I actually like more serious, dark, thick atmosphere (in my top10 games are Heavy Rain and Walking Dead) but ME3 has just done it wrong in my eyes. It didn't work for me.
Why does Mass Effect 3 feel so depressing?
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#102
Posté 09 janvier 2013 - 03:09
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I loved the tone of ME3 thoughout.
Seeing my Shepard and all his friends pushed to the brink was great, and it truly felt like the culmination of this story. Everyone was scared and nervous and just barely holding together ... Shepard included.
But BioWare didn't forget to be entertaining. To their credit, there's still a ton of light moments throughout ME3 that make it fun to play and revisit.
If they didn't screw up so badly with the ending, I don't think anyone would feel like the game was "too depressing". I expected dark and desperate and that's exactly what I got. The problem being, there's no respite from that at the end. We don't feel like we were victorious against the reapers and that's where ME3 fails.
Seeing my Shepard and all his friends pushed to the brink was great, and it truly felt like the culmination of this story. Everyone was scared and nervous and just barely holding together ... Shepard included.
But BioWare didn't forget to be entertaining. To their credit, there's still a ton of light moments throughout ME3 that make it fun to play and revisit.
If they didn't screw up so badly with the ending, I don't think anyone would feel like the game was "too depressing". I expected dark and desperate and that's exactly what I got. The problem being, there's no respite from that at the end. We don't feel like we were victorious against the reapers and that's where ME3 fails.
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#103
Posté 09 janvier 2013 - 08:20
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Yet you have to admit, the Reaper War was done... too cleanly. There wasn't really that feeling of "this is the end of days" presant.ZajoE38 wrote...
ME3 is meant to be depressing. It's about war and extinction. It's not for children who watch cartoons and believe in superheroes who can't die
#104
Posté 09 janvier 2013 - 08:52
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ZajoE38 wrote...
ME3 is meant to be depressing. It's about war and extinction. It's not for children who watch cartoons and believe in superheroes who can't die
Rabble, rabble, war is hell, emotions, doom, gloom, reapers are unbeatable, ugh. It's a story, screw realism. Realism is what got us a sulking Shepard with bad dreams, ptsd my butt.
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#105
Posté 20 mars 2013 - 02:01
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it's like this sadness has embraced me for over a year now and i still cannot let go of Shepard & friends....
#106
Posté 20 mars 2013 - 03:38
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"Artistic Integrity". Art has to be sad and nihilistic to be "art"
#107
Posté 20 mars 2013 - 04:11
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Because galactic civilisation is being ended by a race of unstoppable AI war machines. Every day that passes, back on Earth another 1.86 million humans are marched into processor ships and reduced to a transportable liquid.
Anybody who thinks the tone is too depressing is stupid. If anything it's not dark and horrifying enough.
Anybody who thinks the tone is too depressing is stupid. If anything it's not dark and horrifying enough.
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Posté 20 mars 2013 - 05:54
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tbh i didn't find it depressing until i played citadel DLC, knowing how good it could have been has left me in the dumps and a can't play it anymore.
#110
Posté 20 mars 2013 - 06:02
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The depression was ruined by the fact that it mostly was because of people being goddamned idiots. Crucible? Could've been deployed earlier if the Asari weren't idiots. Could've been *built* earlier if the Council had used some sense "well maybe that mecha chtulu that is older than the Geth IS one of those Reaper things...hm..." just...ugh. Little boy refusing to take Shep's hand to safety. Why should I feel bad he got blown up? Moron.
It's not depressing to me as much as a long exercise in headdesking.
The starbrat is pretty much the point where I just go
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That said there were some geniune depressing moments like Legion's sacrifice (even though that also is pretty wut? Inducing in hindsight), Mordin's sacrifice (which thankfully feels legit).
It's not depressing to me as much as a long exercise in headdesking.
The starbrat is pretty much the point where I just go
. That said there were some geniune depressing moments like Legion's sacrifice (even though that also is pretty wut? Inducing in hindsight), Mordin's sacrifice (which thankfully feels legit).
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#111
Posté 20 mars 2013 - 06:18
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OdanUrr wrote...
It's a war? Those aren't exactly cheerful.
Unless you win...oh wait....
