Chill Zone (The Tavetaan)

Feb 24, 2017 20:50:22 GMT melbella said:

Looks like another I'll have to play on silent mode and minimized.

shechinah

Thanks for the summaries!

After some consideration, I would actually say that I think the video is safe to watch provided said watching is done after a certain amount of time has passed and if it is played without sound. The squadmate only appears in the opening and is otherwise only a voice. This means that the rest of the video after the opening scene should be safe for those that want to see the gameplay but not the squadmate. The pop-ups as well only contain images and text of weapons so those are safe as well.

For those curious and interested, it should be safe to watch the video after forty seconds as long as you play the video without sound.

Link: www.masseffect.com/andromeda-initiative/training-hub/weapons-and-biotics

Feb 24, 2017 22:33:10 GMT SpiritVanguard said:

Feb 24, 2017 21:22:46 GMT shechinah said:

Is anyone else wondering if the sixth briefing is going to try and discourage interspecies intercourse as a part of the protocols on first contact? It's likely going to happen in the game so I'd find it very amusing if the briefing actually includes a warning against doing this because of the diplomatic complications and such that could arise. I could see Bioware including that as a joke especially knowing a part of their audience is viewing the briefing and acting all .   

Based on the... like 2 videos I could watch before it got spoilery for me, the tone seemed kinda serious for that, but it would be amusing.   They could do something to that effect, just in a more light and "professional" manner? "Fraternization" and whatnot.

Edit: btw, is it safe to assume that all the romances have been announced? Rather not run into another spoiled one out there...

In the third briefing, there was a line of dialogue about not being allowed somewhere unless, of course, invited where I could practically hear the eyebrow waggle. I'm almost certain that was the intended impression

I'm not sure about the bolded. Youtube showed me an Andromeda video in the side column that had something about romance in the title but it may have simply been a theory video on what the probable romances were.

I actually forgot about the new briefing until now - off to not watch/listen to it.

Edit: They added another freebie?

A nomad skin. Is there anything extra to do or just do the briefings like before? I clicked the "get nomad skin" button about 10 times but nothing happened.

Edit 2: I'm getting the auto-pauses as well, using IE.

Editing edit #1: I had to (re)check the box about getting emails and then the link to the freebie worked, but I still can't tell if it actually did anything. Anywhoo, 5 of 6 videos down and 1 to go.

Feb 25, 2017 14:59:05 GMT AllyCatAttack said:

Feb 24, 2017 22:33:10 GMT SpiritVanguard said:

Haha, I didn't think about the last briefing discussing interspecies relationships and avoiding them, but that would be pretty funny. That's the briefing I'm looking forward to the most.

I don't know if all of the romances have been announced but I think that one romance is confirmed. I prefer them not confirming who can be romanced. I like playing Bioware games by hitting on everyone and seeing who gives the best rejection

That's what I want to try and experience this time around. It always runs the risk of unrequited love but I've worked that into the character before and it's not something that tends to ruin my playthroughs: in SWTOR, my male Agent developed feelings for Vector mainly because of how he felt he could legitimately trust Vector when he could trust no one else. No romantic relationship ever developed because Vector was straight but I continued to roleplay my character as having secret feelings for Vector that showed it in how he was generally nicer to Vector, was more protective of him and and tried to make him happy.

Of course, the nicer and more protective part was also because he didn't like anyone else on his team and would honestly have killed most of them for the sake of the universe had the game allowed him.

Character Creator

So I've read some of the IGN interview and here is something for you hair lovers in here: according to IGN, there are some "array of unconventional and bizarre hairstyles" avaliable that "would never have suited the likes of Shepard".

Apparently the character creator lends itself to creating more “hideous and outrageous” protagonists. These three quoted words being Bioware's own according to IGN. I would make a joke about the character creator of the Mass Effect 1 already lending itself to hideous protagonists but oh well. At least this time, the hideousness of the character may be by the player's intent and not be despite the player's valiant efforts.

Back to the point which is that it seems like we can expect more variety in terms of hairstyles as oppose to Shepard's more militaristic cuts but I cannot with certainty say that. Basically, the unconventional, bizarre and outrageous would be by military standards is my guess.

I'm not saying that it might be long-flowing locks that we can expect but my impression is that Bioware is including some more stylish cuts and I wouldn't be surprised if we have access to more non-standard hair colors. After all, there is quite a lot that can be done with short and pulled-up hair.

I should note that the author of the article also wrote this: "It seems like a character creation menu you can spend hours in, and we’re likely to see a whole lot of re-creations of other characters being shared, just like those that came out of Fallout 4."