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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:even though my female characters are always extremely thirsty pussyhounds I had no interest in going there. we had one conversation and she was like "I believe in God, btw" and the game tried to make it a big thing when I wanted to just say, "uh ok cool". Then I think the very next convo had an option to say "I like you". She really had no other personality of note. https://youtu.be/WgFHIR7lLC0
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I did a trilogy playthrough where I romanced Ashley but left her with the bomb. I loved her, but needed the best person for the job to see the bomb went off. That way I could romance Tali free of guilt.
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Feb 13, 2021 03:53
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chaosapiant posted:I did a trilogy playthrough where I romanced Ashley but left her with the bomb. I loved her, but needed the best person for the job to see the bomb went off. That way I could romance Tali free of guilt. And then you told Tali to lead the fireteam.
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Feb 13, 2021 03:59
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Kurieg posted:This is incorrect because Sera has the lamest personal quest and is the worst character. lol very true. but i was annoyed that dorian, a character i thought was interesting and compelling main quest was "well daddy hates me because i am gay, so lets have a long chat with him and he comes around" i mean thats cool and i like that dorian is great character plus gay but i kinda wish his whole quest had been beyond just that trope, because his character is better than that. i went with the turian because she had a personality and the other two options was "butch space warrior" and annoying thief who sucks. chaosapiant posted:I did a trilogy playthrough where I romanced Ashley but left her with the bomb. I loved her, but needed the best person for the job to see the bomb went off. That way I could romance Tali free of guilt. yeah. i might do that in the legendary edition. i like liara but the whole "she will outlive you by like 1000 years" sucks. prefer tali because i get my loving malibu stacy dream house with her.
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Feb 13, 2021 04:09
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Dapper_Swindler posted:
Yeah yeah, but more importantly, them hips don’t lie. 
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Feb 13, 2021 04:11
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pentyne posted:Honestly my perception of Sera has wavered over the course of the years since DA:I came out. yeah. thats my issue with her. there is some genuinely interesting ideas and layers there. her being a self hating elf mixed possibly with her being a self hating mage i do like that she claims to be the big rebel/revolutionary but she is too caught up in her own dumb bullshit to actually do anything useful.
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Feb 13, 2021 04:12
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chaosapiant posted:Yeah yeah, but more importantly, them hips don’t lie. that and the accent/weird girl thing works too. plus her little scene if you take her with you in the extended cut is loving gut punch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66FV7dTdwiw its sappy as poo poo but it always hits me in the feels.
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Feb 13, 2021 04:14
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah. thats my issue with her. there is some genuinely interesting ideas and layers there. her being a self hating elf mixed possibly with her being a self hating mage i do like that she claims to be the big rebel/revolutionary but she is too caught up in her own dumb bullshit to actually do anything useful. I liked Sera. She’s doing her damndest to convince everyone she hates elves and “the man”, and it’s primarily just so she can get validation and believe those things herself. With exception to the goofy randomness, I’ve known people very similar to her.
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chaosapiant posted:I liked Sera. She’s doing her damndest to convince everyone she hates elves and “the man”, and it’s primarily just so she can get validation and believe those things herself. With exception to the goofy randomness, I’ve known people very similar to her. oh me too. its why i hate her. she isnt the worst character ever but she is too real to be likable for me.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:oh me too. its why i hate her. she isnt the worst character ever but she is too real to be likable for me. I think that’s the mark of a good character. If you hate a character because of who she is and not how she’s written or whatever, then I think it works. And the game knows she’s polarizing which is why you can jettison her from the team whenever you want.
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chaosapiant posted:I think that’s the mark of a good character. If you hate a character because of who she is and not how she’s written or whatever, then I think it works. And the game knows she’s polarizing which is why you can jettison her from the team whenever you want. agreed.
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Feb 13, 2021 04:25
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who the gently caress doesn't kill kaiden. that pussy bitch gets the axe every run.
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Killed a Girl in 96 posted:who the gently caress doesn't kill kaiden. that pussy bitch gets the axe every run. what is his character anyway. he got hosed up from biotic school?
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Dapper_Swindler posted:
awkard Ryder is pretty funny all. The Ryder sister had some good moments.
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The thing that makes her irredeemable to me is after the Temple of Mythal. She's positively giddy that the elves fell into ruin on their own and their gods aren't "real" like the Maker obviously is, and she gets loving pissed if you don't agree.
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Feb 13, 2021 04:31
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Dapper_Swindler posted:what is his character anyway. he got hosed up from biotic school? Basically yes. He lived the “full metal Jacket” life until he killed his instructor with a boot to the chin. And he’s been a mopey L2 ever since.
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I just fired up Andromeda again because maybe this time around I know what to expect so it won't be so bad. As soon as I got to "*gasp* We made it." it all came flooding back. Made as far as the first moment the UI lock ended and I could quit to desktop. E: I want to play a space game dammit. Are there any hidden good ones out there? Funky See Funky Do fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Feb 13, 2021 |
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Feb 13, 2021 04:44
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I just fired up Andromeda again because maybe this time around I know what to expect so it won't be so bad. As soon as I got to "*gasp* We made it." it all came flooding back. Made as far as the first moment the UI lock ended and I could quit to desktop. Play Metroid prime trilogy
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I never bothered to romance Ashley in 1 but I did once in 3. I think I left Tali for her or something lol.
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Play Metroid prime trilogy That does not appear to be on steam. Seems like Everspace 2 (which is early access) or Star Wars Squadron (I hate everything star wars) are all there really is. It's weird how few space games there are!
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I just fired up Andromeda again because maybe this time around I know what to expect so it won't be so bad. As soon as I got to "*gasp* We made it." it all came flooding back. Made as far as the first moment the UI lock ended and I could quit to desktop. FTL: Faster Than Light, Rimworld, Rebel Galaxy
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Funky See Funky Do posted:That does not appear to be on steam. Seems like Everspace 2 (which is early access) or Star Wars Squadron (I hate everything star wars) are all there really is. Stellaris, Slipways. Masters of orion? if you're wanting a bioware-alike and are okay with it not being spacey, Greedfall is okay.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:That does not appear to be on steam. Seems like Everspace 2 (which is early access) or Star Wars Squadron (I hate everything star wars) are all there really is. x3: terran conflict, elite: dangerous if you wanna go real old-school about it, there's starflight, buck rogers: countdown to doomsday and star control 2. in fact all three of these games are extremely mass effect if it were made 30 or so years ago.
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OhFunny posted:What squad mates did everyone frequently use? 
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All of them in regular rotation.
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It really is hilarious that Liara's outfit looks more like actual combat armor than the leather jacket with shoulderbits that the actual loving Soldier is wearing.
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Ashley has always gotten stuck with lovely armour. rip ashley
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Why does Liara's armor here look like the girl cenobite from the first Hellraiser movie?
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Sally posted:Ashley has always gotten stuck with lovely armour. rip ashley I love that there's not just one but several mods for Mass Effect 3 specifically geared towards giving Ashley actual armour instead of that dumb battledress smock thing she has.
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Sydin posted:I really like how it's super evident that about half way through writing DA2's script Bioware realized that nobody was going to side with the Templars because half their players were going to play a mage and also they're a bunch of insane fundies. So it quickly becomes a plot point that 99% of mages are loving morons who will resort to blood magic at the drop of a hat and even if you side with the Mages and clearly have everything under control the head of the circle will still completely flip his poo poo for no reason and turn himself into a blood mage abomination you have to fight. I think the ending of DA2 was the most fed up with a game I've ever been, because of that poo poo. I actually quite like DA2 in a lot of ways, but fuuuuck that.
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It's very funny how what the writers clearly want you to think about mages is so utterly at odds with the text of all three Dragon Age games. The phrase "ludonarrative dissonance" gets thrown around quite irresponsibly but here it is well-deserved.
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thinkin bout that alternate universe that's out there somewhere where the people that wrote mass effect had played Volition's Masterpiece Freespace 2 before they did the mass effect thing and therefore had actually good ideas about how to write their godzilla robot squid space boogeymen instead of THIS HURTS YOU
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Psycho Landlord posted:thinkin bout that alternate universe that's out there somewhere where the people that wrote mass effect had played Volition's Masterpiece Freespace 2 before they did the mass effect thing and therefore had actually good ideas about how to write their godzilla robot squid space boogeymen instead of THIS HURTS YOU Sounds like a crap universe imho.
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exquisite tea posted:Sounds like a crap universe imho. much like your posting!
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the THIS HURTS YOU BOOGEYMAN rules. Harbinger was a great villain (in ME2... not 3)
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:jesus christ the term "cringe" gets overused a lot these days, but holy loving poo poo that was awful
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exquisite tea posted:It's very funny how what the writers clearly want you to think about mages is so utterly at odds with the text of all three Dragon Age games. The phrase "ludonarrative dissonance" gets thrown around quite irresponsibly but here it is well-deserved. And yet in the DA thread there are people who passionately (I poo poo you not) argue, that mage genocide is an absolute must because beep boop they will statistically lead to demons and further synthetics will always outcompete... It kinda reminds me of Warhammer 40k. Like yeah you can justify turbofascism if you create a setting where it's the only way to solve a problem you invented. Going 'oh but you see a posessed mage / geth 2.0 hivemind / rogue psyker can blow up an entire GALAXY if they make a mistake' doesn't prove anything. The writers are just fiddling the existential threat level until it makes them right.
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exquisite tea posted:It's very funny how what the writers clearly want you to think about mages is so utterly at odds with the text of all three Dragon Age games. The phrase "ludonarrative dissonance" gets thrown around quite irresponsibly but here it is well-deserved. It's hilarious that 2 does rather explicitly want you to side with the mages, but the two mages it gives you as party members are a terrorist abomination and a blood mage. Inquisition does a better job of it because It's very clear that the only person who wants the circle to go back to the way they were is Vivienne, who had a position such where she had all the benefits of the circles but none of their drawbacks. Even cullen is disillusioned with them. It's a very abstinence only education thing where if you don't teach Mages how to deal with these terrible things that can happen to them then they won't have the means to do so.
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