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[Sharn01]

I thought it was pretty well balanced, there where great sacrifices, but most of them where very meaningful. Despite some short comings I was extremely happy with the game until the ending.

[Lotion Soronarr]

No, not too depressing. Fits the circumstances.

[OutlawTorn6806]

The emotion and the intensity of emotions within ME3 is probably the best part of the game. It handled the bleakness so perfectly, and melded that into gameplay like no other game before.

[Darth Wolfenbarg]

 Overall? No, not even close. In fact, I don't think it was bleak enough. There was a sharp disconnect from being on a priority mission and being on the Normandy in-between. I never truely got the feeling that people were biting it by the millions off screen.

[Embrosil]

Well I think the game is supposed to be depressing. Right from the beginning. But then, as you make your way through, all those small little victories are making it brighter. A spark of hope. And from this point of view, I consider ME3 to be excellent. It is definitely much much better than ME2 and nearly as good as ME1. But then you get to the lift to meet the Star child and everything is ruined. So I disagree with the OP. ME3, without the last 5 minutes, is excellent game with a damn good story.

Modifié par Embrosil, 30 mars 2012 - 06:32 .

[The Train]

I'm just heartbroken that it had to end. Really. Maybe the ending was a let down to some people, but I'm more depressed now that it's over and I have to say goodbye to these characters than I ever was during gameplay. Sort of like finishing an epic novel.

[Reptilian Rob]

ME3 was all over the place.

[stormloader]

the ending was based on concepts that run our actual concepts which i presume that you guys are too young or unaware of or both, to understand
and it sounds like some of you have never had anyone die in your immediate family, so wake up
in ME1 and ME2, shep was a major badass, to the pont that ME3 COULD have ended up extremely predictable. thank frackin goodness it wasnt
and thank you, Bioware, for making ME3 loaded with surprises
the kiddies didnt get their ego stroked, darn [rolls eyes], in the name of you making a hell of a piece of entertainment
you people need to stick to halo

[StephanieBengal]

I thought the setting was fantastic and it being depressing was so vital, so much destruction and home world's being taken over by the Reapers was very brave in regards to approach by Bioware. In that regard, they didn't cut corners or sugar coat it. 

This is why the ending in many aspects just doesn't fit the bill, Bioware did a wonderful job of making this outlook become so real, the Reapers were playing for keeps and the galaxy was really on the brink of extinction.

They had me hooked, on my 1st playthrough until the ending, I honestly couldn't say what was gonna happen in the finale. Naturally you can guess, but the fact that I had a level of uncertain outlook (and I did every damn side quest and had an EMS over 5000) I still wasn't sure if that would be enough.

Again this is before knowing the ending. How many games can you say you actually felt like the outcome wouldn't be what most outcomes are (I.E hollywood movie endings)

Honestly if you take away that ending, IMO Mass Effect 3 if nothing else made me have waves of emotions that I simply haven't had in pretty much any video game franchise with the exception of Metal Gear Solid franchise.

Modifié par StephanieBengal, 30 mars 2012 - 07:47 .

[Well]

stormloader wrote...

the ending was based on concepts that run our actual concepts which i presume that you guys are too young or unaware of or both, to understand
and it sounds like some of you have never had anyone die in your immediate family, so wake up
in ME1 and ME2, shep was a major badass, to the pont that ME3 COULD have ended up extremely predictable. thank frackin goodness it wasnt
and thank you, Bioware, for making ME3 loaded with surprises
the kiddies didnt get their ego stroked, darn [rolls eyes], in the name of you making a hell of a piece of entertainment
you people need to stick to halo

You don't know ****.Your just running your mouth.I lost a uncle 2 weeks ago and my cousin lost his son in Afganistanistan in January.You keep talking about kids.Project much?I know after 23 years in the military I heard little princesses like you spout your mouth off.Your all talk.So why don't you get some baby powder so you can take care of that diaper rash.I don't know what will cure that diarrhea of the mouth but you might want to seek professional help.You really need it.So Foxtrot Oscar Alpha Delta in hard way.

[Spaghetti_Ninja]

Actually, I think ME3 is a mixed bag in many ways - ME2 still stands as my favourite game in the series. But one of the things they DID do right was the tone. There is still plenty of humour and happy moments - just walk around your ship after a mission, they really put much effort in banter and light-hearted fun. The overall mood of Reapers in the middle of genocide is unavoidable and logical, IMO.

I also loved that you could do things like betray and shoot party members, or let them kill themselves... I felt that was missing from ME2, yes you could screw up loyalty missions but that felt like ''losing''. It was refreshing. The whole Wrex/Mordin thing is one of the best sequences ever, especially after everything you and Mordin went through in ME2.

[Stinkface27]

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

No, not too depressing. Fits the circumstances.

Exactly this.

[Direwolf0294]

I don't think it was too depressing. It had its down moments, yes, but it was also filled with a bunch of inspirational and hopeful moments. Until the end of course, where the galaxy is pretty much screwed for the next few thousand years.

[Robhuzz]

It wasn't too depressing. I think the feeling and atmosphere it created were awesome. When walking around the citadel refugee camp you could almost feel the fear and desperation. It fits the reaction to a galactic war that doesn't seem winnable. At the same time there were happy moments, jokes aboard the Normandy, the Krogan/Turian conflict resolved. The news that Krogan airdropped on Palavan and, side by side with the Turians, held the line against the Reapers.

Only point that was too depressing were the final 10 minutes. For more than 1 reason.

[Icinix]

It was a good game with some great moments. It had some "What the?" ideas (mainly around camel toes, boobs, and benny hill style reaper chase sequences) and an ending that defied everything Mass Effect was.

But it never crossed to far into depressing from a gameplay sense, indeed, it did well to take you on dips throughout. Especially if you listened to various conversations throughout the Cidatel from start to finish.

On more than a few occasions my eyes welled up with that funny stuff that happens sometimes when my insides go all mushy.

Anyway - no. The emotional pacing was good for most of the game beyond some dumb lines and most of the Earth sequence at the end.

[Skyhawk02]

I was glad that it was depressing(if that makes sense), I cried a lot but I like feeling sad, is that weird?

[ItsFreakinJesus]

Icinix wrote...

It was a good game with some great moments. It had some "What the?" ideas (mainly around camel toes, boobs, and benny hill style reaper chase sequences) and an ending that defied everything Mass Effect was.

But it never crossed to far into depressing from a gameplay sense, indeed, it did well to take you on dips throughout. Especially if you listened to various conversations throughout the Cidatel from start to finish.

On more than a few occasions my eyes welled up with that funny stuff that happens sometimes when my insides go all mushy.

Anyway - no. The emotional pacing was good for most of the game beyond some dumb lines and most of the Earth sequence at the end.

The boobs are the clencher.  Came for the Mass Effect, stayed for the boobs.

[incinerator950]

It would have been more saddening to find out Shepard had to go into Cryogenic stasis for the next Cycle, or that you failed regardless of anything you've done. I wouldn't call it depressing, if you get depressed over the outcome of Novels or Video games you may need psychological help.

By Turian standards, if anyone bothers to listen to Garrus, that the ending was a Victory.

[Gallimatia]

It wasn't depressing enough. Everyone was mysteriously chipper. A mysterious device that no one knows how to finish or what to expect from isn't much to pin your hopes on. People shouldn't be making carefree plans to conquer Australia when the world is coming to an end.

[Xarathox]

I never got the feeling of hopelessness. By the time I was ready to head back to earth with my legion of storm troopers I felt every bit of confident that the reapers were beyond fubar.

I was proven wrong however. In an M. Night Shyamalan "what a tweest" sort of way. Horrible.

[jubidubi]

A good game about such a desperate fight against a far more advanced enemy should be depressing at some point. I think they did very good during the game, forcing the players to think hard about the consequences of their decisions and loosing old friends without an opportunity to save them. Until the ending of course, to many things just became pointless.

Modifié par jubidubi, 30 mars 2012 - 08:57 .

[Naughty Bear]

I think Mass Effect 3 was not dark enough. Kane and Lynch 2 in my opinion, is the darkest game ie ever played. Lynch's wife gets raped then killed before Lynch's eyes, you get tortured, nothing goes right and your being hunted everywhere you go. Lynch, a borderline psychopath actually breaks down and cries. Naked and bloody in a shop. The environments, atmosphere plus the really creepy ambient sounds makes the game look like a survival horror.

Modifié par Naughty Bear, 30 mars 2012 - 09:09 .

[philippe willaume]

I think the tone was about right.
It could have been bleaker so I understand what Gallimatia is talking about but you don't want a bunch of Alister or Anders.
At the end, sheep is facing something that never has been stopped by anyone for a fair bit of time.
But the team has destroyed sovereign and the base.

And ME3 was much much better that SWIII, Both in tone and in story.

ME3 has a plot, and is consistent with itself.

So you have cerberus blocking the the exit and trying to vent the landing zone
As opposed to
Ok we got you in force field that you can escape from.
So instead of keeping you there for the rest of the battle we are going to bring you to the central command post under a very small guard of robot of a type that you have been through by legions in SWI and SWII

At least we don't have.
“ I am not the jedi I should be”
It is alright Anakin, Mace, Ioda and myself have been saying that you a bit of an arrogant **** for the last two episodes but I am going to brush that comment aside and carry on as if nothing had happened.

Or anything of the maginitude of
"liara you betrayed me you came in the Normandy with joker"
"shepard you are breaking my heart"
Phil