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Post by KaiserShep on Feb 24, 2021 8:50:11 GMT
Soooo... anything else new? No new pics released? No new tidbit about the gameplay of ME1? And most importantly, still no shirtless Garrus? What if he takes his shirt off, and then it turns out he has little secondary pincer arms on his carapace like a prawn? Honestly, some things might be better off remaining a mystery.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 11:25:09 GMT
Soooo... anything else new? No new pics released? No new tidbit about the gameplay of ME1? And most importantly, still no shirtless Garrus? What if he takes his shirt off, and then it turns out he has little secondary pincer arms on his carapace like a prawn? Honestly, some things might be better off remaining a mystery. "Garrus gently holds Shepard face" "Shepard feels a touch in their nipples" WTF Garrus?! Tickletickletickle!! All in 4K!
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 24, 2021 13:25:30 GMT
You have so little agency in ME2 that the game literally auto triggers story missions. And the story is so minimum at best that it hardly exists. Particularly compared to the first and 3rd game were the main story take up the bulk of your time. Total main story time in ME2 is maybe 15% of the game at best. I am going to disagree that the bulk of your time in the first game (Mass Effect 1) takes up the bulk of your time. If I do just primary story missions, I can complete Mass Effect 1 in about 7-8 hours. If I do everything, it takes me 20+ hours. So really, the primary story missions is about 1/3 or less of Mass Effect 1, not exactly the bulk of your time.
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Post by gothpunkboy89 on Feb 24, 2021 13:36:22 GMT
You have so little agency in ME2 that the game literally auto triggers story missions. And the story is so minimum at best that it hardly exists. Particularly compared to the first and 3rd game were the main story take up the bulk of your time. Total main story time in ME2 is maybe 15% of the game at best. I am going to disagree that the bulk of your time in the first game (Mass Effect 1) takes up the bulk of your time. If I do just primary story missions, I can complete Mass Effect 1 in about 7-8 hours. If I do everything, it takes me 20+ hours. So really, the primary story missions is about 1/3 or less of Mass Effect 1, not exactly the bulk of your time. And how much of that 20+ hours is simply driving the Mako around planets? It has been a while but I seem to remember my time on any planet was like 70% driving the mako to the locations and 30% actually doing stuff on the planet.
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Post by QuizzyBunny on Feb 24, 2021 14:04:32 GMT
Soooo... anything else new? No new pics released? No new tidbit about the gameplay of ME1? And most importantly, still no shirtless Garrus? What if he takes his shirt off, and then it turns out he has little secondary pincer arms on his carapace like a prawn? Honestly, some things might be better off remaining a mystery.
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Post by ahglock on Feb 24, 2021 15:18:57 GMT
What if he takes his shirt off, and then it turns out he has little secondary pincer arms on his carapace like a prawn? Honestly, some things might be better off remaining a mystery.
Why people are into jimminy cricket porn I'll never understand.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 15:21:57 GMT
Why people are into jimminy cricket porn I'll never understand. Are you being abusive against people who like prawnporn??? *Garrus prawn tittie arms fanfics intensify*
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 24, 2021 17:27:17 GMT
I am going to disagree that the bulk of your time in the first game (Mass Effect 1) takes up the bulk of your time. If I do just primary story missions, I can complete Mass Effect 1 in about 7-8 hours. If I do everything, it takes me 20+ hours. So really, the primary story missions is about 1/3 or less of Mass Effect 1, not exactly the bulk of your time. And how much of that 20+ hours is simply driving the Mako around planets? It has been a while but I seem to remember my time on any planet was like 70% driving the mako to the locations and 30% actually doing stuff on the planet. Does it matter how much time is in the Mako on sidequests (secondary missions)? It is time away from the main story missions, which is the point. Even on the main story quests: - Bulk of Therum is Mako - Bulk of Ilos of Mako - Small portion of Feros is Mako - Small portion of Noveria is Mako (and getting stonewalled from the main quest by a bunch of idiots) Let's say you could magically cut the Mako driving from all or most of the secondary (non-story-related) missions, it would probably still be around 50% of the game away from the main story. 50% is still not the bulk of your time on the main story. We may be arguing semantics here. I will agree -- mostly -- with your assessment that ME2 spends most of its time away from the primary story/objective, whereas ME3 was mostly story-based missions. I just disagreed with your assessment that the bulk of ME1 was based around its central story.
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Feb 24, 2021 17:54:40 GMT
I kind of hope they fix the bad camera angles and dissapearing companion thing. I kinda just want my beloved Mattock in every cutscene my Shep is in, rather than le stock Avenger! BROSHEP DESERVES HIS ONE TRUE LOVE DAMMIT! The best glitch I ever got, back in ye olden days, was for some reason the Shepard Sulks After Getting Grounded in ME1 rendered not quite as normal (I may have bounced around too fast).... I hadn't done any romances and delightfully, all the guns showed up on her. Romance is overrated. Shepard had an insightful conversation with her shotgun until Joker interrupted.
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Post by vella on Feb 24, 2021 18:02:11 GMT
What have I done to this thread?! Let me help:
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Post by traks on Feb 24, 2021 18:16:44 GMT
What have I done to this thread?! You brought a little fun. That's good in my book.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2021 18:18:36 GMT
What have I done to this thread?! Let me help:
Nice sketch, but I think turians would have pectus carinatus, based on their avian ancestry. Unless I'm missing the point, and this handsome turian goes in one of that pillows that people snu snu.
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Post by vella on Feb 24, 2021 18:28:33 GMT
Nice sketch, but I think turians would have pectus carinatus, based on their avian ancestry. I guess you mean furcula (wishbone) and keel like real birds? Maybe, but I'm not that finicky about anatomy of science fiction aliens
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Post by traks on Feb 24, 2021 18:47:49 GMT
Soooo... anything else new? No new pics released? No new tidbit about the gameplay of ME1? And most importantly, still no shirtless Garrus? Nothing new, but maybe an interesting take (I liked to watch her comments/thoughts): A bit sad though, that even Maribel D./gamermd83 has lost her enthusiasm. Not surprising (as many of us have), but still a bit sad.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 24, 2021 19:26:30 GMT
Soooo... anything else new? No new pics released? No new tidbit about the gameplay of ME1? And most importantly, still no shirtless Garrus? Nothing new, but maybe an interesting take (I liked to watch her comments/thoughts): A bit sad though, that even Maribel D./gamermd83 has lost her enthusiasm. Not surprising (as many of us have), but still a bit sad. She just chases whatever will get her clicks.
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Post by traks on Feb 24, 2021 19:36:05 GMT
Nothing new, but maybe an interesting take (I liked to watch her comments/thoughts): A bit sad though, that even Maribel D./gamermd83 has lost her enthusiasm. Not surprising (as many of us have), but still a bit sad. She just chases whatever will get her clicks. Why do you think that? Did I miss something?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 24, 2021 19:38:14 GMT
She just chases whatever will get her clicks. Why do you think that? Did I miss something? Observations over the years, how she’ll miraculously always be excited for what’s popular and cynical about what’s not. Can’t really blame her. Just a typical Youtuber shill.
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Post by traks on Feb 24, 2021 19:51:36 GMT
Why do you think that? Did I miss something? Observations over the years, how she’ll miraculously always be excited for what’s popular and cynical about what’s not. Can’t really blame her. Just a typical Youtuber shill. I never got that impression, because I find her vids always thoughtful even when I don't agree with particular points.
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Post by fredvdp on Feb 24, 2021 21:03:31 GMT
Why do you think that? Did I miss something? Observations over the years, how she’ll miraculously always be excited for what’s popular and cynical about what’s not. Can’t really blame her. Just a typical Youtuber shill. Things get popular when people like it, so there's nothing sinister about people liking popular things.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 24, 2021 21:05:31 GMT
Observations over the years, how she’ll miraculously always be excited for what’s popular and cynical about what’s not. Can’t really blame her. Just a typical Youtuber shill. Things get popular when people like it, so there's nothing sinister about people liking popular things. Don’t recall saying it was sinister. Just her being a businesswoman.
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Post by gothpunkboy89 on Feb 25, 2021 2:55:46 GMT
And how much of that 20+ hours is simply driving the Mako around planets? It has been a while but I seem to remember my time on any planet was like 70% driving the mako to the locations and 30% actually doing stuff on the planet. Does it matter how much time is in the Mako on sidequests (secondary missions)? It is time away from the main story missions, which is the point. Even on the main story quests: - Bulk of Therum is Mako - Bulk of Ilos of Mako - Small portion of Feros is Mako - Small portion of Noveria is Mako (and getting stonewalled from the main quest by a bunch of idiots) Let's say you could magically cut the Mako driving from all or most of the secondary (non-story-related) missions, it would probably still be around 50% of the game away from the main story. 50% is still not the bulk of your time on the main story. We may be arguing semantics here. I will agree -- mostly -- with your assessment that ME2 spends most of its time away from the primary story/objective, whereas ME3 was mostly story-based missions. I just disagreed with your assessment that the bulk of ME1 was based around its central story. When you are talking about mission time and how it is distributed it does. Because driving around Therum is still part of the mission. Driving around on Casbin isn't really part of the mission. I don't count the time from the drop off point to arriving at the base to do the mission because that driving isn't actually a part of the mission. Meanwhile with Feros the driving is part of the over all mission. And much like a job they don't count travel time towards your over all hours. So if you take 10 minutes or 30 minutes to get there you still only get paid for the hours you are in the store.
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Post by gothpunkboy89 on Feb 25, 2021 3:08:43 GMT
Observations over the years, how she’ll miraculously always be excited for what’s popular and cynical about what’s not. Can’t really blame her. Just a typical Youtuber shill. Things get popular when people like it, so there's nothing sinister about people liking popular things. Chasing trends isn't inherently sinister. It just means their opinion has no value because they are always going to be speaking what the crowd wants to hear rather then any independent thought and analysis even if it is against the current popular opinion.
I remember one video someone linked were the person made a single thread in the Fallout 76 subreddit. It had like 12-20 replies and they made a 10 minute video about how ALL PLAYERS think the game is shit but like the community. It was rather amusing using at best 20 replies to make an assumption about an entire game's player base. But their subscribers must eat this stuff up because all the comments I saw were fully supporting this.
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Post by RedCaesar97 on Feb 25, 2021 4:29:59 GMT
Does it matter how much time is in the Mako on sidequests (secondary missions)? It is time away from the main story missions, which is the point. Even on the main story quests: - Bulk of Therum is Mako - Bulk of Ilos of Mako - Small portion of Feros is Mako - Small portion of Noveria is Mako (and getting stonewalled from the main quest by a bunch of idiots) Let's say you could magically cut the Mako driving from all or most of the secondary (non-story-related) missions, it would probably still be around 50% of the game away from the main story. 50% is still not the bulk of your time on the main story. We may be arguing semantics here. I will agree -- mostly -- with your assessment that ME2 spends most of its time away from the primary story/objective, whereas ME3 was mostly story-based missions. I just disagreed with your assessment that the bulk of ME1 was based around its central story. When you are talking about mission time and how it is distributed it does. Because driving around Therum is still part of the mission. Driving around on Casbin isn't really part of the mission. I don't count the time from the drop off point to arriving at the base to do the mission because that driving isn't actually a part of the mission. Meanwhile with Feros the driving is part of the over all mission. And much like a job they don't count travel time towards your over all hours. So if you take 10 minutes or 30 minutes to get there you still only get paid for the hours you are in the store. Driving to random mine or building is just as much a part of the mission as driving to the ruins on Therum, so I do not understand your logic. Spending time driving to a mineral or other anomaly because it is part of a secondary mission is just as valid as driving to a destination on Therum, Noveria, or Virmire. It is all part of the mission. But I feel like we are just arguing semantics at this point. Either way, I am willing to cordially agree to disagree. Have a nice day.
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Post by alanc9 on Feb 25, 2021 10:05:48 GMT
Well, there's obviously a difference in the implementation, since the driving sequences in the main story missions have combat and UNCs typically don't until you reach the destination(s). And implementation matters if the argument is that the UNS are kinda crappy relative to the actual game.
By saying "actual game" there I suppose I've given away my stance. Honestly, I blow off most of the UNCs these days. They never really made much RP sense in the first place -- why did Shepard even order the Normandy to those systems?
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