Only 93% left to download!
...sigh.
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Only 93% left to download!
...sigh.
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The combat in this is amazing. It's so buttery smooth I just want to put it on my toast and eat it.
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Okay...
The single player missions were fun and just what I expected this game to be like. Amazing graphics, smoother gameplay and a good story (what I've experienced thus far in these two small missions) is going to be solid for a very good gaming experience. To me, this is by far the best and my favorite RPG series ever created. It's excellent.
The multiplayer is hard on the first go around! Difficult enemies and I sense there needs to be good communication between team mates to succeed. The farthest I've made it in multiplayer is Wave 4, with me and two others. I'm a Vanguard and always will be - single player and now multiplayer. Customization is a bit sparse but this is only a demo so any unlockables and options are probably greyed out for the time being. Either way it's fun! If there's any Xbox users that are getting this game (I assume most of you are?) then I'm down for multiplayer sessions with any to all of you. Let me know.
3 weeks.
Last edited by Space Suicide; 02-14-2012 at 12:57 PM.
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My one complaint with the combat so far is that if you're moving at all and you tap the button to go into cover, Shepard rolls instead—I died during the demo all thanks to the fact that I couldn't get Shepard to go into cover while her health was low. Not the most intuitive, huh? This is why multi-function buttons are a bad idea.
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Originally Posted by Hula
Hasn't happened to me but I can see what you mean. Only thing that messed me up was having my biotic power, Shockwave, get activated when in match and my Shepherd charged forward 20 miles away and ended up getting into fire and dying.
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I'm sorry, that made me laugh <3
The roll in general is not my friend in this game, it seems. Maybe I'm just used to the evasive manoeuvres from Batman: Arkham City but it feels a little stilted to have Shepard rolling in combat. In an ideal world, you'd be able to swiftly roll 'em out of the danger zone and behind shelter, but it seems like it's pretty hit-and-miss whether or not Shepard actually rolls in the direction you want. Then you have to wait for them to recover before you can move elsewhere.
Eh. I'm being a stickler here—I tend to default to pointing and shooting and hiding behind cover as much as possible in games anyway, rather than relying upon dodging and acrobatics, for the simple reason that very few RPGs have intuitive combat controls to begin with; I was just hoping this would flow a little more smoothly, since the overhauled combat system has been praised frequently.
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Just got through a full multiplayer game, it goes to 11 waves. It gets ridiculously intense. I feel like I am going to get addicted to it, it's leveling system is fun, and the item system (where you buy a pack of random items) hits the same nerve buying Magic cards does with me. I'm an addict. Haven't tried the single player yet, but I love the combat. The dodge is a little iffy to get used to, and I'm really not that great at taking cover, but damn. It's fun.
BADGERS
Holding out for the full game. Wouldnt normally do this but...
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Despite the kind of weird control quirks (which were present to a degree in 2 anyway IIRC), really enjoyed the demo. The use of the Kinect mic works better than I thought it would (although weirdly taking advantage of it kind of kills my immersion) and the gameplay, RPG elements and visuals seem up to scratch. Can't wait for release day!
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^^^So, I logged back into the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo and I got to the free roam area, and I let my controller sit. My controller went dead at some point, and I turned it back on and talked to a guy with an exclamation point above his head. The game said "You cannot get achievements because you are not connected to EA servers" (or something to that effect), and then it played the ending of the demo video, and put me back at the title screen.
So, do I have to replay this to get the second Mass Effect 3 unlock? ...sounds like I might not get it because I let the controller go dead.
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After seeing this trailer, I really want a Mass Effect movie in the style of the all-CG Final Fantasy films.
Yesterday, I think I played the multi-player demo with my brother for a good 3 hours straight, if not more. Wow. Never got so much mileage out of a demo. SO much fun. I didn't even start adding weapon mods yet. This game is going to dominate my life.
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Not too much time left now!
Only By Night
I was very happy when they put this onto the PS3. I am going to get both over the weekend, then eventually get the third game. Man, I have a lot of catching up to do with these three games and all of the Uncharted games!!
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The first one is not on PS3, which really sucks for PS3 owners. :/
Only By Night
Yea :/ I meant to edit that earlier, but didn't. 3 looks pretty sweet as of now.
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I wouldn't complain. You're lucky that PS3 got anything. I'm annoyed at the fact GOTY of ME2 with all DLC sans Arrival with new engine was released for PS3.
tempus est umbra in mente
It came out a year later and cost 60 dollars. At the time, you could buy the xbox version + all the DLC for cheaper. What do you have to be annoyed about?
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So you're telling them not to complain for the privilege of being able to play the game at all when you're complaining that you couldn't get the GOTY edition...? :P
I'm assuming everyone's seen the full version of the trailer (yes, the fuller version of the full version of the teaser):
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My sentence sounds like a double standard but PS3 users are lucky BioWare and Microsoft had their previous exclusive agreement annulled so 2 and 3 could be released to the PS3 system. If not, it would've remained an Xbox 360 exclusive series.
I only moan as the engine update was included with their release.
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I really should replay the second one. The way things turned out for me was kinda disappointing...
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So my friend and I drove all the way to find the blue one indicated here today: http://www.masseffect.com/space/SFO/
We were the last group left looking for it, and nobody was able to get it. The red one is apparently stuck on a cliff and has been determined unreachable.
The whole thing is kind of a wild goose chase. by the time you get anywhere near the landing site, all cell phone reception is gone, so its very difficult to get a map working or anything. Lots of thick brush, etc. Trying again tomorrow...
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I have determined that promotion as the best or possibly stupidest promotional technique ever. It's absurd and difficult to obtain just for a free Xbox with some neat encasing.
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It's for the game, not the console, isn't it? Or does everyone who tracks down the copies of the games win a console too?
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It's just the game, I don't know why I said the console. I ended up hearing rumors of a console awhile back. Either way, it's a troublesome thing to obtain.
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after 20 hours trying to get the spaceMass Effect 2(mass effect 3) nobody got anything. First package was determined unreachable. a tractor couldn't do it. A 3 hour hike and then 3 hour crawl through thorny, muddy bramble if you have a machete and a crew. then its up a tree. Last night two people got lost looking for it and had to be rescued.
Today we found the other one though. It was just off a beaten path in tree. It wasn't in a tree too high... it was just out of reach. 3 people climbed that tree. One person spent 4 hours up there with sling shots base balls fishing poles... we inevitably broke one of the branches on which it was tangled, and everything fell but the goddamn games.
The game company was there to help use get it down, and they could barely help at all. IGN was there covering it, but we couldn't do it. Youd have to chop that thing down. Allegedly the launch in vegas today was also something o a failure.
Overall a very exhausting and physically painful experience... adventurous. but methinks Electronic Arts or BioWare should really get going on some damage control for some of the people who really broke there backs out there the last two days. I was wading wastte deep in thorns with a machete and a baseball bat... totalled a pair of shoes.... the guy in the tree i think got fired from his job. oh dear.... eventually the property owner kicked us all out.
well there are twenty copies of mass effect north of santa cruz if your a damned super hero.... or ten if your an arborist.
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What a mess this turned out to be! Points for the concept but not so much the execution.
Speaking of which... I've been reading a three-part essay on the aberration that is the first game's interface. The guy who wrote it obviously appreciates the storyline and the actual gameplay, but he has some really valid points on what makes the interface of virtually every screen in the game so damn borked. The ridiculously hampered inventory screens and the galaxy map button commands are probably the parts that hit closest to home for me.
You can read them here: 1 | 2 | 3
It's funny—I've never really understood why gamers were so divided on these games 'til I read those articles. Gripping as the storyline might be, the interface could definitely have been a deal-breaker for the best of people. I know it bugged me to the point of giving up for weeks at one point and I probably never would have fallen for the franchise had I not lost internet access for a week and been forced to play ME1 to completion or die of boredom.
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I love vidya games but not that much to get this!
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ATTENTION ETSERS WHO HAVE PRE-ORDERED FROM GAME: Due to a variety of circumstances involving Game being in a bit of financial trouble etc etc, they will not be honouring preorders for Mass Effect 3, either for the collectors edition or the standard edition. You will get your deposit back if you placed one, but you'll have to go elsewhere if you want the collectors edition before it runs out.
Last edited by Hula; 03-01-2012 at 09:58 AM.
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You can get it from Play, Amazon, ShopTo and Zavvi online me thinks. I re-ordered from Play yesterday and used the £5 code Game sent me to pre-order the Silent Hill Collection. Hopefully they won't have gone bust by then! I hear rumors Gamestop will try and take over.. Anyway.. Mass Effect 3! Weee! I can't wait, though I played the demo and now kinda wish I hadn't, not that much happens, it was more I rushed and instantly pre-ordered the N7 edition when I probably should save money...
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The dude in GameStop was a dick to me so I went with GameStop.ie for the preorder (and I'll admit the N7 dogtags, however naff they might turn out to be, sweetened the deal a little). In the time between preordering yesterday afternoon and now, GameStop.ie sold out on the Xbox version of the CE. I'm suddenly very glad I decided to fork out for the preorder online :|
I hope everybody who went with Game gets a copy in the end. I'm not mad at Game for what happened but I will admit it's kinda shitty that things turned out this way, especially if people don't even find out about it in time to go with a new retailer.
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