Has Bioware talked about how all the alien fleets get home? If everyone is stuck in the Sol system won't a war over resources eventually breakout?
Sol system is dead. SACRIFICE
New world with Joker's babies is where it's at.
Has Bioware talked about how all the alien fleets get home? If everyone is stuck in the Sol system won't a war over resources eventually breakout?
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R/G/B
- How do you feel about the ending? Like/Dislike/Hate/Neutral(Indifferent)
The 10 Reasons We Hate Mass Effect 3 video is a pretty good summary, and all the reasons mentioned by countless other people. Hate is a strong word though, dislike might be too. As someone said above me the building blocks were there, it's just disappointing that they couldn't completely deliver, both for fans and the developers who put so much love into the series. I wanted to see the consequences for all the races I brought together, there should have been more shots of different races attacking Reapers, a quick montage of all your assets / squadmates. Your final 2 squadmates should have been on Earth, Liara stepping off the Normandy on another planet was a huge fuck you given that she was on Earth moments before making the final assault with me and Garrus.. They really should have made your squadmates/love interest at least remain on Earth with a shot of them looking up at the Citadel / Crucible. I did quite like the destruction ending apart from a few minor plot holes, but the Mass Relays getting destroyed in every ending is quite stupid. I did like the way it all looked though. And I actually really liked the after credits sequence, if only it made more sense and was in line with what happened before ie, millions of alien races stranded over Earth. I just wish they gave different experiences and consequences for different players. The similar endings is just the antithesis of everything the series stood for. I did like the design of everything though as I say, overlooking the Earth from the Citadel etc. and I think the hate Bioware are getting is too much. There's some good in the endings, but it really did need a lot more careful consideration.
- Please describe why you feel this way.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Yes/No Not familiar with the theory but doesn't make sense to me.
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y/N
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Y/N But I don't think they should do it.
- Have you played previous ME games? Y/N
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? 1/2
I just finished it, after 40 hours or so. Went in completely dark, all I knew is that there was a lot of hate for the ending.
Edit: Watched all the videos in the OP, trying to catch up on the ending backfire. Could someone point me in the right direction for Bioware's response to all this?
Also, what the hell where they thinking with the email from Kai Leng? He actually signed the email KL.
The most "formal" response has been the co-founder's message to fans. Granted, it says almost nothing, aside from the fact that they're now trying to prepare some "clarification" initiatives instead of just selling us Tack Omega Back DLC.
second part of smudboy's 'bookends of destruction' is online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlU1AtindEY
Kind of weak compared to the first one.
Kind of weak compared to the first one.
To be honest, the Mass Effect criticism has dominated the headlines for as long as it has due to the empty release calendar. I expect this thing to die down quickly once more people move on to the next big releases.I would have paid for an ending dlc like a week or so after beating it, but now . . . Witcher 2 EE is almost here, Diablo III following close, Dragon's Dogma on its heels after that. Meanwhile there may or may not be a PC edition of Dark Souls. Also, Alpha Protocol sits invitingly on my backlog.
I've moved on. Fuck Bioware.
That's it.ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R/G/B
- How do you feel about the ending? Like/Dislike/Hate/Neutral (Indifferent)
I like bittersweet endings so the concept wasn't that bad, but, it feels rushed unsatisfying and creates many plotholes plus it renders all choices made in the previous games futile by presenting you an A, B or C scenario. Most important thought is the utterly and complete lack of any kind of closure for characters we've spent over 100 hours with.- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Yes/No
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y/N
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Y/N
- Have you played previous ME games? Y/N
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? Without the ending I'd say ME3, actually ME1.
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but that only happens once, and that is in the mission you get from Admiral Kohaku when you're investigating Cerberus. The representative says "Kohaku got some information in agreement that he would report anything he found to us"
re: DLC - this has been my problem with bite-sized DLC for a long time now. To get me back into a game world and get me invested again it has to be really substantial. Like, full expansion pack level. I guess I've been conditioned by these expansion packs in the 90s. That's what it takes to get me back into a game after I've moved on. All the ME post-release DLC I didn't buy because I don't care for small 1-2 hour snippets. Actually, I don't think I've bought any post-release DLC for story-based games this generation, exceptions (and those fitting within the expansion pack/substantial content precedent) being the GTAIV episodes on one disc and Oblivion's Shivering Isles.
Kind of weak compared to the first one.
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R/G/B
- How do you feel about the ending? Like/Dislike/Hate/Neutral (Indifferent)
Deus Ex Mchina comes out of no where and dumps a bunch of gibberish on me. My choices mean nothing, pick a colour.
- Please describe why you feel this way.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Yes/No
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y beacause I am a filthy bitch
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Y again, filthy bitch
- Have you played previous ME games? Y/N
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? ME1
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R/G/B
- Green- How do you feel about the ending? Like/Dislike/Hate/Neutral (Indifferent)
- Hate- Please describe why you feel this way.
- This is not a scenario of an ending meant to be obtuse for the artistic sake of it; my problem with the ending is that it is just fundamentally badly written. Objectively, there is little merit in a set-piece in any kind of fiction where characters start acting wildly out of character, make decisions that directly contradict the lore established in that game alone, let alone the predecessors, and which goes against the very founding principles of choice and self-determination both in the confines of the game's story and the principle of the game being that of role-playing. If fanfiction writers can create stories with more logic-cohesiveness and better attention to detail to the overall universe, I don't see why this ending should somehow be immune to the criticism I think it rightfully deserves.- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Yes/No
- No- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y/N
- Y (although, it really depends on how substantial the DLC is)- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Y/N
- Y- Have you played previous ME games? Y/N
- Y- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- 1, 2, and then 3.- Favorite game in the trilogy?
- I would probably say that ME1 is my favorite, despite how its combat system is completely unrefined compared to ME2 and ME3. ME1 felt like it was actually trying to establish a universe of sorts as opposed to just sticking Shepard in various spectacles (I will admit that this approach did work in its favor in ME3). Moreover, it succeeded in delivering rather functional antagonists to also help drive the story, which is something ME2 and ME3 intensely struggled with.
NmareBfly said:
I got so sick of shooting shit, since they fucked up the sense of peril they should have at least paced their game better.This game is so fantastic. About to finish my insanity run. After.this I want to go back and play me2 again.
Instead of worrying about the last 5 mins, I think its better to focus on the previous 30 hours which were amazing. So many fantastic missions with really big choices to be made..
I got so sick of shooting shit, since they fucked up the sense of peril they should have at least paced their game better.
I actually think its the only rpg where I like stepping into battles. Compare it to the random battles in ff13 etc and the combat is just fantastic.
Seeing the reaction from Boobphysics101 makes me so glad I'm way past the rage & disappointment stages back two weeks ago.
And you never see Tank Grown Krogan again.
Here's the link. It's not updated completely. If anyone wants to help update and reorganize it, please PM me your gmail.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnCWct1HuRdkdE9yTHRwUE1ROXpXQURYbkg5Uk5XMWc
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R
- How do you feel about the ending? HATE
- Please describe why you feel this way. Wow... let's see... Shepard accepts a sudden horrible explanation without question. Aftermath is unclear and overly magical. Feels like heroic efforts have led to a bleak outcome I barely affected.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? No
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Yes if it's good and is not the extra ending content.
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Hell no. I'd find a way to see it though.
- Have you played previous ME games? Yes
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? 2 by a mile
Patrick Klepek continues to misrepresent what the disappointment in ME3's ending was about and try his damndest to tie it to fan entitlement.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sticking-the-landing/4061/
.ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R/G/B
- How do you feel about the ending? Like/Dislike/Hate/Neutral (Indifferent)
I only found it lacking in information that would have properly closed the series. I didn't find it offensive. It didn't make me feel great, but I wasn't about to rush to the BioWare forums to spit vitriol.
- Please describe why you feel this way.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Yes/No
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y/N
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? Y/N
- Have you played previous ME games? Y/N
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? 2 (I enjoyed the character-driven nature of the story).
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? R
- How do you feel about the ending? Neutral
- Please describe why you feel this way. The whole game was a bit underwhelming compared to predecessors outside of combat, so ending fell in line with overall diminished enthusiasm.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? n/a [I'll let the writers explain themselves]
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? Y [maybe would be choice if given]
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? N [should be a free "recall" fix if any]
- Have you played previous ME games? Y
- In what order have you played the games? 1, 2, 3
- Favorite game in the trilogy? 2
It was more self contained character stories rather then a character-driven story.Favorite game in the trilogy? 2 (I enjoyed the character-driven nature of the story).
ME3 GAF Poll
- What color did you pick? Blue, I didn't pick it though I just randomly selected.
- How do you feel about the ending? I hate it. I didn't understand anything I was being told and had no idea what ending I had picked, even after watching it.
- Are you indoctrinated (believe in the theory)? Not really, I don't really care about the theories.
- In general will you buy ME3 DLC? If it's a substantial piece of story-driven content then maybe. If it's character add-ons/outfits/guns then no way.
- Would you buy a revised interactive ending DLC? I don't even know how this would work but there is no way in hell I would pay for it. Absolutely not.
- Have you played previous ME games? Yes, I even double-dipped on ME2 (PS3 and PC)
- In what order have you played the games? 1(PC), 2(PC+PS3), 3(PS3).
- Favorite game in the trilogy? ME2, I like the open-endedness and focus on characters which is what ME has always done best in my opinion.
Semantics? Okay, I enjoyed the multiple parables woven together to form the main scenario that is Mass Effect 2.It was more self contained character stories rather then a character-driven story.
WTH: Im so confused.
I chose the "control the Reapers" choice and Mass Relays are destroyed and Normandy crashed on some planet with Kaidan, Joker and Liara. Thats it?
So all these millions of alien races are now trapped in the Sol System?