Just finished the game. Overall I really enjoyed it, but that ending definitely left a bad taste in my mouth. I chose the Synthesis, but from what I can tell, I wouldn't have been very satisfied with any of the other endings. Which is too bad, because up until the last five minutes or so, I was really enjoying the game.
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Mass Effect 3 Spoiler Thread |OT2| Taste the Rainbow
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Fimbulvetr
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But this isn't even a matter of "why don't they have X yet if it's the future?". Their suits do record things, and the game even brings it up.
diamondstar
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I agree with most especially the part in bold.
Traded ME3 CE in this weekend..feels good man. The gamestop employee hated me for it and could not believe I didnt care for it. He was part of the 20% that didn't mind the ending I guess.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
This whole recording things talk reminded me: I was actually very, very baffled on how the Council backtracked their opinion about Reapers in ME2. "Ah yes, Reapers..." thing. And then during ME3 when they actively "Lol you're right but screw you anyways!"
Made me wonder sometimes why I didn't just let the Geth blew up Destiny Ascension back in ME1.
Made me wonder sometimes why I didn't just let the Geth blew up Destiny Ascension back in ME1.
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That just seems lazy. After all the decisions we made through three games, all the possible endings are that similar? The Mass Relay's being destroyed no matter what you pick really bothers me too. That pretty much ends any realistic concept of a galactic community.
Jake Tower
Banned
Indeed.
diamondstar
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The series was fucked since ME2(good game on its own). Most felt ME3 would tie everything together and provide closure to the entire series. By doing that it would have essentially been the "game of forever". I know I planned at least 3 full(ALL DLC) playthroughs.. That was cut down to 1!
ME3 made me finally see video games as a waste of time in my old age(32). I put so many hours into the series that it really pisses off that Bioware/EA shit on it's fan base like they did. Some really don't take it as serious but I really felt disrespected by ME3. Turned me completely off to Bioware as a company when they used to be my favorite developer. Good riddance.
The Broken Ska Record
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I know that feel bro.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Well, in the game where that decision takes place, they were pretty reasonable at the time. Besides, I'm pretty sure killing them doesn't get you jack.
Jake Tower
Banned
I wouldn't go that far, personally.
I'm not one who played any BioWare games before Mass Effect, so I was going on reputation. After ME3, I say the emperor has no clothes.
diamondstar
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When you invest the amount of time I did for nothing, it can be pretty disappointing. I was already burned out on ME because I had to replay it because I lost my save. So after all the ME blitzing I did to myself and the worst ending to a series in video game history(opinion), I would say it was a HUGE waste of time for me.
Lesson learned. I won't do it again. The ME series has turned me off to brand loyalty, day 1 purchases and midnight launches. So I hope they are happy with the few extra customers they created by going more "dudebro".. Hope it was worth it.
Just wanna point something out. It's REALLY important that people be made aware no matter how lttp they are.
The final boss and true hero of ME3. Never forget that.
Funny that most of the folks in that 20% that I've spoken too try to defend it by either claiming that "All endings suck." or by saying "The ending wasn't good, but it wasn't that bad...". Essentially they pretty much start off by conceding that the ending does in fact suck. After that all their spin talk is irrelevant to me.
An ending that has massive Space Magic diarrhea at the end of its end.
this is exactly how I felt but as I said earlier I recommend playing The Witcher 2. It's Mass Effect but done right - your decisions matter A LOT (you won't see the half of the game the firt time), it has good writing, cinematic conversations and pretty deep RPG system. When I played it last summer I didn't want to play anything after that for a few weeks because it was that good. Also the company which produces it is very consumer friendly, almost Valve-friendly. It's out on 360, I recommend buying it to cleanse your palate.
Not sure what's BS about that when the pre-ending game resolves all the major issues you dealt with in the previous games in pretty satisfying ways. The major blunder comes when dealing with the reaper stuff which was shit in the first game, shit in the second game and a huge pile of shit in the third game.
utsavinheaven
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another good thing i heard abt cd-project was that they gave dlcs for free,very rare to see that.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Yeah I agree, back on ME1 they were very reasonable in denying Shepard and Anderson's allegations against Saren. That's why when they went full stupid on ME2 I just went whhaaaaat?
It's not just DLC, but an overhaul of certain parts of the game.
I think what makes CDPR unique is that they're not pushing games every year. They work on the games they push out the door, and rework them to the best of their abilities.
You're being too critical, it was far from shit in the first game. You learned about them, their plans to kill everyone, and managed to stop Sovereign.
Then the sequels came and fucked it up.
I just started playing it on the PC last night. I've had it for ages, but with the Enhanced Edition is out now, I figured it was time to jump in. So far I'm really enjoying it...looking forward to seeing how they handle the decision making since I've heard a lot of good things said about it.
Just finished it. I must say that because I liked the game itself a lot, I tended to think that the whole ending issue was exaggerated, but boy was I wrong lol
Aside from the actual nonsense, no real choice, boring, full of plotholes, pointless ending - I was really pissed that the ending sequence was cut off so abruptly.
I thought I was going to evade the Reaper laser, get on the Citadel, fight my way up for an hour, face a final boss like an indoctrinated Illusive Man or something, and then get to see the shitty ending.
It came up on me by surprise. There is no real final confrontation in the game. The battles on Earth are challenging but at no point did I think "this is it, the final battle". I was looking forward to fighting through a Reaper-infested Citadel and a final boss fight and BOOM, nothing.
Shepard is wounded, walks really slowly, and then some bullshit and GAME OVER.
I should have never doubted any of you, the ending really was terrible.
I still like the game though.
Aside from the actual nonsense, no real choice, boring, full of plotholes, pointless ending - I was really pissed that the ending sequence was cut off so abruptly.
I thought I was going to evade the Reaper laser, get on the Citadel, fight my way up for an hour, face a final boss like an indoctrinated Illusive Man or something, and then get to see the shitty ending.
It came up on me by surprise. There is no real final confrontation in the game. The battles on Earth are challenging but at no point did I think "this is it, the final battle". I was looking forward to fighting through a Reaper-infested Citadel and a final boss fight and BOOM, nothing.
Shepard is wounded, walks really slowly, and then some bullshit and GAME OVER.
I should have never doubted any of you, the ending really was terrible.
I still like the game though.
One of the most poorly designed final boss battles in gaming. On insanity it was really annoying having to fight him over and over.
Still, that image cracks me the fuck up.
He does most of Aronfosky films, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan. His work is great.
Most of the way done with my second (and most likely final) playthrough, just about to do Thessia. It's probably for the best that I'm doing it on Insanity as a Vanguard (first time was Hardcore/Infilitrator/sniperfest), because the combat is now a good bit more fun, which makes up for the cracks in the overall gameplay/story structure that become much more apparent on repeated playthroughs.
The N7 missions really are the worst, though; Hackett spending the post-mission briefings just saying "MAN THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT SHEPARD, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND GOOD THAT YOU DID THIS THING" feels almost patronizing.
Ultimately I just can't shake the feeling that the game needed more time in the oven to get all the content it needed.
The N7 missions really are the worst, though; Hackett spending the post-mission briefings just saying "MAN THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT SHEPARD, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND GOOD THAT YOU DID THIS THING" feels almost patronizing.
Ultimately I just can't shake the feeling that the game needed more time in the oven to get all the content it needed.
Well LTTP but i just finished the game yesterday
Zong i wish i had waited for the extended endings DLC, no wrapup at all really
Seems like EA got their mits into bioware and forced them to release it unfinished, virtually the same CGI just different colour filters..[sad face]
Zong i wish i had waited for the extended endings DLC, no wrapup at all really
Seems like EA got their mits into bioware and forced them to release it unfinished, virtually the same CGI just different colour filters..[sad face]
Usually EA runs a studio into the ground in the first 5 years after the acquisition then gives them another 2-5 years of slow death.
Bullfrog: acquired in 1995, the last game published in 2001 (most key members left by 1999), absorbed in EA UK in 2004
Origin: acquired in 1992, the last successful title published in 1997, transformed into Ultima support by 2000, closed in 2004.
Westwood: acquired in 1998, disbanded in 2003.
looking good for Bioware.
acquired in 2007...
Boombloxer
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alysonwheel
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I'm nearing the end of my second playthrough now (I'm on Thessia) and I'm amazed by how much it feels like 2/3 of a game. I didn't notice the first time through because I love Mass Effect and was totally swept up in it, but almost none of the rest of the game lives up to Tuchanka and Rannoch. The beginning, the end, the fact that you get a single mission on Thessia and on/near Palavan... added to the usual Bioware jankiness (why does everyone want to meet me in the same three places on the Citadel? Why am I meeting the asari councillor in the human embassy?) makes it a fun but ultimately unsatisfying and frustrating experience. Until the end, and then the fun runs off and it's just unsatisfying and frustrating,
Its never a bad game gameplay wise. The ending makes it a flawed gem.
That's arguable, of course.
I guess he is one of those for whom gameplay = shooting, not storytelling mechanics which were almost completely wiped out.
isnt it always. But I love this game.
Finished the game yesterday. I wasn't mad about the ending like the rest of the world though.
I kinda like the indoctrination theory
I kinda like the indoctrination theory
Oh no, not another person falling for the indoctrination theory!
Desperation makes people accept the silliest excuses
indoctrination theory is fan fiction not a fact.
Hmm how would you explain the lack of reload etc?
I dont think there anyway to rule it out right now
I think it could have been an interesting twist, kind of like Frodo in Mount Doom.
Bioware might use the extended cut to fit the ending to the theory (which is purely fan fiction, like you said) and try to salvage it that way.
I never was that much invested in ME plot to be honest, so I'm far from desperate. But I do like to hear alternative interpretations of controversial endings, kinda like the dreaming theory in Inception.
Do not attribute to design what can be aptly explained by incompetence.
I am actually expecting them to do that lol
They see how desperate fans are and how they cling to this theory so they might just take advantage of that
Indoctrination theory is interesting alright.
But after some thought it kind of falls apart in some areas.
Like with Anderson vs The Illusive man. Thats supposed to be good vs evil playin out in his head instead of them actually being there.
But they were there. They were Metaphors for light and dark. I wanted them to be there at the end of it all.
RIP Marauder Shields. He did what was right.
But after some thought it kind of falls apart in some areas.
Like with Anderson vs The Illusive man. Thats supposed to be good vs evil playin out in his head instead of them actually being there.
But they were there. They were Metaphors for light and dark. I wanted them to be there at the end of it all.
RIP Marauder Shields. He did what was right.