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The New Comic Thread for Monday, February 8, 2010

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This is the ME2 thread in a nutshell for me.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    ME comic!

    Discussing games that not everybody have played to completion is always a goddamn minefield

    Not so much in the dangerous sense as in the really bloody annoying to negotiate sense

    it gets worse with games like ME2 because outside of like, three Main Quest sections you can basically do the rest of the game (including your party's loyalty quests) in almost any order

    so even if someone has been playing the game just as much as you, they could have done a completely different section of content and you literally can't talk about your game experience without spoiling each other

    Hahah, this exactly

    For a start I went to hang with a friend (some people discuss politics, we discuss Mass Effect) and we hit a bit of a block because he was a Renegade and I was a Paragon

    "ARGH GOD DAMN IT NO DON'T TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE"

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ringo wrote: »
    I'm watching Dragonball: Evoltuion right now.

    Whyyyyyy

    DRAAAGGON!!! THE TEST OF SEVEN HAS BEEN FORFILLED!

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    by far the most annoying game for this is Dragon Age

    in ME2, you've got basically four combinations of paths to go in

    Renegade Male
    Renegade Female
    Paragon Male
    Paragon Female

    Your origin stuff comes up maybe once or twice, and generally has like, one mission based on your pre-service history and one based on your actions during your history.

    unless you play a "Neutral" character, or you choose a mixture of Paragon/Renegade options to the game's quests, pretty much everyone who plays a Paragon Male Shepard is going to have the same game experience by the time they are done.

    Dragon Age? Dialogue and quest stuff factors in your class, race, gender, and origin story, as well as alignment based intangibles (since the game doesn't have an alignment bar)

    I crunched the math on that and the answer was like there's 34 different ways much of the game's dialogues and quests could be different

    instead of ME's four

    Dragon Age, it gets hard to discuss what happens in the fucking origin story (literally the first half an hour to hour of the game for everyone) because there's basically six different ones and they're all wildly different.

    That kind of set-up, combined with the growing madness of active spoilerphobia the internet has developed, and it makes the game essentially impossible to talk about without spoiler flowcharts

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I haven't beaten the game yet, but I'll say this

    The Garrus loyalty quest isn't nearly as amusing as the Garrus romance

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Well, I have no idea what the hell is being said in any part of that comic. I wouldn't have even known it was ME until I read this thread.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    i don't get this comic. i mean i get it. i just don't see why i should be laughing.

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Is me2 xbox2/win exclusive?

    how do you not have one of these two things

    what do you own like

    a mac and a PS3?

    that makes it your fault
    Haha I like this post

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    the cheat wrote: »
    i don't get this comic. i mean i get it. i just don't see why i should be laughing.

    Yeah there's sort of a lack of a joke

    I think they were all too busy talking about Mass Effect 2 to make a punchline

    Which I completely understand, there's something about Mass Effect 2 that makes you want to talk about it all the time

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i fucking laughed out loud for this comic.

    and considering i'm in an office of non-gamers currently, i'm finding myself hard-pressed to explain why
    my Shep having a Yeoman-Rand/Captain Kirk relationship in a computer game
    is so damn amusing.

    i'm also choosing the paragon option here and spoilering my posts just because i am Commander Goodguy.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    SH can you please explain to me what this comic is all about, I never played Mass Effect

    If you haven't played the game, I have two things to say to you.

    1. What is wrong with you?

    2. There's no reason to explain it. You wouldn't understand.

    1) I ran out of money.

    2)
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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    if licking penis is what fuels your comic edits, by all means don't stop.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Chambers is there for the crew.


    There being your crotch

    wait

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Chambers is there for the crew.


    There being your crotch

    wait

    Chambers is your crotch for the crew.


    this actually makes sense, bravo!

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Olivaw wrote: »
    the cheat wrote: »
    i don't get this comic. i mean i get it. i just don't see why i should be laughing.

    Yeah there's sort of a lack of a joke

    I think they were all too busy talking about Mass Effect 2 to make a punchline

    Which I completely understand, there's something about Mass Effect 2 that makes you want to talk about it all the time

    This is so true.

    My brothers have become annoyed with me, as I want to talk about this game but neither of them have played it.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I can't wait 'til I have a compy that I can play this game on.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Henroid wrote: »
    I can't wait 'til I have a compy that I can play this game on.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    As much as I'd normally appreciate that, I'm not feeling it right now.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    composognathus

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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  • alternatingAberrationalternatingAberration I am the milk man My milk is deliciousRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Such speed and quality, Sabre! I am stunned beyond words!

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Okay, that actually helped make me feel better. :o

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Garrus and Mordin are the two best characters ever.

    So is
    Legion

    But he's clearly in third.

    Garrus has so many pithy, sassy lines when you take him places. He's great!

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Garrus had a good loyalty mission but Tali's is still my favorite. I'm a sappy bitch though, so the line you get from her at the paragon end just breaks me.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2010
    miranda is clearly the best

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Pony wrote: »
    Edcrab wrote: »
    ME comic!

    Discussing games that not everybody have played to completion is always a goddamn minefield

    Not so much in the dangerous sense as in the really bloody annoying to negotiate sense

    it gets worse with games like ME2 because outside of like, three Main Quest sections you can basically do the rest of the game (including your party's loyalty quests) in almost any order

    so even if someone has been playing the game just as much as you, they could have done a completely different section of content and you literally can't talk about your game experience without spoiling each other

    Vivienne would get upset with me when I wouldn't be in the same room as her while playing cause I didn't want to be spoiled.

    This was the same girl that complain that I watched a few gameplay scenes a week before it came out.

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  • SirsonSirson Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Anyone notice one of her first lines in the game is "I look forward to working under you commander"
    Knowing the Bioware writers from things I've read... this is not unintentional.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Sirson wrote: »
    Anyone notice one of her first lines in the game is "I look forward to working under you commander"
    Knowing the Bioware writers from things I've read... this is not unintentional.

    miranda?

    no it's not really supposed to be suggestive I don't think

    trust me, you know when ME2 is being suggestive. it's not subtle.

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  • SirsonSirson Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Sirson wrote: »
    Anyone notice one of her first lines in the game is "I look forward to working under you commander"
    Knowing the Bioware writers from things I've read... this is not unintentional.

    miranda?

    no it's not really supposed to be suggestive I don't think

    trust me, you know when ME2 is being suggestive. it's not subtle.

    Naw Kelly..

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Sirson wrote: »
    Sirson wrote: »
    Anyone notice one of her first lines in the game is "I look forward to working under you commander"
    Knowing the Bioware writers from things I've read... this is not unintentional.

    miranda?

    no it's not really supposed to be suggestive I don't think

    trust me, you know when ME2 is being suggestive. it's not subtle.

    Naw Kelly..

    oh yeah then definitely suggestive

    but you just need to assume everything is with her

    well not so much assume as know for absolute fact

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Zek wrote: »
    Mass Effect 2 was fun but it had some really boring optional crap. Scanning is awful, even just looking at all the planets is pretty boring, and all the anomaly missions are just little quickies with virtually no dialog or plot. I'd much rather they were fewer and better developed.

    Scanning is boring, but you really only need to scan a fraction of the available planets to gather enough resources.

    The anomaly missions I really liked, I relished that they were short and sweet. There are enough character and loyalty missions to fulfil story needs.
    smeghead wrote: »
    I love Bioware RPGs but I tried giving ME1 a number of chances over the last couple of years. Every time I'd get to the citadel and a bunch of alien races I didn't care about would try and give me their entire cultural history, including their role in the current political climate. All in a random longass dialogue tree. With no prior introduction to any aspect of what they were talking about.

    I don't think I am capable of enduring the first game through to the end, in order to give the sequel a chance.

    edit: D:
    You know, I really don't recall there being much of this.

    Of course you can skip through dialogue quite quickly.

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  • runaway_pancakerunaway_pancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Janson wrote: »
    Zek wrote: »
    Mass Effect 2 was fun but it had some really boring optional crap. Scanning is awful, even just looking at all the planets is pretty boring, and all the anomaly missions are just little quickies with virtually no dialog or plot. I'd much rather they were fewer and better developed.

    Scanning is boring, but you really only need to scan a fraction of the available planets to gather enough resources.

    The anomaly missions I really liked, I relished that they were short and sweet. There are enough character and loyalty missions to fulfil story needs.
    smeghead wrote: »
    I love Bioware RPGs but I tried giving ME1 a number of chances over the last couple of years. Every time I'd get to the citadel and a bunch of alien races I didn't care about would try and give me their entire cultural history, including their role in the current political climate. All in a random longass dialogue tree. With no prior introduction to any aspect of what they were talking about.

    I don't think I am capable of enduring the first game through to the end, in order to give the sequel a chance.

    edit: D:
    You know, I really don't recall there being much of this.

    Of course you can skip through dialogue quite quickly.
    Also I don't know how you can say you love bioware games but hate reading tons of dialogue-based exposition.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Janson wrote: »
    Zek wrote: »
    Mass Effect 2 was fun but it had some really boring optional crap. Scanning is awful, even just looking at all the planets is pretty boring, and all the anomaly missions are just little quickies with virtually no dialog or plot. I'd much rather they were fewer and better developed.

    Scanning is boring, but you really only need to scan a fraction of the available planets to gather enough resources.

    The anomaly missions I really liked, I relished that they were short and sweet. There are enough character and loyalty missions to fulfil story needs.
    smeghead wrote: »
    I love Bioware RPGs but I tried giving ME1 a number of chances over the last couple of years. Every time I'd get to the citadel and a bunch of alien races I didn't care about would try and give me their entire cultural history, including their role in the current political climate. All in a random longass dialogue tree. With no prior introduction to any aspect of what they were talking about.

    I don't think I am capable of enduring the first game through to the end, in order to give the sequel a chance.

    edit: D:
    You know, I really don't recall there being much of this.

    Of course you can skip through dialogue quite quickly.
    Also I don't know how you can say you love bioware games but hate reading tons of dialogue-based exposition.

    She didn't, though. She said there was the option.

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  • runaway_pancakerunaway_pancake Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Zek wrote: »
    Mass Effect 2 was fun but it had some really boring optional crap. Scanning is awful, even just looking at all the planets is pretty boring, and all the anomaly missions are just little quickies with virtually no dialog or plot. I'd much rather they were fewer and better developed.

    Scanning is boring, but you really only need to scan a fraction of the available planets to gather enough resources.

    The anomaly missions I really liked, I relished that they were short and sweet. There are enough character and loyalty missions to fulfil story needs.
    smeghead wrote: »
    I love Bioware RPGs but I tried giving ME1 a number of chances over the last couple of years. Every time I'd get to the citadel and a bunch of alien races I didn't care about would try and give me their entire cultural history, including their role in the current political climate. All in a random longass dialogue tree. With no prior introduction to any aspect of what they were talking about.

    I don't think I am capable of enduring the first game through to the end, in order to give the sequel a chance.

    edit: D:
    You know, I really don't recall there being much of this.

    Of course you can skip through dialogue quite quickly.
    Also I don't know how you can say you love bioware games but hate reading tons of dialogue-based exposition.

    She didn't, though. She said there was the option.
    That was towards smeg.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    well FINE

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    They're dumping a shitload about their culture on you because you're in their embassy, so that's sort of their job.

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  • smegheadsmeghead Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I don't have a problem with tons of dialogue and learning all the minutia of a game's universe, I just think it was very poorly handled in ME1. It seemed like I was getting inundated with information very early on, in a very dry uninteresting way. Information that was important in establishing the setting. But it was like some guy reading off a design document. I might as well have filled myself in using a cheat sheet in the manual.

    I don't know. Maybe I just subconsciously hated all the species for not being Wookies or Twi'leks.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    If you just read the codex it was boring. But if you got your information straight from your alien squadmates, it was very interesting. Basically the only non-boring parts of Liara was hearing her describe Asari culture and such. Tali had more depth herself, but I still really liked learning about the Quarian specifically from her.

    That is actually something I've missed so far in ME2. You already know everything, so not quite as much opportunity to learn new things in the same manner.

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    DRAAAGGON!!! THE TEST OF SEVEN HAS BEEN FORFILLED!
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    FORFILLED!
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    FORFILLED!
    MikeRyu wrote: »
    FORFILLED!

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  • Hello WaterfaceHello Waterface Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller In the timbers of FennarioRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Not my fave birthday comic, to be honest. Not a Mass Effect guy.

    But I do like "Holy S."

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