Mass Effect 3

[Ouch!]

Begin countdown now.

[Mirage]

I just hope I can still explore space like crazy without any time constraints. That was my favourite thing to do in ME.

[Jessweeee♪]

Does that mean I get to really go to Earth? o:

[Bunny]

Oh man.

[Freya]

*holds breath while clicking the link* I just played through mass effect 1 twice and mass effect 2 for the second time. o.o

[Rase]

Because of this I'm having to screen all videogame news for a friend who is afraid of spoilers.

[kotora]

I hope they won't screw up the battle system like they did in 2 and make it more interesting instead of just shooting your way through rooms with conveniently placed boxes.

[Pheesh]

It launches at the same time on PS3, woop.

[Vyk]

I still need to play the second one :[

[Elite Lord Sigma]

I need to get my save files ready for this game. Let's go!

[Bolivar]

Kinda excited its launching day 1 on ps3, haven't really been sold yet on whether or not to take the plunge, though.

[Iceglow]

Oh sweet mother of god, dear lord....oh god, oh god, oh god! I actually think I may have just Jizzed in my pants, that trailer video is so just yes, oh yes. Combine this with Elder Scrolls 5 and Dragon Age 2 and you may see me disappear for several years to reappear with blood eyes (bloodshot won't come close) and the worlds most impressive hobo beard, put Gears 3 in there and you may never see me again!

One note:

I hope they won't screw up the battle system like they did in 2 and make it more interesting instead of just shooting your way through rooms with conveniently placed boxes.

Kotora, what are you on about? Did you never play through 1? The combat in ME has always been shooting your way through rooms with convieniently placed boxes. Frankly, having done nearly the entire game on insanity for the first one I can safely say the "shoot everything til it dies" works in every situation bar none. The only time the combat got different is when the Mako was involved and well in 2 the Mako was gone (though I loved the DLC Hammerhead! Awesome times zipping round worlds in that wish we had the choice of doing old school ME1 planetary exploration or the scanner stuff, personally would never use a single bloody probe!!)

The only thing wrong with ME2 was not combat it was planetary scanning, ok so many people felt the Mako environments were lacking and too repetitive but frankly, the Mako rocked compared to the scanner, the scanner to clear a planet completely could take 2 loads of probes (and thats with the expansion) and considering how many planets that exist in the ME galaxy, thats a smurf ton of probes, ofcourse you don't need that much resources, especially considering you can never actually sell them off. I think I was more annoyed by the scanner and the lack of a need to purchase equipment/items in 2 than I was by anything else.

[Shiny]

God damn, I say god damn. This look fantastic. I can't wait! Finally seems like we're going to get to explore Earth.

[Shadowdust]

I'm really excited about this. It's one of the few shooter games where I enjoy the gameplay plus the story is just awesome.

[kotora]

I hope they won't screw up the battle system like they did in 2 and make it more interesting instead of just shooting your way through rooms with conveniently placed boxes.

Kotora, what are you on about? Did you never play through 1? The combat in ME has always been shooting your way through rooms with convieniently placed boxes. Frankly, having done nearly the entire game on insanity for the first one I can safely say the "shoot everything til it dies" works in every situation bar none. The only time the combat got different is when the Mako was involved and well in 2 the Mako was gone (though I loved the DLC Hammerhead! Awesome times zipping round worlds in that wish we had the choice of doing old school ME1 planetary exploration or the scanner stuff, personally would never use a single bloody probe!!)

as usually you seem to be rather unable to make distinctions between things

sure combat was similar in ME1 and 2, but the areas were much less repetitive in the first one, they were more open and there were much less cover boxes and we got a smurfload more equipment customization. While there was too much equipment lying around in the first one, in the second they screwed it up by oversimplifying everything to cater to the XBox audience. I thought the system with the weapon overheating was better than having to pick up the "heat" (ie ammo) clips lying around the battlefield.

They were supposed to improve upon the combat system of the first one, not cater to the lowest common denominator and turn it into another cheap TPS. But then again I guess all the Xbox kiddies loved it.

also I never understood why people were bitching about the Mako. I thought those parts of the game were pretty cool.