Mass Effect 3

Some of the DLC weapons are utterly godlike ... in the hands of the the CPU.

But tbh I never let it bother me; I found the different weapons in ME3 very satisfying.
The M-55 Argus from the Leviathan DLC is bloody awesome; it's basically a rifle that behaves like a mid-range shotgun with a serious kick.

Ok, said I'd check back in now that I've completed it plenty spoilers in the wall of text below me including discussion of who lived / died and choices I made.


1. I Completed the Game with the extended cut installed
2. I chose to destroy all synthetics (by accident - i wanted to take control of the reapers, but once you walk so far, you cant turn back) So the Geth and EDI were wiped out,
3. both of the team members I took to earth survived, as did everyone else (apart from cortez, legion, modin and EDI).

So, the ending.... I don't have the benefit of knowing what the shorter ending is so could someone fill me in on what the big controversy was about.

I thought it was epic that shepard sarcrificed himself, and the goodbyes that were said in the run up to the assault on the pillar of light were genuinely moving. The reveal of the Illusive man being indoctrinated made sense, in that it was all the plan of the catalyst that shepard would have to make the final choice on how to deal with the reaping of organics.

Fair enough, the creators of the catalyst and the original reapers was not covered, but I would consider them to be analogous to Gods - or an advanced synthetic race that had become aware and decided that the war between synths and organics would destroy both sides eventually, thus they made the "calculus of war decision" to eradicate the advanced species before they could advance far enough to create a synthetic that would become aware - this is also a throwback to EDI - A self aware AI - The catalyst mentions that humans were not reaped in the previous cycle, it was only when they got sufficient advanced that the reaping commenced.

If it was the scene with the stargazer and the boy saying "tell me another story about the shepard" I can only assume that is a flash forward to the future - where Shepard has become the stuff of legend.


Final Verdict - Terrific game, and IMO a satisfying conclusion to the series. Also, that last shot of shepards chest, and the gasp for air really lifted my spirits.

The creation of the reapers is covered to a large degree by the Leviathan dlc which is decent enough as dlc goes. I never had a big problem with the ending (although I also never saw it without the extended cut) as playing the game is always more important to me than the ending. The problem I did have with it is that's more or less exactly the same ending as Deus Ex: both HR and the first one. Combine with synthetic life, destroy synthetic life ushering a new dark age or basically allow synthetic life to continue to control/destroy.

Zillah wrote: »

It is utterly baffling to me that anyone can consider this idea to be anything other than ridiculous.

Yo, gonna kill all the organics because they might make synthetics that might kill the organics that way they won't make synthetics that could kill the organics so I'll just kill all the organics.

It's like if I see you with matches I go burn down your house with you inside of it because your matches are dangerous because you could burn down the house with them.

Hey, I didn't write the game, that's essentially the definition of the reaper origin As dictated by the catalyst. He even says something along the lines of 'i am a vi, in that you are an animal' also, he infers that the original reapers were made from an organic race against their will.

Zillah wrote: »

Yes, that is what the game says, which means the people who wrote the dialogue are idiots.

What about the people that liked the dialogue?