before.

Come to think of it, did Tali have any real defining character traits in ME1? Or even ME2?

I guess in the latter game they turned her into a shy generic waifu, but it still isn't much.

>>147751
She became more of a leader in ME2 but she was still trading pretty heavily on the "I adore Shepard for no particular reason" train.

>>147753
She did become famous and not dead only because of Shepard and possibly completed her pilgrimage in a matter of days instead of fucking decades. Not sure if that’s grounds for an outer species crush but it would be indebted hero worship of some sort.

>>147751

Yes, but you're obviously trolling so I'm not going to bother going into detail.

>>147758
>I disagree, therefore you are trolling.

This has been the mantra of the Mass Effect fanbase ever since the demo came out.

>>147759

No, you're just a consistent and shitty troll who is obviously trying to rile people up.

>>147700
He's free to be outraged by this even though Kasumi was paid for if I remember correctly, but I'm surprised EA wasn't evil enough to make character romance paid for DLC.

>>147761
Already done, Remember the Shadow Broker DLC with Liara.

>>147764
No, I mean all romance.

>>147700
Truthfully, I kinda feel like I should agree with some of his points... but I already ordered the collector's edition, so I can't really complain. I'm already getting the DLC and I feel it's worth the pricetag considering all the other stuff I'm getting.

>>147754
A naive, sheltered young woman with a knack for engineering who was born into an unofficial but presumed place of responsibility venturing out into a world she can never physically know. Cheerful but reserved, socially awkward but friendly, and she ends up developing a case of hero-worship-turned-schoolgirl-crush on the swashbuckling space hero who plucks her from danger. While not quite as developed as Garrus's wannabe cowboy-cop or Wrex's grizzled ex-merc grandpa, she's hardly a two-dimensional character.

>>147675
Well, at least male Quarians had been previously represented in the game. Anyway, I've bought easily half a dozen veteran packs and not unlocked a single character. Just bad luck, I suppose.

>>147700
Might have to start listening to this guy.

>>147775
You might want to aim that last part at Joe. I just questioned the nature of the relationship.

>>147700
Yeah, I have to disagree with TB here. His statement in this video seems to be that it is morally wrong for developers to offer exclusive content on-release if it significantly alters gameplay or required significant time or effort to produce. I just can't seem to find any rational reason to hold this moral statement as true.

>Without the DLC, the game is incomplete.

This is an assumption on TB's part. He has not played ME3 or the DLC. He has no idea how much of the narrative is changed without the addition of the DLC party member and mission. He assumes that, because the party member is a Protheon, the DLC must offer some pretty radical new information. But this is still an assumption made without all the data. For all he knows, the DLC may offer no new information and could be entirely superfluous to the plot.

Personally, I find it highly doubtful that Bioware would keep key information out of the public release. I'm willing to bet that any plot-related revelations will remain intact, even without the DLC mission and team member.

>If the DLC additions are complete at launch, they should be in the standard release.

This is a business decision and one the game's makers will have to answer for one way or the other. They spend more time (and therefore more money) before the game was launched to make this exclusive content, betting that people would be willing enough to pay extra to get it so they could make up for their investment. Whether this was a smart business move is another matter, but you can't say that it was morally wrong to do so. You aren't owed more content by being forced to wait longer for the release. You aren't the one paying them to make this game.

>EA forced Bioware to cut out finished content and make it DLC-exclusive.

I haven't seen any evidence to support this assumption. Unless you show me a quote from Bioware confirming this, this claim has no weight. It could be that the DLC content was always intended to be such and was never planned to be in the standard release.

>This is just a money-grubbing tactic to get more profits at the player's expense.

Stop trying to make this an us vs them battle and look at the transactions on the individual level. Either the player thinks the extra content is worth the price increase and buys the deluxe edition, or he doesn't and he buys the standard. This should be a simple matter, but people are getting all emotional at the idea that, unless they pay more money, they aren't getting everything they could be getting.

Somehow people have the notion that if they aren't satisfied with their purchase, it must be because the seller is doing something wrong. But making people unsatisfied with paying less is just marketing. If you let it get to you you have no one to blame but yourself.

>>147782
>I haven't seen any evidence to support this assumption.

All of the Prothean dialogue and info about his mission were in the leaked files from a few months ago. His dialogue is present in the demo. Bioware said that they didn't start work on the DLC until the game was already finished, but it's obvious that that is far from the truth.

>>147786
So this is quick and dirty DLC? Didn't Lair of the Shadowbroker take months on top of being unfinished at ME2 launch or something to get to the point where they thought it was good?

>>147786
see
>>147783

Not only was the content already completed with the game, they even managed to have the unlock code up on XBL before the game was even released.

>>147782
You think EA is dumb enough to record their talks to chop up the game and offer parts as DLC? And you really need evidence that specifically shows EA and Bioware, the people behind on disc shit like Warden's Keep, would pull that sort of stunt when you immediately go to empty apologetics for the tactic in your next sentence? No one complaining about it has made a permanent purchase of ME3, that’s the whole point of their argument. This sort of shit loses sales, especially when ME2 rewarded customer loyalty over cutting out actual fucking non cosmetic content like the collector armor and weapons to make people buy the game at an inflated price.

If you are that much of a whore to suck their dick this early instead of waiting for the Ultimate Edition go right ahead, I'll wait to see if this is actually worth $80+ of blind faith in a product before anyone plays the real deal -- deluxe maxi ultra supreme version or what-have-you.

Does anyone have any fun commentary filled videos of Multiplayer?

does anyone else's charge ability not work for them in multiplayer? i'm jamming on the y button and ain't shit happening. makes my Vanguard the weak sauce out of all my characters

>>147831
ME3 Multiplayer - Asari Adept …
>>147837
I get that glitch sometimes too.

So how long do you guys suppose the multiplayer will last?
I haven't beaten 2 yet and I want to know if I should just give 2 a speed run in order to fully enjoy 3 or what.

>>147853
>hasn't beaten 2 yet

WOAH OH SHIT NIGGER GET TO IT.

>>147858
Mostly concerned with trying not to get all my teammates killed.
Specifically my bro Garrus.

>>147860
just make the right decisions and everyone will come out alive

>>147863
>just make the right decisions
That is incredibly vague bro.

One thing does have me a little confused/ concerned though. For your teammate specific missions, is that the moment where the game decides your teammates start biting the dust?
I have a save just before the option comes up and one where I've helped all my teammates.

>>147866
Just follow this and you'll do fine: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_2_Guide

At the moment, I'm going through ME2 again, before the third one comes out, not only so I can get a 'perfect' walkthrough (i.e. have no-one die during the suicide mission) and also unlock the Insanity achievement.

>>147866
There's a final mission to the game. There's a couple different points in the final mission where crew members can die. Completing the loyalty missions for each crew member means they might survive one of those points if it comes up.

Also, during the last mission, if you have to make a choice, just try to keep in mind the backgrounds of the characters and choose what is closest to what they're personally experienced in.

>>147866
being vague for spoilers

also, if i remember right doing their mission unlocks a power or something or you get a good item. can't remember for sure

also, the last mission is time sensitive between you actually go on it and when it's available. it'll affect the rest of your crew

>>147869
>>147871
Thanks for the tips. Time to power through a new save because I'm pretty sure I've fucked up and also the class I chose looks like it'll be worthless in 3.

>>147868
Thanks for the guide, should prove quite useful. It's nice to know I can sort of 'force' Jack to die.

http://www.masseffect.com/space/SFO/

Money well spent.

>>147886
Here's hoping they end up in Jimmy Hoffa's collection of video games.

Anyone have a go at this yet?

>>147927
Yes.

http://plus4chan.org/b/cog/res/145489.html#147519

Yes I did.