Mass Effect 3 Discussion

For anyone else irritated by the Mass Relay jump sound:

how to remove stupid loud annoying mass relay jump sound - Mass Effect 3 Message Board for PC - GameFAQs

 

I read that site and just sat there LMAO. I've been turning the sound down when that was about to happen since I've been playing these game mass effect games. Is it really worth, massing with the inardes of the game, when simply turning the sound down for less than a second works. Its not like its a surprise. You know when its going to happen. Keep it simple.

 

It's alright mostly useless the Amalur armor also pretty useless, the N7 Warfare armor also pretty useless unless your a soldier class or something near that not good for a sniper. Mattock is decent it can improve with more and more rifle mods. I already beat ME3 with my Female Paragon character, going to fly through ME2 paragon soldier class also i got a lot of renagade too so hmm i might try out a paragade.

 

the falcon is the best AR that there is.

The mattock aint what it used to be in me2.

The best thing that I did, is basically forgo to use powers while playing as a soldier, so what I did is this, got the geth shotgun, and the widow, sometimes the black widow. that is with my soldier. If you go with a infiltrator, the best thing to do is to carry the black widow, if you save all your money, before you go to the 3rd major quest, you are able to buy it in the spectre office.

Geth shotgun = high precision at mid distances, the best killing power without the worry of hunting ammo

black widow = almost widow power, with 3 shots in the chamber, so aim to the head for higher enemies, like you would with the widow, and still keep the stopping power, basically (on normal):

2 headshots = harvester dead
1 head shot = marauder dead
2 headshots = brute dead
1 headshot = centurian dead
2 headshots = ravager dead
1 headshot = phantom dead
for the banshee.... well... its several headshots, didnt count, seriously those things are as though as they come.

Basically my strategy was, kill husks first,them ravagers, them marauders, them cannibals, them banshees. you do have to stay mobile though, to avoid flanking, and being killed by the banshees.

the thing is banshees are the toughest ones, however their attacks are not the ones that will keep you pinned to a place, like the ravagers, and husks will swarm you, so focus on who gets you pinned, get mobile again, and kill everyone thats left.

Sincerely on normal it aint worth to get the 8 medigel upgrade, since you are going to recover while on cover, otherwise you are going to get killed, since the animation will stop whatever you are doing, and lose that precious 2s, and this more than true when you are doing the final battles, where you are going to be constantly swarmed by lots of tougher enemies, like banshees, marauders and upgraded cannibals (damn marauders)

yes, spamming concussion grenade is something great to do, you can disable half of the wave with only a AR, improving your odds and killing barriers and armor in the process, quite useful for killing wraiths, brutes and atlas)

 

Yeah, the Falcon is ridiculously awesome. Powerful AND fun, and I love blowing people out from behind cover.

 

If anyone wants to play multiplayer, add me on Origin: s2odin

 

*I've only been able to play new games after i got My DYI Vidock So thanks to this forums*


I haven't played much video games this past few years, recently i've tried out the news ones.

I have a hard time getting into the game, i was surprised how many actors are doing voice acting gigs, martin sheen does a great job as illusion man, seth green is good as joker. Voice cast is amazing, the drama is awesome, the story is very constructive, if your not just into really fast story got for mass effect 3 it has lots of gameplay value, there is much emotion in the cut scenes and you can control them to some extent - and effect the story line.

They mix a lot of things into the story, and the characters express a lot of different views, but there is some things i found disappointing:

-The gameplay is either citedal or planets, - shoot, shoot.
-You can't crouch. What the hell.
-You can't jump!?.
-in Most locations that aren't locked areas (door pending to be opened/secure first) you can just run past the enemies and they die by them selves.
-The action is limited, you can't grab enemies, there is few melee styles.

And the best part...

You can't DO ACTUAL SPACE FLIGHT its just 2d.. I don't get it, free games like black prophecy almost perfect space flights.. So why not add it.

The story is long, but the action is so repetitive.. I get bored easily and most of the time i just press space because the cut scenes are way to long and i skip it, and when i can't, i use window mode and watch youtube videos till the cut scene is over.

Props to the designers, but this is boring, this is the problem with these games, ever since games like MGS1 made 'story cut scene' so important.. Games are forgetting the gameplay value, and fun element.. Its like a movie now.

Am not against cut scenes, i loved Deus Ex human revolution, i wanted a sequel to Deus Ex,HR was amazing and actually fun.

As i wrote this comment few cut scenes ended and i wraped and now cut scenes that i didnt watch.

Tldr: the game sucks. Dont buy it. Unless you like fighting 12 year olds on the multiplayer, if your like me, you probably KNOW already Cs 1.6 multiplayer is far superior to any other game multiplayer.

I'd just like to say its disappointing games as boring as this one get high rating, its an insult to video games that are fun oriented, Crysis 2 Cost 50 million dollars to make and it lacked any sort of fun, it was just boring.

 

ZZZZzzzZZ bashbashbash ME3 is terrible bashbash

That cover it? Ok good. Now on to something else

This game is actually pretty good once I got past the whole "This isn't Witcher or Skyrim". For some reason I had a REAL hard time moving past this concept...ME3 is a great game, I just forgot that it isn't the type of games I've been playing lately.

 

glad your enjoying it, have fun and don't play to much.

Just un-installed it. never playing that again

 

Uh...have you even played this game? There's no PvP in multiplayer. It's solely co-op.

 

I think he was mistaken in the tldr use, it should be too long didnt play.

and yes the ending is abysmal. Although im going for the second playthrough now, and I kept all my weapons, and mods, and the money that was left, not to mention the experience

 

Bold .

 

For people that finished the game
Demand a better ending to Mass Effect 3 | Facebook

 

Just a warning to anyone who plays online, there is a glitch where randomly it gives you the welcome screen like when you first joined and another free starter pack and BF3 pack if you have it. Great deal right!?

Wrong it also resets ALL of your unlockables including characters and weapons. DO NOT spend any bioware points on spectre crates until this is fixed. Its happened to me twice, and ive lost 3 elite weapons (pistol, AR, and Sniper Rifle) along with at least 20 consumables, and 4 character unlocks. Luckily i didnt spend any real money on this stuff just in game credits that i earned through multi player, but its still frustrating as hell

Heres a thread on biowares site on the issue
Choose Language | BioWare Social Network

 

Dunno, maybe im getting old, and ive got less and less time to spent with videogames but...im quite enjoying it. Im doing small sessions about 1-2hours long and im making sure to do sidequests and talk with everyone.

Maybe its not on par with ME2, but the feeling of going back to it is strong.
Afterall i like it. Maybe the key is stop living up the hype or to expect glorious things from anything these days.
Just get the games as they come and for what they are, being pissed over a game (unless is really, really really bad) its a waste of brain cells imho.

 

100% agree. Its not as good as ME2, its even more limited then ME1 (IMHO). Do mission run back to citidal again and again. I do miss my old crew from from ME2. Its nice to interact with old squad mates, but not the same. The game does feel rushed sometimes, not as flushed out as ME2. I speak with everyone, and I'm doing all side missions (WHY NOT). I only play for maybe 1-2 hours at a time. As for the ending at least its better then RAGE.

 

Now, I haven't finished ME3 myself yet, but as for being not as good as ME2, I'd give it some time for them to release more DLC. I think some of ME2's best missions were actually from DLC as opposed to the original game. Lair of the Shadow Broker springs to mind, and Overlord is my favorite ME2 mission ever.

I always really liked ME2, but I liked it a lot more with all the DLC. Without it, is was basically like "do a bunch of fetch missions to build a team, then to three story missions and you're done." Hopefully the same will be true of ME3.

 

If a game is only good with paid DLC, then I would consider the game "not good". What's the point of buying a game at full price if you need the DLC to really enjoy it?

That being said I think Mass Effect 2 is a really good game, I just disagree with your "wait until the DLC" point.

I'm nearing the end of ME3.. don't want to give anything away but on the final mission(s). So far I've enjoyed ME3 but its best moments were catching up with squadmates from ME2. ME2 had such good character development that it was a joy to see them return in ME3.

 

me2 had to have character depth, since its only build a squad and go. And yes I still like me1 better. And me3 was jump in quality from me2.

 

So...I've been keeping up with the whole pro's/con's of on-disc DLC and how Bioware is handling the customer backlash. I feel that they are handling it wrong and its reflecting on the entire company. It seems like they are trying to pick a fight with the consumer....bad, bad, bad business. Me personally, ME3 is my last Bioware game for a while, at least until they fire/hire some people.

What do you guys think? Do you feel it is OK for a company release day 1, on-disc DLC? Especially if it is an essential part of the games lore or do you feel like the company in question is trying to milk their customers for everything they're worth before they move on to their next franchise title.

 

yea that seems kinda dumb to send dlc on the disk... not only is it a security risk (someone can unpack the file) but your also throwing it in the customers face.

 

I felt nickel-and-dimed by it. I also felt nickel-and-dimed by the multiplayer, which really pushes the player quite hard to buy upgrades with real cash instead of points.

That said, I bought the day 1 DLC and I also bought $10 worth of multiplayer gear (once I got a critical mass of decent gear for multiplayer, I could start surviving all ten rounds, which in turn game me enough in-game points to continue to buy gear with points instead of money). I felt nickel-and-dimed by the experience, but I still paid, so I guess BioWare won this round.

 

Going to say one thing about ME 3 on NBR: The endings suck and I felt like I wasted my time with it. The MP is good though but after that ending sequence, I lost all taste for playing it again...

 

LOL I keep reading about how bad the ending is...I'm tempted to stop playing it to see how this "People vs. Bioware" fiasco goes. If the customer wins, we may get free DLC to modify the ending, if we lose (which we probably will...) I'll go ahead and beat it.

Did you beat the game with 5k war resources (Or w/e its called)?

 

Dang, I've been reading this all over the place and it's made me quite fearful of finishing the game. Anything that would discourage me from getting at least another two more playthroughs would make me consider this game-breaking. I don't require a storybook ending, but any large dose of deus ex machina will definitely kill it for me too, as I like to get emotionally immersed in these things.

 

Yes I beat the game with 6478 Effective War Score (that means I maxed out the Galactic Readiness to 100% by playing MP). I got the "perfecting" ending which was anything but perfect.

It is basically a DEM and it was a poorly implemented one at that. There are so many inconsistencies and loopholes that it is even a pain for me to even explain it in words. The only way you will know what I am talking about is beat it yourself, believe what we are saying or YouTube the endings. There were many denialers (I was one of them) when this controversy started but once I literally was at the end I finally knew what they meant and I was very disappointed.

 

Anyone else annoyed by the relationship engine. In ME1 and 2, Playing a Male Shep, your conversations with the other male characters built friendships and loyalty. Now, it turns all of the conversations into sexual relationships for the character.. a bit annoying when you are trying to play a hetero hero..

 

Well that had to comply with the LGBT communities. I just avoided doing Paragon interrupts and just be "casually" nice and that doesn't trigger them of being flirty I'd guess. Also nailing my relationship of Tali shut off any other kind of relationship trigger except for Liara.

 

So what are your guys thoughts on the m99 saber? I forgot about this gun when I was playing, and now that I deleted the windows partition, it will take me something more to play the game again.

What was your preferred load out?

Mine as a soldier was a black widow and a SMG with lightweight materials, usually the m9 = power recharge speed 116%

The geth plasma shotgun is one damn good thing as well, tried to go with that and black widow, but got frustrated with the power recharge speed of -30% I think

 

Once i started using Javik's Particle Rifle, i stopped using anything else in the game. Once you max it out, its pretty much the defacto killing machine. No more thermal clips, quick recharge and you can take down almost anything in one blast.

 

Agreed. I was like a mini-Collector Particle Rifle.

With that said I won't be playing the game anymore until they sort out the endings so...

 

I'm so disappointed but I feel like I'm in the same boat...I don't want to ruin the ending to a franchise I enjoy a ton.

 

yeah the problem is that I couldnt order the physical copy here in brazil. so I wouldn fork for the digital edition, and i didnt buy the dlc... nor will.

 

It's just Cortez and Kaiden. What's the big deal?

 

To all who say the ending sucks watch the movie "What just happened". Maybe you'll get it.

 

Hi I'm BioWare and I was going to make a good ending to Mass Effect 3...














...but then I took an arrow to the knee.

 

No trolling will make me think otherwise on the craptastic of an ending that concluded a great 5-year span series. Nope.

Har Har Har!

 

That same rule applied in ME1 and ME2 when you were a female character being "nice" to other female characters. I don't remember people complaining then. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, I say.

 

Why no ME3 on Steam ?

 

A ManShep/Cortez/Kaiden 3-way in the shuttle-bay wasn't what i had in mind when i put my $80 down on the pre-order..

I can see how that would be annoying.. But it thought it only applied to FemShep/Liara?

EA owns Mass Effect, and they are trying to get Origin off the ground.

 

Didn't try the multiplayer, then wow that sucks even more if you can fight other players. Further reasons not to come close to this game.

I usually never play mutliplayer stuff except cs, and yeah i played it. And i got around few hours gameplay till i gave up, and its not my lack of appreciation, i've been playing deus ex 1 recently and i seem to be enjoying it and having fun ;-)

 

The multiplayer part in Mass Effect 3 is easily one of the best coop games i tried in a while.
It's way more fun than BuggyFail 3 too.

 

Me thinks you are not quite getting the whole point of ME..

Its not an action game, has a completely different dynamic. Have you played any of Bioware's other titles? They all have a similar pace..

 

The multiplayer is the most fun I've had since playing co-op defend in Ghost Recon 1. Love it.

If you don't want to get it on with the guys, don't flirt with them. Problem solved. Bioware doesn't have a duty to provide a ghey-and-bi-man-free universe for you to play in.

 

Thank you.
If people don't want to romance Kaidan or Cortez as male Shepard, then simply don't choose conversation options that would result in that - it's EASY to avoid before the flirting even starts (besides a three-way with them is not possible, only monogamous option - though I have to admit a triad would be great - what? Those kinds of relationships DO exist). Case closed - besides, that female reporter came on to my Shepard (an attempt I shot down immediately) and other females probably either show interest or you can start it up at some point with them (in a nutshell - plenty enough to go for everyone if you want to start a romance with someone - besides, ME1 women annoyed me with their constant flirting - oh yeah, Ashley didn't make it ).

For the record, I applaud Bioware for FINALLY doing it with ME... though I was puzzled as to why they never completed the said content in ME1 via DLC's (90% was already done and in the game - just locked/excluded due to that idiotic Fox issue that said it's a ' simulation' - sheesh) or included it in ME2 (though the dialogue is neutral enough along with the intimacy scenes to mod the game so it looks plausible).

Cortez's intimacy scenes (and the 'goodbye') do feel a bit rushed/shorter compared to Kaidan's.

Btw... is it just me, or is the face editor in ME3 a bit more limited?

 

I must be thick.. but the dialog for "Coming on" vs "Being a Friend" are a bit of gray area.. But.. It doesnt matter.. Just thought it was a bit annoying.. not a killer or problem. No problem at all with having romances any way the player wants it.. I just wish you could have chosen your orientation as a starting attribute to make the dialog and story flow a little better.

 

I love this game, but 2 things really annoy me;

- Lack of enemies, variety wise. Just seems I am fighting either Reapers or Cerberus.
- The Citadel and the pointless side quests within

I am already bracing myself for an awful ending ^^

 

TheBluePill

To my knowledge the dialogue gives you the option to steer conversations in different directions relatively early on.
Cortez is openly g*y (he never says it, but that much is seen at the mention of his husbands death in the initial conversation in the shuttle-bay). You can help him out through his grieving and still avoid the 'coming on' conversation at Purgatory bar if I'm not mistaken (you can pick the option that you are looking at the women/men early in the conversation) ... but given the way they wrote his personality (at the Purgatory bar), he's simply more open about approaching people (Kaiden is a romance interest for both male and female Shepard, and personality-wise he's more shy by comparison).

Choosing a sexual orientation from the get go seems like an option - but let's be frank, that would be solely for those who don't want to go through the inconvenience of picking a different dialogue option in-game (if it ever comes down to it in the first place)... this way, Bioware made it seem a bit more realistic (while keeping it tasteful at the same time) - and Cortez would still mention his dead husband early on in the conversation (which I suspect some people would find it enough of a reason to complain about either way - and you're back at square one).

GeoCake

Well, both Cerberus and the Reapers are the main threat... but since I don't know how far into the game you are, let's just say that there are other enemies besides those 2.

The Citadel missions were made a crucial part of collecting War Assets... though it can be tedious if you miss some (which can be a problem for your Effective Military Strength if you are not a multiplayer/coop type of person - like me).
Although I agree that Bioware could have integrated the side-quests a bit more into the overall story because looking for people on the Citadel who might have things to be found can be... a bit tedious.

 

I've never seen a game where a player who wanted to play a ghey character could toggle some game mode that would prevent hereto NPCs from trying to start a romance.

I've never seen a game where a player who wanted to play a female character and didn't want male characters hitting on her could toggle a switch so that they wouldn't attempt to hit on her.

This is no different.

It's not like one wrong choice in a dialogue decision tree and you're suddenly in the midst of an explicit love scene. Once you realize that you've inadvertently started to head down a romantic road, whether you're male or female and whether the NPC is male or female, you can just stop going down that road. I don't see that as an insufficient solution to the "problem" of inadvertent flirting, regardless of whether your character is male or female and regardless of whether the NPC is male or female.

 

When i played ME1 with my FemShep and Kaidan tried to hook up, i turned him down and then left him for dead on Virmire. xD