The Still New What Did You Last Do Thread

[grouchbag]

Bugs and snakes don't bother me at all.Most people look at me really weird when I say I have a fish phobia.Like it's not acceptable or something.Makes me LOL.

[Devianteist]

I like the Mass Effect mod, Unification, but I hate Mass Effect.

Because of dating-esq conversations with alien girls or frustrating endings, i see.

Actually, no. Mass Effect 3's ending is one of my favorite endings in all of video-game history, and the character interactions weren't bothersome at all. Actually, they were very boring, bland and predictable.

That goes for the whole series, in my opinion. Boring, bland and predictable. Not to mention the combat starts out clunky, and only marginally gets better.

[Zanieon]

Boring, bland and predictable.

Sorry, then you played other game that isn't Mass Effect, because this game is at least unpredictable because the dialogues, the games reacts to what you choose on them.

[Devianteist]

Boring, bland and predictable.

Sorry, then you played other game that isn't Mass Effect, because this game is at least unpredictable because the dialogues, the games reacts to what you choose on them.

Says Mass Effect 2 right on the case and both discs, Revilution. Nothing is unpredictable once you have a basic understanding of the situation in front of you, especially in a video-game.

[DoomRater]

Meanwhile I watched a video that let my unlock a combo lock I've had sitting upstairs without the combo for too many years. Master Lock combos are insecure, certainly, but I'd still use them over that other bike lock where I know two of them went out with the EXACT SAME COMBO.

[Hellsmith1]

Today was our 1st 80° degree weather and no more cold nights & it feels great but all week long we got storms coming in Monday-Sunday.

Next Sunday is Mother's Day and its going to be the busiest week in the greenhouse cause of last minute shoppers for mother's day.
Afterwards I am going to take my mom out for the day and maybe go to a movie.

Has anybody seen the new avengers movie yet?

[Trance]

The appeal of Mass Effect to me, especially the first game, was the potential richness of the sci-fi setting. The first game in particular did what it could to open up a galaxy to the player and make it seem believable and habitable.

All the titles in the series suffer from the same patterns in character interaction that all Bioware RPGs do. And, of course, the main plotline borrows heavily from existing stories even in sci-fi (I read a few years ago a pretty extensive comparison between the themes and arcs of Mass Effect and those of the TV show Babylon 5).

But you know what? For being a game series written by committee, the story completely avoids feeling dull, unoriginal, stupid or bland for me, up until the end of the third game. The one major plot point that was written without the consensus of the committee was the third game's execrable ending, written by Mac Walters and Casey Hudson, the game's lead writer and executive producer, respectively. I'll never know why those two men took it upon themselves to handle the most important part of a Mass Effect game's story without consulting the rest of the writing staff, because it's glaringly apparent now that the two of them were not the right people for the job.

It was a good series, crafted well, and it's a crying shame that a series that seemingly couldn't lose lost so hard in the final stretch. We might've had some Mass Effect spinoff games by now if it weren't for that.

[Devianteist]

potential richness of the sci-fi setting

That I can agree with, Trance. Mass Effect's universe is absolutely stunning. Between my last comment and now, I was able to read a little bit of the lore on the Mass Effect wiki, and it kind of disappoints me that they haven't made a spinoff game or two focusing on expanding the universe beyond what the main comics/novels already have.

And I'm guessing I'm the only one who liked the ending of the third game?

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I mean, c'mon, so few developers have had the guts to kill their main character(s).

[Hellsmith1]

You guys I need to know what kind of allergy medicine is the best to use for hay fever?
That's what I'm having right now.

[wildweasel]

You guys I need to know what kind of allergy medicine is the best to use for hay fever?
That's what I'm having right now.

Consult a doctor. The Internet does not have a medical degree and cannot cater to your individual needs.

[Hellsmith1]

Well I do go and see my doctor every year for my allergys and the medicine that I take is called singalare I thank its called but I do get it really bad in May and I have to where a mask to cut grass everytime.

If my singalare does not 100% work then I have to go in and get a cortisone shot for my allergy and it works good for 3 months and I get that shot every year.

For now I just need a good medicine to slow down my allergy.

[Zanieon]

Mass Effect's universe is absolutely stunning. Between my last comment and now, I was able to read a little bit of the lore on the Mass Effect wiki, and it kind of disappoints me that they haven't made a spinoff game or two focusing on expanding the universe beyond what the main comics/novels already have.

And I'm guessing I'm the only one who liked the ending of the third game?

I like it too and i assimilated alot the game's Universe with Star Wars (being more scientific-correct and the Reapers being something like the Yuuzhan Vong), the game in overall is good, it took care of many things to get highlighted between so many others of today that you "play then forget".

[Ghastly]

And I'm guessing I'm the only one who liked the ending of the third game?

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It completely flew in the face of themes set previously in the series. For example, the series (since the first game at least) emphasizes that your choices make a difference in what happens, and once you get to the end, none of your choices have made a difference. The ending itself makes no logical sense either "The only way for synthetics and organics to get along is to make sure synthetics can't kill organics, and I'll accomplish that by making synthetics that kill off all organics!" Joker and EDI also show that's not the universe-ending problem they think it is, and if you ended up making peace between the Geth and Quarians, it makes even less sense. "Synthesis" ending also feels like something completely half-baked to make a nicer-looking ending, since it's not supported by anything else in the story. A friend of mine put it best; the best ending for Mass Effect is if Shepard presses the button, screen goes black and credits roll.

I also hate the usual ending-branch by pressing a different button right at the end of the game. I had the same problem with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which is otherwise one of my favourite games from recent years.

[Caligari87]

Has anybody seen the new avengers movie yet?

Saw it on Saturday, loved it, definitely worth a watch. I could go on for a while about how good it was, but I'll just say "see it."

For now I just need a good medicine to slow down my allergy.

For over the counter, I get generics of either Benadryl or Claratin. Look for the "store brand" next to the namebrand, it's usually exactly the same and much cheaper. The first one is "drowsy" but usually stronger/faster so I take that as-needed for acute symptoms like cat hair in my face or hives from grass cuttings, etc. The second is non-drowsy but a little lower-key/longer lasting, so I use it for daily low-level hay fever. Just my personal experience.

[Nash]

Avengers 2 didn't really excite me... maybe I'm just getting desensitized to Marvel movies or I was expecting too much because I put the first Avengers in such high regard... :S It's a good movie, I don't think it's crap, it was just... meh. Walked out of the cinema feeling "cool movie" and totally forgot about it the day after. In contrast, I was praising the first one for weeks.