Mass Effect 3

Guynemer · March 6, 2012, 23:44

...should be arriving at my door tomorrow. I've desperately been trying to avoid spoilers, so far mostly successfully.

Anyone here playing it yet?

Proteus_MST · March 7, 2012, 08:01

55 € (~ 72 $) as Standard version or even 75 € (~ 100 $ )as Digital Deluxe Version ...
that makes it easy for me to wait 6 months or more till the game is much cheaper
(especially considering the fact that I have enough games at the moment to spend my rathr limited free time on)

DaShi · March 7, 2012, 22:21

Someday I've got to finish the first one.

Guynemer · March 11, 2012, 11:55

I have no idea how far into it I am, maybe halfway? Maybe less? There are still five (I think) former squadmates who have yet to pop up, and given the massive stakes now involved, I expect some of my comrades to die, but did it have to be

Spoiler:

So far, this is pretty kick ass.

N35t0r · March 12, 2012, 21:00

Originally Posted by Guynemer

I have no idea how far into it I am, maybe halfway? Maybe less? There are still five (I think) former squadmates who have yet to pop up, and given the massive stakes now involved, I expect some of my comrades to die, but did it have to be

Spoiler:

So far, this is pretty kick ass.

Heh, yes. There were less deaths than expected, and no suicide-mission like mission so far, but i've still some way to go by the looks of it. It might also depend on performance on the previous games though. I'll need to play with other characters though, but there's at least one choice that makes me think the differences are minor.

I've already filled the power bar, even at 50% readiness.

Guynemer · March 14, 2012, 23:19

Just finished it.

There is much internet butthurt about the ending, and I admit, the ending could be better. But it is not that bad. It was never going to end "well", either in happiness or in awesomeness compared to the rest of the games.

However, it was an affecting, exciting, very challenging game throughout--playing on Insanity was a ****ing nightmare at some points (ie, multiple Banshees bearing down on me, whilst being buffed by multiple Marauders, HOLY ****ING ****)--and I would not hesitate for a moment to recommend it for any and every gamer.

It is implied that

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Al B. Sure! · March 15, 2012, 00:13

I heard the ending is all in your head.

mrboo123 · March 15, 2012, 00:44

Nice to see some people not going insane about the endings (unlike at social.bioware)

I'll admit the 1st time I finished the game the ending(s) pissed me off, but I am coming around to them.

The fact that every single other part of the game is 100% awesome doesn't hurt either

@ Guy

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Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 01:47

Just read the theory that Al eludes to, and given the ending I chose (let's call it the "red" ending), that actually makes a metric **** ton of sense. If true, that changes Bioware from "awesome series, just didn't stick the landing," to "awesome series, holy mother of god you beautiful bastards, that was ****ing amazing."

@boo

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Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 02:21

Just for shits and giggles, since I finished my paragoniest paragon game, I checked to see how some stuff changes if you play a renegade.

Holy ****, things get dark. God damn.

mrboo123 · March 15, 2012, 09:31

Originally Posted by Guynemer

Just read the theory that Al eludes to, and given the ending I chose (let's call it the "red" ending), that actually makes a metric **** ton of sense. If true, that changes Bioware from "awesome series, just didn't stick the landing," to "awesome series, holy mother of god you beautiful bastards, that was ****ing amazing."

@boo

Spoiler:

It was at that point that I started to accept the ending. I don't know if I could ever "like" it, but I can live with it. It may grow on me with time.

also

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N35t0r · March 15, 2012, 11:52

I just finished it.

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Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 13:07

Originally Posted by mrboo123

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Oh hell, I don't remember. The bar was full, and I think there were only two "fetch quests" left on my list.

mrboo123 · March 15, 2012, 13:57

@N35tor: Same thing happen to me...

@ Guy: Played any multiplayer? That affects the effectivness raiting (if you care enough to play mp, which is surpisingly good)

N35t0r · March 15, 2012, 17:06

MP for me is awfully laggy (due to a crappy internet connection), so I had to make do with 50% readiness.

Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 17:29

Have not tried MP yet; I am of the firm belief that hell is other people.

But my understanding is that you can pick different races, and your potential class depends on that race? I might give it a try; my paragon femshep is a straight up biotic nightmare, might be interesting to try an infiltrator or something.

Wiglaf · March 15, 2012, 19:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbghj...4aFUAAAAAAABAA

mrboo123 · March 15, 2012, 20:51

Fyi Major spolier in that link

Boris Godunov · March 15, 2012, 21:24

The ending sucks, worse than the KOTOR II debacle. It's not that I demanded a "happier" ending, it's that the ending(s) provided were badly-conceived and obviously rushed and incomplete. I want some closure, and this didn't provide it. The gaping holes in plot and logic were too big to be ignored, IMO.

That being said, the rest of the game is almost universally awesome. It was going to be the best of them all until... the end.

I think this is a pretty succinct article on the problem with the endings, with which I mostly agree (yes, spoilers ahead):

http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect...ans-are-right/

Boris Godunov · March 15, 2012, 21:30

Originally Posted by Guynemer

Just read the theory that Al eludes to, and given the ending I chose (let's call it the "red" ending), that actually makes a metric **** ton of sense. If true, that changes Bioware from "awesome series, just didn't stick the landing," to "awesome series, holy mother of god you beautiful bastards, that was ****ing amazing."

The ending being a dream or induced hallucination is the ONLY way it makes any sense, actually. Otherwise, the WTF factor is insurmountable to anyone who has been paying attention for the whole saga.

My problem with giving Bioware the benefit of the doubt on this is that, as mentioned above, we have KOTOR II as an example of them completely cocking up a game finale because of rushing the game out the door.

Now, IF this ending is deliberate just to set up ME4 and IF it was a deliberate allusion to the terrible KOTOR II ending, then I'd have to give Bioware credit as being amazingly brilliant. But I don't think that's reality (and the post-credits scene reinforces my view).

Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 21:45

Not sure whether or not to abandon the spoiler boxes at this point, but here we go...

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Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 21:50

Originally Posted by Wiglaf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbghj...4aFUAAAAAAABAA

Ahh, yes. Bingo. Exactly what I was talking about.

Guynemer · March 15, 2012, 22:01

Jesus... even the name The Illusive Man, instead of the seemingly-more-accurate Elusive Man, hints at this possibility.

Or, I could just be completely in the bag for Bioware. I've no idea.

Hauldren Collider · March 20, 2012, 01:11

This is one of those endings I pretend was different to make myself happy.

My theory is that Bioware was indoctrinated by Reapers to make us angry and destroy each other. They're just working for the bad guys now

Hauldren Collider · March 20, 2012, 01:34

Hilarious, but spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4EyfXOTJ4

Guynemer · March 20, 2012, 13:42

Excellent.

aadamjohnsons · May 17, 2012, 07:46

Yes I have played this games and this is amazing games. It is one of the most adventurous games I have ever played. The graphic and theme are more superb than previous variant.