Eurogamer.net Podcast #101: Mass Effect 3! Vita! Pancakes!

By Tom Phillips Published 21 February, 2012

Batter than Halo?

That's right, we didn't stop at Podcast #100! This week a triumvate of Toms try to match last week's Ellie-filled centenary - that's Tom Bramwell, Tom Phillips and Tom Champion to you and me.

We even filmed it again. Check out our beards.

This week we chat about Mass Effect 3, or more specifically its demo, which Tom Phillips loves and tries his best not spoil in any way. What's new? What does it tell us about the full game? And has Shepard improved his chat-up lines? Granular details within.

We also delve into some discussion about the new Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, which draws suspicious noises and shifty looks from Tom Bramwell, although Phillips is again bouncingly enthusiastic.

Tom Champion tries to bamboozle the others with your Mass Effect 3 and PlayStation Vita questions, which they mostly try not to ignore, before Bramwell imparts more Vita wisdom ahead of its impending launch at midnight tonight.

We then conclude with a light battering of pancake discussion. How do you eat yours?

The delectable Eurogamer.net Podcast goes live every week, more or less, at 5pm on a day that is often Tuesday. And usually has less Toms. Sorry about that.

Picture of Tom.

About Tom Phillips

Tom joined Eurogamer in 2010 and has quickly made his mark writing news and columns and coming up with puntastic straplines. Questionable beard. @TomPhillips151 on Twitter.

Read more articles from Tom by visiting the Tom Phillips archive page.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 3 months ago

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  • deepfinity #1 3 months ago

    Tom's comments were great!

  • TheHitman #2 3 months ago

    I'm with deepinfinty. I agree wholeheartedly with everything Tom had to say.

    Although I don't know what Tom was on about at all.

  • funkateer #3 3 months ago

    I liked all their beards, except Tom's

  • Gridstip #4 3 months ago

    Top of my wishlist for PS Vita is Aurasma.

  • Gimpy_Wonderland #5 3 months ago

    Having spent the last fortnight playing through ME2 for the first time, I have to say the ME3 demo was awful. The dialogue between characters was stale and had no impact, dialogue choices were few and far between, the lighting wasn't as good as ME2, character models looked lifeless and had a very bland shine to them, Shepard's running animation is downright bizarre, there's FAR too much focus on the combat (evidenced in the new 1 hit kill melee attack and the completely unnecessary dodge roll), the camera swings around too quickly and induces headaches, there're barely any RPG elements left, and NONE of the ME2 crew are in the squad (presumably because it's technically possible to kill them all in the previous game) /rant
    Edited by Gimpy_Wonderland at 22/02/12 @ 01:14

  • Das_Ginge #6 3 months ago

    @Gimpy_Wonderland Remember you were playing a demo designed to appeal to people who may not have yet played the game.

    Also they couldn't give you the whole opening story without spoiling either the Arrival DLC or other plot points, hence the lack of focus on the story.

  • kosigan #7 3 months ago

    "Download Eurogamer.net Podcast #98 as an MP3." Link is correct, but text is not.

  • Raptaur #8 3 months ago

    I know we tend to have a running joke each week that no one is listening to the Podcast but we are guys.

    With that I'd like to thank you all for another excellent addition and keep up the good work

  • monkfishjoe #9 3 months ago

    Excellent, I like video podcasts! Cheers guys

  • X201 #10 3 months ago

    Link says podcast 98, instead of 101