Mass Effect News Thread

It would be nice if that were true.

Ben Gelinas Retweeted:

Can you post that specific episode?

It's been a while, but I believe it's Episode 9 or 10. They're all over an hour long so finding a specific quote is nearly impossible.

www.youtube.com/channel/UCytyQ9-x2wfKSP_KswDl_Ig

That said, the ProducerHax podcasts are actually all really good. I tuned into one on a whim and by the end I was pretty much hooked.

I doubt it will be that late, EA will want to give MEA enough time to sell a lot of copies before the fiscal year ends, which would beef up their stock price and make investors happy.

March 7 is the latest I can see them release it.

Me1 on 360 didn't handle well in general. It was a great game that didn't run that well on the xbox sadly.

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EA, I think, can use the ME:A revenue with their FY18 year, if the current slate of AAA titles gives them their target revenue projections. Q3 FY17 should tell us how well they did.

This calls for Gruntasaur:

The first three ME books written by Drew Karpyshyn were pretty OK if you're at all into scifi and/or ME - the first one in particular is pretty interesting IMO, since its about the mission which crewed over Anderson's spectre induction. The second one is also kinda interesting, since it deals with the Ascension project / Grissom Academy / biotics and gives you a little background as to what Cerberus did to piss off the Quarians so badly. The third one is, honestly, a bit forgettable IMO, but not in the offensive kind of way.

The fourth one though, Deception, is true to its name. I'd avoid it at all costs if you're at any way inclined to cling to your suspension of disbelief in the ME universe and lore - I'd unread it and erase all memories of reading it if I only could - and to not think of Kai Leng as a completely incompetent idiot in stead of mildly annoying / underdeveloped villain.

But anyway, Revelation and Ascension are good enough to recommend to almost any ME fan, IMO. Don't expect anything earth-shattering, but if you have a craving for more ME and can't/don't feel like playing, they're a pretty good way to scratch that ME itch.

All I can say is thank god for certification in that case. Do they have it for mp features of games?

If the game has MP, I'd expect that that portion of the game must meet the cert's MP standards. What those standards are + what is considered acceptable + how you can cert test MP features on a feature complete title, OTOH, I don't know.

I mean, according to AaGD, cert standards can be anything from "does pressing [Start] start the game?" to "does this game have content which is exclusive to [platform]?" - so lord only knows how low/high/ridiculous/inconsequential from the player's perspective those cert specs are.