Mass Effect General Discussion (spoilers)

New MASS EFFECT Game May Be Subtitled ORIGINS

And Origins just got shot down as a title, but I'm all for a new trilogy. Come on EA, ME 4 is the only reason I am going to pay attention to your conference. I don't want to lose those hours of my life for no good reason.

edited 9th Jun '14 7:40:33 AM by TheAirman

^^That be stupid name because of Origin <_< Speaking of which, all future EA games with word origin in them are going to sound awkward now

The original origin will forever be the only original one.

I tried, and failed.

I think Origins must be the second most overused subtitle after Revelation/s.

My money's on: Mass Effect: Biotic Boogaloo.

edited 10th Jun '14 1:30:11 PM by Avenuewriter

Going with my idea of captaining an exploratory vessel, I'll advocate Mass Effect The Next Generation. Surely that's as overused and trite as Origins or Revelations?

Tails of mAss Effect

edited 11th Jun '14 2:08:35 PM by Aszur

Mass Effect:Voyager

Mass Defect

Heh I feel good.

I kill a certain Ninja jerk face with my first and only Renagade interrupt.

Breaking swords has never been so fun. That's all I'm going to say since I don't want to sink the thread by talking about the game too much. It would be too ironic to be the one to do so after how pissed I was at the destruction of the previous threads.

Anyway, on the eve of a new trilogy on the horizon, it's interesting that I'm about to finish the final game in the previous trilogy. And it only took me over two years.....

Man I'm slow.

i was about to finish the last game but then the ps3 died grrrr

Anyway, have I mentioned the Krogan Warlords are fuggin amazing?

There is a stern restriction upon chatting to anything regarding the third installment of the series. I would suggest avoid it.

Not true.

There is a restriction on the single-player campaign of the third installment. Multiplayer discussion is allowed, because it doesn't have nearly as many heated, angry feelings towards it. Nobody's been banned for flamewars over the multiplayer.

edited 12th Jun '14 9:10:37 AM by TobiasDrake

Yeah, lets keep the 3 chatter to multiplayer. And indeed, the Krogan Warlord is glorious. To quote someone somewhere on the Internet: "You are a Krogan. If you are not up close, smashing their face in, you are doing it wrong."

And although I never got to the Geth Juggernaut, I can only imagine the terror of those two working together, with an Alliance Infiltration Unit and a Vanguard of any flavor.

They do work very well together. Really, all the last DLC classes minus the Turian are bordering on OP. Talon can kill Brutes in two seconds and, if you use your entire expenditure of grenades at once, can kill anything within moments (On a Gold final wave, I used an ammo charge, then unloaded about eight Cain Trip Mines on a Reaper spawn. Killed two Banshees, three Brutes and assorted mooks by myself.). The AIU is the second coming of the Ghost. It can chew up bosses like no one's business by weakening them with Snap Freeze and shooting them, or freezing mooks solid. It's damn near impossible to kill with Repair Matrix, very agile, and a Claymore shot from cloak one-shots every unarmored unit with no need for amps. The Collector Adept can, with the proper build, nuke spawns with its Dark Sphere, killing every unarmored unit in a five-meter radius, and has Dark Channel to boot. The Geth Juggernaut can take absurd amounts of punishment, is immune to sync-kills, and can just turtle bosses to death. Or, it can be optimized for weapon or power damage, its Siege Pulse is surprisingly powerful. The Turian Cabal, unfortunately, lags behind, with its signature poison and melee attacks being rather inconvenient. You're much better off using it as a mid-range fighter with its teleportation ability and Nightshade Blades — though the shield regen evolution of its Biotic Focus ability can make it extremely sturdy. And the Krogan Warlord is one of the most fun units in the game. Don't go up against Collectors or Phantoms with it, but if you want to rack up points and have a hell of a time, fire up Geth on Firebase Glacier and optimize Electrical Hammer and Warlord Rage. Laugh as everything they throw at you washes right off and you beat them to death while your teammates struggle to catch up.

Man, I haven't played this game in a while, but I got a looooot of hours on the multiplayer.

Mass Effect 4 Development Philosophy Revealed

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/22692/article/mass-effect-4-development-philosophy-revealed/

^That... Doesn't really say anything

For all we know, that could mean that EA will make game ridiculously easy and linear because of Lowest Common Denominator

edited 20th Jun '14 9:25:22 PM by SpookyMask

http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/07/mass-effect-4-5-ways-bioware-can-make-a-generation-defining-game/

Number 2 is awful <_< Seriously. Having enemy more dangerous than reapers just raises questions. No need to have another galactic threat dang it

And number 1 is bit questionable since if its resolution to previous trilogy, then the game won't really stand on its own at all On number 3, sure if they can actually do it well this time, exploration in first ME was boring. I was already fine with ME 3's combat so no opinion on number 4, but I really think number 5 should have been number 1 instead...

edited 13th Jul '14 11:57:02 PM by SpookyMask

I know this is a stupid question but...

Why can't they let this franchise die? At this point I'd be more excited for a new sci-fi IP than a continuation of a story with zero routes to go.

Heck, I'd even accept a reboot/reimagining.

Reboot might work. They've really written themselves into a bit of a corner here, but it would be fascinating to see how BW might write their way out. And if the result is sufficiently good, why not?

^^Cause the setting is interesting and still has potential stories assuming they don't go for cosmic menace again?

I don't think they could write their way out of a paper bag after losing Karpyshyn to be perfectly honest. Call me a purist, but I'm not expecting much.

I wholeheartedly agree with your stance on another Big Bad bigger than the reapers. I'd like to see a smaller story, none of this "save the universe" nonsense that's been done to death.