Mass Effect 3 details emerge
We're getting some of our first details of Mass Effect 3, including some early plot details, the resurrection of certain RPG elements, and more.
Besides a cinematic trailer and some groundwork laid in the recent Mass Effect 2 Arrival downloadable content, details for Mass Effect 3 have been sparse. Now we have a few more snippets of information, thanks to the latest issue of Game Informer (via GameFAQs). Minor spoilers follow.
Apparently the Reaper invasion of Earth seen in the trailer kicks off the action, as it interrupts Shepard's trial for his actions during the Arrival. Some familiar faces from both previous games will join the squad, including Liara, Garrus, and Ashley or Kaiden based on which survived in the original Mass Effect. Cerberus also plays a role, and the Illusive Man is none-too-happy with Shepard this time.
The third game in the series has learned a lesson from the PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2, and will feature an interactive comic to let players make major decisions if starting from scratch. It's also said to bring back some of the more standard RPG elements, including mods for weapons, and more customization for equipping squad mates.
Check out the issue for more details, and we'll keep an eye out for other juicy tidbits as BioWare ramps up its marketing campaign for Mass Effect 3's holiday 2011 release.
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replyComment on Mass Effect 3 details emerge, by Steve Watts.
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I thought I read somewhere that because it was DLC it wasn't - If the majority of players never get the DLC they would never know. Of course this DLC is pretty heavy if ME3 starts off with the trial, but players who never grabbed the DLC might not have any idea why he is on trial, u know?
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Good. ME2 streamlined too many classic RPG elements and I really didn't like being barred from outfitting/customizing my party members. Glad to hear that a lot of ME1's cast returns and I look forward to seeing what all the ME2 characters are doing. It will be sad to see this series end though. I wonder what Bioware's next big project is. With ME3 almost done they've got to be well into development on it.
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Who was it that was saying previous characters wouldn't be playable this time around?
Also, I hope they include Tali as playable. One of my favorite characters of the series.-
I'd be pretty annoyed if they go and don't use the team you basically spent the last game assembling.
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I've always said that they wouldn't due to the amount of work required. But am glad they are bringing back the ME1 chars.
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? Garrus is a ME1 character.
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As well as ME2.
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I dont think anyone has said this.
But I've said in the past that, with anyone being able to die in ME2, I dont see how they can bring back your squad from ME2 for anything but cameos. I guess they know the stats on which characters survived the most from peoples playthroughs so could invest more time in those, but it is still a tricky thing.
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Now give me an all inclusive DLC sale Bioware for the PC DLC ok? I haven't played ME2 since beating it at launch :(
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that all sounds pretty rad.
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http://www.masseffectsaves.com/ you can just download ME1 saves here.
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Maybe the game will prompt you to hit a button to get another camera angle during the huge cinematic every now and then. I'm playing the first assassin's creed now and the game does that. To be honest, that shit is annoying. Just switch it to the new angle!
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Pretty sure you have no clue what you're talking about. The gameplay in ME2 was excellent. Unless you were clowning around on Normal difficulty, the combat proved challenging with the three-layer enemies and the weapon and biotic combinations required to break through those layers.
It was much better than ME1 and on par with the best third-person shooters.-
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I actually really liked it, the kind of easy nature of the shooting let me appreciate just how fucking beautiful that game was. I remember towards the end being almost overwhelmed at the crazy amount of gunfire about the place, it's awesome!
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they did. in ME2.
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Ya know, they came close with ME2. The game was just fun to play.
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The ground combat was awesome. They just need to avoid the whole scanning planets kind of nonsense. I want cool space gameplay.
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Hey, just like me! I'll be doing this run of ME2 with both Arrival and Lair of the Shadow broker, though.
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This news gave me an erection. I really missed the more RPG type elements from the first game. I just hope the game won't be short. It would be hard to zoom around the galaxy knowing Earth is getting rapped by a Reaper invasion.
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I hope Bioware is paying attention and realizes that making Mass Effect into a game that can be slapped into a "shooter" sale by EA means they did something wrong.
Then again, they'll probably quietly remove more features and call it "streamlined" (a la Dragon Age 2). -
I am really hoping it isn't rushed like Dragon Age 2 was. You can just fell the EA "its good enough get it out the door!" influence, especially by ACT 3. I honestly think the repeating maps/enviroments was EA's influence, as no other Bioware game has ever been like that.
EA has a long history of fucking up awesome game devs. I hope that Bioware isn't another EA casualty. -
SPOILERS, SPOILERS EVERYWHERE !
I am afraid to even begin reading the article. You should come up with a way to write your articles where you have a marked spoiler section, where you have a designated spoiler paragraph, and the rest is spoiler free. So we can read up on latest game sequel news, without the fear of accidentally reading something we can't un-read. -
Hmm, it looks like we'll get everyone we've had on out teams this time around.
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Nice still got my saves from both games. Just give my group of the most Bad ass team in the Galaxy let me make two other squads that i can give orders too and we can get to the job at hand.
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