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    Mass Effect 3

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Mar 06, 2012

    When Earth begins to fall in an ancient cycle of destruction, Commander Shepard must unite the forces of the galaxy to stop the Reapers in the final chapter of the original Mass Effect trilogy.

    Holster your weapon help!?

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    #1  Edited By betabetamax

    How do I holster my weapon after a firefight. It used to be the Back button. IT'S KILLING ME!

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    #2  Edited By LordXavierBritish

    You don't.

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    #3  Edited By betabetamax

    @LordXavierBritish: Why not!? Shepard looks like a moron walking his gun drawn at ALL TIMES. I wanna chill out and explore!

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    #4  Edited By LordXavierBritish
    @BetaMax: Because Bioware thought it wasn't important?
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    #5  Edited By Tonyyj

    You can't, their excuse was something about using too many resources. Doesn't bother me as I rarely holstered my weapon in the previous games.

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    #6  Edited By devilzrule27

    @LordXavierBritish: In the grand scheme of things it kind of isn't but it would have been nice to have a way to do it.

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    #7  Edited By Turambar

    It's similar to how I can no longer crouch at anytime, only when I take cover.  Unless the keybindings screen is extremely misleading.

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    #8  Edited By Nottle

    @Turambar said:

    It's similar to how I can no longer crouch at anytime, only when I take cover. Unless the keybindings screen is extremely misleading.

    Man remember Mass Effect 1? Good times. Crouching. A sprint as fast as a leopard.

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    #9  Edited By Slaker117

    Such a small, pointless thing, but it bugs the hell out of me that you can't do it anymore. Though part of that is probably just because I want the camera to pull back.

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    #10  Edited By CL60

    They replaced the button with a quick save button. I think I prefer the replacement.

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    #11  Edited By bybeach

    Boy have I noticed the no-crouch except for cover and what passes for running. Combat is better, but.... 
     
    I think he tends to holster automatically? Context sensitive for the most part?

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    #12  Edited By fox01313

    Shepard also looks somewhat silly running while on the citadel too. Something about how she looks while running that just doesn't look natural.

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    #13  Edited By gla55jAw

    @Nottle said:

    @Turambar said:

    It's similar to how I can no longer crouch at anytime, only when I take cover. Unless the keybindings screen is extremely misleading.

    Man remember Mass Effect 1? Good times. Crouching. A sprint as fast as a leopard.

    Damn, now that you mention it. That sprint was crazyy.

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    @CL60 said:

    They replaced the button with a quick save button. I think I prefer the replacement.

    To be honest, that's why we need the next console generation already. Enough RAM for holstering and quicksaves!
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    #15  Edited By hatking

    I didn't know you could holster in ME2. That actually bothered me throughout that game. Now I'm even more bothered know I could and I never did, and now I never can in ME3. GAH!

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    #16  Edited By deskp

    I miss this aswell, and as far as i can tell there is no automatic thin that does it either.. always gun out.

    Is abit anoying when i just want to explore an area after a fight.

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    #17  Edited By betabetamax

    It kind of bothers me when game designers think they know what is best for me in between sequeled games. Does pushing in the left thumb stick do anything? Would have worked for weapon holstering, just sayin'!!!!

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    #18  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @BetaMax said:

    It kind of bothers me when game designers think they know what is best for me in between sequeled games. Does pushing in the left thumb stick do anything? Would have worked for weapon holstering, just sayin'!!!!

    Im quite happy they are using the back button as a quick save. This needs to be a new trend. 
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    #19  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    It used to bother me a LOT, but then I download a FOV fix (thanks to Tennmuerti) that allows me to pull back whenever I please. Still annoying that his arms are sticking out and there's a crosshair, but it's muuuuch better now: 
     
    Default: 

    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard! 
    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard! 
    FOV fix (95):
     Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
     Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
    Crazy FOV (110): 
    Crazy. 
    Crazy. 
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    #20  Edited By twigger89

    How does one do this because that looks much better than shepards arms covering a third of your screen

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    #21  Edited By GunstarRed

    The quick save would have been useful if the game didn't already save like every two minutes. I think I would have preferred a holster button.

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    #22  Edited By Justin258

    @twigger89 said:

    How does one do this because that looks much better than shepards arms covering a third of your screen

    If you are talking about:

    @AhmadMetallic said:

    It used to bother me a LOT, but then I download a FOV fix (thanks to Tennmuerti) that allows me to pull back whenever I please. Still annoying that his arms are sticking out and there's a crosshair, but it's muuuuch better now:

    Default:
    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard!
    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard!
    FOV fix (95):
    Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
    Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
    Crazy FOV (110):
    Crazy.
    Crazy.

    that, then you must be on a PC and he did it with a patch. Or mod. Or whatever the hell you want to call it. It might be possible on a 360 but I doubt it.

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    #23  Edited By CL60
    @BetaMax

    It kind of bothers me when game designers think they know what is best for me in between sequeled games. Does pushing in the left thumb stick do anything? Would have worked for weapon holstering, just sayin'!!!!

    1 of the sticks shows your objective ad the other moves you around corners in cover
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    #24  Edited By twigger89

    @believer258 said:

    @twigger89 said:

    How does one do this because that looks much better than shepards arms covering a third of your screen

    If you are talking about:

    @AhmadMetallic said:

    It used to bother me a LOT, but then I download a FOV fix (thanks to Tennmuerti) that allows me to pull back whenever I please. Still annoying that his arms are sticking out and there's a crosshair, but it's muuuuch better now:

    Default:
    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard!
    Getthefuckouttamyface Shepard!
    FOV fix (95):
    Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
    Love it! Exploration is much more enjoyable now.
    Crazy FOV (110):
    Crazy.
    Crazy.

    that, then you must be on a PC and he did it with a patch. Or mod. Or whatever the hell you want to call it. It might be possible on a 360 but I doubt it.

    Oh I have it on the PC, I was just looking for a link to this mod or adjusted ini file that changes the FOV. I'd rather not go crawling through the internet and get possible spoilers for the game (and I'm kinda lazy).

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    #25  Edited By Spoonman671

    Honestly, the character animation when using a pistol is the single most offensive thing about the Mass Effect series.  I've become so irrationally fixated on it that I simply cannot play these games.

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    #26  Edited By Justin258

    @twigger89 said:

    Oh I have it on the PC, I was just looking for a link to this mod or adjusted ini file that changes the FOV. I'd rather not go crawling through the internet and get possible spoilers for the game (and I'm kinda lazy).

    Oh. Well, @AhmadMetallic, where did you find this here FOV mod doohickey?

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    #27  Edited By handlas

    annoys me as well. Mainly how zoomed in the camera is on your back. You take up more than 25% of the damn screen. Actually having the pistol out...i could careless.

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    #28  Edited By AhmadMetallic
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    @AhmadMetallic: Third one should be called Gears of Vision.
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    #30  Edited By Spoonman671
    @Tarsier said:

    @Slaker117 said:

    Such a small, pointless thing, but it bugs the hell out of me that you can't do it anymore. Though part of that is probably just because I want the camera to pull back.

    its probly a tool to kepe the FOV small and use shepards body as an excuse to not render half the screen so they can have much better looking environments.

    Then why don't they have better looking environments?
     
    Zing!
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    #31  Edited By FilipHolm

    I have to admit... this was a pretty stupid move by Bioware...

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    #32  Edited By Jimbo

    Nice, gonna check out that FOV fix for sure. 
     
    The no holster thing is bugging the hell out of me on some of the missions.  The squadmates stand there all chill with their weapons down and Shep is acting like she's jacked up on amphetamines.

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    #33  Edited By mike

    I have 16gb of ram and can't holster my gun.

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    #34  Edited By Aronman789

    No holstering sounds like the worst thing possible. How the fuck can you actually think that isn't important? It makes the character look like they mind as well be a walking turret.

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    @Aronman789 said:

    No holstering sounds like the worst thing possible. How the fuck can you actually think that isn't important? It makes the character look like they mind as well be a walking turret.

    The amount of RAM it takes to render robot camel toe is quite staggering.

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    #36  Edited By Lukeweizer

    @BetaMax said:

    @LordXavierBritish: Why not!? Shepard looks like a moron walking his gun drawn at ALL TIMES. I wanna chill out and explore!

    I completely agree with you. It drives me nuts and you move so slow!

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