Mass Effect 3 develops melee fighting and each character class will have a special move. An Engineer will use an Omni-tool fire lash attack, for example, while an Adept will throw people back and stun them.
Yes, because clearly the thing you need most when you can propel projectiles with the speed of light is the ability for fancy melee moves.
In Mass Effect 2, enemies advanced on Shepard's spot of cover throughout the battle. BioWare will enhance this for Mass Effect 3, abolishing the use of a single hiding spot for each battle. And movement will be essential to tackle some of the new game's harder enemies, as Shepard manoeuvres, undetected, to a rear blind/weak spot to deliver the fatal blow.
Literally the only good thing mentioned in the article. Somewhat more interesting/engaging combat wouldn't hurt.
The opponents Cerberus will throw at Shepard include heavy troopers with enormous armour and Assassins with the same biotic capabilities as you. There are also Phantoms who wield blades.
My my, that Cerberus R&D department certainly works quickly. Didn't see any such tech with any faction in ME1/ME2. Typical Bioware style mob-asspull, yeah.
But, don't panic, this time Shepard can do a roly poly. Or a commando roll, whatever you want to call it. Among other new moves.
In my playthrough of both ME1 and ME2, I found the lack of Samus-style rolling around the level a huge disappointment. Glad to see ME3 will try to alleviate that somewhat with EXTREME Shepard-rolls.
Your Mass Effect 3 squad will be smaller than your ME2 squad, which had 12 recruits. "We're focused on a smaller squad with deeper relationships and more interesting interplay in Mass Effect 3," Mass Effect overlord Casey Hudson explained.
"And we're bringing everyone back - every main character is in Mass Effect 3 somewhere."
Oh joy, pretty much the same squad as ME1. (See below). I'm trembling with excitement. And yay, they'll have ME2 companions handle EXTREME story exposition.
Confirmed as Mass Effect 3 recruits are Garrus, Liara, Kaidan, Ashley and Tali (depending on if they're alive). Wrex sounds to be in the balance. Each character's equipment will be updated.
Short breakdown:
Garrus: Whiny bastard, never took him along in either ME1 or ME2. Not an interesting character.
Liara: KAWAII LIARA-CHAN! Supershy alien that does not understand our human ways. Not an interesting character.
Kaidan: Carth Onasi IN SPACE! Not an interesting character.
Ashley: Religious xenophobe, strawman of both religious people and xenophobic people, not an interesting character.
Tali: KAWAII TALI-CHAN! Some kind of random space jew/muslim/roma without any people skills and no story arc to speak of. not an interesting character.
Wrex: Mercenary, character with a reason to be along for the ride in ME1, logical character. They'll probably make him an NPC somewhere.
There are apparently no new romance options in Mass Effect 3. BioWare revealed that 70 per cent of Mass Effect 2 gamers weren't loyal to their Mass Effect 1 love interest. And this will have repercussions in Mass Effect 3.
In the Grim Darkness of the future... there is only the holy matrimony of marriage for a space-opera hero whose kind traditionally couldn't give a damn whom they shags, as long as it has a vagina. Bioware style conservatism, yeah.
Shepard has become an enemy of Cerberus because Shepard joined the Alliance. Why did Shepard do that? Because Cerberus is working with the Reapers. Why? We don't yet know.
BIOWAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Why the fuck have us work for Cerberus AGAINST the reapers in ME2? For fucks sake, be consistent in your storytelling. Bioware style asspull, yeah.
Throughout Mass Effect 3, Shepard will venture to the homeworlds the Asari, Turians, Salarians and Quarians. And, of course, Shepard will explore Earth, including a Seattle-Vancouver mega-city before and after a Reaper attack. Shepard will also explore Mars.
So, the quarians have a homeworld, no matter what you did in ME2? So in other words, it doesn't matter what you decided to tell the geth (Brainwash/destroy the heretics) or what you told the Quarians after Tali's trial (Peace/reconquer the homeworld). Bioware style C&C, yeah.
Shepard can pilot a 50-foot Cerberus Atlas mech. And he'll need firepower like this when fighting a 600-foot Reaper on one of the massive levels.
The most important question here is: can we grab collars with an unwieldy 50-foot Cerberus Atlas Mech? Also, why didn't they give us a couple in ME2? They could have come in handy. Bioware style asspull, yeah.
Mass Effect 3 sounds horrible from what I've heard about it so far, let's hope it's not too bad, I quite liked the campy atmosphere in 1 and 2.
/Casts summon Volourn
