r/masseffect

>The decision was reportedly driven by caution and a desire to avoid media backlash. Following the release of the first Mass Effect in 2007, the studio faced heavy criticism from conservative media outlets—including a prominent panel on Fox News—over the game's depictions of sexual content and relationships. Because of this controversy, BioWare pulled back on several non-straight romance options late in Mass Effect 2's cycle, leaving Jack exclusively heterosexual in the final release despite in-game dialogue hinting at her past relationships with both men and women.

Scanning planets blitzed out of my mind at 3am was enjoyable to me. Meticulously scanning ever square just helped to slow things down in my head, then the absolute rush of finding a spike of resources? Oh baby. And then sometimes the ticking sound of a DOUBLE resource spike? Oh man. That is pure orgasmic ecstasy. I'm hoping to someday crowdfund a game that is just scanning planets.

In general, I know that Andromeda gets a lot of hate from the Mass Effect community. And I feel like within the group that hates on Andromeda, there's also a lot of hate for Peebee. I'm not sure if the general public opinion is that she's annoying or if it's just a loud minority, but either way, I feel very strongly that she does not get enough appreciation. So I wanted to make a small post talking about why I love her character!

She's certainly a big trope of a character. The sarcastic, aloof loner type. But I feel that when you look beyond the surface level of her character, she's actually handled really well. Her humor can be hit or miss. You probably need to have a tolerance for quips. But when you get to know her, you come to find that her constant humor is a way for her to deal with the difficult stuff.

For those who don't know, the short version of her story is that she has a passion for seeing the unseen and doing things nobody else has done, which is probably an effect of her psychology- her compulsion to avoid staying in one place for long, because she struggles with feeling like her safe spaces can be taken away at any moment. The one person she grew close to, who convinced her to come along on the expedition to Andromeda, turned out to be an abusive and manipulative person. Her sense of safety and comfort was taken away. So, she finds herself alone in a new galaxy, and chooses never to stay in one place for very long, and never to get to know anybody personally.

Of course, that changes upon joining Ryder's crew. If you check in with her frequently, you can watch her grow more comfortable and almost envious of the "found-family" vibe that the ship has, having convinced herself that it wasn't something she could have. That her place on the ship was temporary. You, as the player, can show her that she deserves to have a family too.

If you go the romance route, this journey is even more touching. She'll flirt with you constantly and even offer to hook up with you, seeing your relationship as nothing more than a fun fling. Giving her the temporary feeling of closeness while still being able to pull away and hide at a moment's notice. You can go along with this but then grow your relationship later on- or- you can turn down her advance and insist that if the two of you have a relationship, you'd want it to be real. Both routes are valid in the romance, but have different vibes.

In the end, it's such a pleasure to watch her grow more and more comfortable around you. You literally see her getting in closer proximity to you at her every opportunity. She'll talk about "Investigate" topics that she wouldn't talk to you about before. And she takes things more seriously instead of just replying to everything with a joke. It's such a good development to witness.

So, if you find yourself playing Andromeda again, and maybe weren't much a fan of Peebee, give her another shot! Show her the time and understanding to allow her to grow. Or if you weren't much a fan of Andromeda as a whole- give it another chance! It's a really fun game once you know what to expect.

This of course isn’t including PS3 playtime, so Its safe to say I’d be over 1000 hours total from release until now.

Never noticed this

maybe it's just me but harbinger sounds kinda overdramatic and emotional when it's all ASSUMING CONTROL and THIS HURTS YOU (and it especially loses some of its touch when it gets repeated over and over and over during collector fights).

i think it would be much more unsettling if it spoke in the same haunting flat tone the way sovereign and the rannoch reaper do.

My wife and I traveled from Seattle to Syracuse, NY to go to RetroGameCon this week. Jennifer, Mark, Ali Hillis, and Peter Jessop were all in attendance, but what made me decide to go cross country for this one wasn't simply their appearances, but Jennifer Hale was leading a 90 minute intro to voice acting workshop(!). I've had some thoughts of pursuing going into voice acting so we bought our tickets and headed out. The workshop and her voice acting knowledge was (naturally) fantastic. But I don't want to tell you about that. Instead I just want to tell you all about how she spoke about nerves being a result of caring, about how she talked about self judgment sabotaging creativity and joy. About how judgment is the "drunk person at the party", totally useless and when it shows up.... Don't fight with them, just tell them to go stand in the corner for a while.

It's not necessarily ground breaking revolutionary advice, but sometimes it's not just the message, but the messenger and goddamn, she's a hell of a messenger.

Bonus pic of the Mass Effect panel

I am aware that Zaeed is a hit or miss character for a lot of people, but during the Earths final push, his last words to Shep are a goddamn motivational kick in the ass. "Let's GUT the bastards!.."

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