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

The first time I heard of Mass Effect was from someone I was chatting with in an MMO. ME2 was coming out soon and they were talking about it this RPG. I said "A what?" They laughed. I tried it. At first I couldn't stand the WASD and mouse but I got that hang of it and fell in love with the game. I was inspired to play and like the DA series as well, but Mass Effect has my heart.

First i heard of ME was on group in the Messenger of people i knew from a RPG Maker forum about 5 years ago.I had a really crap PC for a long time and then i got a upgrade (nothing amazing, but it did allow me to play the then current games at low settings) and then they suggested me ME.

I remember that i actually wanted to start on the third one (that had just come out) because my PC finally could run a game that was from that year, but someone from that group really bugged me to play in order and i ended up delaying playing for months over all those other games i finally could play.

And then i played it and i almost literally devoured it. I was so entrenched with the story i didn't do almost any side mission (the suicide mission was sad), no dlc, play all three games at once pratically.

Was amazing, but at the same time, today, i feel like i barely enjoy it. The next time i played, i did it right. Side missions, dlc, readed the codex. Really became a part of that universe and then i really fell in love.

Since then i played 6 times total, and was mid 7th playthrough when my PC broke last june, i got a new one but haven't yet pick up that playthrough though i intend to end before March (let's face it, any other game i try to play after March 21 will be put aside)

I first got into Masseffect I think a lil bit before ME2 came out. Met and had great times with many ppl on the forums back then and it was a crazy time back then with all the ME2 and ME3 content. Through good times n bad but through it all it has been amazing and has made me actually a better person with writing and conveying my thoughts. Im sure Andromeda will be a great game and have amazing likable characters in it

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Nothing I said was aimed at his persona, but at the very contextual "point" he made in the thread.

Don't be melodramatic. Nobody has the time to deal with that. Appreciated it.

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I first heard about the Mass Effect series back in 2011, right after the original ending to ME3. I was playing WoW at the time and everyone was talking about this terrible ending to a BioWare game. So I went to the game store to see what was up. I saw this kinda generic looking space marine guy. Nothing on the box nor in any of the promotional stuff mentioned it was an RPG. They had clips of the game playing on the TV. I ended up thinking that BioWare had gone the route of the more traditional space marine FPS. I thought that Sheploo was your only option for your main character. My husband had the same impression and I promptly dismissed it.

About two years later, the ToR forums had lead me to Dragon Age and eventually to the end of the original use of the BSN name. In early 2014, I started to hear more and more about the Mass Effect series. I had no idea you could play a woman. I didn't know about the LGB romances nor the dialogue options. I was surprised, but still a little turned off by the shooting mechanic. I was reassured by themikefest as well as by other posters that it was really easy for people not used to any shooting games. I'd started to see posts debating the endings, characters and everything else.

A debate about Liara and Leliana made me decide to finally get the series. I wanted to know what all the fuss and passion was about. In case you guys are wondering, the debate was about who was the bigger Writer's Pet.

I played and fell in love with the series. I finished it the first time in late May 2014. Two weeks later, I happened to get Denver Comic Con tickets from my dad as a wedding anniversary present. Unbeknownst to me, Kimberly Brooks (Ashley,) Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale were all going to be there doing a panel together. Talk about geeking out. I did the meet and greet thing and grabbed a signed Shepard pic and a photo with Mark. With Jennifer, I simply dashed up to the stage after the panel was over and told her that I'd been a fan of hers since Eternal Darkness. She offered her hand and thanked me with a huge smile.

I've been hooked since. I got the N7 hoodie as a Valentine's Day present last year. I haven't had the chance to get back into PC gaming over the last year due to life changes and a new dog. I missed the series enough to where I ended up getting the trilogy for the PS3. I got everything all over again and I had a lot of fun playing again. I do miss mods, but the lack of them didn't diminish my enjoyment. It was as great and crazy and at times incredibly infuriating as it had been before.

Dragon Age will always come before ME in my heart, but I'm really looking forward to Andromeda.

On the topic of introductions to this wondrous science fiction universe, it all started for me in 2007, although an unconventional path lay ahead for me and Mass Effect.

I was working at a radio station at the time as an account manager, and one of my clients was EB Games (Gamestop's subsidiary here in New Zealand), they gifted the station a bunch of swag for key staff, giveaways on-air and a big console prize competition. I received on of these games and a PSP, and that game turned out to be Mass Effect for 360.

Being super busy at the time, I put about 3 hours into the game before getting sidetracked (I was casual AF back then) and unfortunately never touched the game again for 3 long Salarian-free years. Now it's late 2010, and I was working at an advertising agency, and whilst out with a gaming addicted client I was told about this game that "changed her life" (this was a few months after ME2 launched), she was a big gamer and knew I was starting to become one also, so she recommended me Mass Effect 2.

It just so happened I had a weeks leave coming up in a few days, so I randomly popped into my local game store and grabbed Read Dead Redemption (which I fully intended on playing first) and Mass Effect 2. I decided to check out some trailers for ME2 since I didn't know that much about the universe (it had been 3 years since my last foray into the first game) and if I recall correctly RDR was installing at the time on my 360.....and holy shit my friends, the first one I came across was that superb ME2 launch trailer...the music...the atmosphere....the feels!

I knew then, I had to hit that up first, so I went online to see if playing the first was necessary, which obviously it very much is...and the rest as they say, is history....  I played Mass Effect non-stop for 20 hours that first wonderful day/night...I just couldn't stop, and finished it the very next night (playing it on normal before I craved challenge from my RPG experiences). Then Mass Effect 2 hit.....I didn't think it could top the first game, oh how wrong I was...it was like gaming cocaine for the next 3-4 days, it was unbelievable.

Now, with about 8-9 full trilogy playthroughs under my belt (mostly on my cherished insanity difficulty) and a good handful of ME1+ME2 runs on top of that, we have ourselves a self-confessed Mass Effect addict, high on Biotic wind and snorting the hype filled Red Sand every day with glee.

That pretty much shows more context than all of our somewhat vague Andromeda trailers

Crazy how much ME1 changed between there, the 2006 E3 trailer and then release: like a completely different game.

Mass Effect was first game that I preordered. I bought Kotor used and fell in love, then bought Jade Empire. Found out about Mass Effect from some gaming magazine. Was like "Ok, BioWare, must have". Still remember when I landed on Eden Prime and was (don't remember why anymore) very disappointed and almost stopped playing. But when I reached Citadel, I was hooked.

Now I have played trilogy more times that I even care to admit First time I did paragon male first and then renegade female. Now I'm middle of the Citadel dlc with renegade male on Xbox One and then it's time for end game. First I did paragon female run on Xone. Soon it's time to give Shepard well deserved rest and welcome Ryder.

Seeing the old trailers is quite a thing.
Such a journey over a decade.

Even looking at the ME1 box art shows you that the 'look' of the game wasn't nailed down until quite close to launch.

I remember looking at early screens of the original Mass Effect in some gaming magazine way back when. I remember thinking it was the most graphically advanced game I'd ever seen. Heh...

My Mass Effect history is closely tied to my (relatively short) gaming history in general, so here goes:

Unlike a lot of people in this forum, I'm not some lifelong gamer or RPG veteran or anything like that. I never owned a console or a computer good enough to play anything more than the most basic of games on as a kid (I grew up poor). The first 'real' game I ever played was Morrowind. Oblivion was out but my computer then couldn't handle it - probably a good thing since I eventually tried but disliked it. I think I was in my mid 20s? I totally loved it, and tried Baldur's Gate next. I was looking for anything with a good story my crap computer could actually play, and wanted to be able to play a female character. But I couldn't get into it. I didn't like the isometric view and also found it really hard - I didn't understand how to create a balanced party or use abilities well (Morrowind you can just hack and slash and fireball your way through for the most part) so I dropped it a few hours in.

Got into horror games for a while since I love horror movies... but found myself itching to play an RPG like Morrowind again. Saw some positive reviews for Dragon Age: Origins and was intrigued by the cinematic bits and the companions and romance (because I loved travelling with my Morrowind mod boyfriend Julan!) and was totally blown away. I immediately wanted to play more games like it. DA2 had come out but had gotten some pretty bad reviews, but those same reviews kept mentioning Mass Effect. And while I wasn't too keen on the setting (I love sci-fi but tend to go for the more hard sci-fi/philosophical stuff - I'm probably the only person on this forum who doesn't like the more fantasy/adventure types like Star Wars and Star Trek typically), I liked that you could play a customizable female protag and was intrigued by the party system and romance like DAO had. My boyfriend owned the first two parts already and agreed I'd like it, so I gave it a shot. I now own all the games and all the DLC, and have played through them many times. I genuinely believed it was the end of the franchise, so when I heard about Andromeda last year I was absolutely stoked! And now, here I am