Mass Effect 3

[TheCorpulent1]

Yea, I imagine even your dialogue options in ME2 might play a part. On Tali's mission I told all the Admirals not to go to war with the Geth, thinking that we'll need everyone united when the Reapers come etc.

My goal is to make Shep as messianic as possible, uniting races and ending centuries-long struggles. I hope there's a way that befriending both Tali and Legion in ME 2 can somehow lead to having them calm both the quarians and the geth enough to bring both sides to the negotiating table.

 

[The Morningstar]

Does anyone else think that the unfinished cure for the Genophage you can choose to keep at the end of Mordin's loyalty mission could play a part?

Ahhh man there is just so many possibilities. If part 3 lives up to expectations, this will be the best video game series ever, in my eyes.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

My goal is to make Shep as messianic as possible, uniting races and ending centuries-long struggles. I hope there's a way that befriending both Tali and Legion in ME 2 can somehow lead to having them to calm both the quarians and the geth enough to bring both sides to the negotiating table.

I think stuff like that would be really good in terms of rewarding players for saving team members without making it plot critical. If one or both are dead you need to pick one side in the conflict but if both are alive and well you can as said bring them to the negotiating table.

The other one I'm thinking of that I could see operating in a similar way right now is Mordin and his genophage cure (if you saved it) in relation to the Krogan. *edit: ninja'd on this point.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That would be awesome. I wish Mordin were a permanent squadmate again, but I'm pretty sure he's gonna pull a Danny Glover and be like, "I'm too old for this s***... again..."

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

As long as Mordin is on the Normandy and giving out sexual advice I'll be a happy camper.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hahaha, I him so.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Mordin w/Farming equipment vs Reaper

Make it happen Bioware.

 

[Havok83]

Keep in mind when they created the Geth, the Geth were not sentient and when they put them to work, the Geth were still not sentient. The Geth became sentient as an unexpected side effect of their networking process. It would be like me claiming that you've enslaved your computer so that you can use the internet. Its when as when Legion put it, the Geth "woke up" that they freaked out and tried to force them to shut down.

Now I don't think what the Quarians did was necessarily the right response but I could understand the panic in realizing that all of your robots had essentially gained a will of their own without you ever knowing and the subsequent attempt to turn them off.

Additionally, Tali is not responsible for those actions and giving her the blame for her ancestor's actions seems a bit faulty to me. It would be like blaming Garrus for the Turians using the Genophage. She has however inherited the fallout of that conflict and is a descendant of the losing side at that so as I said the animosity is understandable and more justifiable than Ashley grumbling about aliens when it was the Alliance brass that disgraced her grandfather.

No I dont blame Tali. I guess that was misunderstanding on my part as it read as you defending Tali as blaming Legion for stuff his "race" had done. He wasnt responsible for what the Geth did to the Quarians nor is he anything like the evil Geth they encounter and fight. She should be judged on herself and her actions, just as he should be and not disdained bc of preconcieved prejudices stemming from where he came from

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I absolutely agree and that's the whole point of the Legion/Tali story as it relates to the Paragon outcome (and the Geth/Quarian war as a whole really). Its about them both putting aside their prejudices and distrust and making a gesture of goodwill towards one another.

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

I love that both the Quarians and the Geth are at fault, it turns the conflict from a simple "those crazy racist Quarians" into a much deeper, believable issue. What the former did when they found out the Geth were becoming sentient was crazy, but they also thought it was just a small number that had done so, and the Geth killed billions, practically a species genocide, which was not necessary to drive the Quarians from their home - seems they had a no-mercy policy in place.

Also, while the Quarians proceeded to harour a major, major hate for the Geth afterward, the Geth helped make that a bigger issue than ever by taking one of the worst stands ever to resolve a conflict - do nothing. They claim that no Quarian has ever not fired at them if they thought they could win but the Geth (bar Legion) didn't even give themselves voices to try and get their peace stance across. There was literally no attempt at stopping their fights.

So yeah, I really hope I can patch that up in M3, my Shepherd is basically Jesus!Spaceman, barring killing Elnora.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Pfft, Elnora. That's not a strike against Jesus-Spaceman Shep. B**** had it coming.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I shot her because I thought she was trying to pull a gun on me. People that go for guns on me die.

I wouldn't make a very good cop.

 

[Dr. Jackstraw]

I really hope Jack returns as one of the squad-mates. One of my favorite game love stories. Seriously, they can drop Grunt, Samara, and Miranda for the other, more interesting ME2 characters.

i hope one improvement to the game is making the paragon/renegade choices more complex. It's just too easy to know which choices are good v. bad. i think the paragon are on the right and renegade on the left.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I shot her because I thought she was trying to pull a gun on me. People that go for guns on me die.

I wouldn't make a very good cop.

Headline the next day: GALACTIC HERO NOW FUGITIVE FROM THE LAW. "IT WAS JUST A STICK OF GUM!" CRIES ONE WITNESS.

 

[Benstamania]

Eh, I don't see shooting Elnora as bad... More so on my second original playthrough. First time around I let her go... Then I found out that she was a murdering piece of trash... So, I shot her the second time around.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Headline the next day: GALACTIC HERO NOW FUGITIVE FROM THE LAW. "IT WAS JUST A STICK OF GUM!" CRIES ONE WITNESS.

 

[Havok83]

I really hope Jack returns as one of the squad-mates. One of my favorite game love stories. Seriously, they can drop Grunt, Samara, and Miranda for the other, more interesting ME2 characters.

i hope one improvement to the game is making the paragon/renegade choices more complex. It's just too easy to know which choices are good v. bad. i think the paragon are on the right and renegade on the left.

paragon's on top and renegade's on bottom. They could switch it up so that the position always changes but I like how its set as it is, When playing a paragon runthrough, I want to stick as a paragon and not accidentally be a grey character or a renegade

 

[The Morningstar]

How was Samara not interesting? She had a cool back story and was like a wise old Jedi Knight or something. And her loyalty mission was awesome. Going into a bar and causing trouble was a welcome relief from the shooting missions.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I loved Samara. I loved how she and my uber-Paragon Shep had virtually everything in common except for their methods, but that one conflict was enough to cast a very dangerous edge to their relationship. I honestly wanted to cast Miranda aside and make Samara my Shep's love interest that time.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Well if she's in 3 mayhap she will be come a love interest. They did tease it after all.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, but isn't she destined to only make f***ed up succubus babies or whatever? ME's first chaste relationship, perhaps?

 

[The Morningstar]

On one of my playthroughs as a flat out Renegade i betrayed Samara and brought Morinth on board. Romanced her at the end. She killed me via orgasm

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Asari can pretty much control their reproductive system. So you can have teh sexy time without any evil vampire babies.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Heh, I did that too. I was like, "Nah, Shep's gonna be the exception for he is awesomesauce incarnate. He already beat death once, what's he got to lo--oh, okay, or I guess she'll just kill him..."

 

[The Morningstar]

haha yea. Gotta say though, death by orgasm overload is a preferable way to die.