ME3's minigame and Destiny

by Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) , London, Ontario, Canada, Monday, March 11, 2013, 07:30 (4062 days ago) @ Xenos

I never played the one in ME2. The one in ME3 was just choosing an area and waiting for the "battle" to finish to increase your readiness.

Sorry, miscommunication; I was referring to the in-game manner of hacking terminals (puzzle-piece matching) and bypassing locks (pair-finding) in ME2, that ME3 handled as "press 'A' and wait until the timer bar runs down". ME2's way let you convince yourself (if you wished) that your Shepard was actually hacking software or setting jumpers; ME3's was another reminder you were playing a game.

-- Steve liked the way Deus Ex: Human Revolution did terminal hacking and how Fallout 3 handled lockpicking for the same reason; F3's hacking was similarly immersive, but was too time consuming for him to enjoy as much as the others already mentioned.

PS: The stand-alone Android/iOS game, Mass Effect: Infiltrator, was the game I was thinking of.