@Fred_vdp wrote:
They never revealed why Michael Beattie wasn't in ME3. Before the release of ME3 I noticed Mordin had a different voice in the gameplay demo, so I sent Beattie an email to ask if he was in the game. He said he wasn't and couldn't reveal why
As in Michael had some sort of non-disclosure contract with Bioware (or whoever)? Not sure how I feel about him not getting the job because of supposed pay demands...Fem Shep seems to get praised as being voiced better than the dude-bro Mas Shep. I thought she was quite good too. Did she get paid more?
@Fred_vdp wrote:
Kaidan is a nice guy in ME3. He's not the most colorful character of the bunch, but I usually let Ashley die because her Marksman ability in ME3 is bugged.
Since I played ME2 first on PS3 (gee, thanks, Bioware)...I always wondered what I had done to irk Ashley when I first met here on...wherever I met her first...Horizon? Having played the first game when it was released, it seems that the answer is "Nothing". She's just like that! I did wonder if Kaidan was similarly narky when you first meet him in ME2. I THINK that Ashley's Marksman ability seems to be working fine for me, although I don't really use it much. Did try it to see if it worked and it seemed too, but I had changed her default sniper rifle. It worked on the Leviathan mission using that large capacity and fire rate sniper rifle, it seemed to me.
@Fred_vdp wrote:
There was a massive outcry when it was announced a single player game would require you to play through the Origin client, especially because at the time Origin used to datamine your hard drive for marketing purposes. (This is no longer the case.)...Chris Priestly no longer woks for BioWare or EA, however, and has since moved on to CD Projekt Red.
Wow. Nasty. It's that kind of stuff that makes me wary about signing up with Steam. Do you know when Origin stopped data mining accounts here? I REALLY hope GOG's system takes off...but now that Priestly is associated with them? Isn't he? Hopefully he's not bringing them "the benefit of his experience" in the areas that you mentioned!
Putting this reply of yours up against your reply to my thread re buying at Origin...it's a different answer! You pretty much have to hope and pray that Origin won't revert to type, don't you? Not sure I'd want to take the risk with a company which cares so little for your security and privacy.
