As I stated in another thread, it took me ~40 hours to run through ME3. And I can say, unequivocally, that for the first 39 hours and 50 minutes, ME3 was the greatest game I've ever played. I thought so then, and I still think so now. Bioware and the ME team should be commended for giving me perhaps the greatest gaming experience of my life for that stretch of time. And so, for the record, it is on the basis of those first 39 and 5/6 hours that I will remain a loyal bioware customer and fan.
But, as we are all acutely aware of by now, the last 10 minutes were not of the same caliber. Not because Shepard probably dies (I accepted that likelihood early on) but for a host of various other reasons, including serious lack of much needed closure. This was the game that was supposed to answer all the questions, and leave us with a sense of satisfaction and hope for the future of our own private, little universe. We didn't get it, or at least I didn't.
And the worst part of it all, for me anyway, was that it should've been great. It should've been everything we were waiting for. Bioware had greatness in its grasp, and they let it slip away. And that's what disappointed me the most.
The worst part is, they did everything else RIGHT
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:06
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Yeah I loved the rest of the game...the ending tainted the entire series for me though.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:06
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Absolutely, Ashley avatar picture person. Absolutely.
The game is so great, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who complains about the ending says this. All of these people are some of the biggest fans BioWare has ever had exactly because how deeply attached to the game they are. Mass Effect had a potential to be the greatest epic story ever told in a video game medium. THIS made the ending so unforgivable. It wasn't just a bad ending, it was the ending that ruined the best game I've ever played. GRRRRR.
The game is so great, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who complains about the ending says this. All of these people are some of the biggest fans BioWare has ever had exactly because how deeply attached to the game they are. Mass Effect had a potential to be the greatest epic story ever told in a video game medium. THIS made the ending so unforgivable. It wasn't just a bad ending, it was the ending that ruined the best game I've ever played. GRRRRR.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:07
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Everything else right is spot on... except for some of the LI's 
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:08
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And a few bugs here and there, but those will get fixed soon enough.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:09
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I felt like everything I did in ME was wasted.. ending the war between Quarians and Geth bringing the Turians and the Krogans together..Thanks Bioware.. you made me feel bad...<_<
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:10
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Lexagg wrote...
Absolutely, Ashley avatar picture person. Absolutely.
The game is so great, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who complains about the ending says this. All of these people are some of the biggest fans BioWare has ever had exactly because how deeply attached to the game they are. Mass Effect had a potential to be the greatest epic story ever told in a video game medium. THIS made the ending so unforgivable. It wasn't just a bad ending, it was the ending that ruined the best game I've ever played. GRRRRR.
^this
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:10
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I completely agree. I loved the game and the scripted deaths. The combat is a little too fast for me, but I don't play console shooters.
I loved it right up until the final mission. I think it's a great overall game with some technical issues here and there until then.
I loved it right up until the final mission. I think it's a great overall game with some technical issues here and there until then.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:11
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Foulpancake wrote...
Lexagg wrote...
Absolutely, Ashley avatar picture person. Absolutely.
The game is so great, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who complains about the ending says this. All of these people are some of the biggest fans BioWare has ever had exactly because how deeply attached to the game they are. Mass Effect had a potential to be the greatest epic story ever told in a video game medium. THIS made the ending so unforgivable. It wasn't just a bad ending, it was the ending that ruined the best game I've ever played. GRRRRR.
^this
This X1000. I will play ME3 again but I will never start the Earth mission ever again.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:12
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I was literally tearing up from the final scene with Anderson. I was thinking "my god this is the greatest game of all time". And then the god-child showed up.
The crazy thing is, the rest of the game being so good sort of overrode any anger I had initially. I was just...numbed. Until I started thinking about it.
The crazy thing is, the rest of the game being so good sort of overrode any anger I had initially. I was just...numbed. Until I started thinking about it.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:13
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Auto-dialogue was really annoying. Most things Shep said were not in keeping with the way I RP'd her. Even my canon male Shep, who I tried RPing as "canon" as possible, sounded odd.
I ended up RPing around it, though.
And a lack of control over character deaths really upset me. The fact that you can't save Thane is sickening. When I decided not to cure the Genophage, I thought it was awesome that I could kill Mordin (despite him being one of my favorite characters)... until I found out that he dies regardless. Similarly, with Tali, there's absolutely no way to save her if the Quarians die. Yeah, it makes sense, but why give us the Paragon interrupt if it does nothing?
But yeah, at the top of my list is of course the endings.
I ended up RPing around it, though.
And a lack of control over character deaths really upset me. The fact that you can't save Thane is sickening. When I decided not to cure the Genophage, I thought it was awesome that I could kill Mordin (despite him being one of my favorite characters)... until I found out that he dies regardless. Similarly, with Tali, there's absolutely no way to save her if the Quarians die. Yeah, it makes sense, but why give us the Paragon interrupt if it does nothing?
But yeah, at the top of my list is of course the endings.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:13
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aim1essgun wrote...
I was literally tearing up from the final scene with Anderson. I was thinking "my god this is the greatest game of all time". And then the god-child showed up.
The crazy thing is, the rest of the game being so good sort of overrode any anger I had initially. I was just...numbed. Until I started thinking about it.
Almost my exact reaction. The ending with Shepard and Anderson was so perfect...then it all went to hell.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:14
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So, yeah, the Mass Effect twitter team is not answering me back on why the fans were claiming what they were claiming. Outta guilt, maybe? Hmm...
Anyway, can't believe what people are saying. Don't know if I should trust the comments. I mean, the ending might be the most disappointing one ever, but remember this - lots of people hated on Star Trek as well. It might just be a 'controversial' ending as far as I know. But I don't know, so. Sigh.
Bioware is breaking my heart.
Anyway, can't believe what people are saying. Don't know if I should trust the comments. I mean, the ending might be the most disappointing one ever, but remember this - lots of people hated on Star Trek as well. It might just be a 'controversial' ending as far as I know. But I don't know, so. Sigh.
Bioware is breaking my heart.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:15
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Yep. Loved every second of it except the last 5 minutes.
I can't think of a worse ending. Shepard has been fighting for galactic civilization the whole time and no matter what you do, it is destroyed.
What was the point of uniting races if they won't be able to communicate with each other anymore?
Poor Krogan. They just have some radioactive, dead rock of a planet. It was pointless to cure the genophage because they will never thrive on that planet alone.
I can't think of a worse ending. Shepard has been fighting for galactic civilization the whole time and no matter what you do, it is destroyed.
What was the point of uniting races if they won't be able to communicate with each other anymore?
Poor Krogan. They just have some radioactive, dead rock of a planet. It was pointless to cure the genophage because they will never thrive on that planet alone.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:15
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Yeah, the rest of the game is 100/100 imho.
And like aim, that numbed the pain of the bad ending. That numbness was gradually replaced by pain as I started thinking about it though.
And like aim, that numbed the pain of the bad ending. That numbness was gradually replaced by pain as I started thinking about it though.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:21
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Agreed, even just some more itme with the LI's would have made the game's ending seem more bearable. Most of the ME2 LI's get very little screen time, it breaks my heart especially since i picked jack who they completely deprive me from.Militarized wrote...
Everything else right is spot on... except for some of the LI's
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:21
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They could simply fix the ending by adding in scenes showing what happen,..ex Wrex on his home world with female krogan showing that she will bear children and the Krogen rebuilding the society, The geth and Quarians together or the one that survived. Just these little things would have been closure or hints of the future.
It felt there was a gap when Shepard is injured tying to make the way to the beam of light,..I was thinking..did my party members die? I was looking around on the ground but no hints....It sems like something was cut or not finished.
Bioware needs to Patch the Ending so our choices play some effect because right now the ending conflicts with the Mass Effect whole theme for the game- choices matter.
It felt there was a gap when Shepard is injured tying to make the way to the beam of light,..I was thinking..did my party members die? I was looking around on the ground but no hints....It sems like something was cut or not finished.
Bioware needs to Patch the Ending so our choices play some effect because right now the ending conflicts with the Mass Effect whole theme for the game- choices matter.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:22
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Everything else right? Your mean removing player control of Shepard through linear auto dialogue? How's your second playthrough going? I'm barely getting it done cause its like watching a movie twice in a row. With VERY little changes to the dialogue there's no point in even playing it. Forget the endings, the lack of dialogue control is what killed this game and made it into a movie.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:25
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PoliteAssasin wrote...
Everything else right? Your mean removing player control of Shepard through linear auto dialogue? How's your second playthrough going? I'm barely getting it done cause its like watching a movie twice in a row. With VERY little changes to the dialogue there's no point in even playing it. Forget the endings, the lack of dialogue control is what killed this game and made it into a movie.
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Good point.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:25
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PoliteAssasin wrote...
Everything else right? Your mean removing player control of Shepard through linear auto dialogue? How's your second playthrough going? I'm barely getting it done cause its like watching a movie twice in a row. With VERY little changes to the dialogue there's no point in even playing it. Forget the endings, the lack of dialogue control is what killed this game and made it into a movie.
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Are you playing action mode? I didn't have autodialogue. I think only action mode is autodialogue.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:27
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Some folks have panned the entire game as bad. I have heard reasons ranging from bad enemy AI to forced gay romance and of course auto-dialog.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:28
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Spectre_Shepard wrote...
As I stated in another thread, it took me ~40 hours to run through ME3. And I can say, unequivocally, that for the first 39 hours and 50 minutes, ME3 was the greatest game I've ever played. I thought so then, and I still think so now. Bioware and the ME team should be commended for giving me perhaps the greatest gaming experience of my life for that stretch of time. And so, for the record, it is on the basis of those first 39 and 5/6 hours that I will remain a loyal bioware customer and fan.
But, as we are all acutely aware of by now, the last 10 minutes were not of the same caliber. Not because Shepard probably dies (I accepted that likelihood early on) but for a host of various other reasons, including serious lack of much needed closure. This was the game that was supposed to answer all the questions, and leave us with a sense of satisfaction and hope for the future of our own private, little universe. We didn't get it, or at least I didn't.
And the worst part of it all, for me anyway, was that it should've been great. It should've been everything we were waiting for. Bioware had greatness in its grasp, and they let it slip away. And that's what disappointed me the most.
I agree.. It was an awesome game.. They just... Fumbled at the 10 yard line. I however Find that.. unacceptable and While I love the game and the series.. I can't find myself trusting them again. That and stack on top of it the whole Online pass thing that EA's trying to do with every game so that if you buy something used you have to pay them money to be able to use online portions of games which are marketed features of said games. Yeahh.. no.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:30
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I know EXACTLY what you mean, dude.aim1essgun wrote...
I was literally tearing up from the final scene with Anderson. I was thinking "my god this is the greatest game of all time". And then the god-child showed up.
The crazy thing is, the rest of the game being so good sort of overrode any anger I had initially. I was just...numbed. Until I started thinking about it.
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:39
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If any of you guys follow the NBA, you'll most likely get my reference.. that being said.. Bioware Lebron'd
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Posté 10 mars 2012 - 04:41
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KillSlash45 wrote...
Some folks have panned the entire game as bad. I have heard reasons ranging from bad enemy AI to forced gay romance and of course auto-dialog.
You know, I have a really hard time taking the homophobia seriously, namely for the fact the vast majority of it seems to be coming from people who like Gears of War, where naught a cubbie is to be found and every muscle ripples with unsated and barely-contained hunger for man-flesh.
You know, the guys who go on...and on...and on...with homophobic slurs and similar ignorant crap, then proceed to watch UFC which is a ripped singlet away from being a full-blown hardcore gay BDSM video.
