Friday, November 2, 2012

Harbinger, With The Soul Of A Poet

Last time, on MSPixel: We defended a pumpkin!

Ha, no, but really, who else saw that on multiplayer halloween? Was that not adorable? I'm hoping some folk on tumblr screenshotted that. Shit, does that mean it's canon now that there's Halloween in the Mass Effect universe, celebrated globally? I always wish they made a bigger deal out of Janiris, but --

Okay, I'm being way too big a damn nerd. Let's just go back to Horizon.

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Oh fuck, are we learning, children? Husks are helping collectors. Husks are reaper products. Do the collectors know the reapers, or do they just like buying reaper shit off of Space Amazon?

Also of note!

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Le Team du Shep keeps finding these cocoons everywhere. Maybe the collectors spin them? They've got people inside. Gross.

So, Shepard's cooking through some enemies, as you do --

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I'm telling you, give vanguard a go, you won't regret it.

You children savor this moment right here. In the next panel, I'm seriously about to commit Mass Effect sacrilege.

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So, um. Yeah, hey.

The entity that keeps possessing random collector bodies is known as Harbinger, because he won't quit screaming about being the harbinger of our something something. It's important to remember that Harbinger isn't a collector, he just borrows random ass collector bodies to do his bidding.

So naturally his bidding is rolling up on Shepard.

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Okay, I'm being at least a little cute here, but here's the thing? Not very. Harbinger loves parking directly up Shepard's ass and pestering her. In fact, welcome to our very first Harbinger boss fight!

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He's a son of a bitch because he keeps possessing different collectors, but he does go down.

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There's a theory that Harbinger is so interested in Shepard specifically because she defeated Sovereign, thus proving herself The Most Threatening Human. The game never really outright gives an explanation for Harbinger's motivations, though, so truthfully, my Tsundere Harbinger is probably just as valid. Or, hell, even more so given that we're playing an alien fucking game.

Everyone winds up ducking into a bunker to get away from Harbinger the Creeplord.

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I have no idea why you follow this blog.

NEXT TIME: Perhaps less turian genitalia discussion.

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