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*** But there are only a few million people on the Citadel. There are 11 BILLION PEOPLE On Earth. Besides, the point of the game is to Retake the earth. It says so on the official summary. That at least is always consistent in Mass Effect. Like how in Mass Effect 1 it says right on the back to save the galaxy. And in Mass Effect 2 it says again right on the back to fight for the lost. So we will have to save the Earth in some form or manner.
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*** But there are only a few million people on the Citadel. There are 11 BILLION PEOPLE On Earth. Besides, the point of the game is to Retake the earth. It says so on the official summary. That at least is always consistent in Mass Effect. Like how in Mass Effect 1 it says right on the back to save the galaxy. And in Mass Effect 2 it says again right on the back to fight for the lost. So we will have to save the Earth in some form or manner. manner.
**** The official summary for a game that won't come out for about ten months. It's also possible the trailer is misleading. The ''[=ME2=]'' teaser? "Commander Shepard. Status: KIA." He dies and comes back in the first hour.
**** The official summary for a game that won't come out for about ten months. It's also possible the trailer is misleading. The ''[=ME2=]'' teaser? "Commander Shepard. Status: KIA." He dies and comes back in the first hour.
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***But there are only a few million people on the Citadel. There are 11 BILLION PEOPLE On Earth. Besides, the point of the game is to Retake the earth. It says so on the official summary. That at least is always consistent in Mass Effect. Like how in Mass Effect 1 it says right on the back to save the galaxy. And in Mass Effect 2 it says again right on the back to fight for the lost. So we will have to save the Earth in some form or manner.
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** Like people have said, the trailer doesn't explicitly state that Shepard will be fighting on Earth itself. What I'm hoping is that you have a choice between saving Earth and saving something more important, like the Citadel. Though, that's just because I can't wait to have a com-chat with the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (yes, she's still going to be alive), tell her I'm going to let her country/planet die at the hands of the reapers, and finally berate her until she admits that "You did the right thing."
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**I doubt that the game will actually take place on Earth. A huge portion of the previous games was flying around to random plants. And Big Ben said that "If Shepard doesn't get help soon". My guess is you'll be flying around the galaxy getting support.
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** When i watched it i thought that the guy was a soldier and syringe was the adrenaline shot. Re-watching the teaser it definitely is a heat sink - it glows red when it pops out.
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** Still, compare the number of TV series/movies/videogames where America's getting nuked by aliens vs Great Britain getting nuked by aliens. This is a refresher. I'd love to visit America for a mission or two but...*suddenly remembers that the Repears are after EVERYONE* OhCrap...
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** Still, compare the number of TV series/movies/videogames where America's getting nuked by aliens vs Great Britain getting nuked by aliens. This is a refresher. I'd love to visit America for a mission or two but...*suddenly remembers that the Repears are after EVERYONE* OhCrap...America's still getting nuked by aliens. :< Hopefully we have missions that aren't squarely America or Great Britain.
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** Still, compare the number of TV series/movies/videogames where America's getting nuked by aliens vs Great Britain getting nuked by aliens. This is a refresher. I'd love to visit America for a mission or two but...*suddenly remembers that the Repears are after EVERYONE* OhCrap...
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*** [[DoctorWho I think they would disagree.]]
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**** Yes, but that's an in-game justification; it was a point created to justify the sudden increased importance of humans.
*** Actually, I think that last point you made is exactly ''why'' this mood has evolved. They're trying to appeal to fans. (And arguably, specifically shooter fans.)
*** No question; but playing ''with'' the big boys doesn't prove that humanity is special, or at least any more special than the Turians, Asari or Salarian. The theme of inter-species importance is constant through ''Mass Effect 1''. The Normandy is a jointly built ship between the Turians and Humanity. The field team is distinctively multi-species. And the threatened group is everyone. That was unquestionably diminished in ''Mass Effect 2'', where the threatened group was explicitly human, and seems to be eroding further in the third game. I don't deny at all that you ''could'' defy the theme from the go: There was a lot of scope in the Renegade options of ''Mass Effect 1'' to be resolutely pro-human. My objection is that the ability to be resolutely inclusionist had been reduced step by step.
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** "One of the most powerful themes of the first game was the idea of Humans Are Special vs. Humans Are Just Another Species" If that's what you got out of the first game then I'm afraid you've misjudged the message entirely. The entire plot of ME1, from start to finish, was fundamentally about proving that humans have what it takes to play with the big boys. The Paragon choice is to prove this through selfless heroism, the Renegade choice is to prove this by a brute force power grab.
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*** In any case, I can't wait to play as Shepard and run across war-torn London. =) Time the aliens pick on Great Britain for a change. (Aliens attacking Britain is actually the plot of a sci-fi story I'm working on. Yes, I was inspired by this series to write my own sci-fi series)
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*** In any case, I can't wait to play as Shepard and run across war-torn London. =) Time the aliens pick on Great Britain for a change. (Aliens attacking Britain is actually the plot of a sci-fi story I'm working on. Yes, I was inspired by this series to write my own sci-fi series)series.)
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*** In any case, I can't wait to play as Shepard and run across war-torn London. =) Time the aliens pick on Great Britain for a change. (Aliens attacking Britain is actually the plot of a sci-fi story I'm working on. Yes, I was inspired by this series to write my own sci-fi series)
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*** I'm holding onto my theory that the Reapers are only interested in humans because of Shepard. Shepard killed Soverign and the Collectors, thus getting the attention of the Reaper race. IF Shepard was a turian or krogan, then things would be different.
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***** Could be lots of reasons for that. Maybe the homeworlds of the other species don't have the environmental variety Earth has, maybe ''they'' went through a genetic bottleneck even more recently, maybe there's simply less of them (there's only 17 million Quarians left, for example).
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** You're only working with a human supremacist group because they brought you back to life. The only reason you're trying to stop the abduction of humans specifically is because the Collectors are abducting only humans. The Collectors are working for the Reapers, so you're also working on saving the galaxy on the way. There's no telling when in the game the scene in the trailer takes place, assuming it happens at all - it's just a teaser. We don't know if the Reapers are attacking everywhere, or just Earth, in an attempt to get more material for another Reaper. And if they ''are'' attacking just Earth, it's a prime opportunity for a first strike - a lot of them are gathered in one place. It's not so much "Humans Are Special" as much as "Humans Are The Target Of The Reapers And Shepard Is Forced To Save Them A Lot".
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** A heat sink seems likely - both the Mantis and the Widow are bolt-action, so why can't this one be? The blast takes enough energy that each one requires its own heat sink, so they're simply stowed like rounds in a magazine for ease of use. And what's this "flying off with every shot"? Big Ben only fires ''once'', and it could also be that that was the last shot of his heat sink.
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** Also, the Statue of Liberty was destroyed during the Second American Civil War. This is London, on the other side of the ocean.
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** Could be they're attacking other homeworlds as well, but Shepard (who you are playing, and is thus the point of view from which you see it) is called on to defend his/her specific homeworld, Earth. Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings-style, the whole galaxy is fighting the reapers as well, you just don't get to join in until you've saved earth in the first half of the game.
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* Where was it ever stated that Earth was rendered unrecognizable by the First Contact War? The FCW took place nowhere near Earth.
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** Attacking Earth seems obvious to me. In both games, the entire anti-Reaper effort has been spearheaded by mostly humans. Harbinger flat out states that killing the Collectors got humanity the Reaper's special attention. It makes perfect sense that they'd try to eliminate a potential threat as part of their opening move. They'd have to hit Earth eventually, so why not take it down first and get all that delicious genetic paste and a couple hundred million slaves now rather than let them build up an actual defense? The other species are still on their hit lists. Besides, weren't the fans demanding to see Earth at some point?
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**Well in the case of asari at least a individual produces both egg and sperm to impregnate themselves so they probably have some serious inbreeding going on evident by genetic conditions like ardat-yakshi.
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**** Which is strange in and of itself considering that we went through a genetic bottleneck just a few hundred thousand years ago, and are among the least genetically diverse species on Earth. If ''we'' are the most diverse spacefaring species, it says volumes about the degree of cousin-marrying in everybody else.
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*** You really don't think the fact that humans have more genetic diversity is unrelated to the Reapers using them specifically to make new Reapers? It seemed like a pretty obvious conclusion to me.
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*** ....Nope. Sorry. Still don't see it. The only reason the Reapers were getting humans through the galaxy was because Shepard is human and Shepard was the one who beat Soverign. The only reason they're attacking Earth is (again) Shepard is an Earthling. If you could somehow switch Shepard with a turian, asari, or krogan, the Reapers would be attacking their homeworlds instead of Earth.
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*I think the casing you are talking about really was just a heat sink that he popped out and that syringe was simply Medi-Gel in needle form. It's probably because a needle looks more cool than a glowing orange hand that magically heals wounds.
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**...I don't really get the humans are special thing from Mass Effect. All I ever really get is, Commander Shepard. I guess, looking back, humans are kind of special for being so ambitious, but if that's the case, krogan should be special for being so tough. Or asari for being so damn sexy. If Shepard was a turian, asari, or drell, he'd be or she'd be the same ultra-badass.
