Mass 3ffect: 2012

Leitner

jdarksun wrote: »

Valoryn wrote: »

jdarksun wrote: »

I'd really like to see the numbers behind the various "80% played..." statistics.

http://www.1up.com/news/bioware-details-mass-effect-2-stats

I've seen the stats, just not the numbers behind them.

Is that 80% of all created games? 80% of everyone who played the game had at least one male Shepard? 80% of completed games? 80% of the first created characters?

First run through.

Captain Carrot

Sekxtion wrote: »

I was just kidding Everyone can alter Shep to their specifications. It's part of what makes the series so great. I, for one, despise RPG's that don't let players design their own characters. They make me feel...limited, for lack of a better description.

So every jRPG ever made, then?

OptimusZed

I would stand in line to buy Dance Dance Krogan.

Just for the record.

Delta Assault

It's gotta be better then Dance Dance Shepard, that was awful in ME2.

Dragkonias

Yes, yes, we all have different looking Shepards(some of the opposite gender). Now back to angry boxart.

Sneakman

Speaking of boxart, someone from Neogaf snagged an alleged ME3 boxart from EA's site. Aside from being awful, it shows a purple "Better With Kinect" banner. Say it ain't so Bioware!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/02/rumor-mass-effect-3-getting-better-with-kinect/

Dragkonias

Yeah...that's what prompted the boxart talk in the first place.

DarkPrimus

OptimusZed wrote: »

I would stand in line to buy Dance Dance Krogan.

Just for the record.

It'd just be shuffling your weight a little back and forth from foot to foot.

Alucard6986

Dashui wrote: »

Shadowfire wrote: »

Speculate!

Rumor: Mass Effect 3 To Feature Kinect Support On 360

While Mass Effect 3 will be the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 3 at the same time as on Xbox 360, it sounds like the 360 version may still have some unique and exclusive features. If a leaked cover image is to be believed, the much-awaited sequel will utilize Microsoft's Kinect technology in some way.

The rumor seems to have originated from some Xbox 360 box art for the game that was briefly posted to the EA Store. The box art contained a purple band across the top proclaiming "Better with Kinect." Obviously the game will not require Kinect, since it's playable on other systems with traditional control methods, but it sounds like BioWare may be cooking up some creative uses for the motion-sensing technology.

What could the Kinect elements in Mass Effect 3 be? We'll likely have to wait until E3 to find out. I wouldn't at all be surprised if this announcement is part of the Microsoft press conference on Monday, June 6.

I'm really curious what we can expect from this. Ghost Recon I'd expect hand gestures or some such, but what about this? The same?

Probably something more quickly done and easier to do with the press of a button.

renegade interrupts performed by shaking a clenched fist at the screen

Sekxtion

Confirmed: players can use the Kinect to make Shepard punch al'bin Jalani.

Sneakman

Dragkonias wrote: »

Yeah...that's what prompted the boxart talk in the first place.

D'oh, that's what I get for skipping a page in the thread. Never again!

jefe414

It would be cool to use the kinect with the radial menus.

Dragkonias

Paragon option: Make Happy Face

Renegade option: Make Angry Face

Iceman.USAF

Dragkonias wrote: »

Paragon option: Make Happy Face

Renegade option: Make Angry Face

But the renegade options make me happy...

darleysam

Since it's a 'better with Kinect' label, I think the "OMG PLAY MASS EFFECT 3 WITH KINECT!" chuffing is just stupid. If it is even a thing, it'll likely be some kind of minigame or exclusive bonus mission or whatever, like EA did with the Deathly Hallows game. Anyone expecting or fearing having to play the whole game with Kinect will be disappointed.

Mike Danger

I would actually be cool with it if you could manipulate the galaxy map with Kinect.

mastrius

I think being able to speak your response would be a cool little thing.

Fiaryn

Does Shepard have an omnitoolclaw in that image? o_O

Bobble

Dragkonias wrote: »

Paragon option: Make Happy Face

Renegade option: Make Angry Face

Romance option: Make Creepy Shepard Face

Avoid Romancing anything: Remain motionless for 30 minutes

Send the Fleet in: Shake fist at camera

Doubt sarcastically during interrogation: Make air quotes with fingers

Exercise Krogan Diplomacy: Headbutt motion

Placate hostile AI: Get down on your knees

Defeat Reapers:

Spoiler:

Deadfall

Looks like a Reaper comet behind him happening to line up with his Omini-Tool.

Dragkonias

Naw, that's a part of the omni-tool

Either way, the background is the cover from the GI Mass Effect issue.

Z0re

Fiaryn wrote: »

Does Shepard have an omnitoolclaw in that image? o_O

Well, all the classes get a cool melee move now. I assume Soldier Shep's is stabbing dudes in the face Wolverine style. Adept gets Kaiden's 'kick a dude's head off'. Vanguard pokes people with a finger and they explode. etc.

Dragkonias

Well we already know two

Engineers get that fire whip attack
Adept get a AoE explosion that knocks away all nearby enemies and temporarily stuns them.

jefe414

ANd what, sentinels just get more indestructible?

Apothe0sis

The strongest argument regarding the sex of Shepard is:

He is male.

It is what all the funny gifs use. It contributes to the funny.

Thegreatcow

In 2011, the penny-arcade forums discovered a new phenomenon when a thread reaches 100 pages....

They called it....the Mass Effect (Thread).....

NEW THREADS EVERYWHERE!

Tastyfish

jefe414 wrote: »

It would be cool to use the kinect with the radial menus.

Or separate, the radial menus give you the normal Paragon, Renegade, Investigate or Leave options.
Kinect adds an additional "Hug" and "Enough of your Disingenuous Assertions" layer for companion and love interest conversations.

[edit]Though adding Kinect controls for Adepts/Biotic powers could set an interesting trend - weapons are controlled with a controller, "magic" and squad commands requires gestures and motion.

Synthesis

Z0re wrote: »

Vanguard pokes people with a finger and they explode. etc.

...Shining....finger?

Spoiler:

Uh, I almost went ill typing that.

TrippyJing

Synthesis wrote: »

Z0re wrote: »

Vanguard pokes people with a finger and they explode. etc.

...Shining....finger?

Spoiler:

Uh, I almost went ill typing that.

At least you didn't link to a clip of it.

Dragkonias

Don't worry...I got you guys...I picked the best one too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fUJ6LehQ3I

Thegreatcow

Lordy.....

Dem Animes....

Ah well...I need to come up with new drinks for the next thread.

lionheart_m

So...Krogan Princess? I...

V Faction

It's going to take some serious quads to romance THIS princess.

OptimusZed

DarkPrimus wrote: »

OptimusZed wrote: »

I would stand in line to buy Dance Dance Krogan.

Just for the record.

It'd just be shuffling your weight a little back and forth from foot to foot.

Which I would be excellent at.

Dox the PI

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