[OOC] Mass Effect: Nova

[Voltin]

Dervish said
I always laugh at people who pick Miranda for the biotic barrier. You foooools.

It was late at night, my first time through, and I just wanted to get through it; I chose Jacob, and lost Grunt. :/
I wised up on my second run through the base, and ever since have killed Jacob out of spite for unintentionally killing one of my favorite characters.

Beta said
And no. No idea how to fit myself in.

Have you been chatting with the other newbies? We threw out the suggestion that you guys work on something else to build your own relationships while the rest of us finish our current mission, and then gradually borg them to the rest of Nova. You don't want to do that? Fine; just throw your character somewhere into the party and get them involved with Nova from there.

[Tick]

Sunny D! Good to see you in the OC. :]

Voltaire said
YEEES! Terry you've saved me! I was not aware of the secret 'Defense Score.' Everybody survived, but boy has that last level lost it's excitement.

You're both Terry now? D:
I had to double-check to make sure Voltaire was posting what I thought was Voltaire posting, and not Volt.
Next thing you know you all'll have some combo of your avatars and signatures, and post as the other's character(s). And I'll just give up and switch to "Terry" in all cases. And it'll become a mythological name in Nova canon.

Voltin said
...killed Jacob out of spite for unintentionally killing one of my favorite characters.
You don't want to do that? Fine; just throw your character somewhere into the party and get them involved with Nova from there.

Not for Jacob being Jacob? At least Ashley/Kaiden get killed by fault of their own personality. ;]

I'm getting preemptive deja vu.
Every newbie in Nova is going to be a hired bodyguard-merc snatched up from a rich hanar's fundraiser party through shenanigans/certain Nova members, much to the anger and disapproval of the majority of Nova.

The elderly members can help the newbies brainstorm on the OC, I'll look through the characters again.
Right now we've only got Errol and Tallin, with maybe two others to boot.

[Voltaire]

Tick said
You're both Terry now? D:I had to double-check to make sure it Voltaire was posting what I thought was Voltaire posting, and not Volt.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Voltaire]

So what do you guys think about the next ME game?
What time period would you like to see? Large scale or small scale plot. What kinds of features? Persoanlly I think it would be cool if they let us choose to play as any of the races.

[Salroka]

Honestly, I expect the out-of-nowhere and suddenly important at the end of the game character, Major Coats, to be the main character of the next game.

It will also probably revolve around the closing of the Reaper War, and possibly a bit about the rebuilding or whatever happens afterward.

[Voltaire]

Beta said
Honestly, I expect the out-of-nowhere and suddenly important at the end of the game character, Major Coats, to be the main character of the next game. It will also probably revolve around the closing of the Reaper War, and possibly a bit about the rebuilding or whatever happens afterward.

You mean that British sniper who was in the teaser trailer for ME3?

[Tick]

Voltaire said
So what do you guys think about the next ME game?What time period would you like to see? Large scale or small scale plot. What kinds of features? Persoanlly I think it would be cool if they let us choose to play as any of the races.

It'd be cool, yeah, especially if it mattered beyond the character model one played. But the latest Bioware games, I think, are going the opposite direction and sticking to just humans.

I have no idea how they'd manage a post-ME3 game. Synthesis was, or acted like, the writers' personal favorite/best ending. Maybe they'll show how bad the Destroy/Rebel ending is and show the error of many fans' ways. ;]

Main character should be Star Child - or the beginning should pretend it's going to be Star Child.

[Dervish]

It's being made with the Frostbite 3 engine, which powers Battlefield 4.

Whatever the shit it's going to be, it's going to be beautiful and possibly highly destructible.

[Voltaire]

Tick said
It'd be cool, yeah, especially if it mattered beyond the character model one played. But the latest Bioware games, I think, are going the opposite direction and sticking to just humans.I have no idea how they'd manage a post-ME3 game. Synthesis was, or acted like, the writers' personal favorite/best ending. Maybe they'll show how bad the Destroy/Rebel ending is and show the error of many fans' ways. ;]Main character should be Star Child - or the beginning should pretend it's going to be Star Child.

DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!
Seriously. They killed that kid. Fuck em.

Who is Star Child?

Dervish said
It's being made with the Frostbite 3 engine, which powers Battlefield 4.Whatever the shit it's going to be, it's going to be beautiful and possibly highly destructible.

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. Army of Two: tDC, and Medal of Honor: Warfighter were made with the Frostbite engine too. I have faith in Bioware though.

[Tick]

Dervish said
It's being made with the Frostbite 3 engine, which powers Battlefield 4.Whatever the shit it's going to be, it's going to be beautiful and possibly highly destructible.

Wait, it's in development??
I thought it was still a "maybe" thing they were only talking about.

Voltaire said
DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!Seriously. They killed that kid. Fuck em.Who is Star Child?

I usually don't expect people to know a fan phrase unless they're on the right forums, but I'm surprised you somehow evaded that one.

Wait...You've played ME3 right? Or had the ending ruined already?
Cuz uh, I have a bad habit of accidentally spoiling things for people in casual conversation.

[Voltin]

Voltaire said
Who is Star Child?

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. Army of Two: tDC, and Medal of Honor: Warfighter were made with the Frostbite engine too. I have faith in Bioware though.

Kek, if you aren't trolling, you're in for a surprise when you get to the end of three.

Look at the three, bro; it's different from two.
And you are probably in the minority with your faith.

Tick said
Wait, it's in development??I thought it was still a "maybe" thing they were only talking about.

It's actually in a playable state, from what I've read.

[Voltaire]

I have beaten 3 but maybe I just can't remember what you guys are talking about?

[Voltin]

The little blue child who presents to you your final, all-encompassing choice at the end of the game: his nickname is the Star Child.

[Voltaire]

Ah, I kind of figured you might be talking about him but wasn't sure. I don't spend any time on ME forums. Well except this one of course.

[Voltin]

It's how he's referenced by pretty much any gaming media site, not just forums.

[Voltaire]

I don't follow ME much at all outside of playing the games. :p

[Tick]

Star Child is the Reaper King representing the Reapers with a transparent, glowing blue version of the kid that thought Shepard's hand smelled, ran off into an evacuation ship, and got laser'd by Reapers.

Which makes it a lot more morbid than I first realized. The Reapers are trying to convince you they're doing good/not evil by using the image of a child they brutally murdered/obliterated (along with trillions of other lifeforms).

And yeah, there's a reason I said I'd usually expect people to only know terms in certain forums. Star Child is a near universal term after the gigantic blow-up at ME3's ending (I can't think of a more major game-specific thing, off the top of my head, other than people complaining/pleading for Half Life 3 to happen already and getting hyped at false omens). I don't even know what else to call 'im.

[Gowi]

The Mass Effect 3 fallout was something else, but there was a lot of valid criticisms with the vanilla and extended cuts of it. Walters and Hudson couldn't see beyond their "brilliance" to realize how shallow their writing actually was. Besides "Synthesis" is what we fought Saren against in the first game so how could that be the "true" ending? There's too much to whine about it.

[Voltaire]

Gowi said
The Mass Effect 3 fallout was something else, but there was a lot of valid criticisms with the vanilla and extended cuts of it. Walters and Hudson couldn't see beyond their "brilliance" to realize how shallow their writing actually was. Besides "Synthesis" is what we fought Saren against in the first game so how could that be the "true" ending? There's too much to whine about it.

This is why I actually like the renegade ending the best.

"Oh so after you went and just killed FUCKING EVERYONE you expect me to abandon my original goal for some reason? FUCK no! You gonna DIE!"
BLAT BLAT BLAT KABLOOIE!!!!

I always interpreted the Synthesis and 'Hero' endings as the Reapers trying to trick you into letting them live.

[Gowi]

Destroy for the win; sure it supposedly sacrificed the Geth and other AI at the moment-- but it was for the greater good.