Mass Effect 3

noodler

Varik wrote: »

For From Ashes at least the inclusion of javik lasts the whole game, having him on Thessia was almost worth it by itself.

For me that just shows how integral that was to the main game and how it was unceremoniously dumped from the main game.

From Ashes and especially Leviathan have been really poor value for the 20e they cost me.

I only went for Levi because I was hoping for Reaper revelations. Omega really doesn't grab me the way it does some people.

I know the multiplayer packs so far were free but they are just reskinned characters and powers from the main game on levels from the main game. That probably sounds very entitled but I don't think they could have gotten away with charging for the Multi DLC and are using the goodwill generated from releasing them free to hammer us with the single stuff.

Thats the way I am starting to feel anyway.

FutureGuy

Given the fact that we get free MP stuff, I'm very happy to spend 10-15 euro on single player DLC.

noodler

FutureGuy wrote: »

Given the fact that we get free MP stuff, I'm very happy to spend 10-15 euro on single player DLC.

Meh, it sounds flash putting the odd stage from the main game or new skin into a Multiplayer Package called "Resurgence", "Rebellion" etc but thats all it is to me. New skins and the odd new power.

I don't personally think they could ever have charged for the Multi DLC - in fact they seem to have just held back characters, maps etc so as to stagger the multi content and keep interest up.

I was burned on Ashes and Levi so I think I'll hold off on Omega.

Josey Wales

The PS3 version of the Mass Effect Trilogy will be launched on 4th December.

The trilogy disc will not contain the Arrival DLC. I wonder if you already own it will the trilogy disc pick it up?

Gbear

Josey Wales wrote: »

The PS3 version of the Mass Effect Trilogy will be launched on 4th December.

The trilogy disc will not contain the Arrival DLC. I wonder if you already own it will the trilogy disc pick it up?

That's a bit **** of them.

It's pretty important to the story.
I presume if you didn't play through it they just pretend you did in ME3.

Kiith

Why the hell would they not include Arrival? Was it not released as a DLC for the PS3 originally? As above, it's a pretty big event, and is directly related to what happens at the start of ME3.

GTR63

Kiith wrote: »

Why the hell would they not include Arrival?

The real question is why make a collection like this and not include ALL of the dlc.

noodler

Meh.

Its a reasonable price for all three games even before DLC, when you take into account they are including half a dozen or so of DLC worth 10e each then it is even better.

Regarding the ME1 DLC - I see they are inclduing only one of the two which means PS3 owners will never get to play the second one. They are including bring down the sky but not pinnacle station.

Is Pinnacle Station a big miss?

BTW: This link has a great checklist of what DLC is and is not included across the three systems.
http://ie.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-trilogy

Gbear

noodler wrote: »

Meh.

Its a reasonable price for all three games even before DLC, when you take into account they are including half a dozen or so of DLC worth 10e each then it is even better.

Regarding the ME1 DLC - I see they are inclduing only one of the two which means PS3 owners will never get to play the second one. They are including bring down the sky but not pinnacle station.

Is Pinnacle Station a big miss?

BTW: This link has a great checklist of what DLC is and is not included across the three systems.
http://ie.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-trilogy

Wasn't pinnacle station just about loot? There wasn't much of an associated story was there? Whereas BDTS has an affect on the other two games.

Even if they wanted to charge more, they should've included all the DLC that has an effect on the story.

Kiith

I'm not denying that it's a reasonable price, it's just odd to leave out one of the more important story dlc's from the 2nd game.

Actually, nm. After seeing the chart on IGN, it looks like they've left out loads of the DLC's on the 360 and pc. Which is just stupid. What's the betting they release a trilogy GOTY edition in 6 months, with all the games plus all the DLC.

noodler

I think its very obvious (personally) that they'd never include From Ashes or Leviathan - they are just too recent and will maintain their value as DLC (sadly imo).

On the PS3, the only other significant DLC is Arrival. I don't think it is that important personally. I mean there is about 3 lines related to it in ME3 IIRC (one at the start "the **** you've pulled..." )and then a conversation with the Batarian on the Citadel.

Kiith

Oh i kind of agree regarding the ME3 dlc, as they are quite recent. But not the ME2 ones. If it's included on the PS3 version, i see no reason why it shouldn't be included on the Pc/360 version. And Arrival should be on all 3.

Calling it the 'Definitive Mass Effect Experience', and then leaving out LotSB, Overlord, Kasumi and Arrival out is pretty crap.

noodler

Kiith wrote: »

Oh i kind of agree regarding the ME3 dlc, as they are quite recent. But not the ME2 ones. If it's included on the PS3 version, i see no reason why it shouldn't be included on the Pc/360 version. And Arrival should be on all 3.

Calling it the 'Definitive Mass Effect Experience', and then leaving out LotSB, Overlord, Kasumi and Arrival out is pretty crap.

I'd say that it is as simple as the only PS3 discs are the GOTY version with that DLC and the 360 discs don't.

Then again, it looks like the CD art is different in the Trilogy from the original versions? The DLC codes in the PS3 versions still exist perhaps?

Only reason I can think of.

jones

I bought mass effect 3 second hand and am playing away...thing is i finished all of mass effect 2 and all the download content but my ps3 decided to die and i lost everything. Got a new ps3 but i'm starting from scratch very annoying as a lot of my decisions are now different than the way i played ME2...

i was wondering though is there anyway i can get the online pass without spending a tenner on it? i know its my fault for buying second hand just didnt have the money for a new game (plus the second hand one was a nice steelbook ha)

noodler

jones wrote: »

I bought mass effect 3 second hand and am playing away...thing is i finished all of mass effect 2 and all the download content but my ps3 decided to die and i lost everything. Got a new ps3 but i'm starting from scratch very annoying as a lot of my decisions are now different than the way i played ME2...

i was wondering though is there anyway i can get the online pass without spending a tenner on it? i know its my fault for buying second hand just didnt have the money for a new game (plus the second hand one was a nice steelbook ha)

Nope, no way.

Unless there was someone out there who never used their code EVER to play ME3 multiplayer and is willing to fork it over for free but ti seems highly unlikely.

Fiachb7

jones wrote: »

I bought mass effect 3 second hand and am playing away...thing is i finished all of mass effect 2 and all the download content but my ps3 decided to die and i lost everything. Got a new ps3 but i'm starting from scratch very annoying as a lot of my decisions are now different than the way i played ME2...

i was wondering though is there anyway i can get the online pass without spending a tenner on it? i know its my fault for buying second hand just didnt have the money for a new game (plus the second hand one was a nice steelbook ha)

Emm go into gamestop and have a shneaky look inside some of the boxes for a pass code and take a pic of it. sly i know but they mightn even be in the box

degrassinoel

that's as good as walking into gamestop and sticking a game down your cacks.

Local-womanizer

You could just go in and ask them can you look for 1 or do they have any, worse they can say is no

Monty - the one and only

Fiachb7 wrote: »

Emm go into gamestop and have a shneaky look inside some of the boxes for a pass code and take a pic of it. sly i know but they mightn even be in the box

you know that's not exactly legal right? Theft of services and all that...

Zero-Cool

What a knacker thing to do.

Clover

N7 Day has just over 28 hours left since it was extended until Friday, just as well as I did not know about it.

degrassinoel

doing the N7 engineer extraction with a mate today, and this happened..
Mate couldnt see any mobs so i gave directions on where to lob nades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JKcTZNA9o

Monty - the one and only

That bug happens occasionally(sometimes even happens mid wave, usually caused by a lag spike, on either your connection or the hosts), best bet is when playing with friends in a private game is to disconnect, then rejoin via the friend list.

Monty - the one and only

Gbear wrote: »

http://social.bioware.com/n7hq/home/overview/?name=Grogleberry&platform=pc

I don't really enjoy only using snipers anymore. The best one I have is a Viper 7 and that's alright because the big clip and rate of fire.

I would highly recommend the Indra, that rifle has an absurdly large clip and fire rate. Valiant is also fairly nice, but lacks the omph of other rifles.

degrassinoel

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

That bug happens occasionally(sometimes even happens mid wave, usually caused by a lag spike, on either your connection or the hosts), best bet is when playing with friends in a private game is to disconnect, then rejoin via the friend list.

No idea what caused it tbh, according to the bioware forums, firebase condor is notorious for crazy stuff like that happening.

Monty - the one and only

degrassinoel wrote: »

No idea what caused it tbh, according to the bioware forums, firebase condor is notorious for crazy stuff like that happening.

Yeah, used to be crazy trying to be a vanguard on that level.... you were prone to keep flying into the sky... and not comming back down. Thank feck they fixed that bug.

noodler

degrassinoel wrote: »

doing the N7 engineer extraction with a mate today, and this happened..
Mate couldnt see any mobs so i gave directions on where to lob nades

Whats the 'N7 Engineer Extraction'?

Monty - the one and only

the weekend challenge to get an n7 pack with random weapon. Extract with an engineer 3 times and do 75k damage total with one(combined amounts from separate runs count.) Ends tomorrow morning I believe.

noodler

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

the weekend challenge to get an n7 pack with random weapon. Extract with an engineer 3 times and do 75k damage total with one(combined amounts from separate runs count.) Ends tomorrow morning I believe.

Cheers, didn't realise there was a challenge this weekend.

Will knock that out later.

noodler

Just did it. I like the new system - got my pack straight away.

I got a character in a PSP just there, a solider called "battlefield 3!'

Cross promotion?

Dave_The_Sheep

noodler wrote: »

Just did it. I like the new system - got my pack straight away.

I got a character in a PSP just there, a solider called "battlefield 3!'

Cross promotion?

Has that lad not been there ages?

He's a pretty nifty character mind you, good skills... for a soldier. Used him a good bit, decent fun, not the most useful, but good fun all the same.

Monty - the one and only

noodler wrote: »

Just did it. I like the new system - got my pack straight away.

I got a character in a PSP just there, a solider called "battlefield 3!'

Cross promotion?

People who owned bf3, got that as a starting character up until "retalliation". Now its been thrown into the mix with the rest.

degrassinoel

the war for omega DLC is tomorrow, here's the trailer

Female Turians! or at least one female Turian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxI8kyM4zA

Kiith

Wasn't sure i was going to bother with it, as it's not hugely important to the plot, but that looks kind of cool. Currently about 50% through ME3 again, so i may as well get it.

degrassinoel

It's apparently their biggest DLC to date too, i'd have bought it anyway but that's good news either way

Josey Wales

I loved ME3 but I still haven't bought any DLC for it. I think I will hold off on the Omega DLC too because I expect a game of the year edition to come out at some time. When it does come out it might be cheaper to buy that.

noodler

Massive meh.

Got burned with Leviathan (basically filler and more of the same combat busy work leading up to the last ten minutes) so I reckon I'll give this a miss.

Kiith

I'm doing Leviathan at the moment, and it's decent. The 'investigation' is pretty weak, but i enjoyed the last combat level (with the huge amount of Harvesters flying around). I assume we'll get one more DLC after Omega before it's done. Maybe a prologue?

degrassinoel

I'd say so, at least one before ME4 is launched godknowswhen

Mickeroo

I liked Leviathon, but would have found it totally pointless if I had already completed the game beforehand. Shadow Broker was great in ME 2 in that it didn't really have too much to do with the main arch of the game.

degrassinoel

Omega wont either i guess, but it'll still be nice to get back to afterlife and see what kind of mess Cerberus have made of it, plus Turian females.. i'm guessing they'll have those in multiplayer soon enough too. The one in the trailer looks the business!

kaimera

eurogamer omega review

4/10

Gbear

kaimera wrote: »

eurogamer omega review

4/10

Oh well...

That makes having ME 1, 2 and 3 and all their saves on a hard drive that isn't working a little less annoying.

Hopefully Bioware learn from these games and ME4 is a cracker.

noodler

Kotaku review is more favourable but doesn't mention price.

Glad I have Dark Souls DLC to keep me from being tempted!

Meesared

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/Mass-Effect-3-Omega/6adecf00-1f12-4dd9-8931-aea546c6e985

1200 Points

noodler

Meesared wrote: »

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/Mass-Effect-3-Omega/6adecf00-1f12-4dd9-8931-aea546c6e985

1200 Points

Sorry, I know the price.

What I meant was that they didn't mentione was it worthwhile for the extra cost EA are charging this time around.

degrassinoel

kaimera wrote: »

eurogamer omega review

4/10

Harsh score from EG, but i agree with a lot of what they said.

noodler

15 euro. Jesus.

Kiith

Yeah, not paying that. Won't bother with it, and might pick it up when they realise that's a stupid price.

Varik

Has anyone ever seen EA give DLC discounts on Origin, there's been plenty of sales but I've never seen a DLC sale.

If you miss a few of the DLC it was almost worth it to buy the big collection when that was €25 during the weekend.