titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
It's a dark sci-fi trilogy. Ending was in perfect taste imho...and the rest of the game was amazing. Their 95 was spot on. Flame-on fellow BSNers
chuckles471 wrote...
I would wait for other people who didn't get an early review copy before you see the actual score i.e the people EA/Bioware know will give a crappy score and hard to please critics. Probably even out to a solid 88-90.
titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
I'll give you an example. Instead of the ending that Return of the Jedi had, when the Death Star 2.0 explodes, so does the galaxy. EVERYONE dies. The entire fleet is decimated. Everyone you've grown invested in is dead. Yeah, the Empire is gone, but it doesn't matter because everyone else is gone too. Then you see C-3PO on a planet with R2-D2, no one else around.
Credits.
Oh, and this takes place over the course of 2 minutes.
The point is, the ending directly contradicts the entire plot, You're there to SAVE humanity, not destroy the infrastructure of the Galaxy.
You, along with 95% of BSN, miss the theme of the series ENTIRELY. It is a DARK sci-fi trilogy, not a hollywood fairytale land like starwars. Ending on the note it did was exactly what I was expecting it to do. Sure...the game could use an added ending or 2 giving some glimmer of hope to those who can't comprehend grief, sorrow, and depression in a time of extinction...but saying that ALL the endings need to be scrapped and replaced would be a mockery to what the series stood for.
titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
You, along with 95% of BSN, miss the theme of the series ENTIRELY. It is a DARK sci-fi trilogy, not a hollywood fairytale land like starwars. Ending on the note it did was exactly what I was expecting it to do. Sure...the game could use an added ending or 2 giving some glimmer of hope to those who can't comprehend grief, sorrow, and depression in a time of extinction...but saying that ALL the endings need to be scrapped and replaced would be a mockery to what the series stood for.
girres42 wrote...
"If a movie has a bad ending, it's a bad movie. If a book has a bad ending, it's a bad book."
This isn't true.
"You have to look at the game as a whole. Mass Effect 3 made the MAJORITY of it's fans despise the entire series"
I really doubt this is true.
SLonergan wrote...
chuckles471 wrote...
I would wait for other people who didn't get an early review copy before you see the actual score i.e the people EA/Bioware know will give a crappy score and hard to please critics. Probably even out to a solid 88-90.
That's not any better. It doesn't deserve that high a score.
Nick.Chabby wrote...
titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
I'll give you an example. Instead of the ending that Return of the Jedi had, when the Death Star 2.0 explodes, so does the galaxy. EVERYONE dies. The entire fleet is decimated. Everyone you've grown invested in is dead. Yeah, the Empire is gone, but it doesn't matter because everyone else is gone too. Then you see C-3PO on a planet with R2-D2, no one else around.
Credits.
Oh, and this takes place over the course of 2 minutes.
The point is, the ending directly contradicts the entire plot, You're there to SAVE humanity, not destroy the infrastructure of the Galaxy.
You, along with 95% of BSN, miss the theme of the series ENTIRELY. It is a DARK sci-fi trilogy, not a hollywood fairytale land like starwars. Ending on the note it did was exactly what I was expecting it to do. Sure...the game could use an added ending or 2 giving some glimmer of hope to those who can't comprehend grief, sorrow, and depression in a time of extinction...but saying that ALL the endings need to be scrapped and replaced would be a mockery to what the series stood for.
I wouldn't replace all the endings, but build them like ME2.
In ME2, if you worked hard, you were rewarded: everyone survived.
In ME3, whatever you do, you get depressed lol. Dark =/= everybody must die. I don't care about the loss, what I care about is if these loss are because of me or because the game decided so. There's a difference between those. I lost Wrex because of my choices, not because the game decided so. I lost Shepard/the Mass Relay/The crew because the game decided so, not because I made a wrong decision sometime.
chuckles471 wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
chuckles471 wrote...
I would wait for other people who didn't get an early review copy before you see the actual score i.e the people EA/Bioware know will give a crappy score and hard to please critics. Probably even out to a solid 88-90.
That's not any better. It doesn't deserve that high a score.
Just being realistic looking at other AAA games and critics. I hate the endings aswell, would have takin about 20% off my review if I was a critic just for that. The game apart from the ending is solid, if a bit dumbed down..... sorry streamlined in bioware speak.
SLonergan wrote...
girres42 wrote...
"If a movie has a bad ending, it's a bad movie. If a book has a bad ending, it's a bad book."
This isn't true.
"You have to look at the game as a whole. Mass Effect 3 made the MAJORITY of it's fans despise the entire series"
I really doubt this is true.
Look at the front page of these forums dude. These forums used to be filled with fanboys, and now it's filled with haters. I haven't seen an audience turn on a franchise like this since Star Wars.
girres42 wrote...
"Look at the front page of these forums dude. These forums used to be filled with fanboys, and now it's filled with haters. I haven't seen an audience turn on a franchise like this since Star Wars."
These forums are a very limited and extremely biased sampling of the audience...
Maybe.. the point of these series is that destiny is one tough mother but if you try REALLY REALLY hard and make some tough decisions then you have SOME choice. (Changing the color of the fire that kills you.)
GothamLord wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
girres42 wrote...
"If a movie has a bad ending, it's a bad movie. If a book has a bad ending, it's a bad book."
This isn't true.
"You have to look at the game as a whole. Mass Effect 3 made the MAJORITY of it's fans despise the entire series"
I really doubt this is true.
Look at the front page of these forums dude. These forums used to be filled with fanboys, and now it's filled with haters. I haven't seen an audience turn on a franchise like this since Star Wars.
Well Lucas went fruit loops and tried to change stuff therefore ruining a lot of what was loved about the Universe. By that same point Bioware just shot themselves in the foot. When you take a highly loved and lucrative IP and do something stupid its bound to get people flipping out.
girres42 wrote...
Question: If you think that a silly ending can knock down its score by 20% then what games would you score a 9.5 out of 10?
SLonergan wrote...
GothamLord wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
girres42 wrote...
"If a movie has a bad ending, it's a bad movie. If a book has a bad ending, it's a bad book."
This isn't true.
"You have to look at the game as a whole. Mass Effect 3 made the MAJORITY of it's fans despise the entire series"
I really doubt this is true.
Look at the front page of these forums dude. These forums used to be filled with fanboys, and now it's filled with haters. I haven't seen an audience turn on a franchise like this since Star Wars.
Well Lucas went fruit loops and tried to change stuff therefore ruining a lot of what was loved about the Universe. By that same point Bioware just shot themselves in the foot. When you take a highly loved and lucrative IP and do something stupid its bound to get people flipping out.
Exactly. Which is why it doesn't deserve a 95. I'd rate it a 6 out of 10. With the multiplayer giving it a big boost.
The end ruins the rest of the game, and made me regret the time I spent on it. It's bad.
girres42 wrote...
"The end ruins the rest of the game, and made me regret the time I spent on it. It's bad."
Man.. I definitely disagree with how you feel about this game but your description is EXACTLY how I felt after watching The Departed.
GothamLord wrote...
I guess I'm a little more forgiving than you in that aspect. I still enjoyed ME3 up until the end. The gameplay/graphics were good. Neither does the ending of ME3 take away from the joy and memories for me of 1 or 2. The new Star Wars prequels dont ruin the original trilogy for me. The edits the Lucas has tried to force into them on the other hand is another matter. So far BioWare hasnt tried to remake the first two Mass Effect games with massive changes.
titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
Look...we all have different tastes. I personally believe the ending, regardless of how little choice you had, was perfect. You, as well as many others, would disagree. Having your opinions is what defines us as different people...but trying to insist that you speak for everyone based on what YOU think is just plain retarded.
titusrsoooooo1337 wrote...
SLonergan wrote...
I'll give you an example. Instead of the ending that Return of the Jedi had, when the Death Star 2.0 explodes, so does the galaxy. EVERYONE dies. The entire fleet is decimated. Everyone you've grown invested in is dead. Yeah, the Empire is gone, but it doesn't matter because everyone else is gone too. Then you see C-3PO on a planet with R2-D2, no one else around.
Credits.
Oh, and this takes place over the course of 2 minutes.
The point is, the ending directly contradicts the entire plot, You're there to SAVE humanity, not destroy the infrastructure of the Galaxy.
You, along with 95% of BSN, miss the theme of the series ENTIRELY. It is a DARK sci-fi trilogy, not a hollywood fairytale land like starwars. Ending on the note it did was exactly what I was expecting it to do. Sure...the game could use an added ending or 2 giving some glimmer of hope to those who can't comprehend grief, sorrow, and depression in a time of extinction...but saying that ALL the endings need to be scrapped and replaced would be a mockery to what the series stood for.
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