Originally Posted by Arkeifrey

Damn this sucks i cant stay with my typical team of Garrus and Tali.

Originally Posted by Nietzsche

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Originally Posted by bioware`s forums

1) Got my new Game Informer, read the ME3 article. Game starts with
Shepard on Earth, effectively on trial in regard to the events of
Arrival, and in the middle of the trial, the Reapers invade. Prologue
involves Shepard's escape to the Normandy, and off to start finding
those allies, fighting Reaper troops (husks of all the different
species) the whole way.

Confirmed squadmates: Liara,
Ashley/Kaiden, Garrus (if he's alive) and... James Sanders... That must
be the guy from the trailer, I don't remember.

Speaking of
which, there's a screenshot of Ashley with her hair down, and she
actually looks hot. Don't have a scanner, so wait till someone with one
turns up.

Confirmed to appear, but not guaranteed as squaddies: Wrex, Mordin, Legion, and Anderson. Obviously, if they live.

The game will by default feature a "previously on Mass Effect" comic to make decisions with if starting from scratch.

The Illusive Man also plays a prominent role, and Cerberus is out to kill Shepard. Reason why is unknown at this point.

The
RPG elements are being beefed up, not going back to ME1, but giving
more freedom with the character skills. Skill trees will be larger, and
powers will evolve several times instead of just once, offering even
more freedom. Weapons are ME2 style, with a set list, but mods make a
return, not in the ME1 style, but allowing you to swap out different
parts such as barrels, scopes, and so on, which effect both the
weapon's combat performance and its appearance.

All classes can
wield all weapons unhindered now, but will have limited slots to carry
them. Only the Soldier can carry all weapons at once. Probably means
Adept, Engineer, and Sentinal will be limited to two, and Vanguard and
Infiltrator will have three.

Also mentioned: The game will have
numerous endings, some good, some bad, and who you have in your squad
and which allies you recruit can have a drastic effect on which are
available.

That's basically the gist of it, except for the sidebars filled with stuff everyone already knows.

...

Only other thing I realized I left out is that they watched a video
of a segment involve a krogan vehicle train with Shepard riding along,
and as it goes a Reaper comes down from the sky to attack. Shepard's
vehicle is destoryed, and fighting the thing is impossible on foot.
Then a Thresher Maw comes out of the ground and attacks the Reaper. The
Thresher gets the upper hand by coiling itself around the Reaper, then
drags it underground. It gets quiet, and seems to be over, then laser
fire begins erupting from the ground, and Shepard decides this is a
good place not to be. It then trails off into a description of how
everything is so much bigger than the previous games.

"Incessant wind sweeps the plain. It murmurs on across grey stone, carrying dust from far climes to nibble eternally at the memorial pillars. There are a few shadows out there still but they are the weak and the timid and the hopelessly lost.

It is immortality of a sort.

Memory is immortality of a sort.

In the night, when the wind dies and silence rules the place of glittering stone, I remember. And they all live again."

Originally Posted by Porimlys

See! Not everyone on the internet is so stubborn they can't have their opinions changed

Originally Posted by Nietzsche

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Originally Posted by HalfElfDragon

I'm hoping they allow us to customize companion armor to some degree. May not to the degree of Shepard's armor, but at the very least a couple of slot. Shoulder and arm maybe.

Originally Posted by Ded Chikn

Failing more weaponry, more customization. I didn't mind the 3shot burst assault rifle (Vindicator? cant remember) but if I could have upgraded it with a scope making it a mid range auto rifle. Kind of like what they already had, but make it so you research the parts and can add them accordingly.

Originally Posted by Arkeifrey

then you would like the inciser, its one of the dlc weapons (3 round burst sniper rifle).

Originally Posted by Ded Chikn

Yeah, but the Cerberus card I had was already used.

No Zaeed for me, along with lots of other stuff.

Part of my issue with DLC released at launch.

Originally Posted by Arkeifrey

But other wise i think the best one is the alt appearence pack for garrus and i forget who else is included in his pack. I hated seeing after doing litterally half the game he was still injured (well really walking around in the damn broken, shot up armor). Yet the weapon packs werent bad either.

Originally Posted by Ded Chikn

I just mostly wanted the new missions I was told were included, like the Normandy wreckage. That and the heavy weapon so I could get the cheev.

Originally Posted by Ded Chikn

I just mostly wanted the new missions I was told were included, like the Normandy wreckage. That and the heavy weapon so I could get the cheev.

Originally Posted by Nietzsche

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Originally Posted by Volkrin

Okay, so all this "Arrival" hubbub made me reinstall ME2. Now I need to know, aside from the Arrival of course, the mission DLC I don't have are Kasumi's Stolen Memory, Overlord, and Lair of the Shadow Broker. How many of the above are worth the price of admission?

Originally Posted by Nietzsche

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Originally Posted by Omacron

http://gamingeverything.com/wp-content/gallery/mass-effect-3_2/me3_sc-10.jpg

Is that a Yahg husk?

Originally Posted by Porimlys

See! Not everyone on the internet is so stubborn they can't have their opinions changed

Originally Posted by Nietzsche

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Originally Posted by Porimlys

See! Not everyone on the internet is so stubborn they can't have their opinions changed

Originally Posted by HalfElfDragon

Batarian, I think. It doesn't have enough eyes for a yahg and it has the right forehead markings and nostrils

I have a feeling that we'll be seeing a looooooot of Husks in ME3. Human, batarian, rachni, turian... Something has to be used as cannon fodder and Reapers wouldn't really work in that role.