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  1. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    To a large extent true. ME3 was an enjoyable game for about 90-95% with the last 10-5% ranging from merely bad to downright terrible (the actual end end being at the far end of the spectrum). I think the problem was they ended up wanting to do too much, which ironically ended up result in them doing far too little. I'm currently in the process of trying to work out my specific problems with the game as a whole and its constituent parts so that I can put them down on paper, so to speak.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  2. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Interesting it may be (on that it's a matter of personal opinion), Important it is not though. His inclusion has no significant effect on the outcome of the game. That's all I'm saying.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Fuck yeah Vanguards. But I just started ( and by just I mean a couple of weeks ago) an Adept and Infiltrator. Grissom is the only mission I've completed with him, I've tried him on a few others and just wasn't interested in what he had to say. None of it is crucial, and frankly to my mind of little world-building value.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  4. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I've used him, but never for more than the one full mission(Grissom Academy on my first playthrough). Whenever I've tried I've usually restarted. Partially it's because his powers are, meh at best, partially its because I don't think he fits at all in the narrative that I've been creating except as a source of occasional information, and finally it's also largely because I find him uninteresting at almost every turn. I'm not saying he doesn't add anything, I'm just saying what he adds...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  5. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I'm sorry, that's bullshit. Javik adds fuckall to the game that isn't completely irrelevant background information. You may really like the color he adds with banter and his unique dialogue but nothing he says is at all crucial or even remotely IMPORTANT to the plot. If you were arguing that as a Prothean it should have been, then ok I can agree with you there; but as he stands he's irrelevant DLC on par with Kasumi and Zaeed. Marginally more involved, but not to a degree that his...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  6. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Considering how little most gamers actually know about how even Day One DLC is produced (despite the availability of information) they really should shut up a lot of the time. Of course there have been times when DLC has been badly produced or has been basically worthless, but the constant complaining about DLC being 'cut content' or distracting from the main game is both stupid and wrong.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 11, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  7. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I didn't tell them about the sabotage in the trucks and he sang. So it's likely connected to whether or not he sang in ME2.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  8. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Remember the Cerberus trooper you and the VS look at on Mars? Yeah, pretty much that. I too was disappointed by the amount of time we ended up spending on most planets. Hopefully DLC might expand the Thessia/Sur'kesh/Menae sections.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  9. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I satisfied the prerequisites my first playthrough but I completely missed because I didn't even notice him standing there. The entire conversation is pretty funny because of the the way it's structured (He keeps stopping because he needs a specific thing to continue decoding something, and you magically provide it and it's just so rapid fire).
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  10. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Actually it is. Like once. If you talk to Conrad Verner during the sabotaged medigel quest and collected the Matriarch Writings, Retrieved some Data on Feros for some guy, and got the Elkoss Combine License. All obviously in ME1. Basically Conrad is some sort of genius or soemthing and he adds a total of 5 points to the Crucible (I think). It's not much in the end, but it does mention dark energy.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  11. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    The way I played it is that at first my Shepard(s) were going to warn the krogan about the sabotage, but after the first interruption Wrex's dialogue shook their confidence in what was right. So they brushed it off, and then told Mordin in private and let him decide because god damn if he isn't so much fucking smarter than any of my Shepard's could ever hope to be. I was VERY pleasantly suprised with how well the dialogue options flowed and ended up telling the story for closely to...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  12. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Given the significant difference in tone between the Tuchanka missions, and the Rannoach missions on one hand and many of the other major missions on the other, I feel like the former were written well before the others.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  13. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    This. Mordin has always been one of the more complex characters, and I've always liked that despite the options you choose his opinions remain his own.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 8, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  14. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I do hope they eventually add some new game types, though I'm not sure how they could be implemented it would be nice to have some more variety.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 7, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  15. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    "Same old. Same old." I never even seen someone make that mistake before. On topic though; though I dislike the ending I haven't found myself actively angry at Bioware or even "disappointed" really. The ending just kind of baffles me, because they've kept saying how the wanted to explore the ME universe more after Shepard's story is done and I just don't see how that's possible with the ending as they currently are. Except in Prequels. The ending was just such a limiting decision that I...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 5, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  16. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    So this is happening. Unfortunately it's definitely not changing the ending at all. It does address part of the complaints though (the complete lack of information on what the fuck happens to everyone after you make your randomly assigned choice), or at least they're saying it does.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Apr 5, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  17. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    The ascension at least makes an appearance in the sword fleet cutscene. Frankly for me Thessia was a disappointment because it was basically just a long section of running and gunning. Most of the other major missions had something to break it up. Even if it was only a turret section or prompts to take a look at this or that vista while your squadmates have a conversation. Tuchanka was probably the highlight the the entire game for me. Especially the Krogan ruins; I want to go back...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 31, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  18. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I dunno, I always viewed the Paragon and Renegade divide as being between long-term and short-term. Renegade options made the msot sense when you made a cold-calculated decision in the immediate sense but fell apart when you thought about longer term effects and Paragon choices were always kind of dumb in terms of what was best for the situation at the time but if you thought about them they would likely have the best long term outcomes. I always thought of them as more personality types;...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 24, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    To be honest, what I read about what he had planned wasn't much better. The problem is that the writers tried to explain the Reapers motivations and when you have an enemy like the Reapers it's usually best left unexplained to a large extent. I was thinking about how the fix the ending, and it's kind of simple. Of course this only works if they throw in the towel and accept the Indoctrination theory as basically canon bad better than what they wrote. Following the Best Destroy ending your...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 23, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  20. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    How dare you assert my opinion does not carry the full force of a physical law of the universe as an objective fact, verifiable by empirical observation!
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 17, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  21. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    While I understand why people are unhappy with the ending, i'm kind of baffled by the suprise. When you look, really look, at the writing for all three games none of it is exactly great storytelling from a narrative standpoint. For gods' sake the Reapers themselves are a tired cliche and nothing very interesting is done with them; really what possible motivation could they have that wouldn't end up as pure drivelling idiocy? No, I'm sorry but there's no where to go with that story that isn't...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 17, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  22. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    None of them? All the wonders of the world have basically just fallen into disrepair because the cultures and societies that made them stopped being able to maintain them. Also, the analogy doesn't even work because the Relays are not monuments to the greatness of their society but integral parts of the infrastructure that makes their society work.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 14, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  23. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Oh fucking Christ. Fucking Walmart. My copy got delayed ANOTHER week and I only found out by fucking calling them. God damn.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  24. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    To be fair, there's a significant difference between what a Supernova does and what an impact from an asteroid does. A supernova is mostly deadly deadly radiation whereas an asteroid is kinetic energy. Still, some other explanation would have been better.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 12, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  25. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I'm pretty sure she never said a year, and centuries are short in terms of geological scale. Considering she's an archaeologist...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  26. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Soudsn like a good sign. The game was able to convince you that a scripted sequence could be changed through your actions.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  27. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Do the Rachni ever come into play? (I hate that my copy got delayed because of 'demand')
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 10, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  28. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Yes, allying with Cerberus was utterly stupid in a million different ways. But the fact is that all of the Cerberus Missions in ME1 could easily have been missed (except the Kohaku one, you could still miss it but it's a little mroe difficult). For teh first game Cerberus is nothing but two-bit thugs and a couple of background mentions. I suppose I was always less disappointed in the direction the story went because I didn't see anyway in which they could go RIGHT after ME1, not because it...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Mar 1, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  29. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    No, there's an actual cover SYSTEM, you're supposed to be able to enter cover. It's not well done, I would have been fine if there'd been no cover system and you just needed to crouch, etc. Instead we got an attempt to make it an actual mechanic and it ended up horribly. The idea of starting out terrible with your weapons is fine in fantasy, because most of the time you're Joe Farmer Nobody from fuckall-whocares and you're trying to swing a great big honking sword for the first time in your...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 29, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  30. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Powers are fine. Cover system is shit. Guns start out with zero accuracy. I love the game too, but it has flaws that it really ought to have had. Mind you most of this only matters the first time play a new character because it's the only time you start at level 1. After about level 20 or so the amount of points you have means you don't really need to go into cover all that much and your guns fire fine.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 28, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  31. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    Though you should be forewarned that the first game's gameplay is...unpolished to put it nicely.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 28, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  32. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    You can't tell it's been a long time since I played ME1 because I wrote Virgil. I think that would have been too cute for my tastes; making him Vigil's creator.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  33. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    There's an easy answer for that; it's just the stuff that does the translating finding the closest word. I think Virgil uses Prothean as well in ME1, so it has some precedence at least.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  34. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I'm not sure what you mean about the accents. It's all essentially arbitrary, considering they're aliens, that they resemble ANY specific accents. Whether it does or doesn't fit the chracter depends on what the character is, and all we have at the moment is 'prothean'. I'll be honest, it wouldn't have been my first choice either, but like you said I'm not sure what I would have gone with so it doesn't really make much sense to me to be all that suprised by it.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  35. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I don't think so. The DLC showed up on XBox Live somewhere, but it was just like a summary. Lines for the companion, as far as I know are coming from people accessing data buried in the Demo.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 24, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  36. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    To be perfectly honest, I was never all that suprised that DA2 turned out to be terrible. DA:O was already a fairly lackluster game with a cool setting, I had fun playing it but there was little to no replayability for me. DA2 always seemed to me to be Biowares' attempt to make an Elder Scrolls kind of game and I only barely trust Bethesda to do that.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 24, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  37. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    He wasn't totally useless. He gave you Inferno Grenades as a bonus power, which were awesome and there was the upgrade for either the AR or Heavy Weapon. All in all probably not worth paying for seperately, but worth buying new considering the other stuff you also got in the deal. As for the Prothean someone else mentioned that it's apparently in the game no matter what, just with the DLC you get it as a squadmate (probably for limited time after listening to the dialogue that's online)....
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 24, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  38. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    One disappointing thing about Vanguards in ME3 (or rather the demo) is the loss of Time Dialation when charging. Obviously it wouldn't work for multiplayer but it seems absent on singleplayer as well.
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 23, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  39. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    Mass Effect 3 General

    I'd suggest you at least give the MP a try, if you don't like it, you don't. But I went in expecting to be disappointed, and came out happy. I have a suspicion that a lot was cut out from the SP side of the demo, just to avoid spoilers/giving too much away/get the demo down to size. In fact I felt that the scene at the begining where you say 'We Fight or we die', etc was one of those places where Bioware would've normally have a bunch more dialogue so you could give a whole long speech...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  40. LittleBlackGoldfish
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    As someone who's played the MP I have to say that I was pleasantly suprised with the end result. It actually struck me as more polished than the single player portion fo the demo, which may be do the the more chaotic nature of the experience, but I think probably speaks to what the intent of the demo actually is. I don't think that either EA or Bioware are worried about people being disappointed in the singe player experience, so they probably got that done early and quickly, so I suspect...
    Post by: LittleBlackGoldfish, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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