As I've stated in another thread: http://social.biowar...1922/1#13936151
I didn't really enjoy playing the new Leviathan DLC mainly because it would not have much impact on Shepard's outcome in the end (though I really loved finding out more about the reapers and the whole DLC looked amazing). And it got me thinking more about the purpose of games in general.
If you buy a game, it's likely you want to feel overall enjoyment from it. Though Mass Effect is a strong narrative piece of work as much as it's a game, it is primarily seen and sold as a game, and in my opinion, games are overall meant to be enjoyed (to be played over and over again, especially if you've spent alot of money on them). So why do I feel a little depressed when I "try" to play Mass Effect 3 again? I should "want" to play the game again, not "try" to play the game again. I do want to playthrough the majority of it (there are alot of things to be played through again) but the ending itself kind of kills replay value of the character for me.
If you're like me, you'd like a good balance of gameplay and story (which Mass Effect does for the most part). The ME story itself gave me drive to complete the missions because I wanted to see how it ends. While I respect Bioware's creativity, artistic vision and the choices they made to produce their work, I think the given endings are all too bittersweet and it's the lack of positive outcome for the player's character, that destroys my willingness to re-play my Shepard all the way through (the "refusal" ending in the EC only really adds more to this)
. If Mass Effect was purely a movie, I honestly wouldn't have complaint about the ending. But, because I'm playing it as a game, the end of the series felt like a really damp and heavy blanket over whatever enjoyment I had from it. Overall, I just felt zoned out by it and when I try playing Shepard (in new pre-end DLC), It feels as though she's already dead =__= .
How does everyone else feel? Do you still feel enthusiastic about playing ME3 after knowing how it ends?
P.S. Just so you know I'm not trying to kick up a fuss about the endings again. I just want to know if people still enjoy playing their Shepards as they did the first time round
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OK I think depressed was the wrong word to use. I wouldn't call myself depressed, I have in fact played through ME3 three times (there is lots of other things worth seeing again, putting the ending aside) but the following is really what I like to take in after playing Mass Effect 3:
Kataphrut94 wrote...
When all is said and done, it's still a pretty uplifting game despite the painfulness of Shepard's final moments. Depending on your choices you can create a bright future for the krogan, save the hanar and drell homeworld from being wiped out, end the war between the geth and quarians peacefully, convince the last remaining Prothean that his life is worth living, share a final moment with Thane on his deathbed, and then gut the bastard responsible like a fish on your omniblade. At the end, you've got the surviving races rebuilding, with the Reapers either destroyed for good, under the control of a benevolent AI or at peace with the newly synthesised galaxy.
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Thanks for putting that in perspective
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