Countdown: Launch minus N1 day (and 70 Trailers) thread

Not kidding, I'm starting to experience physical pain from that word   .

I don't think it's sexist to prefer playing one gender over another. I've certainly never accused male players who prefer to play male protagonists (which is probably most of them) sexist. The problem is, 90% of the games in genres I happen to like have set protagonists that are male. So even where I'm more open to mixing things up (and I am now - but when I first got into gaming the only way I could enjoy them was with self-inserts), I would still need to pick female if there's the option, just to play one half the time. I imagine this might be why male players who like to play both tend to pick a female if possible as well.

And since I still prefer to play female characters, if I'm on the fence as to whether I should buy a game, knowing I can play a female protagonist can be the deciding factor. To bring this back on topic, it's ultra frustrating when that option is there but I don't even get to see her in a trailer. Consider if Andromeda's trailers and demos all featured only Scott. I might not even get to hear what Sara, the character I intend to play, will sound like.

Yeah, I plan to play Scott too at least once, largely because Tom's voice acting (and real life personality) really sold me on the idea. Plus, I'm curious to see what Sara is like as the 'other twin' NPC. Kind of approaching it as an alternate universe scenario (love that we can do a NG+ like that). I'll definitely be doing a couple playthroughs as Sara/female Ryder first though. (Maybe more than a couple... depends on how many male LIs there are I want to romance...  ) I would anyway, because as I said I prefer a female protagonist, but I'm really looking forward to Fryda's performance as well. She sounds great so far!

Edit: I totally realize this is getting off topic, sorry! I'll take any further conversation on this to the 'who will you play as' thread, should anyone want to discuss it more. 

Definitely agree with you on this one. First off, I love the call back to Lyndon B. Johnson's "Daisy" election ad from 1964:
And I agree that it's beautifully done, even though I'm generally not a fan of CG trailers (I prefer in-game stuff). I think if they'd just kept it to the section before Shepard and supermodel-Ashley show up I would've been okay with that not being in the game. But as it is I agree it's misleading, and the actual mission on Earth is very underwhelming in comparison to what it's suggested we'll get here. Now, I'm not one of those 'still not over the ending!' types, but... I also never saw any of these trailers. And they definitely give you this sense that taking back Earth is going to be this huge portion of the game. And it wasn't. We spend almost no time there before we're whisked away, and the final battle mission feels like any other (if anything I found Rannoch and Tuchanka more memorable). So I can understand the disappointment in that regard. So I'm actually glad they've done away with trailers like these, as pretty as they are.

God damn...I can't believe we're nearing in on 1 month till actual real, new Mass Effect.

It doesn't really feel......real?

Lucky I have Nioh and Horizon: Zero Dawn to keep me company until then, otherwise I'd bust a gasket me reckons.

The countdown lasts 70 days, I'd say the chance of that would be 100%. 

*woof*

*saunters away*

Launch minus N40 days to 3.21 Mass Effect Andromeda. (Counting down 70 trailers of Mass Effect)



Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer - March 2nd 2012

"There's a lot of people on Earth dying, while we gather our strength..."

This Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer, was much more authentic than the last CGI trailer, in my view.
Lot's of good stuff and lots of feels... 

Launch minus N39 days to 3.21 Mass Effect Andromeda. (Counting down 70 trailers of Mass Effect)



Mass Effect 3 The War Begins Trailer - March 9th 2012

"The next few hours will decide the fate of everyone in the galaxy..."

This pleasant promotional trailer dropped soon after launch showcasing review comments and 'perfect scores'*

*(determined before people got to the end, obviously, but let's not get into that here)  

Yeah - the dishonesty was the biggest issue for me because we never got to do that did we?  I really thought we'd be fighting through on Earth.  Disappointing.