Hey there, people. It’s me again. Comic-Con has been rather quiet when it comes to video games. Just like day 1, nothing much happened in that area of nerdism so I decided to combine day 2, 3 and 4 into one article.
A Mass Effect anime will invade our television sets soon
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost is an anime series which is set right before the event of Mass Effect 3. The plot centers on James Vega (voiced by the corny Freddie Prinze Jr.), telling the story of his team’s encounter with the Collectors aka the bad guys in Mass Effect 2. Here’s a brief description of the storyline taken from the official website:
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost is the prequel to the highly-anticipated Mass Effect 3 and follows the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega. Vega leads an elite Special Forces squad into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors. Stationed at a colony in a remote star system, Vega and his soldiers must protect the civilians from a ruthless invasion determined to capture the population for unknown purposes. Learn more about the Mass Effect universe with an unprecedented glimpse into the haunted past of Mass Effect’s newest hero!
If you ask me, I don’t really give a shit about the anime. Given how crappy the ending is, there is no reason for me to care. Plus, the animation looks pretty bad. We’re talking about “made using Flash by a bunch of middle-schoolers” level of disaster. Don’t get me wrong. Flash can look fantastic when done right, but Paragon Lost does not seem to be the case. But what do I know? Some people liked the ending. That includes our very own CheeseBadger, who is oh-so-sarcastic all the time. Maybe some of you will enjoy this. As for me, I’ll pass.
By the way, the anime is coming out in November this year.
Oh, there’s also this Mass Effect 3 DLC tease
Word on the street is that BioWare released a teaser. Some speculate it’s for an upcoming DLC. Apparently the story is set underwater and there will be Atlas’s (the Cerberus robot thingy). I’m not holding my breath for this one. Here’s an interesting question: was that pun intended?
(We’ll update this post as soon as we find the teaser on Youtube.)
The Last of Us introduces a new, bearded character
The trailer shows Joel, Ellie and the new character getting into a building after fending off the zombies, or whatever they’re called. I mean, technically speaking, they have some fungal infection in their brains or some crazy ass shit like that. That part isn’t so zombie-like, but since they’re acting as if they’re high on bath salts, we’ll just refer to them as zombies. They’re crazy, and I think they eat people. Let’s not pretend they’re anything other than zombies, aight?
Anyways, this mysterious figure, Bill, handcuffs Ellie and points the gun at Joel. The men get into an argument as Ellie breaks free to hit Bill with the steel pipe she was handcuffed to. Joel stops her after the first hit and the three talk things out. In short, Bill is the typical “trust nobody” type of guy who’s reluctant to help the protagonists in zombie movies. He’ll probably end up being eaten because he’s not a team player. Now all we need are some token (insert stereotypical minority ethnicity here) guy/gal, a dumb blonde, and a dickish beefcake to make the most predictable zombie video game ever. I am still intrigued by the story though.
More Resident Evil 6 details
Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, Resident Evil 6’s producer, has released more details on the game.
- Jill and Claire will not be in the game. Claire will be mentioned.
- You can switch camera to your character’s right or left.
- For those hardcore players, the hud display can be switched off.
- Weapons are scattered throughout levels. No purchases are necessary.
- You no longer have worry about your AI partner’s inventory. He/She will pick up various items based on his/her needs.
- Swapping items is possible when you’re playing online co-op.
- Weapons are not individually upgraded. Instead, you upgrade weapons, among many other skills, through the allocation of skill points.
- As of current, the game is not going to support Playstation Move.
Capcom has also revealed the voices behind the main characters:
- Leon S Kennedy – Matthew Mercer
- Helena Harper – Laura Bailey
- Chris Redfield – Roger Craig Smith
- Piers Nivans – Chris Emerson
- Jake Muller – Troy Baker
- Sherry Birkin – Eden Riegel
- Ada Wong / Carla Radames – Courtnay Taylor
I swear to god Laura Bailey and Troy Baker were in every single thing that came out in the last twelve months. Both of them played the Boss in Saints Row The Third (Caucasian female and male respectively), as well as different supporting roles Mass Effect 3 (Laura as the asari lieutenant at the beginning of Priority: Thessia, I think, and Troy as the notoriously comical Kai Leng), and many more. Just look at their IMDB profiles yourself. Here’s Laura’s and here’s Troy’s.
They’re both quite attractive. Just saying…
A Deadpool video game is coming out…
And surprisingly, he’s not voiced by Nolan North, or is he? Oh wait, he is. All that I care about is Deadpool himself actually showed up in Comic Con to announce the game himself, and that was awesome.
The game is being developed by High Moon Studios and will be published by Activision. Anyways, here’s the teaser:
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The gameplay itself doesn’t look particularly interesting. It’s seems like another third-person hack-&-slash / shooting. Perhaps the witty dialogue may just be the game changer. Who knows? It’s too early to tell.
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