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LordofHats wrote:For those who enjoy watching Yahtzee trash talk things I remembered that I hadn't checked his section on Escapist in awhile. Low and behold he's got his ME3 review:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5497-Mass-Effect-3

Not his funniest review ever but it got a few good chuckles in for me.

Largely disappointing review, much like ME3s ending!

Meh, Yahtzee isn't as funny as he used to be (his jokes are pretty repetitive). The last one I really enjoyed was his Skyrim review.

So what's up with the "human reaper" in ME2? He's made up of human paste. This seems to imply that the Reapers harvest species every cycle to make different types of Reapers but every other Reaper is your standard issue Hand-looking Reaper. The human Reaper is more like a cyborg I guess but the rest appear to be pure machine. Why'd they make that thing?

KamikazeCanuck wrote:So what's up with the "human reaper" in ME2? He's made up of human paste. This seems to imply that the Reapers harvest species every cycle to make different types of Reapers but every other Reaper is your standard issue Hand-looking Reaper. The human Reaper is more like a cyborg I guess but the rest appear to be pure machine. Why'd they make that thing?

Its currently theorized that the Cuddle Fush exterior of the Reapers is really just a shell, and that the Reapers actually look like whatever species they're based on and reside within the shells.

I want to say Bioware confirmed this at some point but I can't remember.

I don't think it's been mentioned already, but I really feel it should be: Diana Allers is a terrible character.

Anung Un Rama wrote:I don't think it's been mentioned already, but I really feel it should be: Diana Allers is a terrible character.

So is Cortez. Here I thought the Carth clones were improving, but in every video I've seen of Cortez he's talking about how sad he feels cause his husband died. At first I was like, kudos for just making this an open thing Bioware, very progressive of you. Then I was like... Okay. I get it bro. Your sad. Can you talk about something else or is this the sum total of your character?

At least Cortez wasn't played by a semi Internet celebrity and his character wasn't an exact copy of said celebrity.
"Hi, I have boobs, because that's the only way to guys will listen to news."

Something unrelated: I could't find the quote while I googled it, but do I remeber that right, that James talked about taking down a Collector ship? I'm not the only one who heard that, right?


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Found it on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM6Zu1ZEOUs

Ehm... no. There was ONE Collector ship and it took an upgraded version of the most advanced ship humanity could build and this Gears of War-reject here is telling me HE destroyed one?

Anung Un Rama wrote:I don't think it's been mentioned already, but I really feel it should be: Diana Allers is a terrible character.

I don't think anyone will disagree here. I introduced her to the airlock after she ran out of usefulness (technically I only ordered her off my ship but my headcanon says she was spaced).

LordofHats wrote:

Anung Un Rama wrote:I don't think it's been mentioned already, but I really feel it should be: Diana Allers is a terrible character.

So is Cortez. Here I thought the Carth clones were improving, but in every video I've seen of Cortez he's talking about how sad he feels cause his husband died. At first I was like, kudos for just making this an open thing Bioware, very progressive of you. Then I was like... Okay. I get it bro. Your sad. Can you talk about something else or is this the sum total of your character?

Please tell me you are trolling.

Seriously, LOH. Play the game before commenting on specific things like this.

Cortez opens up much more once you HELP HIM get over the loss of his husband - which is not easy to get over as I'm sure you could imagine.

Karon wrote:Please tell me you are trolling.

Seriously, LOH. Play the game before commenting on specific things like this.

Yes cause no one thought "I'm gonna put all of Cortez's convos on you tube" for me to stumble across

Not sure why anyone would think that but apparently they do XD EDIT: Maybe it turns out differently with different convo options but most of what I saw was a dude being sad, which is only interesting for so long.

Of course I should be thankful people with even less of a life than me put up random you tube videos for me to stroll through, cause this is priceless:

The game sets the entire context of what he is saying, as well. Listening to just what he says in a vacuum is ridiculous.

Listening to just what he says in a vacuum is ridiculous.

Yes, because Cortez and his emotional state are vital to the war against the reapers. His entire character exists within a vacuum. Remove him from ME3 and ME3 is exactly the same its just lacking the shuttle pilot who is only occasionally entertaining. EDIT: Contrasted to other characters who seem much more integrated into the story.

LordofHats wrote:

Listening to just what he says in a vacuum is ridiculous.

Yes, because Cortez and his emotional state are vital to the war against the reapers. His entire character exists within a vacuum. Remove him from ME3 and ME3 is exactly the same its just lacking the shuttle pilot who is only occasionally entertaining.

He does provide some good war assets. And he does have some interesting things and he is part of your crew. Plus in ME2 you never see your pilot. In ME3 you do.

Plus I am playing me3 for the second time. So my guns are uberly powerful... But my enemies are too. 5 shots and I am dead from an Assualt Trooper. And I am a Vanguard class. Insanity is ridiculously hard.

The events happening around you can color your perspective on his situation.

Human emotions are not simple, and to know what it feels like to lose people very close to you colors your perspective even more.

Its not as simple as "He's a whiny bitch, get over it already"

Karon wrote:The events happening around you can color your perspective on his situation.

Human emotions are not simple, and to know what it feels like to lose people very close to you colors your perspective even more.

Its not as simple as "He's a whiny bitch, get over it already"

I didn't call him whiny I called him sad, as in the literal definition of the word. Cortez is a sad man. Too bad that sentence pretty much sums up his existence. I suppose I could call him whiny but he manages to be sad without complaining about it so hes still a step up from Carth on the Carthish character scale.

Am I the only guy who has decided to kill Ashley.
Keep Kaiden.
Be a vanguard spam charge and his new ability which is so OP its hilarious. Charge regenerates all biotic shields and then I use it up in my Biotic Slam punch which instant kills anything close then it decreases cooldown for all my abilities by 40%. Rinse Repeat and all my enemies are dead. HELK IT DOES FULL DAMAGE ON EVERYTHING!
Vanguard got extremely overpowered since me1. In me1 I had to use my shotgun... Only my shotgun... of course it did have explosive rounds VIII and heat sinks X. Which was 5 shot kill for Saren.

And gladly shoot Udina when I was given the chance?

I found the Kaiden/Ashley decision a complete crap shoot. I hated them both and wished there was a way to not save either of them. Usually I made my decision to save whoever was with Curahee cause Curahee was a bad ass.

Vanguards were always OP but the addition of Biotic Charge took it to a new level (of course other classes got some awesome toys in ME2 so the field while still unbalanced I think got a little more leveled). You want OP use the Eviserator on an Infiltrator. In ME2 that combo produced the most damage in the game and you blow through on Veteran without any trouble at all.

Anung Un Rama wrote:I don't think it's been mentioned already, but I really feel it should be: Diana Allers is a terrible character.

I think that could have worked out a lot better if she actually did some full, hard-hitting interviews but all she does is ask 2 easy ones and then when it gets the the more interesting stuff it fades to black for some reason.

LordofHats wrote:I found the Kaiden/Ashley decision a complete crap shoot. I hated them both and wished there was a way to not save either of them. .

But.... they are some of my favorite characters of all times lol

Too be honest I don't remember a word Kaiden said in ME1 past the opening. I find Carth 2.0's character completely forgettable (at the very least I remember Carth's whining) Ashley I remember the things she said, but I just found her bland.

Of course I didn't much like the party in ME1. Wrex I loved cause he was awesome, and Liara was okay, but the rest of the characters were all flat. Tali pretty much only existed as a mouth to tell the player about the Quarians (for those who don't remember, she was the only one to appear in ME1), and Garrus had to wait till ME2 to find a personality more complex than John McClane's.

Most of my favorite ME characters actually came to be in ME2 (High fives for Mordin and Legion )

ME2 had the best pacing and all in all was the most complete experience. It had a satisfying story that apart from the obvious tied everything up in a neat little bow. The gameplay was seriously bland and easy but it was a memorable game regardless.

Bioware games have a set structure which boils down to 'Build a team for the big fight'. The absolute GENIUS of ME2 is that this is not only the Structure but the story of the Game!

My main Problem with 3 is that i felt rushed. I just thought while i am scanning planets for credits Earth and the Turian Fleet is being stomped by Reapers. In 2 any distraction felt necessary, 'i need more platinum to improve the normandy's Weapons!'.

Yeah, 3 really does its best to discourage hunting around. Everything seems so intense and rushed... I was worried there wouldn't be an Earth to save if I didn't get my ass in gear.

And I still don't even know if I saved anything...

Well said.

Oh and did anyone miss this?




It appears in motif form in 3 when the normandy first sweeps in to pick you up. Which i gotta say was a spine tingling moment. I really missed it though in the final few fights. The weepy (did well up a bit) clint mansell ditty is all well and good but it is not Tub-thumpingly awesome.

Gotta love the bit that comes in 0.44. Also 2.11-2.45 really do it for me, love the twinkling synth and digitised vocals. Its a shame it isn't more electronic. The orchestral arrangement nearly ruins it for me, song kinda fragments after 2,50, as does the bit where the 'Halo choir' comes in ~3.20, why do all game soundtracks need Halo Choirs?!

Perkustin wrote:Well said.

Oh and did anyone miss this?




It appears in motif form in 3 when the normandy first sweeps in to pick you up. Which i gotta say was a spine tingling moment. I really missed it though in the final few fights. The weepy (did well up a bit) clint mansell ditty is all well and good but it is not Tub-thumpingly awesome.

Gotta love the bit that comes in 0.44. Also 2.11-2.45 really do it for me, love the twinkling synth and digitised vocals. Its a shame it isn't more electronic. The orchestral arrangement nearly ruins it for me, song kinda fragments after 2,50, as does the bit where the 'Halo choir' comes in ~3.20, why do all game soundtracks need Halo Choirs?!

The ad for the Collector''s edition of ME3 says I get a digital copy of the sound track. I don't see anything for it though....

Ever heard of YouTube?
You can listen to entire soundtrack there.

You get a download code if you get the Collector's (there is a joke here) Edition.

You need to get on the webernets and go to Bioware's website to redeem said code and DL the soundtrack.

I miss the days where they have you a CD...

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:You get a download code if you get the Collector's (there is a joke here) Edition.

You need to get on the webernets and go to Bioware's website to redeem said code and DL the soundtrack.

I miss the days where they have you a CD...

Thanks. Please educate Coa on the wonders of the compact disc too. How it allows you to not need a computer to listen to music etc.

Aye but surely 'suicide mission' wont be on the ME3 OST CD, i never heard it aside from Aforementioned Motif in the Prologue. Which as i said was a great shame.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:You get a download code if you get the Collector's (there is a joke here) Edition.

You need to get on the webernets and go to Bioware's website to redeem said code and DL the soundtrack.

I miss the days where they have you a CD...

Thanks. Please educate Coa on the wonders of the compact disc too. How it allows you to not need a computer to listen to music etc.

If you could find me store in Belgrade that sells Two Steps from Hell, Globus, Mass Effect OST and Lord of The Rings OST I will by them tomorrow, or at least some way to buy something on the internet and not being banned because of sanctions.

Brother Coa wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:You get a download code if you get the Collector's (there is a joke here) Edition.

You need to get on the webernets and go to Bioware's website to redeem said code and DL the soundtrack.

I miss the days where they have you a CD...

Thanks. Please educate Coa on the wonders of the compact disc too. How it allows you to not need a computer to listen to music etc.

If you could find me store in Belgrade that sells Two Steps from Hell, Globus, Mass Effect OST and Lord of The Rings OST I will by them tomorrow, or at least some way to buy something on the internet and not being banned because of sanctions.

I'll look into it next time I'm in Belgrade.