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Post by Lebanese Dude on Jun 12, 2017 1:28:56 GMT
In short, if you want good SP games, you'll have to put up with MP. Or kickstart independent studios. Which is what I am doing. Sure. Why not. The more RPGs the better. Dunno why it's always mutual exclusion with people.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Jun 12, 2017 0:37:19 GMT
The issue is Bioware is a studio who are famous for making some of the most beloved single player rpgs ever, and now every game they make has MP with micro transactions because of EA. They turned the KOTOR series into an MMO rather than making KOTOR3 and they gave their flagship series to a support studio (we all know how that turned out) so their main studio could make this MP focused game instead that is very obviously trying to cash in on the destiny market. So as pretty as the game is I am a little worried that this is just another step away from what made me a fan of their games in the first place. It's quite transparent. RPGs just don't make enough money to justify their long development times. This is a prime reason why MEA MP is a big deal. That's where the money will come from. BioWare needs to justify its development costs and as a result is being directed to make some popular multiplayer games with longevity. In short, if you want good SP games, you'll have to put up with MP.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Jun 12, 2017 0:33:12 GMT
Anyone else notice how they showcased an up-close interaction to demonstrate the facial animations? lmao
This is what it has come to. I feel bad for game developers.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Jun 12, 2017 0:30:55 GMT
Nice trailer. I'm excited.
What's with all the talk regarding MEA? lol...the DLC aren't even out yet quit dramatizing ffs. *facepalm* comparing it to the FULL trilogy including DLC.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 25, 2017 0:35:16 GMT
The obsessive need to complete every task is what kills replay. This isn't unique to RPGs.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 25, 2017 0:34:15 GMT
It's telling that gamers call whatever they don't like a waste of resources and development, when not everyone shares their own tastes.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 17, 2017 20:37:12 GMT
Andromeda hasn't had DLC yet, so this question is premature in my opinion. All of BioWare's games (with the exception of ME1) are vastly improved by DLC.
If I were to compare the base content (no DLC), then:
1) Mass Effect 3 2) Dragon Age Origins 3) Dragon Age 2 4) Mass Effect 2 5) Mass Effect Andromeda 6) Dragon Age Inquisition 7) Mass Effect 1
With DLC, the list changes a bit. Mass Effect 3 retains the top spot, but Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 2 jump ahead of Origins. Origins DLC was not that impressive even if it was fun. I am optimistic about MEA DLC. I expect it to take #2 by the end. Mass Effect 3 has the best DLC out of all their games in my opinion.
To be fair though, even Mass Effect 1 is a 9/10 for me in terms of overall quality. I have major gripes with every single game, but I never let them infringe on my enjoyment. No developer makes party RBGs as good as BioWare, even if they have lately been messing up a bit.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 16, 2017 14:43:42 GMT
Only if one continues to interact with the object. If you return in a few months time, you'll form a new "first" impression. That's why things look and feel different after experiencing them again after a long hiatus. Why should one wait months or a year before a game is in a state that it should've been at launch? Why should one then invest 60$ off the bat and wait for a finished product? People don't pay to beta test games, they do it expecting a good product from the start. Secondly, why would anything change if the first impression was shit? What's to say that doesn't just continue on in patches and DLC? It's happened to games before. even if a game does get better over time, it's first impression still sticks with it. Reviews don't just change due to developer laziness nor would mine(I have no reason to excuse what they initially tried to give me). Why should I wait for a finished product when there are other games out there competing for my time? As I said, first impression means everything, especially when that's where most sales occur, where reviews give out their impressions, where people decide whether or not to buy based off reviews and how it's received. There's no reason why someone should have to wait for a game to get better lol. Anything post launch is supposed to enhance the experience, not fix what was botched up. Er literally no game has ever released in a state that it should be at launch. Unfortunately, people do pay to beta test games because it's quite impossible to find every single bug in software of this scope in a decent time frame. The point is to give some leeway for initial bugs, rather than expecting a perfect experience on round 1. Regardless, the bugs that remained were not gamebreaking, and a lot of the complaints were based on issues like animations and story that have nothing to do with beta testing. Stop throwing the money deal. The game is fine and perfectly playable. It just had some issues. You still own it til the end of time. It's only been 2 months and most of the complaints have been addressed. Feel free to sell the game. If your first impression was truly shit, then I'm sorry for you and your taste. MEA is a good game overall. It was just a hot mess at times. It's quite fucking hilarious how so many people look fondly at games like DAO and ME1 which had and still have hilarious bugs that are only fixed through custom content. Honestly. Just move on with your lives if you truly don't like the game anymore. Stop shitting on BioWare for at least trying to make it right for those who do want to give it another go.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 15, 2017 18:45:10 GMT
*too little too late* lmao what are you traumatized or something? If you're done with MEA for now, wait for the DLC then play the whole game again like any rational person would. You own the game after all. First impression = everything to most people. So it indeed can be "to little to late" for some. Only if one continues to interact with the object. If you return in a few months time, you'll form a new "first" impression. That's why things look and feel different after experiencing them again after a long hiatus.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on May 15, 2017 14:47:07 GMT
*too little too late*
lmao what are you traumatized or something? If you're done with MEA for now, wait for the DLC then play the whole game again like any rational person would. You own the game after all.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 13, 2017 3:04:56 GMT
Why are you comparing the OST in one game to that of three others?
I do agree that MEA's soundtrack doesn't have amazing highlights compared to the others. Can anything ever top the sense of wonder that Vigil evoked in our first steps into the Mass Effect universe? ... the raw piano in End In Once And For All that perfectly ended Shepard's story?
ME's soundtrack seemed more complementary than anything. The songs are decent. Nothing special, but good nonetheless. The trilogy had quite a few ear sores.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 11, 2017 22:19:58 GMT
I would imagine 22nd century technology would have speech to text technology.
How else would you explain alien datapads being in English?
As to their existence, well... out of the hundreds of people, I'm sure 1 of them may have been smart/stupid enough to record what was happening.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 14:56:18 GMT
Finally, Lexi does acknowledge how strange it is that so many Nexus exiles became violent, crooked criminals when, obviously, those selected for the Andromeda Initiative would've had to have been vetted as prime specimens of their respective races....? But that's on Elaaden. People change when it comes to life and death.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:49:26 GMT
Again, that was just conjecture on our part. In no time in the game does the initiative actually pressure anyone to breed. This was stated only via Jill who may or may not have her own agenda. Sure, it could be Jill's personal opinion and not actually a facet of the Initiative, itself. That's totally possible. My impression was that the argument you were making about population numbers a few pages ago implied that you thought it was inherent to the Initiative. If not, then we've been arguing on a misunderstanding. lol Someone rightfully pointed out it was the Nexus that lost the population (not the Ark) so I dropped that pretty quickly.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:43:44 GMT
Again, that was just conjecture on our part.
In no time in the game does the initiative actually pressure anyone to breed. This was stated only via Jill who may or may not have her own agenda.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:38:53 GMT
Because he values your opinion as a love interest given that you have a stake in it. It has been said that this is because he finds his purpose instead with you rather than a family. Can we agree Gil finds his purpose in love? His loving family is just a little bigger in some playthroughs That makes perfect sense
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:38:18 GMT
Well that was just conjecture.
Ultimately the question was only presented to Gil by someone who really wanted his baby, so generalizing to gay men as a whole may have been premature.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:34:54 GMT
I haven't used Tech yet. I want to leave it for my second playthrough with a Professional Scott.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:32:58 GMT
"Purely"? She had an external influence for sure which factored into it but the choice was ultimately his to make. True for an unromanced gil. But when jill asks scott to co-dad it's his choice to and gil's willingness to immediately drop the idea if scott says no is indicative of him not having fully committed to the idea. Perhaps because he is willing to find his purpose through Scott rather than a baby.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:31:04 GMT
lol where's the opinion? A character can be hated for acting in a manner that people dislike, but that doesn't mean that character is badly written. That would imply that the only likable characters are well-written. How is that sensible? Also it's pretty standard narrative practice to not repeat the same topic multiple times in the same story. It's my opinion that only representing pressure to procreate in one romance is incredibly inconsistent world building and that it is bad writing. It's your opinion that it's not. Saying "I don't think so, so you can't keep saying it" is just asserting your opinion as fact. K tone down on the drama. This isn't a reproduction simulator. They addressed the procreation during colonization with Gil. You wanted them to present this situation with other people. Here's a question. Why don't we deal with religion vs science with people other than Suvi? Is that inconsistent world building too? No. The fact is that they don't repeat the same topic twice in the same story. This particular issue is just sensitive to you and you're inflating the situation to justify your own distaste as "bad writing".
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:26:14 GMT
Where is it ever stated that this wasn't thought out? Gil repeatedly mentions acting before thinking, having never thought about having kids and being in the freaking out phase regarding the decision. This does not lend itself to a thought out decision. The fact that he is freaking out shows that he is breaking from his modus operandi and actually thinking about it.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:24:58 GMT
It's pretty simple actually, Jill is the only family Gil has and, generally, people listen to their family. If your sister comes to you and says "You should probably do that" you listen to her, and then you make a decision. True. But doing something purely because they said to is different. Especially if said thing has huge consequences. "Purely"? She had an external influence for sure which factored into it but the choice was ultimately his to make.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:22:03 GMT
Not people wanting to murder Jill.
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:21:24 GMT
So no pressure from the person asking for the surrogacy? When does that ever happen? Even if they didn't actually pressure you with words, you feel pressure from a sense of loyalty or friendship. This isn't an anonymous donor. such as this where inaction is better than action that isnt 100% thought out Where is it ever stated that this wasn't thought out?
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Post by Lebanese Dude on Apr 1, 2017 4:17:17 GMT
Important to note that hating a character does not make the character badly written. Also, they will not approach the same topic more than once in the same story. Using the "why him but not others" argument does not fly. Stop using it. Your opinion, not objective fact. Sorry. lol where's the opinion? A character can be hated for acting in a manner that people dislike, but that doesn't mean that character is badly written. That would imply that the only likable characters are well-written. How is that sensible? Also it's pretty standard narrative practice to not repeat the same topic multiple times in the same story. They used Gil. Pointe a la ligne.
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