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[Vicen]

Ok I read that article and unless I am an idiot it did not specify an exact date just "Holiday" 2011...so I am guessing another Jan release like last years game? Or is it some other holiday later in the year they meant?

[Cal Jones]

I'm assuming Holiday 2011 is December.

[Archmage Silver]

Yes, that's what Holiday generally refers to when it comes to game releases. That's based on the fact that December is the only "standard" holiday season in the Western world.

News:
Timed Dialogue à la Alpha Protocol for ME3? @ GameBanshee
ME2 for PS3 Uses ME3 Engine for Improved Visuals @ GameSpot

[vilkacis]

Timed Dialogue à la Alpha Protocol for ME3?

what

fuck

no

That worked for AP because they had choices of attitude that were pretty much always the same and didn't require reading. Even then, it added nothing to the game because you basically always had more than enough time to make a decision. (Edit: and not having enough time would lead to lots of reloading, not a better game.)

...and despite that, it would be a good thing if they aped AP's dialogue format because it is lightyears ahead of Mass Effect's. (How long did it take you to figure out that Shepard never says the words you actually pick and that the top right option is always the one that gives you paragon points, the bottom right is always the one that gives you renegade and the middle right should never be used because Bioware hates neutrality?) My absolute favourite part of AP was finding that while "suave", "professional" and "aggressive" basically correspond to ME's "charm", "neutral" and "intimidate", all three are actually useful and several characters appreciate a professional approach over the other two.

Edited by vilkacis, 21 December 2010 - 12:09 PM.

[Archmage Silver]

EA's newsletter bombardment for ME3 has started, I've received two different ones already.

[Archmage Silver]

The Mass Effect 3 section over at the ME wiki is now up-to-date, and should provide a good summary of what we know so far.

[Archmage Silver]

News:
Mass Effect 3 Teaser Trailer Dissected @ GameTrailers

[Archmage Silver]

Clint Mansell will be composing Mass Effect 3's soundtrack according to various news items. You can read an interview here. So Jack Wall's gone, and here's what he said:

Working on the Mass Effect series was epic. It was mind-bending, soul-coughing, astral-plane traveling delicious loveliness - all the way. The games themselves are works of art. I wouldn't change one note of it that myself, Sam, David, Richard or Jimmy wrote. As you may have noticed by now, I am not returning to score the final game. The reasons are much too complicated to explain here, but suffice to say that the people at BioWare and I are still friends and we all really still like each other a lot. More importantly, the score for ME3 will be great and even more important than that, the game will liikely be (being BioWare and all) super duper fantastic.
Clint Mansell is cool. Enjoy.
Oh and thanks to everyone for the kind words here and over the years. For those of you who didn't say nice things, that's cool too. I'm still searching for the perfect chord. If you guys see it laying around, let me know, ok?
See you in another game in another crazy universe!

[Archmage Silver]

Confirmed: Seth Green reprises his role as Joker in ME3.

Confirmed: I'm reprising my Joker role in #MassEffect3. I look forward to completing many more missions with you sir, or mademoiselle.

Edited by Archmage Silver, 05 April 2011 - 03:42 PM.

[Choo Choo]

Yay! Oz keeps flying my cool starship!

[Archmage Silver]

Alright, the ME3 info is apparently starting to appear in various places around the 'net. Let's get started with these links:

ME3 @ RPS
ME3 @ VG247
ME3 @ NeoGaf

Physical Media: GameInformer Magazine - 12 Pages @ GameInformer

[the bigg]

ME3 @ Eurogamer.

Key points of suck:
- Cerberus and TIM are again your enemies.
- faster paced combat, with an emphasis on attacking enemy weak points.
- you get to see Tali's face.

[Tempest]

Uh, the article doesn't say anything about seeing Tali's face. Doesn't mention her at all, actually.

[the bigg]

It linked here when I posted that.

[Tempest]

And in other news, Ashley/Kaidan is now apparently a Spectre for ME3.

[the bigg]

ME3 is delayed until Q1 2012.

[Archmage Silver]

ME3 is delayed until Q1 2012.

Do you think that they realized that they screwed up Dragon Age II? If that's the case, I'm taken aback.

[the bigg]

I do hope they delayed because of that and not because they were busy playing MtG instead of developing the game.

Edited by the bigg, 04 May 2011 - 01:38 PM.

[Archmage Silver]

I don't want to jinx it, but... is this a euphemism for dumbing it down?

No "meaningless behind-the-scenes stat games" in ME3 @ OXM

[Daulmakan]

I don't want to jinx it, but... is this a euphemism for dumbing it down?

No "meaningless behind-the-scenes stat games" in ME3 @ OXM

Sure seems that way.

"Every single thing you do has a real impact in the battle."

Which is extremely funny considering the previous sentence was about enriching the RPG aspect...


I wonder how long until the Awesome button^TM references start piling in.