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[Laughing.Man.d8D]

The Divine Avenger wrote...

Nobrandminda wrote...

Thank you OP, for reminding me why I'm still on these forums.

For reminding me that it is without arrogance or impertinence that we demand a better ending.

For reminding me that Shepard deserves a better ending.

For reminding me why I hold the line.

I think this song pretty much sums up are movement lol

This was the song that was playing in the back of my mind as I watched the ending.

In The End

Modifié par Laughing.Man.d8D, 05 avril 2012 - 07:10 .

[maverick-0023]

word brotha, word.

[Deventh]

Welcome to the club, buddy. The cupcakes are behind the couch.

[Vexia2070]

Creylin wrote...

So, I just finished my first play through of Mass Effect 3, and felt compelled to make my voice known to Bioware on what I thought. This forum is the only way I know to do it.  I'm not looking for agreement, disagreement, or debate.   I just gotta get this out.

I've been playing the Mass Effect games since Mass Effect 1 was released. Knights of the Old Republic is still my favorite game of all time, and when Bioware released a sci-fi RPG that wasn't a Knights of the Old Republic squeal, I was very disappointed. But I felt I had to give it a try anyway.

From the start, you could see the same KotOR game play and mechanics in Mass Effect, only it was evolving and maturing. Same with the story telling. Mass Effect was the next generation of what I've come to recognize as the  Bioware way. You can see it in all their games (Dragon Age, The Old Republic, and the Mass Effect series). Each  new game is a refinement of the style, and Bioware's style is the best in gaming.

Anyway, back to the point. I loved Mass Effect. KotOR was still my first love, but Mass Effect was my new obsession. I have no idea how many times I played through it. I nearly cried when my computer hard drive  crashed and I lost all my save games.

Mass Effect 2 was a continued refinement of Bioware's game making mastery. I think the walking conversation between Liara and Shepard on the balcony in the Shadow Broker DLC is one of the greatest storytelling  sequences in the history of gaming. I've played through ME2 again and again.

I couldn't wait for Mass Effect 3. I envisioned myself playing ME1, ME2, and ME3 back to back to back like watching a movie trilogy over and over again. Then, Mass Effect 3 came out, and I started playing.

It was continued refinement of the Bioware style. The multiplayer part worried me. I didn't want to have to play multiplayer to get the best ending. Multiplayer wasn't a part of the story. It wasn't in ME1 or ME2. It was an  unwelcome visitor in the game franchise that I loved. But I put aside my misgivings and just played the single  player.

The whole time I played, I played with trepidation. I was afraid to play the game too fast, because once it was over, it was over. There's only ever one first time, and no matter how good the ending was, there would never be  another new Mass Effect game with Commander Shepard. I was kind of afraid to play because I didn't want it to end, but I played on.

The entire time I played, the emotion of the past several years kept building and building and building.  Then the end was in sight. All those years waiting. All those hours playing. That time wondering and daydreaming about what would happen. What would my ending be like? I had been told I was crafting my story through my choices, after all. Not to mention all the money spent. I bought every game (twice...I actually lost my ME1 and ME2 discs in a move, so I repurchased them for a second time off Steam), every DLC, every book, every comic. I even bought a  ME2 t-shirt. All that emotional build up was about to come to a climax at the end.

And then I got...that. That utter let down that was the realization that no matter what I did, how hard I tried to find everything, do everything, make all the right choices...that nothing I did was going to affect the end of the game.  After ME1 and ME2, I felt great. I was the conquering hero who'd just pulled off the impossible and came out alive. And here...the climax of all those years and all that emotion...and it's a depressing, “Sorry, no happy ending for  you, and you can't do anything about it!” The bottom of my stomach just dropped out. I wanted to vomit.

Now, 24 hours later, I still can't look at the Mass Effect logo and not feel like I want to vomit. Instead of coming out of the game feeling sky high happy and excited with all the built up emotion of years, screaming about how great the ME franchise is, all the emotion just turned into dark, negative feelings about the game franchise I once loved. Why would I want to play a game and spend all that time and money to feel like that?

I'm sorry I didn't like the endings. I wanted to love this game. I wanted it to be great. But I feel like I've wasted so much time now on this franchise. If I'd known it was going to end this way, I would have never even started playing. I feel like it was all for nothing. Maybe someday I can play the game again, but right now, just thinking about it  makes me sick.

Anyway, as I said in the beginning, I just wanted somewhere at Bioware to know how I felt, and this was the only place I knew to come and pass along my experience with the Mass Effect franchise and what I thought of it's ending. If this isn't the right place, I apologize for wasting everyone's time.

I think I'll go play through KotOR again.

Edited in an attempt to fix the formatting.

We know how you feel...you are not alone here.
(big Hug)

[Ravellion]

I empathise. Pretty much how I felt.

[Ryleck]

That's pretty much my own feelings and experience with Bioware games.

[Rabid Rooster]

We feel your pain friend, its like being told, "here have some ice cream", and then when you turn around to get your goodies, instead you get a kick in the nuts.

[Ellychid32]

Creylin wrote...
all the emotion just turned into dark, negative feelings about the game franchise I once loved.

Looks like they didn't ditch the Dark Energy ending after all.

[HooblaDGN]

There is a good way to pull off sad/tragic endings. Red Dead Redemption did it incredibly well. You spend the whole game compensating for the sins that keep catching up with you, no matter how hard you try or hope. Your past haunts you. The ending worked well for the game. I consider it great art.

These 3 slightly different endings do not work. Shepard has spent the game reconciling species and proving the impossible to be within reach. Had the series or even the last game run with a theme of constant failure or constant mistakes, the ending might have fit better.

Not to even start on diversity of endings and closure and writing and...

Hope they have a good plan for this game. At best, they'll finish the series off as well as it deserves with free, high-quality 'DLC' (that was probably just severed from the game for kicks and press) and I'll consider looking into buying their future products. After the way this was handled, that's the best I can see happening.

Modifié par HooblaDGN, 05 avril 2012 - 07:30 .

[Setzer Daven]

With great sadness and empathy I welcome you to the tragedy that has become the Mass Effect fan club. I know there's nothing that can really be said at this point to convince you that everything will be okay. I'm still in the recovery stage myself, and I finished the game several weeks ago. I'm still obsessing over every bit of news that comes out about the DLC in the hopes that it'll provide us with much needed closure.

I did the same thing you did. I tried to make all the right choices all the way back from ME1 through the end of ME3, I made sure all of my companions lived, I gathered as many war assets as I could, I did my best to leave no stone unturned, and I played MP until I consistently maintained 100% galactic readiness. The only additional moment I experienced was a cliffhanger ending where I saw Shepherd take a breath while laying in a pile of rubble, and then the game was over.

I know it doesn't help, but you're definitely not alone. There are so many others mourning the loss of their favorite game series right now. It's a sad time for a great deal of fans. However, many of us are still holding out hope that BioWare will be able to fix it by some miracle. Supposedly there's an announcement coming from BioWare on Friday about upcoming DLC, so I suggest you wait and see what happens then.

Edit: I believe in the Indoctrination Theory and I'm still this upset about the ending because I can't say with absolute certainty that it's correct.

Modifié par Setzer Daven, 05 avril 2012 - 07:46 .

[Zaalbar]

I'm there with you OP, Mass Effect 3 has possibly the most vomit inducing ending I've ever had the misfortune of witnessing.
The Ebola virus would have made for a more satisfying conclusion then this piece of ****.

[buffyslayer12]

Agiyosi wrote...

buffyslayer12 wrote...

i have a similar story. the forum helps if you avoid the trolls. (although you may find yourself here way more than you want to be... hoping... for news to make the pain go away. {i have been here for almost a month } )

My wife has started saying, "You're reading about Mass Effect AGAIN?" The disappointment is dug in like a tick.

yeah, i just realized after i made that post, "holy crap, ive spent more
time on the forum then i did playing the game." i thought about trying
to start a replay yesterday, but then i remembered, "oh thats right,
nothing matters. "

Modifié par buffyslayer12, 09 avril 2012 - 05:00 .

[Hendrik.III]

We all feel your pain, OP. Take your place in the line and hope for the best! We'll know more in a day.

[DarkRPG]

This video helped me during my time of ME3 mourning. Never forget...

[Darare]

Single. Manly. Tear.

That was beautiful.

[The Divine Avenger]

*Cry's* hugs for everyone

it's sad to think that at one time we were all united by a shared love for the game.........but now....... that love has turned into a bitter romance that has left us all feeling empty & broken inside.

My heart is but shattered glass,
where once my soul burned brightly
now there is but an empty void
I am but a shadow of my former self
this pain that will never heal
Is the price I have paid for the love I felt
a fleeting dream of a love now lost
leads to an existance of eternal dispair 

I need a drink & maybe a cupake

[The Divine Avenger]

Nachtdämmerung wrote...

The Divine Avenger wrote...

it's sad to think that at one time we were all united by a shared love for the game.........but now....... that love has turned into a bitter romance that has left us all feeling empty & broken inside.

It is sad indeed...but I think we're still united because we all still love this game. Yes, I feel empty and broken about the ending...but its always darkest before the dawn, isn't it *hug*

so very true, we are still united by love it just has the company of a lot of pain *group hug*

[Keletian2]

The ending

"I know this hurts you"

[Tehzim]

Welcome to the club. Many of us felt this way after we finished the game the first time. I haven't been able to complete the third one again and can't even really enjoy the first one now. The whole thing is ruined. Maybe it can be saved.

For now, join the line. Get a little picture in your signature, lurk a lot, and post when you need to. Get to know "Marauder Shields" and "Hold the Line." Prepare to stop yourself from typing "LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE."

This place is turning into a regular support group.

[FreshRevenge]

No game should make you feel like committing suicide, Or feel so depress that you don't want to play the game again? What the hell was BioWare thinking? This is what they think is Artistic Integrity? It is nails on a chalkboard!

No really the ending insults my intelligence. It is nonsensical and illogical bowl of crapola if it is to be taken at face value!

Modifié par FreshRevenge, 05 avril 2012 - 10:22 .

[Nu-Nu]

Don't know if anyone posted this up, but it help me find humour in the ending www.youtube.com/watch

[2Shepards]

This one feels your pain OP. So do many many others, looking for solace stay around here, we all got shoulders for yah.

And you know that pukey sickfeeling upon finishing, I have not got that because my Shepard will stay in London till the cows come home.

Hope for better tomorrow! Hold the line!

[JasonDaPsycho]

You're not alone, OP. We feel your pain.