Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

I still can't believe I did 182 consecutive renegade/paragon prompts to beat James' pull-up record and all I got was an extra line of dialogue.

After playing the Citadel DLC (awesome), have gone back to a bit of multiplayer. I played it abunch on launch but no idea wtf packs to buy now. At the time I had all the rares and commons to 10 but missing abunch of uncommons. Used to be the uncommon guns kinda sucked so I skipped getting the packs to max that out, not sure if that changed.

Anyway, buying the premium spectre packs now, profile ishttp://social.bioware.com/n7hq/home/...sh&platform=pcif anyone is still playing this on PC.

The Panel discussions at the Bioware Base inside PAX (separate schedule from the main con) were a factor of 10+ less crowded and you could get up and close with them and ask questions. It was pretty clear from talking to them that they are still reeling from the reaction the ending got and are very much non apologetic about it. To them they were setting out to tell a powerful story and one which was the absolute end of Mass Effect. They did not say it was the absolute end and indeed reinforced that new Mass Effect stuff was coming from the Montreal studio, but from the subtext and body language you could tell that the Edmonton studio was wiping their hands of Mass Effect and had no desire to continue with that IP, instead they are focusing on their new IP with a whole new universe for many of the same reasons that they initial set out to do Mass Effect in the first place.

I honestly think they are confused as to why Mass Effect was successful and Dragon Age (at least the second one) was not. Certainly when I asked whether or not the Dragon Age team felt like the underdog or red headed stepchild to Mass Effect given that everyone knows what Mass Effect is and almost no one knows what Dragon Age is the question was not well received. At the same time they acknowledge the personal attachment people have to Shepard and the companion characters which was the whole motivation for creating the excellent Citadel DLC, so it is a bit confusing that they don't connect that love to the success of the franchise as a whole.

The one saving grace is that the folx at the Montreal studio really DO seem to love the Mass Effect universe and want to continue having fun in that playground, although after Mass Effect 3s ending I'm not entirely sure what they can do after the sandbox has been flipped over.

Don't forget reporter punching.

Give me Elite in a Mass Effect universe with ME ground combat.

Tuco_sl said:

Wrex dead is canon.

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Eat shit you cocksucker

What exactly do you get with the Citadel DLC? Is there a mission as well as all the fluff stuff? I swore off any SP DLC after the shockingly bad ending to the trilogy but if it lets me close the door on this incarnation of the universe with happier feelings than I currently feel towards it I'll probably pick it up.

Yes there is a really amusing mission involved well worth the DLC even for just that and then all the fluff stuff really raises it to an epic amusement level. It is pretty hilarious listening to the NPCs talking in the new citidel section most of it is like stuff on the forums griping about team mates in multiplayer.

They made a big point during one panel discussion that the comics have to reflect everyone's Mass Effect experience... so no references to any character that might be dead or any circumstance where any player choice comes into play lest the reader suffer cognitive dissonance.

Tuco_sl said:

I know that feel bro, but Wrex is so awesome that there's less conflict with Krogans if he survives.

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If Wrex is dead you don't get to have him in your party during the Citadel stuff.

So yeah, FUCK YOU TUCO

How the fuck is Wrex dead canon? Wrex is too awesome to die. I second the FUCK YOU TUCO.

I wanted to make a separate thread for this considering I wanted to do this with multiple games at the moment and it's console specific but I'll try it here first as to not clutter the forums.

First of all, this is all taking place on PS3 -

I just recently got into the ME3 Multiplayer and it's pretty fucking well done. Now I'm at the point where I've got legit equipment and characters, good enough for Gold but not yet Platinum level I guess you could say. I was playing with a stranger yesterday and we exchanged a few messages and have been destroying shit in private matches ever since but we really wanted to find some more people and get a little crew going so we can eventually do Platinum with a solid group of people that know what they're doing.


My PS3 handle is exarc- and the hyphen is part of the name, so shoot me a message/add friend if you're down to join us. Also generally down to play anything else. Hopefully we'd be able to make a tight enough crew to do other games with in the same fashion but for now we just want to play some ME3 with some competent people.

Well if the next Mass Effect is set after the trilogy then they will have to make a number of player choices go one way or the other.

Of course the next Mass Effect could be a prequel too.

eXarc_sl said:

I wanted to make a separate thread for this considering I wanted to do this with multiple games at the moment and it's console specific but I'll try it here first as to not clutter the forums.

First of all, this is all taking place on PS3 -

I just recently got into the ME3 Multiplayer and it's pretty fucking well done. Now I'm at the point where I've got legit equipment and characters, good enough for Gold but not yet Platinum level I guess you could say. I was playing with a stranger yesterday and we exchanged a few messages and have been destroying shit in private matches ever since but we really wanted to find some more people and get a little crew going so we can eventually do Platinum with a solid group of people that know what they're doing.


My PS3 handle is exarc- and the hyphen is part of the name, so shoot me a message/add friend if you're down to join us. Also generally down to play anything else. Hopefully we'd be able to make a tight enough crew to do other games with in the same fashion but for now we just want to play some ME3 with some competent people.

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I'd love to, if only you were on the 360 instead of some inferior system.