Bioware General (Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Other)

[Azint]

I drove off a cliff in the Nomad with Drack aboard. His reaction made it worth it.

"Oh SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

[magnuskn]

She gets better. She always is a bit annoying, but that first talk on the ship is the worst.

I hate her more than I do Liara. I'm actually impressed they managed to make a more obnoxious character.

Hm, two different opinions. I'll see what happens. At least I can look forward to seeing if she actually improves.

Peebee doesn't bother me as much as I thought she would. Sera's just an idiot. An idiot who somehow thinks her idiocy is a feature and not a bug. I haven't got to her personal quest yet, but I think it's more apparent that Peebee has actual issues of some kind that probably have their routes in something(s) that happened to her. She's also not in your face about how "right" she is like Sera was.

I still wonder what the design decision was behind Sera. Then again, I found most characters in DA:I to be sub-par compared to prior companions, so maybe the entire design team was fucked from the start. But Sera just stands out like someone you'd normally be sent to take care of... and not in the nice way.

Man, I have barely left the Nexus because my impulse to scan and do everything before the main mission kicked in.

Also, I got the Talon in the multiplayer and it's just sad that it does more damage and has a tighter spread than my Katana shotgun which is three levels above it. Still love that little revolver, though.

Going for the Crusader, I hope it is still as awesome as it was in ME3.

All I have to say about the in-game animations (aside from that it's painfully obvious when they switch to motion cap), is that I think they should have made characters gesture more with their arms/bodies. A lot of people back in the old days became obsessed with that littler skip Tali does when you say that the feelings are mutual in ME2. How would her romance had been if she and Shep had just stood there and talked?

Yeah, the stiff body postures and lack of cinematic editing really hurt this game. I get the principle, you don't get taken out of the world by going into a cutscene, but cutscenes just work so much better at conveying emotions and drama. I'm very happy that the guys from The Witcher 3 went to the effort of always doing cutscenes.

[DarkStorm]

You know for all the shit it's been getting. It's a decent game, there are jank facial animations and regular ones. But I haven't seen to many actually happen to me as of yet. Some of the dialogue is good and some of it is fucking terrible. But there is a decent game under all the rough shit slapped on top.

[Riptide]

Peebee doesn't bother me as much as I thought she would. Sera's just an idiot. An idiot who somehow thinks her idiocy is a feature and not a bug. I haven't got to her personal quest yet, but I think it's more apparent that Peebee has actual issues of some kind that probably have their routes in something(s) that happened to her. She's also not in your face about how "right" she is like Sera was.

Sera was a pretentious idiot who was immature and childish. Having played a bit into the game, it's clear Peebee isn't anything like her. Yeah, Peebee goes her own way, but she's not IN YOUR FACE about it the entire time like Sera was. She's more like "look, leave me and my shit alone, I just want to do cool science stuff and to not be stereotyped."

She has far more in common with characters like Mordin and Kasumi than she does with Sera. She's less a hipster dumbass and more of a young mad scientist type whose genius keeps her from fitting into societal norms. Maybe that character isn't for everyone, but at least it's a character. Unlike Liara.

AND AT LEAST I DONT NEED SUBTITLES TO UNDERSTAND HER UNLIKE GOD DAMN SERA FUCK

Also, yeah, that transgender girl pissed me off, too. Bioware isn't half as progressive as you'd think they are. They brag on and on about alien porn scenes or whatever, but they're only for Peebee and Cora. Gay men got the shaft. Actually, they didn't? Poor phrasing on my part. Point is, they need to either fucking own it and do it right, or get some people who can. Seriously, for as much as they go on about it, it's shit like that, and like Jacob that shows you for what assholes some of their staff really are.

[magnuskn]

Some more observations:

Male Ryder has Trump hands. I mean, who holds their hands like this when they are putting them up in surrender?
The male squid-cats look kinda cool, the females look like someone has drawn their first alien and got the face all wrongly proportioned.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2jGJt-CFdM

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuhcfIlrDE

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01lvv88FEww

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnVXGdmCY3c

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4yj-nWJvI

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBbtltu110

[DarkStorm]

Also managed to get my Ryder pretty close to what I look like which was surprising.

[Vol]

So, krogan stuff:

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I'm actually really digging New Tuchanka. It looks like a viable colony. Defensible, infrastructure, water, food, breeding, social programs, booze, etc. ME4 in general does a great job with making places feel like people can life there. Gotta give them credit for learning that.

I can't tell if the female krogan, the bitchy leader especially, are women throwing their voice, heavy modulation, or men throwing their voice.

[TheodoricFriede]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4yj-nWJvI

Yeah, that kett shotgun is fucking incredible. Completely un-upgraded it obliterates most enemies in three or less shots. That isn't even including my damage bonus from cloak.

Cant wait to have them patch it...

[Someone With Mass]

Just met Drack. Had Vetra with me, so I didn't have to introduce myself. Was a nice intro.

Then the game took a massive shit by throwing sudoku puzzles at me when I'm neither in the mood or in a not sleep-deprived set of mind to solve them. After I failed twice, I couldn't interact with the console anymore, so I said fuck it and quit. Seems to be a theme. The game makes me want to play it by showing something intriguing, but then something really dumb (like setting me back ten minutes or pitching me against kett when I don't have enough ammo because the last encounter didn't provide me with an ammo box) happens that makes me not want to play anymore.

Just bring back the hacking mini-games. At least there, it was over within seconds and I didn't have to think about it. Better yet, don't have bullshit like that at all and don't bring the flow to a screeching halt. They're not fun either.

[Deano]

games. At least there, it was over within seconds and I didn't have to think about it. Better yet, don't have bullshit like that at all and don't bring the flow to a screeching halt. They're not fun either.

I got fed up with them, so here.

[DarkStorm]

I explored Rem ruins and found those override keys so i been using those for when I cant solve the puzzle. I still dont fully understand how to solve them. I understand what it seems to tell me but I just seem to be doing something wrong.

[Azint]

I might be in the minority here, but I don't mind the puzzles. I actually miss when Bioware used to regularity throw in puzzles.

[Deano]

Puzzles are fine, but just copying a pretty famous one is boring.

[Mazder]

A pretty famous and INFURIATING one...
Fuck Sudoku!
I despise it.

[MeaslyBinkie]

For anyone with a custom MaleRyder have you encountered issues with the textures on the eyebrows/eyelids?



That thing above his left eye just annoys me when I'm forced into not using a helmet during conversations.

[DarkStorm]

-shrug-

the thing that annoys me are the jank eyelids.

[Vol]

So the ark missions:

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Asari - Good, really thought Cora's adulation would be subverted tho.
Turian - The fuck is this?
Salarian - I like this Pathfinder. She's a cutey.

[Su37]

I'm mildly annoyed by the story at the moment.

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Kett being angara is unbelievably stupid. Worse yet, I saw it coming from a mile away.

[TheodoricFriede]

I'm mildly annoyed by the story at the moment.

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Kett being angara is unbelievably stupid. Worse yet, I saw it coming from a mile away.

As did i, but it doesnt bother me really.

[TheodoricFriede]

games. At least there, it was over within seconds and I didn't have to think about it. Better yet, don't have bullshit like that at all and don't bring the flow to a screeching halt. They're not fun either.

I got fed up with them, so here.

Now that i actually understand what im supposed to be doing, they arent as bad. I just dont think they are all that fun.

[Vol]

I'm mildly annoyed by the story at the moment.

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Kett being angara is unbelievably stupid. Worse yet, I saw it coming from a mile away.

I saw it coming too, as did GAC, and I assume most others, but you have your nouns reversed there.

[Raga]

I might be in the minority here, but I don't mind the puzzles. I actually miss when Bioware used to regularity throw in puzzles.

As long as it's not math puzzles I'm good. I always liked when games put in riddles and then there would be some dumb math problem stuck in the middle of the riddles. If I wanted to do math problems I'd take algebra again.

[TheodoricFriede]

LIAMS LOYALTY MISSION IS THE FUCKING BEST.

[Mazder]

Oh, so Liam once had a team-mate called Mazzy.
Vol, you can now NEVER use that to refer to me.

EVER!

[Raga]

Also Mazzy Fentan is a halfling paladin in BG2 voiced by Jennifer Hale, so there's that too.

[Mazder]

Also Mazzy Fentan is a halfling paladin in BG2 voiced by Jennifer Hale, so there's that too.

Yeah, we know about he BG one, still he called me it.

[TTTX]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LjKMODtqgk&index=8&list=WL

[Vol]

Uh.

So a choice between conserving some giant aquatic fish, or, exploiting it to make a medicine for healing kett weaponry wounds.

How is that a choice?

[DarkStorm]

So how did you guys take a screenshot of your character?

[Someone With Mass]

Huh. The Nexus apparently has blueprints of the Normandy SR-2. So why are we flying around in its mentally challenged cousin?

[Vol]

I'm a little confused about the reaction from a quest choice, mid-game I suppose.

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Did I miss a quest, or is Drack and Kesh's fury about _4_ krogan scouts I left behind, in order to save _the salarian Pathfinder_, disproportionately severe?

[TheodoricFriede]

Uh.

So a choice between conserving some giant aquatic fish, or, exploiting it to make a medicine for healing kett weaponry wounds.

How is that a choice?

Im guessing you arent a conservationist.

[TheodoricFriede]

Not sure if anyone else caught this, but one of the primary team members that designed the tempest was a quarian.

[Raga]

Wow, I sincerely hope I get the slaughter to piss out of Sloane Kelly.

[Azint]

Oh, after doing Drack's little thing regarding Spender, Addison really is the worst. A new frontier, and I think I can safely say Addison is the biggest bitch in the galaxy.

On the upside, not a single batarian in the journey so far. I'm pleased to know we left the rabble behind.

[Vol]

@Raga: She's Aria Lite at worst, which is a big step up for that sort of character. I'm not sure how malleable the story is though.

@Azint: Can't stand her. The Spencer subplot made it so much worse. The sole reference that batarians exist(ed) is a planet named after their first astronaut in the middle of nowhere.

Protip: If you're going to make a scene with subtle implications, don't play spooky music in the background, because duh.

[Raga]

The thing with Aria though is that Omega was a pisshole long before she ever got there. Aria is just galactice status quo. Sloane Kelly is a traitor who used other people's resources and ingenuity to get to another galaxy and then bailed, putting thousands of lives at risk, because she's a petulant child who didn't get her way. Aria is like El Chapo, awful but hardly new or unexpected. Sloane Kelly is like fucking Cliven Bundy with El Chapo's resources and tactics. She is much, much worse. (Sorry for the analogy but I'll take it to the politics thread if it goes too far down that road).

[Vol]

Oh, I meant Aria Lite in personality, not deeds. The deal with the exiles is...complex.

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A small quest on Desert World outright states that a lot of them are suffering from brain damage from the cryo, which makes them more 'primitive' and thus aggressive. Lexi makes a treatment to test on a willing patient, who does improve, but also starts suffering from depression.

So it's tricky, and I intend to see if I can resolve it differently on my Insanity run.

[Raga]

Oh, I meant Aria Lite in personality, not deeds. The deal with the exiles is...complex.

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A small quest on Desert World outright states that a lot of them are suffering from brain damage from the cryo, which makes them more 'primitive' and thus aggressive. Lexi makes a treatment to test on a willing patient, who does improve, but also starts suffering from depression.

So it's tricky, and I intend to see if I can resolve it differently on my Insanity run.

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The thing is Kelly had altercations with officers before she ever even left. She has authority issues. If the Exiles want to come back, that works out because you need all the people you can get from a genetic diversity perspective if nothing else and I sincerely believe a lot of them were just scared and didn't believe any arks were coming. Their leadership have 0 excuses. If you want to leave, take your stuff and leave like the krogan did. Don't steal a bunch of supplies and shoot a bunch of people on the way out.

[Vol]

Oh, I meant Aria Lite in personality, not deeds. The deal with the exiles is...complex.

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A small quest on Desert World outright states that a lot of them are suffering from brain damage from the cryo, which makes them more 'primitive' and thus aggressive. Lexi makes a treatment to test on a willing patient, who does improve, but also starts suffering from depression.

So it's tricky, and I intend to see if I can resolve it differently on my Insanity run.

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The thing is Kelly had altercations with officers before she ever even left. She has authority issues. If the Exiles want to come back, that works out because you need all the people you can get from a genetic diversity perspective if nothing else and I sincerely believe a lot of them were just scared and didn't believe any arks were coming. Their leadership have 0 excuses. If you want to leave, take your stuff and leave like the krogan did. Don't steal a bunch of supplies and shoot a bunch of people on the way out.

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Oh, yes, she had an authority problem for sure, which may have been magnified by the stasis, and then the arrival situation. Because it was pretty bleak. No arks, no contacts from the MW, no golden worlds, failed outposts, 8th in the chain is in command, and 20k people (Assuming 20k per ark out of 100k total) being woken up to start building this thing. That alone could be a survival horror game.

So that she's less obnoxious than Aria in person, though still a bad person, makes her more relatable.

[Raga]

Aria never really bothered me. She just kind of was. It's probably because Omega's such a pisshole that her posturing just doesn't even register. Sure, lady, strut over your rotting pile of garbage all you like if that makes you feel better.

[Spartanburger]

More info on the Quarians. Nothing big, but if you're nearly as obsessed as I am, it might be interesting:

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Here's the vid of what the initiative has received about the Keelah Si'yeh. Shit went bad, the quarians are warning everyone to stay away, cannot pinpoint location, nor is there any indication of where they are.

Also apparently, during the Epilogue, there is a human that inexplicably has a Quarian name.

Sidenote, these are the faces I made for the twins:

Scott

Sara

A tad derpy, but I like it

[magnuskn]

Y'know, after running around with the Spazzryder for close to 20 hours by now, I really appreciate 100% more how Shepard had it together. The character really is a pretty awkward type.

Also, his running animation looks hilariously derpy.

[Alienmorph]

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Here's the vid of what the initiative has received about the Keelah Si'yeh. Shit went bad, the quarians are warning everyone to stay away, cannot pinpoint location, nor is there any indication of where they are.

Also apparently, during the Epilogue, there is a human that inexplicably has a Quarian name.

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Calling it: either the quarians didn't get out in time, or they stumbled into the Reapers while on the outskirts of the Milky Way. Either way doesn't sound good.