Menalaos1971 wrote...
Imagine yourself before you finished the game. Let's say, you took a break right after firing the second missile launcher at the Reaper Destroyer in London, and that's all you knew about the game. What would you have rated Mass Effect 3 at that point out of 10, with 10 being Perfect?
For me, I would have given this game a 9 at that point. I would have liked a little more "RPG" in my shooter, and there were a few minor graphical hiccups in conversations, but up to that point in the game I was having an absolute blast. I helped some old friends out, even a few to have "good deaths", and I worked my butt off the bring the largest fleet in 50,000 years to bear on my enemy.
Personally, the scene where the fleet arrives and the space battle began was freak'n epic. I quite enjoyed the street fighting to get to the "end", too.
NOW, rate just the Ending. There's only one Ending. Now matter how they try to spin it, it really is just the one.
0/10. The ending honestly ruined the entire series. I don't have to go into the details. They've been covered. Had they just ended it at the TIM encounter, and then given you an ending crafted from your choices, with a DA:O wrap up for your friends and the galaxy as a whole, I would have walked away happy. Hell, I'd have imported my next ME2 save and immediately started playing again. But, I just can't now. I HATE this ending that much.
Even without the endings I think I can only give it maybe an 8/10, simply for all of the missed opportunities with the choices that we made in the previous games.