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>appearance: default
>name: John
>origin: Earthborn
>reputation: Sole Survivor
>class: Soldier

yep, it's gaming time.
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>>723839635
>playing anything after 1
Faggot
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>>723839635
>not Ruthless Colonist
I'm here to kill Batarians, saving the galaxy is a secondary objective at best
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>>723839635
Saw the trilogy on sale and I haven't played them in a while, might bite.
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>>723839635
cringe
>>723839913
based
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>>723839635
No sense tampering with perfection.
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>>723839635
you had me until
>>>>>>>>>soldier
that's some gay shit, go play manguard instead
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>>723839792
contrarian faggot
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>>723839635
Am I retarded for playing like this? I did this in mass effect. I also don't ever change any wallpapers on any device.
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>>723839792
>breathing after ME1
fake gamer
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>>723840735
Sit the fuck down, woman
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>>723841372
idk, i'm about to find out if it's retarded. playing it for the first time
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>>723839635
TBD
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>>723841478
I think I played as vanguard or something. I think that might be cooler. Those abilities are really satisfying to use.
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>>723841417
>hurting an innocent reporter
Nah.
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>>723841835
>innocent
>reporter
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>>723841417
This still makes me crack up till I'm in tears.
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>>723839792
2 has Tali romance and barely any Liara, which makes it objectively the best game in the series.
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>>723841478
dont pick sentinel. It's cucked in 2 and you're stuck with a dinky pistol until you finally find the carnifex
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>>723839635
>>appearance: default
>>name: John
>>origin: Colonist
>>reputation: Ruthless
>>class: Adept
Yup it's gaming time.
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>>723839635
>Reputation: War Hero
>Class: Vanguard
Fixed
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>>723842379
What? Sentinel is one of the best classes in 2. All the tech ones are goated.
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>>723842379
Sentinel is the single best NPC class though. Especially in 3. It’s remarkable how cucked you are if you have Ashley in 3 when Kaiden+Garrus just chew through Banshees and pretty much everything else.
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I play as custom Shepard.
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>appearance: 5P1.7WF.DTF.A2G.AAV.J8W.W1W.3PG.G79.AGA.147.85
>name: German
>origin: Earthborn
>reputation: Ruthless
>class: Soldier
>weaponfu: HWMA, Mattock, 3 sucks
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>>723839792
SPBP
Friendly reminder that a gamejourno is responsible for the casualization of Mass Effect.
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I loved the first game so fucking much.
Then 2 came out, it was k, but eeeh.
Then 3 came out.
Now I don't like the series anymore.
Just like that guy in the copypasta, I will always be mad.
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>>723842557
It's the best because you have a massive damage reduction that refreshes your shields and applies an overshield with a low cooldown.
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>>723842605
Soldier Shep, Ash and Garrus still rape tho.
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>>723842737
Oh, it's that asshole. Yet again.
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>>723841372
>tfw always end up making and playing as the cover art guy is every game with customization
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>>723842742
What makes 3 so bad?
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>>723839792
This is one of those things that sounds like contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism but it's actually true. Mass Effect 1 is the only ME that counts, Legendary Edition gives the game a slight gameplay upgrade and suddenly boom going from Mass Effect 1 to 2 feels like a huge downgrade. When you no longer have that wow-effect of "wow the gunplay feels so much better now", it really becomes obvious how normie-proofed and CoDified ME2 is. It goes from RPG to a total dudebro game
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>>723843073
Could you ask what makes it good? That would be a shorter list.
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>>723842846
Vanguard Charging+Nova
Kaiden proc’ing with reave
Garrus shredder ammo+amplified shot for armor

I breezed through Insanity.
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>>723843096
>dudebro is bad
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>>723843073
Empirical evidence suggests that the majority of butthurt fanboys wanted ME3 to be big cheesy self aware friendship and rainbows fest like the Citadel DLC only for the whole game.
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>>723842359
But Tali joins very late, and turns from a useful debuffer and unlocker into an incredibly niche anti-geth specialist with barely any missions to be shine.
And it's funny how every companion's ability in 2 is pretty much a shittier version of Shepard's.
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>>723839792
I will be the first to say 1 is the best by far, but 2/3 are overhated to the point of absurdity. Taking a singular Shep through all 3 games, shooting and fucking the whole time, is kino that has yet to be matched by any other game series. Yes, even with the retarded ending, because at least that final breath gives you enough to know Shep lived and had babies with his waifu. Genuinely how many franchises are there that give you that much? BG3 fucking killed the hero off-screen to a jobber and retconned all his accomplishments, KOTOR's story was lost to MMOslop, and the less said about Dragon Age the better. ME3's ending is better than what we get in modern times.
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>>723841417
Did they keep it in the remaster?
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>>723843271
But the Citadel DLC was only good at the very end when Tali got drunk.
>>723843371
All 3 of them.
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>>723843371
I woudn't know, never going to touch any remasters
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>>723843371
Yeah but they took that one feminist tumblr comic to heart and removed all Miranda butt shots.
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last nights thread was sick, a lot of good discussion and that one anon dumping old ME memes.
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>>723841835
>Journalist of any kind
>Innocent
LMFAO
Good joke
They are all scum
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>>723843469
>plays games at double digit framerates
Imagine being poor.
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>>723843168
I'm pretty sure Charge is the only reason I ever liked ME2, it was so goddamn satisfying.
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>>723843073
I finished the entire trilogy for the first time a while ago, and 2 was actually my least favorite - especially after 1.
>autistic cover-based combat with suicidal companions
>abilities no longer feel impactful
>planet scanning autism
>the worst Citadel
>deleted area map
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>>723840306
My nigga
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>>723843619
>>plays games at double digit framerates
>Imagine being poor.
?
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>>723843796
It was my favorite.
>awesome cover-based combat with suicidal companions
>abilities don't matter because you should be playing Soldier
>planet scanning kino
>the best Citadel
>deleted Liara
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Renegade with some paragon/neutral moments is the way to go.
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Soldier is definitely the weakest but definitely the most fun. Swapping between assault rifle and shotty just feels so good. It needed more meaningful skills though.
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>>723843948
The original release is limited to 62fps unless you break things horribly by raising it in the ini.
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>>723844058
It's not the weakest in any of the games. It maintains it's status as the dependable class throughout all 3 games. Not like adept where it went from busted to shit to good
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I have anti 2 fatigue
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>>723843796
It really bothers me that every game does 1-2 things much better than the others, but Bioware never unfucked themselves and combined all of the best parts into 1 game.
I just want the space adventure RPG feeling of 1 with the character relationships/dynamics of 2 and the combat of 3.
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>>723843471
Which is a good change honestly. There is really no way you can defend the butt shots on an artistic level, they contributed nothing to pretty much every scene they were in. It was really shallow and distracting. It was just there to get gamers dicks hard
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>>723844125
And? 60 fps is fine and there's no alternative to the og.
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>>723843073
I just didn't like it at all, the over arching story through it all and its conclusion felt really stupid and the gameplay felt retarded, and it pissed me off because there were a few bits and pieces that I really enjoyed.
Also, it starts off with Shepard coming out of some sort of trial or whatnot, that put me off because I knew nothing about, figured it might get explained later but nope. It was only after a some time later I found out it this was the follow up from some gay ass ME2 DLC, and that pissed me off further.
People complaining about "the ending" and BW caving in such a literal way after social pressure was a gud laff though, quite especially that bit about "shooting the space kid" they added out of pure spite after reading it off some lame ass comment from reddit or wherever the fuck, you could tell they were seething mad about it kek.
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>>723839792
I keep seeing anons say me1 and 2 are the best. What about Andromeda? All I know about it is Andromeda is supposedly more of ME1 with exploration but with shit waifus.
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>>723839635
>soldier instead of vanguard
Faggot alert
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>>723844234
I think the anti 2 guys are annoying, but don't you think the anti anti 2 guys are just as annoying?
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>>723839792
This. I stomached the entire trilogy but now I just cant have the heart to go past 1. The entire setting and Shepards motivations and body itself is mutiliated beyond repair and at the time, every retard on the planet clapped like seals and accepted it. Maybe its the shitskin buyout of EA but its sad that people are finally realizing it now when the damage is done.
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>>723844027
That's why I liked the change to LE where they reworked how the morality system functions and lowered the requirements. Still allowed me to be mostly renegade to others but paragon/neut to crew mates and in other situations when called for.

Probably flew under the radar for most people, but it certainly is/was great.
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>>723844374
60fps is poverty tier. I don't shop at dollar stores.
Jesus. You might as well play at under 4k.
>>723844423
>posting Clarence Boddicker when he liked ME2
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>can't have a Mass Effect thread without faggot ME1fags crying about how ME1 is the only Mass Effect game and faggot Andromedafags crying about how Andromeda is a Mass Effect game
grim, no place for Mass Effect fans
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>>723842425
This but with femshep
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>>723844837
>ME1 is the only Mass Effect
WAS the only Mass Effect.
Now you can't even play it either, it's been tainted by the rest.
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>>723844391
No because nearly every single thread except waifu threads always get derailed by 1fags having to shit on anything related to 2 or jumps down anyone's throat for suggesting 2 is a good game. It ruins every single thread and makes discussing 2 impossible when it just devolves into shitflinging between both sides.
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>>723843271
I cant stand citadel, its like a marvel movie with how much they are quipping
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>>723839635
>I have no creativity to create my own Shepard
>Yep, it's gaming time.

Talk about being a NPC.
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what the fuck? how did they get away with naming an NPC faggot? is bioware based?
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>>723845108
But 2 literally raped my mom.
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>>723839635
>John
Jew name. rename him Jason.
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>>723845142
>its like a marvel movie with how much they are quipping
that is the entire point of the dlc. it's supposed to be a light-hearted and on-the-nose adventure with all the companions you've spent 100+ hours with up until now before you go off on a mission that is going to kill you. it's pure fan service and it never intended to be anything but that. in a game where the entire setting is utterly depressing, it's a nice change of pace.

fine if you don't like it obviously
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>>723843073
Everything.

>>723843096
>Mass Effect 1 is the only ME that counts
You could play ME2 as a standalone and nothing else matters, because nothing else matters in the franchise.
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>>723845108
You have to not give a fuck and filter niggers on this board at some point anon. A lot of fags here are actual golems and the fact that you let them get the best of you is disappointing. I've filtered half the entire board of anything tendies or consoleshitter related as well as deltatroon and only leave steam, pc stuff.
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>>723843271
>>Empirical evidence suggests that the majority of butthurt fanboys wanted ME3 to be big cheesy self aware friendship and rainbows fest
2012 called, they want their talking points back
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>>723843619
>imagine still playing on consoles, and waiting for the remaster to play at a higher framerate
Grim
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>>723844026
>deleted Liara
It even let me delete Tali!
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>IMAGINE X
>NO, YOU IMAGINE Y
can you guys just stop talking like apes and start discussing the mako, thanks.
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>>723846232
>HRT detected
>killing best girl so she doesn't have to deal with you
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>>723847120
>Tali
>best anything other than corpse
let me laugh in human supremacy
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>>723839635
>make a custom character
>looks like a shaved monkey like every single other generic character
This is why I roll with Sheploo every time.
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what mods are essential for LE?
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>>723847521
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722918612/#722963456
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>>723847467
Are there really not any mods that improve custom characters or even let you change default Shepard’s hair?
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>>723847521
Combined Ammo Mod (no thermal clip in ME2 and 3)
One Probe All Ressources (ME2)
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>>723847521
the anon listed the essential ones, but there's still a lot of good QoL, etc. ones that are good for people who have already played through the game before. usually on nexus if you sort by popular and just go through the pages, you'll find a lot of stuff
>unlimited sprint
>keep shep's ME1 walking animations throughout rest of series
>unified liara face
>skip ME2 mini-games
>keeper quest/marking in ME1
>butt shot re-added
>casual hubs for ME2
>unlimited mako boost (amazing)
>Apartment Additions
>FISH
>infinite fuel (maybe?)
>ME2 mission results screen fix
etc. Lots to choose out there!
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>>723844297
>It was just there to get gamers dicks hard
that's a good thing and you need to dilate
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>>723848426
>Combined Ammo Mod (no thermal clip in ME2 and 3)
Not that guy but thank you. It ever even occurred to me someone had fixed this.
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>>723839792
ME2 is the best game in the series though, contrarian faggot.
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>>723847521
STOP FUCKING PLAYING THE DEMAKE KYS FAGGOT
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>>723848947
no :)
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>>723848947
i see no reason to play the older ones if mods can fix the messed up atmosphere. I have a modern pc why would i play the older version thats probably more buggy and just generally less compatible ? I already played them when they came out albeit on console
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https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/1624

another example of some of the cool mods you can find playing the LE
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>>723848947
I own the OGs but want to play on a controller
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>>723848848
ME2 was a downgrade. You couldn't explore the galaxy or have a proper RPG system anymore.
They even reduced the number of armors and weapons and removed the ammo types.
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>>723849204
Playing shooters on a controller on PC is like cutting your dick off, so you can attach a dildo.
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>>723848739
>>723848947
>>723849414
might want to work on being a lil' less angry, lil' pup.
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>>723849459
it's time to dilate newfag
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>>723849204
there's mods to do that in all 3 games on nexus
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>>723845602
Anthony padildo shepard
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>>723849459
>angry
Not angry, just disappointed.
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>>723842359
rent free kek
space gypsies rightfully get the rope in 3
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>>723849521
you are just saying buzzwords at this point with no coherence at all.
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>>723839635
After 500 hours I finally picked male shep earthborn
I didn't know shepard was a drug dealer back when he was a lil kid
Kinda based
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>>723849590
you are just making up genders at this point with no coherence at all
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>>723849316
ME2 is the best game ever made by bioware
Kill yourself you dumb retarded me1nigger
Your game is dogshit for low iq pretentious dipshits
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>>723839792
Based as fuck
>>723844387
>What about Andromeda?
It's dogshit, from its plot and story-development, companions.. don't even talk about companions, they are dogshit useless uninteresting retards
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>>723849694
nta. why bitching about it. ME2 was a clearly downgrade.

Dragon Age Origins and Kotor are way better than M
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>>723844387
>What about Andromeda?
one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. the gunplay was alright though
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ME1chuds are mad because ME2 made threir game obsolete.
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>>723849761
>nta but here the same retarded opinion
KILL ALL ME1NIGGERS
>Dragon Age Origins and Kotor
kek
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>>723849874
keep bitching about facts. you are the only mad retard here
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man I wanna play a fresh me1-me3 run but I can't decide between playing fem shepard for the first time or renegade male shep again but romanticizing jack the best girl
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>>723849923
>facts
LMAO ME1NIGGERS ARE THIS RETARDED
YOUR DOGSHIT OPINION IS ONLY A FACT IN YOUR RETARDED MADE UP REALITY
NIGGER
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>>723850051
FemShep
Renegade
Romance Garrus
Don't kiss no alien bitch before Garrus, slut
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ME1 had the best story, but the worst gameplay
ME3 had the best gameplay, but the worst story
ME2 had gameplay weaker than 3 but stronger than 1, with a story that was weaker than 1 but stronger than 3
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>>723850056
why the caps? we already know you are mad
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>>723850123
nah if I pick fem shep then I won't do any romance at all because it would be weird
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>>723850150
Once you know the story behind the trilogy development you get why ME1 is the best of the franchise. Not so hard to understand.

I feel pity for the consoletards whose first entry was ME2 or ME3
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>>723839635
If you played any game with a character creation tool with anything but default or a funny character, you are a tranny.
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>came for the blueberry when I was around 13-14
>realized it was fucking nothing
>but stayed because I actually love the gameplay
Definitely one of the best times for my teenage years. I played the hell out 1 and was hyped as fucked for 2, but then
>no thermal clip (this truly bothered me right from the start)
>nigger bossing me around
>no Wrex squadmate
>no Tali till almost the end
>no blueberry squadmate, and when you get to her she's boring and went fucking nuts, and not doing her planet last in ME1 nuts
>buy Shadow Broker DLC just to beat it in an hour or two with little payoff
>one of the few brightside is I can send the nigger into the vents during the suicide mission
I was severely disappointed to say the least, but still enjoyed 2. Legion was good, IM was good, and the whole "putting a squad together" thing was better for that one.
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>>723841417
They should add a similarly absurd option like this, but for both paragon and renegade on Mass Effect 4.
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>>723850745
Even if the custom character is male?
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>>723850891
Yes because that means you're unhappy with yourself.
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>>723850882
What if
Shepard was not a playable character
but his personality and actions/behaviors were based on your choices in the original trilogy
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>>723846038
Whining about being called out doesn’t make it untrue. If you frequented gaming forums at the time, the resounding response was “waaaaaah I want a happy ending where they party with ewoks on endor and shepard has a blue daughter!”
When the citadel dlc came out, all the shit eaters cheered and said “this should have been the ending!” Hence the “citadel epilogue mod” was born.
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>>723851214
>Whining about being called out doesn’t make it untrue
then why are you whining after being called out?
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>>723851548
I am stating facts. I was there when all the ME games launched and I saw first hand that everyone who complained was whining about how they wanted a sunshine and rainbows happy ewok dance ending.
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>>723851817
Man, whats with all this WHINING, bro?
Don't you know that doesn't make MY "facts" untrue?
Here are some more:
You weren't there :)
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>723851896
Goodbye, schizo.
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>>723839792
>OH NOES THEY TOOK AWAY MUH +2% PER LE POINT IN LE ABILITY SLOP RPG SYSTEM
You can literally finish ME1 without spending a single point in any ability, because it is designed to be retard proof. Only retards don't know that though.

>reduced the number of armors
Because it was a retarded system. You just get the Colossus Armor and you're done.

>removed the ammo types
This is still in ME2. lol
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>>723839635
Are you self-inserting? You're so mentally ill bro, you can't function in any society.
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>>723841417
I like how they had to reset the model to neutral, so he punches her, then just calmly walks back to where he was and turns around staring straight ahead
absolute unit
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>>723839635
>Demaster
ngmi
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>>723850882
>he thinks ME4 is happening after the fall of Bioware in the last 15 years and the sandniggers buying EA
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>>723844297
FAGGOT
There's a mod to restore it but the biggest crime is the dog shit lighting
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just over 4 hours in. some differences are a bit weird. a lot of the first game's systems seem streamlined, maybe to the point of being too simplistic -- can't decide yet. for example, i'm not sure how i feel about the number of skills being so greatly reduced (not sure if you get more skills later). on one hand in the first game i (soldier) flat out ignored the pistol/shotgun skills because they felt so useless compared to the assault rifle/sniper. on the other hand i do appreciate it when games give you options, even if the options aren't optimal
similarly, armour being removed is kinda weird. i understand that there were only two armour lines that were good in ME1 but maybe instead of just scrapping the idea they could've worked to fix that?
in general ME2's early game feels a lot easier than the first game. so far the base sniper has been strong enough to one shot almost all mooks, sometimes even without headshots. the only enemies that take more than one shot to kill are krogans and bosses. maybe i should turn up the difficulty because i haven't been challenged in even a single encounter yet. in ME1 there were a few nasty gank fights (like the asari ambush in the lab) where you could just get run down without a lot of time to react
as for the positives, i feel like the party members are a lot more alive than in the first game. time will tell if this feeling persists as the game progresses. in most bioware RPGs i've played, once you've exhausted a companion's dialogue tree and done their quest they're pretty much just static placeholders for the rest of the game. the game also feels a lot more fluid than the first game, which is nice i guess
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>>723839635
>not spacer
lmao, orphan bitch.
>sole survivor
shitty leader.
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>>723839635
this but vanguard
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>>723855595
i forgot to mention the scanning minigame. genuinely what the fuck were they thinking with that? it's so awful. i can kind of see the thought process (most planets in ME1 were the same copy-paste template and were kinda boring to explore) but they really couldn't come up with anything better than this?
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>>723839635
Funnily enough, players who play the game like this are more likely to be more immersed and sincere with the game.
No transbian coomer shit, and no irony poisoned streamer-like ugly goblin protag.
Just playing and enjoying the game as the devs intended.
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>>723839635
Literally me. Rolling with Garrus and Wrex every mission as soon as they're available. Save Wrex erry time. It's like a buddy cop movie. I've done 10+ playthroughs and it's always them, how the fuck can you take anyone else? Existential galactic threat: "lemme take the dumb bratty teenager or dork ass sentinel lmao". Fuck that, take the hitters.
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>>723852446
Toxic and hi ex ain't.
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>>723842605
Just properly stat up Garrus and he'll chew everyone on his own.
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>>723847297
Miri pussy
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Infuriated. These games are never going to be handled properly.
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>>723840017
just torrent it, dumbass
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>>723848739
God I hate this part of gamer culture so fucking much.
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>>723863193
it's not anyone else's problem that you cut your own dick off
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>>723843096
I like 2 as standalone game. But it's massive downgrade as rpg and as story.
Mass effect handles upstart humans quite well. It has xenophobia both ways. It shows humans struggling to understand and find foothold. After all. It has been only 30 years since humans encountered aliens.
But in 2. All that is gone. Even suposed human supremacy group is all buddy buddy. Humans are everywhere. Aliens accept them. It feels more like star wars.
And there is no longer that technological limit that 1 had. Where earth went all in and threw everything they had to make Normandy. In 2. Building new ship? Nothing burger
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>>723839635
I enjoyed every mass effect
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>>723843073
Gameplay feels too light. Story is poop. Ending is bad.
I dont hate it as much I hated it when it came out. I have even played it again 2 times over the years.
But it's still worst of 3.
I'm just laughing how shepherd fixes all the issues in galaxy same time he is fighting war of survival for whole galaxy.
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>>723863609
Based sincere enjoyer.
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slab bulkhead
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>>723842737
The same guy from the cuphead review? He has to be doing this on purpose.
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>>723841835
>journos
>innocent
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>>723849039
>I have a modern pc why would i play the older version thats probably more buggy
The demaster is full of animation and audio bugs across all 3 games you retarded zoomer and the "mods that fix the atmosphere" still don't make the games match the tone and look of the original
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>>723839792
FPBP
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Kai Leng
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>>723861704
You're goddamn right
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>>723863490
>But it's massive downgrade as rpg and as story
That's funny, because ME2 is a better RP experience than 1, and ME1's story is pants on head retarded.
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>>723869798
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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>>723842468
Sole Survivor is more kino because your Shepard starts his journey with a colossal failure on his first "real" mission. And yet despite this, Shepard is still able to shine. Because if you put anyone else in Shepard's shoes, they would've died. Shepard survived several Thresher Maws on foot. Alone. Utterly insane when you think about it.
Sole Survivor also nicely contrasts the rest of Shepard's story. Because his "failure" to save his team can be taken as the reason for he's such an utter badass who will go through hell and back to save his loved ones. So no matter what is thrown at Shepard, he's not only going to survive, but thrive: exactly the kind of leader that the galaxy needs in the face of the impending Reaper Invasion.
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>>723839792
it had so much sovl. fuck. i even bought me2 super ultra ce edition and it sucked
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>723869836
Not even worth a (you).
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>>723843619
one of the best trailer after deusexhr one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6ZMr2bMco
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>723870347
pathetic
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>>723869798
As nice as her textures and hair are, those 3d models ala rigid3d and so on make all female/futa characters in Mass Effect look too fat in the face.
Miranda has a sharp face.
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>>723839635
>origin: Earthborn
nah, i ain't playing a special widdle snowflake
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>>723870596
Earthborn is the least special origin there, from slums to military.
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>>723842967
You are me
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>>723843073
>What makes 3 so bad?
>Bad ending Its really not that bad, especially with the Extended Cut. People still upset about the ending are just salty that there was no happy ending where Shepard rides off into the sunset after beating the Reapers with the power of friendship
>A noticeable lack of player choice when it came to dialogue. It was super obvious, especially considering they straight up removed neutral dialogue options from the game.
>Forced personality traits on Shepard. People didn't like how the game forced you to have PTSD and be obsessed with a dead kid and Earth.
>Day 1 DLC for some content that added a lot of context and lore to the story (Javik, the sole survivor of an alien race wiped out over 50,000 years ago
>Udina and the Illusive man both suffer some pretty horrific character assassinations, though the story does give a decent reason for the Illusive Man's retardation later indoctrination
>Kai Leng - a ninja assassin OC that exists to derail your character. Under normal circumstances, a rival character would be great. But Kai Leng is covered in so much plot armor that everyone else in the room simply becomes retarded to make him look competent. For example, a sick and frail Thane charging at Kai Leng, when Thane has a gun and Kai Leng has a katana makes no sense.
>The Reaper's grand plan makes zero sense. We, a race of synthetics, are genociding trillions of organic races from existence, so that we can save organic races from being wiped out by synthetics. I'm not exaggerating either. This is the Reaper's unironic beliefs.
>The Reapers claiming that its impossible for humans and synthetics to coexist...when you can literally broker peace between the Geth and the Quarians
>Insane amount of railroading. The early part of the game especially feels linear as fuck (Earth->Mars->Citadel Hospital->Pavalen, you dont even get to go to the shop
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I prefer Spacer origin
I like having mom on space skype
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>>723843796
>cover-based combat
Skill issue. Vanguard and Sentinel especially almost never need cover if you're good, even on insanity.
https://youtu.be/JR7F_yPsMuw
https://youtu.be/hzd511Znuuo
https://youtu.be/QbsjrAgl9Dc
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>>723870564
That is true, these custom models aren't what they should be.
But also, the game models are old, show their age too much, and have issues with the morphs and the flexes, because they weren't made with those in mind, which severely limits the expressions these characters can make. Which isn't that good for the purpose these artists need these models.
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>>723870815
you mean space Microsft Teams, right?
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>>723870815
Spacer + Sole Survivor is pretty kino imo. I like the idea of Shepard coming from a prestigious military family, starry-eyed and full of hope and ambition, only for it all to be crushed on his first real mission, where his entire squad is crushed, and Shepard himself barely survives.
I like to head canon >>723870209 so that Shepard is a piece of coal that was forged into the diamond we see in Mass Effect I, with the willpower and tenacity needed to save the galaxy
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>>723844240
It's called Mass Effect: Andromeda dude
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>>723870209
>>723871109
Backgrounds are such an underrated element towards deciding how to roleplay Shepard. It provides a whole host of unique motivations that can align with or contrast the play style you end up going with.
A ruthless paragon can be a Shepard who was disgusted with himself after the events of Torfan and who strives to do better, whilst a war hero renegade can be someone who grew disillusioned with the state of affairs and the way he and the alliance were being treated by the council.
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>>723839635
>not Earthborn War Hero
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RAPE!
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>see jack in 3
>she punches you then makes out with you in front of her students
>tongue-fucks you in the helicopter in front of them as well
>make out with her while a cool explosion happens in the background
yeah

im thinkin she's my girl
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>>723842737
>Takashi
END OF RINE
---------------RINE ENDS HERE
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>>723849316
Who cares about that gay shit?
Real men, real gamers, want more choices, character interactions, and most importantly well written romance in their RPGs
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>>723843073
A ton of retarded retcons, dogshit story and dialogues (muh EARTH, WE FIGHT OR WE DIE, everything related to the Crucible), almost everything the player's done over the 3 games being reduced to War Assets, recurring characters being killed off via emails or fucking TWITTER and of course everything surrounding the ending, both the original as well as the EC one, since BioWare was incredibly spiteful over having to make it in the first place.
To name but a few.
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>>723874360
>almost everything the player's done over the 3 games being reduced to War Assets
I never really saw this as a bad thing. Decisions in 1 carry over into 2 a lot and are brought up frequently, same goes with 1/2 going into 3 (outside of war asset stuff.)

Having yet another bonus for doing certain actions throughout the game is never a bad thing, especially when it's needed to get the best ending.
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>>723874683
>yet another bonus
Except War Assets weren't "another bonus", they're the only acknowledgment you got for a great many things you did throughout 1 and 2 and even 3. No actual gameplay or story relevance, just a statistic. Which was what I said to begin with so I don't understand how you thought your reply made any sense.
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Is it bad that my most memorable mass effect threads on /v/ is during the andromeda release?
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>>723874857
My point was that they aren't the only acknowledgement of Y action you did in ME1. Those actions are constantly referenced throughout the games prior to the ending, which is what people expect when you do Y in a video game you get X result in the world.

What are you not getting here? How many more times should a player get rewarded for doing something 2 games prior? It's talked about in conversations prior and also used as a war asset in the end. What fucking scope do you expect where every small action Shep takes throughout 3 games has some giant payoff that is constantly mentioned throughout the remaining playthrough? Should the planets all suddenly change after every single quest and every NPC's dialogue get changed as a result? Can you fucking read what I wrote or are you just being obtuse?
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>>723843271
I remember the main complaint about the ending being that all your choices boiled down to getting three different colours of endings and that's it, not about it not being a happy ending.
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>>723843271
I wanted the potential endings of 3 to be not written by a complete pair of retards who thought they were smart, but that's what we got.
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>paragon
>kill the rachni queen
>kill the krogan
>destroy ending
I have solved the future of the galaxy.
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Reapers? In MY cycle?
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>>723878747
It's more likely than you think.
Primitive
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>>723874972
No. The shitposting and memes endeared the game to me, now I actually like it more than the trilogy
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>>723839635
>"reputation: Sole Survivor"
>can't bring up Akuze once in the entirety of 2, can't confront TIM or Miranda with it
Mass Effect 2 was a mistake


>>723839792
fpbp /thread
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>>723878996
It's not like I like you or anything, p-primitive. M-maybe there's something your species is g-good -a-at.
*runs away to wash shaking hands*
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>>723839635

Men are so disgusting I can't imagine anyone would play male Shepard.
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>>723839635
>name john
>not commander
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>>723843073
Not much given it's better than 2, be it narratively or especially mechanically
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>>723839635
Yup. That's John Shepard. It's [This weapon doesn't have a thermal clip.] time.
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>>723879231
Akuze was redacted away from Shepard's mind. It wasn't important, you see.
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>>723840017
Legendary Edition requires an internet connection and is a downgrade in many places. Don't give them a fucking cent. ME1 is the only one that counts and it was better when it at least tried to pretend to be a shitty rpg.
The VR challenges in the pinnacle station dlc were actually pretty good.
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>>723879291
It's funny when you make him a gay slut because that makes Mark Vanderloo very angry. Always read your contracts.
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>>723879257
Lel.
Every time.
I'll never get tired of him dunking on the Asari or Salarians.
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>>723874972
Would you Wife her /v/?
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No other games has done this
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>>723845819
>>723869836
You have utterly shit taste and you killed the franchise
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>>723879528

Mark Vanderloo is a faggot though
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>>723839635
>>723839792
>track stop noises
>Now you might be wondering, how did I end up in this situation? That's a long story.
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>>723839635
>ME2
ew

>>723839792
I fucking kneel


>>723842742
>Then 2 came out, it was k
You are part of the problem

>>723843073
It's the second best game in the franchise by virtue of 2 and Andromeda existing. Read >>723170238
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I like Jade Empire :)
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>>723849316
ME2 ""fans"" don't like RPGs, anon
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should i be playing the original games or would legendary edition be good enough?
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>>723843073
It dared try to be more of an RPG after the last one went full Gears, and schizos that treated ME as a romance simulator didn't like how it remembered for the first time after 5 years what the plot was supposed to be about.
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>>723839792
Unfathomably based 1 > 3 > 2 btw
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>>723845108
>1fags having to shit on anything related to 2
You ever wonder why that is? Surely it's not because 2 threw everything 1 built up out the fucking window?
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wanna have sex human?
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>>723870726
>A noticeable lack of player choice when it came to dialogue
Where was my choice not to join Cerberus in 2?
>The Illusive man suffers some pretty horrific character assassination
The Illusive Man was godawful garbage from the get go and you were fooled by Martin Sheen's cool voice enough to not pay attention to the utterly retarded script he was always given
>The Reapers claiming that its impossible for humans and synthetics to coexist...when you can literally broker peace between the Geth and the Quarians
"But I did have breakfast this morning?"
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>>723880136
>beacon
Beacon knowledge was a one time use thing. There's no more practical value to it after Shepard learns it.
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>>723839913
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>>723876778
You're objectively correct, but then they will introduce a new threat that could've been defeated only by a zerg rush of krogans and rachni.
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growing up is realising kotor was better all along
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>>723843271
People will say you're wrong then install MEHEM
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>>723851817
Some "people" whined about not having a happy ending. Most people rightfully complained about the ending being lame.
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>>723880406
Not with the way 2 was written, no. Hey, remember the cipher? Neither did Mass Effect 2.
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>>723847521
In addition to what others said Mello is a must since it brings back ME1's original lighting. Unfortunately the other two games still have shit lighting no one fixed yet.
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>>723839792
/thread
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>>723880720
And what would you read with it? A list of conveniently and easily accessible logistical reports in the Collector Base or ship, presumably still written in Prothean?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z--ic2lQzg
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>>723880662
Shepard survives in MEHEM, but otherwise it's just a non-retarded Destroy ending. Pretty much on the level of ME1 ending.
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>>723844058
I ended up picking Soldier in all three games because my line of thought was something like:
>But what if I wanna use Sniper Rifles in open spaces and Shotguns close up
And that I could just rely on my squad to use powers to get past gimmicky enemies/encounters, whereas I can only really rely on myself to prioritize targets for general dispatch.
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>>723842742
>mad about 3
>clapped when 2 opened up with the Normandy blowing up and Shepard dying
Were you 12 when you first played through the franchise?

>>723844297
>There is really no way you can defend the butt shots on an artistic level
Miranda is a vixen and her sexuality is part of the character. The camera angle reinforced that. You cannot pull the "artistry" card when the buttshot is the *original*, intended camera angle.


>>723844375
>the over arching story felt really stupid and the gameplay felt retarded
More or less retarded than the retconned in Collectors, retconned Cerberus, the sidequest main quest and the human reaper with an even more downgraded combat
>it starts off with Shepard coming out of some sort of trial that put me off because I knew nothing about, figured it might get explained later
If you don't play the DLC Anderson outright tells you the trial is because of all the non-Alliance shit you pull off in ME2 as a whole

>>723844837
>can't have a Mass Effect thread without ME1chads stating how ME1 is the only Mass Effect game
Thank fuck

>>723849694
>ME2 is the best game ever made by bioware
BG2
KOTOR
ME1
DAO

>>723879231
kek the only time Akuze is brought up in 2 is to throw it in Shepard's face during LotSB and for Shepard to defend Cerberus in auto-dialog

>>723879624
>blue parasite wrapped around my cock
I'd shoot it in the head first chance I had
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>>723882360
>I'd shoot it in the head first chance I had
>not saying chance I've got
botched the rhyme
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>>723879231
>BioWare's very own default Shepard is Earthborn, Sole Survivor
>literally the go-to Shepard backstory, the closest to canon there is
>ME2 ignores Sole Survivor when the entire game is about Cerberus
>ME3 banks hard on Earthborn with Shepard having a sadboner for Earth to the utmost degree
Funny seeing the 180 game to game. I'd rather the latter to the former personally, better to care too much than to not care at all.
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>>723839635
>not war hero for maximum batarian body count
You're not the real Shepard if you're not driving Batarians to extinction
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>>723881067
>And what would you read with it?
Whatever the writers could come up with, back when the world was their oyster. Certainly not forget about it to go care about a random plot about kidnapped settlers the Alliance doesn't care about for some reason (no, you never meet any of the settlers you supposedly need to care about, the one dude you talk with in 40 hours of play time is an asshole)
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>>723879632
Funny. There was so much hope, optimism and good will from the fanbase coming out of ME2, you'd think it'd save Bioware by itself. If only EA hadn't bought them. No, it's everything that came after ME2, including DA2, that killed the franchise.
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>>723880663
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>There was so much hope, optimism and good will from the fanbase coming out of ME2
No different than retards stating STAR WARS IS BACK!!!!!!!!1 after The Force Awakens came back. In both cases, it took years but people finally looked back and realized the rot set in from the get go
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>>723883087
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I love how humans went from being technologically far behind the other council races in ME1 to a small human splinter group like Cerberus having more advanced tech than anybody else in ME2 and 3.
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>>723883774
People thought TFA sucked when it released, you're just taking viral marketing as general opinion in hindsight. The only thing people liked about that movie was a 30 second segment with a throw away mook.
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>>723879661
Mark is a married man, and has a son.
He just doesn't care about Mass Effect, because it is just a minor side-gig revenue stream for him.
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>>723883959
It's an entertaining popcorn movie that doesn't hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.
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>>723883959
>People thought TFA sucked when it released
You're a revisionist moron if you don't remember (or weren't there) when TFA was sucked off daily, weekly, monthly post-release by every outlet and 90% of "fans" alike
https://youtu.be/AvsiJppCdmk?t=171
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>>723884129
30 seconds of a movie with a run time of ~2 hours was entertaining, the rest was boring, annoying or cringe.
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>>723883959
>>People thought TFA sucked when it released
No, it wasn't until TLJ that the issues with TFA became largely apparent to people. Like, looking back, TLJ shattered the veneer of the entire story that far, and made it obvious that it also had no way to go forward. It is amazing to think that one movie could do so much wrong and damage.

But that was not and is not the case with ME2.
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>>723884196
>>723884254
>you're just taking viral marketing as general opinion in hindsight
It was panned by fans.
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>>723884254
'shattered the veneer'? i think 'dispelled the glamor' is more apt.
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>>723884446
No it wasn't, and you still haven't provided any evidence. Look up 90% of TFA reviews on YouTube between 2015 and 2017 and tell me they're overtly negative or critical of the film and that people weren't hyped for TLJ because of it, moreso than the prequels had been liked for the last decade
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>>723884659
Again!
>you're just taking viral marketing as general opinion in hindsight
The movie was shilled to hell and back
>inb4 schizo
Disney had every reason since they had just spent 4 billion dollars buying the IP.
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>>723884659
>fans
>jewtube reviews
pick one.
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>>723880036
legendary is good
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>>723884749
>>723884763
I will accept the concession
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>>723884868
Is this concession in the room with us right now?
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>>723884263
god I love those drumsticks
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>>723839635
Honestly being a biotic class is fun but it's pointless. Like oh shepard isn't your biotics comparable to jack, why aren't you don't shit and just acting like a commando? Is it because we were too lazy to actually care about what choices you make. Yes.
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>>723884167
I've tried all of them.
Only Soldier, Vanguard and Sentinel are my favourites. Infiltrator and Engineer close behind.
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I don't like Vanguard
it makes the game way too fucking easy, literal babby mode
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>>723884763
>the fans aren't the youtube reviewers
>they aren't the youtube comments agreeing
>they aren't the twitter posts agreeing
>they aren't the reddit posts agreeing
>they aren't the independent movie forums agreeing
>they aren't the people interviewed in the cinemas agreeing
So who is it? Who hated TFA in 2015, made it known to a large audience and had that audience agree and share said sentiment?
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>>723880036
Legendary modded with Unofficial/Community patches, MELLO, Pinnacle Station, and Myriad Pro Begone.
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>>723885097
>real people aren't mass media shills
getting there
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>>723885221
You could've just said you're a contrarian looking for (You)s fren, would've finished this sooner
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>>723880036
Legendary is an absolute fucking mess, and if you're to mod the games for a first playthrough might as well mod the originals. Modded demaster will never look as good as modded originals, as it is missing mods like MERLIN
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Still remember my 1st playthrough
>Custom appearance
>Eartborn
>War Hero
>Soldier
>Liara in 1
>Tali in 2 and 3 since Liara fucked off
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I am once again asking why they nerfed Talis hips so much after 1 while giving every other main girl 4 times their tit size at the same time
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>>723839635
>Be me
>Middle name John
>Can self insert
Yep, it's me, I'm him.
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>>723885785
Blueberry buttcheeks or gypsy hips?
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>>723880036
LE gets alot of hate here but it's overblown. Sure the originals are better but they're alot more work. Getting the LE on the deck and modding them is so much quicker.
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>>723885408
>as it is missing mods like MERLIN
The guy who did MERLIN already made MERLIN for Legendary:
https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/1500
Legendary has various other improvements and bugfixes that aren't possible in the originals and is a lot more stable on top of it. Pretty much all modding is for LE now. The only problem I noticed when I last played was a bug with npc walk animation cycles that is difficult to notice and I believe that's been fixed in the last patch update. Unless you're on console or really love ME1's UI there's virtually no reason to play the originals over legendary.
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>>723886086
Modding the OGs and the LEs is precisel the same amount of work. They both work with ME3Tweaks, they both require ALOT to be installed with its own launcher.
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>>723841417
GOTTDAMN
You got knocked the fuck out
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>>723886327
Maybe on desktop PC but I tried modding the OGs on the deck and it was a pain in the arse. With LE you can do all three games at once.
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>>723866902
>you retarded zoomer
i played the originals on console when they came out how could in be young enough to be a zoomer dumbass
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>>723886097
>"The guy who did MERLIN already made MERLIN for Legendary"
>posts MELLO
lmfao. Also:
>last updated 2023
>"To Do: Fix nuke explosion on Virmire, fix LE's lack of foot prints, fix eye materials, finish off side planets internal levels and real-time lights"
So it's unfinished, got it
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>>723839635
Close but

>Origin: Spacer
>Reputation: War Hero
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>>723886327
>>723886494
what a fucking disaster
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tfw will never have a blueberry wife with a fat schlong..
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>>723839635
My Shepard always has a Mommy. :^)
I like it when she emails and visits me.
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just fuck my art direction up
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>>723843603
>>723865680
Journalism really got their entire reputation ruined by shill journalism and tabloid journalists.
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>>723886494
>So it's unfinished
It fixes all broken lighting in the LE aside from one visual effect in one cutscene that still exists, just looks slightly different. There are already dozens of eye texture mods out there, including LEUITM which was also made by the same guy. I thought that the footprints thing was fixed either by Bioware or the unofficial patch, but I'm not sure on that. LE isn't perfect, but the issues that remain are very minor compared to the absolute shitload of stuff fixed in the unofficial patch which was never fixed in Recalibrated.
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>>723839792
1 sucked fucking cock
a billion side fetch quests, the citadel has a retarded layout, combat is objectively the worst out of the three
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>>723855516
>the sandniggers buying EA
Can't wait for the tali romance to be canon.
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>>723839635
Holy fucking based
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>>723887376
The Citadel has a great layout, it has fewer fetch quests than 3 and it can't have the worst combat in a series where 2 exists.
Any other retarded takes you wanna share or are you done?
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>>723887676
>uh no because no
>actually, no
>you're wrong because you're wrong
great arguments there, as expected from a /v/ contrarian
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>>723887676
>it has fewer fetch quests than 3 and it can't have the worst combat in a series where 2 exists.
ME1 is great, it doesn't need your retarded exaggerations to make it sound better.
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>>723839635
I have the urge to replay the Legendary Edition or whatever it is called. I haven't played any of the games since ME3's release. I never even placed 3's DLC/Changed Ending.
However, I know there is no shot I am getting through 3 games. I'd be lucky to get to 2, and I like 2.
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>Tali is cutest girl
>But can't be romanced in 1
>Liara is pretty good
>Can be romanced in 1
>Barely in 2, but romance can technically be continued
I wish Tali were an option in all 3 games or Liara was just a party member in 2.
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Should I play the original or buy the remaster on steam? I recently played Final Fantasy 8 and had to make the same decision, went with the original and with all the mod support and SOVL art style, that turned out to be the correct choice
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>>723888298
If playing 3 games feels like a chore you should do something else for a good while.
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>>723888463
If you're able/willing to mod, then Legendary. It's a shit port, but the amount of mod support is far above and beyond what's available for the originals. The Myriad Pro Begone mod in particular adds so much more sovl to 2 and 3.

The crucial mods to get are: unofficial/community patches, ALOT, MELLO, LEUITM, Pinnacle Station, Genesis Intro Dialogue Undo, Eden Prime Red Sky Restored, Remove Feros Color Filter, and Myriad Pro Begone. There's a lot of other good stuff but that's what I'd suggest for a first/vanilla playthrough. Modding is a bit weird because you need separate programs for content/texture mods, but there are quite a few guides available.
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>>723888463
It doesn't really matter either way, they both end the same
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I'm starving for alien pussy bros, what to do
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>>723889186
I'll take this anger to the grave.
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>>723839635
Is Shepard the only create-a-character default that looks better than anything you can make in the creator?
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>>723888463
Legendary Edition adds the explosive and cryo rounds that actually make 1 gunplay fun
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>>723889716
No, those were in the original. Legendary added different fire rates to different gun brands.
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>>723889412
Only the grave?
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>>723889889
Really? I must have memoryholed them
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>>723888463
remaster with MELLO and unofficial patches and other mods.
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>>723890054
I don't know what happens after the grave.
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>>723888463
Original
Ignore any retarded indian telling you to play the Demaster
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SHEPURD
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>>723890114
It's easy to forget, especially since there's virtually no reason to ever not use the ones that give disgustingly massive damage bonuses to organic/synthetic enemies.
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>>723888463
original and don't listen to any morons telling you to JUST MOD THE LEGENDARY EDITION BRO there's fuckloads of bugs that are literally impossible to fix like all the dialogue in Mass Effect 1 just sounding worse for no reason because they either didn't convert it or compress it properly when making the demaster version
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>>723890441
>all the dialogue in Mass Effect 1 just sounding worse for no reason because they either didn't convert it or compress it properly
what the fuck? since when was this ever a thing?
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>Zoomers ITT actually defending the dogshit remaster that's based off the PS3 port

Imagine if you had Indians defending the ports for Oblivion and New Vegas on the PS3 as the "definitive versions" because some other indians had ported them to the PS5?

https://youtu.be/ftkWSz-Gqj0
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>>723888463
Original, easily. Like it's not even an argument: it's the way the games were meant to look like out of the box, not with an ugly UE4 wrapper you need to go out of your way to mod out
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>>723887358
>It fixes all broken lighting in the LE
All lighting that's not broken in OG. Also, still not MERLIN
>aside from one visual effect in one cutscene
Doesn't sound like what the mod author stated two years ago, when it was last updated
>LE isn't perfect
You can say that again

>>723888463
>went with the original and with all the mod support and SOVL art style, that turned out to be the correct choice
Play the original, 200%
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>>723888463
if you have access to the originals just play the originals
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>>723890525
https://youtu.be/Hhbv5WrN3p4

There also was a bunch of audio desync and crackling issues at launch that have supposedly been somewhat fixed through patches

I wouldn't know I refunded the demaster when I loaded up eden prime and noticed nobody had shadows for some fucking reason
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>>723890705
>Cutscenes constantly have broken animations and missing entire fucking models/characters
>"BRO JUST PLAY THE DEMASTER MAN WHAT'S THE PROBLEM!?!??!"
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>>723890846
>All lighting that's not broken in OG.
>Also, still not MERLIN
nigger the fucking purpose of MERLIN is to fix the lighting that was broken in the OG port.
>Doesn't sound like what the mod author stated two years ago
>two years ago
yeah and things have changed in two years.
you can look up LEUITM on the mod author's profile, and it includes improved eye textures.

>>723890994
that's an echo effect, because that conversation takes place in a huge room. if anything it's the original that's the bug for not having it.
the crackling is present in original ME1 as well, it's a common issue depending on your audio drivers/devices. there are shitloads of threads about it. LE did add additional audio issues for the new surround sound thing but iirc those were also fixed after launch.

>>723890705
>>723891359
why are you posting unmodded screenshots? nobody here is talking about the unmodded games because no matter what version of the game you're playing there are going to be significant problems without mods.
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>>723843073
It has the best gameplay, the best squad selection due in part to that, and a return to form with the plot. If you're one of those people that hated how the plot was derailed with the Collector autism you'll like how the galaxy finally fucking remembers that Sovereign was meant to be the harbinger of a bigger force
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>>723892238
>the fucking purpose of MERLIN is to fix the lighting that was broken in the OG port
No it is not, it's to add effects that were only present in the 360 version of the game. In simpler terms:
>OG ME is 1 and MERLIN brings it to 1.5
>LE ME is 0.5 and mods bring it to 1
>"yeah and things have changed in two years"
That why MELLO hasn't been updated since 2023?
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>>723839792
1 is if you actually wanted to play an RPG
2 is if you want to play an action game/cover shooter
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>>723892950
MELLO is based on the og xbox lighting, they're made by the same person.
>That why MELLO hasn't been updated since 2023?
How the fuck should I know? The only question that matters is "how many issues are still present" and the answer as far as I've been able to tell is "less than in the original".
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>>723855516
>he thinks ME4 isn't happening
>he thinks his favorite franchise isn't going to get resurrected and zombified into a shambling abomination to be milked for a few more dollars
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>>723893249
>they're made by the same person
And yet it's MELLO, not MERLIN, because it's attempting to restore the OG's games lighting that was already present in the OG release
>How the fuck should I know
I'll accept the concession
>less than in the original
Whatever let's you sleep at night
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>>723893439
>resurrected and zombified into a shambling abomination to be milked for a few more dollars
Andromeda did this already
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>>723885117
Fag.
Now here's what real hot blooded males do.
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>>723843469
My brother
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>>723893612
>And yet it's MELLO, not MERLIN
>Mass Effect Restored Light & Illumination Natively (MERLIN)
>ME1LLO (Mass Effect 1 Legendary Lighting Overhaul)
It's MELLO because that includes Legendary in the name and sounds better than LERLIN or MELRLIN you fucking retard.
Both mods restore dynamic lighting. MERLIN did a few other things like texture improvements that are now obsolete with Legendary and other mods.
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>>723892238
>hat's an echo effect, because that conversation takes place in a huge room. if anything it's the original that's the bug for not having it
Nope retard check the comments the echo effect is throughtout the whole game as seen here where other retards like you try to make excuses for the demaster even back then

Stop defending indian demasters based on fucking PS3 ports and no the surround issue was never officially fixed meaning that surround on ME1 demaster for the console versions was never implemented
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Love this retarded raging indian
>NO THE DEMASTER IS SLIGHTLY LESS SHIT IF YOU MOD IT TO BE MORE LIKE THE ORIGINAL GAME

okay then why wouldn't you spend that time modding the original to look better using the texture packs that Bioware themselves used as reference for the demaster?
You get the original intended experience and don't have shitloads of bugs and censorship?
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>>723895121
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4OZy6ukXfO8
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>>723894793
>"no it's everywhere trust me bro"
There's no reverb in other scenes, that's bullshit. Pull up any video and see for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsqygjqVNc0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMXupaBTUw

In those clips the LE does sound more compressed, but there's certainly no extra reverb. And in other videos they sound the same or slightly better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPeZ9d_3C1I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG1JGJqb184

The audio issues in the LE were well documented on release, and found to be a problem with high quality audio devices and surround sound. IIRC these were mostly problems that existed in the original ME1 but weren't as common because of the hardware at that time. There are ways to work around them but they depend on your specific audio setup, you can find guides on this everywhere.

>>723894952
>okay then why wouldn't you spend that time modding the original
Because the original has a shit UI, worse guns, jank mako that glitches out all the fucking time, that annoying foodstep echo bug, worse loading, worse thresher maw fights, immunity spam that makes the game painful to play on higher difficulties, no elevator skip, and countless other tiny little bugs that weren't or couldn't be fixed in the original.
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quarians have permanently ruined me
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>>723896187
>mako
>Jank

Kys zoomer we're not playing your shit demaster
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>>723839635
Sole survivor is the shittiest origin
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>>723896359
I don't even waifu Tali but I can't deny she's built for sex
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>>723896745
Tali is built to get fucked by Clifford
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>>723896720
>we're now pretending that mako controls and handling wasn't shit
I hate this fucking community.
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>>723896871
Go back to Mumbai faggot
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>>723897018
zoom zoom
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>>723885931
>Blueberry buttcheeks or gypsy hips?
BPD skinhead gf
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>>723897983
my nigga
she's so fucking pretty
and in desperate need of cuddles
and since it's a game you can actually fix her with your dick
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>>723896871
skill issue. It would charge like a rhino and float like a butterfly with KB+M
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>>723839792
Sure is a lot of samefaggotry and contrarianism in here
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>>723898973
There should be psych studies done on ME fans. 3's ending was so fucking shit I think it actually mindbroke half the fans into coming up with the most insane contrarian takes on the series. And they're the lucky ones, others became Andromeda fans.
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How did this thread devolve into shit flinging and accusations of being Indian (barf) thrown at everyone on all directions?
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>>723899694
idk, we should talk about Jack instead

I really really want to kiss Jack
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>>723894952
>why wouldn't you spend that time modding the original to look better using the texture packs that Bioware themselves used as reference for the demaster
That's the part that always kills the non-argument, especially because most of the time people asking what version to play are doing so for a first playthrough so "muh LE has the newest mods that change areas and add armors and other stuff!" doesn't even work for someone whose first playthrough should be the closest to vanilla as possible



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