[Aptorian]

EA is advertising the game as being suited for new players as well as the old players. You'll be missing all the throw backs and backgrounds of many of the characters but the story should be accessible.

How ever, why not just buy ME1 and 2 and play them first? They're great games and dirt cheap.

[Loki]

This time tomorrow I will have been playing ME3 for three hours............WHY ISN'T IT THIS TIME TOMORROW????


Edit: What Apt said.

This post has been edited by Loki: 06 March 2012 - 05:08 PM

[Beezulbubba]

Thank you for the reply Apt. I am relieved that ME 3 will allow entry for new players. Regarding playing ME 1 and ME 2, I would love too, but it's a case of so many games, too little time. But I understand it is worth it for this franchise.
*still grinding away on Skyrim.

[Slow Ben]

Look at this way QWOPstadjaodfjodijf

ME1 and 2 can be purchased for around 20-30 bucks total. By the time you finish them 3 will be down from 60 to 30 or 40. So, being the mathematician that i am, you can buy 3 for 60 or get ALL 3 for the same. huh? huh? huuuuuuuhhh?

Because they're both f'ing awesome games.

[Kanubis]

Plus, ME1 has stood the the test of time imo, it doesn't feel like an 'old' game.

[Gothos]

hehe, Metacritic user score at 4.7 right now. Apparently has a lot in common with DA2.


sigh. We'll see.

edit:
LOL it's dropped to 2.5 user score already. fun times.

This post has been edited by Gothos: 06 March 2012 - 11:09 PM

[Loki]

QWOPstadFrustrationHammer, on 06 March 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

This has probably been asked before and I imagine with any sequel this question is posed. Do you have to of played ME 1 and ME 2 for Mass Effect 3 to be a meaningful experience?
*bad on me for not playing ME 1 or ME 2

If you are not playing Me1 before playing ME3 you may want to watch this - ME1 - In a (somewhat detailed) nutshell (voiced by Sheperd)

[Stalker]

Anyone actually play it and have an update on how it is? If it is actually like DA2, I will just pass. Never even finished act 1 of that game.

[Slow Ben]

I'm only3 hours in but I sure am enjoying it. It plays just like 2 so far.

[Aptorian]

Gothos, on 06 March 2012 - 11:06 PM, said:

hehe, Metacritic user score at 4.7 right now. Apparently has a lot in common with DA2.

sigh. We'll see.

edit:
LOL it's dropped to 2.5 user score already. fun times.

These aren't actually user scores. It's just a trolling campaign, probably originating from /v/. I think bad user scores were showing up even before the game was released to the public.

[Obdigore]

I'm loving it.

And the metacritic scores are idiots whining and being idiots, like always happens. Go look at Skyrims metacritic score.

[Lucifer's Heaven]

Oh wow...
If you if you uploaded your saves from previous games to the cloud, those saves are not compatible with ME3. That seems... Well fucking retarded. And Bioware certainly lose points in my book for this being the case. Maybe it'll get fixed, but that is one hell of a day one bug...

For anyone that did, Microsoft says your saves MAY work if you download them off the cloud, onto the console that the saves were originally made on. Then if you need to transfer them to the console you want them on, do it via memory stick/usb. If you don't have access to that console anymore, well tough fuckin' luck apparently...

[Tapper]

Aptorius, on 07 March 2012 - 04:29 AM, said:

Gothos, on 06 March 2012 - 11:06 PM, said:

hehe, Metacritic user score at 4.7 right now. Apparently has a lot in common with DA2.

sigh. We'll see.

edit:
LOL it's dropped to 2.5 user score already. fun times.

These aren't actually user scores. It's just a trolling campaign, probably originating from /v/. I think bad user scores were showing up even before the game was released to the public.

Well, it might be, it might also be nerd rage. I browsed the Bioware forums last night since I'm not bothered at all by spoilers and it "seems" people are severely dissatisfied with all 3 of the available endings. The positive ones have established all their hope on the secret ending that is apparently unlocked after beating the game twice with the same Shep, while the pessimistic ones are just being dramaqueens.

[Obdigore]

Tapper, on 07 March 2012 - 08:18 AM, said:

Aptorius, on 07 March 2012 - 04:29 AM, said:

Gothos, on 06 March 2012 - 11:06 PM, said:

hehe, Metacritic user score at 4.7 right now. Apparently has a lot in common with DA2.

sigh. We'll see.

edit:
LOL it's dropped to 2.5 user score already. fun times.

These aren't actually user scores. It's just a trolling campaign, probably originating from /v/. I think bad user scores were showing up even before the game was released to the public.

Well, it might be, it might also be nerd rage. I browsed the Bioware forums last night since I'm not bothered at all by spoilers and it "seems" people are severely dissatisfied with all 3 of the available endings. The positive ones have established all their hope on the secret ending that is apparently unlocked after beating the game twice with the same Shep, while the pessimistic ones are just being dramaqueens.

I saw the ending whining. I dont understand why they are whining. The endings are different, and just because there isn't the ending they wanted doesn't mean it isn't different. Bleh.

[Slow Ben]

I'm sitting at work and all i want to do is go home and playyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!


This game just sucked me right in.

I'm calling BS on the DA2 comparisons,even though its still early.

[Obdigore]

Slow Ben, on 07 March 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:

I'm sitting at work and all i want to do is go home and playyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!


This game just sucked me right in.

I'm calling BS on the DA2 comparisons,even though its still early.

I liked DA2, and anyone who didn't just wanted DA:02, meanwhile they complain that games like Modern Warfare or Halo never change. YOU CANT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS MOTHERFUCKERS.

Ahem. I like the game as well.

[Slow Ben]

Whoa whoa whoa candy pants. I liked it too, I beat the damn game twice. Stalker just said people were comparing it to DA2 and my opinion was, it was not. It is a lot like ME2.
And I'm still enjoying it immensely.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 08 March 2012 - 05:38 AM

[Tapper]

Oh man, the visual eye-candy is astonishing. Never played something that looked this good. I agree with SB that it feels a lot like ME2, but improved in almost every way (apart from bouncy instead of sticky grenades... loss of control there).
I'm just at the Citadel after doing the Mars-mission, and I gotta say, the early dialogue is awesome. Kaidan is truly butt-hurt to the point of being a nuisance. Liara was more natural than in both other games, which is a good thing since she's

Spoiler

My fem-shep's ME1 snuggle-buddy and I made her Shadow Broker, both despite liking her not all that much, but better than Kaiden or Ashley, and after Mordin's comments about chafing I turned Garrus down

I'm looking forward to meeting all the other cast members. Particularly looking forward to seeing if Kasumi is in my game, even as just a cameo, because I played her DLC only after I did the Suicide Mission.

[Lusipher]

Obdigore, on 08 March 2012 - 04:30 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 07 March 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:

I'm sitting at work and all i want to do is go home and playyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!


This game just sucked me right in.

I'm calling BS on the DA2 comparisons,even though its still early.

I liked DA2, and anyone who didn't just wanted DA:02, meanwhile they complain that games like Modern Warfare or Halo never change. YOU CANT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS MOTHERFUCKERS.

Ahem. I like the game as well.

Not true, I didn't like DA2 because the story was not that good and the characters annoyed the hell out of me, every last one of them. DA2 was very good in parts, but on the whole, I didn't like it as much as the first one.Which is not to say I wanted DA:O 2. I liked that DA2 was only loosely connected to the first one; I wanted to see more of the world and doing so with your character from the first game wasn't feasible.

This post has been edited by Lusipher: 08 March 2012 - 11:08 AM

[Kanubis]

Tapper, on 08 March 2012 - 08:54 AM, said:

Oh man, the visual eye-candy is astonishing. Never played something that looked this good. I agree with SB that it feels a lot like ME2, but improved in almost every way (apart from bouncy instead of sticky grenades... loss of control there).
I'm just at the Citadel after doing the Mars-mission, and I gotta say, the early dialogue is awesome. Kaidan is truly butt-hurt to the point of being a nuisance. Liara was more natural than in both other games, which is a good thing since she's

Spoiler

My fem-shep's ME1 snuggle-buddy and I made her Shadow Broker, both despite liking her not all that much, but better than Kaiden or Ashley, and after Mordin's comments about chafing I turned Garrus down

I'm looking forward to meeting all the other cast members. Particularly looking forward to seeing if Kasumi is in my game, even as just a cameo, because I played her DLC only after I did the Suicide Mission.

See, I totally agree on the visuals, but have heard a lot of people slagging them off too. What format are you on? I'm playing it on the PC and it looks amazing.


I saved Ashley in ME1, and the early dialogue is great...

Spoiler

I was pleased that her and Liara spoke a couple of lines to each other when I first got to Liara on Mars. It pissed me off no end in ME2 when I came across Ashley on the kidnapped colony planet, and she didn't bat an eyelid at Garrus and Tali being on my team. I haven't got much further, but so far Liara is a convincing evolution of her nerdy origins and harder ME2 persona.