I'm an incredible nerd, but...
I have a HUGE problem with the latest videos. Basically, they describe how Shepard has a new melee weapon.
Fantastic! Shields kind of demand that people have a short sword, as said shields stop fast moving projectiles but let slower moving objects in. Mass Effect still has guns because it is assumed that you can overload shields with sustained fire. All right, this is cool.
Even cooler is the fact that the omni-tool is used to create the blade. The omni-tool is basically a minifabricator which creates small objects. That's what 99% of an engineer's powers are: The construction of small bombs and drones that are launched at the enemy. You program this via a hapatic interface (The hologram that appears around your omni-tool, which has force feedback sensors built into your gloves).
Awesome!
But here is what pisses me off: The Devs say, "Oh, and you jam this big HOLOGRAPHIC sword into people! Nothing hurts more than a HOLOGRAM in the face."
Excuse me?
Okay.
So.
What the omni-blade is CLEARLY doing is manufacturing/extruding a monomolecular rapier, which is good. Cuts through armor and is cheap to create rapidly. Won't last long, but you only need to stab them once. The holographic part is NOTHING MORE than an AIMING device so that you can actually maneuver a blade that's thinner than a human hair.
It's NOT A FUCKING HOLOGRAM SWORD!
GOD!