Mass Effect News Thread

Yeah but what part of the body is the emotion coming from?

Ok I'll stop now.

Yeah I hope so too. I always found that to be the one option missing that would help form stronger friendships and bonds that does not have to automatically be romantic.

Valy ‏@valyrious
Will there be a Mass Effect Andromeda demo, like there was one for ME2 and ME3? And if so, is there a planned date for it?

Fernando Melo DiscoBabaloo
no plans for demo. i guess closest would be something like EA/Origin access though, which has some SP & MP.

Okay, in the picture there, who is that on the far right side...?

We know that their dialog options are head/heart/ professional/ casual.  So the difference between a head and a heart option is one based in logic or anaylizing a situation where the heart is something more emotional.  Whatever the emotion is.  I think the emotion will be clearer based on the dialog prompt.  IE a heart option saying: "Please help me." Will sound pleading whereas one that is more angier might be in the wheel "I will destroy you!"

I hope I can do this.

Jen G ‏@caravaggio4lyfe
TY for answering. So in some situations we'll have 5 options or is it more like the flirt replaces 1?

Ian S. Frazier @tibermoon
It's possible to have Flirt + Investigates or Flirt + various Tone options, yup.

They already said there will be heart/head and casual/professional as dialogue choices. Sounds like flirt-mode will affect these 4, as it seems to be not a fifth option on its own. Just don't ask me what professional flirting might be, just the "flirt + investigate" option I hope .

No, BioWare is going for a ehh. Well, the best way I can think of it is kinda like the DnD alignment system, minus the whole mixing things. That is they kinda overlap but they don't? For instance heart, and casual are more... less measured. Your more open, heart will most likely be used often for aggressive or angry. But could also be used for more passionate. But then you have Professional (opposite to casual) and Head (opposite to heart) which are the more calm analytical (or well, head is I guess?).

Anyway the 'cry/tear' from DAI wasn't so much 'heart' as it was crying... literally. It was you being sad and emotional at some event. Heart could be used for sad, but it could also be used for aggression, anger, overjoyed. I'm assuming the little text quip along with the context of wtf is going on is that makes the difference and we're picking more from what side we're reacting from. Which is extremely similar to how Paragon and Renegade worked. It's just split up a bit more.

In a lot of ways I kinda view Professional/Head as a more complex variant on Paragon, and Casual/Heart more complex renegade. Though renegade often was used as 'im a big asshole' when you where talking with your crew, doubt 'casual' will be 'im a giant asshole'. Heart might be in a few situations, but then so could Head or Professional this time around as sometimes you need to be casual to the crew instead of Professional where as in ME1-3, Paragon would of been used.

So ehh, yeah. Rambling aside it's not the cry/tear im a whiny baby from DAI, and more nuanced. Also, more complex and less defined then ME1-3 from what I can tell? or maybe im just talking outa my ass I dunno.

Oh, I like this.