First off the alliance, so far we havent seen much of the alliance (any comics or book not included since i didnt read them). all we know from the games is that the alliance are the human main militairy force. they have a fleet with warshipsand other vessles. soldiers (marines i assume) and other ranks and crewmembers. what im wondering is: what about the rest ? surely the alliance has more ground forces then footsoldiers and mako's ? dont they have tanks, gunship(attack-helicopters or aircraft) and transports ? how about artillery canons heavy weapon infantry ? almost every army since WW1/2 had most these things sure the alliance wouldnt use apache gunships or abrams tanks clearly the weapons and vehicles evolved. in both ME 1 and 2 the alliance isnt rly represented other then its fleet. whe see a little ammount of marines during the games and other then our own mako no militairy equipment. now both ME 1 and 2 didnt have the right plot to use these typ of units/vehicles but since earth is on the reaper target list it would be stupid if the alliance had nothing but grunts on the ground to fight reapers. now the teaser showed certain gunships fly around london. apparently everyone in the galaxie uses the same gunship. since the blue suns and other merc bands use those aswell. also on a side note. why does ashley have pink armor ? infact why do all the alliance soldiers have these odd collored armorsets ? obviously its no use to paint their armor in a certain camo pattern since they are marines thus they are deployed in all kinds of evoirments. but you would figure they would go for a color such a grey (like shepards armor) or pick a camo patern of the envoirment type that they statisticly come in most of the time. you would think tactics equipment and technology would advance in the future. and having every amred force in human space combined in 1 army should be even more advanced. i hope we well get to see more of the power of the alliance its the main defender of humanity afterall.
the immersion of ME is great! yet there are little details wich take away from the immersion. in short the following points where immersion dumpers in ME 1 and 2.
the lack of movement: in the citadel illium omega or any other city/station/planet everyone is stationairy. if only 5 to 6 people would be walking around the scenario comes to live so much faster. in the end how long can you stand there and chat with someone or stare at a screen onboard the normandy.
the lack of diversity in gear clothing and equipment: why does everyone wear the same armor ? surely theres plenty of armor types in the galaxy ? look at the krogan. they have plenty of armor types all with different parts and helmits. yet every human salarian and batarian all wear the same gear. i can understand a merc gang using 1 typ of armor for its soldiers but not the entire galaxy. also why are all armor sets stuffed with light beams and bright colors. you can see a turian soldier coming from 2 miles with all the bells and whissles on his gear. this was allot les in ME1. (apart from the cerberus armor i really liked that gear. finnaly a armor set designed for the human body. not to look but to be functional i would love to see more of this typ in ME3)
in the end the small details have allot of effect on the immersion of players. i like mass effect becouse its more in the direction of what could be in the future rather then what would be really cool in the future (starwars for example. ps not an insult to SW i love SW
) Mass effect 2 still has this direction but it had slightly more shiney bits and pieces wich can be left out if you ask me, todays soldiers dont wear stuff becouse it looks cool either (vietnam era excluded, nothing spells baddass like "born to kill"on your helmit ). am i just beeing to picky ? or do you agree ? how important do you find details in games like these ?
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