#Bravo BioWare

[nightingaletrash]

so... Arvala just finished that mission where she had to choose between saving three hundred prisoners or one of her closest friends who was begging for her life... safe to say that General RatFace won’t be getting off lightly for this one. 

RIP Sergeant Jaxo, I should’ve known that Girls Night was a ruse ;-;

#swtor #arvala frey #republic trooper #sergeant jaxo #ava jaxo #it was such a horrible decision to make #like she's literally BEGGING for her life and i was so tempted to save her #bravo bioware you made me feel like a horrible person #this makes me wanna write a drabble of arvala dealing with the aftermath of this mission

[andrastesknickerweasel]

So spoiler warning for a 6 year old DLC for a 7 year old game I guess, but do you guys think Bioware planned it out years in advance since DA2 to have outsiders to the Qun be called Bas, and then had The Iron Bull call the Inquisitor Boss, specifically to set that first domino to ultimately rip my heart out when The Iron Bull betrays you in Trespasser if you let the Chargers die?  Or do you think some clever writer for Trespasser just said “Hey, what a happy coincidence, what divine providence, that this simple pun can now be used to emotional gut the player!”?  Because I mean either way bravo Bioware, bravo.

#I legit let out a pained sob #when he called me bas/boss #I actually went back and replayed the mission because I didn't bring Dorian the first time #the way he says kadan #gah it hurts so good #thanks bioware I hate it

[neb-art-zeke]

Your perfect replica of the BioWare Turn absolutely took me out. Bravo!

I've played too much Dragon Age Origins not to have it down perfectly 😂

[kibagib]

If instead of changing Miranda's scenes, BioWare had focused on Jacob's butt in almost all of his scenes as well, the headlines would be very different. I say this because his uniform is just as tight, but that would make many gamers uncomfortable, right?

What I mean is that before complaining about something, try to see the other side of the coin and think about how you would feel. And bravo, BioWare, for changing those scenes.

I have some complaints about this edition, but this is not one.

#mass effect #mass effect legendary edition #bioware

[arkham-prisoner]

Mass Effect where everything is the same but EDI is Johnny Bravo in every way Including the body design, and all of Bravo's mannerisms/poses. EDI continues to flirt with Joker

Based on this:

artist: @makanidotdot (I Think)

#mass effect #mass effect andromeda #EDI #jeff joker moreau #commander shepard #Bioware #johnny bravo

[mycreepysketchbook]

the ultimate irony of mass effect andromeda is that I have never seen

Gay Silence

animated so accurately and with such meticulous precision

bravo bioware

#liam kosta #mass effect andromeda #Gay Judgement #General Animosity Towards Your Disaster Heterosexual Coworker #scott ryder

[jeikei-star]

Bioware sometimes makes the most gorgeous eyes *-* I like how they can express their owners' personality just right. Bravo!

#bioware #dragon age #mass effect #gorgeous eyes #so pretty #fenris #dorian pavus #morrigan #jaal #liara t'soni #samara #and such

[annakie]

An Annotated Mass Effect Playthrough, Part Three

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Wherein we finish up on Eden Prime, and make it to the Citadel.

The fight along the long open walkway before the train is, imho, the hardest part of Eden Prime.  But hey, only died once this time and that was mostly my own stupidity.  Should probably knock the difficulty down to easy.

I have, btw, beaten the game on insanity, on Xbox 360 so without mods or cheats.  It was... extremely frustrating.  There are certain spots, and I’ll try to remember to point the worst ones out when I get there, that I probably had to replay upwards of 20 times before beating.  But I did it.  I did get every achievement on XBox back in 2009.

This is such a good visual.  They didn’t have to tilt the camera, but they did, really emphasizing the “Something is very, very wrong here” angle.

The aesthetics of this station are great.  Again my biggest problem is that it feels like it’s a train to nowhere.  

This last playthrough I completely forgot to disarm the bomb that’s, you know, right as you get off the tram.  Still had about 30 seconds left when I ran back for it.  Whoops.

I really love this quick scene of Ashley and Kaidan because something about the lighting makes it feel like the cover of like a 50′s scifi pulp novel.

I’m using the flycam command that can super slow time down so it’s been great for getting those little moments that go by super quick, like all the little cuts during the Beacon scene.  A lot of scenes like this I’ll run it through once normal and then go back and do it with slo-mo on, letting things that go by in half a second slow down so I have itme to capture a perfect shot.

I’ve always thought it’d be interesting to see what would have happened had Ash or Kaidan actually absorbed the beacon. 

I bet someone’s written that fic.

Anyway, I’ve seen people criticizing Ash/Kaidan for being that close to the beacon.  First of all, you can walk that close before the cutscene (in fact you have to to mash the button to start the cutscene) and second... um... it’s dictated by the plot that it has to happen. *facepalm*

OOF.  Upscaling did not actually help this low-poly Sovereign model.  I mean the lights look good... the rest of the textures though... not so much.

There’s a mod that gives Benezia a shirt that I’m really regretting not applying now.  I might figure that out.

Anyway, first time I played through it drove me CRAZY for a minute not knowing who this voice belonged to, and after googling it, I fell in love with this game even more.  I love ST:TNG so much, and it’s always a thrill to hear Marina’s voice.

Anyone else totally not shocked that Saren is a rage monster?  

Later in 2009 I went on a cruise that was supposed to be with my entire family.  My grandma got sick and couldn’t go, so neither did my parents or aunt.  My brother, SIL and her parents still went.  With no heavy family obligations I spent 90% of the daytimes on that cruise on the adults-only deck reading books, including I think the two Mass Effect books that were out at that point.  Reading the whole story behind Anderson & Saren made me hate this guy even more.  Pretty good book, if you haven’t read it yet.

And that was a really, really great vacation.

Scary hand textures there, Bioware.  Good angle and colors, though.

At least the beacon let us have a really good nap.

This conversation and honestly most of them dealing with this vision / talking to the council about Saren I think the middle options are some of the better options, even better than the Paragon options.

Also, this happens sometimes in the next two games but heavily in the first game, the middle option is often still the Paragon or Renegade voiced dialog but the text is just different.  For a lot of these lines here, though, it’s not, and also it makes Shepard sound like less of a goody-goody and more realistic.

And then this happens.

Oh, there we go, our first heart-melting moment.  The smile that’s been giffed a thousand times.  I love how subtle this is, the widening eyes, the actual natural-feeling upturn of the lips.  I wonder how long it took the animator to get this right, because... bravo.

I’ve always wondered if the halo were intentional, like, that’s some heavy symbolism there since Shepard becomes The Savior of The Citadel (and eventually the galaxy).

Finally some alone time.  I liked that he both checked in on Shepard here, remembered Jenkins and mourned civilians a little bit, encouraged her letting her know she did a good job, and also had time to give us a little more exposition about the council, his abilities, and his backstory. 

Also.. JOKER’s WAITING FOR YOU ON THE BRIDGE! 

Maybe that line wouldn’t be so jarring later if they didn’t recycle it from here.  

Naah, it would still suck.

This is the only other conversation of substance we have with Dr. Chakwas.  And a good chunk of it is about Kaidan and his implants.  I’d love more interaction with her in a remaster.  At least in 2 and 3 she has fetch quests.

Also some time to get to know Ashley.  I can’t imagine people blaming losing her unit on Eden Prime on her, but hey, some people do.  Her abilities were wasted there anyway, and she deserves to be on the Normandy, end of story.

Hey Joker what’s up do you want to tell me about yourse--

Nope, right into a cutscene, okay!

At least it’s an amazing cutscene.

I like here that apparently Ashley and Joker have spent the last 15 hours while Shepard was asleep getting comfortable enough with each other to make dick jokes.  

The music, the visuals, the absolute majesty of this entire scene. How can you not already love this game?

Honestly, I complained about the loredump at the beginning, but it’s pretty crucial and it hits on all the right beats without being completely overwhelming, even if it does get a little repetitive.  It doesn’t take long for the game to throw you into the action, introduce you to the major players (except the four companions you don’t have *yet*) and establish the universe and premise of the story.  It also gives you a sense of urgency and danger, and sticks the sci-fi tropes it needs to land.

Then you pretty quickly get funneled into the Citadel, where some of the learning comes more naturally and you finally get off the beaten path a little.  It’s peak Bioware game design at it’s best.

I planned on stepping foot onto the Citadel by now, but I have stuff to do, so that will have to wait until later.

#mass effect #bioware #annakie's mass effect stuff #mass effect 1 #video games

[mistresstrevelyan]

WHO won E3? 

Anthem AND BioWare, that’s who!

(I mean, all of them did but oooooooh the sweet vindication!)

#Anthem #Anthem The Game #BioWare #The first of many awards #The team deserves this SO MUCH #Congratulations guys! #Bravo BioWare

[goodeveningtalos]

Wow... Next time someone says Jacob doesn’t get unnecessarily hated on in this fandom I’m going to direct them to this tweet and its 201 favourites. 

Not only is this disrespectful to people like me who actually liked Jacob it’s incredibly dismissive of the only black squadmate and, depending on your opinion on Cortez’s ethnicity, the only black romance in the OT.

I have had a fucking shit day which all comes back to one BNF and lo and behold another one just went and fucking knocked it out of the park. 

Bravo, BioWare fandom. And fuck you @biofanblog.

(source)

#mass effect #c: jacob taylor #jacob taylor critical #fandom wank #black fans deserve better than this shit that we give them #hey me fandom- have you heard of not being fucking dicks to black characters?

[seraphinitegames]

Hi, seraphinite! First of all, I want to let you know you're brilliant (you're writing is incredible), I LOVE Wayhaven Chronicles, I can't wait until the first book is available to buy *throws money and glitter in your general direction*, I've played the demo a million times, I've stalked your tumblr nearly every day, I love everyone on Team Bravo, and - if you couldn't tell :) - I'm a huge fan. *inhales deeply* Anyway, can you tell me what Dragon Age is and where to start? Seems awesome!!!

Well, first off thank you for the kind and encouraging words :D That is so lovely to hear and I’m just as excited to release the first book!

You haven’t played Dragon Age?…. OH MY WORD, you really should!

Dragon Age is a game series that has stolen part of my life and I was more than happy to let it…

It’s a fantasy series with incredible characters and fantastic, detailed storylines.

Where to start? Dragon Age: Origins. It was the first of the series released, followed by Dragon Age, then Dragon Age Inquisition.

I won’t spoil anything for you, and I recommend not looking up spoilers so as you can enjoy it completely unencumbered for the first time!

But yeah, seriously, I highly recommend giving it a go- though be prepared to be sucked into the world of it and not be able to crawl back out lol ;)

Thank you so much for the wonderful message :) And have fun with Dragon Age if you check it out! Bioware won’t let you down!

#The Wayhaven Chronicles #interactive fiction #asks #dragon age

[hunkydoryb1tch]

Templar Specialisation confession/rant

Honestly I really hate having to choose my specialisation when I play DA:I as a warrior because I've been a champion and I've been a Reaver and now I'm tippy toeing around the Templar specialisation but I can't bring myself to choose it because I start thinking about what Cullen went through and how much pain it's caused him and since I love romancing him I can't bring myself to do it knowing how sad he will be. PLUS when I ask for his opinion on the situation he sounds so hurt and I get that "oh shit I accidentally stepped on my cats tail" feeling and I want to send myself through a fade rift for making him stress about my dumb ass decision. I think BioWare suck for doing Cullen's story AND THEN making becoming a Templar an option. For me it's like having someone who trusts you with their struggles seek your guidance and support by telling you all the horrible things they endure because of that specific thing AND THEN turning around and being like "hey you know that thing that's basically ruining/ruined your life? I decided to go and do that exact thing TEE HE HE" HOW SCREWED UP IS THAT????? Especially if you're in a relationship with Cullen since you're practically dangling the lyrium in infront of his face and plus what if the inquisitor decides to kiss him after taking lyrium? He'll literally taste it on her lips. It would be like if I decided to go on a diet and banned myself from eating burgers and my partner came home with the juiciest burger on earth and ate it in front of me whilst I was having a difficult day, IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE PAIN HE WOULD BE IN KNOWING THE PERSON HE LOVES MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO SUFFER HOW HE IS SUFFERING ONE DAY AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH HER GO THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS RELIVE HIS OWN TRAUMA ALL BECAUSE SHE WAS AN IDIOT WHO WANTED SHINY ARMOR AND FLASHY SKILLS (that last bit about the armour and the skills is what is tempting my dumbass). Basically I just think the whole thing is stupid and insensitive (even tho I loved using my Templar powers in DA2 to smite demons with my holy light) I think it would've been better if the specialisation was to become a seeker and not a Templar, it would be more tasteful and cool af since the seekers haven't really been touched on (maybe DA4 will include more seeker action *fingers crossed* also depending on who's Divine) PLUS Templars are kinda douchey and I know that the Seekers in Inquisition were also douche bags but still. I think BioWare need to stop tormenting us with decisions like that (Hawke and who ever your warden was in the fade is a good example) but also I give them applause for making the game more interesting and thought provoking, so bravo. *SIDE NOTE* Also could you imagine if your Inquisitor dies in DA4 because you decided to become a Templar?? Or even worse he/she becomes like Samson because Solas the sneaky decides to capitalise on the lyrium addiction.

#dragon age #Templar #Cullen Rutherford #dragon age inquisition #i overthink everything #correct me if I'm wrong #and please excuse my punctuation

[xelethaine]

One thing I can say about Andromeda's CC? I'm impressed. No, really, I find it impressive that they were able to make it even more limited and restricting than the trilogy's CC. Didn't think they were capable of that. Bravo, Bioware, you had the chance to make the best CC in a Bioware game and you made it the worst ☺

#mass effect andromeda #bioware critical #so much for recreating Dichen #at least a few of the hairs look nice

[colonel-killa-bee]

I’m just now playing Witcher 3′s DLC, finished hearts of stone and in the middle of Blood and Wine, and my god, they both put pretty much everything Bioware’s ever come up with to fucking shame... the storytelling quality, the content, detail... promo shit. Bravo.

#Witcher 3 #cd projekt red #Hearts of Stone #Blood and Wine

[jaybear1701]

Um, holy shit. The suicide mission in ME2 is one of the best ending sequences I've ever played in a game. Bravo, BioWare.

#mass effect 2 #mass effect legendary edition #MELE

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Like I can't believe this was the same series that gave us Steve Cortez and finally let men bang Kaidan after all those years in mass effect 3. Like that's what they pumped out for Gil.

Now giving credit where it's due: Gil is nice. Very gay. Looks, sounds, exudes gay energy in such a way that I can't pinpoint to one single trait, and on that front, bravo. Not that there's anything wrong with Steve at all but you're likely not to realize until he says he lost a husband and then your world is turned upside-down. And on that note credit also has to be given to bioware that they're the only ones to really even have gays and bis (and even dear Krem in Inquisition...).

But that just makes it worse when they drop the ball in a major way like that.