Mass Effect 3 Appears on EA Store, Disappears Very Quickly

[szaleniec1000]

As far as Conrad, I'm simply saying that even if your Shepard never put a gun in his face (As none of mine did) he still says you did, and as far as the game cannon (Not just the term, your in-game cannon) you did. Bioware changed your decision to reflect what they wanted because it was easier, but that's a completely different discussion.

It's my head-canon that Conrad got delusional and misremembered what happened with Shepard in the Citadel, but yeah, it's either an oversight or a bug.

 

[RatRace123]

I heard a rumour.

A nasty, evil rumour.

The rumour was that the ME3 trailer is going to announce that they have included..

..shudder....

...multiplayer.

I am currently praying to the gods of gaming and sending pleading letters to the Citadel Council to ensure multiplayer stays the fuck away from my beloved Bioware games.

I heard that rumor too, the prospect of it makes me throw up in my mouth.
If they have multiplayer then that means that they didn't spend all of the game's development time on the actual game.
Also I can't fathom the fact that I could be enjoying the same game as the racist, homophobic mouthbreathers that populate Xbox Live's multiplayer scene.

 

[Omnific One]

It's all starting to seem too intentional.

I think they have something else planned and are trying to throw people off. They had no issue with announcing Mass Effect 3 in ME2, So why bother with secrecy now? Just doesn't add up.

I agree. Everything seems too perfect. All the events seem really constructed to make people believe it is ME3, even though I think they will pull out a new IP or spinoff still. I smell the rancid stench of EA marketing all over this one.

 

[CezarIgnat]

If one of the clues was a red herring...could this be the red herring it was referring to? Maybe the clue was similar to a warning?

 

[Echo136]

I dont understand. Mass Effect 3 isnt exactly a big surprise. You'd think Bioware running this stunt would be for something new rather than for something we know is coming.

 

[Yelchor]

I can't resist replying with a blunt "Duh" to this. It would be illogical for Bioware to just leave the trilogy production on hold and make a new game based on a different plot. That would just be teasing us who would want to see some closure to the story of Shepard.

But then again, with EA pulling the strings these days the possibility of them going all "nyah nyah!" on us is not all that unlikely. They've already done it with Dragon Age.

 

[RikSharp]

I hope Mass Effect three isn't released for another year or two. I haven't gotten tired of the first two yet! I don't see how the clues point to Mass Effect three though. the gun in the teaser trailer didn't really look Mass Effect. However, lowest temp recorded could point to space and atomic mass of iron 2(3)4. The British SIS on the other hand doesn't have anything to do with Mass Effect. Sheperd's not even government sponsored anymore.

if you speak to the council in ME2, they tell you that your spectre status was never revoked, you were just listed as MIA, so technically shepard is government sponsered. also:

Hmmmmm...

looks like mass effect to me.

personally i dont care if its ME3 or some completely different game.
will be keeping my eyes on it regardless.

 

[Shroomhell]

We've known Mass Effect three would come out since the release of Mass Effect one.
I wonder if doing sequels will impact Bioware's quality of game.

Yes, that's what I meant when I said that we've known about it for three years, ME1 came out in 2007(for the xbox, at least). Mass Effect being a trilogy might've even been mentioned beforehand, can't remember.

In any case, sequels won't really affect Bioware's developing quality, they're still a triple-A studio and they do make great games. What keeps on bugging me is that once you find out a Bioware game is in the works, you instantly know what to expect:

1. Some level of squad-based combat.
2. Dialogue with various people and Squad-Members (Who'll most likely remind you of other Squad-members from previous Bioware games).
3. You being "The Chosen One"(This may vary, doesn't look like DA2 is doing this).

So when Bioware is teasing at something new, that might not conform to the blueprint that its predecessors did and then it's revealed that it's exactly what we not only expect, but know is coming, I get really pissed off.

Guess it's a very slight chance that it still is something new. But I don't think so.

ahh, what I meant by their quality being affected by doing sequels was that they had never made a sequel before the Mass Effects. and not all their games are as you described. Shattered Steel and MDK2 don't have squad based combat, if wiki is correct. However the template you described is part of what makes their games good, except the "The Chosen One" thing, but in KOTOR you are the evil guy.

 

[Shroomhell]

I hope Mass Effect three isn't released for another year or two. I haven't gotten tired of the first two yet! I don't see how the clues point to Mass Effect three though. the gun in the teaser trailer didn't really look Mass Effect. However, lowest temp recorded could point to space and atomic mass of iron 2(3)4. The British SIS on the other hand doesn't have anything to do with Mass Effect. Sheperd's not even government sponsored anymore.

if you speak to the council in ME2, they tell you that your spectre status was never revoked, you were just listed as MIA, so technically shepard is government sponsered. also:

Hmmmmm...

looks like mass effect to me.

personally i dont care if its ME3 or some completely different game.
will be keeping my eyes on it regardless.

Spectres aren't government sponsored. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier. They have to buy all their own stuff. However in Mass Effect 2 the council offers to reinstate Sheperd as a Spectre. You can also tell them to shove it. That was fun. I do see what you mean with the picture but there is a ton of differences despite the similarity.

 

[ExaltedK9]

Not surprised its ME3, but I am glad it's in developement already. I'm more concerned about the identity of the guy in the screenshot. I wouls be pissed if you didn't play as Shepard for the third one.

 

[Shroomhell]

I hope Mass Effect three isn't released for another year or two. I haven't gotten tired of the first two yet! I don't see how the clues point to Mass Effect three though. the gun in the teaser trailer didn't really look Mass Effect. However, lowest temp recorded could point to space and atomic mass of iron 2(3)4. The British SIS on the other hand doesn't have anything to do with Mass Effect. Sheperd's not even government sponsored anymore.

The lowest temperature points to the Vostok research station in Russia, odd that I had a lecture on it the day the clue was released

The gun is the Incisor rifle from mass effect

The final clue was a picture of a red herring suggesting that all the clues (or maybe just the 'clash' one that came before it) are just trying to mislead us.

Finally if the plotline is about a battle for earth it would make sense to set it in London, the most epic city in the world.

Either way i'm excited to see what they announce, although I don't think i'll actually bother watching the awards

What was the Incisor rifle? And was it in I or II? also I know the lowest recorded temp on earth was recorded in russia. it was stated earlier in the thread. I was also questioning how it could point to Mass Effect 3 in that statement, not to anything else.

 

[Orthon]

ahh, what I meant by their quality being affected by doing sequels was that they had never made a sequel before the Mass Effects. and not all their games are as you described. Shattered Steel and MDK2 don't have squad based combat, if wiki is correct. However the template you described is part of what makes their games good, except the "The Chosen One" thing, but in KOTOR you are the evil guy.

It's not exactly true that in KOTOR you're the evil guy, is it? You, the player, do not do any of the things that made him evil, you step in after he's been "rehabilitated". Your actions after that vary from good to evil as they do in most Bioware games.

I've actually never played Shattered Steel or MDK2, so I can't really say much. I have, though, been playing most of their games after that, with few exceptions(NWN, haven't finished BG2) and I'm getting sick of the template.

Actually, once a games journalist described Bioware as "the masters of storytelling", but I've never really felt them live up to that. The storytelling-method they're using is the same, and by my definition of "master of storytelling" they should be able to adapt to different techniques and still provide excellent stories.

If you're wondering how the opinion of one games journalist matter, it's because everytime I see Bioware games that seem to "play it safe" and align with the standards of its predecessors, I just think that maybe they could've done something different, mastered another genre, and another form of storytelling.

Anyway, I'm getting pretty long-winded here, so if you managed to read it all, thanks.

 

[Mike the Bard]

kind of sad thats it's going to be another "go save the conquered earth from all the naughty aliens" it also leaves the plot hole about how bad-ass each reaper is and how many of them their actually is. how are they going to explain that. in short i have a bad feeling about this. but still exited as hell to see what the announcement is and mass effect 3 in general (oh the catch-22 of fanboyism),

 

[manythings]

how is mass effect's story unique? they use the same 'lets all band together for the final battle" for years. Want mass effect 3's ending? play dragon age.

I'll just let you re-read my posts and search for the word "unique" being used once...

well technically it was for unique but more along the lines of questioning the quality of story. The story is copypasta and has been for years.

So, in other words, you don't want to admit I didn't say the thing you accused me of saying.

 

[Shroomhell]

ahh, what I meant by their quality being affected by doing sequels was that they had never made a sequel before the Mass Effects. and not all their games are as you described. Shattered Steel and MDK2 don't have squad based combat, if wiki is correct. However the template you described is part of what makes their games good, except the "The Chosen One" thing, but in KOTOR you are the evil guy.

It's not exactly true that in KOTOR you're the evil guy, is it? You, the player, do not do any of the things that made him evil, you step in after he's been "rehabilitated". Your actions after that vary from good to evil as they do in most Bioware games.

I've actually never played Shattered Steel or MDK2, so I can't really say much. I have, though, been playing most of their games after that, with few exceptions(NWN, haven't finished BG2) and I'm getting sick of the template.

Actually, once a games journalist described Bioware as "the masters of storytelling", but I've never really felt them live up to that. The storytelling-method they're using is the same, and by my definition of "master of storytelling" they should be able to adapt to different techniques and still provide excellent stories.

If you're wondering how the opinion of one games journalist matter, it's because everytime I see Bioware games that seem to "play it safe" and align with the standards of its predecessors, I just think that maybe they could've done something different, mastered another genre, and another form of storytelling.

Anyway, I'm getting pretty long-winded here, so if you managed to read it all, thanks.

What I meant by you playing the bad guy in KOTOR was that you are the one who was the bad guy.
And, Great, the game was Mass Effect III. I still don't want it to be though. couldn't they just tell us about it when it was a few months from completion? Well We'll finally be able to visit Earth. I would hate for it to be earth centered though. The Traveling to other planets and actually doing things on them was very appealing.

How many developers use the Bioware method for storytelling? From what I've seen it's just Bioware. They have a good one, a different method won't change the storytelling quality, just how it's told. If you have one that is better and has more choices/is more engaging then name it.
I haven't played MDK2 either, just read about it. I like the squad based combat so long as I really just control my character and the others aren't stupid. Therefore while I liked the squad combat in Mass Effect I hated it in Dragon Age (which I left off in the dwarven caves several months ago and haven't played since).
I do feel that they could do better storytelling. I will concede that. Dark Messiah was great in that regard. and others.

 

[Orthon]

What I meant by you playing the bad guy in KOTOR was that you are the one who was the bad guy.
And, Great, the game was Mass Effect III. I still don't want it to be though. couldn't they just tell us about it when it was a few months from completion? Well We'll finally be able to visit Earth. I would hate for it to be earth centered though. The Traveling to other planets and actually doing things on them was very appealing.

How many developers use the Bioware method for storytelling? From what I've seen it's just Bioware. They have a good one, a different method won't change the storytelling quality, just how it's told. If you have one that is better and has more choices/is more engaging then name it.
I haven't played MDK2 either, just read about it. I like the squad based combat so long as I really just control my character and the others aren't stupid. Therefore while I liked the squad combat in Mass Effect I hated it in Dragon Age (which I left off in the dwarven caves several months ago and haven't played since).
I do feel that they could do better storytelling. I will concede that. Dark Messiah was great in that regard. and others.

Yeah well, nowadays few game developers do things Bioware-style. Obsidian & Bethesda do make similar games, with companions and making choices, etc. It might be true that they don't do it as good as bioware, but I dont really have an opinion on that matter.

Maybe I shouldn't have said different storytelling method (they're using one for DA2) but more or less I want Bioware to do a different game altogether. Maybe not even a RPG. And yeah, I guess hell freeze over before that happens. But still, if done well, it's a safe bet that a game of an different genre developed by Bioware may be really cool.

But as I said, due to fan demand, hell will freeze over before they do that.

 

[manythings]

how is mass effect's story unique? they use the same 'lets all band together for the final battle" for years. Want mass effect 3's ending? play dragon age.

I'll just let you re-read my posts and search for the word "unique" being used once...

well technically it was for unique but more along the lines of questioning the quality of story. The story is copypasta and has been for years.

So, in other words, you don't want to admit I didn't say the thing you accused me of saying.

wait what? No, i accuse you of giving undue credit to mass effect's story. It's copypasta and was the least worked on story in gaming aside from cheetah men.

Then you've clearly never played a first person shooter or a Tom Clancy game.