No, I wouldn't want to put anyone else through one of the best series ever only to be completely crushed by how utterly terrible the ending is.
Knowing how the trilogy ultimately ends, would you recommend a newbie to play all 3 games?
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nycmode75
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#52
Posté 24 avril 2012 - 01:52
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um...I think i'd recommend Gears of War tbh. The end of the tilogy is fantastic and the last few scenes are incredible! (the fight with the queen is pretty sweet too). Oh and Clayton Carmine is ftw!!
Ugh...wish there was a PC version for the trilogy...
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 01:52
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Sure I'll recommend it.They are excellent games. Just buy Mass Effect 3 used because the ending will ****** you off and you may not want to replay it.
I think if I wanted to recommend it based on replay value, I'd definitely suggest 1 & 2 without a doubt. For me, it's hard to replay 3 given I know how it will ultimately end regardless of the choices I made, but I would still suggest perhaps buying it used and playing it just to see how the characters play out
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 01:52
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Nope. My response would be "don't waste your time, watch the highlights of the games on youtube" That way the ending wont make you feel like you wasted your time on the series.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 01:53
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Yes. I think it's a good series for playing through once. I would warn them that, very likely, after they complete ME3, they may never want to pick it up again, so if they like ME1 and ME2, get their replays out of their system first.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 01:57
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Ah....and of course I'd always recommend a game which has Miranda. ME2, to be clear. And ME1 for getting the start of the story. And ME3 for the end.
They're all good games.
However, this is one of the cases where it is best to know how things end in advance. At least the broad circumstances of it. Or just include a warning not to get too invested. Or recommend getting yourself killed by Marauder Shields, the true hero of the trilogy
They're all good games.
However, this is one of the cases where it is best to know how things end in advance. At least the broad circumstances of it. Or just include a warning not to get too invested. Or recommend getting yourself killed by Marauder Shields, the true hero of the trilogy
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:00
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Depending on the person I'd likely suggest they wait to see if the fix for ME3 is suitable. If so then either watch a playthrough of ME1 or play the bits they like and use a savegame editor to get around the fluff. Play ME2 and play ME3 but use a savegame editor to avoid the galaxy at war nonsense.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:00
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Nope: Got a good friend to finally start playing ME1 when I was around Rannoch on my first playthrough of 3. Kinda feel guilty about that now 
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:06
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I still think the suicide mission is worth the price of admission alone in ME2 ... that was just spectacular.
In 1, I really loved some of the locations and the missions, and the reveal about Saren and the reapers was pretty awesome. Playing on Virmire was fun too. Those are all definite things I'd recommend to others. For 3, it just felt like most of the game was on rails - heading to the ultimate moment with star brat. I would have to explain to them that the last game won't feel as decision-oriented as the first two ...
In 1, I really loved some of the locations and the missions, and the reveal about Saren and the reapers was pretty awesome. Playing on Virmire was fun too. Those are all definite things I'd recommend to others. For 3, it just felt like most of the game was on rails - heading to the ultimate moment with star brat. I would have to explain to them that the last game won't feel as decision-oriented as the first two ...
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:08
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I'll reccomend them to play only 1-2 and pretend that 3 never exist.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:15
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No. I wouldn't dissuade someone from playing it, but nor would I otherwise spontaneously mention it or actively recommend that it be played.
There are plenty of games out there. I don't have time to trumpet the ones that were ultimately unsatisfying. If somebody wants to bring it up, then I can make a personal recommendation, but it's not on my list of things to start conversations about.
There are plenty of games out there. I don't have time to trumpet the ones that were ultimately unsatisfying. If somebody wants to bring it up, then I can make a personal recommendation, but it's not on my list of things to start conversations about.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:16
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Festilence wrote...
I have recently recommended all three games to a friend. I think he would love the series if he did and whilst he may end up disliking the ending, I'm confident he would enjoy talking to me about it and speculating what the Extended Cut may clarify etc.
He would not dismiss the quality of three full Video Games based on an arguably bad conclusion to said Trilogy.
^- Pretty much that. I too, talked about ME to a friend. He asked what I thought about the ending and asked if he should try the series (I've previously tried to get him to play ME1 and 2 before). I told him YES Mass Effect is still a great series but ends, as the Rachni queen would say, on a sour-note.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:17
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No. I can't recommended the series. The ending ruined the entire franchise. To play the first two games would be a waste of time knowing how it all ends. And if the ending isn't fixed or "clarified" in a satisfactory way, I plan on trading in all 3 games.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:18
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I have already told my friends NOT to get ME3 at all.
I would not want them to get ME 1 and 2 either; because thats money in Bioware/EA's pocket - money they have not earned because they trashed the ending of ME3 SO bad that its offensive. Why read a series if the ending sucks and is offensive?
Its one thing to say ok, hey, we messed up - lets do it right. Its another thing to sit there behind your bowl of terdsauce at a pudding contest. When people say it tastes like crap - the answer is not 'Artistic Integrity'. I say it smells like crap - do not sit there and point out that it has genuine peanuts in it.
How many people do you have to hear tell you its bad before you admit to yourself that letting Fido take a dump in the pudding was a bad idea? It takes a certain kind of person to sit there with a smile and stand behind that terdsauce pudding. Someone truly Evil, or out of touch with reality.
I would not want them to get ME 1 and 2 either; because thats money in Bioware/EA's pocket - money they have not earned because they trashed the ending of ME3 SO bad that its offensive. Why read a series if the ending sucks and is offensive?
Its one thing to say ok, hey, we messed up - lets do it right. Its another thing to sit there behind your bowl of terdsauce at a pudding contest. When people say it tastes like crap - the answer is not 'Artistic Integrity'. I say it smells like crap - do not sit there and point out that it has genuine peanuts in it.
How many people do you have to hear tell you its bad before you admit to yourself that letting Fido take a dump in the pudding was a bad idea? It takes a certain kind of person to sit there with a smile and stand behind that terdsauce pudding. Someone truly Evil, or out of touch with reality.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:18
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Knowing the end of Mass Effect 3, I would recommend a newcomer to gaming play the Baldur's Gate series.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:25
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I would not recommend seeing the final moments of ME3 only because it would create more confusion ... but up to that it is acceptable
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:31
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Hard question really, but honestly there're so many other games that i would recommend otherwise so only if they ask me if ME is worth playing then i might just tell them.. maybe
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:32
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I won't recommend anyone buy anything from BioWare, to be honest.
Has anyone seen how the game has trended? Once the ending got out, sales tanked.
http://www.vgchartz....ffect-3/Global/
Has anyone seen how the game has trended? Once the ending got out, sales tanked.
http://www.vgchartz....ffect-3/Global/
Modifié par Sayantsi, 24 avril 2012 - 02:34 .
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:39
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nycmode75 wrote...
Or would you simply tell them to just play up to the end of ME1 or ME2?
I would tell them to play all 3, cuz I like to troll my friends
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:41
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AcesRedd wrote...
nycmode75 wrote...
Or would you simply tell them to just play up to the end of ME1 or ME2?
I would tell them to play all 3, cuz I like to troll my friends
That is another way to look at it
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:44
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Sayantsi wrote...
I won't recommend anyone buy anything from BioWare, to be honest.
Has anyone seen how the game has trended? Once the ending got out, sales tanked.
http://www.vgchartz....ffect-3/Global/
I'm sure someone will dispute vgchartz validity as a source, but looking at other games on the same site, I don't see much difference between ME3 sales drop and ME2 sales drop:
http://www.vgchartz....ffect-2/Global/
or the Bioshock salesdrop, to randomly select another game:
http://www.vgchartz....ioshock/Global/
Those numbers really aren't that strange/unusual.
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Posté 24 avril 2012 - 02:44
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http://www.vgchartz....ffect-2/Global/Sayantsi wrote...
I won't recommend anyone buy anything from BioWare, to be honest.
Has anyone seen how the game has trended? Once the ending got out, sales tanked.
Just for the sake of comparison. If ME3 tanked, ME2 bombed.
Modifié par humes spork, 24 avril 2012 - 02:45 .
