Mass Effect 3

ChrisMC · March 06, 2012, 04:13:02 PM

Got mine today. Very excited to dig in, even with King kinda bumming me out on it... lol!

KingIsaacLinksr · March 06, 2012, 04:25:06 PM

Quote from: Chris-El on March 06, 2012, 04:13:02 PM
Got mine today. Very excited to dig in, even with King kinda bumming me out on it... lol!

At the end of the day, I'm just informing people about this. If you make the decision to buy the game/DLC despite knowing what I've said, then that's your choice and your money. I'm not going to go all rage on you or anything. :P If you decide this is acceptable to you, then at the very least have fun! I would like to hear what people think about the game on this forum. :)

For me, I'm just drawing the line in the sand and I simply won't accept that this is how things are in the gaming industry. I probably sound self-entitled. But I think things can and should be better for both the consumer and the developer(s).

King

ChrisMC · March 06, 2012, 04:31:31 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on March 06, 2012, 04:25:06 PM
Quote from: Chris-El on March 06, 2012, 04:13:02 PM
Got mine today. Very excited to dig in, even with King kinda bumming me out on it... lol!

For me, I'm just drawing the line in the sand and I simply won't accept that this is how things are in the gaming industry. I probably sound self-entitled. But I think things can and should be better for both the consumer and the developer(s).

King

The line must be drawn HE-AH!

KingIsaacLinksr · March 06, 2012, 04:34:56 PM

This far, AND NO FURTHER.

:P

King

ChrisMC · March 06, 2012, 04:37:14 PM

AND KIIIIING WILL MAKE E.A. PAY FOR WHAT THEY"VE DONE!!

KingIsaacLinksr · March 06, 2012, 04:46:35 PM

Quote from: Chris-El on March 06, 2012, 04:37:14 PM
AND KIIIIING WILL MAKE E.A. PAY FOR WHAT THEY"VE DONE!!

And I'm putting that in my signature >=D

King

ChrisMC · March 06, 2012, 04:50:26 PM

HAHA, awesome.

ChrisMC · March 07, 2012, 03:45:01 PM

Loving the game so far, it is GREAT how stuff I did way back when in ME1 matters in this game. So cool.

X · March 07, 2012, 04:23:48 PM

Game rocks! Can't type long, missing play time.

Jobydrone · March 07, 2012, 09:10:05 PM

I'm deep into mass effect 2 again, bought all the mission based DLC I hadn't played, Overlord and Arrival. I'm probably not going to be able to start ME3 until late next week at the rate I'm going...so no spoilers please :). Glad to hear you're enjoying it though, can't wait.

X · March 10, 2012, 09:47:25 PM

Quote from: Jobydrone on March 07, 2012, 09:10:05 PM
I'm deep into mass effect 2 again, bought all the mission based DLC I hadn't played, Overlord and Arrival. I'm probably not going to be able to start ME3 until late next week at the rate I'm going...so no spoilers please :). Glad to hear you're enjoying it though, can't wait.

I will tell you one thing ... play every game and do every thing. A ton of it matters.

KingIsaacLinksr · March 10, 2012, 11:13:45 PM

Quote from: X on March 10, 2012, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 07, 2012, 09:10:05 PM
I'm deep into mass effect 2 again, bought all the mission based DLC I hadn't played, Overlord and Arrival. I'm probably not going to be able to start ME3 until late next week at the rate I'm going...so no spoilers please :). Glad to hear you're enjoying it though, can't wait.
I will tell you one thing ... play every game and do every thing. A ton of it matters.

As far as characters go...yes. As far as the story/world, I would say no. Its a problem I have with the game that the universe "repairs" itself regardless of whether a character lives or dies. I wish a character's death had a bigger impact on the world, but it rarely does. =\

Though I have no idea if the same is true in ME3, but if I had to guess it does.

King

Rico · March 11, 2012, 06:21:16 AM

Hey guys is it critical to play ME1 before ME2 (or even play it at all)? I have pretty limited time and was thinking of jumping in ME2 and skipping ME1. Thoughts?

KingIsaacLinksr · March 11, 2012, 11:11:44 AM

Quote from: Rico on March 11, 2012, 06:21:16 AM
Hey guys is it critical to play ME1 before ME2 (or even play it at all)? I have pretty limited time and was thinking of jumping in ME2 and skipping ME1. Thoughts?

Hmm. Its not "critical", but you'll miss out on some key events that happen in ME1. If you start from ME2, its like starting in the middle of the story. They'll still explain some things, but it a past-tense-this-thing-happened. So yeah, its critical if story is important to you. If it isn't, then ME2 has a more solid combat/game mechanics than ME1.

King

Jobydrone · March 11, 2012, 08:05:41 PM

Rico do yourself a favor and play them all. I just played Mass Effect 1 for the second time because i wanted to recreate the character i lost when my save were deleted...and freaking loved it. The game really ages well and it's the best immersive sci fi world ever created for a video game. If you jump in to 2 you probably won't notice the difference because the game adjusts so well to new players but you'd be missing out on a lot of callbacks and events that you won't fully understand without having played the first one. It's worth the time, really, to get the fullest experience possible of the best sci fi games made for this generation of consoles, if not ever.

Quote from: X on March 10, 2012, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 07, 2012, 09:10:05 PM
I'm deep into mass effect 2 again, bought all the mission based DLC I hadn't played, Overlord and Arrival. I'm probably not going to be able to start ME3 until late next week at the rate I'm going...so no spoilers please :). Glad to hear you're enjoying it though, can't wait.
I will tell you one thing ... play every game and do every thing. A ton of it matters.

I am. I haven't skipped anything. My one concern is this play through I'm going pure Renegade, to have a different experience than my first time through, which I played Paragon. I'm not too crazy about my evil Shepard though, and a lot of my decisions are hard to stomach.