Mass Effect 3

ChrisMC · March 28, 2012, 04:37:04 PM

Hmmm...almost like it was designed that way!!!!! :roflmao

Jobydrone · March 28, 2012, 04:48:45 PM

So I finished this last night, paying for it today as I was up till almost three am. I really enjoyed the whole experience and as I suspected feel like the whole uproar over the last choices in the game are completely overblown and an overreaction considering the super high quality of everything that came before it.

[spoiler] I thought the confrontation with the Illusive Man was very cool and dramatic. I think the fact that I had just read the 4 issue comic series that came out a couple years ago that detailed that characters origins and the birth of Cerberus contributed to the gravitas of that scene. I also liked how the choices you make are represented by a blue mass relay for the Paragon choice and a red mass relay for the Renegade choice, and a silver beam for neutral...a nice aesthetic.[/spoiler]

I think that Bioware had a pretty tall order satisfying their entire group of fans with the ending of this game. Rather that capitulate to the voluminous complaints raised over the past couple weeks I think they'd be better off just shrugging it off as not being able to please all the people all the time.

I am a bit disappointed with the way my renegade choices in ME 2 played out in this game, especially missing out on the Conrad Verner side stuff because I allowed him to die in 2. Very much wondering how the Tuchanka material would have played out had I not destroyed the Genophage data in ME 2. [spoiler] I was so bummed when Mordin died in my game. I wonder if there's a way to save him and still satisfy Wrex and the Krogans?[/spoiler]

Overal I thought this was totally a worthy sequel and conclusion to this epic trilogy. If anyone wants to discuss their playthroughs and the little differences in their versions of the story I'd be very interested to hear about it.

ChrisMC · March 29, 2012, 03:17:43 AM

My main nitpick about the ending is: [spoiler]What the heck is Joker doing running away from the battle at the end? And Liara is my love interest and was on the ground with me, how th ehell did she get on the Normandy?[/spoiler]

Jobydrone · March 29, 2012, 09:34:47 AM

Quote from: Chris-El on March 29, 2012, 03:17:43 AM
My main nitpick about the ending is: [spoiler]What the heck is Joker doing running away from the battle at the end? And Liara is my love interest and was on the ground with me, how th ehell did she get on the Normandy?[/spoiler]

yeah that wasn't explained and is probably what they're talking about beefing up or clarifying via patch or DLC. [spoiler] I read that this was meant to show that the crew survived and was ok. It was cool that Joker and Edi has circuits and skin meant to show the synthesis of organic and synthetic had occurred. [/spoiler]

ChrisMC · March 29, 2012, 03:42:31 PM

Yeah, I caught that in my Synthesis ending. Pretty neat.

Jobydrone · March 29, 2012, 04:57:28 PM

I think what annoys a lot of people about the ending...
[spoiler]is that you have this unprecedented level of choice and real consequences to the actions you take over the course of three games, and then the very last choices you make in the game lead you to three possible conclusions regardless of any of the decisions you made prior to that. They're the same no matter what you've done. People seem to forget all the choices they made that caused the universe flow and change which led them to that point, and are just infuriated by the ending that they seem to think fails to account for all the decisions they made along the way. I don't see it that way, but it seems a lot of people do. I've also heard alot of concern about the inconsistency that Chris pointed out, where crew members that were on the ground mission with you suddenly appear on the Normandy with no explanation...although it seems this only happens if you've romanced someone to conclusion and also chose them to join you in the final assault on the Citadel. If you don't have a romance partner nobody comes out of the Normandy after Joker and possibly EDI, and if you didn't choose your romantic partner in your party on the final mission then there'd be no inconsistency. Just a little bad design there which might lead people to believe the last parts of the game might have been rushed to market a bit.[/spoiler]

ChrisMC · March 29, 2012, 05:45:48 PM

Yeah, all that is true, but in the end...I loved every minute of playing these 3 games. They offered unprecedented options for choice, character interactions, and alternate paths. If they had a story they wanted to tell, and endings that they could build future games off of, more power to them. They earned it, plus..
[spoiler]I got a little welled up when my Shepard made the jump into the beam. An ultimate sacrifice for a character I played for a long time. A VIDEO GAME got that reaction from me. That tells me all I need to know about this series[/spoiler]

Appaullo · March 30, 2012, 06:16:24 PM

Still playing through this (just started to be honest - I work 10 hour days) and am only just doing the Krogan female mission now. Have'nt read any of the end spoilers above. Just wanted to chime in with my praise for the game so far. Incredible just like the last two were. I truly hope I do not have issues with the ending.

Appaullo

ChrisMC · June 27, 2012, 01:46:34 PM

I just downloaded the new extended ending pack and [spoiler]I am glad they filled in some of the gaps. I am glad they included closure for the characters you played side by side with. I did the Synthesis ending, so I can only speak to that. Basically, with the Reapers' help society rebuilds better than before, and being that synthetics and organics are merged, Edi seems to think that there's some immortality possible. I was really wondering how ME4 could happen, but after watching this ending, it's apparent that the ME universe will probably have Mass Relays again. [/spoiler]

Jobydrone · June 28, 2012, 06:58:03 AM

I've seen that the new endings have been posted on You Tube, so I was thinking about just watching them rather than downloading a 2GB patch from Xbox Live and playing through 45 minutes of stuff I've already done three times. Chris, are you saying that there are different endings dependent on who you chose to play with or romance throughout the game, or would I be safe just watching the videos?

ChrisMC · June 28, 2012, 11:45:19 AM

I think it's small stuff like who shows up as a "sacrifice" and possibly who's at the memorial at the end.

Jen · September 19, 2012, 10:26:05 AM

I'm very irritated. I pre-ordered ME3 game, played it for a few weeks, got to a big boss fight and the stupid locked up and now won't play anymore. I think it's a bug. I've read about it on line. Something about EA's servers and my profile being corrupted there. The forums I've visited suggested DUMPING my profile from my XBOX then add it back, or play the game with another profile which I don't want to do since my character's entire history is included in this profile and character I'm currently playing. I'd dump my profile, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reload it afterwards. Has anyone else had this problem with ME3 and XBOX?

X · September 19, 2012, 10:30:46 AM

Quote from: Jen on September 19, 2012, 10:26:05 AM
I'm very irritated. I pre-ordered ME3 game, played it for a few weeks, got to a big boss fight and the stupid locked up and now won't play anymore. I think it's a bug. I've read about it on line. Something about EA's servers and my profile being corrupted there. The forums I've visited suggested DUMPING my profile from my XBOX then add it back, or play the game with another profile which I don't want to do since my character's entire history is included in this profile and character I'm currently playing. I'd dump my profile, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reload it afterwards. Has anyone else had this problem with ME3 and XBOX?

Not really, but I'll look into it for you with some of my ME3 friends.

KingIsaacLinksr · September 19, 2012, 11:05:51 AM

Hmm, that is definitely odd. I hadn't heard that ME3 had that many technical problems, but it might have been drowned out by the outrage over the game's other issues. Hopefully X can find something out.

Jen · September 19, 2012, 12:27:42 PM

Quote from: X on September 19, 2012, 10:30:46 AM
Quote from: Jen on September 19, 2012, 10:26:05 AM
I'm very irritated. I pre-ordered ME3 game, played it for a few weeks, got to a big boss fight and the stupid locked up and now won't play anymore. I think it's a bug. I've read about it on line. Something about EA's servers and my profile being corrupted there. The forums I've visited suggested DUMPING my profile from my XBOX then add it back, or play the game with another profile which I don't want to do since my character's entire history is included in this profile and character I'm currently playing. I'd dump my profile, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reload it afterwards. Has anyone else had this problem with ME3 and XBOX?
Not really, but I'll look into it for you with some of my ME3 friends.

Thanks. Mass Effect is my favorite game. It's a pain that I can't finish the last game :D