Mass Effect 3

[Harkonis]

[hepcat]

Is that in the 360 case for the game?

[USMC Kato]

Is that in the 360 case for the game?

Probably the ingame manual

[hepcat]

I'll have to check tonight.  That or just print off what harkonis so kindly posted.  Thanks!

p.s. forgetting ashley's name and then yelling out, "BITCH, THROW A GRENADE!" in the heat of battle doesn't actually work, I discovered.

[Harkonis]

I'll have to check tonight.  That or just print off what harkonis so kindly posted.  Thanks!

p.s. forgetting ashley's name and then yelling out, "BITCH, THROW A GRENADE!" in the heat of battle doesn't actually work, I discovered.

if the person has an ability you don't, you can sometimes just say the ability.  That or shorten phrases.  I say Ash, Concuss! and it works for concussive shot. 

Also shouting 'James is a Carnie!' does make him use carnage

[Harkonis]

weapon mods you unlock in multiplayer carry over to your single player

[Maggot]

Was your goal to create Daniel Craig with Down's Syndrome? 

My first one was worse

http://minus.com/mA4oXOjUS#1

[Harkonis]

my shepard doesn't look really well either, but I don't want to start over so I'll deal wit it

[Combustible lemur]

my shepard doesn't look really well either, but I don't want to start over so I'll deal wit it

They really should have included a break after the game starts to edit your features. Alot of the details are oddly highlighted in cutscenes and gameplay, and what looked good in setup, looked terrible from closeup angles in game.
sent from incredible'

[Purge]

Was your goal to create Daniel Craig with Down's Syndrome?  

My first one was worse

When modelling women, try to NOT get Linda Hunt in the mix.

[hepcat]

I was thinking more Lucille Ball after a stroke...

[The Grue]

my shepard doesn't look really well either, but I don't want to start over so I'll deal wit it

They really should have included a break after the game starts to edit your features. Alot of the details are oddly highlighted in cutscenes and gameplay, and what looked good in setup, looked terrible from closeup angles in game.
sent from incredible'

Yeah, I thought mine looked fine in the customization, but out in the real world she is so pale she glows compared to the other people.  I've debated starting over, but what I really want is for my Shepard import to have not gotten the face code error.  The problem is I imagine it will take some time to get that fix and that means I won't be playing the game.

[JCC]

Disc two thus far seems to be for side missions, disc one for main ones...

Wow, after returning to the main quest I had to put disc 1 back in despite the fact it's installed. Now that disc 2 is installed I better not have to keep swapping discs!

[The Grue]

Disc two thus far seems to be for side missions, disc one for main ones...

Wow, after returning to the main quest I had to put disc 1 back in despite the fact it's installed. Now that disc 2 is installed I better not have to keep swapping discs!

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

[hepcat]

Last night I did experience one issue.  A cut scene froze on me for about a full 15 seconds as it was ending.  I was getting up to power off my system when it suddenly started working again without any sign of trouble.  Anyone else see this happening?

[hepcat]

weapon mods you unlock in multiplayer carry over to your single player

I did not know that.  Thanks for the heads up, hark!  

[CeeKay]

Only played for like two hours but liking it so far, although the melodramatic moments has not worked at all and been rather laughable.

They were a little off for me too. Like they were trying too hard. About an hour in there was a

Spoiler for Hiden:

dream sequence

that I felt was way over the top and felt just wrong for the setting. It didn't really add anything either. It was just going the extra mile to really hammer home a particular scene in the intro mission that Bioware really wants us to feel something from. Good scenes don't need to be hammered in. They work on their own.

yeah, for that part I was like

Spoiler for Hiden:

suddenly in a Silent Hill game, and expected the kid to try and eat my soul.

[Roguetad]

I played a Sentinel for my first ME2 playthrough, and enjoyed the flexibility and durability of the class.  I'm bummed that Tech Armor comes with a hefty power recharge penalty in ME3.  I suppose that's a trade off for the extra damage resistance.

I like the feel of the ME3 Vanguard.  I played the first couple of hours focused on mid to short range combat, using shockwave, pull, and charging at the right time, and everything felt good (and was fun).  Lots of options.  It was easy to combo pull and shockwave, or the AI's Singularity + my Shockwave.  The extra weapon options are nice too.  I haven't tried Nova, but that seems better suited to a riskier playstyle.  I like being mobile and direct, but also being able to hang back and use biotic powers.         

   

[Combustible lemur]

I played a Sentinel for my first ME2 playthrough, and enjoyed the flexibility and durability of the class.  I'm bummed that Tech Armor comes with a hefty power recharge penalty in ME3.  I suppose that's a trade off for the extra damage resistance.

I like the feel of the ME3 Vanguard.  I played the first couple of hours oc9used on mid to short range combat, using shockwave, pull, and charging at the right time, and everything felt good (and was fun).  Lots of options.  It was easy to combo pull and shockwave, or the AI's Singularity + my Shockwave.  The extra weapon options are nice too.  I haven't tried Nova, but that seems better suited to a riskier playstyle.  I like being mobile and direct, but also being able to hang back and use biotic powers.   [\quote]    
 
The vanguard at 30 + is so satisfying: rapidfire charge with a shotgun and heavy melee, squads just yield to my ass beating. Unfortunately, with a light loadout I'm the one who gets spanked if there are any combat engineers. Turrets are unphased by vanguard shenanigans. It took quite some time for me to get comfortable with meathead and blue taking lead against turret swarms. It may just be the dlc but every other baddie was an engineer.
  


sent from incredible'

[TiLT]

Enemies placing down turrets brings a smile to my face, because that's the moment where I turn the tide of the battle by using Sabotage. 

[JCC]

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

If true, I think that stinks. If they handled the disc swap like ME2 did, where I basically swapped discs once during the entire game, then that's one thing. But if I am going to have to keep swapping every time I veer from main to side quests and vice versa then that's just piss poor.

[Teggy]

Oh boy, this game is going to take me some time. I think I just spent 1.5-2 hours just talking to people .

[Knightshade Dragon]

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

If true, I think that stinks. If they handled the disc swap like ME2 did, where I basically swapped discs once during the entire game, then that's one thing. But if I am going to have to keep swapping every time I veer from main to side quests and vice versa then that's just piss poor.

You'll do it a few times in the beginning, then not for a long time, and then inexplicably once more for the final areas.   It's because Microsoft doesn't trust you...

[metallicorphan]

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

If true, I think that stinks. If they handled the disc swap like ME2 did, where I basically swapped discs once during the entire game, then that's one thing. But if I am going to have to keep swapping every time I veer from main to side quests and vice versa then that's just piss poor.

You'll do it a few times in the beginning, then not for a long time, and then inexplicably once more for the final areas.   It's because Microsoft doesn't trust you...

been reading a lot of complaints about this,seems some people are saying all the N7 missions are on disc 2..some people even going to lengths talking about Multiplayer taking up the disc space that is therefore making them swap discs so often in the single player,or some suggesting the Multiplayer should of been on a third disc...i myself think Multiplayer probably doesn't really take up that much space to make any kind of difference

I'm guessing then that there is more game here than Mass Effect 2,because some cutscenes/missions were on both discs which i found out when i died once in ME2 and didn't have to change discs again to play a certain mission

[Zinfan]

I wish reload was a Kinect enabled command even if it is only a one button press action, I'm not sure why but I'd like to shout it out.

[wonderpug]

I had to disable the Kinect for the game.  Really wanted to try the voice commands in combat, but since my wife often spectates this kind of game, just our chatting about which dialogue choice to go for would trigger a selection.

[Knightshade Dragon]

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

If true, I think that stinks. If they handled the disc swap like ME2 did, where I basically swapped discs once during the entire game, then that's one thing. But if I am going to have to keep swapping every time I veer from main to side quests and vice versa then that's just piss poor.

You'll do it a few times in the beginning, then not for a long time, and then inexplicably once more for the final areas.   It's because Microsoft doesn't trust you...

been reading a lot of complaints about this,seems some people are saying all the N7 missions are on disc 2..some people even going to lengths talking about Multiplayer taking up the disc space that is therefore making them swap discs so often in the single player,or some suggesting the Multiplayer should of been on a third disc...i myself think Multiplayer probably doesn't really take up that much space to make any kind of difference

I'm guessing then that there is more game here than Mass Effect 2,because some cutscenes/missions were on both discs which i found out when i died once in ME2 and didn't have to change discs again to play a certain mission

I guess the way you tackle missions might make that happen.  I tend to bundle up a bunch of missions and run an entire section of them in one shot.

[Scoop20906]

Blarg!! I can't even play the game. I went to import MY Shepard and the game says it can't import his face. How did this get though their QA?????

I saw they are working on a patch but how long will that take? Earth is getting hammered!

[TiLT]

Installing doesn't mean you don't need the disc.  You always have to have the disc in for whatever disc you are on at the time.  All installing does is cut down load times (and makes your XBox run quieter if you have an older one that has a noisy drive).

If true, I think that stinks. If they handled the disc swap like ME2 did, where I basically swapped discs once during the entire game, then that's one thing. But if I am going to have to keep swapping every time I veer from main to side quests and vice versa then that's just piss poor.

You'll do it a few times in the beginning, then not for a long time, and then inexplicably once more for the final areas.   It's because Microsoft doesn't trust you...

been reading a lot of complaints about this,seems some people are saying all the N7 missions are on disc 2..some people even going to lengths talking about Multiplayer taking up the disc space that is therefore making them swap discs so often in the single player,or some suggesting the Multiplayer should of been on a third disc...i myself think Multiplayer probably doesn't really take up that much space to make any kind of difference

I'm guessing then that there is more game here than Mass Effect 2,because some cutscenes/missions were on both discs which i found out when i died once in ME2 and didn't have to change discs again to play a certain mission

As a PC user I'm kind of happy to see this happening. Not because I enjoy seeing those playing the game on the 360 suffering from the problem, but because it means that this time the story wasn't designed around the limitations of the 360.

[Knightshade Dragon]

Blarg!! I can't even play the game. I went to import MY Shepard and the game says it can't import his face. How did this get though their QA?????

I saw they are working on a patch but how long will that take? Earth is getting hammered!

Just rebuild your face.  I had to do the same thing - everything else imports.

[metallicorphan]

I am sure you may of got these already,especially the first one,but the Avatar Awards for Mass Effect 3 are:

    * N7 helmet:
      Return to active duty — Complete the Prologue and first Priority Mission to unlock an achievement and this avatar helmet.
   
* Omniblade:
      Kill 25 enemies with melee attacks

Shame there are only two,because i really like the Avatar Awards,beats paying for them

[Harkonis]

I had to disable the Kinect for the game.  Really wanted to try the voice commands in combat, but since my wife often spectates this kind of game, just our chatting about which dialogue choice to go for would trigger a selection.

no chit chat on the battlefield noob!

Also if you have time to chat about a command before you use it... you might be playing in slow motion. 

[hepcat]

While I know that pushing the A button is actually faster than saying "Open" or "Use" or selecting a dialog choice by repeating what's on screen, I can't help but love using it for everything.

However, it's truly impressive on the battlefield.  Now that I'm getting the hang of the commands, there's nothing like seeing an enemy group trying to flank me and then yelling "Liandra, Singularity!" and watching them instantly start floating around like goons. 

[wonderpug]

I had to disable the Kinect for the game.  Really wanted to try the voice commands in combat, but since my wife often spectates this kind of game, just our chatting about which dialogue choice to go for would trigger a selection.

no chit chat on the battlefield noob!

Also if you have time to chat about a command before you use it... you might be playing in slow motion. 

The unintended chat triggers were in the game dialogue sections. 

Choice 1: "I will save them all"
Choice 2: "I will destroy all humans"

wife: "destroy all humans?  that's a weird--"

COMMAND ACKNOWLEDGED - DESTROYING ALL HUMANS

[wonderpug]

Blarg!! I can't even play the game. I went to import MY Shepard and the game says it can't import his face. How did this get though their QA?????

I saw they are working on a patch but how long will that take? Earth is getting hammered!

Just rebuild your face.  I had to do the same thing - everything else imports.

I almost shelved the game when I found out about this bug.  I recreated the face as best I could, but it still kind of feels like when a movie replaces an actor for a sequel.

[TiLT]

The unintended chat triggers were in the game dialogue sections. 

Choice 1: "I will save them all"
Choice 2: "I will destroy all humans"

wife: "destroy all humans?  that's a weird--"

COMMAND ACKNOWLEDGED - DESTROYING ALL HUMANS

Suicide Booth: "Please select mode of death. Quick and painless or slow and horrible."
Fry: "Yeah, I'd like to place a collect call?"
Suicide Booth: "You have selected slow and horrible."
Bender: "Great choice!"

[Harkonis]

I had to disable the Kinect for the game.  Really wanted to try the voice commands in combat, but since my wife often spectates this kind of game, just our chatting about which dialogue choice to go for would trigger a selection.

no chit chat on the battlefield noob!

Also if you have time to chat about a command before you use it... you might be playing in slow motion. 

The unintended chat triggers were in the game dialogue sections. 

Choice 1: "I will save them all"
Choice 2: "I will destroy all humans"

wife: "destroy all humans?  that's a weird--"

COMMAND ACKNOWLEDGED - DESTROYING ALL HUMANS

This would have to be when you say 'honey, please don't talk during the movie'

Good stuff though

[The Grue]

I had to disable the Kinect for the game.  Really wanted to try the voice commands in combat, but since my wife often spectates this kind of game, just our chatting about which dialogue choice to go for would trigger a selection.

no chit chat on the battlefield noob!

Also if you have time to chat about a command before you use it... you might be playing in slow motion. 

The unintended chat triggers were in the game dialogue sections. 

Choice 1: "I will save them all"
Choice 2: "I will destroy all humans"

wife: "destroy all humans?  that's a weird--"

COMMAND ACKNOWLEDGED - DESTROYING ALL HUMANS

Why do you let her speak when she's not spoken to? 

[CeeKay]

this could help with that:

Spoiler for Hiden:

[Teggy]

So last night after another hour I think I finally tied up all the things that I can currently do on the Citadel. That was a very long stretch without action, but I had fun with it. I'm just amazed at how many references to the first two games they've stuck in, some of which I had completely forgot about until the game jogged my memory. I also saved everyone and did all the DLC from ME2, so I'm guessing I'm seeing stuff other people might not be. Which also means the programming has to account for all the different combinations of results from the first 2 games, which is equally impressive.

I also bought the likely overpriced iPhone game last night and gave it a quick spin. Seems pretty cool, and I uploaded some war materials to my game. I am so weak.