Milky Way, represent!

The moment I read the thread title I instantly thought of this scene. I love saints row crazyness.. but I think it should stay in such games. Mordins singing was nice, but too much is too much.

I don't know.  It worked for Final Fantasy VI as well, all the way back in the 16-bit era.  It's all about context.

Though I think Saints Row actually has the best scenario for this to translate into ME:A.

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug0MFSFKRjY

Just imagine Ryder and Drack spinning the Mako around an unexplored planet, singing random tunes off of Ryder's Omnitool Shuffle.  Could be a fun bit of party banter.

 Since we are explorers first and foremost maybe one of our squadmates is a reporter who can fight if needed. Someone like Joseph Lee "Joe" Galloway. 

Chloe Talbot, reporting...for duty!

On the ark ship, sure.  The population surely would want news of how settlement and exploration of Andromeda is going and I always loved my encounters with Emily Wong and PunchFaceReporter. 

I don't want another embedded reporter, though.  An Allers like character probably wouldn't make sense on the Tempest, even if she were done in a more elegant manner.

Rule #1 of Vidya Games: If a Saints Row game did it, it's probably a good idea.

Or even more on point:

Hugo Weaving

Kelsey Grammer for male antagonist.  Jessica Walter for female.

Disregarding anything from the leaks, my ideal squad would be:

-male Krogan -- close weapons, heavy weapons, and offensive biotics

-male Quarian -- close weapons, support tech, and demolitions

-eyebrow Asari -- light weapons, defensive biotics, and offensive biotics (she's adorable, no matter what the tasteless say)

-male Salarian -- long-range weapons and offensive tech

-female Human -- light weapons, support biotics, and defensive tech

-male Human -- heavy weapons and long-range weapons

-female Turian -- light weapons, melee weapons, defense tech

-male Batarian -- close weapons, melee weapons, demolitions

-androgynous (sexless) Andromedan -- long-range weapons, support tech, support biotics

*snip*

Really?  Did you have to be as pessimistic as November 2017?  I don't think my poor little heart could take that, and yet you plant the seed anyway.

I like it!  A spouse will make it all the more satisfying when Ryder seduces that companion away.  And a child will be icing on the cake when we eventually Virmire mommy or daddy  Bring it on!*

*My name is Monster A-Go Go and I do not approve this message.

Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative should be on sale this August.

Other than Deception I've enjoyed the Mass Effect books. Although, Deception lead to this hilarious little gem: http://imgur.com/a/lAVji

That comic always gets a "Like."

In my opinion if it wasn't for the Reapers intergalactic exploration and expansion would be a very low priority. If I remember correctly there are approx. one hundred million stars in the Milky Way. In ME less than 1% of them have been explored. Everything a civilisation would ever need is basically right on their doorstep.

Hundreds of billions, actually.  The scale of our galaxy boggles the mind.

The game was never going to be:

Mass Effect: Large Magellanic Cloud

 

People have heard of Andromeda, the game is there for both plot and marketing reasons 

You're right.  It should have been Mass Effect: Fornax Dwarf.  Because...human nature.

Well, we're in a new galaxy, supposedly uncovering relics of a technologically superior species. 

If that's the case, I can understand how crafting would come in as you figure out a way to integrate non-parallel technology into your weapons/armor/ship/fishtank/LI.

I personally like crafting, but not resource hunting.  If we can use the materials we uncover during missions and side missions to craft/upgrade/customize our gear, I'll be happy.  If I'm scanning planets again...well, I always did get caught up with my podcasts when playing ME2.

I agree its stunning but after reading a **** tonne of theories is just not feasible for it to work without a helmet unless there is a f**king huge glass window there lol

It's monitors.  Giant monitors linked to external cameras.

Go back to enjoying how stunning it is. 

Please.  There were not nearly enough Baysplosions^TM in ME2 to be a Michael "Bomb"bay joint.  We'd need, like, a kerjillion more.  And the Human Reaper robot would have to have enough moving parts to cause an epileptic episode.  And the Collector aliens would have to be turtle aliens.  And Shepard would have to be Megan Fox.  And Mordin's science would have to be even softer.  And....and...and...

Then I'll be happy.

Control?.......... Here?

You're right.  This is a Mass Effect forum.

"Destroy" is a much better option.

Soundtrack

Art book

Bootleg Shepard VI for Ryder's cabin 

Mushrooms confirmed?

Exactly my thought! I admit, that would be kinda awesome.

 

Remember Preston Garvey from Fallout 4?

Commander Ryder! There is another base base that needs your help. Here, I'll mark it for you.

SHEPARD:  So....are we related or not?  'Cause once I open this thing...

I am a great wind that will sweep all before me like a... a great wind! A great biotic wind! Yes, the asari injecting so many drugs into me was terrifying, But then I began to smell my greatness! They may laugh when I fall over, but they don't know what I know in my head... that I know that I am amazingly powerful! Fear me!

-Niftu Cal, R.I.P.

The problem with "word spreads" is to determine how that word spreads. I could understand that if Shepard punches a reporter (media worker), people would know that you're a reporter-punching jerk but if you spare some pyjak on an uncharted planet then somehow everybody knows that you're a good person. That's why I think your words/actions should only have reach within the group//city/planet unless it's a very famous person (again, famous within which group?). Not everyone can spread the word about Commander Shepard (Ryder in this case) because some average Joe you saved on one colony is unlikely to meet a group of mercenaries and tell them what a nice person you are. Also the ability to intimidate shouldn't be bound to your status of a jerk, it should be bound to your abilities and power. In the same manner the ability to charm (should be called coax really) shouldn't be always bound to your reputation of a hero/nice person, it should be focused more on your knowledge about these people (pull the right strings) and your relationship with them. You are likely to coax a friendly person, not a hostile one.

I agree with you to a large degree, though there is the fact that we're a completely alien force trespassing on the Andromeda system with alarming numbers.  They'd have to be wary of these newcomers from another galaxy, trying to feel out our motives and judge the character of those they send as delegates on their behalf.  Therefore, it's likely that any member of an Andromedan race would communicate the details of an encounter with Ryder as far and wide as they could.  Depending on their status and technological sophistication, this may just influence your reception in a city, or it may affect how members of that race perceive you throughout the galaxy. 

Similarly with the Lacteal (those from the Milky Way) races.  At this point, we're a tightly knit community with numbers approximating (presumably) that of a major city.  Ryder, as a Pathfinder, would presumably be something of a minor celebrity among this group.  And when all a cloistered group has the ability to do is worry, speculate about their future, and dream of where they'll live, it stands to reason they'd take an interest in the efforts of the Pathfinders.  This means that any interaction with Ryder would likely enter the rumor mill and not emerge until it was pulverized to an atomic level.  And that says nothing of any military or quasi-military organization we belong to as part of the Ark Initiative.  After all, we're not Spectres this time; we are answerable for our actions (should they be found out).

All of which is to say, the fate of some pyjak-loving dillhole we chase to a backwater moon and execute without any witnesses?  That shouldn't affect how others perceive us.  But the way we greet the farmer whose field we land in?  The way we deal with subordinates in our organization?  How the lone human conducts herself in a bar, on a planet, in a galaxy that's never seen a human before?  That should have echos, because people are definitely going to talk.

It's like you're daring us to take you seriously.

I refuse the dare.

 

Michael Gamble ‏@GambleMike

Today was all about reviewing the crevices of the game we haven't visited in a while.The lube'y bits, if you will.It was as fun as it sounds

Um...ew?

Well no responses again well whatever I'm out.

I was going to respond, but when I disallowed for the mathematics created by defeated civilizations like the Babylonians, Greeks, the pre-Qin Chinese empire, and Egyptians, I found I couldn't use my computer anymore.

Then I was just going to drive it over to you, but without the wheel invented by the long-dead Neolithic peoples, well...

Doesn't matter anyway.  I only speak two languages, both of them built on the multiple skeletons of the cultures that came before their modern versions.