Women's studies majors make a video game (Mass Effect 4)

Post by **oranges** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:24 am #273560

Bottom post of the previous page:

[youtube]7KWkao73HuU[/youtube]

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:29 am #273570

Multiplayer is fun mostly because I have the Isharay which deals around 2000 damage per shot. It feels fucking amazing to one shot nullifiers and 3-shot the ascendants. Playing the Turian Soldier also means I have an absurd level of damage reduction and can take my time to snipe people right in front of me. I get something like 100 when in cover, and 300 when I'm low on health, where 100 means I take half damage.

The only time I actually die is if an ascendant catches me off guard with his one-shot kill move.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:51 am #273598

DrPillzRedux wrote:Who thought it would be a good idea to be able to make your character look like a clown?

Honk!

Ikarrus wrote:Multiplayer is fun mostly because I have the Isharay which deals around 2000 damage per shot. It feels fucking amazing to one shot nullifiers and 3-shot the ascendants. Playing the Turian Soldier also means I have an absurd level of damage reduction and can take my time to snipe people right in front of me. I get something like 100 when in cover, and 300 when I'm low on health, where 100 means I take half damage.

The only time I actually die is if an ascendant catches me off guard with his one-shot kill move.

Sounds fair and balanced, PVP when?

Lumbermancer · Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:11 pm

oranges wrote:a video

Are they animating faces by hand at 00:46? It would explain a lot.

Steelpoint · Post by **Steelpoint** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:37 pm #273648

I read someone saying that they took the mocap data straight and did not edit it afterwards to actually look good.

capi duffman · Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:56 pm

So I find a ginormous mechanical sandworm in the middle of a random mission on Eos, the damn thing stripes my shields with a cough and calls mid tier remnant units as cover every so often, but since I went infiltrator, and I was already armed with a Black widow II (Also with vintage cooling, so infinite ammo, with only a minor wait between shots to not overheat it) eventually I took it down after a fun fight.

...And then I find out that fight was supposed to be a bonus fight, and I really wasn't supposed to tackle it at level 10.
At least, after so many years, Bioware finally remembered what was it like to make a fun and challenging boss.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:00 am #273810

All bosses are challenging if you play Insanity.

capi duffman · Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:09 am

DemonFiren wrote:All bosses are challenging if you play Insanity.

well, yeah, but in ME3 I didn't had any boss, even in insanity, I guess in normal the worms wouldn't shatter instantly my shields, but what's the point on playing in normal?

By fun and challenging I mean Irenicus, Demogorgon (no trap cheese) ascension modded Amelysan, the dragons, Mephistopheles or Jade empire's bullshitty final boss.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:12 am #273818

capi duffman wrote:Jade empire's bullshitty final boss.

I cheesed through that one with Storm Dragon, Spirit Thief and my trusty sword.
That old SOB didn't manage to outbullshit me once.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:13 am #273859

Enjoying the game so far, both the combat, story and the characters.

Spoiler:

I like to imagine Bioware took the entire Council and place them into Addison though.

DrPillzRedux · Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:42 am

Finished all the content for the Tempest crew, settled all the worlds, did all the relevant side-stuff. It was a good ride. I actually like the crew now and can't wait to see more. I still don't care for Suvi, Gil, and Peepoo though. The 3-4 year wait for the sequel begins since we all know they won't develop these guys further until then.

Movie night was an okay sendoff I guess.

I still consider this game deeply flawed in many areas, but if you want a good time or like Mass Effect, it's definitely worth playing.

Spoiler:

killerx09 wrote:snip

You fucked up.

Spoiler:

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:38 pm #273904

You're breaking my heart.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:21 pm #273911

I mean, I knew he was going to shoot one of us, and I just instinctively went for the "don't get shot" option. Then I shot back, because Han shot first.

Lumbermancer · Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:24 pm

DrPillzRedux wrote:a picture

Is this SFM? Are models ripped already?

DrPillzRedux · Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:29 pm

It's a sidequest that you can do as the game goes on, with the finale happening right before the ending, called Movie Night.

I forgot to mention that my ng+ custom Ryder showed pretty good emotion. I think the face rig for default is bugged, because he looks emotionless in every scene and has a thousand yard stare.

Spoiler:

TehSteveo · Post by **TehSteveo** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:25 pm #273978

DrPillzRedux wrote:It's a sidequest that you can do as the game goes on, with the finale happening right before the ending, called Movie Night.

I forgot to mention that my ng+ custom Ryder showed pretty good emotion. I think the face rig for default is bugged, because he looks emotionless in every scene and has a thousand yard stare.

Spoiler:

Side effect from long cryogenic freezing is human faces just became tired. Could have been worse I suppose.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:22 pm #273997

Yeah... they could've come out looking like a sonic character.

Doctor Pork · Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:34 am

oranges wrote:[youtube]7KWkao73HuU[/youtube]

pfffffffffffft

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:49 am #274052

Is this kino?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:24 am #274113

Kino is just German for "cinema".
Nothing about this is cinematic.

capi duffman · Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:12 pm

I like how the characters complained of you trying to get natural gas, what not only would get the colony an important advantage at surviving, and also avoid a violent conflict with exiles, but eh, muh ecologism, In an irradiated hellhole that only supports a few plants and hostile bugs.

Quality writing right there.

DrPillzRedux · Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:11 pm

DemonFiren wrote:Kino is just German for "cinema".
Nothing about this is cinematic.

PLAY

THE

GAME

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:19 pm #274287

Gift it to me, I ain't wasting money on that crap.

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:19 pm #274289

You'll be spared on the day of the rope.

Doctor Pork · Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:43 pm

capi duffman wrote:I like how the characters complained of you trying to get natural gas, what not only would get the colony an important advantage at surviving, and also avoid a violent conflict with exiles, but eh, muh ecologism, In an irradiated hellhole that only supports a few plants and hostile bugs.

Quality writing right there.

Hey at least the time they saved cutting corners on writing let them put more effort into the facial/body animations.

DrPillzRedux · Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:47 pm

It makes sense given the planet is just starting to become life-friendly after turning on the vault.

Go get gas in the other thousand planets you cis-SCUM!

>deleting my post

wow, what

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:41 am #274436

InsaneHyena wrote:You'll be spared on the day of the rope.

You've made a big mistake.

Screemonster · Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:48 am

Post by **MMMiracles** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:18 am #274705

Well, I got an infinite loading screen issue and prior saves don't seem to fix the issue.

Spoiler:

the game gets stuck on a loading screen, even though the navigation UI appears and I can open the weapons tab/scanner. Kinda killed it for me, none of the partial workarounds I've seen fix it and I've let it sit for almost an hour once while I fucked off to do something else, came back to it still being stuck loading.

DrPillzRedux · Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:06 am

Did you try doing the origin repair game option? Also try and lower graphical settings to see if you're hanging on something. I had that happen once.

DrPillzRedux · Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:31 am

Someone is finally uploading all the bants. The best part of this game.

[youtube]ZjKpPDT6-qY[/youtube]

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:53 am #274771

Just finished Jamal's loyalty mission. Holy fuck is that guy badass.

Give him a few more games and he might succeed Garrus' levels of badassery.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:42 am #274776

He's gonna need a lot of games to be anywhere close to Normandy's lower deck duo.

Screemonster · Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:17 pm

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Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:55 pm #274913

I like to think Sara Ryder is doing her best to act like a normal Human being. It's cute to think she wants to be a people too

Post by **Armhulen** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:26 pm #274981

Hidden Lore: Sara is actually a synth trying to figure out what human emotion is

capi duffman · Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:15 am

I... I dropped Andromeda to focus on replaying Baldur's Gate 2.

It wasn't my intent, I just wanted to remember how was it when Bioware did one of the best rpgs ever, I even thought I'd stop quickly, since I have replayed it so many times, but it got funny, and I started to look forward to some battles...

And then Persona 5 comes out in a few days, it looks like Andromeda will end up like dragon age 2, unfinished, and a target of mockery.

Post by **Armhulen** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:18 am #275141

capi duffman wrote:I... I dropped Andromeda to focus on replaying Baldur's Gate 2.

It wasn't my intent, I just wanted to remember how was it when Bioware did one of the best rpgs ever, I even thought I'd stop quickly, since I have replayed it so many times, but it got funny, and I started to look forward to some battles...

And then Persona 5 comes out in a few days, it looks like Andromeda will end up like dragon age 2, unfinished, and a target of mockery.

good.

DrPillzRedux · Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:34 pm

IT'S HAPPENING GAMERPOOP IS HERE

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InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:40 pm #275250

> The worst Ryder
Garbage.

DrPillzRedux · Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:43 pm

>playing Sarah

Even with a custom face she's retarded. At least custom Scott's facial animations are good.

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:45 pm #275254

But that's the point. The game is gloriously, amusingly shit. The animations are shit. The plot is shit, the characters are shit, the voice acting are shit. Why would I want to improve any part of the game?

DrPillzRedux · Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:56 pm

InsaneHyena wrote:this entire post

Have you played through it though, without holding a biased opinion beforehand? I went in without even knowing this existed a week before release, and had fun. That's why every reviewer says that at no point did they want to turn it off and stop. There's investment in it and most enjoy their time with it, even with all its flaws.

I'm not defending it, I'm just saying that not even playing it but still shitting on it renders whatever you say null and void. If you do try it, don't go into it with a thought of "this is fucking shit", because you'll find every little reason to complain and come out with a bad view.

Totalbiscuit said this very well for once. Skip to 1:50:21, it's what I'd say about Andromeda.

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InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:01 pm #275264

I'm sorry I'm not willing to stick my fingers up my nose and ignore drowning in shit, just because I loved the brand once. The love is over, I can see things for what they are now.

DrPillzRedux · Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:24 pm

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:31 pm #275270

DrPillzRedux wrote:I'm not defending it, I'm just saying that not even playing it but still shitting on it renders whatever you say null and void. If you do try it, don't go into it with a thought of "this is fucking shit", because you'll find every little reason to complain and come out with a bad view.

sorry i meant to post this as me but was logged into my alt

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:33 pm #275289

Eh, the opinion of the gaming community won't make much of a difference. We'll probably get a sequel.

EA games traditionally sells better the more flak it gets from the community, and vice versa.
Battlefield 1 received shit for not being WW1 enough and still being a battlefield game, and has roughly 100k players on all three consoles.
Star Wars Battlefront received shit for being too simplistic and casual, and is getting a sequel.
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare was said to be EA's doing and PopCap's downfall, yet it's alive and thriving with a sequel and a healthy player base.
FIFA receives shit annually for having an atrocious microtransactions system and for not being innovative, yet is one of the top selling games year-to-year.

Conversely, we have Titanfall 2, which received critical acclaim is now suffering a dying playerbase problems and peaks at 3k players on the PC, while Mirror's Edge: Catalyst was received meh-ly and sold meh-ly.

The truth of the matter is that while ME:A is a poor RPG game, it is still one of the best triple A space exploration game made to recent date, if only for a lack of competition.

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:53 pm #275293

going to take a moment to go off topic and say that if you think 3k players is "dying" you haven't played a dying game

I won't deny that they got shafted on the sales and everything and the playercount isn't as high as it could be, but seriously, 3k players at peak times is far FAR from dying

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:06 pm #275297

I'm Aussie, there's literally no players playing between 2 am to 3 pm on weekdays on the PC.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:43 pm #275303

>rpg game
opinion discarded

DrPillzRedux · Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:04 am

>Andromeda is at the top of this years sales charts
>cost around 40 million to make, has made over 300 million

I smell a sequel.