I thought a good line might use the word 'cycle', something like, "Break the Cycle."
I don't really have a problem with this line, but I think the tone of the marketing campaign would have to be a lot different. This would suggest a more high-level type of story, and the trailer would have to reflect that somehow.
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I personally find ME3 too linear. You have all your main missions that must be done one after another, ducks in a row. You can do side stuff to spread them out (though side stuff amounts to "play multiplayer map"), but the order you must do them in does not change at all.
ME2 spoiled me, with it's surprisingly open-ended "plot" (considering the recruitment and loyalty missions as plot) mission options.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed ME3 immensely. But I find it hard to replay mainly because of this: there's really very little semblance of an open world (the stupid Act format is a part of it), and the plot is completely linear. And, for that matter, just the whole theme of urgency is not one I particularly care for over an entire game. Over parts of it, sure, but over an entire one it creates that linear experience that makes me enjoy exploring less (I feel like I have to rush). A comparable game in this regard would be Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Do you have any insight into why it failed at doing this for you? This aspect worked fine for me, though that might only be because I was subconsciously comparing ME3 to DAO, which failed so hard at this that ME3 looked real good by comparison.... unfortunately I do not get that exciting sense of dread of fighting an impossible war.
It lacked:
~ability to holster weapons
~hiding the autodialogue with a dialogue wheel where you say the same thing no matter what choice you make like in the first game
~epic final mission
~decent number of side quests
~a decent journal
~open-ness in the order you play the missions in [why couldn't I decide whether to do the Rannoch arc or the Tuchanka arc first?]
~Anderson as councilor [albeit, ME2 was exactly the same aside from a costume change for him. But that still took into account your decision]
~Krogan squadmate
and most importantly: Emily Wong
I don't recall there being many instances where Shepard would say the same thing regardless of the dialogue you selected, The only one I can remember is during the prologue when speaking to the duct rat.
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I don't recall there being many instances where Shepard would say the same thing regardless of the dialogue you selected, The only one I can remember is during the prologue when speaking to the duct rat.
Siljeff is saying that what we know as autodialog in ME3, was MASKED as "Shepard saying the same thing regardless..." in ME1. Not that ME3 had that problem. I think anyway.
Eh, I have no problem with Anderson not being councilor. I would never make that idiot a Councilor anyway.
I need a politician and a diplomat like Udina, not a washed up military man who is too 'honorable' for his own good and doesn't know how to play the Game.
I thought the thorian was a pretty big weak spot for two reasons: the creepers were basically recycled vomit husks, which were then recycled again for Dr. Heart's victims, and the asari clone, which required me to turn off my brain.
I don't recall there being many instances where Shepard would say the same thing regardless of the dialogue you selected, The only one I can remember is during the prologue when speaking to the duct rat.
less that, and more "where are my options in the first place"
This is one of the reasons why I love Grunt and Jack. I hate the fact that most of the time even when I'm being deliberately mean to a character he or she basically responds with "Thank you for your pearls of wisdom, o great and magnificent Shepard. You are absolutely right, I *am* a scumbag and I think you are a fookin' genius." The conversation usually ends with the person violently throwing himself/herself on the ground and doing the "I'm not worthy" routine.
Yes, for the most part they did feel flat and uninteresting to me as well. While most characters in ME universe are burdened with at least one parental issue, the theme has never been as obnoxiously prominent as it was in ME2. Generally, character development in ME2 boils down to: I failed as a parent and/or I bet my dad is more messed up than yours. It made me glad my Shep was a childless orphan.
Siljeff is saying that what we know as autodialog in ME3, was MASKED as "Shepard saying the same thing regardless..." in ME1. Not that ME3 had that problem. I think anyway.
I don't recall there being many instances where Shepard would say the same thing regardless of the dialogue you selected, The only one I can remember is during the prologue when speaking to the duct rat.
Yeah, this is what I meant. Had they masked the autodialogue in 3 like they did in 1, it wouldn't be the glaring problem in 3 that it currently is
I keep saying this: Relative to the total amount of dialogue option the amount of times in Mass Effect 1 where all dialogue options would lead to the same outcome is insignificant. if your were to remove all dialogue options ME1 where multiple choices lead to the same line you'd still end up with more dialogue options than in Mass Effect 3.
The number one thing I missed was any space to make up my own mind. "Liara, Garrus, and Tali are your best friends! The genophage is evil! Geth are victims! Everything about Cerberus is evil! Thessia is the greatest tragedy of the war!" It's condescending and exhausting.
The number one thing I missed was any space to make up my own mind. "Liara, Garrus, and Tali are your best friends! The genophage is evil! Geth are victims! Everything about Cerberus is evil! Thessia is the greatest tragedy of the war!" It's condescending and exhausting.
Absolutely.
How about a satisfactory ending
(I kid, I kid. I'm at peace with ME3 and love it as much as the other 2. Doing a trilogy playthrough at the moment.)
Seemed a little on the nose 
Also, if it had the above four, it most likely would have had that by extension.
Me, i can't do a trilogy run. Watching the downward spiral would be just too depressing.
Half the story, a fair amount of dialogue, the other characters interacting with each other and having conflicts with each other and nobody seems to stand up to Shepard and ever actually challenge his way of thinking in a meaningful way.
Siljeff is saying that what we know as autodialog in ME3, was MASKED as "Shepard saying the same thing regardless..." in ME1. Not that ME3 had that problem. I think anyway.
Half the story, a fair amount of dialogue, the other characters interacting with each other and having conflicts with each other and nobody seems to stand up to Shepard and ever actually challenge his way of thinking in a meaningful way.
Legion/Geth VI stands up to Shepard when siding with the Quarians. Although they get a space knife through the back, so maybe the game is telling us something...
I keep saying this: Relative to the total amount of dialogue option the amount of times in Mass Effect 1 where all dialogue options would lead to the same outcome is insignificant. if your were to remove all dialogue options ME1 where multiple choices lead to the same line you'd still end up with more dialogue options than in Mass Effect 3.
It lacks a lack of annoying children for one thing.
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