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Post by Mister Buch on May 24, 2009 17:19:41 GMT 1
Bolton is quite a way to drive just to buy a pint. You'll have to make do with this: There we go! Cheers! I wouldn't go anywhere near Bolton if I were you. It's rubbish. And I actually read a strong hint about Shepard only being partially playable today - in one of the items Tillian linked to. I don't mind making a new character. I could go either way on that. So long as if that's the case, Shepard's appearance is just a brief one. The good thing about a new lead character is- we can have a romantic quest. We don't want to hear that things didn't work out with Liara/Kaidan/Ashley.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 24, 2009 17:29:40 GMT 1
How Bolton is rubbish? Obviously you've never been to Footscray. That's the worse place for a stranger to wander there, I would stay away from that damn place if I were you...
Well we'll see how ME2 goes, I can't say anything much about it without playing the game itself...
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Post by Hodster on May 24, 2009 20:58:40 GMT 1
I'm just going to wait for my July OXM to get her and read it for myself, and of course wait for E3.
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Post by Rascarin on May 24, 2009 22:42:04 GMT 1
I'm actually really quite dubious about ME2 - if we have to switch characters halfway... I'm pretty attached to my Sheps, and I'm not sure just half a game is anywhere near long enough to a)acclimatise to a new character, and b) take the character through all the companion subplots without it feeling rushed. Unless, of course, ME2 is REALLY long. I still don't think I'll enjoy the switch from Shepard to NewPerson. "Oh, hi. I'm a human spectre made of badassery!" ORIGINAL. There we go! Cheers! I wouldn't go anywhere near Bolton if I were you. It's rubbish. I believe the closest I have been to Bolton is Derby... I'm from the South East originally (Essex), now in Hereford.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 24, 2009 23:11:42 GMT 1
I suppose that is too far away to buy me a drink after all, Rascarin. I didn't know you were from so far South. Just mail me the money and I'll buy one with it. Closest I've been to your end is Birmingham, once, for a... erm... sci-fi convention. Yeah, shut up. I'm cool.
Never been anywhere remotely near Footscray, I'm afriad - but it can't be as bad as my home.
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I think it's unlikely we'll be switching characters halfway through. I still think we're sticking with Shepard, personally, though I'm quite happy to start a new badass Spectre type. I hear what you say about unoriginal protagonists, but I have faith that Bioware's writers can jusify it if they come up with a new hero.
And if Shepard does die, I suspect it will be very early on and we'll then get straight on with our new character. Maybe in a James Bond-esque prologue. Avenging Shepard's death would be a fine main quest.
(Also- if Shepard DOES die, then that will make writing a parody a lot easier for me. New characters are so much easier to make fun of.)
Here's a thought. Maybe the reason Shepard isn't our hero is that one of the two voice actors was unavailable.
Come ooooon, E3.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 25, 2009 4:38:20 GMT 1
I suppose that is too far away to buy me a drink after all, Rascarin. I didn't know you were from so far South. Just mail me the money and I'll buy one with it. Closest I've been to your end is Birmingham, once, for a... erm... sci-fi convention. Yeah, shut up. I'm cool. Never been anywhere remotely near Footscray, I'm afriad - but it can't be as bad as my home. Well, I went to the anime convention that is held by Melb. Uni every year. It's not so bad Well, let's see if Bolton is bad as Footscray: *Used to be a drug business central before the council did something about it recently. *known for people are wielding with knifes everywhere *A couple of muggings and bank thefts once in a while that might shed some blood *Footscray Station is kinda unsavory at night times particularly for women *One time a local Vietnamese man and his friend were shot and burned in a car And we're not counting the fact that the whole Melbourne used to be a underbelly gang wars where 13 people have died for a decade due to the grudge between the two gangs and there's a triad war going around that killed off three more vietnamese boys during a grudge skirmish downtown back then when I was a kid. It was kinda bad enough that the local temple had to discuss the whole youths about it. Anyways back to the topic. I'll be a sad panda if Shepard did died. I'll still play ME2 but it proberly won't feel the same for me. If the reason why they killed off Shepard because the VO are not available, I hate to say this but it's cop out imo. That didn't just sit well with me.
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Post by Hodster on May 25, 2009 15:38:04 GMT 1
I'll still play ME2 if Shepard is killed off, but I would prefer to play my Shepards instead of some new guy. I think that Shepard doesn't get killed off and if we do play some other guy its going to be someone that will be one of our squad members later or he'll die really early saving Shepard or something.
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Post by Mister Buch on May 25, 2009 16:44:36 GMT 1
Okay maybe Bolton isn't that bad.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 27, 2009 3:47:53 GMT 1
"Don't compare your city with Footscray!"
Sorry I had to put a quote from Wrex in, can't help it.
We'll wait for next week, it's getting closer now, I can almost feel it. I would try to write something meaningful about this but at the moment my mind is too tired due to uni stress.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 29, 2009 6:54:36 GMT 1
New Trailer for the pre-E3 thingly. www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-mass-effect/49799I'll let you decide on this one. I'm not going to say anything Anyways, back to tying to finish up my first chapter of Little Wing and other stuffs as well. Btw, quick question. Should I continue playing as a sentinel class with a SG or ditch it for adapt and vangaurd?
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Post by Mister Buch on May 29, 2009 11:09:40 GMT 1
That trailer looks very nice, and I see old John Shepard is in it throughout. That's a good sign.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 29, 2009 11:21:16 GMT 1
Well you beat it to me Buch so here's the (illegal) scans from the OXM. Get it while you can before one of the lawsuits pulls the plug! www.flickr.com/photos/36045950@N05/sets/72157618828433953/Edit: Great, we're fucked. someone pull the scans down and now the link is broken. I'll see if I can get another source...
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Post by Mister Buch on May 29, 2009 11:53:45 GMT 1
Well well!
I have many thoughts. This Thane guy really looks like David Bowie to me. Once again I'm confused about Shepard's fate. Hey, a male quarian! Casey Hudson is a smug little thing.
The game sounds incredible. Nice one Tillian.
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Post by Rascarin on May 29, 2009 12:46:55 GMT 1
Shepard appears to be remaining alive; this pleases me.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on May 30, 2009 9:58:39 GMT 1
Shepard appears to be remaining alive; this pleases me. Indeed, we all are. (Except for Mr. Buch who still a bit confused at Shepard's fate) I have to say, the part where the guy in a yellow jumpsuit got thrown out of the window and fall down from many stories, have sold me. I hope I get the oppotunity to toss that ass out of the window. As for Hudson being a smug who-look-like-that-guy-from-Heroes dude. Well concidering his success with ME1 and being a Game Designer... I've expected of professional designers being smug. So, yeah.
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