ME:A Happy Thoughts thread.

Silly as it may sound, finding out we can color our armor and causal clothing. I got into BW after being a Simmer, so this is a dream for me!

Well what I was gonna say is kinda related to this. As much as we look back fondly on the Trilogy, it was a very flawed set of games. ME1 may be my 2nd favorite game of all time, but good fucking lord did it have problems. The combat is boring, the inventory can easily become a cluttered mess, there were plenty of bugs, and as great as the actual writing was in side missions, there was a lot of reused maps. Then with ME2, they dumbed down a lot of the rpg elements, there was limited gun options, and as fun as the story was, the writers basically wrote themselves into a corner by not advancing the Reaper storyline, nor laying down the foundation to how we could beat them in a conventional, or at least in a less contrived way.

ME3 needs no explanation.

So what would Mass Effect: Andromeda need to do, to be on par with the first trilogy, an already flawed set of games? Herein lies my thoughts on that.

It's going to be ME1 and ME2 combined. Meaning it's going to take the best elements from both those games, while trying to evolve the franchise in other departments. What we are probably going to see is the sense of discovery and exploration of ME1, combined with the more lighthearted personal storyline of ME2, and it's going to try to build upon those things that we loved so much from those two games. To me it's been very obvious that this is the direction the new team is taking the series.

People mention how much they loved discovering the Mass Effect universe and all it's races and culture for the first time. While there will be familiar elements in Andromeda, it's also going to be laying a new foundation for the series. So chances are we'll be able to recapture some of that sense of discovery we had from the first game, from meeting the new races of Andromeda, it's cultures, technology, and all the lore with it.

Also I'm just gonna say it, but I think it's very possible the game will not only be better than ME3, but may also be on par with ME2. But that's purely subjective and I personally see ME2 as my 2nd favorite in the trilogy.

You got xbox my friend?

It's Bioware. You can always expect their story writing to be the highest of quality.

happy thoughts:
it's a new ME game, new story, new galaxy, new characters, some elements remaining, better rgaphics, maps, effects, more exploration, MP
new species,

after me3 ended , waiting for a new ME game was an eternity!
but now it's only 30 days left!

I'm just thoroughly looking forward to picking through all that zany dialogue messing with all those NPC's and killing a few of them. It'll be another immense time sink just like the old trilogy.

As a bonus, we might be able to wipe something out and argue about it until the end of time, though I hope that we can't actually do that so that the story doesn't leave ridiculous variables like the original trilogy did.

I am happy I finally preordered it. Makes it so real seeing it in the Origins.

I'm really looking forward to the Skype chats with friends while we all play the story. Telling each other's expierences, fighting over which load outs are better, and debating the choices.

Ah good times.

I have a lot of happy thoughts about the game right now. At least from a gameplay perspective things are really starting to look good. The last combat demo answered my questions about the 'favorites' system pretty much to my satisfaction. I suppose a little lingering questions over mineral scanning and crafting but pretty sure those things can be mitigated to a certain degree and I actually have some confidence as of now that BioWare can pull it off in a satisfactory manner, if not a perfect one.

As far as the story is concerned, loyalty missions being back...and maybe with the multiple objectives it could be really fun and something like in DA 2. And there seems to be several competing plot lines within...and without...the Andromeda Initiative which will give plenty of room for conflict, and given the information we have recieved in media a lot of these plot lines may happen in side quests and main quests which will support one another.

There's lots of things I'm happy about: familiar species, meeting new characters, the likelihood of delightful space adventures, a brand new ship, and big skies overhead.

And I have a soft, squishy place in my heart for sibling stories. So knowing that we're twins and we'll get to interact with our brother/sister is a major yay factor.

But honestly, I got insanely excited about that stupid vanguard charge. It's dumb, but I LOVED the vanguard playstyle in 3. It was like playing a super-hero, all punches and slamming into enemies. And it looks even better! So I'm quite tickled about that. I just hope it's as visceral and fun, but.... you know, probably even better since it's the future now.

I am happy to finally jump back into the Mass Effect universe. And waifus.

I can't wait to meet new aliens! And new planets!