On February 25 2017 09:46 SidianTheBard wrote: Ugh, I love mouse & keyboard for any type of shooter games but Mass Effect is such a perfect sit on the couch and zone out while playing. It's a nice "get-away" from my PC since I"m on it so much.
I like it on console too because hopefully the hard copy I buy will be good to go with no updates (which when you have garbage rural usa internet it matters...) but then again, maybe it'll be easier to mod / edit / play on PC. The choices!
Can't you just stream it from your home PC to your TV through one of those Steam USB dongles? I think they cost about $50 and you'd need to have a controller too obviously.
I've looked into these (I often have the same dilemma) and I've heard very mixed opinions. Anything wireless is going to be unreliable and laggy, but even with a good network setup apparently the performance depends a lot on whether the game/dev/Steam provides good support for it, which they've apparently been abandoning over time. It's unfortunate, I wish they'd push it more because I think there's definitely a market for it.
Edit: oh also since it's an EA title it will be on Origin and not Steam, right? So...
On February 25 2017 09:46 SidianTheBard wrote: Ugh, I love mouse & keyboard for any type of shooter games but Mass Effect is such a perfect sit on the couch and zone out while playing. It's a nice "get-away" from my PC since I"m on it so much.
I like it on console too because hopefully the hard copy I buy will be good to go with no updates (which when you have garbage rural usa internet it matters...) but then again, maybe it'll be easier to mod / edit / play on PC. The choices!
Can't you just stream it from your home PC to your TV through one of those Steam USB dongles? I think they cost about $50 and you'd need to have a controller too obviously.
I've looked into these (I often have the same dilemma) and I've heard very mixed opinions. Anything wireless is going to be unreliable and laggy, but even with a good network setup apparently the performance depends a lot on whether the game/dev/Steam provides good support for it, which they've apparently been abandoning over time. It's unfortunate, I wish they'd push it more because I think there's definitely a market for it.
Edit: oh also since it's an EA title it will be on Origin and not Steam, right? So...
There is always the classical moving the computer box next to the TV and just using a cable to connect them. That has worked for 10+ years and still works well.
I am just above the minimum requirements. Guess my GPU is getting old and amount of RAM starting to get too little. I'll wait until I upgrade (probably late autumn) to play the game then.
On February 25 2017 16:57 Heartland wrote: I swear if I have to get a new computer for this I will commit soduko
You can often play games even below minimum. Just won't get good FPS, which might not be important if they mess up and make this another cover based shooter. Usually are some ini or similar modifiers that can lower it even more.
My CPU just meets the minimum requirements. There aren't many games with such high requirements. But we'll see, there's always stuff you can tweak to get a better experience. So I don't think it'll be much of a problem.
I don't need everything to be on the absolute highest settings to enjoy it anyway.
On February 25 2017 16:57 Heartland wrote: I swear if I have to get a new computer for this I will commit soduko
You can often play games even below minimum. Just won't get good FPS, which might not be important if they mess up and make this another cover based shooter. Usually are some ini or similar modifiers that can lower it even more.
On February 25 2017 16:57 Heartland wrote: I swear if I have to get a new computer for this I will commit soduko
You can often play games even below minimum. Just won't get good FPS, which might not be important if they mess up and make this another cover based shooter. Usually are some ini or similar modifiers that can lower it even more.
Yeah, as long as I don't have death lag.
Exactly, as long as it manages to run somewhat decently I'm fine playing it.
my rig fortunately is between the minimum and recommended reguirements, so it should run fine on at least medium-high settings I'll add the reqs to the OP later today
On February 26 2017 00:40 Elentos wrote: Also in case you guys didn't notice, they released the 5th briefing video (Weapons & Biotics) narrated by Liam.
So remember how I talked about replaying the originals on PC?
I just started ME3 a few hours ago. Back when it came out, at the start of the game, when the Reapers invade and we watch Shepard watch that kid get in the shuttle and die, I didn't feel anything. I didn't care, "It's just a video game character, no reason to feel bad." and every time after that, it reminded me of ME3's pathetic ending, so I had even less sympathy.
Well, replayed it 5 years later. Things have changed. I have a little nephew now and for some reason I couldn't help but think of him when I watched that scene. Imagine, for the first time in 5 years, the scene has caused something other than indifference or disgust because of the whole Starchild thing in me.
And after those very strange 30 seconds it was right back to "Well, I'll see this little shit again in a few hours."
Remember Indoctrination Theory? Remember when we were outraged? When we were convinced that "That can't be the ending they wanted to do"? Those were the days. I hope they don't do anything nearly as outrageous now.
On February 26 2017 06:39 Elentos wrote: Off-topic: + Show Spoiler +
So remember how I talked about replaying the originals on PC?
I just started ME3 a few hours ago. Back when it came out, at the start of the game, when the Reapers invade and we watch Shepard watch that kid get in the shuttle and die, I didn't feel anything. I didn't care, "It's just a video game character, no reason to feel bad." and every time after that, it reminded me of ME3's pathetic ending, so I had even less sympathy.
Well, replayed it 5 years later. Things have changed. I have a little nephew now and for some reason I couldn't help but think of him when I watched that scene. Imagine, for the first time in 5 years, the scene has caused something other than indifference or disgust because of the whole Starchild thing in me.
And after those very strange 30 seconds it was right back to "Well, I'll see this little shit again in a few hours."
Remember Indoctrination Theory? Remember when we were outraged? When we were convinced that "That can't be the ending they wanted to do"? Those were the days. I hope they don't do anything nearly as outrageous now.
One of my worries is that they will play it TOO safe, therefore it will be boring. Inquisition played it safe, with a clear final boss fight, and an easy to get "everyone lives" ending. The ending ended up being meh, trying to do one similar to Dragon Age Origins. Trespasser's ending was really good though, but it's a DLC and Bioware probably can go more wild there.
On February 26 2017 06:39 Elentos wrote: Off-topic: + Show Spoiler +
So remember how I talked about replaying the originals on PC?
I just started ME3 a few hours ago. Back when it came out, at the start of the game, when the Reapers invade and we watch Shepard watch that kid get in the shuttle and die, I didn't feel anything. I didn't care, "It's just a video game character, no reason to feel bad." and every time after that, it reminded me of ME3's pathetic ending, so I had even less sympathy.
Well, replayed it 5 years later. Things have changed. I have a little nephew now and for some reason I couldn't help but think of him when I watched that scene. Imagine, for the first time in 5 years, the scene has caused something other than indifference or disgust because of the whole Starchild thing in me.
And after those very strange 30 seconds it was right back to "Well, I'll see this little shit again in a few hours."
Remember Indoctrination Theory? Remember when we were outraged? When we were convinced that "That can't be the ending they wanted to do"? Those were the days. I hope they don't do anything nearly as outrageous now.
One of my worries is that they will play it TOO safe, therefore it will be boring. Inquisition played it safe, with a clear final boss fight, and an easy to get "everyone lives" ending. The ending ended up being meh, trying to do one similar to Dragon Age Origins. Trespasser's ending was really good though, but it's a DLC and Bioware probably can go more wild there.
That's true. I'm also worried that the ending will be too much sequel baiting, as is common practice these days.
On February 26 2017 20:35 Bacillus wrote: Has there been any announcement whether this is start of another trilogy or just a standalone in ME universe?
It affects heavily on how wild they can go with all kinds of storyline branching and such.
So it turns out, ME3 multiplayer still has a solid playerbase at least on PC. I just tried it for the lulz, it never took more than a few seconds for me to find a public session. Pretty impressive.
I wonder if Andromeda can get that kind of longevity.
The comment section on that one is pretty rough. Both gameplay and animation getting trashed.
I don't think I find the facial animations on this one as completely hopeless as some people seem to claim. It's not the old ultra cool Shephard heroics, but I think I can still understand where they're going with it. At times it looks awkward, but at the same time they're at least trying to create something less flawless than the spec op surface of the original trilogy. Not sure if it works all the way, but I don't feel as bad about it as some others seem to do.
Unfortunately the gameplay looks very ... generic. So many voiceovers of "Do that, do this" and repetetive filler objectives. In the original trilogy most of the guidance and communication was meaningful, now there seems to be way more of useless banter and silly quips. I guess it goes with the same direction as animations, but to me the voiceover spam feels way more annoying than the few oddball animations we've seen.
EPT
I'll add the reqs to the OP later today
