[ALL] Mass Effect 3

[padman59]

I didn't think it was "do even one mission and half the crew dies"...at least, it wasn't for me. I did a few missions one time and the only ones who died were Kelly Chambers and the like. All of the companion characters lived though. Or maybe that's what you meant.

He's referring to the plebs on the Normandy. You can save them all if you go straight through the Omega-4 relay when you get the Reaper IFF.

If you haven't played MP yet, now's the time.



I see an increase in Marauders, Banshees and Ravagers.

Thankfully, none of the can cloak...

Also, I'm think Gold Challenge for next week.

Speaking of Gold, we need to try a few rounds. We were doing work on Silver before the wee hours of the morning.

 

[SethMode]

He's referring to the plebs on the Normandy. You can save them all if you go straight through the Omega-4 relay when you get the Reaper IFF.

Okay that's what I thought. I still can't believe I got the "No One Left Behind" achievement on my first playthrough. It took me like 3 playthroughs and the internet to get everyone to survive after that.

 

[JayDizzle]

I didn't think it was "do even one mission and half the crew dies"...at least, it wasn't for me. I did a few missions one time and the only ones who died were Kelly Chambers and the like. All of the companion characters lived though. Or maybe that's what you meant.

 

If you keep everyone alive, crew included, Kelly and the two Cerberus engineers (Ken and Gabby I think) make appearances.

You gotta use your Spectre status to break Ken/Gabby out of the Brig to work on your ship.

Kelly's on the Citadel.

*EDIT: Beat'd

 

[SethMode]

Speaking of Gold, we need to try a few rounds. We were doing work on Silver before the wee hours of the morning.

I am beginning to think that Reaper Gold is impossible for mere mortals. My friends and I can coast for the most part on Silver, but Gold just gets so fucking crazy with the Reapers. Cerberus Gold and Geth Gold are at least doable for us. And don't even get me started on Reaper Gold at Firebase...Glacier, I think? The one where it is basically all tight spaces and corridors. Fucking Brutes and Banshees spawn on top of me in that fucker ALL the time.

 

[mgoblue2290]

LOL at Bioware.

 

So Tali was my romantic interest and I chose the Geth mistakenly thinking giving them free will meant peace. So she jumps of a cliff and dies. Yet before the Cerberus HQ mission she comes to my room and we get it on. At first I thought it was Shepard hallucinating but it wasn't. Just a complete swing and miss by Bioware.

I'm about to do the last mission...after playing multiplayer to get my EMS up of course.

 

[SethMode]

 

If you keep everyone alive, crew included, Kelly and the two Cerberus engineers (Ken and Gabby I think) make appearances.

You gotta use your Spectre status to break Ken/Gabby out of the Brig to work on your ship.

Kelly's on the Citadel.

*EDIT: Beat'd

Yeah I got ya. I met both of them. But:

 

Kelly got got on the Cerberus attack on the Citadel. Not sure if that can be avoided depending on prior playthroughs. It was an unceremonious death too. I basically just heard someone say "Did you hear that that chick Kelly Chambers, who used to roll with Commander Shepard, was killed because Cerberus hates her now?"

 

[SethMode]

LOL at Bioware.

 

So Tali was my romantic interest and I chose the Geth mistakenly thinking giving them free will meant peace. So she jumps of a cliff and dies. Yet before the Cerberus HQ mission she comes to my room and we get it on. At first I thought it was Shepard hallucinating but it wasn't. Just a complete swing and miss by Bioware.

I'm about to do the last mission...after playing multiplayer to get my EMS up of course.

I have noticed a few timeline glitches like that, but nothing on that level. That's a pretty big one.

 

[JayDizzle]

Yeah I got ya. I met both of them. But:

 

Kelly got got on the Cerberus attack on the Citadel. Not sure if that can be avoided depending on prior playthroughs. It was an unceremonious death too. I basically just heard someone say "Did you hear that that chick Kelly Chambers, who used to roll with Commander Shepard, was killed because Cerberus hates her now?"

 

When you talk to her, there should be a conversation where Kelly asks you about changing her identity.

If you say keep her name as is, Kelly eats a bullet.

Dunno if it's also Romance-specific as well so you may need to hit the ME wikia.

 

[SethMode]

 

When you talk to her, there should be a conversation where Kelly asks you about changing her identity.

If you say keep her name as is, Kelly eats a bullet.

Dunno if it's also Romance-specific as well so you may need to hit the ME wikia.

I think it might be, because I only had an option to hug her and ask her to come with me. If I remember correctly at least.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I have noticed a few timeline glitches like that, but nothing on that level. That's a pretty big one.

Yeah this game was a bit sloppy. I've heard bad things about the ending so I think its safe to say this is my least favorite of the series.

 

[SethMode]

Yeah this game was a bit sloppy. I've heard bad things about the ending so I think its safe to say this is my least favorite of the series.

Disagree with you there. I think this game is pretty polished top to bottom, and NOTHING compared to the sloppiness of ME1. ME2 is probably still the best, but this is close IMO. The sheer volume of what it does based off of prior choices is astounding, I can tolerate a few hiccups here and there.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Disagree with you there. I think this game is pretty polished top to bottom, and NOTHING compared to the sloppiness of ME1. ME2 is probably still the best, but this is close IMO. The sheer volume of what it does based off of prior choices is astounding, I can tolerate a few hiccups here and there.

The gameplay and everything is. I felt like it was a more linear process though compared to the first two. Not as much incentive to explore or as many random NPCs you could have conversations with.

 

[SethMode]

The gameplay and everything is. I felt like it was a more linear process though compared to the first two. Not as much incentive to explore or as many random NPCs you could have conversations with.

Eh, I would say ME1 is still the worst in that respect. There was little reason to go anywhere other than the Citadel, other than the mission planets, which there wasn't much to do at either. I feel like this game gets unfairly hated on because it's the one people played most recently. ME1 had a TON of issues that were much worse than the ones that people bitch about ME3 having (the fact that people bitch about the sidequests in ME3 after the shitshow that was ME1 is astounding to me).

 

[j.hen]

The gameplay and everything is. I felt like it was a more linear process though compared to the first two. Not as much incentive to explore or as many random NPCs you could have conversations with.

This. For the most part. But the gameplay is leaps and bounds ahead of ME1 and even ME2.

 

[SethMode]

Jesus Christ Renegade Shepard is such a DICK. It's making it REALLY hard to choose the renegade option sometimes.

 

[SethMode]

Also, Renegade Shepard playthrough, 8 disc changes thus far. Laziness FTL.

 

[BrntO4Life]

The gameplay and everything is. I felt like it was a more linear process though compared to the first two. Not as much incentive to explore or as many random NPCs you could have conversations with.

But exploration isn't the point in ME3. You've explored this galaxy to its fullest in the first two games.

The thing that I appreciate is that the game itself has changed as the story has evolved. You're racing the clock in ME3, which necessitates a more linear experience.

 

[SethMode]

But exploration isn't the point in ME3. You've explored this galaxy to its fullest in the first two games.

The thing that I appreciate is that the game itself has changed as the story has evolved. You're racing the clock in ME3, which necessitates a more linear experience.

Somehow, in just a sentence, you've made me appreciate ME3 more.

 

[Nevermind]

I think Asari Adept has to be my favorite class and race combo to use online. The stasis is incredibly useful and makes phantoms easy to handle along with just about every other enemy. Throw is really good to just spam at people and can get you a biotic explosion when used on an enemy in stasis. Then warp is really good when dealing with an armored enemy.

I also finally got a Krogan (soldier) and it is just alright. I might just overaggressive when using him but I don't feel like I do all that well with him. Maybe if I can get a better shotgun I could improve a bit.

 

[j.hen]

Drell Vanguard + Asari Adept :yep:

Also unlocked the Turian Solider and the Turian Sentinel. Might have to try the Sentinel out sometime.