Mass Effect 3

[El Bastardo]

But you'd still rate him an 8/10.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Maybe a 7.9/10.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

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[Upset Spideyfan]

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to **** your pants.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I never understood the hate for Raiden. I got that people wanted more Snake, which I understand, and the protagonist swift was very jarring, but this deep hatred of a overall decent character always escaped me.

Solid Snake was a chain smoking, gravely voiced, unshaven veteran soldier who was already a legend by the time we played MGS1. And, he would hit on pretty much any chick who wasn't trying to kill him at the time. Until they actually tried to, that is.

Compare that with the androgynistic, often whiny (his dialogue sometimes had him freak out over how crazy the mission was getting), young rookie who looks like he couldn't grow any facial hair, who also had his own girlfriend annoy most players...I mean, compare that with the other, and it kinda makes sense when you also consider that he came out of nowhere. Not even giving the fans a chance to divide before the game started, and maybe start a Raiden camp or something...it makes sense.

I cannot see how bad that was handled happening with Mass Effect 3. I really...just really can't see it happening.

 

[Soapy]

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My body is ready.

 

[Crockett]

That cover is sweet, looking forward to some juicy info. t:

 

[Tron Bonne]

Solid Snake was a chain smoking, gravely voiced, unshaven veteran soldier who was already a legend by the time we played MGS1. And, he would hit on pretty much any chick who wasn't trying to kill him at the time. Until they actually tried to, that is.

Compare that with the androgynistic, often whiny (his dialogue sometimes had him freak out over how crazy the mission was getting), young rookie who looks like he couldn't grow any facial hair, who also had his own girlfriend annoy most players...I mean, compare that with the other, and it kinda makes sense when you also consider that he came out of nowhere. Not even giving the fans a chance to divide before the game started, and maybe start a Raiden camp or something...it makes sense.

I cannot see how bad that was handled happening with Mass Effect 3. I really...just really can't see it happening.

Eh. I still think the overall reaction was pretty silly, and Raiden was a pretty good character, with his flaws often over exaggeratedand taken out of context.

But anyway, something interesting:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/07/mass-effect-anime-jumps-home-in-2012/

The Mass Effect universe will expand with a direct-to-video anime film in the summer of 2012. The film will be co-produced by Japanese animation house T.O. Entertainment, and FUNimation Entertainment -- the same company that hooked up with EA for the Dragon Age anime (due sometime this year). BioWare's sci-fi series joins Halo and Dante's Inferno in the very specific category of western-developed games that provide the basis for anime adaptations.

This movie represents another drop in the Mass Effect transmedia bucket, which currently contains several novels, comics and plans for a Hollywood venture. There's no word yet on the plot -- or how, exactly, Shepard will be drawn this time.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Eh. I still think the overall reaction was pretty silly, and Raiden was a pretty good character, with his flaws often over exaggeratedand taken out of context.

Oh, I agree entirely. The reaction was very overblown, and I think an overreaction in the end. The overreaction felt like it overshadowed the quality of the game (because it seemed to be forgotten admist the arguement that MGS2 was actually a great game).

I think it even took some air out of Snake Eater, too.

...I could really dig a Mass Effect anime.

Like I said, I can't see the same kind of reaction hitting Mass Effect 3. We're getting (our) Shepard, and things will cross over.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I hope the Mass Effect anime isn't about Shepard. The ME universe is large enough to tell more stories not revolving around Shepard.

 

[Soapy]

I hope the Mass Effect anime isn't about Shepard. The ME universe is large enough to tell more stories not revolving around Shepard.

I agree. That's my argument with the proposed live action project as well.

 

[Tron Bonne]

It probably won't be. If it follows other releases mentioned, it'll be kind of anthology of other things happening in the universe. I hope it's like that anyway, because it won't be my Shepard if they focus on that, dammit

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

My body is ready.

Impossible.


Man, I don't know how I'm going to feel when those credits roll for the last time, knowing that its the last time I'll see Shepard threaten someone belligerently.

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[Crockett]

I'd like the anime to focus on Shepard's team-members, if it's an anthology my dream proposed would be an action-oriented short with Garrus, Thane and Legion =

 

[Raiden]

Looking forward to the Mass Effect anime. I hope if Shepard is not the focus in the anime movie, he will at least make a cameo appearance.

 

[Tron Bonne]

But my Shepard is a she.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

But my Shepard is a she.

Then when you get the cover use the greatest artist of all to change it...

YOUR IMAGINATION!

 

[Tron Bonne]

I just take solace that my Shepard and her voice (oh God, especially her voice) is vastly superior to that impostor. Oh, and I won't be buying either, so I'll save my imagination, thank you

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I just take solace that my Shepard and her voice (oh God, especially her voice) is vastly superior to that impostor. Oh, and I won't be buying either, so I'll save my imagination, thank you

 

[Tron Bonne]

Well, except the voice part, that's just some cold facts

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Nope, I've no issue with FemShep's existence or her validity or anything like that but I really didn't dig her perfomance in ME2, but I wouldn't go and bash her on account of that.

 

[Soapy]

I wouldn't mind Shepard making a brief cameo appearance if they frame him just right so his head is out of frame.

But I do hope Garrus is a prominent character in it, if not the lead.

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[Upset Spideyfan]

Only if he appears doing THAT.

 

[Benstamania]

Female Shepard, much like the cake, is a lie.

A dirty, rotten lie.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Nope, I've no issue with FemShep's existence or her validity or anything like that but I really didn't dig her perfomance in ME2, but I wouldn't go and bash her on account of that.

I don't know about the second one, seemed fine to me. I'm mainly referencing the first game, where the male voice acting was pretty mediocre. I started out with the default Shepard, but went with the female Shepard to see if the voice acting was better, and it was; never looked back at all.

I wouldn't mind Shepard making a brief cameo appearance if they frame him just right so his head is out of frame.

But I do hope Garrus is a prominent character in it, if not the lead.

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I'd definitely dig that.