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  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    Welp, this video convinced me to not get Mass Effect 3.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^give up disliking laughing girls macros! =P
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    ^^How is that a surprise? EA made Bioware do the same thing in Dragon Age, except that they included an in-game DLC salesman who stood around in the most-visited area.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Watching my Videodrome blu-ray.



    ALL HAIL THE NEW FLESH!
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    Speaking of which, I think most of the reason we used macros were banned.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    Ok, so why is it assumed the content is important? Just because of the character's species?


    ...How do you know that the character knows anything? It could be as unimportant as that Dragon Age DLC the guy talked about


     


    Although yeah, EA is run by idiots who don't know what they're doing

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Ok, so why is it assumed the content is important? Just because of the character's species?



    Up until now, said species was canonically extinct. The character existing is a huge modification to the lore.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2012-02-22 23:16:36
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    @INUH: Oh no I'm not surprised at all, it's EA. Regardless, that was marginally less heinous than this because Warden's Keep was significantly less plot relevant than a goddamn Prothean..

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    ^Eh, I'd say the inclusion of a salesman going "hahaha, you didn't buy the DLC!" evens it out in that regard :P

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I've been told that liking Videodrome makes me a serial-killer-in-waiting. Watch out, guys.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    :C

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    So? For all we know, the character doesn't have any information, clears barely anything, and is just an extra. Or a plot hook for ME4. And so on



    I'm not denying that it probably IS important, but maybe wait until a reviewer looks at the DLC and goes, "Yeah, this is key to the story and lore" or, "Nah, it's nothing" before going nuts?
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    So? For all we know, the character doesn't have any information, clears barely anything, and is just an extra. Or a plot hook for ME4. And so on



    No, you don't understand. The Reapers wiped the Protheans out. Them, nearly all their technology, basically all of civilization. For one to survive is staggering.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    ^^It's still dickish in that it's denying non-cosmetic content available at day one for not paying extra cash for a game they already bought.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Damn the cigarette scene gets me each time.



    Also I wish I had James Woods' voice.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2012-02-22 23:27:35
    No rainbow star
    And once again I say: The character could know nothing. He might not know how he survived. He could provide literally nothing more than, "Hey, guess we aren't extinct yet"



    All you guys are saying so far is, "This is important because he is a survivor!"



    I see it like, say, finding a living Dwemer in Skyrim. So what? He could have slipped through time, he could have extremely important information for the lore, or he could be, "Hey... Uh, do you know where everybody went?"



    Edit: Not denying that, Neo
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Bringing an extinct species back as a cash grab without letting it have anything to do with the plot or lore wouldn't exactly be much better, IMO.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Yeah, this is not the kind of thing you put in a game for shits and giggles. If I was a designer on Mass Effect 3, I'd think of it as a worthless addition unless it was a big deal. Too much of a narrative opportunity to pass up. 

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Ok, that's a good point
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    Even if he knows nothing about the Reapers, he's still a Promethean, with all the super-advanced knowledge of technology and stuff that implies.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Ohboy gun-stomach-vagina scene...



    Did I mention it's a David Cronenberg film?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    with all the super-advanced knowledge of technology and stuff that implies.



    Can't say I agree there. The Protheans were using the technology of whatever civilization the Reapers wiped out before them, and so on for countless cycles. AFAIK, they weren't actually any more advanced than the current tech.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    I'm pretty sure they had some understanding of how it worked, as it's very difficult to work out how to use technology like beacons and such without being able to simply press buttons.


    At the very least, it's a lot more understanding of the technology that the Protheans used than the humans in the setting have shown they have of the technology they're using.

  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Eh, it's annoying, but it's not in the least going to stop me from buying the game.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    Man, whenever I try to get into ME, I wonder if it's worthwhile after hearing about shit like this

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    ^Don't worry about it. For all the bitching about this sort of thing, it's a really solid series.

  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.

    Yeah, definitely a great series. 


    Dragon Age might've been as good as a series, but then we got DA2. That said, the first Dragon Age is a really nice high fantasy adventure, even though it contains a lot of my pet peeves. 

  • LegionnaireLegionnaire

    Internet's back.


    My PC is fucked though. Thank god my hard drive is okay.

  • DonZabuDonZabu
    edited 2012-02-23 01:53:10

    .

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.


    I see it like, say, finding a living Dwemer in Skyrim. So what? He could have slipped through time, he could have extremely important information for the lore, or he could be, "Hey... Uh, do you know where everybody went?"



    There was a living Dwemer in Morrowind. He's a pretty important character. ...He also had a terminal disease, so!

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