Less than 24 hours to ME3

[Thomas Parker]

i had to change my order from collectors edition to normal edition from amazon when it turned out game wouldn't be stocking it
3 f£$%ing days

 

[The Wykydtron]

Four words. Fucking. European. Release. Dates.

That is all.

 

[Setrus]

Well i live in New Zealand so i have to wait until the 9th *grumble grumble stupid americans/canadians grumble*

Sweden, I have the same problem...you evil americans... ;-)

Then again, the place I've ordered my collector's edition have a tendency to send me the games I order so they arrive a day ahead of when they should, I like that... :-D (Though I remember getting space marine and then being unable to play it because it wasn't "avaible yet", that was a bit upsetting since I had the disc in the player...)

So, have 5 playthroughs to play there, two are with the same soldier Shepard, two with the same engineer Shepard, and I'm excited to try it all out, weapons, squadmates, mixing and matching...damn it'll be fun!

But damn, having played the demo I'm unsure what I'll be playing first, the singleplayer or the multiplayer! One I've waited for for so long, the other I know that the moment I try it again I'll be hooked for weeks, Revenant wielding soldier for the win!

The only issue is that I'll have to get back to work on Monday, that's going to suuuuuck...

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Who gives a shit if you piss people off? Let them wring their hands and cry their irrelevant *****-tears about it. You're excited for a release, you want to talk about it, and so do lots of other people. Make all the threads and posts you want.

OT: I'm very excited for the release, but I unfortunately have the sheer audacity to live outside North America, so I have to wait 'till the ninth to play it. I'll be buying it first thing in the morning though, possibly at midnight if I can find a store with a midnight launch.

I'm in the same boat as you buddy. How dare we not live in America so we can be playing ME3 when it hits the shelves whenever their midnight is from now. Man I hate us right now.

If you're close to somewhere like a 24 hour Tesco or Asda you can grab it from one of those. Luckily I live a five minute walk from Tesco. My house mate & I will be grabbing it post beers thursday night.

It's what I did for Skyrim. Staff gave me a funny look & probably wanted to call me a loser.... I showed them though. 15 minutes later I was Woodelf watching a dragon burn a village to the ground... I don't know any losers that fight dragons! Do you....?

*sob*....I'm so LONELY!!!

 

[Mikeyfell]

I personally have a pre-order collector's edition over at amazon. It makes me a bit upset because amazon estimates delivery won't be until the 13th, which means a possible extra week of waiting. I am hopeful though as usually amazon over-estimates to make sure they have plenty of time, but this may not be one of those times.

Same here, Don't fear Amazon usually overestimates ETA's.
But I'm still willing to bet that tomorrow at around 4 PM (That's when the mail shows up at my house) I'll be fucking pissed.


In the meantime though I'm finishing up some ME2 playthroughs and working on my feigned illness excuse I'm going to use to get out of work for about a week so I can play ME3 with out the distractions of... you know, having to get paid.

About the hype and buzz I've spent the better part of a year trying to absorb all the negative hype possible to further reinforce the impression that ME3 will be awful on the off chance I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I'm still trying to decide whether or not I'm going to watch Susan's review of ME 3 (Even though she totally wasn't playing it last week _> <_<)
I'm also going to have to avoid about a billion messages from friends who will pick their copies up at stores tomorrow.

 

[RJ 17]

Roughly 12 hours until I've got my copy! Gonna pick it up and give the store clerk a Falcon Punch right to the nutsack!

 

[Strain42]

Mass Effect 3 comes out in less than 12 hours? Sorry, if I try to care I think I might pull something.

Fortunately, the games I ordered last week arrived in the mail today, so I'll be playing those with my free time

Hope those who get it enjoy it, and I hope the people who have been saying they're not going to buy it and buy it anyway don't hate it as much as they said they would.

 

[Fappy]

Anyone else going to be waiting in line with fingers in their ears? Its bad enough that gamestop employees are tards and spoil the DLC character for those with the CE (and may not know who the character is), but I guarantee morons in line are going to be throwing spoilers around like its nothing.

 

[RJ 17]

Anyone else going to be waiting in line with fingers in their ears? Its bad enough that gamestop employees are tards and spoil the DLC character for those with the CE (and may not know who the character is), but I guarantee morons in line are going to be throwing spoilers around like its nothing.

I intend to bring my iPod since I was advised to show up 2 hours early to get my name on the "first come first serve" list. I'll be listening to my stoner ummm, "mellow ambient spacey techno" playlist until at last ME 3 is in my grasp.

 

[Fappy]

Anyone else going to be waiting in line with fingers in their ears? Its bad enough that gamestop employees are tards and spoil the DLC character for those with the CE (and may not know who the character is), but I guarantee morons in line are going to be throwing spoilers around like its nothing.

I intend to bring my iPod since I was advised to show up 2 hours early to get my name on the "first come first serve" list. I'll be listening to my stoner ummm, "mellow ambient spacey techno" playlist until at last ME 3 is in my grasp.

Just listen to M4: Part 2 on repeat for 2 hours.

 

[Rariow]

I'm looking forward to it as a "specimen", to see how good it is. My expectations aren't too high (But I've been proven to have too low expectations. Even after Oblivion being my 2nd favourite game, I didn't expect Skyrim to be half as good as it was and it took the silver in my "best games evar" list from it), and I'm curious how BioWare's new attitude (Which I'm admittedly not too happy about) turns out. I really want to finish the story already, damn it!

I also live in Europe, which makes my release date the 6th (FRUSTRATING!)and then 3-7 more days for amazon to deliver it. Really looking forward to it. I'm racing to get through ME2, I want to have another savegame ready to go. I learned with ME2 how frustrating it is to want to re-play immediately but to have to go through the previous installment again first.

 

[feriwan]

I pre-ordered the CE, but I live in Belgium (sadly enough) and it's cheaper to send it to my family in the US and pick it up at Easter when I go to visit...
So a little more than a month for me.

Just a suggestion and you more than likely have thought of this, but if the CE package is fairly small it wouldn't cost much to send it by mail. I've send things to the Netherlands and England and it was pretty cheap. Especially if your family could send it in one of those "if it fits, it ships" flat rate boxes that they have. At the very least they could send you the game and you could get the extras like the lithograph and art book at Easter.

I COULD do that, and I really LOVE Mass Effect (why else would I be getting the CE otherwise?), but I just have, to quote Han Solo, a bad feeling about doing that.
Anyway, My birthday is at the end of March, so it'll be just like a birthday present then!
(Pretty much the best friggen gift ever, amiright?)

Oh yeah, and my family is known for saving money wherever we can (not that we're poor, but it's not a bad habbit to have)

 

[RJ 17]

Anyone else going to be waiting in line with fingers in their ears? Its bad enough that gamestop employees are tards and spoil the DLC character for those with the CE (and may not know who the character is), but I guarantee morons in line are going to be throwing spoilers around like its nothing.

I intend to bring my iPod since I was advised to show up 2 hours early to get my name on the "first come first serve" list. I'll be listening to my stoner ummm, "mellow ambient spacey techno" playlist until at last ME 3 is in my grasp.

Just listen to M4: Part 2 on repeat for 2 hours.

I might - just might - bust out my Pink Floyd playlist for this occassion.

Oh and I'm well stocked up too. Got 4 Red Bulls, a 5 Hour Energy shot, a fresh pack of smokes...I had originally intended to just get the game, go home, and go to bed so at least I'd have it first thing when I woke up...but with each passing hour, I'm getting closer and closer to saying "Screw it! I ain't goin' to bed tonight!!!"

We'll see how long I can stay up with the energy drinks.

 

[Zeraki]

To hell with the people who complain. If they were allowed to get all wet for Skyrim, then what's wrong with us getting excited for Mass Effect 3? Besides, the Skyrim hype was worse... much worse.

I ordered my collector's edition from Amazon, and I'm still waiting for my shipping confirmation. Unfortunately that means I won't be getting the game until about 7:00 PM tomorrow night, since that's usually when UPS delivers in my area. I'm excited beyond measure, and I can't wait to transfer my first Shepard and see what is in store for me.

 

[The Pinray]

I'm going to the midnight launch tonight to get my Collector's Edition. I'll be playing it all night... Then I have to day off tomorrow, so I'll be playing it all day then, too!

It's gonna be fun! Can't wait.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I've got my Collectors Edition on Gamestop pre-ordered, so I'm constantly refreshing the orders page until the order says "closed" today.

..And then the minute it comes in the mail, the entire day will be completely gone to it.

DAMN YOU LAST DAY ANTICIPATION!!

Edit: ..Speak of the lightning fast devil, I just received "confirmation: shipped" by email.

*Squeal*

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

The only question I still haven't answered is whether I'm going to Walmart or Gamestop at midnight.

Walmart may or may not have it, and if they do I'll have to pester one or two employees to go find it in the back fo rme.

Gamestop will have it, but I'll be forced to stand in line with people so unhygenic I'll need to take a shower myself when I get home. Last time I chose Gamestop and had to put up with some teenager trying to hit on the female sales clerk using D&D references. I wanted to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spork.

Leaning heavily towards Walmart, extra armor code(whatever that means) I'll get at gamestop be darned.

 

[Saulkar]

Meh, gonna buy it retail as soon as an Origin crack comes round. That shit is just too hard to sandbox.

 

[Screamarie]

I personally have a pre-order collector's edition over at amazon. It makes me a bit upset because amazon estimates delivery won't be until the 13th, which means a possible extra week of waiting. I am hopeful though as usually amazon over-estimates to make sure they have plenty of time, but this may not be one of those times.

Same here, Don't fear Amazon usually overestimates ETA's.
But I'm still willing to bet that tomorrow at around 4 PM (That's when the mail shows up at my house) I'll be fucking pissed.


In the meantime though I'm finishing up some ME2 playthroughs and working on my feigned illness excuse I'm going to use to get out of work for about a week so I can play ME3 with out the distractions of... you know, having to get paid.

About the hype and buzz I've spent the better part of a year trying to absorb all the negative hype possible to further reinforce the impression that ME3 will be awful on the off chance I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I'm still trying to decide whether or not I'm going to watch Susan's review of ME 3 (Even though she totally wasn't playing it last week _> <_<)
I'm also going to have to avoid about a billion messages from friends who will pick their copies up at stores tomorrow.

Ooo are your friends the type where you say "no, I don't want to know" and yet they keep talking even after you've put your fingers in your ears and go "la la la la la"?

And honestly at this point I'm a little glad it'll take a bit to get here. I've been awake for about 24 hours now (various reasons, long story) so I'm very tired and I couldn't possibly stay awake well enough to properly play. XD

 

[Screamarie]

I've got my Collectors Edition on Gamestop pre-ordered, so I'm constantly refreshing the orders page until the order says "closed" today.

..And then the minute it comes in the mail, the entire day will be completely gone to it.

DAMN YOU LAST DAY ANTICIPATION!!

Yeah right now Amazon says "Shipping Soon" which I think means they've taken my money, but I can't help but keep returning to Amazon to check and see if by some MIRACLE it's shipped. I know it's very unlikely that would ship out at 1 pm, but....I can hope, you know?