Trailers: Mass Effect 3 - Take Back Earth Trailer

[Irridium]

TAKE BACK EARTH

Why? What did Earth ever do for me in Mass Effect 1 and 2? I think I'll go help the Quarians find a new home or protect the Assari's home world. Earth being in danger is just boring.

Because they don't seem to have an interesting enemy like Saren so they're going for the old standby of Earth being in trouble. Because we all live on Earth so therefore we're all kind of invested in it.


They did the same with the whole humans disappearing thing in ME2. Because we're also human and therefore should be invested in saving them, I guess.

 

[Saviordd1]

Smells a lot of.... Dead Island.

Young girl anyone?

Also : When did Mass Effect's combat turn into Lord of the Rings eg. Up close and personal with blades, trolls and shizzle?

Well it looks like they cut some stuff out, but since Husks are generally Melee based combatants it makes sense that after opening fire on them for a while the Husks got close and shit got real.

OT: Very cool trailer, was nice to see the mako, and it wasn't jumping and bumping all over the fucking place so that's a good sign.

 

[Saviordd1]

Im wondering why so many Reapers concentrate on the Earth. What does poor planet have to offer? I bet that this *something* will be a huge reveal.

They've hinted pretty heavily at the reapers just being pissed off. Think about it, Shepard has thwarted their plans SEVERAL times, which is more then whole SPECIES have been able to do in the past. So if you have a human continuously messing up you tried and true plans it would make a lot of sense to attack his/her home planet and get rid this possibly dangerous species before they become more problematic.

 

[Setrus]

Im wondering why so many Reapers concentrate on the Earth. What does poor planet have to offer? I bet that this *something* will be a huge reveal.

They've hinted pretty heavily at the reapers just being pissed off. Think about it, Shepard has thwarted their plans SEVERAL times, which is more then whole SPECIES have been able to do in the past. So if you have a human continuously messing up you tried and true plans it would make a lot of sense to attack his/her home planet and get rid this possibly dangerous species before they become more problematic.

Don't forget that the Reapers are arrogant, they believe they are the perfect state of existence, that every other sentient being is dust compared to them, that nothing compares to them.
As such, Shepard's defeat of Sovereign, but also her/his constant thwarting of their plans is general is a great blow at their pride. The are completely and utterly convinced that they are undefeatable, and they CANNOT acknowledge Shepard's victories, or else their view of the world would shatter. (Sovereigns speech, and Harbinger's in 'Arrival' clearly shows this, they cannot acknowledge a defeat or even the possibility of it)
As such I'm sure they're attacking earth first as a blow in, as you say, anger, they're trying to cover up their previous defeats, mostly to themselves and their fragile egos.
(SPOILER)
They're also not idiots, they do, in a way, acknowledge their greatest threat, and the greatest potential for a new Reaper considering the final events of Mass effect 2.
As such it would not surprise me if they stayed on earth for quite a while, it takes time to bring in the 'crops' alive, after all.

 

[Ukomba]

Don't forget that the Reapers are arrogant, they believe they are the perfect state of existence, that every other sentient being is dust compared to them, that nothing compares to them.
As such, Shepard's defeat of Sovereign, but also her/his constant thwarting of their plans is general is a great blow at their pride. The are completely and utterly convinced that they are undefeatable, and they CANNOT acknowledge Shepard's victories, or else their view of the world would shatter. (Sovereigns speech, and Harbinger's in 'Arrival' clearly shows this, they cannot acknowledge a defeat or even the possibility of it)
As such I'm sure they're attacking earth first as a blow in, as you say, anger, they're trying to cover up their previous defeats, mostly to themselves and their fragile egos.
(SPOILER)
They're also not idiots, they do, in a way, acknowledge their greatest threat, and the greatest potential for a new Reaper considering the final events of Mass effect 2.
As such it would not surprise me if they stayed on earth for quite a while, it takes time to bring in the 'crops' alive, after all.

Not that they are just in a perfect state of existence, Sovereign was talking like they believe they were literal gods, having existed since the beginning of time.

Spoiler

"There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am Sovereign."

"We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure."

Oh and this from a man being indoctrinated.

?Chandana said the ship was dead. We trusted him. He was right. But even a dead god can dream. A god ? a real god ? is a verb. Not some old man with magic powers. It's a force. It warps reality just by being there. It doesn't have to want to. It doesn't have to think about it. It just does. That's what Chandana didn't get. Not until it was too late. The god's mind is gone but it still dreams. He knows now. He's tuned in on our dreams. If I close my eyes I can feel him. I can feel every one of us.?

It isn't just that Humans are their greatest threat, but also they're the species the others like the least. Everyone would come to the defense of the Asari, but those dirty humans have this coming to them. I wouldn't be surprised if there was even a plot point that have Reaper 'ambassadors' sent to the other species telling them to stay out of it, and that they're only here for revenge on the humans because of Shepards actions.

 

[Setrus]

Not that they are just in a perfect state of existence, Sovereign was talking like they believe they were literal gods, having existed since the beginning of time.

Spoiler

"There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am Sovereign."

"We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure."

Oh and this from a man being indoctrinated.

?Chandana said the ship was dead. We trusted him. He was right. But even a dead god can dream. A god ? a real god ? is a verb. Not some old man with magic powers. It's a force. It warps reality just by being there. It doesn't have to want to. It doesn't have to think about it. It just does. That's what Chandana didn't get. Not until it was too late. The god's mind is gone but it still dreams. He knows now. He's tuned in on our dreams. If I close my eyes I can feel him. I can feel every one of us.?

It isn't just that Humans are their greatest threat, but also they're the species the others like the least. Everyone would come to the defense of the Asari, but those dirty humans have this coming to them. I wouldn't be surprised if there was even a plot point that have Reaper 'ambassadors' sent to the other species telling them to stay out of it, and that they're only here for revenge on the humans because of Shepards actions.

Ohhh...I forgot about the God-part, yes, that's partly what I was talking about. What does gods do when mortals strive to reach them or defy them? The tower of Babylonia, anyone? Or that what's-his-name who gave man fire and was punished by it by being lashed to a stone to be picked at by birds all day long...gods are jerks.

As to the humans being the species liked least...I have trouble seeing the Reapers actually strategizing like that, because that would be acknowledging that the galaxy is a threat...then again maybe I'm putting too much stock into that versus their intelligence, plus it would be very cool to see them trying to undermine Shepard via diplomacy...

 

[shado_temple]

They released a new version of this trailer, with about 90 more seconds of footage.

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Personally, I thought it was a great improvement over the previous one (just seems to have a bit less jarring of cuts).

 

[Zen Toombs]

They released a new version of this trailer, with about 90 more seconds of footage.

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...Somebody toss me a rifle. It's time for payback.

Wow that second trailer was better. Much more visceral, and it does a lot more to tie you in. Or at least that's my opinion.
Thanks for the update, Shado.

 

[ckam]

That kid looked really weird... Ugh. Anyway, it looks really cool.

 

[Blind Sight]

Liked the trailer...except the dead child bit, that was pure emotional manipulation with no buildup whatsoever. I really hate petty attempts at twisting my feelings like that (what, the fact that dozens of cities, filled with far more children, wasn't emotional enough? Instead we need a perfect child in a perfect scene to be destroyed?).

 

[The Lunatic]

Cliché overkill, but, not too awful, I guess.

You can really see where they're marketing more to the shooter audience these days however.

 

[sonofliber]

im kind of put off by the trailer, as a person who loves ME1, it looks like a (crappy) sci-fi fps(ohh look they attack citys you know (yep like the other 400 species that try to destroy mankind)), trying to be all epic, you know whats more epic SAVING THE GOD DAMN GALAXY, not a ******* planet which i never visited and never did anything for me (hell i would be more attached if they attacked the main cerberus hq at least those guys revive me), fuck earth im going to save the quarians, and to find a cure for the krogans

 

[Somebloke]

I have to agree.

What I liked about the first Mass Effect is that it at least paid half-hearted lip service to Clarke/Asimov style scifi, interwoven in the usual space opera bling, but after the first game I can't help but to get the feeling that somebody is on a mission to root out any such things to only leave the Michael Bay elements remaining.

I realise that this is a minority opinion, but there you go.


As for the extended version of the trailer; It feels rather unfocused -- flash cuts from several previous teasers, just the profitable "visceral" and "compelling" stuff, I suppose, which taken out of context adds nothing but padding.

 

[dystopiaINC]

... So ... we have tons of Normandy-class shuttles and vessels now? Same goes for Mako and Hammerhead?
Amazing trailer overall, some flaws, as always ... But I still won't give in over Origin, soz, EA.

I saw those Hammerheads and Makos and was just like.... IT'S F*CKING ON NOW REAPER B*TCHES!!!

That got me pumped for march, so glad i pre-ordered the collectors edition back in august. the demo is fun as hell and i'm really excited for the muliplayer, played all last night. Bioware can do multiplayer... huh... who knew?

 

[Clebold]

The mako's back

The Mako was an excellent piece of artillery, it just handled like shit. At least it could take a beating, unlike the Hammerhead which exploded if you looked at it funny.

May someone please enlighten me as to what exactly was so bad about the Mako from ME? I never had any problems with it......

Well, to steal from Yahtzee for a bit, it handled like a cow in a shopping cart, it thought it was spiderman when presented with a mountain with an angle of more than 70 degrees, and to top it all off, it had those near useless jumpjets.

 

[rcs619]

why does it look like battle la? a faceless enemy? it would be more interesting if we knew the motivaitons then fight faceless enemy. why is america shown and not just the whole world? chimera was interesting because we didnt know if they lived underground or were genetically enginerred.

The reapers aren't faceless. See the giant squid things, those are the actual Reapers. They're sentient bio-mechanical lifeforms larger than starships. They are pretty open and up front when it comes to fighting. Their motivations are pretty clear too. They harvest all intelligent organic life ever 50,000 years to help facilitate their weird bio-mechanical reproductive process and to add to their already super-advanced technology. The people that don't get harvested or slaughtered get turned into bio-mechanical abominations or brainwashed mind-slaves to help seek out and discover pockets of people running away and hiding.

There are quite a few mysteries surrounding the reapers still though, but that's kind of the point. They've been at this for millions of years, and left cycle after cycle of the Milky Way cleansed of all life. Plus, they are HEAVILY inspired by the cosmic horrors of H.P Lovecraft's stories, and being mysterious and impossible to completely know was a large part of what made them so frightening.

 

[GartarkMusik]

The mako's back

The Mako was an excellent piece of artillery, it just handled like shit. At least it could take a beating, unlike the Hammerhead which exploded if you looked at it funny.

May someone please enlighten me as to what exactly was so bad about the Mako from ME? I never had any problems with it......

Well, to steal from Yahtzee for a bit, it handled like a cow in a shopping cart, it thought it was spiderman when presented with a mountain with an angle of more than 70 degrees, and to top it all off, it had those near useless jumpjets.

I guess I could see why people weren't that happy with it, but I've seen some game vehicles that have handled worse than that. GTA IV, I'm looking at you............

 

[English Stew]

*sigh* at least Bioware's better at killing off children for shock value than Infinity ward is.

It's not really shock value, it's context. It puts a face on the invasion, personalizes it so it's not just numbers and exploding buildings. Besides we don't even see if the girl dies, don't get me wrong, it's implied she dies, but we don't see it.

I agree that Bioware does the death scenes (for the record I was also talking about the boy in the demo) with a good amount of tact - I probably should have made it clear that I was not offended on any kind of moral level.

My problem simply from a literature standpoint, for lack of a better word. I am offended because the trailer expects me to care about a fictional character I know nothing about, simply because she is a child. This is, admittedly, something any number of works and franchises are guilty of; even my favorite author has used it, and clumsily at that. I guess I only got mad in this case cause I saw the same trope used twice in relativly quick succession from the same source.