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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 6, 2017 3:00:31 GMT -5
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Post by Cop on Jan 6, 2017 7:33:21 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 6, 2017 11:35:43 GMT -5
Your loss. Seriously. Origin gives out a ton of games all the time and you don't need to start it with Windows. |
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Post by sphinx on Jan 6, 2017 14:16:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I've not had any problems with Origin in a while. They've gotten better and free games are always nice. Peggle FTW!
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Post by BT on Jan 7, 2017 6:28:49 GMT -5
ME2 is quality... smashed it on the X360 - got everybody out alive too, never got around to playing the third one though.
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Post by Cop on Jan 7, 2017 8:21:00 GMT -5
I've passed up both 1 and 2 so many times on PSN sales now. Just doesn't seem like the kind of game I could get into, in spite of all the praise it gets.
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Post by BT on Jan 7, 2017 9:50:32 GMT -5
ME1 was one of the first games I picked up for the 360... I thought it was fucking garbage and got rid very quickly... Only ended up getting ME2 because it was (IIRC) £4.00 and there was nothing else I fancied in the shop. Glad I did though, it was a lot of fun.
I don't think it's in any way essential you play ME1 before ME2 but I think your character/stats etc carry over.
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Post by Coolverine on Jan 7, 2017 11:34:57 GMT -5
Does it have native controller support from Origin? I already have ME2 on Steam with all DLC but it doesn't have native controller support. I can play on controller using a profile in Controller Companion but it's kind of awkward. You can only use the right thumbstick for the power menu but it still behaves as the mouse cursor. Might check this out: www.nexusmods.com/masseffect2/mods/62/? |
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 7, 2017 14:16:07 GMT -5
I've passed up both 1 and 2 so many times on PSN sales now. Just doesn't seem like the kind of game I could get into, in spite of all the praise it gets. You are wrong. |
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 7, 2017 14:20:34 GMT -5
ME1 was one of the first games I picked up for the 360... I thought it was fucking garbage and got rid very quickly... Only ended up getting ME2 because it was (IIRC) £4.00 and there was nothing else I fancied in the shop. Glad I did though, it was a lot of fun. I don't think it's in any way essential you play ME1 before ME2 but I think your character/stats etc carry over. Mass Effect 1 was a slow burner. They drop you on this ship with no idea what is going on. Then throw you on this planet and you are introduced to the weird UI. I played it for like 45 minutes - 1 hour and set it aside for ages. I'm glad I got back into it. ME1 has a solid story but it is clear they hadn't got down the controls/UI yet after coming from KOTOR. With the right mods you can get ME1 looking just as good as ME2 |
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Post by BT on Jan 7, 2017 14:45:58 GMT -5
ME1 was one of the first games I picked up for the 360... I thought it was fucking garbage and got rid very quickly... it is clear they hadn't got down the controls/UI yet The controls/UI were the main reasons I dumped it - loaded up, "Wow, look at this place, it's totally aweso..." [start moving around] "Ewww, what the shit?" - Coming from last-gen games with infinitely superior control-schemes to this mess on mah new machine was annoying as fuck so it got shitcanned - I think I got Saints Row instead, equally annoyed how shitty it was in comparison to San Andreas lol. ME2 as is on the 360 is deffo up there in my 'all time favourite games I actually bothered finishing' table. For free I'd deffo nab it if I had a machine it'd run on. And an internet connection to download it with too I guess. Got a free Steam copy of 'Pony Island' the other day... Do you have to give them card details and shit when you sign up? |
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 7, 2017 15:32:16 GMT -5
Got a free Steam copy of 'Pony Island' the other day... Do you have to give them card details and shit when you sign up? Pony Island is a strange "meta-game" that breaks the 4th wall and such. I haven't read much about it to avoid spoilers. |
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Post by Coolverine on Jan 7, 2017 15:43:39 GMT -5
I noticed the free ME2 on Origin includes a lot of DLC but not the story ones, the one with Liara was very good (Lair of the Shadowbroker).
I liked ME3 but they definitely cheaped out with lots of things concerning past decisions, then it had that terrible ending. The free extended cut update made the ending a little better.
The same thing kind of happened with Telltale's The Walking Dead season 3, feels like they cheaped out of a bunch of things concerning past decisions just to take the easy way out. It's still a good game but just not the followup I was expecting. Also they included 2 episodes instead of just 1 but each episode is only an hour long each.
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Post by ForRealTho on Jan 8, 2017 5:06:21 GMT -5
I liked ME3 but they definitely cheaped out with lots of things concerning past decisions, then it had that terrible ending. The free extended cut update made the ending a little better. I read the original ending was scraped due to time constraints and the sheer number of variables. I also read this led to screaming matches with the writers at EA but ofc take anything you read on the internet with skepticism. The ending was crap but ME3 plays the best of the 3. I really like the indoctrination theory but IIRC the writers have not commented either way: |
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Post by fiveday on Jan 26, 2017 1:49:14 GMT -5
This actually worked out for me. I had an old Bioware account that got rolled into EA's new thing that replaced it. Links up with Origin (which I've only got for ME3 and a ton of on the house games. Dead Space FTW.
Anyway.
Saw it, figured... why not - free. Already purchased ME2 and all the DLC via Steam years ago. Surprise - Origin/EA preserved that purchase history. My OnTheHouse ME2 automatically got all the DLC I grabbed from before. Pleasantly surprised I wasn't expected to buy the same shit twice.
Can't believe I'm saying this... but good on EA.
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Post by fiveday on Jan 26, 2017 1:59:07 GMT -5
I liked ME3 but they definitely cheaped out with lots of things concerning past decisions, then it had that terrible ending. The free extended cut update made the ending a little better. I read the original ending was scraped due to time constraints and the sheer number of variables. I also read this led to screaming matches with the writers at EA but ofc take anything you read on the internet with skepticism. The ending was crap but ME3 plays the best of the 3. I really like the indoctrination theory but IIRC the writers have not commented either way: Yup. The whole Dark Energy thing they were setting up in ME2 got shitcanned. ME3 stands on its own just fine, but it's storyline is fairly disconnected from the previous entries in the series. I wanted a huge Choose Your Own Adventure game based on your previous exploits. Like Phantom 2049 on the SNES (damn I'm old), where entire levels were or were not played depending on how you decided to run with it, impacting the end drastically - Different levels, different enemies. OF course, hugely different endings. Most shitty, unless you chose wisely (good hook for replay value). My perfect ME3 end would have been a lot like STALKER SOC. Your play choices - health, death count, cash accumulated - all added up to one of seven different endings for you. Mostly bad. UNLESS - you figured out the bigger picture, went off reservation a little, and were rewarded with a hugely extended ending process - and the only true *good* ending. ME3 had the potential to do this. Instead, all roads lead to Red, Blue, or Green. |
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