ME:A - The Video Game Awards Gameplay Video

Eh, sadly I think it'll be up to the players at best. Which I'm fine with. Having the choice ourselves to put the squad in full suited armour is better then the alternative of ME2.

Fair point, I guess it was just nice to actually see the hazard meter in action.

I'm cuious about that too. And since we're no longer abe to position them or use their powers in pause, I¡'m thinking maybe we can switch and controll them directly? Considering all the other resemblances to DAI...

Haha no worries.

I love pretty much everything I've seen so far but I'm gonna miss my power wheel. Not sure why they would take away such an iconic ME mechanic when it was always optional anyway.

You could switch active abilities during missions in DAI, just not in battle. SURELY they wouldn't make MEA more restrictive in that regard.... would they?

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I anticipate movement in open areas but you must admit that the combat sequences in the video is NOT typical. Therefore it conveys a different player experience than what we will get in the game.

IMO, the simplest explanation is that the studio wanted to show off the different weapons, biotics, offense, defense and some enemy types. A 5min video does present some challenges. From tweets I read, I get the impression Bio was behind schedule and did a "rush" job of it. Chalk it up to the Law of Unintended Consequences.

In some areas, I have a vivid imagination. I am not compatible in that spoiler free safe zone and avoid it like the plague. Here, I can express possibilities. Some of them actual come true. And that, I see as fun.

Sorry if I missed it, there have been some 4,000 posts in the last 24 hours...



From what we can tell, is there a consensus of who the top two icons relate to, from the footage?
It may require CSI:BSN because we know BioWare were deliberately editing companions out of the combat footage

Unless we get another human, the top right is definitely Cora.
I'm not sure on the top left. Liam seems the reasonable choice, given he appeared in the combat parts as well. I'd like if he has some kind of googles/glasses.

Not final, I guess, was about the icons that might change later on, but considering their function is to represent the character, I doubt the googles won't be present. Unless we're mistaking him for a new alien and those are his eyes

About the video, another thing to point out, with the different melee weapons, and the devs saying they're not skill, is that it's semi confirmed we can decide ourselves which melee weapon equip.

So, it's not really related to the video, but I'm not sure where could I ask this, and since we're talking about companions ... Do we know if companions can have anypower too, or is this something specific of Ryder? Are we going to be able to spec them in whatever way we want?

They confirmed only Ryder has access to every ability. The others fall along the traditional ME classes.

Good point.
On this topic I'm glad her hairs aren't that short or placed in a bun or ponytail.