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BexGu posted:Wait, Andromeda had Zaeed's son and didn't make him a companion? God add one more to the gently caress up pile. https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Bain_Massani quote:He brought no family with him. Bain's mother died when he was a kid and he never met his father. All he knew is he was a big-time mercenary who gave him his name and nothing else.
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Pattonesque posted:here are the best missions in The Mass Effect Setting ("Themes") in no particular order save for: I actually think the Salarian and Turian ark quests were better than Liams. And yea, Shadow Broker is absolutely number one! I do put Leviathan up there with it as well, just because I’m a sucker for underwater poo poo.
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Feb 16, 2021 22:09
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chaosapiant posted:I actually think the Salarian and Turian ark quests were better than Liams. And yea, Shadow Broker is absolutely number one! I do put Leviathan up there with it as well, just because I’m a sucker for underwater poo poo. I could see an argument for those. Honestly the ME2-style missions were the best part about Andromeda and they should just ditch open worlds for ME4 and do that until infinity
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Feb 16, 2021 22:12
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Pattonesque posted:I could see an argument for those. Honestly the ME2-style missions were the best part about Andromeda and they should just ditch open worlds for ME4 and do that until infinity I agree with this. I'm an Andromeda apologist, but it's definitely a game where I don't think the open world benefited it. And I actually love the open world in Dragon Age Inquisition, so to me Bioware does know how to make a decent open world game. But yea, I'd love for them to go back to the "wide variety of tidy locations and story beats" feel that ME2/3 use.
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Feb 16, 2021 22:38
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I think that they can do open world, but those open worlds need to be constrained. Emerald Graves is densely packed with things to do and is relatively small compared to the Hissing wastes which is so ridiculously large you need to ride your horse for literally minutes to get from one point of interest to the other. One of the best planets in ME:A is the jungle planet that you can't use the car in, because it's purpose built and interconnected, rather than set pieces separated by empty padding.
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Feb 16, 2021 22:44
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chaosapiant posted:I agree with this. I'm an Andromeda apologist, but it's definitely a game where I don't think the open world benefited it. And I actually love the open world in Dragon Age Inquisition, so to me Bioware does know how to make a decent open world game. But yea, I'd love for them to go back to the "wide variety of tidy locations and story beats" feel that ME2/3 use. yeah, i liked the open world in DA:I but it feels misused, ME works best when its curated but you get a good idea of the size and scope of the world. MEA open world is either poorly placed combat or driving the space equivilant of your cousins midlife crisis all terrain truck. also the UI gives loving cyberpunk a run for its money of worst RPG. I started playing it ME:A again because this thread and i am trying to do a bunch of busy work side quests and its just annoying, some of the stuff is solid and interesting but it suffers from never knowing which quests matter/go place or are just filler.
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Feb 16, 2021 22:51
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Feb 16, 2021 23:05
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Sally posted:i hope you are using mods!! gently caress no. just playing on ps5. its fine, just slow. also whoever designed the loving glyph puzzles should never work in the industry again.
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Feb 16, 2021 23:08
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Sudokus with numbers: easy, relaxing, even fun sometimes. Sudokus with glyphs: tedious, awful, confusing, takes 4x as long as regular sudokus. Not ironyposting either. It's just pointless, tedious busywork. Also the glyphs need to be way more visually distinct than just randomly arranged hashmarks.
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Feb 16, 2021 23:18
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I like Mass Effect and am excited to play them all again. Liara is good. Liara is life.
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Feb 16, 2021 23:53
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Julius CSAR posted:I like Mass Effect and am excited to play them all again. i am a Tali man myself but Liara is cool too as is garrus. better than ashely or that girl who hosed varrens.
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Feb 16, 2021 23:55
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If you're playing the full trilogy then Liara and Garrus probably benefit from having the best through lines of all the various romance options since they're romancable party members in all three games (well, kinda for Liara in ME2 but her quest absolutely slaps) feel the closest to becoming Shepard's main sidekicks at least in my opinion, and are pretty heavily plot relevant.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:03
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Garrus isn't romanceable in the first game, either. But I do agree that he's one of the few options besides Liara who actually kind of makes sense.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:05
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The girl who hosed Varrens? What? I’ve played this series numerous times and somehow I thankfully missed out on whatever that bit of lore is. Also Kasumi with fully upgraded Shadow Strike is the most powerful ME2 companion. But Zaeed and Grunt are the most entertaining.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:06
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exquisite tea posted:Garrus isn't romanceable in the first game, either. But I do agree that he's one of the few options besides Liara who actually kind of makes sense. Oh yeah, duh  I like Garrus a lot because he has a really good arc that smoothly transitions from game to game, going from idolizing Shepard to being bitter about his failures in trying to emulate Shepard and sinking into an inferiority complex, to being handed a huge responsibility by his people to which he rises admirably and finally coming into his own. Letting him win the shooting contest on the Citadel and his sheer disbelief and joy that he's finally managed to do something better than Shepard is 
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Feb 17, 2021 00:12
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Sydin posted:Oh yeah, duh My only gripe with that final scene is giving you the choice to miss intentionally. Shepard missing and Garrus hitting should have just been the default way the scene plays out.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:16
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And hitting the target just to show up poor Garrus would be extremely a renegade interrupt
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Feb 17, 2021 00:29
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Julius CSAR posted:The girl who hosed Varrens? What? I’ve played this series numerous times and somehow I thankfully missed out on whatever that bit of lore is. I think they're talking about Jack... which is really desperately misreading Jack's character arc.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:32
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nine-gear crow posted:My only gripe with that final scene is giving you the choice to miss intentionally. Shepard missing and Garrus hitting should have just been the default way the scene plays out. Yeah, agreed, but then that would mean the player avatar isn't the super most bestest perfect person at everything ever so
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Feb 17, 2021 00:38
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I cannot wait for the towers of hanoi puzzle on Noveria again.
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Feb 17, 2021 00:38
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unironically. i have a lot of nostalgia for that game/(period of my life).
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Feb 17, 2021 00:42
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Buschmaki posted:I cannot wait for the towers of hanoi puzzle on Noveria again. I love how when you beat it it does an off-brand james bond sting for some reason.
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Feb 17, 2021 01:07
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Kurieg posted:I love how when you beat it it does an off-brand james bond sting for some reason. And that's the only place it ever does that too. It's so weird and I love it. Especially if you just skip the puzzle by slapping 100 omnigel on it.
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Feb 17, 2021 01:15
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Dapper_Swindler posted:gently caress no. just playing on ps5. its fine, just slow. also whoever designed the loving glyph puzzles should never work in the industry again. By the glyph key things. Should be some in almost every shop including your ship.
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Feb 17, 2021 01:18
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Replace ME1's Simon Says hacking minigame with more Towers of Hanoi.
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Feb 17, 2021 01:23
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BioWare went to poo poo not long after they abandoned Towers puzzles, coincidence?
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Feb 17, 2021 01:35
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You can find one in DA:I but it's more just an easter egg/bit of self-ribbing.
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Feb 17, 2021 01:42
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I always bring Wrex so he can advise that guy to eat those people. Maybe one day it will happen.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:03
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Sydin posted:You can find one in DA:I but it's more just an easter egg/bit of self-ribbing. Isn't there a broken towers of Hanoi in the citadel DLC lampshading it? Sydin posted:Yeah, agreed, but then that would mean the player avatar isn't the super most bestest perfect person at everything ever so It also depends on my specialization. I'd my Shep doesn't regularly use a sniper rifle I miss the shot because she shouldn't be at Garrus level performance with a weapon she never used.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:17
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Soylent Pudding posted:Isn't there a broken towers of Hanoi in the citadel DLC lampshading it? It's an unplayable game in the citadel arcade from the dlc. Can't remember the exact quote from the pc but it's self-aware, yeah.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:36
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Thank gently caress it was a ToH puzzle and not a sliding block puzzle, my brain just can't wrap my head around those.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:44
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I picked up ME by watching one of my roommates play it in college. I came into the living room and saw him fumbling with the ToH puzzle and got really excited because we had just covered the puzzle on my last comp sci 101 programming assignment.
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exquisite tea posted:Garrus isn't romanceable in the first game, either. But I do agree that he's one of the few options besides Liara who actually kind of makes sense. i feel like with tali and garrus, the writers wernt really sure what was going underneath the armor or the suits or whatever. like i am pretty sure tali/quarians were intended to me more cyborgy or whatever, and do turians even have dicks? are they like reptiles with two or are they like ducks where its like a weird canon thing that shoots out and than disinigrates/falls off. chaosapiant posted:By the glyph key things. Should be some in almost every shop including your ship. ty. Kurieg posted:I think they're talking about Jack... which is really desperately misreading Jack's character arc. no. kelly or whatever her name was. i am being hypobolic, but i swore there was some email about her being really weird with animals and poo poo. nah jack is cool.
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Jack owns, haters levitate Aliens romancing aliens I mean sure why not who gives a drat but also lol that they chickened out and decided that Quarians just look like space elves with slightly weird hands FemShep gotta read a whole book to figure out what to do with Garrus or Thane, ManShep conveniently has all his romance options human (or human looking) babes and dudes Maybe it is ManShep who is the real space racist
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Feb 17, 2021 04:18
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I thought Kelly was the one who had sex with varren.
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Feb 17, 2021 04:22
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Mordin's advice about Garrus is the funniest thing. Beware that chafing.
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Feb 17, 2021 04:23
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Mordin mentions at one point that someone on the Normandy has varren scale itch which usually only is transmitted sexually Kelly mentions finding aliens attractive Varren are aliens QED
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Feb 17, 2021 04:26
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Is it show off your Shepard time? Yes it is 
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i feel like with tali and garrus, the writers wernt really sure what was going underneath the armor or the suits or whatever. like i am pretty sure tali/quarians were intended to me more cyborgy or whatever, Turians are evolved hawks / falcons from a planet were every create has some sort of armor cause the planet's thinner ozone layer let in more radiation them normal. One small but significant bit of world building is that you can tell which species evolved from prey or predators.
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BexGu posted:One small but significant bit of world building is that you can tell which species evolved from prey or predators. We never do get a straight answer as to how krogan reproduce.
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