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[deathscythe517]

So as many of you realize the endings for Mass Effect 3 leave something to be desired (understatement).

But here is why I believe they were likely so bad, if you will indulge me for a moment, it seems many people make the distinction that dark somehow makes something more...mature or realistic. Despite the fact that life can be heaven or hell and often is variations of both. Instead we have seen the surfacing of a crowd that wished the story to be darker, more 'adult', more mature. And what exactly do we have to show for it?

The first Mass Effect had at least a proper resolution, the game had a pretty crapsack universe to begin with if you paid attention to some subtle details it was even worse than it initially appeared. Mass Effect 2 took this a step further but it managed to avoid being dark for the sake of being dark.

Mass Effect 3 did not manage to avoid this.

We get a game with solid gameplay and combat but the storyline leads up to what amounts to Bioware using the oldest trick in the book to get an emotional reaction, killing the player character, but no that wasn't 'deep' or 'dark' enough so let's take it a step further and put the universe at square ****ing one.

I apologize for my language but I am quite upset at this.

Bioware promised many things: the ability to play after the storyline was wrapped up (ala ME2) but this is nonexistent, multiple branching paths and at least six different endings (we only get three with useless minor variations). I could have forgiven the lack of these things.

Had the endings not essentially made everything you did moot.

It seems that instead of trying to go with, I don't know, a balanced approach like in 2 where you could get a depressing ending or an incredibly happy one depending on your preference we have been forced to watch the entire fictional universe. A universe we became invested in, a universe filled with characters we learned to love, be reset, destroyed, whatever you wish to call it.

There is no other option, we get locked in a room with three choices no matter what we did, we are forced to choose what is essentially the same ending and than find out it was either a historical retelling and 'we' aren't even capable of spaceflight anymore OR it was all just a dream...

And let's not even get into how they handled the war scenario.

They lied about multiplayer not being necessary to get the best ending and in the end I feel downright betrayed. But it's too late now, the money's roling in, the 'dark for the sake of darkness' crowd will likely continue to influence future bioware games to become like this. And we are all left, our creations, the Shepards we made, the things we've done destroyed. It is like if you spent years making a boat only to have someone sink you.

[Jjacobclark]

I agree. Honestly I might consider playing bioware games in the future but I don't think i could ever play another mass effect game. playing before the events of Shepard would just be depressing knowing what will happen  and playing after, how could I trust bioware not to pull the carpet from under my feet again

Modifié par Jjacobclark, 08 mars 2012 - 07:17 .

[RiouHotaru]

deathscythe517 wrote...
They lied about multiplayer not being necessary to get the best ending and in the end I feel downright betrayed. 

...But it's not necessary.

[Marik88]

this huge rpg that has 3 parts and transfers thousands of choices from one to the other has only ONE TERRIBLE ending. That is beyond pathetic. But look on the bright side, there will be no need to purchase 20 dlc they will undoubtedly release

[Paulinius]

RiouHotaru wrote...

deathscythe517 wrote...
They lied about multiplayer not being necessary to get the best ending and in the end I feel downright betrayed. 

...But it's not necessary.

I have yet to see a screenshot of anyone with 5,000 EMS/10,000 War Assets without a Galactic Readiness above the default 50%.