It's more of a 'If I bring it up, I won't get cool Dragon Age 3 swag. I better not.' But don't worry, journalists are prepared to call you an idiot or a baby for not liking an ending. Despite the majority of people hating it, you're all babbys
Mass Effect 3 SPOILER THREAD: LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE
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It's more of a 'If I bring it up, I won't get cool Dragon Age 3 swag. I better not.' But don't worry, journalists are prepared to call you an idiot or a baby for not liking an ending. Despite the majority of people hating it, you're all babbys
thetrin
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As long as Earth is safe that is all that matters
Uuuuuhhhh....The Sol mass relay is near Uranus. That means everyone on Earth is dead.
HarryHengst
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That this catalyst/Citadel thing existed in the first place. The whole Synthesis ending. That destroying the Reapers would destroy the Geth and EDI as well (which was no doubt added simply to avoid making that the obvious paragon choice).
wait what?
ElectricBlue187
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Zomba13
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They did
If you romance her.
They just photoshopped a stock photo, put like, an afternoons worth of effort into it but you do see it.
That guy that posted a while back was right. This thread is like the ME universe. We've got our own Cycle here. We're back to the lol stock photo Tali stage.
ShockingAlberto
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The Normandy flying away would have made sense to me if you chose the kill all Synthetics choice, would have been Joker trying to save EDI, but otherwise it didn't make any sense why he was flying away and why people who were right next to me before I got blasted in the face were suddenly on the ship.
No, terrible ending choices that are based on little to nothing on what you did through the series and out of no where nonsense.
They show Tali's face in the picture she gives you, as low quality and hidden by the shadow and bright light bulge as it was, but that to me is worse, that had multiple opportunities to get it over with and decided to just give the fans a photoshopped stock image instead after 3 games.
Mordins death (sacrifice) was amazing, I'll give Bioware that. Me him and Zaeed bossed Mass Effect 2. Bros.
I was pissed off no team mates from ME2 joined you, other then EDI. As a PS3 user, I would have swapped Ashley (don't even know the girl) for Zaeed, Mordin, fuck, even Jacob.
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I was pissed off no team mates from ME2 joined you, other then EDI. As a PS3 user, I would have swapped Ashley (don't even know the girl) for Zaeed, Mordin, fuck, even Jacob.
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If she's your romantic partner, then you get the picture.
I was real pissed, at first, when the scene on Rannoch passed on the cliff and they faded to black without revealing her face. Thankfully they rectified it. I don't particularly mind the laziness in the stock photo 'shopping, either, because I presumed Quarians were gonna look like some Persian Night Elf combo anyway, and that's what alterations to the image produced.
I get that it's about dev laziness, but... well that ending.
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HarryHengst
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While i liked with they did with her (except for her wardrobe), i would have loved to have Jack back, so i could roll with my Liara/Jack/Femshep biotic girlsquad again.
That is terrible.
I would swap Ashley for Jacob if i could. That guy has a nice backside.
LOL
Or if you shoot them when they're guarding Udina.
Freeza Under The Shower
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'not making sense' and 'screw you for playing' are not the same. Nobody is saying the writing has to put shakespeare to shame, just that it needs to acknowledge the actual game and player input.
It's almost as if Bioware is unaware of Jesper Jules' Half-Real, which ultimately defines a game as being rule based structure where players affect the outcome. ME2 was limited in that regard (as was ME1 with hindsight), but not without it. It just didn't move the general plot forward, and much of its problems came directly from allowing players to affect all possible outcomes.
ME3 has a similar structure in terms of player affecting the outcomes pre-ending, but the ending itself does not.
They might as well have released ME3 as an interactive video, since it doesn't live up to the definition of a game.
come to think of it, that is the problem, isn't it? Everything pre-ending is fantastic in dealing with player choices, and then the ending suddenly changes genres and even the very medium.
Karak
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Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
Here is why I would.
They have effectivelly removed my desire to play the prevous games any more times(which I have done countless times and would love to do with ME3). The ending basically proves that nothing you ever did...means anything. It is a closed narrative.
I won't ever be playing ME 1, 2, or 3 again unless they do that because I roleplay the games and enjoy the hope that what I am doing matters to the narrative and world. Currently that has been effectively neutered.
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Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
Free = DL
Pay = YouTube
Yeah, they try to make each ending somewhat bad. I guess the "good" ending is destroying them if you have enough multiplayer points (lol) so that Shep lives. But that still kills all synthetics. Also, isn't Shepard part synthetic? So how can he live?
But that also destroys mass relays which in turn destroys the entire system according to earlier DLC.. lol
Converting everyone to part synthetic actually seems better, but Shep still needs to sacrifice himself? If they just needed his DNA why not drop some blood in there as someone else said?
That is Bioware now.
Shit Mountain, photoshops, and emphasizing choice only in marketing. Saves me money, at least.
also Chobot
Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
Instead of an actual DLC ending, they should just release a short sequel to it like AC Revelation, so that they can properly end the story.
Bioware makes some good characters though.
sort of sadden we didn't help Aria get omega back but I guess she is dead now when the reapers took the citadel.
Either that or a total retcon "sorry guys that shit just didn't happen, here's the true ending". I would be totally fine with that too.
a movie short or comic or maybe even a novel. i'm assuming anything just to make the fans calm down.
Banana Kid
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The problem with that is that any of your crew from 2 could be dead going into this game. By limiting it to Garrus and Tali, who are clearly the most popular, you can only miss out on two party members instead of three or four.
I was actually really impressed with Ashley in this game. Her voice work was really strong, and her redesign didn't bother me nearly as much as I was afraid it would.
Narrative mode bro
Zomba13
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Don't worry, it'll be the inevitable DLC mission where you fight Cerberus troops to get the station back and either have it add to your EMS score or not depending on a choice made at the end.
scarybore
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Agreed, that and Mars are by far my favourite tracks in the game ignoring the Mansell stuff. Was disappointed with the soundtrack overall, but those two fit in with the best in the series.
This is news to you? This picture has been floating around for like a week.
As if the image wasn't bad enough, the hand is the cherry on top. Hilarious.
It's much worse if you actually romance one of the ME2 squad member that can't be played in ME3:
Jacobtrollface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8GqKunyspA
game save import fucked me over so i got Kaidan altho he does have some good dialogue with James so not too bad overall.
Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
Only if it was a really well done proper ending. I'm not going to pay for Fallout-esque "where are they now" images of all the characters that takes like 2 hours to make. I want proper footage with dialogue ending.
EatChildren
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lol Drew
ditto, they should name the DLC 'The Apology'
Photolysis
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My point was that many of the mainstream sites dismissed criticism of the terrible ending as petulant whining, regardless of how well founded and explained some of these criticisms were.
In a story driven game, the story is important, and so the ending is important. I therefore expect someone competent at their jobs to notice the gaping flaws and unsatisfying conclusion and point it out when reviewing it. By all means praise Bioware for the parts of the game that are genuinely good, but don't pretend it's a flawless masterpiece with an ending shittier than something crapped out by a fanfic writer. The ending is significant, and not picking up on this is inexcusable.
If I were reviewing the game, I would give it a high score for the most part, but I would take a lot off for the ending, and most importantly I would communicate this to anyone who read it, rather than giving it a near perfect score.
Zomba13
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lol.
Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
I'm betting a lot of people will. The vast majority of the comments range from "the ending sucked but it didn't ruin the franchise" to "f*ck you Bioware", but there's also a strong movement defending the "it's indoctrination/hallucination" theory. Very few (that I have seen) are actually praising it.
So in most cases the ending didn't bother you and it would be no problem buying a DLC, or it did and you want some closure. Yes, it sad to reward this behavior by Bioware, but on the other hand, it's $10 to "fix" something that is really bothering you.
I know I'm going to be really conflicted if they do it... but so far there isn't any indication they will.
ElectricBlue187
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Also Tali, Garrus, and Liara are your Super Best Friends and everyone else was just using Shepard.
Oh god I didn't even notice that. LOL.
This is true, I suppose. Still, if they survived the events of Mass Effect 3, Miranda, Jack, Jacob, whoever, should have been able to join you.
ShockingAlberto
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It probably doesn't take that long to use google image search.
Warrior_Keoni
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Mass Effect 3 was an incredible game from start to...before the beam. But if this proves anything further with Bioware, I'm pretty much finished with more games from the studio including Dragon Age 3 whenever that comes out.
I'm pretty much ignoring all the gaming websites since they all want a turn in bed with major publishers anyway, so their opinions are a waste of time to read.
I'm pretty much ignoring all the gaming websites since they all want a turn in bed with major publishers anyway, so their opinions are a waste of time to read.
Would anyone here pay for a proper ending DLC? I wouldnt, but it seems that there are many at BSN that would... that shocks me beyond belief.
It does not surprise me, but at the same time I find it baffling that people are actually wanting to pay extra after getting kicked in the balls with an out of place stock ending that has only slight variations, and provides no closure based on the fact that none of your prior choices really matter. Then of course it adds further insult to injury by ending on a vague cliffhanger that screams, "Stay tuned for DLC!" Hell, they even plug it after the post-credits storyteller cutscene. Seems pretty clear to me that those begging to pay for more closure will get their wish. As the ending looks like it was set up for this all along.
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