[Robinski]

This has to be one of the earliest blackouts I've decided on. For Portal 2 it was less than a week from release!

I'm totally gonna get spoiled in a 7 month period.

[mrpain]

Argh, all those spoilers.... Must resist!!!!

Saw a phrase in the spoiler, North America. Managed to dodge the rest.

@CC: Is there any way you could make it less spoilerific?

[CharmingCharlie]

QUOTE (mrpain @ Apr 28 2011, 12:05)

A@CC: Is there any way you could make it less spoilerific?

Well to be fair I did try to heavily hint that those were very very very spoilerific (hence the heading underlined) . I mean I could stop posting info if that is what people want ? I certainly don't want to ruin anyone's game here. It isn't like we can discuss what is being posted anyway because it would be nothing but dozens of posts of black lines.

I think we have to keep things in context here though, the recent spoilers I posted aren't really that spoilerific if you think about it they are basically bits of info that anyone can come to a logical conclusion about. We also have to remember that most of the info covers less than 10% of the actual game and according to this Swedish mag Bioware let slip a massive massive secret to them and they didn't print it.

So even if you do accidentally read some of the spoilers in here there will still be a crap load of surprises waiting for you when the game comes out. I don't take spoiler tags lightly so if you see me use a spoiler tag then take the view that "it is something you DO NOT want to know". Where I can I will give a hint about what the spoiler is about, to try and dampen any curiosity.

If you want to keep up on ME 3 news and want to steer clear of any spoilers then you could bookmark this :-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lblmw0c...it?hl=en&pli=1#

It's a google document site that is being maintained by a Bioware moderator and some members. They have promised to keep it as spoiler free as possible whilst still trying to keep people as up to date as they can.

[jelly]

I think what he meant was if the spoilers could possibly be thinned down to less severe ones - but I (of course) read them all, and I can say none of them are critical spoilers. They just say something about the state of the earth and galaxy at the beginning of the game - basically the beginning exposition. It mentions planets we'll be visiting.

[Knife]

QUOTE (jelly @ Apr 28 2011, 13:52)

I think what he meant was if the spoilers could possibly be thinned down to less severe ones - but I (of course) read them all, and I can say none of them are critical spoilers. They just say something about the state of the earth and galaxy at the beginning of the game - basically the beginning exposition. It mentions planets we'll be visiting.

Yeaah. I understand people not wanting things that take place mid-way through the game spoiled, that makes sense. But this is all set-up. If Bioware releases the info, they clearly don't class it as a spoiler. I know there are some people who like to go hardcore and not know anything about the game, but I don't think we should bend-over backwards to accomodate them. Info from magazines isn't spoilered in the Skyrim or the L.A. Noire threads.

Lets just follow the basic rule that any information Bioware releases shouldn't be classed as a spoiler. I doubt they are set out to spoil their own game.

[Fnorg]

That's pretty sound, but spoiler tags should be used with some common sense nonetheless. Though, with that said, if you don't want to get spoiled at all, stay the hell out. I'm not going to put spoiler tags on "It takes place on Earth" or "New York will be featured" and so on.

[baptiste]

QUOTE (Gronf @ Apr 28 2011, 16:02)

That's pretty sound, but spoiler tags should be used with some common sense nonetheless. Though, with that said, if you don't want to get spoiled at all, stay the hell out. I'm not going to put spoiler tags on "It takes place on Earth" or "New York will be featured" and so on.

This is the ME3 topic, where we discuss any news related to ME3. Tbh, I think people using spoilers are already nice enough, you shouldnt even be in here if you dont want to get spoiled.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing whats the "secret" to fighting Reapers without an armada of Dreadnoughts. Hope its not too corny like a "super computer virus" or smth.

[jelly]

Well, up until now, the Reapers have been portrayed as black-and-white boogeymen. They're still a mystery - we have no idea why they supposedly want to eradicate all life and then restart the cycle. As was mentioned by Sovereign in the first game and expanded on by Legion in the second game, each individual 'reaper' ship is an entire AI nation. It's also been speculated that they're based on cultures that were destroyed, in some way.

I'm just gonna assume that the reapers aren't gonna be as black and white as they were portrayed by the two single reapers we've seen so far..

[King Of Monra]

I suppose there will be a trailer soon?

[CharmingCharlie]

QUOTE (King Of Monra @ Apr 28 2011, 19:30)

I suppose there will be a trailer soon?

That probably won't be till E3 in June (7th - 9th). Things should die down a bit now we have had all the mag articles and Game Informers "ME 3 month" ends at the end of April. So probably the next news after that will be a trailer at E3.

As for the ongoing battle with these spoilers, as baptiste says this is the ME 3 topic where people are going to be discussing ME 3 and want news about ME 3. Obviously spoiler tags should be used when necessary but to be honest if you don't want the game spoiled at all then people shouldn't be venturing into an ME 3 topic.

I will keep the first topic totally spoiler free and up to date with major developments such as release date, and collector edition info. So if you don't want to be spoiled just keep checking the first post of this thread which will contain all the non-spoiler info you need.

[Fnorg]

QUOTE (jelly @ Apr 28 2011, 18:58)

Well, up until now, the Reapers have been portrayed as black-and-white boogeymen. They're still a mystery - we have no idea why they supposedly want to eradicate all life and then restart the cycle. As was mentioned by Sovereign in the first game and expanded on by Legion in the second game, each individual 'reaper' ship is an entire AI nation. It's also been speculated that they're based on cultures that were destroyed, in some way. I'm just gonna assume that the reapers aren't gonna be as black and white as they were portrayed by the two single reapers we've seen so far..

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they remained a mystery. Like Sovereign said, they're beyond our imagination. Maybe they have a better motive than hunger or boredom, something beyond our imagination. It would be such a cop-out if Bioware went with "lol Sovereign was just bullsh*tting you guys we just want to reproduce".

[CharmingCharlie]

Some new ME 3 images for you, they are cropped scans so I can't directly link them here but they were posted in this article :-

http://gamenyusu.com/component/content/art...new-images.html

I wouldn't say the images are spoilerific but basically you see Anderson in his combat gear, a couple of alien homeworlds (most likely the Turian homeworld), A shock troop and Shepard shooting a shock troop.

[What!?]

Thanks for digging around and grabbing this information for us. I probably would never find half of this sh*t. lol. Keeps me fed until the game shows up.

[CharmingCharlie]

Just a little bit of news, nothing major and it is just confirming what we expected. It seems that Mass Effect 3 will be shown at E3 which starts on the 6th June :-

http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/108/1086456p1.html

Hopefully that might mean we get to see game play or hell even another trailer, who knows ?

[CharmingCharlie]

Opps for the double post but just seen these screens, those that have seen the mag scans will recognise the pictures. However I thought I would post them since they are proper excellent quality screens :-











Source :- http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n...ss_Effect_3.htm

[DOOM!]

Is that a Krogan or Batarian husk? Regardless looks amazing. Can't wait to see how earth will look like in the ME3 universe, perhaps run into your child-hood gang if you were earth-born?.

[Fnorg]

Check them multiple sets of eyes. It's Batarian.

If there is one gripe I have so far is that it looks too much like ME2. It isn't really a bad thing, but I'd like to see the jump in art style and lighting like we had from ME to ME2.

[CharmingCharlie]

QUOTE (Gronf @ May 4 2011, 14:21)

If there is one gripe I have so far is that it looks too much like ME2. It isn't really a bad thing, but I'd like to see the jump in art style and lighting like we had from ME to ME2.

I kinda don't have a problem with this, I am hoping that since they haven't done any major overhauling of the graphics they might spend the time dealing with the f*ck awful clipping that ME 2 suffered. Seriously the clipping when you meet Anderson in ME 2 was incredibly unprofessional.

Well it is good news and erm bad news, the good news is that they have released two new screenshots :-




http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2011/5/4/m...3_delayed_into/
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/129/index/7294706

The bad news is that the game is unlikely to come out during "Holiday 2011". The game now has a launch window of around the first three months of 2012. Right I am off to hang myself now

This post has been edited by CharmingCharlie on Wednesday, May 4 2011, 18:54

[Robinski]

QUOTE (CharmingCharlie @ May 4 2011, 19:48)

Well it is good news and erm bad news, the good news is that they have released two new screenshots :-

... and the bad news is that Kaidan is alive. Son a bitch!

[MagnAn]

QUOTE (Robinski @ May 4 2011, 19:05)

QUOTE (CharmingCharlie @ May 4 2011, 19:48) Well it is good news and erm bad news, the good news is that they have released two new screenshots :- ... and the bad news is that Kaidan is alive. Son a bitch!

That all depends on your actions in ME1.

I don't think I can take this delay...