Adding newer choices can invalidate the original set of choices or change the entire context of the choices, like I pointed out. Adding choices could also mean adding additional lines or sequences in the events leading up to the choice, which is effectively the same as film revisionism.
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Adding newer choices can invalidate the original set of choices or change the entire context of the choices, like I pointed out. Adding choices could also mean adding additional lines or sequences in the events leading up to the choice, which is effectively the same as film revisionism.
The child is human. " Fuck an aliens" according to Mac Walters.
And this attitude pretty much explains the intensity of the backlash. When you go out of your way to indulge your fans' creepiest fantasies, you open yourself up for this kind of shitstorm. This is what makes the whole disaster so entertaining to watch: you really can't pity Bioware here. They brought it on themselves.
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EDI is a babe you guys shut up.
Do we have any explanation for this yet?
And this is another reason why I hate the modern Bioware. Weirdo developers.
the characters who died in me2 were in the last dream sequence.
That's not going down.
Pretty much. He should have been either in the game to begin with or released for free down the line.
That, too. But I'm really wondering how this whole situation will alter their core fanbase. Are they addicted to this special brand of escapism, and will buy their games no matter what, or will the hate consume their loyalty? ME3's ending is so goddamn divorced from their expectations, and from Bioware's attitude up to this point ("you request, we'll indulge"). The outcome shall be interesting, to say the least.
Are they transferable?
Empty Space
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You're right, but my solution still works. Oh and the game I was thinking of is Witcher 1 at the very start of the game it tells you about the two different versions of the game the launch version and the enhanced edition. While there's no way of jumping between the two version during the middle of a game to the best of my knowledge it works great and maintains the integrity of the original version.
Wasn't a similar point like this vetted when the Star Wars movies came out on blu-ray a lot of people said that if Lucas would just put out 1080p versions of the unedited trilogy they would be okay with what Lucas calls cannon now?
Doesn't look like it, I can use them for any BioWare game however.
For some reason the pricing was broken in the UK store two weeks ago, so I stocked up thinking I was getting a bargain.
Who knows, I can't really imagine they can add anything meaningful at this point, but they might pull something out of the bag.
To be clear though, I'm not saying I don't want to play more because it's crap or anything, I thought it was awesome, but the ending seems to provide plenty of closure. Although thinking about it, perhaps the DLC will focus on building a community on that final planet, that could be interesting.
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I trust everyone who is infuriated by Bioware's attitude, EA's marketing, and a dearth of meaningful consequences in ME3's endgame is planning to buy The Witcher 2 if they haven't already? Especially if they didn't have the gaming PC needed for it at release, but do own a 360?
CDProjekt are more or less the antidote to the current state of the industry. Please give them money.
CDProjekt are more or less the antidote to the current state of the industry. Please give them money.
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Omega dlc i do want to visit that place again.
Only if you can romance Aria.
I was holding off because of the obvious console port downgrade, but what's so great about The Witcher 2?
Empty Space
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Then you'd really be like Neo and have a Matrix ending.
Riposte
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Did we ever meet Wrex's asari friend? It was pretty obvious that it would be Aria.
The Witcher 2 has one of the best RP storylines in a videogame (among other things which make it high quality) and the people behind it are very kind to their fanbase. For example all changes and content being added to the console port is free for PC users.
The Witcher 2 has one of the best RP storylines in a videogame (among other things which make it high quality) and the people behind it are very kind to their fanbase. For example all changes and content being added to the console port is free for PC users.
Bte, whoever was the animation lead needs to be fired. That last sprinting section before Marauder Shields is terrible looking. Whenever Harbinger shoots, Shepard gets into this canned animation and slides all over the place.
And the game is bad in general, aside from cover changes. I expected more.
And the game is bad in general, aside from cover changes. I expected more.
This pleases me.
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This might've been asked before but in the ending sequence after the credits, the child asks for another story about "The Shepard" which sounds like another sequel with Shepard in it. However Casey Hudson said this is the end of the story arc for this hero.
Any theories?
Any theories?
Empty Space
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I think Virmire survivor shows up in second one and Thane shows up in the third. Its just them saying guilty sounding things like "you would never lead us astray" that's not an exact quote, but you get the idea. Its just their voices no model.
Stuff like Omega DLC
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he's racist
zaedd was in mine.
Casey Hudson can say whatever he wants, if EA sees a way to make some profit off Shepard, there will be another game with Shepard. And judging by the sales charts, there's a lot of money to be made.
Nobody died in ME2.
StunandStab
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I just beat this and I didn't choose the ending I wanted because the game didn't say which fucking path led to which ending. It was obvious the middle was synthesis, but I wanted to destroy the reapers so I figured it HAD to be the left side with the BLUE controls (blue meaning paragon, right?), but NO, that was control the reapers ending. Augh.
I guess it doesn't really matter, though, does it?
I guess it doesn't really matter, though, does it?
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I doubt any one had even the slightest connection to Vent kid.. Show his parents die trying to protect him...Show something similar to what Homefront did with the parents in the beginning
"Mommy...Whats happening mommy"
"It's gonna be okay sweetie everything is gonna be ok"
*Gets shot*
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Did you just screenshot your own twitter?
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I'm suddenly reminded of Final Fantasy 9, which is not a good thing considering it was #1 on my imaginary list of fucked up video game endings. ME3 might have taken that place, although it's more disappointing than fucked up (relatively speaking; it's still fucked up).
Whatever, I've gone through all the stages and am now at my newly invented Angry Unforgiving Acceptance stage having fun with multiplayer. Nothing Bioware does can ever fix the ending, and I'll just have to overwrite it in my mind with a Mass Effect: Citadel TV show starring Robert Davi as Commander Bailey and Miranda making a guest appearance hunting down remaining Cerberus cells. And possibly having hot sex with Asari chicks. For undercover purposes.
Whatever, I've gone through all the stages and am now at my newly invented Angry Unforgiving Acceptance stage having fun with multiplayer. Nothing Bioware does can ever fix the ending, and I'll just have to overwrite it in my mind with a Mass Effect: Citadel TV show starring Robert Davi as Commander Bailey and Miranda making a guest appearance hunting down remaining Cerberus cells. And possibly having hot sex with Asari chicks. For undercover purposes.
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This is the most disgusting part of the gaming journalism world. Have any major sites criticized the ending in their reviews? Hell, IGN even decorated their review especially for Mass Effect. Imagine if Roger Ebert did that for a film review.
I bet a lot of those reviewers didn't even finish the game. Some of them have even argued that a game doesn't have to be finished to be reviewed.
What an embarrassment.
Don't know where you got this but.., BRAVO
except you die if you have sex with an asari
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So will they press the red, blue, or green button?
This is the most disgusting part of the gaming journalism world. Have any major sites criticized the ending in their reviews? Hell, IGN even decorated their review especially for Mass Effect. Imagine if Roger Ebert did that for a film review.
I bet a lot of those reviewers didn't even finish the game. Some of them have even argued that a game doesn't have to be finished to be reviewed.
What an embarrassment.
ME3 deserves its good reviews.
What? That's not true. Only Ardat-Yakshi kill during mind sex. Heck, Liara has been a romance option since ME1, for both male and female characters!
That PA comic is pretty funny, but the subtext that the problem people have with the ending is that it's not "happy" and that a happy ending would feel out of place is a cop out and misses the point. The op eds on the site regarding the ending are a bit smug, too. Maybe if we all were as versed in Hard Sci-Fi we'd open our eyes and understand things a bit better.
Oh man I'm dying here!
Yes, let us bow to Gabe and Tycho, the most enlightened of us all. Clearly we all need to suck it down and acknowledge the ending for the unchallenged brilliance that it is. May their smug remarks and unapologetic dicketry show us all the way.
Woffls
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The lack of choice does defy the conventions put in place by the series up until that point, I agree, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Maybe BioWare wanted us to feel the crushing hopelessness of the end of an inevitable cycle? Like death. I think that's a powerful message.
The Normandy escape is either a plot hole, or something to be explained by the indoctrination theory or whatever we're talking about today. It does need explaining, yes, as do other things.
All we really see from Shepard after making a decision is conviction, because it's not Shepard's place to question the decisions at hand, it's yours. So if you're conflicted about a decision, then so is Shepard.
Leaving lots of organics to die is better than all of them dying. That's basically the whole point of the series. There will be colonies and civilisations scattered around the galaxy, and some will be self-sufficient and survive. But the end of the cycle is actually designed for them all to die and let inferior organics take their place. The organic species that will survive are those which are not dependant on the mass relays.
I'm just basing this on observations, and a lot of comments I've read are of people wanting everyone to live happily ever after eating bubblegum pie. Yum.
That would be from here.
Edit: Beaten by 4 mins. That's what you get for checking gaf on your phone.
Omega is right beside a Mass Relay. If they have any sort of consistency with DLC released a year ago, it has been obliterated.
But they don't, so whatever.
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