Well, what about Shepard?
>>741484974I could go for a shepherd's pie right now
>>741484974>Tell me more about the ShepardI nearly threw my keyboard into the screen. Rest in piss!
>>741484974I used to think that mass effect 1 was the best one, but now, years later, I'm having a lot more fun replaying 2 than I had replaying 1I suspect the sense of adventure and discovery was so good in the og that it captured my imagination
>>741484974>Well, what about Shepard?>He impregnated 200 Asari women last time he visited the Citadel>I'll make the call...
>>741484974
>>741484974>fade in>we're at a cabin in a quiet remote area by a lake>a man is chopping wood outside, his back turned to the camera>an Alliance hovercar lands nearby>Hackett rides out in a hoverchair and approaches the man>"I'm here on behalf of Alliance command. It's time for you to return to the fold for a new mission">the man says "not my problem" his back still turned, and splits another piece of wood in half with an axe>Hackett thoughtfully pauses for a moment then continues: ''We need you. Humanity needs you. The batarians are demanding we stop their extermination, they are out of line''>the man stops, jams the axe in the chopping block, and turns around>it's old man Shepard>he says "Now that's my problem">Hackett smiles>"Good to know age hasn't mellowed you out, Admiral-Commander. Consider yourself reinstated. Hack it out.''MASS EFFECT: ERADICATION
>>741485507lol i just can't imagine a grizzled mark meer voice
>>741485361FURFAG AND HIS MINIONS HAVE SEIZED THE PRECINCT OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM
>>741484974What can we say about Shepard? He was Shepard.
>>741485007>Mom used to make the best shepherd's pie>Live by myself so I never get to experience it anymoreThe freedom I have comes at a cost.
>>741484974It's too bad Mass Effect never got a sequel. It had potential.>b-but my gears of war clone with a story that's mostly ESL fanfic tier garbageYup, it's just too bad.
>>741484974what ABOUT Shepard?
he a homo
>>741484974>Earthborn, but no record of his family>doesn't have one. He was raised on the streets, learned to look out for himself>he saw his whole unit die on Akuze, he could have some serious emotional scars>every soldier has scars. Shepard's a survivor>is that the kind of person we want protecting the galaxy?>that's the only kind of person who *can* protect the galaxy>I'll make the call...
it's kinda crazy that I can pretty much recall and play the entire ME soundtrack in my head but only a couple of tracks for 2 and 3
>>7414866012 repeates the Suicide Mission theme ad nauseam. 3 had some neat synth tracks, but yes as with everything else in the franchise sans gunplay, everything peaked with 1.https://youtu.be/KdJaaQTij28https://youtu.be/xgz1DBAa2J8https://youtu.be/6VHvPi0yBOk?t=89https://youtu.be/Eqk7B72iIUMhttps://youtu.be/yy36CaYBHJohttps://youtu.be/fcuzMLMZNYc
>>741486094make one yourself you pathetic manchild
>>741486761I don't buy potatoes.
>>741487195What, do you have a moral objection to the fucking irish? Potatoes are one of the most efficient and versatile foods.
Worth it? I never played em
>>741486601Shame they fell for the orchestra meme. Yeah, the final run is pretty memorable, but the Vangelis style of 1 makes almost all the tracks memorable.
The hero we fucking deserve.
>>741487748It's a demaster.
>>741484974>she's a tough bitch. spent five months in batarian captivity, barely had any effect on her.
>>741484974And what of good Solonius?
>>741487748I recommend these mods
>>741487748Are the games worth it? YesIs the Legendary Edition specifically worth it? Ehhhhhh it depends on your stance on both pirating and modding imo. If you're fine with the former, pirate the originals. If you're fine with the latter, mod the Legendary Edition to look like the originals (and even then it'll never really be the same, lighting's too changed). Also the remaster has bugs that haven't been fixed yet, one of them no joke like 10 seconds before the credits roll in ME3.
>She was captured alive and raped for 3 weeks before being sliced up and left for dead, somehow she survived.>No, Captain Anderson, that was your first Spectre mission...
>>741487840>"NOW WE SOUND LIKE A MOVIE!!!!">no memorable songs in any game unless they are deliberately trying to be 'video game music'
>>741488009Does this affect only the first game?
>>741486501No, no, no; has to be Earthborn War Hero.
>>741490105>War Herofeels unearned and hollow
>>741490060Affects 1 the most, but 2 and 3 are also affected in their own ways. Picrel is 2.
>>741490105Earthborn/Sole Survivor is the best Shep
>>7414851802 was shifted to being more videogamey and less of an open adventure than 1, and it suffered from a forced dose of dei and girlboss cringe
>ywn play mass effect for the first time again
>>741490345Christ. The barest modicum of effort, if that even. A cash grab. I remember Mass Effect when it first released. Felt like I was playing a movie.
>>741488203Damn son, that's a lot of mods. You're not fond of MEHEM, I suppose? Also, there are some nice cosmetic mods that restore the ME2 female Cerberus uniforms to Normandy crewmates, as well as a mod that gives ME3 Ashley her ME1 bun back. There are also some nice big booba mods, though I am perfectly content with seeing the preview pics.
>>741485180Can't beat that opening sequence.>>741490597Eh, Aria is easily forgettable and quickly becomes irrelevant. Hell, the female Turian leaves more of an impression even though the DLC is pure shit.Also fuck the sons of nigger bitches responsible for the change to thermal clips.
Do you have any hope anons?
>>741490686>they're coming, and I'm going to find a way to stop them>Shepard's right. we're headed for war with the Reapers. If we lose, it's the end of all life as we know it. We have to show the rest of the Galaxy what it takes to survive.>With the support of the other races, we can win this battle. With them behind us, we can stand against the Reapers' return and drive them back into dark space!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYnjoRbODfQ
every reply to this post kills one Batarian
>>741491264I do but I admit it's built on a weak foundation. It's hard to look around at the video game industry and have faith and confidence that they can pull it off. It's less like trust in them and more like betting on the cosmic balance that at some point a good game has to come out so why can't it be ME4?
>>741491264>>741491384I'll take ten
>>741491264They need to change that art entirely. It looks like a process of expulsion of liquid fecal matter from rectum. Freudian slip of developers, and a reflection of their thoughts regarding the fans of the franchise.
Focusing on the Reapers after 1 was a mistake. It should have been the tensions between the Council and Terminus running hot after violating Terminus territory at the end of 1. All the threads were there.
>>741491264Absolutely none. The best I can hope for in this landscape is to leave things buried as opposed to being unearthed and violated for the "modern" audience.
>>741484974>The hero of the galaxy ladies and gentlemen
>>741491904You joke but the Epstein situation has lead to a sharp rise in main characters also being sexual degenerates "on the side," usually with multiple partners. It's only going to get worse as they try to normalize their perversions using their media connections and funds.The point being to make you forgive perverts and sexual misconduct as long as that person is rich or important.
>>741490686I'm kinda tarded, so when I play some older games that I've forgotten about it kinda feels like I'm replaying them from when I was a teenager.It's not the same, but I still go "Damn, they really were written better, more fun, and somewhat of a challenge back then, weren't they?"
>>741488009/v/ will mod Skyrim to hell and back but will not touch a single file in a Mass Effect game
>>741492478Mods have pretty much already restored ME1/2 to what they were in the original though?Unless we're talking about like, new missions/enemies/weapons/areas/sexy bitches.
>>741491264There is good chance that you should be worried about the immediate future of Bioware. Recently, french gaming journalist Sylvain Trinel on twitter/x, when mentioning the Microsoft layoffs and studio closures, also through around the Bioware name among the studios with layoffs, in spite of Bioware not being part of those Microsoft studios. Coincidentally, a few days later, Destine Legarie also mentioned hearing chatter about layoffs at EA, followed soon after by content creator and Bioware fan Kala Elizabeth expressing her concern about Bioware's future. It is importat to note that Kala Elizabeth is in the "player council" of Bioware, as she revealed after Veilguard launched. In the unofficial Bioware forums, user Hrungr, also among the player council, reposted Kala Elizabeth's sentiment.Also worthy of note is that none of the Bioware staff have reacted to these rumors. Usually, when a Bioware rumor hits, Mike Gamble, sometimes followed by Parish Ley would dismiss these claims jokingly, which has yet to happen.What is also telling, is that a year and a half after Veilguard launched, Bioware had no presence at SGF, and while Bioware got us used to long periods of drought, they usually do show stuff to games journalists behind closed doors. Not even that happened.
>>741492720What is likely happening?Most likely, EA had a relatively recent internal evaluation of projects. But what does that entail exactly? Most likely, EA ordered a vertical slice from the teams/studios with in development projects, i.e. Respawn (Jedi series), Motive (Iron Man), Bioware (Mass Effect), and likely Bit Reactor (Star Wars: Zero Company). Only one of those games was shown in the latest SGF, and likely the only one further along in development, Star Wars: Zero Company which is releasing in a few months. Of the other projects, Respawn's Jedi series is likely the most stable in development and progressing along. Meanwhile, after 4 years, Motive's Iron Man has yet anything to show for, not even a behind closed doors demo for the press. What is even worse, is that after five and a half years since its teaser was released, Mass Effect also has nothing to show for, in spite of the studio being in active development of the title for the last 20 months. Which likely makes these two studios the most likely to be downsized or cut entirely. Usually, if EA were to do layoffs during summer, they coincide with EA's Financial Call, this year slated for August 3rd. So it may takes us some time to actually find out what happened internally at Bioware and EA, but we will know soon enough.
>>741488009Oh so they turned on the fucking lights aboard the Normandy.
>>741493159>Star Wars: Zero CompanyUnironically looking forward to this. It looks good
>>741491904Femshep is either a bottom bitch or a futa stud, nothing in between.I prefer the latter>>741492720>>741493159I'd like to believe that Bioware's head isn't on the chopping block just yet because of Amazon's upcoming Mass Effect TV show. Then again, you never know with these kinds of things.
>>741493759Tv show? Who’s gonna get replaced with a black women or trans?
>>741484974>select your gender, origin story, and psychological profile>Well, what about Shepard? She has the selected origin story, and psychological profile Holy shit did a mentalist write this?
>>741493863The TV show is apparently a sequel after ME3 with a new cast
>>741493665Zero company and the next Jedi may be the last SP games EA ever publishes. What is likely, if Motive and Bioware fail their respective evaluations, these teams will either get cut entirely, or rolled into other projects/absorbed into other studios. Meaning some will either be rolled into Battlefield, or Divegrass, and the rest will be let go.>>741493759Amazon has yet to order a series for Mass Effect. At this point, it is entirely likely that the project will fall through, as filming is set to start later this year, to early 2027 at the latest, and the timeframe for the teams to actually secure that series order is closing fast. It is also unlikely that EA will continue funding Bioware on a project that is way too expensive, way too risky, and has a very small window of success, regardless of how well Bioware may be staffed and what they have planned for the full release. The 2020 teaser, which implied Liara+Shepard, showed them that there was a physical ceiling of potentially 5 million units sold with that excitement, which they cannot hit without Shepard. A $70 Mass Effect, with a 60% revenue cut for EA, would need to sell ~5 million units just to break even on a ~$200m US budget. And after Veilguard, which further damaged the brand, not to mention the time distance and slip to irrelevance for the Mass Effect IP, the current ceiling is closer to 1.2m units sold.
>>741485180ME2 is fucking abysmal. All the classes were nerfed to uselessness, only soldier is semi decent, cover based shooting gets old a few hours in, etc. There's also zero immersion and exploration. ME2 actually is worse then ME3 and that's saying something.
>>741487748Just buy the OG. It's on sale for four bucks and looks better. Don't ever touch the sequels.
>>741493934>>The TV show is apparently a sequel after ME3 with a new castThe show will take place at an indefinite time after ME3, and the next game will take place further in the future from that. But that is also only if Amazon does order a TV series, which so far it has not. Sci-fi in general is expensive to produce, has low RoI and serves a niche audience. It is also important to point out that, while the Halo TV series was a hit with the TV crowd, it was damaging to the game side of the IP. This is also something that the Mass Effect show will need to balance, because, frankly, Mass Effect cannot take another reputational hit on the gaming side. Which makes the investment in a Mass Effect TV series a very volatile one for Amazon that, with the failure of Wheel of Time and Rings of Power, is now very apprehensive and risk averse toward big budget failures. Even Expanse, which was a guaranteed flop, only happened because Jeff Bezos personally liked the books and wanted to see the show up to the point of its cancellation, which is all he cared about.
>>741485061How would you fix the plot? Is it even possible?
>>741485507I need to watch commando again
>>741494029>>741494263Makes sense anon, kudos to (You) for effortposting. What do you think about ME's potential spiritual successors, i.e. "Osiris Reborn" and "Exodus"?
>>741485762Hmmmm...How can we help?
>>741494830
>>741494746Extremely mid. Potential in the 1-2 million copies sold. Not great, but not catastrophic. It depends on the budgets for these games and lifetime sales. If audience reception is bad, which neither game is trending high to be honest, it could be on the lower end of that sales spectrum, which, again, while not necessarily catastrophic for the studios, makes sequels and (further) franchization of the IPs by the studios unlikely. The gameplay is nothing new and largely depends on how good your "soldier" spec is to attract the normie crowd that wants a good shooter and doesn't care about powers. Some will go beyond the most vanilla gameplay experience, but as with everything, a good 60-80% will just play as a soldier for either game. Prospects are less than stellar, overall.
>>741491264No, everyone who now works at BioWare are DEI hire losers. Everyone who made good games there are gone. A studio is made up of people, it’s not a building or a company name.
>>741494996Fair point anon. Wizards of the Coast are banking on Exodus to be their "We have Mass Effect at home", especially considering they'd already released a TTRPG in that universe. Getting Peter F. Hamilton to write their book duology is also nothing to scoff at. The lack of interest in the game might be a result of poor marketing, but I'd say there's something deeper lying underneath that I can't articulate. Expanse has the name recognition thanks to the series, so it could theoretically have a better chance at selling more copies, but I don't know how many enjoyers of the books and series can be converted to guaranteed sales.
>>741495496exodus feels like a generic game that is played by character in a tv series tbqhwy
>>741485361>>741485762>>741494830>>741494895>Mass Defect got age restricted
>>741495496I think people overestimate the popularity of the Expanse, because it got a TV show. The TV show, is a niche cult hit, but an overall failure. Bezos bankrolling it out of a personal interest is something most people seem to forget. At no point did the Expanse show justify its budget. I liked it, but it was never a success, and it would have ended with season 2 permanently, if not for Bezos. Also, what WotC does nowadays in terms of TTRPGs is irrelevant. D&D 5E tanked and the entire series is in crisis, with no sign or interest of steering clear of the internal issues plaguing it. The books might have been good, but people generally don't read books and the sci-fi novel has been going through the "sad puppy" crisis for over 15 years, which is why it is a dead genre. These are not the things that will push Exodus' popularity forward, and the game is just not a great premise. It is also suffering from a very generic art-style, and the basic draw is, as you said, "we have Mass Effect at home". If Mass Effect is non viable currently, Mass Effect at home is even less viable. I would not bank on Exodus getting sequels.
>>741488043>All of the Batarians were dead when she was rescued>Did she shoot them?>No they had all died from heart attacks and dehydration
>>741495883Yeah, the situation is grim, but at least it's almost guaranteed that both games will be released. As you've already pointed out, ME might not get that luxury.
Listen Shepard might be a rape slut, but here's the thing, get her in a gang bang between three korgans and those T-rex daddy's will be dead of heart attacks with sacks so empty they could slide under a door.
>>741496354The issue isn't just about releasing these games, but lacking a tentpole title in the genre, to further influence the market. If Exodus and Expanse don't sequelize, then there is no other studio that currently, publicly, is making Sci-fi squad based TPS/RPGs. Even if Larian makes one, it will likely be more X-Com meets Mass Effect, so basically just X-Com 2, than Mass Effect's spiritual successor, because Larian doesn't do real time action, and if they did, it would likely not be up to par. And even then, if they do that, and it is successful, it will inspire other such X-Com clones, not squad based sci-fi TPS/RPGs. So you are basically looking at the death throes of a one promising genre in the industry, which is sad to see, but also, kind of expected at this point. If Bioware closes down, nobody else is making Mass Effect, if Expanse and Exodus aren't breakout hits, their studios will either move on to other IPs and genres, or, in the case of Archetype, possibly shutter as well.
>>741497425Respawn could take over mass effect and many people would be excited about it
>>741494270For one rip out that entire end credit, leave it on a cliffhanger.
>>741497527Respawn will not take Mass Effect. Respawn does not make games like Mass Effect and has no interest in them. Mass Effect is also a damaged IP with tons of baggage that nobody in their right mind would touch. The reason why Mass Effect is at risk of getting cut, is because it is a very volatile IP with high risk, yet little in terms of return, or reward. The most prudent course of action is to shelve it, wait 10 or so more years, and then try to revive it through transmedia, like a tv show, animated or live action, far removed from anything the games did, so that nobody really cares what happened in the past, or what the games do in the future, no Liara, nor anybody else from the trilogy, and basically treat it as a new IP. Which defeats the purpose of freezing the IP in the first place, if you're just going to erase everything. You could have done more, far earlier, by making a new IP. It just isn't worth it. Only Bioware would make Mass Effect at this point, simply because there's nothing else they can do. It's more of a "Hail Mary", a last ditch effort to make something, rather than something with confidence for the future, or a solid start for Mass Effect to become something more than Shepard and co.
>>741499598>deluluposting
>>741499705Would you care to explain why it isn't so?
i never played me3, should i get le or 3 digital deluxe version?
>>741485507BasedBut they destroyed the relays at the end effectively killing the franchise.. gg
>>741486501Based
>>741499998Modded LE > Modded originals > Unmodded originals > Unmodded LEThat said the differences between LE and original ME3 are incredibly minor, I think you get like a couple worthless pre-order things in LE that weren't added in the Steam version, so if your only interest is in ME3 then it really doesn't matter.
>>741493878Decisions matter
>>741487748yes with mods
>>741500572whats the best me le modding website?and recommended mods? can you unbog ashley?
>>741500889Pretty much all of them are on nexus. It's a bit of a pain to start because you need separate installers for content/texture mods but once you have everything it's pretty simple. More info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TePmSsh9QJMNbUC0P1r-GeviLWEE2fegxj6IxXOswQ0The core ones I use are: Unofficial/Community Patch, Myriad Pro Begone, ALOT/ALOV with ISL (texture mods), and a few more for ME1/ME2. There are a whole bunch of facial mods as well. I'd recommend 'Ashley Consistency Project'. A lot of people seem to like the 'Primitives' mod for faces, I think it makes everyone look a little too bland, but it's also quite pretty.
>>741500889>>741501379Forgot to mention "HUD Enhancements", that's a really good one too. Mainly improves 1, but it's available for all three.
>>741500889>whats the best me le modding website?NexusMods. You'll need an account, but you can make a throwaway one relatively simple. Blinkmailnow is not banned on NexusMods at the time of writing, so you can go with that.>and recommended mods? can you unbog ashley?I personally used these for my last playthrough of the series - most of them are just cosmetic but there are a few major ones for ME3's story:>ME1LE1 Community Patch - bug fixes ectSaren stages - cosmetic mod that introduces early forms of Saren before his heavy Geth implants>ME2LE2 Patch - also fixes minor bugsCerberus Ladies Wear Cerberus - returns Cerberus uniforms to female Normandy crewmembers + includes the option to give Kelly her hair from the original gameOriana looks like Miranda's Twin - mod does what it's calledEGM Fix Weapons in Cutscenes - dittoFemshep Helmet Clipping Fix and Death Mask Fix - ditto>ME3LE3 Community Framework and Patch - bug fixes and all kinds of neat improvements (eg. weapons you equipped show in cutscenes)Restore 3-stage melee - Bioware apparently being mega retards somehow managed to mess this up in LE so the mod returns the heavy melee animationDreams Remade - Really nice mod that just makes the dreams sequences more enjoyable and impactfulAshley Consistency Project (MELE3) - Makes Ash look more like her ME1 selfOriana looks like Miranda's Twin (ME3LE) - mod does what it's calledSamara's Daughters - makes Rila and Falere look like SamaraMEHEM aka Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod - Removes the entire Starchild section and makes Destroy (Survive) canon. Some people pair it with the Citadel Epilogue mod, so you can check that one out. There are graphical overhaul mods for all three games, so slap them on as well.
>Well, what about Shepard? Earthborn, but no record of her family.>Doesn't have one, she was raised on the streets. Learned to service all sorts of cocks.>She milked an entire Batarian unit dry on Torfan.>Is that the kind of person we want servicing the galaxy?>That's the only kind of person who can.>I'll make the booty call.
>>741500572>>Modded LE > Modded originals > Unmodded originals > Unmodded LEMore like>Modded originals > unmodded originals > modded LE > the plague > unmodded LE
>>741484974i quote this line with extreme frequency
>>741501860for me it's ENEMIES EVERYWHERE
>>741502149FLUSH SHIELDS
>>741502149that's it, bag 'em and tag 'em
>>741502149SCOPED AND DROPPED
>>741485180I like 2 just because it spends most of its time fleshing out the galaxy rather than everything being some race against time to save everyone. It's a comfy little filler episode
it helps that 1 isn't immediately a race against the clock, gives everything time to breathe
>>741502513I always do like every side quest in 1 before I've touched any of the main missions so it never feels like a race against time even though NPCs keep telling you it is
>>741502592>dick around before going after Liara>when you get there she's delirious and thinks you're a hallucinationkek
>>741485007So could Garrus
>>741494076>All the classes were nerfed to uselessnessSentinel is far and away the best class because it covers every situation and tech armor.
For me, it's Councillor Tevos
>>741503106I prefer Irissa, she had much more character and spunk.
>>741499705Sorry bro, he out effortposted you. Happens to the best of us.
>>741503106You should have been able to give that homeless Quarian on the Citadel a place to stay in exchange for sex.
>>741504328I would be such a menace if these options existed kek
>>741491904>danger hair>unnatural green eye colorawful design
still mad we missed out on green asari commando shiala in favor of a proteaboo writers pet
>>741504730nobody but you wants that vegan treesexual slut
>>741484974earthborn war heroinfiltrator, shotguns
>>741504960why earthborn? just why? do you find being a street urchin romantic or something?
>>741505132spacer is a richboicolonist implies I didn't kill every Batarian in sightEarthborn means I literally started from nothing and became the Commander of the most advanced starship in the galaxyEarthborn is overcoming adversity and predjudice to become the ultimate leader
>>741490938>MEHEMEh. I mostly just wanted mods to bring the games closer to how they originally were, plus ME3's ending not being happy isn't why it failed for me. I can see why people would find it'd "fix" the ending enough if it were made happy but it's still a nonsensical, thematically unfitting mess.
>>741505265>spacer is a richboiwhat's wrong with that?>overcoming, rich from rags yada yadano, i don't get the appeal
>>741505265the Spacer is an army brat, it doesn't mention the quality of the ships that you grew up on which were probably all barebones naval vessels.
>>741505132Because earthborn Shepard is a person who has had to fight everyday of his life as opposed to some npc born on a gay fag colony?
>>741501778Nah you’re wrong, the originals being stuck in 32-bit really hurts how much you can mod them, not to mention that the modding scene for them is completely dead.
>>741505265>Earthborn is overcoming adversity and predjudice to become the ultimate leaderFinally someone gets it.
>>741507003The modding scene is completely dead regardless.
>make the perfect gaybait alien race>make multiple games in the franchise>don't give a gay romance within said alien raceAnd people call Bioware overtly rainbow-colored.
>>741507241It also plays in a lot better thematically with ME3 considering the entire game is about shepard trying to save his actual home.
>>741507370They're a pragmatic, militaristic society they shun or don't tolerate gays.
>>741506879>>741507241are you black?
>>741507370turian cock is like a morningstar macesheptard would bleed from the inside, an ass bleeder is no hero
>>741505316>what's wrong with thatnothing if the parents force you to earn everything in reality richbois fail to become men on account of never truly experiencing adversity>>741505374Mom's a high ranking officer, no telling what dad was but Shepard grew up with money as a spacer, sheltered childhood>>741507707no but I've been told my many black women my food and dick is goodcan't dance tho
Liara in ME1>Omg amazing Shepard, by melding with your mind you shared the translated prothean vision. I can understand it!Liara in 3>You understood that? Must be because of the Cipher. All I saw was static...Why did the writers of the series forget they're writing?
>>741504730Mass Effect's big problem is that the wanted to create a trilogy of games where your choices carry over and didn't actually have the story planned out and were making everything up as they went. Even the whole dark energy thing Karpyshyn mentioned was merely an idea he had about a possible ending for ME3, not anything definitive. So all that shit was set up in ME2 with no actual expected pay off, merely the possibility that there may be a pay off of some kind in ME3 and even then they didn't know what that pay off would be.
>>741508235See >>741508247 they were making everything up as they were going and never had any kind of actual plan for the series. Remember how Ashley in ME1 was treated as a giant racist for not wanting aliens on board the Alliance's top secret prototype ship because they could steal its secrets? And then Tali did exactly that and nobody in the subsequent games actually gave a shit.
>>741507370>Turians>gaybait alien raceyou wanting to fuck Garrus' voice doesn't make the race gaybait
>>741508235Kristjanson wrote that line and he was gone in 3
>>741508235Yeah, this is dumb, especially seeing as Shepard gets the cipher from melding with Shiala iirc who got it from the Thorian and probably passed it to Saren and Benezia as well.Honestly can I say what a missed opportunity it was to not expand upon the lore of the Thorian? That weird mind controlling, thrall making, telepathic ancient tentacle monster, that the protheans were studying before their demise which vaguely looks almost like a reaper (or one of the leviathans they hacked into the setting for ME3). Yeah lets just not bring that thing up ever again.
>Sheploo>Earthborn>War Hero>Renegade>Soldier to shock trooper>Save the colony>Turn the r*chni queen into slurry>Persuade Wrex>Save the council>Udina as councilor>ME2 and 3 never happen, Reapers are trapped in dark spaceCanon playthrough, femshep trannies please go away.
>>741509128>kill the bug queen instead of keeping it alive for sexo>saving a guy who drew on youunbased and not kirk pilled
>>741491264Legitimately, after andromeda and 3's ending, what is the WORST they can possibly do? You boot up the game and there's just a giant spinning turd and the game closes? They can only go up from here.
>>741490686>play mass effect>talk to friends about it and discuss different classes and our playthroughs>second game is announced>we're hyped as fuuuuucki miss those days
>>741509279>what is the WORST they can possibly do?Theoretically, they can make a completely "safe" and audience indifferent game, which is probably the worst they can do. It is the "Saints Row Reboot" route, or the Veilguard/Andromeda route. There isn't a lot you can do with Mass Effect, without skipping everything people would find interesting, in order to make a soft reboot where nothing that happened before matters in any substantial way, just so Bioware don't contradict themselves by establishing a canon, after preaching "speculation for everyone" as the true ending of Mass Effect for 14 years now.
>>7414851801 is an amazing game and i have a lot of nostalgia playing it.But 2 is just more fun.
>>741509610>tfw theory crafting with friends the future of the series>it turns out shithappened with both mass effect and dragon age...
>>741485507>MASS EFFECT: ERADICATIONOnly a brown could come up with such a dumb title name.
>>741486094my mom didn't give me the recipe before she went senileher recipes were shit anyways and never came out the way she made them
>>741510171>happened with both mass effect and dragon age...don't i fucking know itremember the "awesome button" in da2? god that whole era was so retarded
>>741510171>>741510328true og's know that the seeds of gamergate were planted in 08/09
>>741491283>the ending literally explains what the sequel will be about>they throw it all out for some bullshit about insects kidnapping humans>B-BUT ACTUALLY SURPRISE REAPERS WERE HERE ALL ALONG>HUMAN REAPERS WITH THREE EYES AND LASERSGod ME2 was such a mess of a fucktarded main story mixed with some good subplots. Very frustrating game.
>>741510603>>true og's know that the seeds of gamergate were planted in 08/09Most retarded fucking statement in this entire thread.
>>741511628>Most retarded fucking statement in this entire threadMost retarded fucking statement in this entire thread
>>741511931Thank you for agreeing with me.
Reminder that Mass Effect 3, in its infinite wisdom, actually proved Cerberus right.>the Alliance relies on Shepard to build up war assets because he can operate outside the law and do the things the Alliance are too afraid to associate with>it takes human intervention to actually get any other race to do anything>Human Reaper can actually be used as a war asset>the Rachni are too stupid to be allowed freedom, they get manipulated TWICE and therefore must be controlled>Reaper technology CAN be used to give synthetics true individuality, as in the case of EDI and the Geth>"honorable" people have no problem using unethical research to further their own goals (Maelon's data - Genophage)>other species and their representatives will ALWAYS put their own needs above working together with others>Control ending exists and is one of the options Shepard can choose>destroying the Reapers actually ends up fucking up the galaxy and doing nothing but creating a short-term solution while control actually ends up securing a foreseeable future where synthetics don't restart the cycle againIt's honestly hilarious how the "bad guys" in this game are just the good guys but working for the bad guys. It's the equivalent of drawing a silly moustache on Superman and having Batman fight him.
>>741511962>Thank you for agreeing with me.
>>741512182>destroying the Reapers actually ends up fucking up the galaxyKilled the Reapers, ending narrated by Hack-It telling me how based the milky way is and how we'll restore everything as it was and better. Geth are utterly wiped out so there's no reaper-loving pinnochios to worry about after using them for war assets. And the turian/human relations post-war will be astronomically high considering they were the two day 1 allies against the Reaper threat, so the Krogan can't do shit if they even get the idea to do it anyway. I fail to see the problem.
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>>741512182>they get manipulated TWICE and therefore must be controlled>Reaper technology CAN be used to give synthetics true individuality, as in the case of EDI and the GethRetard, the Geth willingly chose to side with the Reapers twice, while the Rachni had to be enslaved to ensure co-operation. Never again shit on the bugs if you won't shit on the bots in equal measure. EDI is cool though, she actually opposes the Reapers all the way even if it means she dies.
>>741512182>he fell for the indoctrination
>>741512182nah IT theory is real
>>741494076I enjoyed ME2 a lot more with the mod that gives every class full weapon options without having to be a solider. The design sort of worked in ME1 but in ME2 you really want all the options
>>741484974>Well, what about Shepard?
>>741513950yeah especially because shotgun infiltrator and sniper vanguard are way more fun than the alternatives
an Alliance ad campaign where Ashley has to do all the debaucherous A-Pop dance moves on omnitok
