damn, I didn't know.
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Trailer [Out Now]
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damn, I didn't know.
Joker.
SniperHunter
Banned
I am done with this series, not going to bother with this. I will just watch it on youtube.
KingJ2002
Member
i'm interested in playing but when you already know the ending to the game... all this stuff becomes kinda moot.
with games like ME3... DLC should be prologue stuff or stuff before the game started. which they kind of already did in ME2.
there's really no win here... i wouldn't be surprised if this DLC didnt do well.
with games like ME3... DLC should be prologue stuff or stuff before the game started. which they kind of already did in ME2.
there's really no win here... i wouldn't be surprised if this DLC didnt do well.
WrenchNinja
Member
Looks nice but totally pointless. Pre-ending DLC starring Shepard and involvinh"omg ancient super weapon that might stop the reaper" is just completely stupid. Oh boy, they'll get into the backstory of the Reaper, well golly, why didn't you do that in the main game.
You want to do some side story crap, do something like Minerva's Den and have it star someone else having their own adventure.
You want to do some side story crap, do something like Minerva's Den and have it star someone else having their own adventure.
Never going to happen. You'll get Aria, but as a temp squadmate with limited dialogue.
That's silly.
I would have bought any DLC if the ending had been complete at launch. Perhaps just to support Bioware in doing more SP content. But since I know they don't really care for quality, I have no issue not giving them one penny.
That's silly.
I would have bought any DLC if the ending had been complete at launch. Perhaps just to support Bioware in doing more SP content. But since I know they don't really care for quality, I have no issue not giving them one penny.
That's why i said some people.
Oblivionmancer
Member
That's a good question. In mass effect 2 I used the dlc as a excuses for additional playthroughs, so I never really played them after the story, but they still carried over into my saves for 3. I think I'd have been more likely to pick them up if the ending hadn't been such a letdown, but not as certain as in mass effect 2.
Who wants to play a Mass Effect game taking place in a future where everyone has
green glowing eyes
Sure. Why not a Mass Effect RTS game or something? You've already got a bunch of different playable races. Revamp the choice system and go back into another RPG or give me a FPS.
More or less.
There's also the point of urgency and scale. The scale of the game is a galactic threat. Any DLC that is less than that is going to feel like a downgrade. The Extended Cut DLC expanded on the story in the only way that really mattered: forward. The galactic threat is over. But there's not much room to escalate the threat when the Reapers are here already, and there's a desperate, but plausible plan in the works to counter them. I mean, what more do you need?
ME2 had it easier with making DLC relevant as it was a more personal story. Lair of the Shadow Broker was the Liara DLC. Which was perfectly fitting for the game. A friend is in trouble, go help her. Like you did with so many other characters. Arrival then ended it all with a reminder that from here on out, it's all about the Reapers. Setting up ME3.
So any story DLC that isn't about the direct path to defeating the Reapers is going to feel like a bit of a detour. Even Javik seemed a bit of a detour, but he made up for it by being a a squadmate. Unless you actually recruit Leviathan, making Shepard's unlikely alliance even that more unlikely, I just don't see why Shepard should bother. Same with Omega. He has a fleet, he has a plan, it's time to take back Earth. Leviathan and Omega? Yeah, it can wait. the Reaper invasion? It can't.
But then the game ends, rather definitively. And guess what? With the
Reapers defeated
Bioware basically painted themselves into a DLC corner with the way ME3 ends. ME2's open ending was a much better starting point for DLC.
Blue Ninja
Member
Yeah, I'll get this. Maybe not day one, but definitely. Still need to finish ME3 on Insanity anyway.
BabeSlayer
Member
I'll get it day one. Been looking for a reason to return and go through the new ending stuff anyhow this will give me the perfect excuse...much as I hated the ending to 3 I still love Mass Effect...
It adds DIALOGUES, not an additional choice on how to deal with the Reapers. As far as i know. I think its probably at the part where the
Starkid
WrenchNinja
Member
If they hadn't ended the series definitively, probably.
What? I think you got it wrong. They never said ME3 was the last Mass Effect game. They said its the last game of Shepard story.
I definitely think that you'll see prequels and spin-offs but always without Shepard. And nothing set after ME3 end. Or they'll pick some kind of bullshit cannon ending. I'll predict:
Some kind of Uncharted like game in space.
Stand-alone wave based game set in the ME universe. Probably a F2P launching on the next generation of consoles.
Part of me thinks that Bioware is finished with RPG. :|
They did say they were interested into going into the past. As if that means during the time Shepard was "dead" in ME2 or during old wars like the first Contact War or the Krogan Rebellions... that remains to be seen, but i figure we won't know until next year or even 2014.
I could understand people wanting to buy this if it was post-ending DLC...instead this will probably net you a few extra hundred meaningless "War Asset" points and let you play an hour or so of missions with mute squadmates, and then get the same shitty ending(s). Pass.
Mass Effect: Archangel would be interesting.
Actually, come to think of it, you know what would make Take Back Omega an instant buy from me? You play as Garrus. Omega is his town, his story. Let him handle that while Shepard does the whole alliances thing. Garrus does what he does best with a high powered sniper rifle and a target rich environment, and he knows every nook and cranny of Omega. For laughs, it should be an Archangel and Aria buddy cop scenario.
Of course, since Garrus might be dead from ME2, this probably won't happen. Unless it's specifically spelled out that if you're playing a ME2 import, Garrus has to be alive to play it.
Speedymanic
Banned
will watch story cut-scenes on YouTube, just as I did with the new endings. I'll only play ME3 again if/when they release post end game DLC, but with each passing day, that becomes more and more unlikely.
WrenchNinja
Member
Do you really expect them to make a game that's set post ending? I mean I suppose they could just pick one and say that's the one that's canon. They're not above dismissing any choices the player has made.
As i said in my other post, it's more likely that the next ME will be set in the past since the differences between the 3 endings are rather significant in their impact on the galaxy, and unless they go and say "The Destroy ending is canon!", it's impossible to make a post ending ME.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Day none.
Escape Goat
Member
Pretty much why I won't be buying it. I hope BioWare learns something from all this crap.
WrenchNinja
Member
Well that is what I meant by the series being definitively ended.
I didn't get all dramatic over the ending of 3 but it did bum me out on the whole series. I went from OMG! for all DLC after playing 2 ... to meh after playing 3. Just had to add my voice to this in case ME team is reading this. The changes to interactions with companions really bummed me out in 3, and the whole last mission on Earth was a huge letdown. Sorry BioWare, but you're losing me...
Doubt it. If their Facebook is anything to go by they pretty much won back all of their dudebro fanbase with that DLC ending expansion. I'm sure this will sell like hotcakes.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Regardless of whether or not it was a good game, the idea of pre-ending story content for a series that has ended is just.... yeah, zero incentive.
In case anybody besides me was wondering, it seems we'll be getting all of the additional weapon modsincluding the seven excluded from the Earth DLCin Leviathan.
Will buy it even though I agree with most that ME 3 DLC just doesn't make much sense considering how the story pace is set up.
The only kind of DLC that would work for ME 3 is one that adds replay-value like additional squadmate that matters to the story and provides additional dialogues/back story throughout the game like Javik. Any stand-alone mission just wont work well like ME2.
The only kind of DLC that would work for ME 3 is one that adds replay-value like additional squadmate that matters to the story and provides additional dialogues/back story throughout the game like Javik. Any stand-alone mission just wont work well like ME2.