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ATTN: FRIENDS OF EARTHA

Started by Mesozoic Mister Nigel, March 06, 2012, 03:15:14 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#165
March 16, 2012, 03:16:53 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on March 16, 2012, 11:13:34 AM
For that matter, let me know if you find yourself headed down to PDX anytime. If I'm home I'll buy you a few rounds and drag you to Devils Point to watch the naked fire dancers.

If this happens, you have to let me in on the fun.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Cain

#166
March 16, 2012, 03:19:08 PM
Personally, I've always found dressed fire dancers much more impressive.

Especially if they're wearing long, trailing sleaves and similar.  Doubly if the clothes are synthetic.  Adds that extra edge of terror for the dancer.

Freeky

#167
March 16, 2012, 04:11:21 PM
I've heard nothing sharpens the mind so well as a good dose of terror.

Cain

#168
March 17, 2012, 05:00:37 PM
Finished ME3 last night.

It was pretty good, right up until the last 10 minutes of play.  Without ruining it...let's just say, since Bioware market themselves as being all about choice, it is very disappointing that their last two big name franchises have had games where, no matter what you do, the ending doesn't matter. 

You essentially get three choices, via deus ex machina.  In keeping with the best of Bioware traditions, none of them are good choices, and the one most people will be inclined to take absolutely wipes out all your good work in the previous two games.

Put this in stark contrast to Dragon Age: Origins, where there are upwards of 25 different endings, based on origin, in-game choices, recruited groups, the Landsmeet, whether or not one undergoes the dark ritual and the final battle itself.  That's the gold standard for choice, IMO, whereas Mass Effect, as it turns out, is "you gets lots of choices in how to play, but nothing you're going to do can alter the ending".

Everything up until that point is fantastic.  But that only magnifies the failure here.  Given that Mass Effect was planned, from the very start, to be a trilogy, the end is highly disappointing.  I strongly suspect they never had an end-game planned out, and what happened was is that they ran out of money and ran out of time and panicked.  You can see this pattern in so much media, from Lost to Battlestar Galactica, and it comes across as being exactly the same here.

It also pretty much kills off the franchise entirely, which is probably an even greater loss than Bioware realises.  Mass Effect was lauded for its rich and detailed sci-fi Universe, and the books, comics etc were significant money-makers for the company on top of the games.  The ending leaves absolutely no chance for any kind of sequel. 

Very disappointing.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#169
March 17, 2012, 05:06:18 PM
Hm, well, that's kind of a bummer. Is it still worth it, do you think? Would you still recommend it overall?
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Cain

#170
March 17, 2012, 05:14:46 PM
Overall, the game is fun and worth playing.  The combat has improved to the point it can actually make me sweat on normal mode, in some circumstances.  The smaller pool of recruits means you are much more constrained in your tactical options - no more "lets take Tali and Garrus because we know we're fighting the Blue Sun" episodes here - you'll be hit with enemies using biotics, armour and shields all in the same fight.   And there are more fights where you'll have enemies coming at you from three directions - you can't just hang out at the back with a sniper rifle, unless you want to get stomped.  The voice-acting is, of course, great, and the emotional depth of the series has considerably deepened with this installment.  You get the very clear feeling that a) it's now personal, and b) Shepard is going to end up burnt out by the end of this.

Those last 10 minutes suck to the point that fans are demanding a free DLC to make up for the shittiness of the ending.  But everything up until then is really, really good.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#171
March 17, 2012, 06:16:15 PM
All right! I'll put it on my list (for longed-for the imaginary future when I actually have time to play games).
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Cain

#172
March 21, 2012, 07:25:10 PM
Bioware have announced they are going to release a DLC to revise the ending of Mass Effect 3.

See?  Complaining on the internet can change things.

The Good Reverend Roger

#173
July 30, 2012, 08:11:06 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on March 07, 2012, 02:38:40 AM
Dok, you're a prize cunt too btw. Fuck you as well.

Oddly enough, I had someone say the EXACT same thing to me at a party this last Saturday.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Freeky

#174
July 30, 2012, 08:14:29 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 30, 2012, 08:11:06 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on March 07, 2012, 02:38:40 AM
Dok, you're a prize cunt too btw. Fuck you as well.

Oddly enough, I had someone say the EXACT same thing to me at a party this last Saturday.

So bummed I couldn't make it. :sad:

The Good Reverend Roger

#175
July 30, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
I wonder whatever happened to that mob?

Haven't heard from them since their Grand Revenge Plan™ flopped, when they told PD's hosting company all about our wicked ways, and the hosting company had not one fuck to give.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#176
July 30, 2012, 08:30:13 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 30, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
I wonder whatever happened to that mob?

Haven't heard from them since their Grand Revenge Plan™ flopped, when they told PD's hosting company all about our wicked ways, and the hosting company had not one fuck to give.

:lulz: Who knows? I certainly hope they've forgotten about it and moved on with their lives.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#177
July 30, 2012, 08:32:48 PM
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on July 30, 2012, 08:30:13 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 30, 2012, 08:29:17 PM
I wonder whatever happened to that mob?

Haven't heard from them since their Grand Revenge Plan™ flopped, when they told PD's hosting company all about our wicked ways, and the hosting company had not one fuck to give.

:lulz: Who knows? I certainly hope they've forgotten about it and moved on with their lives.

And I hope the Easter Bunny brings me a nuclear submarine next time around.  It's just as likely.

:lulz:

In any case, I'm not exactly missing any of them, except on a level of humor that involves train wrecks and bad traffic accidents.

I make an exception for Badbeast, because he's the funniest Brit I know, but he isn't allowed to post here anymore, because Eartha doesn't like us.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

East Coast Hustle

#178
July 30, 2012, 09:18:25 PM
Yeah, I liked BadBeast. Too bad he decided to get down off his hind legs and stick his head up some alcoholic retard's ass.
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#179
July 30, 2012, 09:21:02 PM
I got bored and had a look at TCC the other night, didn't see any of them posting recently but Eartha.
Trouble in paradise?  :lulz:
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