The Gamer Thread Vol. 5 (General Gaming News & Discussion)

[TazzMission Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close TazzMission]

despite the sdcc video i posted of mass effect 4 and it looks good but i just think the series should just end with shepard. as big of a mass effect fan i am i will not drop money on a next gen system for one title or buy anything that has mass effect in the title game wise. plus if i remember correctly the team doing this mass effect did the multiplayer for mass effect 3 and i just have this ugly feeling its going to be like one giant multiplayer rpg.

bioware montreal should just do a whole new i.p and let mass effect end

[SocializingMogo Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close SocializingMogo]

fuck!

Mass Effect’ Director Casey Hudson Departs BioWare


http://gamerant.com/casey-hudson-dep...effect-new-ip/

Good. He was responsible for the crappy ending of ME3.

[TazzMission Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close TazzMission]

Good. He was responsible for the crappy ending of ME3.

actually that was mac walters who did the whole mcguffin thing.............. i liked the extended cut ending but i think the fanbase would not have been so pissed if leviathan was part of the key story instead of dlc since that explains the whole mcguffin

[Fearless Agent Orange Find all posts View Profile Close Fearless]

Good. He was responsible for the crappy ending of ME3.

actually that was mac walters who did the whole mcguffin thing.............. i liked the extended cut ending but i think the fanbase would not have been so pissed if leviathan was part of the key story instead of dlc since that explains the whole mcguffin

I heard it was EA who was responsible for that, trying to rush the game out the door instead of setting up the whole "dark matter" plot point they'd been building to and hinting at. Regardless of whether or not Hudson might've been responsible for that, he was definitely responsible for 2 3/4 of one of the best damn video game series of the last decade. So, yeah, I'm sad to see him go.

[TazzMission Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close TazzMission]

I heard it was EA who was responsible for that, trying to rush the game out the door instead of setting up the whole "dark matter" plot point they'd been building to and hinting at. Regardless of whether or not Hudson might've been responsible for that, he was definitely responsible for 2 3/4 of one of the best damn video game series of the last decade. So, yeah, I'm sad to see him go.

he should go to cd projeckt red. at least there he be treated with respect

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

I still haven't finished that first game. At this point I should just skip it.

[Fearless Agent Orange Find all posts View Profile Close Fearless]

I still haven't finished that first game. At this point I should just skip it.

A pox upon your house! but seriously, that's what I did initially; started off with the second game and went back to the first later.

[SocializingMogo Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close SocializingMogo]

he should go to cd projeckt red. at least there he be treated with respect

They're fine without him.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

I still haven't finished that first game. At this point I should just skip it.

Nah, Mass Effect is definitely worth playing even if it is old.

[TazzMission Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close TazzMission]

I still haven't finished that first game. At this point I should just skip it.

yea train at least try to finish it. if you just want to blow through it you can. you dont need to do every side quest.

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Pretty much how I felt after losing about 4 hours to Civilization V last night. Motherfuckin' Persian empire is dominating the Industrial Era, though, son! I've completely wiped out the dirty Monguls, fucking Ghenghis Khan kept messing with the bull...the dirty mongul finally got the horns.

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

Nah, Mass Effect is definitely worth playing even if it is old.

Do you have to play the first ME game to feel like you haven't missed anything? I have part 2, but haven't played it yet because I don't want references and things to go over my head.

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Do you have to play the first ME game to feel like you haven't missed anything? I have part 2, but haven't played it yet because I don't want references and things to go over my head.

To get the entire experience and pick up on a lot of the references, yeah you should definitely play the first one. The beginning of the second one doesn't mean a whole lot unless you've seen what happens in ME. You might be able to get what you need, watching the YouTube clips of all the cutscenes though.

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To get the entire experience and pick up on a lot of the references, yeah you should definitely play the first one. The beginning of the second one doesn't mean a whole lot unless you've seen what happens in ME. You might be able to get what you need, watching the YouTube clips of all the cutscenes though.

Cool, thanks. Is this series really worth playing, I mean groundbreakingly good? I know Tazz speaks highly of it.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

Cool, thanks. Is this series really worth playing, I mean groundbreakingly good? I know Tazz speaks highly of it.

Groundbreakingly good? I wouldn't say the game broke any sort of ground. It's a lore-deep, Sci-FI RPG, that in my mind took all the elements BioWare had introduced throughout the years and brought it to space. And did so in a fresh way. They sort of did that originally with KOTOR, but Mass Effect did it better IMO. The universe feels fresh, and the characters are mostly engaging and interesting.

If you've played BioWare RPGs before, then it's a must play simply because it's up there with their other great series. If you enjoy Sci-Fi epics, then I'd say it's a must play as well.

Just know that the game engine is vastly different between ME and ME2/ME3. They kind of took any sort of complexity that was in ME and stripped it out, and turned it into more of an action RPG than the first one. Which IMO wasn't a bad thing, it just meant it sacrificed some gameplay complexity for some action.