Mass Effect 3

chobot.. the only flaw in ME's voice acting

So apart from Citadel what other ME3 DLC is worth getting (it's reduced on xbl at the moment)? thanks

Kiith wrote: »

I enjoyed them all. From Ashes and Leviathan are the most important from a story point of view, and Citadel is the best of the lot.

I also enjoyed Omega. It was combat heavy, but it was good combat so i didn't mind.

Loved the enemies it introduces.

I thought they were the most fun to fight in the game.

Rumours again that the Mass Effect Trilogy is going to be released on PS4 and Xbox One in March next year.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE TRUE!

Joshua J wrote: »

So just finished this after doing 1 and 2 a few years ago. I'd held off cause I heard the ending was really terrible but avoided spoilers since I knew I'd get to it at some point. Was in CEX the other day and saw it for €6. Time was right.

What an epic game. I mean the battles really ramp up the whole way through. Yeah it has its flaws. Too many citadel missions, the mission logs not updating, the weapon upgrading seemed clunky and other things but as far as a story based game I have to say I really enjoyed it. And I got the origional ending which I thought was fine. My only issue was seeing Garrus walk off the Normandy the lousy no good snake was supposed to be right behind me going to the beam lol.

I went for the destroy ending as it seemed the most fitting since Sheps whole purpose from the start is to destroy the Reapers. How the destiny ascention et al managed to survive though....... poor EDI. I didnt manage to get the best ending as I was like 1200 EMR from it. I wouldnt mind but I grinded nearly everthing. Just missing a few citidel missions i dunno where the extra points would come from.

did you do any multiplayer (if it is still possible to get a game). I think you needed a certain percentage completion in MP to boost the points for the best ending. Would only take a handfull of MP, from memory.

Don't think I patched it tbf. I checked online and seems like I got the 2nd best ending so it'll have to do. Great game though.

Kirby wrote: »

Also, the game is years old. No need to spoiler stuff guys.

It's like using spoiler tags for Star Wars at this stage. The ending was dragged all over the internet for the best part of a year too. I'd say people who don't even play games know how this ended by accident.

If you haven't gotten around to playing the series yet then the story line spoilers are probably not going to be a big deal to the person.

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Happily I can say I've manage to avoid any and all discussion of the ending - apart from picking up the general vibe that the majority thought it was terrible, so bad in fact that Bioware went back and extended it to try and quell some of the ill will.

Anyway, I'm 8 hours in and getting back into it.

It is good all the way through regardless of how it all plays out. It's just the last 15 mins. Still to this day it annoys me what it all came down to. It's like a long essay you write for homework, it's late, you run out of time but have to finish it so you just end it with " and then I woke up" type of thing.

I still would have liked if they ran with the dark energy and reaper connection theory than what they went with. It would have raised the stakes of really saving the universe never mind the galaxy.

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It is good all the way through regardless of how it all plays out. It's just the last 15 mins. Still to this day it annoys me what it all came down to. It's like a long essay you write for homework, it's late, you run out of time but have to finish it so you just end it with " and then I woke up" type of thing.

I still would have liked if they ran with the dark energy and reaper connection theory than what they went with. It would have raised the stakes of really saving the universe never mind the galaxy.

I'd have been fine with the ending we got, had it all been down to the indoctrination theory that went around and explained almost everything brilliant. Had that been the reason behind the ending, it would have been a GREAT ending, imo.

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It is good all the way through regardless of how it all plays out. It's just the last 15 mins. Still to this day it annoys me what it all came down to. It's like a long essay you write for homework, it's late, you run out of time but have to finish it so you just end it with " and then I woke up" type of thing.

That's what happens when you change writers and go from a collaborative effort from a team of people around a table......to a some hack writing the ending in his bedroom in two days. That's not an example, That actually happened for ME3.

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?