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Post by VFerreira93 on Jan 6, 2022 1:36:54 GMT
Fans legit made it once again. Someone managed to bring a different version of the happy ending mod into LE. I'm a bit happier now. Link
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2022 12:42:55 GMT
To anyone who has managed to play the legendary edition of Mass Effect 1, have they patched the romances in the sense that just talking to Liara doesn’t lock you in or anything?
I’m aware they didn’t bother making Kaidan available to MaleShep, but I was wanting to know if they at least tweaked it so you could talk to Liara on the Normandy and it not then lock you into a romance with her without you knowing like it used to be.
If I’m going to play this again (I can get it for free so why not lol) I really don’t want to spend another Mass Effect 1 run avoiding talking to Liara again
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Post by Lee on Jan 23, 2022 13:53:39 GMT
To anyone who has managed to play the legendary edition of Mass Effect 1, have they patched the romances in the sense that just talking to Liara doesn’t lock you in or anything? I’m aware they didn’t bother making Kaidan available to MaleShep, but I was wanting to know if they at least tweaked it so you could talk to Liara on the Normandy and it not then lock you into a romance with her without you knowing like it used to be. If I’m going to play this again (I can get it for free so why not lol) I really don’t want to spend another Mass Effect 1 run avoiding talking to Liara again I waited to recruit Liara after virmire so it wasn't possible to romance her at all-but based on my interactions with Ashley I'm 99% sure the romance system is exactly the same.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2022 15:12:31 GMT
To anyone who has managed to play the legendary edition of Mass Effect 1, have they patched the romances in the sense that just talking to Liara doesn’t lock you in or anything? I’m aware they didn’t bother making Kaidan available to MaleShep, but I was wanting to know if they at least tweaked it so you could talk to Liara on the Normandy and it not then lock you into a romance with her without you knowing like it used to be. If I’m going to play this again (I can get it for free so why not lol) I really don’t want to spend another Mass Effect 1 run avoiding talking to Liara again I waited to recruit Liara after virmire so it wasn't possible to romance her at all-but based on my interactions with Ashley I'm 99% sure the romance system is exactly the same. Ta for letting me know, this is disappointing but unsurprising to hear though R.I.P I like Liara but it’s hilarious to me how hard Mac Walters works to make me not like her based on his choices, decisions, and preferences It isn’t shocking to me at all that based on ME1 she isn’t as popular, I mean I only reeeaalllyy started to like Liara after ME3, when I was already pretty much locked in with Kaidan, and hers and Shepard’s interactions finally started feeling more friendly and not unrequited love, which I totally wish there could have been more of with Liara beforehand as opposed to just her being obsessively in love with Shepard irrespective of your choices or preferences i get that it’s par for the course at this point, especially with the direction ME5 is seemingly going in, there dead set on Liara being the mascot for this franchise which I’m fine with if it was just based on her character but so much of her being in everything Mass Effect based seems to come from the male developers clear obsession with her and them semi projecting and wish fulfilling Liara being as in love with Shep as ever going forward It’s a shame cause I think Liara has and still does have so much potential as a character independent of Shepard (she’s a space archaeologist for crying out loud) but so much of her characterisation and journey is completely predicated on Shepard whilst ignoring player choice that it’s no wonder she’s an alienating character to so much of the fandom
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Post by rondeeno on Mar 23, 2022 7:51:45 GMT
Hey everyone! I haven't posted here in a while, but Same-Gender Romances for LE1 and LE2 are now available if anyone's interested. I'm still working on the LE3 version and I'm not really sure when it'll be finished, but hopefully these two mods can help make at least the first two games a better experience in the meantime.
I also highly recommend More Gay Romances, which allows FemShep to romance Jack and Miranda in LE2 and LE3.
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Post by Lee on Mar 23, 2022 11:23:50 GMT
Hey everyone! I haven't posted here in a while, but Same-Gender Romances for LE1 and LE2 are now available if anyone's interested. I'm still working on the LE3 version and I'm not really sure when it'll be finished, but hopefully these two mods can help make at least the first two games a better experience in the meantime.
I also highly recommend More Gay Romances, which allows FemShep to romance Jack and Miranda in LE2 and LE3. Thanks for the amazing work you do! I hope I get to play this on pc someday. Probably not anytime soon, but ya never know!
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Post by turianlannister on May 4, 2022 23:52:24 GMT
This is adorable, why is it adorable and the Varric plush is fugly as fuck?
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Post by dgcatanisiri on May 5, 2022 0:30:31 GMT
Alien faces are easier to stylize and animate than the human-like features of dwarves?
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Post by Scottphoto on May 9, 2022 20:27:02 GMT
From the Bioware Store selling the poster of the new game: Shepard’s final quest may have ended the threat of the Reapers but at great cost including Earth itself. While Shepard and the survivors are left to pick up the pieces, fans are left wondering what's next. Mass Effect will continue. And with the sneak peek poster we got from the BioWare team as part of the N7 Day 2021, there is a lot to unpack. From countless theories regarding the setting of the next game to the bewilderment on whether Geth would make a comeback, eagle-eyed fans have a lot to make of this Mass Effect Mysteries from the Future Lithograph. A Krogan and its 4-member team walk towards a Geth-shaped crater with a ship that resembles the Normandy with SFX emblazoned on either side. All this along with BioWare GM Gary McKay’s hints about the “at least five” surprises within the poster will make this Lithograph a great material for study, discussion, and endless pondering. The special pearl gloss finish and high-quality printing ensure that no detail is lost, right to the specks of dust and snow on the mysterious crater. gear.bioware.com/products/mass-effect-mysteries-from-the-future-lithographWhat has me curious here is that it puts Shepard as one of the survivors, could also just be a mistake from the person who wrote this, some kind of oopsie but felt curious all the same to share since nothing else to go off right now.
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Post by Lee on May 10, 2022 3:06:56 GMT
Destroy is canon. (I mean it is for me and it sounds like they finally got there too..lolz)
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Post by Scottphoto on May 10, 2022 15:52:37 GMT
They removed it now XD
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Post by Davrin's boobs on May 10, 2022 19:10:00 GMT
is my english that bad cause I dont read it that way? Like they just survived the reapers and thats it, am i missing something? I really hope they let Shepard dies and rest, seriously I dont want Shepard to be the next protagonist, they could pull off some lame explanation like cause theyre sort of a cyborg thanks to Cerberus in ME2 and that made them extremely long-lived but seriously let Shepard dies, their time is doooone. since an angry old gay man point of view I dont want to see Shepard without Kaidan and then seeing how Liara can continue her romance with him/her, sorry but I'm in denial I really hope all this is not true edit. unless this is a straight sequel without time jump but still so lame, please let Shepard saga dies
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Post by Scottphoto on May 10, 2022 19:21:28 GMT
is my english that bad cause I dont read it that way? Like they just survived the reapers and thats it, am i missing something? I really hope they let Shepard dies and rest, seriously I dont want Shepard to be the next protagonist, they could pull off some lame explanation like cause theyre sort of an cyborg thanks to Cerberus in ME2 and that made them extremely long-lived but seriously let Shepard dies, their time is doooone. since an angry old gay man point of view I dont want to see Shepard without Kaidan and then seeing how Liara can continue her romance with him/her, sorry but I'm in denial I really hope all this is not true edit. unless this is a straight sequel without time jump but still so lame, please let Shepard saga dies It was the line that said Shepard and the rest of the survivors must pick up the pieces…” so it put Shepard as part of the survivors post game originally, but then they removed his name mention now. Granted Shepard can be alive, doesn’t mean he would be the lead. My hope is shepard if he is alive is more of a hawke in DAI or Grey warden cameo rather than be directly involved. I wish Ryder to be the lead but I doubt it too.
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Post by Davrin's boobs on May 10, 2022 19:32:25 GMT
It was the line that said Shepard and the rest of the survivors must pick up the pieces…” so it put Shepard as part of the survivors post game originally, but then they removed his name mention now. Granted Shepard can be alive, doesn’t mean he would be the lead. I know! thats the line but I'm still not seeing how that means he would be the lead or be alive if there is a timejump, the only confirmation we have is that destroy is canon and then survivors will try to rebuild and all that but thats common sense and people are getting so excited in the tweets and I dont know why XD the future is just in a blank slate, at least thats how I read it I would be sooo pissed too cause this is a big slap in the face for people who enjoyed Andromeda, like I wanna know what happened to them its like them saying to us forget about that game, here is a Shepard game, feed the nostalgia bug
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Post by dgcatanisiri on May 11, 2022 8:56:48 GMT
I honestly would deeply consider passing if Shepard came back, whether as a protagonist or just some advisor figure.
Shepard's story is DONE. There's no dramatic weight to continuing their story further (in terms of advancing some big, overarching, narrative plot - there is plenty of forward momentum for Shepard in the sense that people can build fanfic and tell adventures going forward with them, but it's not the realm of video games, y'know?). They beat the Reapers, the Old Machines, a threat at least half a billion years in the making. If they show up... I mean, you know things are handled at this point. The dramatic tension, the character development... That all immediately takes a backseat to the fact that the Reaper Slayer is on hand.
Hell, even if they take the obvious and still unwanted version of "we cloned Shepard and brought them forward, they can angst about being a clone of the real thing!"... That doesn't make it better. It just says that the belief is that this franchise can't exist without Shepard, and... No. It's very open to more protagonists. You just have to tune out the vocal minority who aren't satisfied with the franchise trying different things, judging a single story in comparison to a full trilogy, and all the character development therein.
Plus there's the fact that, if they were going to bring back Shepard... What's their accounting for love interests? Considering that Liara is NOT the only one out there, much as certain BioWare writers might like to frame things. You bring Shepard forward, you have to account for that absence as well, and if they refuse to acknowledge a love interest other than Liara... Well, THAT, at least, might get a riot, beyond what we angry queers come up with.
Yeah, if Shepard shows up, I'm willing to pass on the next game.
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Post by Andrew Mancer on May 11, 2022 20:38:28 GMT
I highly doubt even BioWare knows what they're doing with Mass Effect at this point. It's been nearly a decade since Inquisition and we STILL don't have anything on DA4 and we all know that one has gone through several different iterations and been scrapped multiple times... So we're still likely very far from any real news on the next Mass Effect and they just want to keep fans guessing at what is likely nothing since they probably don't have a clue themselves.
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Post by dgcatanisiri on May 11, 2022 22:01:27 GMT
Wouldn't surprise me.
Like, I do genuinely like these franchises and want more installments (I want better treatment of queerness in them too, but I'm gonna focus on what's likely...). But I also think that it probably WOULD be good for BioWare to come up with some new properties - I honestly don't dislike Anthem's setting in theory, but I think that its genuine fatal flaw was building it to be multiplayer, something that BioWare's brand was not built on multiplayer games, even if they had done so in their early, pre-KOTOR days (though, for the record, I have heard about how there was some difficulty making the in-game enemy AI respond properly with all the mechanics of the game, influencing that decision).
Like, I think that, if they actively CAN'T work on anything BUT Mass Effect or Dragon Age, that can easily build some resentment to the subject that they're focusing on. Let them explore some other universe, they can come back to the old familiar one with fresh perspective, because now it's something they can approach with new eyes, having had the chance to break out of that box they'd gotten stuck in as they'd spun their wheels with the singular franchise and individual story.
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Post by Lee on May 12, 2022 7:41:35 GMT
I don't want Shepard back either. I would love it if they acknowledged that they lived happily ever after with their chosen love interest (we have the Mass Effect archive, put that shit to use already!) But aside from that slight mention-nah I've had enough of them. I would love to see either a new protag with good romance options for gay male, or a continuation of Scott/Sarah as there's still a good bit of space to work there.
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Post by farferello on May 13, 2022 20:31:59 GMT
As much as I adore Shepard I would not want them back for another game because Bioware would find some way to fuck it up. I'd rather have a continuation of Andromeda but I don't see that happening after everything else that happened with the game. Them cutting it short and not giving dlc kinda sucked, I really wanted more opportunity for romances within the game, especially for the non squad romances to get more content. (I loved the Leviathan/Citadel dlc just because Cortez/Traynor got more content out of it.)
If they need to stick with Mass Effect but don't want to touch Andromeda then a new protagonist would work. I just don't know how they could do it. Andromeda was already their attempt to move on and set it so far in the future they could handwave the multiple endings of ME3. So what else could they do? They can't really go forward, nor can they really set it in the same universe as Andromeda without using Ryder. (Well they could but I doubt it'd make much sense.) Other than that they only really have pre-Trilogy aka First conflict but we already know how that turns out so it's not like they could really do more than one game within that setting. But with how long we've waited for the next DA game I doubt we'll be seeing another ME game for a long, long time.
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Post by Scottphoto on May 23, 2022 4:05:55 GMT
Yeah, having just finished ME1 again this time with the remaster, Shepard is too much of a veteran at this point to keep stretching his story. We are due Ryder's story of growing continue or a new character all together. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if they go with a new one that is just another Shepard but in the Andromeda Galaxy. I will also say they really should have avoided the whole endings thing with Mass Effect 3, the story in 1 is very clear on what your goal and issue is to stop the cycle, and no one ends up in a good place indoctrinated. Mainly the issue being Synthesis, as is a huge change for the galaxy, where as control and destroy you can get away with just avoiding much use of robots and more use of aliens or something, but Synthesis just makes it hard to put on a story forward unless they find a way to retcon it anyway, saying the peace was temporary and the effects wore off or something.
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