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**Cristiano** · 03-06-2012, 01:58 AM

Well, I have only been playing for about an hour, but so far, I am loving it. It had one hell of an opening sequence, that is all I will say.

I went with the PC version instead of the PS3 version after all. While I played the first two on the XBOX 360, I decided to try it on the PC this time around. Yes, I know the controversy about Origin, but I already own several Origin games anyway so it wasn't a huge deal to me.

I haven't played it enough to know what is improved/different, but so far, it is gorgeous. The animation is uncanny.

Laverne Unit · 03-06-2012, 02:40 AM

I played the demo, so I remember the opening sequence very well - incredible. Unfortunately, I have to wait until Friday for my copy (UK release date).

Anyone with an iOS device: there's an optional accompanying game called ME3: Infiltrator which just launched on the app market. I'm probably going to wait until I've started ME3 to try it, but playing it will add to your Galactic Readiness in ME3.

TorturedPolygon · 03-06-2012, 03:48 AM

Had my teen stand in line at midnight to grab my copies, but he got to play first as payment.

I'll be getting my time in hopefully tomorrow, can't wait to try some multiplayer and start leveling up.

Mass Effect 3 figures to come with multiplayer DLC | PC Gamer

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It looks like Mass Effect 3′s multiplayer mode will be getting extra DLC after launch, and Bioware will be offering a new way to get it. A series of toy store adverts spotted on Eurogamer show off a series of Mass Effect figures. Each one comes with a code that will unlock extra bits and pieces for Mass Effect 3′s new co-op mode.

The randomised codes “could include powerful new weapons and new characters,” according to a post on the Bioware store, or they could contain “character boosters, weapon modifications, and weapon upgrades to make your multi-player squad stronger.”

The four figures can be pre-ordered ahead of shipment in April/May for $75.on the Bioware site. The Big Bad Toy Store has eight figures listed available for $17.99 each including Shepard, Tali, Thane, Garrus, Legion, Miranda, Mordin and Grunt.

Similar McMillan · 03-06-2012, 03:52 AM

RPS WIT is up already:

Wot I Think: Mass Effect 3 (Single Player) | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Talwyn Mills · 03-06-2012, 04:08 AM

No spoilers please! Some of us don't get it till the 9th!

Damn you EA

**Joshua Nightshade** · 03-06-2012, 04:15 AM

Some of us are also trying our hardest to not get it at all until EA stops dicking around with Steam.

Ame · 03-06-2012, 05:53 AM

I'll get this when I get my new pc, I'll actually have HD space to burn

Dancien Graves · 03-06-2012, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshua Nightshade

Some of us are also trying our hardest to not get it at all until EA stops dicking around with Steam.

Got a feeling that's a long wait for a ship that will not come.

**Void** · 03-06-2012, 10:09 AM

@Cris:
if the graphic comparison between the PS3 Demo, and the PC ME2 holds, you did much better getting the PC version on that front alone, assuming you have a decent graphic card.

me personally I don't have the fine motor control for playing most FPS with those knubby little joysticks and absolutely adore the freedom of scalable fine control with a mouse.plus the extra mapable actions means I spend less time menu paused. here's hoping you find it similarly liberating =)

Edav Nomad · 03-06-2012, 11:57 AM

I'm getting ME3 through PSN since I had already pre-ordered through it but it's a slow download probably because other people are on PSN getting it too.

The one question about the game that I really want to know: Is Planet Scanning still there? I hope not.

Richie Waves · 03-06-2012, 12:15 PM

Loved 1 and 2, will be buying this. PC obviously.

**Cristiano** · 03-06-2012, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Edav Nomad

The one question about the game that I really want to know: Is Planet Scanning still there? I hope not.

It has been completely revamped from ME2 and is not nearly as tedious. You have the ability to scan with a type of sonar, but each time you use it, it alerts the reapers to your presence. If they become alerted, they will chase you and you have to get out before they kill you.

Richie Waves · 03-06-2012, 01:09 PM

I actually quite enjoyed the planet scanning..

Edav Nomad · 03-06-2012, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie Waves

I actually quite enjoyed the planet scanning..

I liked how they did it in the first one. You actually went down to the planet or moon and went to it but of course then you didn't use it for much of anything.

I'm now at 80% download. I should be done by the time I have to leave which means I'll be playing it later tonight.

Metareview: Mass Effect 3 | Joystiq

Dancien Graves · 03-06-2012, 10:36 PM

Here is a Review by Me:

I woke up at 7am.
Started Playing Mass Effect 3
It is now 10:36PM.
I hit exit
I'm now hungry, I want a cigarette and I totally have to pee.
This game is fucking awesome.

Dancien Graves · 03-07-2012, 05:08 PM

Annoyed.

In order to not lose your mind and bang your head on the keyboard in frustration you need to play multiplayer as it effects your single player game.

Edav Nomad · 03-07-2012, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dancien Graves

Annoyed.

In order to not lose your mind and bang your head on the keyboard in frustration you need to play multiplayer as it effects your single player game.

How does it do that?

Sent from a galaxy far, far away using Board Express.

Dancien Graves · 03-07-2012, 11:02 PM

Edav Nomad · 03-08-2012, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dancien Graves

That's stupid.

Sent from a galaxy far, far away using Board Express.

TorturedPolygon · 03-08-2012, 03:51 AM

Meh. I'm not bothered by the coop options. I plan to give it a try even though I'm shit at multiplayer shooters.

**Void** · 03-08-2012, 09:50 AM

so it's really only there to guilt you into doing more MultiPlayer vs SinglePlayer? or does it cap on the MP side too, guilting you into doing both? either way, good to know it's not a necessary mechanic.

although I actually liked in ME2 that they sucker punched you with completion stats, rather than displaying them... but I'm a completionist player, so nailed it first time.

@Chris:
so I'm curious, how are you finding the differences in play style in console vs PC?

Talwyn Mills · 03-08-2012, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Void

although I actually liked in ME2 that they sucker punched you with completion stats, rather than displaying them... but I'm a completionist player, so nailed it first time.

Wait, there's completion stats in ME2?

**Void** · 03-08-2012, 10:53 AM

Effectively, yeah.... to get the optimal endings you had to do a certain amount of back work in getting people with certain skills and doing their loyalty missions. This wasn't shown to you (hence the sucker punch), but it went into all the calculations for how the endgame played out... there's charts for it all based on who you got, how they were used, how loyal they were.

now you get a progress bar to tell you if you are doing it right.

Seyla Warden · 03-08-2012, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Void

Effectively, yeah.... to get the optimal endings you had to do a certain amount of back work in getting people with certain skills and doing their loyalty missions. This wasn't shown to you (hence the sucker punch), but it went into all the calculations for how the endgame played out... there's charts for it all based on who you got, how they were used, how loyal they were.

now you get a progress bar to tell you if you are doing it right.

You didn't get graphs and numbers, but I thought it was all pretty well telegraphed.

I mean, anybody who put Zaeed in charge of the second team should know what would happen!

(hint: every one of Zaeed's war stories ends with "... and then everyone died. But me.")

**Joshua Nightshade** · 03-08-2012, 11:08 AM

I got everything in ME2 except for the one for saving all of the crew members because I had one more loyalty mission to finish when the Collectors abducted half the ship, and you can only save everybody if you leave for the final battle right away.

I don't know about "you had no way of knowing," I'd figured out stuff like the ship upgrades and the loyalty missions having an impact on the ending right away. Assigning the squads was also pretty easy. I only looked at a guide at the end because I wanted to see if saving that lesbian secretary was possible or her death was written into the story.

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Laverne Unit Senior Member Artificial Person Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 370 My Mood: SL Join Date: Dec 2006 Business: Hello Spacegirl Client: V3/Exodus	I played the demo, so I remember the opening sequence very well - incredible. Unfortunately, I have to wait until Friday for my copy (UK release date). Anyone with an iOS device: there's an optional accompanying game called ME3: Infiltrator which just launched on the app market. I'm probably going to wait until I've started ME3 to try it, but playing it will add to your Galactic Readiness in ME3. __________________ Hello Spacegirl \| Blog \| Flickr

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Similar McMillan Extendable Lizzard Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,077 SL Join Date: 2007-02-06	RPS WIT is up already: Wot I Think: Mass Effect 3 (Single Player) \| Rock, Paper, Shotgun __________________ "The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms." -Morpheus, Deus Ex

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Edav Nomad Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,695 My Mood: SL Join Date: June 12, 2003	I'm getting ME3 through PSN since I had already pre-ordered through it but it's a slow download probably because other people are on PSN getting it too. The one question about the game that I really want to know: Is Planet Scanning still there? I hope not. __________________

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Richie Waves Banned "jon" he does it!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Offaly, Republic of Ireland Posts: 16,827 My Mood: SL Join Date: 27/06/2005 Client: Phoenix & imprudence	Loved 1 and 2, will be buying this. PC obviously.

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Richie Waves Banned "jon" he does it!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Offaly, Republic of Ireland Posts: 16,827 My Mood: SL Join Date: 27/06/2005 Client: Phoenix & imprudence	I actually quite enjoyed the planet scanning..

03-06-2012, 10:36 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dancien Graves Now with less padding Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9,784 My Mood: Awards: 1	Here is a Review by Me: I woke up at 7am. Started Playing Mass Effect 3 It is now 10:36PM. I hit exit I'm now hungry, I want a cigarette and I totally have to pee. This game is fucking awesome.

03-07-2012, 05:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
Dancien Graves Now with less padding Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9,784 My Mood: Awards: 1	Annoyed. In order to not lose your mind and bang your head on the keyboard in frustration you need to play multiplayer as it effects your single player game.

03-07-2012, 11:02 PM	#18 (permalink)
Dancien Graves Now with less padding Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9,784 My Mood: Awards: 1	Basically you have to do multiplayer to build up readiness. You can gather all the troops and war assets you want in game but it sits at 50% readiness so you'll only be half effective. Participating in Multiplayer increases the readiness by something like 3-5% per mission you run.

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Void That Bitch *SLU Supporter* Innocent as far as you know Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Online Posts: 6,232 My Mood: SL Join Date: late 04... that account is deleted now	so it's really only there to guilt you into doing more MultiPlayer vs SinglePlayer? or does it cap on the MP side too, guilting you into doing both? either way, good to know it's not a necessary mechanic. although I actually liked in ME2 that they sucker punched you with completion stats, rather than displaying them... but I'm a completionist player, so nailed it first time. @Chris: so I'm curious, how are you finding the differences in play style in console vs PC?

03-08-2012, 10:53 AM	#23 (permalink)
Void That Bitch *SLU Supporter* Innocent as far as you know Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Online Posts: 6,232 My Mood: SL Join Date: late 04... that account is deleted now	Effectively, yeah.... to get the optimal endings you had to do a certain amount of back work in getting people with certain skills and doing their loyalty missions. This wasn't shown to you (hence the sucker punch), but it went into all the calculations for how the endgame played out... there's charts for it all based on who you got, how they were used, how loyal they were. now you get a progress bar to tell you if you are doing it right.

03-08-2012, 11:08 AM	#25 (permalink)
Joshua Nightshade Lustful Cockmonster *SLU Supporter* Unedited Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 51,807 My Mood: SL Join Date: October 2004 Blog Entries: 1	I got everything in ME2 except for the one for saving all of the crew members because I had one more loyalty mission to finish when the Collectors abducted half the ship, and you can only save everybody if you leave for the final battle right away. I don't know about "you had no way of knowing," I'd figured out stuff like the ship upgrades and the loyalty missions having an impact on the ending right away. Assigning the squads was also pretty easy. I only looked at a guide at the end because I wanted to see if saving that lesbian secretary was possible or her death was written into the story.

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