Mass Effect 3 screenshots splash down
Two screenshots from the sci-fi RPG have been set loose for the Internet to obsess and panic over, as it does so love to do.
The first pair of Mass Effect 3 screenshots have been set free to roam the Cybernet as they please, giving a fair look at the kind of pretty pictures we can expect from the final chapter of BioWare's sci-fi RPG trilogy.
The screenshots show some boring-looking bloke we can only presume is an acquaintance of Jane Shepard duking it out with--and this is a story spoiler you might not guess by looking at the pictures, so if you don't want to read spoilers, stop reading now--Cerberus forces on the Salarian homeworld.
They were previously exclusive to Game Informer, the magazine whose latest issue let slip a few tasty ME3 details.
Mass Effect 3 is scheduled to launch for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the 2011 holiday season, published by EA.
Internet, you may now obsess over these screenshots, insisting they prove beyond all shadow of a doubt that Mass Effect has been 'consolised' and ruined, that only DirectX 6 is used, that Sovereign was actually The Illusive Man all along, or perhaps that there will be 96 pieces of downloadable content costing $27.13 apiece. Alternatively, you can choose to be civilised and simply doff your cap or curtsy to BioWare and say "Good show, chaps."
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 screenshots splash down.
Two screenshots from the sci-fi RPG have been set loose for the Internet to obsess and panic over, as it does so love to do.-
very few games I'm giddy about that are coming out soon, but this is one of them.
[p Isn't there an ending where you don't tick off Cerberus? I played it twice and can't remember if in my renegade playthrough if Cerberus and I were buddy buddy p]-
It depends entirely on what you do with the final choice. Either way, something else must happen between both stories that sends you on your way.
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They should just go back to opengl 1.0
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I really need to get on the ball and start my replay throughs of Mass Effect 1 and 2 and all the dlc on the 360.
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My maleshep is a badass.
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I'm gonna go ahead and assume that's a joke.
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negative, CrustaR. The pattern is full
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Debo Shepard looks pissed.
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Until he opens his mouth and sounds like a complete tool.
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no u >:(
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I just call it like I see it, besides- shack consensus is split 50/50 it seems on the topic.
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He sounds like a normal guy. I'm not sure what you want exactly.
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He sounds like a normal guy. I'm not sure what you want.
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He's the face of the series for continuity. Fem-shep has better voice acting.
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Yeah I keep seeing people say this but I honestly don't hear whatever it is they hear. I think both Shepard sexes are fine.
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Weird, this post is me. Somehow I wasn't paying attention and logged in to my old shack account. Whoops.
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I've played both too, and he's partially right. Femshep is honestly more intimidating sounding if you play renegade (probably because she sounds like a psycho bitch and we all know how scary those can be). Maleshep sounds better if you're playing paragon.
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I disagree. I like to play male shepherd as a renegade
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This is true.
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Same here man. They broke my heart with the quality of DA2. Looks like they needed about 4 or so more months of level design and QA testing. Sadness.
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The team that made Dragon Age 2 is not the same team that did ME 2, which is whom they were trying to copy to some degree. Can understand your concern, but since it's the same people who made ME2 making ME3, I would think that'd count for something (same people, not just the same company).
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I've gotten the general impression that DA2 was pushed out so fast to make money to continue funding for ToR and ME3 teams to deliver on the goods.
That's the only reason I could imagine for BioWare compromising so heavily on design like that.-
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It did feel like an obsidian game: The broken and missing quests in Act 3, the DX11 bugs with nvidia hardware. The repetitive dungeons.
The voice acting was fantastic though, and the story of your characters interesting. I love Merryl
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Sorry, MA1 and 2 were too fucking good for me to not be totally psyched for the third installment.
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i just gave up and uninstalled Dragon Age 2, but i still cannot fucking wait for ME3
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I'll give ME3 a go still. But I haven't purchased or played a single piece of BioWare content since DA: Awakenings. The gobs of bugs they left in that game while producing several pieces of DLC without ever patching it left a sour taste in my mouth. Since the EA merger I no longer consider anything BioWare produces a day one purchase.
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I have a very bad feeling that they might screw the pooch on this one like they did Dragon Age 2. Please god take the time to properly finish the game and actually QA test it to make sure you got most of the bugs ironed out.
In DA2, how the heck can you miss the resurrection spell not properly placing characters back into combat making them invincible, and the same recycled locations throughout the game….
Grrrr.
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Stupid Cerberus getting all shot in those pictures.
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way to sound like you dont work at shacknews, Alice. sarcastic tone implying paying for DLC and being restricted by console hardware limitations is actually an acceptable thing for PC players is ...well.. telling about where you're coming from at least. here's hoping you have no idea / interest in BF3
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Please do tell me where I'm coming from because, as a PC gamer of 15-odd years, I'd love to know what you think that is.
Shacknews is not an anti-DLC site and I don't believe we've ever had a blanket policy of decrying paid DLC for PC games. Such a stance would be foolish.
As for the ongoing "being restricted by console hardware limitations" backlash, it has long been Shacknews policy to not proudly ignore the realities of the industry, not blindly insist that every sequel must be twice as pretty as the previous game, and to recognise petty platform squabbles for what they are.-
Dear Ms. O'Connor
As another PC gamer of 15 odd years, I thought that the sentiment seemed odd and out of place in a Mass Effect 3 post. Considering that no one ever thought of ME as anything but a console series and generally took its low resolution textures and so on as a given, and what's more had a widely praised PC port, why would anyone complain about it's 'consolification'? Nor is there any kind of general console hardware limitations backlash, not that I see, in fact a lot of PC gamers seem quite pleased with how they can run PC versions of multiplatform games at higher resolution, with AA, max texture res etc...
What you're talking about was Crysis 2 specific, and in that particular case it should surprise no one that there was disappointment considering that Crysis is still the prettiest shooter there is, a standard for this generation of graphics quality. And since I haven't seen a thread about Crysis 2's technical features in weeks I wonder why you felt that debacle needed to be dredged up again.
Otherwise, I have quite enjoyed your reportage recently.
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Internet, SpaecKow. Never over-estimate the Internet.
Mark my words, you'll see these points raised in furious arguments.
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To give a serious answer, heaps of multi-platform games are accused of being 'consolised,' including Mass Effect 2. It would be astonishing if the same charges were not levelled against ME3.
The DirectX jibe was in no way Crysis 2-specific. It's a situation that crops up time and time again. After Dragon Age 2, drooling idiots will be queueing up to spew more nonsense about BioWare's next game.
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i just like how everyone is trying to sound smart in this subthread, so that the british chick will think they're cool.
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I'm so coul, I spell it with a 'u.'
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I really wish there was a "canon" femshep so you weren't stuck with a chick who looks like all the rest of the women built using the character generator.
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You can make your character look really different from "standard" face appearance but it takes a lot of tweaking the sliders, though I have to say my efforts with a female Shepard were a little less successful than my main male Shepard, who looks completely different from all the "stock" faces.
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You can make the face look different sure, but the limited hair options means you'll run into a lot of people who look pretty similar because of the hair.
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MY femshep is unique!
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wtf why
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It's the daughter from Californication.
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It's like Jamie Foxx starred in White Chicks with the Wayan Brothers.
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Hahahaha, oh jesus, now THAT is a unique Shepard!
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I just sat here staring blankly for about 10 minutes trying to think of something that sums up my reaction to this. Words just aren't going to work here.
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i really tried for a lesbo action scene with her, but no dice. FFS THERE'S A BED VISIBLE FROM HER DESK!!! :(
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