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MMaRsu · « **Reply #27060 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:38:28 PM »

'remaster'

Keep in mind the previous EA 'remaster' which basically was just 1:1 with the original and in some cases the original looks better

Yeah I miss Mass Effect too, especially when it was good like the first game.

Dont be an idiot and buy this shit for 60 bucks though, unless you have money to burn or something.

Its also great the trailer is all cinematics, no gameplay whatsoever. Really shows confidence.

mormapope · « **Reply #27061 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:39:10 PM »

I can't think of any gaming trilogy or series that did what Mass Effect did in one console generation. Taking your main character through a trilogy of games where attention was given to small and big choices you made, in a brand new science fiction universe, while feeling like a large scale space war opera.....

Nothing has come remotely close. Mass Effect Andromeda was a failure not just because of its fucked up development, but there clearly was no vision for what sequels came after it's release.

For new Mass Effect to work, it has to be a trilogy that gets delivered over the course of six to seven years. You can't have one Mass Effect in a console generation. That's not living up to what the original series did.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27062 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:40:21 PM »

Mass Effect was pretty great for its time. Going back to it is rough though.

stilted dialogue, animations, mediocre combat system.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #27063 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:44:07 PM »

Are you confusing remaster and remake?

A remaster is mostly the original code running on more modern hardware with little tweaks like running the PC High/ultra setting as opposed to the most likely low quality settings that the original consoles games had and maybe a 60fps mode.

mormapope · « **Reply #27064 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:47:01 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 12:40:21 PM

Mass Effect was pretty great for its time. Going back to it is rough though.

stilted dialogue, animations, mediocre combat system.

Sounds a lot like Cyberpunk in 2020

Mass Effect to me entails the entire trilogy, not just Mass Effect 1. The worse part of 1 is the side content and mako driving. In Mass Effect 2 it's the mining mini game. In Mass Effect 3 it's the ending.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27065 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:48:35 PM »

Quote from: mormapope on February 02, 2021, 12:47:01 PM

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 12:40:21 PM
Mass Effect was pretty great for its time. Going back to it is rough though.

stilted dialogue, animations, mediocre combat system.

Sounds a lot like Cyberpunk in 2020

Mass Effect to me entails the entire trilogy, not just Mass Effect 1. The worse part of 1 is the side content and mako driving. In Mass Effect 2 it's the mining mini game. In Mass Effect 3 it's the ending.

Dunno, never had those issues with Cyberpunk but I know you're joking.

Never played 3, had a good enough time with 1 and 2 that I never bothered to go and actually play 3.

Started it a few times, but it never grabbed me either.

ME1 was great, ME2 was already getting worse because of the entire mission, the entire game was the mission and there werent a lot of cool interesting side missions if I remember correctly.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27066 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:49:18 PM »

Quote from: HardcoreRetro on February 02, 2021, 12:44:07 PM

Are you confusing remaster and remake?

A remaster is mostly the original code running on more modern hardware with little tweaks like running the PC High/ultra setting as opposed to the most likely low quality settings that the original consoles games had and maybe a 60fps mode.

Let's not get into remake/remaster because companies will call it whatever they want.

So lets not call it a 'remaster', let's just call it what we always called it. A port.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #27067 on:** February 02, 2021, 12:56:56 PM »

It's still a remaster.

Port means going from one platform to the other. That you don't understand what the words mean is something different.

mormapope · « **Reply #27068 on:** February 02, 2021, 01:03:27 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 12:48:35 PM

Quote from: mormapope on February 02, 2021, 12:47:01 PM
Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 12:40:21 PM
Mass Effect was pretty great for its time. Going back to it is rough though.

stilted dialogue, animations, mediocre combat system.

Sounds a lot like Cyberpunk in 2020

Mass Effect to me entails the entire trilogy, not just Mass Effect 1. The worse part of 1 is the side content and mako driving. In Mass Effect 2 it's the mining mini game. In Mass Effect 3 it's the ending.

Dunno, never had those issues with Cyberpunk but I know you're joking.

Never played 3, had a good enough time with 1 and 2 that I never bothered to go and actually play 3.

Started it a few times, but it never grabbed me either.

ME1 was great, ME2 was already getting worse because of the entire mission, the entire game was the mission and there werent a lot of cool interesting side missions if I remember correctly.

A huge chunk of side content in Mass Effect 2 were the loyalty missions for the entire cast and party of the game. And those were by and large the best pieces of content in the entire franchise.

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 12:49:18 PM

Quote from: HardcoreRetro on February 02, 2021, 12:44:07 PM
Are you confusing remaster and remake?

A remaster is mostly the original code running on more modern hardware with little tweaks like running the PC High/ultra setting as opposed to the most likely low quality settings that the original consoles games had and maybe a 60fps mode.

Let's not get into remake/remaster because companies will call it whatever they want.

So lets not call it a 'remaster', let's just call it what we always called it. A port.

https://mobile.twitter.com/shinobi602/status/1356633720539742209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1356633720539742209%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Plus there are screenshots showing different assets and textures for Mass Effect 1.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27069 on:** February 02, 2021, 01:41:02 PM »

Quote from: HardcoreRetro on February 02, 2021, 12:56:56 PM

It's still a remaster.

Port means going from one platform to the other. That you don't understand what the words mean is something different.

I know the meaning, but in the past a upscaled version that was ported to another console is very consistent with these 'remasters'.

Since they are basically just the PC version, ported to other platforms.

In this case, the PC version isnt getting so much a 'port' as the same version sold with some graphic fidelity improvements.

So yes it is a port. Its the PC version ported to consoles.

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A huge chunk of side content in Mass Effect 2 were the loyalty missions for the entire cast and party of the game. And those were by and large the best pieces of content in the entire franchise.

I know, those were the best. But aside from loyalty missions, there wasnt much.

Dont @ me

Mass Effect was good for its time. Let's not try to hang it up as some kind of legend of gaming.

mormapope · « **Reply #27070 on:** February 02, 2021, 02:16:24 PM »

Can't wait for this legendary game series to come back

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Mass Effect was good for its time. Let's not try to hang it up as some kind of legend of gaming.

You're right. It's a niche lil RPG series that EA has remastered because there's definitely no demand for it. They just wanted to launder FIFA money or something.

Nintex · « **Reply #27071 on:** February 02, 2021, 02:34:56 PM »

Full run down of the changes

The Mass Effect series was incredible, at the scale it delivered

I remember jumping in with ME2 on PC and was just blown away by it, next I played Mass Effect 1 because I just wanted more Mass Effect and finally when it came out Mass Effect 3 on day one.
The best set of RPG's of the 360/PS3 era probably. There's other WRPG games I have a soft spot for from that era like Deus Ex: Human Revolution but Mass Effect was just in a different league.
A lot of things that happened that generation have since been improved upon or I've simply forgotten about.

Mass Effect remains legendary to this day.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27072 on:** February 02, 2021, 03:45:32 PM »

Quote from: mormapope on February 02, 2021, 02:16:24 PM

Can't wait for this legendary game series to come back

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Mass Effect was good for its time. Let's not try to hang it up as some kind of legend of gaming.

You're right. It's a niche lil RPG series that EA has remastered because there's definitely no demand for it. They just wanted to launder FIFA money or something.

Im not saying they werent good games for its time? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Rufus · « **Reply #27073 on:** February 02, 2021, 03:48:20 PM »

Wtf did they do to Femshep's face?

naff · « **Reply #27074 on:** February 02, 2021, 05:19:37 PM »

i bought mass effect 3 on 360, my bro borrowed it as i was busy and his 360 chewed up the first disc. never got around to playing it after that :'( ME1 and 2 were so sick. look forward to diving back into this jank

Beezy · « **Reply #27075 on:** February 02, 2021, 05:33:45 PM »

I wasn't expecting it to happen, but I was still kinda hoping that ME3 multi made it into this remake. Oh well.

Nintex · « **Reply #27076 on:** February 02, 2021, 06:32:22 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on February 02, 2021, 05:33:45 PM

I wasn't expecting it to happen, but I was still kinda hoping that ME3 multi made it into this remake. Oh well.

I believe you can still play this on Wii U, but mostly because everyone forgot about it

tiesto · « **Reply #27077 on:** February 02, 2021, 07:59:55 PM »

I'm interested in seeing what they did for ME1, personally. I thought the combat and the sidequests were 2 weak links in what is otherwise the most interesting story/setting of the series. ME2 and 3 felt much less like RPGs and much more like linear 3rd person action games with a dialogue tree and only the barest of RPG elements.

Coax · « **Reply #27078 on:** February 03, 2021, 12:40:15 AM »

No idea how this would play as a game but has an interesting animation short style not seen too often.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27079 on:** February 03, 2021, 02:54:02 AM »

Apparantly Goldeneye XBLA is now out *there* somewhere

look on archive.org

im dling xenia rn because my 360 isnt modded

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27080 on:** February 03, 2021, 03:22:18 AM »

FINALLY IM PLAYING THE GOLDENEYE XBLA REMAKE FUCK YES WHERE ARE MY SEDATIVES AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

benjipwns · « **Reply #27081 on:** February 03, 2021, 04:03:16 AM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 02, 2021, 01:41:02 PM

Since they are basically just the PC version, ported to other platforms.

In this case, the PC version isnt getting so much a 'port' as the same version sold with some graphic fidelity improvements.

So yes it is a port. Its the PC version ported to consoles.

It doesn't look like it. The PC versions had different controls mechanics and were altered from the console versions to begin with. I doubt they're porting mouse friendly controls into the console versions of the remaster rather than keeping the controller friendly ones.

They're inserting new textures across the game not simply porting the old PC textures or even high resolution versions of those old PC textures. They're redoing the cinematics.

If anything the remasters will be slightly more friendly with PCs than the originals which have over a decade of legacy crap in them. Fire up ME1 and try to play it at 1080p (not even 4K!) with proper FOVs and everything out of the box. (Hint: You can't.) The cinematics are definitely not made for 4K. Not to mention having all the DLC integrated rather than the piecemeal setup it can be on Origin.

There have been remasters that have been basic ports but this doesn't look like one. BioWare and EA both want to take some of the tarnish off the Mass Effect brand and the BioWare name so they can do something with it again.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27082 on:** February 03, 2021, 08:13:33 AM »

Yeah it does look a bit different in spots. Not sure if that's for the better though.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27083 on:** February 03, 2021, 06:51:59 PM »

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-mass-effect-legendary-cache-features-a-game-case-with-no-game/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com

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"The game itself isn’t part of the Mass Effect Legendary Cache. But if you have it, you can display it in this premium metal game case. And even if you don’t, the art on the case still makes it well worth showing off."

150 USD for this crap

Bebpo · « **Reply #27084 on:** February 03, 2021, 07:07:02 PM »

All the shots people are posting just make it look like ME1 is now

Lens Flare - The Game.

Nintex · « **Reply #27085 on:** February 03, 2021, 07:29:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/BiowareGear/status/1356716769499570178

Damn, no CE for Europe and $80 for shipping is a bit much.
Guess I'll go digital then and maybe pick up some merch down the line like I did for Cyberpunk.

After all I already have the Mass Effect 3 CE.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27086 on:** February 03, 2021, 07:52:28 PM »

Yall remember this

Good shit

bork · « **Reply #27087 on:** February 03, 2021, 09:06:27 PM »

https://twitter.com/Mevans2703/status/1357076389279764482

Svejk · « **Reply #27088 on:** February 03, 2021, 09:12:06 PM »

Quote from: bork on February 03, 2021, 09:06:27 PM

https://twitter.com/Mevans2703/status/1357076389279764482

Once inside...

BIONIC · « **Reply #27089 on:** February 04, 2021, 12:25:25 AM »

paprikastaude · « **Reply #27090 on:** February 04, 2021, 01:07:36 PM »

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/lcingk/akira_yamaoka_silent_hill_composer_teases_next/
"Akira Yamaoka teases his next project will be revealed, "Sometime around summer," and it'll be a project, "people may have been hoping to hear about.""

stahp

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #27091 on:** February 04, 2021, 02:04:13 PM »

The Medium 2.

paprikastaude · « **Reply #27092 on:** February 04, 2021, 02:07:39 PM »

Thankfully it's way too early for that shit at least

Bebpo · « **Reply #27093 on:** February 04, 2021, 02:18:51 PM »

Silent Hill concert series

tiesto · « **Reply #27094 on:** February 04, 2021, 02:47:10 PM »

Silent Hill Radio Drama

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27095 on:** February 04, 2021, 03:18:01 PM »

oohh drama monday gonna be crazy

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27096 on:** February 05, 2021, 03:28:24 AM »

Does this sound like the pokemon battle music to anyone else?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #27097 on:** February 05, 2021, 05:11:58 AM »

So Masahiro Ito on twitter said he's not involved in any Silent Hill, either he's bullshitting, or they're gonna get some randos again? I would rather have no Silent Hill than another one made by whoever.

EDIT: "whoever" includes Kojima, please don't let him work on Silent Hill.

Nintex · « **Reply #27098 on:** February 05, 2021, 02:59:05 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 05, 2021, 03:28:24 AM

Does this sound like the pokemon battle music to anyone else?

It reminded me of DOOM more than anything else

@22 sec or so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSsfjHCFosw

paprikastaude · « **Reply #27099 on:** February 05, 2021, 03:01:57 PM »

Quote from: Don Rumata on February 05, 2021, 05:11:58 AM

So Masahiro Ito on twitter said he's not involved in any Silent Hill, either he's bullshitting, or they're gonna get some randos again? I would rather have no Silent Hill than another one made by whoever.

EDIT: "whoever" includes Kojima, please don't let him work on Silent Hill.

Also the Yamaoka interview has been pulled off the internet

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #27100 on:** February 06, 2021, 02:51:30 PM »

bork · « **Reply #27101 on:** February 06, 2021, 03:40:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/CapcomUSA_/status/1358105703173550080

Nintex · « **Reply #27102 on:** February 07, 2021, 06:13:53 AM »

attn gamers registration has reopened so if you know more fun gamers have them join us

Nintex · « **Reply #27103 on:** February 08, 2021, 01:45:04 PM »

A little birdie told me that the Prince of Persia remake was apparently so far removed from the original game that it was hardly a remake anymore and they had to completely reboot the project.

bork · « **Reply #27104 on:** February 08, 2021, 10:35:27 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/St1ka/status/1357896709846753283

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #27105 on:** February 08, 2021, 11:24:31 PM »

Is that the Switch version?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #27106 on:** February 09, 2021, 06:47:42 AM »

It looks kinda cool.

Quote from: Nintex on February 08, 2021, 01:45:04 PM

A little birdie told me that the Prince of Persia remake was apparently so far removed from the original game that it was hardly a remake anymore and they had to completely reboot the project.

the trailer looked 1:1, aside from the shit graphics.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27107 on:** February 09, 2021, 11:09:07 AM »

How did Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy get an 8 as a review grade on metacritic 😂 mediocre game

Don Rumata · « **Reply #27108 on:** February 09, 2021, 12:14:49 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 09, 2021, 11:09:07 AM

How did Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy get an 8 as a review grade on metacritic 😂 mediocre game

Bit of a novelty at the time.
As someone who played it D1, the first half with the murder thing was kind of intriguing, then it turned to absolute shit of course.
Shemue already handled QTEs much better though, so that part was just always bad.

They did evolve that formula well though, Detroit is probably the best example of the genre, mechanically.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #27109 on:** February 09, 2021, 01:24:56 PM »

The murder parts and where you switch characters and can get caught in the diner was cool.

But yea, the aliens parts and the QTE's were terrible

Also the story was shit at the end if I remember correctly.

mormapope · « **Reply #27110 on:** February 09, 2021, 01:53:18 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 09, 2021, 11:09:07 AM

How did Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy get an 8 as a review grade on metacritic 😂 mediocre game

Quote from: Don Rumata on February 09, 2021, 12:14:49 PM

Quote from: MMaRsu on February 09, 2021, 11:09:07 AM
How did Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy get an 8 as a review grade on metacritic 😂 mediocre game
Bit of a novelty at the time.
As someone who played it D1, the first half with the murder thing was kind of intriguing, then it turned to absolute shit of course.
Shemue already handled QTEs much better though, so that part was just always bad.

They did evolve that formula well though, Detroit is probably the best example of the genre, mechanically.

That's about it, there weren't many cinematic games back in 2005. Part of the reason why Half Life 2 sweeper GOTY in 2004, the pacing and flow with a story told incredibly well was special back then.

Indigo Prophecy also had the best demo possible. The diner scene at the beginning was the best slice of the game. I remember playing it around launch on Xbox. The game jumps the shark once the main character "dies" and starts using Neo powers.

demi · « **Reply #27111 on:** February 09, 2021, 02:00:55 PM »

Indigo Prophecy is a 12/10 it takes bravery to go all out batshit insane like that game

demi · « **Reply #27112 on:** February 09, 2021, 02:13:07 PM »

Crash 4 is getting a next-gen upgrade + Switch + PC release next month. Free upgrade for PS4/XB1 owners thankfully

Don Rumata · « **Reply #27113 on:** February 09, 2021, 02:13:46 PM »

David Cage is a hack writer, but he (and Quantic Dream) tried to do something different, and brought some value to the industry by virtue of that.

BIONIC · « **Reply #27114 on:** February 09, 2021, 03:03:35 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 09, 2021, 02:13:07 PM

Crash 4 is getting a next-gen upgrade + Switch + PC release next month. Free upgrade for PS4/XB1 owners thankfully

I wish I got on PSN when it was half off

Didn’t expect them to do a free upgrade, so I held off.

Potato · « **Reply #27115 on:** February 09, 2021, 03:25:32 PM »

New games for the anime weirdos

Hentai vs Evil gets my pick for the Please reassess your life if you're playing this award

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27116 on:** February 09, 2021, 04:17:42 PM »

Quote from: BIONIC on February 09, 2021, 03:03:35 PM

Quote from: demi on February 09, 2021, 02:13:07 PM
Crash 4 is getting a next-gen upgrade + Switch + PC release next month. Free upgrade for PS4/XB1 owners thankfully

I wish I got on PSN when it was half off

Didn’t expect them to do a free upgrade, so I held off.

Launch price of the next-gen version is $40 anyway. Wait another month, and it'll be half-off of that.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #27117 on:** February 09, 2021, 04:50:40 PM »

Quote from: Potato on February 09, 2021, 03:25:32 PM

New games for the anime weirdos

Hentai vs Evil gets my pick for the Please reassess your life if you're playing this award

Looks like one of those horrid asset flips.
I do wonder who'd play that shit unironically.
Even if you're absolutely obsessed with animu shit, there's about a trillion other better things to play in the style.

BIONIC · « **Reply #27118 on:** February 09, 2021, 04:53:56 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 09, 2021, 04:17:42 PM

Quote from: BIONIC on February 09, 2021, 03:03:35 PM
Quote from: demi on February 09, 2021, 02:13:07 PM
Crash 4 is getting a next-gen upgrade + Switch + PC release next month. Free upgrade for PS4/XB1 owners thankfully

I wish I got on PSN when it was half off

Didn’t expect them to do a free upgrade, so I held off.

Launch price of the next-gen version is $40 anyway. Wait another month, and it'll be half-off of that.

According to the ree thread, next gen is 60, while PC and Switch are 40

bork · « **Reply #27119 on:** February 10, 2021, 12:13:09 PM »

Quote from: Potato on February 09, 2021, 03:25:32 PM

New games for the anime weirdos

Hentai vs Evil gets my pick for the Please reassess your life if you're playing this award

Pretty sure I know who went after that for EAS to publish. Expect to see a physical CE for pre-order go up on Play-Asia sometime later.

Can't believe Sony is allowing a game with "Hentai" in the title on their store.

I like that pervy Qix rip-off and the hell-themed SHMUP.

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