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CPFMfan I am serious. This is my serious face. from A Whale's Vagina Since: Aug, 2010
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#24051: Feb 18th 2012 at 2:44:22 AM

Plus, there are only like six enemies and two maps. I think the variety of the actual game will keep me coming back to it for a while.

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Medicus Sierra 117 from Australia Since: Sep, 2009
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#24052: Feb 18th 2012 at 2:51:38 AM

It sounds a lot like Firefight.

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CPFMfan I am serious. This is my serious face. from A Whale's Vagina Since: Aug, 2010
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#24053: Feb 18th 2012 at 2:52:52 AM

It is a lot like Firefight. The health system makes it resemble it even more. But there are differences.

edited 18th Feb '12 2:54:22 AM by CPFMfan

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onyhow Too much adorableness from Land of the headpats Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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#24054: Feb 18th 2012 at 2:59:10 AM

I originally thought it's more like Horde mode, although I don't recall the name (since I never played Gears, but saw someone played that mode)

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Falco Since: Mar, 2011
#24055: Feb 18th 2012 at 3:39:56 AM

Yeah it is...but the class progression system and the variety of powers and classes add an interesting dimension I reckon.

By the way, not that it matters since you only see them yourself, what are people naming their MP characters? I'm going callsigns rather than actual names:

  • Soldiers: Wolfman (human male), Wrecker (krogan)
  • Adepts: Panther (human male), Paladin (asari)
  • Engineer: Talon (human male), Turbo (quarian)
  • Sentinel: Lioness (human female)
  • Infiltrator: Whisper (human female)
  • Vanguard: Hammer (human female), Havoc (drell)

Huh, wonder why all the pure classes start as male and the hybrid ones as female...

"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
Medicus Sierra 117 from Australia Since: Sep, 2009
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#24056: Feb 18th 2012 at 3:53:30 AM

You can name your MP characters? Can you change their names down the line?

What customisation options are there?

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CPFMfan I am serious. This is my serious face. from A Whale's Vagina Since: Aug, 2010
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#24057: Feb 18th 2012 at 4:02:17 AM

Armor color, what weapons you carry, and of course what powers you level up. You can't change your face or pick your powers, those are assigned by species. The humans are Gas Mask Mooks or other types of Faceless Goons and the aliens all look the same, excepting their armor. Also, Thane's coat seems to be standard issue gear among drell commandos. And there's no turian infiltrator- wtf?

[up][up] I named my human soldier (my main guy) "gasmaskmook". I'm going to name my turian sentinel "Gold Eagle".

edited 18th Feb '12 4:06:32 AM by CPFMfan

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Medicus Sierra 117 from Australia Since: Sep, 2009
Sierra 117
#24058: Feb 18th 2012 at 4:08:46 AM

I shouldn't have expected the range of armour customisation that was in Reach.

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Edit: I secretly hope that when they make more games in the universe 20-30 years down the line the Alliance standard issue is Halo-esque Powered Armor.

edited 18th Feb '12 4:13:54 AM by Medicus

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BlackVion Brother from NYC Since: Jan, 2001
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#24059: Feb 18th 2012 at 4:25:03 AM

The Defender armor that soldiers wear is close enough, for now.

TylerL320 Since: Jul, 2011
#24060: Feb 18th 2012 at 5:26:01 AM

Naming characters makes no difference. They're used more like save files than anything else. Only you can see their names.

Also, I thought it was interesting with, as of the multiplayer's Vanguard (is it Vanguard?) turian, there's been only two biotic turians throughout the series: Saren and the multiplayer guy.

BlackVion Brother from NYC Since: Jan, 2001
Falco Since: Mar, 2011
#24062: Feb 18th 2012 at 6:09:03 AM

Vyrnuus too.

Turian biotics are well established in lore. They usually serve together in units called Cabals.

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HellmanSabian Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
#24063: Feb 18th 2012 at 6:27:47 AM

Out of all the names they could have picked for them....

GearLeader from Dota Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Married to the job
onyhow Too much adorableness from Land of the headpats Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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#24065: Feb 18th 2012 at 8:22:11 AM

Anyone here feels like the Mattock in underpowered in MP? For me, its damage isn't too good (barely better than Avenger), has low ammo count, and is freaking heavy...what's good about it exactly?

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fakeangelbr The Awesomest Character from Fortaleza, Brazil Since: Jan, 2010
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#24066: Feb 18th 2012 at 8:57:18 AM

Not really, since the main forte of the Mattock is accuracy.

And it's really accurate.

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#24067: Feb 18th 2012 at 9:12:35 AM

Problem is that damage per shot is darn low for me...

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TylerL320 Since: Jul, 2011
#24068: Feb 18th 2012 at 9:25:20 AM

I find the Avenger accurate enough for my tastes.

Anyone else miss how in the previous games you could hold down the fire button semi automatic weapons? Why get rid of that, Bio Ware?

Teebert kingslayer from boxcar's noggin Since: Sep, 2009
kingslayer
#24069: Feb 18th 2012 at 9:30:03 AM

okay, question for the more tech savvy among you

if i have a video card that is better than the minimum requirements listed on Can You Run It, but it still says that my video card is one of the unusable ones, is the site being full of shit and I actually CAN run it?

because i really want to get in on the sweet sweet MP action

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TylerL320 Since: Jul, 2011
#24070: Feb 18th 2012 at 9:34:08 AM

@kingslayer

Can You Run It is ridiculously inaccurate. I've been able to run this demo and the last two games perfectly fine, with just a couple frame rate issues.

Teebert kingslayer from boxcar's noggin Since: Sep, 2009
kingslayer
#24071: Feb 18th 2012 at 9:35:14 AM

sweet

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Teebert kingslayer from boxcar's noggin Since: Sep, 2009
kingslayer
#24072: Feb 18th 2012 at 10:36:24 AM

holy shit this multiplayer is the coolest thing ever

vanguard repreSENT

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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#24073: Feb 18th 2012 at 11:10:56 AM

see that accuracy thing would be a selling point if I couldn't hit enemies reliably at mid-long range using an SMG

Also I really want to unlock the viper, but every vet pack I buy just keeps giving me AR upgrades :(

Also also, Team InfilGuard needs to be a thing soon.

edited 18th Feb '12 11:11:25 AM by ch00beh

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Teebert kingslayer from boxcar's noggin Since: Sep, 2009
kingslayer
#24074: Feb 18th 2012 at 11:13:41 AM

THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND

anyways, I'm Sbeet on Origins

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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#24075: Feb 18th 2012 at 11:20:16 AM

Our symbol is the burning heatsink

edited 18th Feb '12 11:20:29 AM by ch00beh

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