Spike VGA awards Mass Effect 3 reveal

[Warachia]

I'm disappointed by it. But I think it was cool seeing the reapers all land.

However....

This is a spoiler

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How the hell did the Reapers get from Dark Space to Earth so quickly? I mean, they needed the Citadel to crush the species up to the Protheans and use them as tools/back up plan to analyse the current state of the galaxy's sapient development.

I would have thought it would have taken a long long time for the Reapers to get to Earth.

Hopefully ME2 DLC will fill in the gaps between ME2 and ME3's continuity.

Here's your answer:

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They probably captured any ship in existence, looked over a galaxy map, then used mass relays. Doesn't seem that hard to me, especially since the collectors were working for them, they would have seen the coordinates of earth and the shortest route to get there to begin with.

 

[Warachia]

Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because against reaper technology earth weapons are next to useless. Alos, they need organic or mechanical beings (or hybrids) to buld more of and maintain themselves.

But there's a whole galaxy full of those. It'd be easier to just finish off humans. Would make their job much easier. I think they'd be able to advance without humans.

I think it would be easier to capture your quota so you can nuke more dangerous species like turians from orbit. Not to mention

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they probably would like to make more reapers out of humans like the they did in the last game.

 

[Daedalus1942]

It was weird. Did anyone else think War of the Worlds? And did anyone else feel that Shep isn't going to be the protagonist of ME3?

I thought that at first too.

That would make sensw if Drew's now ripping off war of the worlds now... especially since it's set in England, and he did ripoff "The Sentinel"'s plot for the first game.
Would not surprise me at all.
God I hate Karpyshyn..
-Tabs<3-

I seriously doubt it's going to be set on Earth alone. A big part of Mass Effect is visiting other planets and experiencing alien cultures. And I love War of the Worlds, but Mr. Wells doesn't have the only say on alien invasions. I'm unfamiliar with The Sentinel, unfortunately, so can't comment on that. I'll check it out though.

Is your name Tabitha or something? I'm trying to figure out the "Tabs<3-" thing. Or are you just a fan of quick and easy indentation? Anyway, sorry you find ME unenjoyable.

That's my name yes, and I loved Mass effect despite the similarities to Clarke's short story.
I went into the 2nd game fatally optimistic. I bought the Collector's Edition expecting to be absolutely hooked and held off playing for months until the anticipation got too great and I caved, only to find everything I liked about Mass effect was pretty much gone.
The interesting and engaging plot had just permeated into an incoherent mess that didn't tie in with the first game at all.
I really did try to like the game. I wanted to like it... I didn't
The original combination of real time and rpg incorporated elements had been removed from the game in favour of turning it into just another third person shooter.
The cover system was so broken, and you stick to fucking everything. Gears of war was executed better.
The inventory system... now while it was annoying in the first game to turn everything to gel, I still thought it was a good idea and with some tweaking, maybe having less upgrades but more customizability, it could have been good.
Instead they just gutted the entirety of it in favour of some moronic idea of collecting items involving scanning things. God help you if you missed one on a planet, you can't go back... EVER!

Then there's the scanning, the absence of the Mako (which was a GREAT idea, just poorly executed).
Anyway, I shall stop my rant, but suffice to say, it's shaping up that this one will possibly be even worse.

-Tabs<3-

I had a few qualms as well.

Why are the reapers so interested in humanity? Is it because of the "humans are special" trope or something? Do we bring some kind of dynamism that is either a really big threat or a really big advantage?

And why treat TIM like a pariah? He's one of the nicest sounding guys around and more importantly, seems to be the only competent person with power.

Also, the character integration isn't as good as it was in ME1. I get that Shepard died and everyone went their separate ways, but it seems like they could have had a few more party members sticking together or some kind of relationships from the old crew.

Another thing that pissed me off was how much the novels were incoporated into cannon plot....
In ME2 I was like "ooh the illusive man" because I own the novels (as bad as they are) and knew who he was.
Most people I know were wondering well "who the hell is this guy"?
I didn't feel TIM's reveal was done all that well.
He's easily the most interesting character in the whole game and they fuck up even his introduction? Come off it guys...
-Tabs<3-

 

[Irridium]

Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because against reaper technology earth weapons are next to useless. Alos, they need organic or mechanical beings (or hybrids) to buld more of and maintain themselves.

But there's a whole galaxy full of those. It'd be easier to just finish off humans. Would make their job much easier. I think they'd be able to advance without humans.

I think it would be easier to capture your quota so you can nuke more dangerous species like turians from orbit. Not to mention

Spoiler

they probably would like to make more reapers out of humans like the they did in the last game.

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But they'd be able to do that with many other species that would put up less of a fight. And if its for a human reaper again, I'll be pissed. What's a human reaper going to do besides look completely absurd? Walk around in space and punch ships? Its just silly is what I'm saying.

Still, as someone said, they may be doing it to bait Shepard so they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone, so to speak.

 

[sgtshock]

Reapers aren't just nuking us from orbit because they don't want to kill us, they want to harvest us. Plus, actually landing on Earth makes it way more scary and epic. Though I do wonder how the hell they got to Earth, let alone anywhere in the galaxy in the first place.

Oh, and also HOLY SHIT I CAN'T WAIT TILL HOLIDAY 2011!

 

[SyphonX]

"T-minus 1 year and counting, Commander Shepard."

 

[Daedalus1942]

Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because the new writer is clearly ripping off the Resistance game series, which in turn borroed a few elements from H.G Well's War of the Worlds.
the writing for Mass Effect has never been amazingly fantastic, and full of plotholes.
You have just found one of many, congratulationS!
-Tabs<3-

 

[Warachia]

Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because against reaper technology earth weapons are next to useless. Alos, they need organic or mechanical beings (or hybrids) to buld more of and maintain themselves.

But there's a whole galaxy full of those. It'd be easier to just finish off humans. Would make their job much easier. I think they'd be able to advance without humans.

I think it would be easier to capture your quota so you can nuke more dangerous species like turians from orbit. Not to mention

Spoiler

they probably would like to make more reapers out of humans like the they did in the last game.

Spoiler

But they'd be able to do that with many other species that would put up less of a fight. And if its for a human reaper again, I'll be pissed. What's a human reaper going to do besides look completely absurd? Walk around in space and punch ships? Its just silly is what I'm saying.

Still, as someone said, they may be doing it to bait Shepard so they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone, so to speak.

Atually, I just realized that never once have the reapers ever nuked a planet from orbit, in ME 1 you are told that they ALWAYS go down to the planet to harvest. I guess this is no different.

 

[Daedalus1942]

"I'm commander Shepherd and this is my favourite store in the citadel"

 

[The Wykydtron]

That release date is as spirit crushing as I expected (Holiday 2011 does mean Christmasish 2011 right?), Guess i'm gonna have to replay ME1 and 2 a few more times before it comes out

 

[OManoghue]

I think the guy in the trailer is the guy you'd take over as if Shepard died on your ass in ME2. Still it was the best non-surprise of the show. I'm way more stoked about TES:V though, because let's face it. I had no idea it was coming, and ME3, was a given.

 

[Starke]

The sight of London being torn to pieces was really impactful. It was expected, but I'm still disappointed.

I agree, It was an "Oh Crap" moment, but for a minute I had a flashback to Resistance-Fall of Man.

For me it produced a flashback to Hellgate London, and that absolutely killed it for me.

 

[Josh123914]

I think the guy in the trailer is the guy you'd take over as if Shepard died on your ass in ME2. Still it was the best non-surprise of the show. I'm way more stoked about TES:V though, because let's face it. I had no idea it was coming, and ME3, was a given.

and for the women?(what? I like to see the options)

 

[WonderWillard]

FINALLY full on battle with the Reapers. No wonder Bioware has been holding Earth back from us in ME1 and 2. Biggest boner/most hardcore nerdgasm ever.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this means that Bioware is releasing Dragon Age 2, The Old Republic, AND Mass Effect 3 in the same year. And I just used those 3 games in the same sentence. The amount of epicness is truly overwhelming.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I hope that Earth gets destroyed at the start, and the rest of the game is mobilizing the Galaxy to prepare for attack.

Earth needs to be destroyed more. Its always about "save the planet!", but it is almost never about regrouping after the planet gets fucked.

 

[Warachia]

Wow... Now Karpyshyn's writing about how the reapers attack Earth...
I should have known, he ripped off Authur C Clarke for the plot of the first game, then the 2nnd plot was batshit insane, and made no sense next to the first game.
Now he goes and pulls this shit...
Karpysyhn really is a hack and he's run out of ideas.
In all honesty... this looks shit, and if it's anything like the 2nd game, I will not be buying it (or even pirating it).
-Tabs<3-

It is very hard to make anything original nowadays, this is more of an adaptation than a ripoff, if you think the second plot was insane, than you just didn't understand or weren't paying attention, I challenge you to come up with plot holes that can't be explained away, and I must have missed that war of the worlds bit where sentient spaceships descend from past the galaxy and screw everything over (I know that isn't in this post, but you did say so in others.)

 

[Irridium]

Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because against reaper technology earth weapons are next to useless. Alos, they need organic or mechanical beings (or hybrids) to buld more of and maintain themselves.

But there's a whole galaxy full of those. It'd be easier to just finish off humans. Would make their job much easier. I think they'd be able to advance without humans.

I think it would be easier to capture your quota so you can nuke more dangerous species like turians from orbit. Not to mention

Spoiler

they probably would like to make more reapers out of humans like the they did in the last game.

Spoiler

But they'd be able to do that with many other species that would put up less of a fight. And if its for a human reaper again, I'll be pissed. What's a human reaper going to do besides look completely absurd? Walk around in space and punch ships? Its just silly is what I'm saying.

Still, as someone said, they may be doing it to bait Shepard so they can kill 2 birds with 1 stone, so to speak.

Atually, I just realized that never once have the reapers ever nuked a planet from orbit, in ME 1 you are told that they ALWAYS go down to the planet to harvest. I guess this is no different.

But they do nuke planets from orbit. In Mass Effect 2 you come across planets that have had their major population centers blasted into giant craters, and their atmospheres were destroyed. The only beings capable of total destruction like this are the Reapers, as any other race would try to preserve the planet. Not really "nuking" but I'm just saying that for ease of use.

They probably invade planets to harvest races they deem worthy though. Guess they would just go to Earth first, then nuke all the other colonies.

 

[Joshimodo]

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Why would the Reapers invade Earth instead of just nuking it from orbit like any other smart being would do?

Because intercepting nukes or losing Earth the second the game starts isn't entertaining.

But it completely goes against what the Reapers are, creating quite a big contradiction of who they are. Just rubs me the wrong way is all.

Erm, no, it doesn't. They've never done that. They harvest sentient races, as they did with the Protheans.

They return from dark space, harvest system by system. We saw what happened to the Protheans in ME1, and saw that they still do it in ME2 via the Collectors and the Human-Reaper.