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[Mass Effect] Ah yes, "sequels". We have dismissed this claim. Tag spoilers for newbies!

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Breaking out the big guns. Me likey.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    I do hope Brandon Keener says yes :(

  • Trajan45Trajan45 Registered User regular
    Fingers crossed they did more than just up-res the old trilogy.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Trajan45 wrote: »
    Fingers crossed they did more than just up-res the old trilogy.
    Yeah, maybe they added microtransactions!
    (Just a reminder that change isn't always a good thing)

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    klemming wrote: »
    Trajan45 wrote: »
    Fingers crossed they did more than just up-res the old trilogy.
    Yeah, maybe they added microtransactions!
    (Just a reminder that change isn't always a good thing)

    There already were microtransactions in the old trilogy (mostly in ME3).

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    Trajan45 wrote: »
    Fingers crossed they did more than just up-res the old trilogy.
    Yeah, maybe they added microtransactions!
    (Just a reminder that change isn't always a good thing)

    There already were microtransactions in the old trilogy (mostly in ME3).

    It's like the spiritual predecessor to FIFA Ultimate teams.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Erlkönig wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    Trajan45 wrote: »
    Fingers crossed they did more than just up-res the old trilogy.
    Yeah, maybe they added microtransactions!
    (Just a reminder that change isn't always a good thing)

    There already were microtransactions in the old trilogy (mostly in ME3).

    Yeah, but they've learned so much since then. There's so much potential to add.

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  • TerrendosTerrendos Decorative Monocle Registered User regular
    Now most squadmates are only temporarily in your party. If you want them to stay on your ship or join you in fights after their part of the story, you'll need to invest in the Gacha system! For $5, you have a 33% chance of unlocking a new character! And a 66% chance of unlocking a new skin for whoever you let die in Virmire.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    I've only ever really seen Japanese companies do interesting things with Remakes/Remasters.

    Usually the West just slaps on some new shaders, bundles all the DLC and calls it a day.

  • cckerberoscckerberos Registered User regular
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    I've only ever really seen Japanese companies do interesting things with Remakes/Remasters.

    Usually the West just slaps on some new shaders, bundles all the DLC and calls it a day.

    Well, Mafia Definitive Edition just came out, so that would be at least one Western example.

    I haven't really noticed much of an overall difference in how studios approach them, TBH. Most Japanese remasters are also the same thing as before, just slightly prettier.

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  • cckerberoscckerberos Registered User regular
    And given how awful Bioware is about DLC, just having all that nicely bundled for the ME games would be great.

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  • Lavender GoomsLavender Gooms Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    Terrendos wrote: »
    Now most squadmates are only temporarily in your party. If you want them to stay on your ship or join you in fights after their part of the story, you'll need to invest in the Gacha system! For $5, you have a 33% chance of unlocking a new character! And a 66% chance of unlocking a new skin for whoever you let die in Virmire.

    Those rates are way too generous. Bump it down to 1% or lower for the new character.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    cckerberos wrote: »
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    I've only ever really seen Japanese companies do interesting things with Remakes/Remasters.

    Usually the West just slaps on some new shaders, bundles all the DLC and calls it a day.

    Well, Mafia Definitive Edition just came out, so that would be at least one Western example.

    I haven't really noticed much of an overall difference in how studios approach them, TBH. Most Japanese remasters are also the same thing as before, just slightly prettier.

    There are quite a JP remakes/remasters that are complete overhauls. Usually for older PS1 era games but still.

    And even in their smaller efforts there have been ones that make gameplay tweaks just to smooth everything out or add new elements.

    Of course most remasters are pretty standard but I wouldn't say its 1 for 1.

    Though I will say the West has been putting in more effort lately.

    Stuff like Tony Hawk for example. But that was a PS1 game too and most of them aged terribly.

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  • Space PickleSpace Pickle Registered User regular
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    I've only ever really seen Japanese companies do interesting things with Remakes/Remasters.

    Usually the West just slaps on some new shaders, bundles all the DLC and calls it a day.

    According to steam I've played 134.5 hours of the Command and Conquer remaster!

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    It's a ridiculous overstatement to say Western remasters are low quality and Japanese ones are great. The Silent Hill remasters on 360/Ps3 were basically fraudulently bad. Halo Anniversary has some pretty wonderful remaster features, like the original graphics that you can switch back to at the touch of a button. As with everything in game dev, it's very much a case by base basis. For every Spyro trilogy remaster, there's a barely functional upport of something like the Jak trilogy.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    *pushes glasses up bridge of nose* Ah, but you see, the Silent Hill remasters were done by a Western company- [crushed to death by mountain of evidence of Western studios doing good remasters of Japanese-developed games]

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    I don't remember saying they're low quality just on average I don't see much done with them outside of industry standard which is usually graphical tweaks and DLC packages.

    I mean I haven't played every one so I might be wrong, so you can give me some examples.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular


    Hell yes. HELL. YES.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Holy shit what

  • joshgotrojoshgotro nah nahRegistered User regular
    Any time the word blade is used...add omni.
    this is a bad joke.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    BRIAN BLESSED wrote: »
    Holy shit what




    Honestly it doesn't matter if they announce an HD trilogy remaster or Mass Effect 5 or whatever. This alone is going to make it awesome.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    I just noticed that in my Xbox One's library, Mass Effect 2 and 3 are listed as "coming soon". (They're installed via my physical 360 copies.) I wonder if that's remaster related, or just that they'll be added to Game Pass when EA Play becomes a perk of GP in a few days? Probably the latter, but still worthy of note.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Mark Meer to flex his most vital role on N7 Day:

  • MasterOfPupetsMasterOfPupets Registered User regular


    Really? No one saw this yet?

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  • Dr. ChaosDr. Chaos Post nuclear nuisance Registered User regular
    Really curious to see what they're going to do with ME1. It's like ten times rougher than the other two.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Re-write the elevators for the new console load times:
    "So Tali, you don't have an immune system?"
    "I don't have no immune system, but-"
    *Ding!*
    "Never mind."

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    MasterOfPupets wrote: »


    Really? No one saw this yet?

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    MasterOfPupets wrote: »
    *snip*

    Really? No one saw this yet?

    People were probably more excited for the N7 Watch on the Bioware Store...

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  • MasterOfPupetsMasterOfPupets Registered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    MasterOfPupets wrote: »


    Really? No one saw this yet?


    Umm... please be true...

    Been thinking of grabbing a switch lite. This would seal the deal...

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    I feel like blurring the hell out of the picture as a tease before N7 day is a bit of a buzzkill, because you can clearly see that it's Mass Effect's logo, N7 helmet, Garrus and Liara, and some other assorted figures (four of 'em, so presumably ME1 squaddies though I can't pick em out) + the Normandy, but you can't make any detail out so it's just frustrating to look at, and even though the color scheme looks cool, it would be cooler to see the clear image for the first time rather than the glaucoma version.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    So...here are my overriding question(s):

    Who's Jeff Grubb and what's significant about a tweet of his that's a blurry-but-obvious-what-it-is picture of Mass Effect stuff? For all we know (from what a quick Googling about the guy could show me), it could be a new comic series or an official table-top RPG system set in the Mass Effect universe.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited November 2020
    Well, a tease of a cover of a not-ME remaster would be even more disappointing, but he apparently writes for VentureBeat and in an article all but said that the Legendary Edition is going to be announced tomorrow, and another game writer tweeted that Mass Effect fans should check out tomorrow because "it's going to be Legendary." So yeah it's the trilogy remaster.

    With that in mind, I'm going to guess the four other squadmates are Tali, Mordin, Miranda, and Grunt, even though I still can't make anything out from those vague blurry shapes that presage how I'll see grandchildren 70 years from now.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I do have to say that the framing and color pattern (while, yes, is very Paragon/Renegade) just makes me think of the Rise of Skywalker posters. In fact, when I was skimming through the thread and that tweet came up, I thought it was a Star Wars thing until I looked closer.

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    I always did wish they'd make more Mass Effect 2/3 Funko pops.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    This would break the internet, but I would laugh so hard if it's Andromeda 2: Legend of the Architects or something.

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  • Jealous DevaJealous Deva Registered User regular
    I never did quite get the hate for andromeda.

    Its not Mass Effect 2 but other than that its... fine?

  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2020
    Jealous Deva wrote: »
    I never did quite get the hate for andromeda.

    Its not Mass Effect 2 but other than that its... fine?
    It's a combination of "those damn SJWs made it political" and graphical glitches made the typical people very angry.

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    It's more funny than anger inducing, imo.

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  • ArteenArteen Adept ValeRegistered User regular
    A bunch of misogynist trolls hated on the game at launch and made fun of it for being a buggy mess. That gave the game a sour reputation straight out of the gate.

    But Mass Effect Andromeda is a thoroughly mediocre game on its own merits. And the high pedigree of the franchise further exacerbates the disappointment.

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