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

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:40 pm #276486

Bottom post of the previous page:

That is why human hormones are so important for reproduction, from a purely clinical standpoint sexual reproduction is really gross and if our brains were not hard wired to want it near above all else we would probably not ever do it.

Remie Richards · Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:54 pm

Wyzack wrote:That is why human hormones are so important for reproduction, from a purely clinical standpoint sexual reproduction is really gross and if our brains were not hard wired to want it near above all else we would probably not ever do it.

put your MEAT TENTACLE in my MEAT HOLE.
yeah umm.

capi duffman · Tue Apr 04, 2017 4:40 pm

Is the lack of hormones what makes Bioware's romances awkward and cringy?

DrPillzRedux · Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:47 pm

Patch notes are out. They're working on the faces.

http://blog.bioware.com/2017/04/04/mass ... -05-notes/

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:37 pm #276633

Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map

Too bad it's releasing tomorrow. I'll be playing Shovel Knight as it releases the Spectre Knight mode. Then Stellaris update after. Then the new Fire Emblem. Then Long War 2. Then Endless Space 2.

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:44 pm #276639

More stuff

https://www.masseffect.com/news/the-jou ... 53509845=1

Over the next two months we’ll be rolling out additional patches which will go even deeper and look to improve several areas of the game:

More options and variety in the character creator
Improvements to hair and general appearance for characters
Ongoing improvements to cinematic scenes and animations
Improvements to male romance options for Scott Ryder
Adjustments to conversations with Hainly Abrams

Bolded for laughs

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:00 pm #277449

DrPillzRedux wrote:
DemonFiren wrote:but they're raptor-bird-things
they probably don't have vaginas
they give live birth so yeah they do

>what is ovovivipary

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:15 pm #277462

Got a chance to watch the first couple hours of gameplay lately. I really thought the bad facial animations that we have seen were cherrypicked, but at least in the first section of the game they are literally all varying degrees of fucking awful. I found most of the dialogue to be fucking cringe inducingly bad and utterly unconvincing. Actual gameplay looks pretty good though, high mobility via jetpacks is almost never a bad thing when done well. Crafting and inventory shit seems like a nightmare too.

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:18 pm #277466

I get the impression they tried to bring back ME1 levels of RPG gameplay with the crafting and shit but they managed to bring back the clunky and annoying shit from it as well, RIP

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:31 pm

They changed eyes and animations for a bunch of things. They plan to do a lot more over the next 5 months.

Right is old, left is new.

THEY'RE ALSO REDOING SARAH "GIVE ME THE LEGO" RYDER'S FUCKED FACE

Spoiler:

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:12 pm #277500

that's surprisingly better

is that second image a new one because she still has a hint of that mildly retarded smile

Ricotez · Post by **Ricotez** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:53 pm #277577

How long ago did the game go gold? How many more months did the development team need to have this patch included in the gold version?

I need to know how much more patience EA should've had not to have ME:A turn into a meme before it even launched.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:09 pm #277581

Watching a friend start playing this and they seem to be having some serious difficulties with the Nomad, cant seem to drive up even slight inclines even in six wheel drive mode, is this a bug or something?

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:40 pm

They fixed most of the meme scenes.

Also never had that happen Wyzack. Turn 6 wheel drive on and use boost.

I also tried to replay ME2 today but it has not aged well at all. Can't stand the gameplay. Gonna try 3.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:43 pm #277596

DrPillzRedux wrote:I also tried to replay ME2 today but it has not aged well at all. Can't stand the gameplay.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:04 pm

It's just empty corridors. There's a lack of dialogue with your crew compared to Andromeda. The combat is slow and clunky; does not flow well like Andromeda's (you can have more than 3 powers though). Your crew does not talk with each other so no banter. The main story always sucked, your squad and the journey through the game always was the highlight.

It was great for its time but has not aged well.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:05 pm #277608

Half of this is bullshit. You must be baiting or have exceptionally shit taste.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:11 pm

Or you just haven't played Andromeda fully to understand my point. Which you haven't.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:13 pm #277614

Uh, I hate to break it to you, but we're talking about ME2.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:17 pm

Yeah, and I'm talking about in comparison. The differences are massive. If you've played Andromeda it's pretty much impossible to enjoy 2 as there's much less stuff in it, and it's missing a lot of things 3 added that 2 didn't have.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:20 pm #277621

Still don't mean it hasn't aged well. It's still a perfectly solid game that overall is better than 3.

killerx09 · Post by **killerx09** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:22 pm #277622

ME 2 was 3 story missions, a grocery list shopping missions of picking the squad mates up, followed by their loyalty missions and then the suicide missions.

ME:A released on the 21st. EA's fiscal year ended on the 24th.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:25 pm

Well of course they wanted to inflate their year end stats. Everyone knows that. The game suffered because of it, but that's not the only reason why it has flaws.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:53 pm #277913

Turns out it was a controller issue and not the game.

I recently replayed me2 and while the gunplay isn't as good as 3 and the story has slightly lower stakes it still holds up quite well

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:36 pm #277989

yeah ME2 plays fine, don't know what is happening above but if anyone actually believes ME1's gunplay holds up compared to 2 they're outright delusional

not to say you can't enjoy one or the other/dislike one or the other, but.. cmon

MrEousTranger · Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:01 pm

CosmicScientist wrote:I played it before,

It looks like Roblox creation mode in an empty Minecraft world. I guess I don't like games where you make the fun/have a toy box/don't have restrictions. Go have fun with it by all means though, it looks like a very well crafted game with tons of fun outfits. Maybe I'd stop being so negative if I saw you could make your own vehicles (which was half of what I did with lego as a child), vroom vroom!

Have you ever played Lego Racers 2?
lego game where you customize your character and builld a car in several fun open world settings with a plethera of enjoyable side missions and more unlockable races. There are a few different bases for you to choose to build your car on, by adding more peices durability goes up but speed goes down and vice versa, during races you can pick up power ups like mario kart and use those to damage others cars (by doing so pieces fall off of the car) and once they are stripped down to their base one shot will destroy their car leaving them on foot until they get to a repair zone.

Litterally my entire childhood and its the best thing ever made you honestly need to get it for PC unless you have a playstation 2 on hand.

EDIT: i know replying to an old comment blah blah blah

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:18 pm #278015

lego racers is great

DrPillzRedux · Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:32 pm

Qbopper wrote:yeah ME2 plays fine, don't know what is happening above

ME2 compared to even 3 just feels empty. It suffers heavily from hallway syndrome. The gunplay is also just too slow and simple to enjoy. Insanity in ME2 is widowmaker headshot, duck back down, repeat. In Andromeda on Insanity I'm running Vanguard with Charge to get in close, Mass Effect field that gives me an AoE damage field and primes enemies, then lance to detonate. If I lose my shields I charge into an enemy to restore them and keep moving with my shotgun. It's absolute rip and tear close combat whereas ME2 was, like I said, sit in cover and pop headshots. The sidequests in ME2 have much higher writing quality though, and I miss the renegade options.

I think the biggest turnoff about the new main character for people is that you're not a grizzled space badass like Shepard already was at the start of ME1. You're some unknown twerp kid who's inexperienced, unsure of yourself, and everyone says you're an idiot. People who haven't played the OT don't mind that since they didn't play as Shepard. People heard of Shepard in the OT, feared him, loved him, etc. No one knows who the fuck Ryder is until the end of the game.

There's also the fact that Andromeda tries to be different in narrative than the OT. Instead of trying to save the galaxy, and finding friends on the way, Andromeda is all about finding a home. They want the Tempest crew to feel more like family on a road trip than people desperately fighting to save everything. I at least like that they realized what made ME so great; your crew and the journey to the end. There's a lot of crew stuff to do in Andromeda and their effort shows past the halfway point.

capi duffman · Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:40 pm

I'm bringing two sniper rifles at the same time, both with vintage cooling addons, the black widow and a helius rifle with retardedly high damage.

I'm not even bothering to cover, I simply aim, and unless a really big obstacle is in the middle, like a mountain, I shoot and kill the target. The only thing I need left is missions with tons of shooting, I'm sick of travelling with the mako and having only minor skirmishes, I want an unending wave of kett to purge while cackling madly.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:49 pm #278086

Not saying you had the same arsenal of powers available to you but ME2 had the vanguard biotic charge and while i didnt really care for it many people thought it was the best way to play the game

DrPillzRedux · Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:20 pm

Wyzack wrote:Not saying you had the same arsenal of powers available to you but ME2 had the vanguard biotic charge and while i didnt really care for it many people thought it was the best way to play the game

The issue with it is it didn't have the powers to support being a mobile force. You could only charge at a target if there was cover around there to hide in after that one guy. In Andromeda charging is used to zip around and refill your shield. There are also other powers that promote being close to enemies instead of sitting in cover.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:11 pm

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:05 pm #280349

Pls no bully Sarah

DrPillzRedux · Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:23 pm

I couldn't even get past 1/4 of my Sara playthrough because I hate her voice.

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:02 pm #280365

RIP Mass Effect

MrEousTranger · Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:43 pm

Ikarrus wrote:RIP Mass Effect

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:13 pm #280384

Ikarrus wrote:RIP Mass Effect

RIP career at Bioware, how dare you bite the hand that feeds.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:30 pm #280403

Not yet, just reminding ikky he works for the soulless corporate america.

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:38 pm #285591

if you want to buy this here's a code for 10% off at GMG plus it's on for like 20% atm I think

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replace the equals with a capital J

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Thu May 11, 2017 3:38 am #292004

I HURT MYSELF TODAY

DrPillzRedux · Thu May 11, 2017 4:08 am

The clickbait headline doesn't include that no one from Montreal was laid off, they're just helping with other titles right now, and Andromeda 2 is not anywhere near a priority for full on development.

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Thu May 11, 2017 5:11 am #292044

That's optimistic

Quanti · Post by **Quanti** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:11 am #292091

So they gave an incredible series to an amatuer dev studio and they made one that was so unpopular it put the series on hold until further notice?
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Quanti · Post by **Quanti** » Thu May 11, 2017 9:52 am #292125

Well given there isn't a source for the stuff they're saying in the article it's just clickbait for now. Andromeda still sold well so it'd be a surprise if the series died.

Are they still patching the game and touching up cutscenes at the moment? I do still want to play this at some point.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu May 11, 2017 10:50 am #292130

Quanti wrote:So they gave an incredible series to an amatuer dev studio and they made one that was so unpopular it put the series on hold until further notice?
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Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Thu May 11, 2017 12:43 pm #292147

well, hey

either one of two things happens

-andromeda 2 learns from the mistakes of the first game and is a genuinely good game

-andromeda 2 isn't very good and i don't buy it

it's a win win honestly

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu May 11, 2017 2:53 pm #292185

Qbopper wrote:well, hey

either one of two things happens

-andromeda 2 learns from the mistakes of the first game and is a genuinely good game

-andromeda 2 isn't very good and i don't buy it

it's a win win honestly

>further defiling the corpse of once glorious mass effect
>win

InsaneHyena · Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:07 pm

https://www.masseffect.com/news/mass-ef ... the-studio

IT'S DEAD. IT'S FUCKING DEAD.

Post by **Armhulen** » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:41 pm #327879

InsaneHyena wrote:https://www.masseffect.com/news/mass-ef ... the-studio

IT'S DEAD. IT'S FUCKING DEAD.

haahhahahahahah

DrPillzRedux · Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:44 pm

rip mass effect

InsaneHyena · Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:50 pm

Press F to pay respects. Press S to spit on the grave.