Old game but still need to know (Mass Effect 3)

[Red Hawk]

Mass Effect 3 is old?

My thought too. To be "old" in my book the game has to be at least from the time period of the last console generation.

 

[red_222]

I bought Mass Effect 3. Have yet to play it still. Finished Mass Effect 2 earlier this year and moved back to the Assassin's Creed series. Finished Brotherhood and now I'm working my way through Revelations. I rarely ever play through a game right at release.

dont finish the ending, download the Omega DLC and Citadel, after the assault on the Illusive man stop the game go back play Citadel and thats how you enjoy Mass Effect.

 

[red_222]

My thought too. To be "old" in my book the game has to be at least from the time period of the last console generation.

well maybe I shouldve called it soething else considering I still play Halo on PC almost on a daily basis and have since it came out...oh the XP days.....

 

[Red Hawk]

dont finish the ending, download the Omega DLC and Citadel, after the assault on the Illusive man stop the game go back play Citadel and thats how you enjoy Mass Effect.

That would be cheating yourself out of very emotional final moments with your squad mates and other characters.

 

[Doppel]

ME3 was awesome, far too many butthurt haters ragged on it for its admittedly bad ending and ignored that the rest of it was money.

 

[red_222]

That would be cheating yourself out of very emotional final moments with your squad mates and other characters.

I havent played the ending, I kind of spoiled it for myself when everyone started saying "dont play till the end!!!"

The alternative 4th option is actually worse than the original ending it truly doesnt make any sense.

But instead of dying around your crew would it not be better to have some fun antics and break the 4th wall (I wont spoil the Citadel DLC)
and everyone is there and Anderson gives you a pretty nice gift.

 

[red_222]

ME3 was awesome, far too many butthurt haters ragged on it for its admittedly bad ending and ignored that the rest of it was money.

Seems like youre agreeing to its bad ending? If you make choices more than 3 choices in many cases but are stuck with 3 endings that means everything you went through, with your crew, your love, your paragon/renegade actions-just means they got flushed down the toilet and didnt matter.

I thought I could actually align myself with Cerberus and I kind of liked the illusive man's idea (though I didnt know at the time that you wouldnt have an option just destroy them basically using Cerberus as a mule to reel in the reapers "capture"

have you ever played the walking dead? (not the god awful survival instinct but the first one) your options and choices change the ending according to how you played the game.

 

[aigomorla]

if ur expecting the openish world of ME1 no...

ME3 was a lot more linear then ME2 which people say was a straight line compared to ME1.

 

[red_222]

if ur expecting the openish world of ME1 no...

ME3 was a lot more linear then ME2 which people say was a straight line compared to ME1.

I felt like there were more side missions in 2 WAAY more in1

 

[Red Hawk]

I havent played the ending, I kind of spoiled it for myself when everyone started saying "dont play till the end!!!"

The alternative 4th option is actually worse than the original ending it truly doesnt make any sense.

But instead of dying around your crew would it not be better to have some fun antics and break the 4th wall (I wont spoil the Citadel DLC)
and everyone is there and Anderson gives you a pretty nice gift.

Why don't you actually play the ending (with the extended cut) before you start telling people to avoid it?

The Citadel DLC is a nice sort of "afterparty" to the game but it isn't an actual ending.

 

[alcoholbob]

I bought Mass Effect 3. Have yet to play it still. Finished Mass Effect 2 earlier this year and moved back to the Assassin's Creed series. Finished Brotherhood and now I'm working my way through Revelations. I rarely ever play through a game right at release.

Developers thank you, you pay retail price while the game is hot and play them when they are bargain bin items xD

 

[alcoholbob]

if ur expecting the openish world of ME1 no...

ME3 was a lot more linear then ME2 which people say was a straight line compared to ME1.

If you like doing bulletin board fetch quests with no dialogue the ME1 is pretty open world, but if you want actual content, ME1 is miniscule in size compared to ME2 or ME3.

 

[red_222]

Why don't you actually play the ending (with the extended cut) before you start telling people to avoid it?

The Citadel DLC is a nice sort of "afterparty" to the game but it isn't an actual ending.

my choice i guess? in a way the Citadel DLC CAN fit into the story PRE reaper assault. theres a ton of ways people have bent the story to make it better and I chose this route.

Besides ive seen the ending all 3 side by side on youtube before, rather than disappoint myself I chose not to play it.

 

[Red Hawk]

my choice i guess? in a way the Citadel DLC CAN fit into the story PRE reaper assault. theres a ton of ways people have bent the story to make it better and I chose this route.

Besides ive seen the ending all 3 side by side on youtube before, rather than disappoint myself I chose not to play it.

The ending isn't just that sequence with the mass relays. There's a lot more that happens before it.

 

[Bateluer]

Why don't you actually play the ending (with the extended cut) before you start telling people to avoid it?

Even with the extended cut DLC, which I think you have to pay for now?, it still boils down to 3 colored explosions. The addition of a few extra cutscrenes in the outro doesn't suddenly make it a good ending. You still have no closure with any squad members.

The Citadel DLC is a nice sort of "afterparty" to the game but it isn't an actual ending.

Therein lies the problem, ME3 still doesn't have a good ending. Citadel was probably a good DLC, based on what I've seen in Youtube. Mass Effect was a great trilogy, and unfortunately, because EA completely flubbed the conclusion, its going to be remembered for that.

If you like doing bulletin board fetch quests with no dialogue the ME1 is pretty open world, but if you want actual content, ME1 is miniscule in size compared to ME2 or ME3.

Err, ME3's side quests were all fetch quests with no dialog. You overheard people taking, quest appears in journal, go to system, fly around scanning, avoid reapers, scans locate item, return. ME1 was the only ME game that can truly be called an RPG, 2 and 3 became 3rd person shooters.

 

[Doppel]

Seems like youre agreeing to its bad ending? If you make choices more than 3 choices in many cases but are stuck with 3 endings that means everything you went through, with your crew, your love, your paragon/renegade actions-just means they got flushed down the toilet and didnt matter.

I thought I could actually align myself with Cerberus and I kind of liked the illusive man's idea (though I didnt know at the time that you wouldnt have an option just destroy them basically using Cerberus as a mule to reel in the reapers "capture"

have you ever played the walking dead? (not the god awful survival instinct but the first one) your options and choices change the ending according to how you played the game.

The ending was bad when I played launch edition, but most people complaining about it are completely missing the forest for the trees. If you married a perfect woman, had 40 years of great marriage, and then one day she stabs you to death can you honestly say you did badly? Not really. Gotta keep it in perspective. I enjoyed every hours of ME3 until the ending sucked

Developers thank you, you pay retail price while the game is hot and play them when they are bargain bin items xD

My goal is generally to play and then sell a game while it's the same price; e.g. pay $60 on a launch title and when it's still $60 resell it on amazon. I then get to play a new game for about $20 out of pocket. I generally have no game library at all. Of course, this means I play no DLCs because they are normally released months later, after the price has already dropped, so not only would I have DLC price but also lost resale, and games drop in value very quickly indeed. This is for consoles. I think reselling on PC is far harder.

 

[Red Hawk]

Even with the extended cut DLC, which I think you have to pay for now?, it still boils down to 3 colored explosions. The addition of a few extra cutscrenes in the outro doesn't suddenly make it a good ending. You still have no closure with any squad members.

The Extended Cut is certainly still free. Three colored explosions may be involved, but at least we're shown the different states of the galaxy afterward as a result of that choice. We see what party members move on to afterward and the results of your choices. There already was emotional closure with your squad members even before the battle. And the Extended Cut fills some plot holes which threatened to undermine the whole point of the fight.

Mass Effect 3's ending is still deeply flawed, but it's not god awful like it was before; at least now I can enjoy parts of it.

 

[red_222]

The ending isn't just that sequence with the mass relays. There's a lot more that happens before it.

I know more happens before that, but i feel short changed with the whole 3 choices thing. I know the difference between the 3 as well just decided to leave it there.

My reason for going on the PC was 1-I want to start over from ME1
and 2- because I now have a gaming rig I thought brining a majority of my games on the PC would be fun (and not having to pay for xbox live)

 

[Agent11]

I took Tali and Garrus with me on my suicide charge my first play through, imagine my surprise when they crashed on a tropical shit hole with Joker and everyone else. . . I wonder when they ditched me.

Being as all the gates were destroyed, and such a planet is not likely to have the dietary requirements for such a diverse group of aliens I doubt they lived happily ever after.

 

[Red Hawk]

I took Tali and Garrus with me on my suicide charge my first play through, imagine my surprise when they crashed on a tropical shit hole with Joker and everyone else. . . I wonder when they ditched me.

Being as all the gates were destroyed, and such a planet is not likely to have the dietary requirements for such a diverse group of aliens I doubt they lived happily ever after.

In the extended cut, the mass relays are not totally destroyed, it's shown how your party members get back to the Normandy (or they just die if your EMS is too low), and the Normandy is shown taking off from that planet. And we're shown slides of each of them moving on with their lives.

 

[Agent11]

Ah that's interesting. Anyone still play the ME3 multiplayer?