The game is great, but the ending just completely kills any replay value for me. Whenever I got to the end I just spent like 10 minutes shooting the "star-child" in the head.
So did it honestly ruin the game for you?
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#227
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:38
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It ruined the franchise for me, nevermind the game.
#228
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:40
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JBurnes3 wrote...
The game is great, but the ending just completely kills any replay value for me. Whenever I got to the end I just spent like 10 minutes shooting the "star-child" in the head.
I totally did that too.
#229
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:41
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Thinking about it seriously, yes. It has killed much of the replayability for me. I could have seen myself doing multiple runs, but I doubt I'll finish the second. I'm playing up to the Cerberus base, and then everything that happens after is happily headcanon.
There'll still be all the fights, people will die, but the important thing is, there's some actual hope. Not implied hope, not some vague indication that things may work out right. It's rock solid, bulletproof hope.
Cherry, blueberry or kiwi fruit simply doesn't cut it for me. In fact, I'm even more clueless after the ending than before. For an ending promising answers to the questions, they sure served up a smorgasbord of further questions.
There'll still be all the fights, people will die, but the important thing is, there's some actual hope. Not implied hope, not some vague indication that things may work out right. It's rock solid, bulletproof hope.
Cherry, blueberry or kiwi fruit simply doesn't cut it for me. In fact, I'm even more clueless after the ending than before. For an ending promising answers to the questions, they sure served up a smorgasbord of further questions.
#230
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:42
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DragonRageGT wrote...
Lt.Boom wrote...
Truely and honestly did that ending really ruin a amazing game which start to all the way to the ending run was amazing. In my opinion it wasn't all that terrible..Granted it was a desus ex machina but then again so was the crucbile it self if you think about it.
It ruined my motivation to replay the game. I can still do it but I am not enjoying that much. Not as much as I could if things were a bit different. I don't even mean new and happier ending, although I would enjoy it, but just an ending that makes sense and does not leave so many open questions about every damn thing.
Unfortunately I feel the same way Rage.
#231
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:42
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It didn't COMPLETELY ruin the game/series for me, but it certainly lowered my excitement to replay the game. I'll do it eventually, but only because I need to get all the achievements, and that's about the only reason I'll do so.
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Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:42
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Not quite ruin
There were many MANY great moments in the game that kept me pushing to get to the end, I just couldnt wait to see what was comming next.Despite having lost my saves due to a virus, I was looking forward to playing through 1 and 2 again then hitting 3 with my real choices to see how it changed.
After the ending I have no compulsion to play 3 again, went back played 1 loved evrything about it great GREAT game, well thought out, great plot, choices, dialouge etc etc even the Mako parts i loved.
Started 2 was getting into it and had to go to work, still looking forward to playing it through
But I realise that at the moment I wont import into 3 even for all the great moments it just seemes an excersize in futility as i will not like how it ends, why bother?
So unless somthing changes I have wasted £60 (well not wasted as I enjoyed alot of it, but £60 is alot of money for somthing that I don't want to play again)
If that was what Bioware wanted then well done to them but I will be very wary of buying anything with a Bioware logo on it again.
if not if it is part of some paln then they have tried somthing VERY diffrent but I'm not sure that I will freel the same way about Bioware being a quality prodcer again, and that I guess from a company stand point is very bad I guess.
I work for a hotel and there is a theory that if a customer has a bad experience they will tell 20 people. If they have a good one they might tell 5, if you have a customer that has a bad experiende but you fix it for them excedding expectations then they become one of the most loyal customers you can have,,,,THAT is how Bioware get out of this smelling of roses
I will hold the line
but not sure for how much longer I can only care about a game for so long
There were many MANY great moments in the game that kept me pushing to get to the end, I just couldnt wait to see what was comming next.Despite having lost my saves due to a virus, I was looking forward to playing through 1 and 2 again then hitting 3 with my real choices to see how it changed.
After the ending I have no compulsion to play 3 again, went back played 1 loved evrything about it great GREAT game, well thought out, great plot, choices, dialouge etc etc even the Mako parts i loved.
Started 2 was getting into it and had to go to work, still looking forward to playing it through
But I realise that at the moment I wont import into 3 even for all the great moments it just seemes an excersize in futility as i will not like how it ends, why bother?
So unless somthing changes I have wasted £60 (well not wasted as I enjoyed alot of it, but £60 is alot of money for somthing that I don't want to play again)
If that was what Bioware wanted then well done to them but I will be very wary of buying anything with a Bioware logo on it again.
if not if it is part of some paln then they have tried somthing VERY diffrent but I'm not sure that I will freel the same way about Bioware being a quality prodcer again, and that I guess from a company stand point is very bad I guess.
I work for a hotel and there is a theory that if a customer has a bad experience they will tell 20 people. If they have a good one they might tell 5, if you have a customer that has a bad experiende but you fix it for them excedding expectations then they become one of the most loyal customers you can have,,,,THAT is how Bioware get out of this smelling of roses
I will hold the line
but not sure for how much longer I can only care about a game for so long
#233
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:45
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DragonRageGT wrote...
Lt.Boom wrote...
Truely and honestly did that ending really ruin a amazing game which start to all the way to the ending run was amazing. In my opinion it wasn't all that terrible..Granted it was a desus ex machina but then again so was the crucbile it self if you think about it.
It ruined my motivation to replay the game. I can still do it but I am not enjoying that much. Not as much as I could if things were a bit different. I don't even mean new and happier ending, although I would enjoy it, but just an ending that makes sense and does not leave so many open questions about every damn thing.
What Rage said
#234
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:45
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It hasn't ruined the game or indeed the series for me - but there is certainly much less enjoyment playing it.
We all had all these visions of what would be happened by the time the credits rolled, indeed, on the Facebook page many awesome theories about where the players Shep would be after the end (blue babies, retired on a beach etc) were actively responded with "Thanks for being great fans with such faith in our endings."
Knowing that the game series goes nowhere - makes it hard to swallow all the additional things. The roll on effect is everything that comes from BioWare now. DA2 left me unsatisfied, ME3 totally killed it.
Whatever game comes out next - I just don't if I'm going to be sitting there eager beaver to get my grubby hands on it.
We all had all these visions of what would be happened by the time the credits rolled, indeed, on the Facebook page many awesome theories about where the players Shep would be after the end (blue babies, retired on a beach etc) were actively responded with "Thanks for being great fans with such faith in our endings."
Knowing that the game series goes nowhere - makes it hard to swallow all the additional things. The roll on effect is everything that comes from BioWare now. DA2 left me unsatisfied, ME3 totally killed it.
Whatever game comes out next - I just don't if I'm going to be sitting there eager beaver to get my grubby hands on it.
#235
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:45
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The gameplay itself is great... The story though.... completely ruined... the entire trilogy. Every decision had so much weight... and they cap off the entire series with a decision as picking what color M&M to eat next... Couldn't be more let down...
#236
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:47
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It ruined the entire universe for me. Every time I play ME it'll be in the back of my head. Save Dr. Michel from getting blackmailed? *This means nothing* Mordin sacrifices himself to cure the genophage? "This means nothing." Bust through the collector base give TIM the finger blow it to hell and get all your people out? "This means nothing." Jenkins is torn apart by the geth, "This means nothing." Help Samara kill her Ardat Yakshi daughter, talk to Liara about little blue children, help Garrus avenger his team, save Zhus Hope and Shiala, get peace between the Geth and the Quarians and retake Rannoch, Save Terra Nova from Batarian terrorists, kill a thresher maw on foot, "This means nothing."
#237
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:47
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It ruined the replayability of the franchise. I had another playthrough ready to go with Renegade Shep, and I can't seem to care enough to go through with it. It doesn't ruin the franchise as such - all three games are still, for the most part, excellent. I still like the characters and the universe that was created...I just don't really want to play it anymore.
In a weird way, it's an "I love you, but I'm not in love with you" type of thing.
In a weird way, it's an "I love you, but I'm not in love with you" type of thing.
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Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:49
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All I was thinking during my first run, was "can't wait to play the game again with different choices to see how it plays out....after seeing how in the end it doesn't matter, I have no interest in playing it again. I tried (believe me I have tried) to get in to it again but its pretty much pointless at this point in time. The game overall was incredible, but with that ending I have seen all it really has to offer. Sucks too because I really love the series (The only BW titles I own). Thinking about re-playing ME1 or ME2 but I get the same feeling.
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Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:49
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game...series...everything ME, you name it gone it 5 minutes...
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Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:51
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Yes it did and the whole trilogy as well.
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Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:51
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#242
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:52
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Short answer ? Totally ruined.
Longer answer ? Deus ex machina, hero who sucessfully proved to every foe that he could overcome them suddenly decides to go almost silent and accepts everything that Mister GodChild says, very poor choices of dialogue, very similar endings except for the dominant colors, lack of real explaination about almost everything (above all the normandy flying the scene and its crash). A total turn over with the rest of the franchise. And yet that's the last thing you'll remember. Ruined indeed.
Longer answer ? Deus ex machina, hero who sucessfully proved to every foe that he could overcome them suddenly decides to go almost silent and accepts everything that Mister GodChild says, very poor choices of dialogue, very similar endings except for the dominant colors, lack of real explaination about almost everything (above all the normandy flying the scene and its crash). A total turn over with the rest of the franchise. And yet that's the last thing you'll remember. Ruined indeed.
#243
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:53
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By making everything I did pointless it ruined the inter series for me.
I can't even look at my ME games any more because it hurts too much.
Hold the line for as long as it takes people.
I can't even look at my ME games any more because it hurts too much.
Hold the line for as long as it takes people.
#244
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:55
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Not just the game but the entire franchise.
#245
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 02:59
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It didn't ruin it for me, but I can see how it might ruin it for others. When we were working on portfolios my art teacher told us to arrange our pieces so that the moderately good ones were in the front, the worst ones were in the middle, and the best ones were at the end, because the beginning sticks in your head more than the middle, and the ending sticks more in your head than the beginning.
#246
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 03:03
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I've always done at least 2 play throughs back to back on the previous ME games. I uninstalled ME3 immediately after finishing it b/c I know I'll never be able to play it knowing what awaits me.
#247
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 03:06
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I wanted to make a ME Marathon.
Impossible
all gone in 5 mins
and not only Mass Effect
Bioware won't get a single cent from me ever again (as won't the writer/s of the ending, just boycott their crap and joke of a story, honestly this guy needs to lose his job and never get hired by a gaming company again)
Impossible
all gone in 5 mins
and not only Mass Effect
Bioware won't get a single cent from me ever again (as won't the writer/s of the ending, just boycott their crap and joke of a story, honestly this guy needs to lose his job and never get hired by a gaming company again)
#248
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 03:06
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Yes, i tried to do another playthrough after finishing the game and seeing the endings, but stoped after a few minutes, what's the point of playing a game with a story based on your choices if the ending of that story doesn't care about anything you've done during the three games or is at least based on the choices you've made during the last one.
For me the destination is as much important, if not more, than the journey and if the destination suck i can't bring myself to do the journey.
For me the destination is as much important, if not more, than the journey and if the destination suck i can't bring myself to do the journey.
#249
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 03:09
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I feel sad for the people who cannot play Mass Effect anymore because of it.
For me tho, it didnt ruin a damn thing.
I still love the games and will replay all 3 until the discs are old and scratched and no longer working.
For me tho, it didnt ruin a damn thing.
I still love the games and will replay all 3 until the discs are old and scratched and no longer working.
#250
Posté 18 mars 2012 - 03:10
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I got drunk because of that ending, while smoking a cigarette, the cherry (ember of blistering heat) ended up falling off into a pile of rubble which accumulated during play. I then poured a whole bottle of fiji water on it to make sure my house didn't catch fire. Yes this is is a true story, and yes, that was a ****ing horrible ending.
