Mass Effect 3

Is awesome.

Except for that face import bug if you carried your Shepherd over from ME1. It's broken. And stupid. It's like replacing optimus prime in the live action transformers with Tom Cruise.

(Oh and fuck you lenko. But we still love you.)

Played a couple hours so far, seems like there was more actual main story in that then there was in the entire of Mass Effect 2 :)

First game I've really tried to play in 3d, adds a lot to the immersion but aiming is so hard with it on and I think my eyes hate it. So will give up on that for now.

There's a lot of hatred about the endings for ME3. It's worth seeing the third ending though - it's much better.

I've played through the game twice now. First time was about 80% completed (side quests), second time 99%. I messed up one mission. Doh.

There are some fucking epic moments in ME3 and Ive never felt so emotionally engaged with game characters ever.

This is my all time favourite game.

Edit: After all my trouble trying to buy ME3 via Origin, I got an email today telling me my purchase was unsuccessful because they didn't receive the funds. No shit. That's because your fucking purchasing system is broken. Retards.

That email from Origin about the funds? Look closer. I got it too. It is a scam. At least the one I got was. It was incredibly well forged (even the order number was in the correct format).

Beyond this, ME3 is absolutely amazing. I am only part way through (how have you played through 2 times? :o), but I have loved every minute so far.

Like most Bioware games, the first hour was rough, but it was enjoyable enough.

I am actually really enjoying the combat in ME3 as well. It took me a few hours to get used to the cover/movement system, but when I did, I got really in to it. Bring on the Brutes!

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Ive never felt so emotionally engaged with game characters ever.

It seems silly, but I can't agree more. There have been some moments in the game where I have had that sickening sinking feeling in my stomach. It is so fucking emotional at times. I am forcing myself to play through and deal with the consequences of the actions I take, but there have been times where I have just wanted to restore to an earlier save and play through again.

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That email from Origin about the funds? Look closer. I got it too. It is a scam. At least the one I got was. It was incredibly well forged (even the order number was in the correct format).

Wow so it is - I usually pick up on shit like that straight away too.

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Beyond this, ME3 is absolutely amazing. I am only part way through (how have you played through 2 times? :o), but I have loved every minute so far.

Got it on the 3rd and don't have a job :P I'm 3/4 through my 3rd play-thru atm. :P

Also; I just got a genuine email from Origin. They gave me all the pre-order DLC codes for a game I didn't buy. dafuq?

I seriously don't know why people are so annoyed at the endings. I have seen all three (and lets be honest, there really are only two... it is just one has a twist). There are all fine. They are suitably epic for sure.

They leave alot of questions unanswered, but Bioware will release DLC and maybe even new Mass Effect games until the end of time. Or at least until it stops making them money.

For those who have seen the ending... we all know which part people are really pissed about, and I think people are being a bit too sensitive. Personally I have no problems with that part of the ending. It's a fucking narrative device for fucks sake.

[hide=Spoiler]I'm annoyed that the only difference between the endings really is the colour of them. Also, wtf. Lack of boss fight.

Ending the series is fine, how they decided to cap the story off is like the writers went all 'herp derp' we have nfi what to do.[/hide]

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Did you notice that if you chose to destroy the reapers; in the cut-scene all the humans get nuked? That's the only problem I have with the endings really.

The third ending is the best imo. At least Joker and EDI get to chill and start a new life.
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I seriously don't get people's objections to the endings... what am I missing?

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People are claiming it basically nullifies all the choices they made in the game up to that point... I call bullshit.

Every choice you made was still important. They just pale in comparision to that last choice you have to make, which to me is a fucking brilliant way to end the game.

When the Quarians got wiped out, and Tali commited suicide because of a choice I made, that was one of the most emotional moments I have experienced in a story (book, movie, whatever)... the reduction of the ending to a final ultimate choice didn't change that.

When I made the call to sacrific the hive queen to pull Grunt's men out, and Grunt stayed behind so that I could escape, yet survived against all odds, I couldn't stop grinning for 10 minutes... the reduction of the ending to a final ultimate choice didn't change that.

It just made that last choice more poignant. All these amazing moments, all these dire and wonderful consequences from choices I had made. And now I had this ultimate choice to make. A choice that would dictate the future of the entirity of life in the universe now and forever.

It was a brilliant ending.

My only theory is that people are pissed that after the credits roll it is implied the whole thing is a story being told by an old man to his grandson... but so what? Does that change the experience in any way? It's a narrative device.
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My only theory is that people are pissed that after the credits roll it is implied the whole thing is a story being told by an old man to his grandson... but so what? Does that change the experience in any way? It's a narrative device.
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[hide=Spoiler]The way I saw it, it was the future of mankind post-reapers. The fact they aren't on Earth and the fact that Mankind has actually survived, made that ending perfectly fine for me. [/hide]

Edit - thanks Jay, I couldnt remember how to use the spoiler tags :p

Not that I give a shit in this case... But the spoiler tags don't work on Tapatalk. I can still see everything without clicking.

[hide=spoiler]It's because the endings were a cheap way out. Like none of your decisions you made throughout the game really mattered (face it, is there any difference really in any of the endings), and in the end sequence you have to take renegade actions regardless. In terms of the story, it seemed so cheap just to go 'this happened so long ago', cliche someone telling a story exit.

Regardless, the story leading up to it was amazing. No other word for it. [/hide]

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[hide=spoiler]It's because the endings were a cheap way out. Like none of your decisions you made throughout the game really mattered (face it, is there any difference really in any of the endings), and in the end sequence you have to take renegade actions regardless. In terms of the story, it seemed so cheap just to go 'this happened so long ago', cliche someone telling a story exit.

Regardless, the story leading up to it was amazing. No other word for it. [/hide]

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Yeah, the only changes your choices really make are what races fight with you; and what races appear in the FMV's. I too was hoping for completely different endings depending on specific choices. That said, I still like em :p[/hide]

The lead up to the ending was great, ending was kinda weak though considering its concluding a story thats been going on for three games.

One of the best game settings and series I've played (2 had a lack of story though), I want to see more :(. Especially considering there are very few big budget games set in space.

How do you do spoilers tags?

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Without the period.

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How come the two chars I went in to the last fight with were somehow on the ship with joker at the end?

Anyone know if the reference to Adelaide getting wiped out and the Krogan leader wanting to take Australia over are only in our version of the copy? Would be interesting to see if they change things like the per region.
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How come the two chars I went in to the last fight with were somehow on the ship with joker at the end?
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[hide=spoiler]Yet another reason the ending makes absolutely no sense. Also afaik, the characters that were with me up to the end should have been vapourised. Apparently Garrus and Edi have instantaneous teleportation.

Also, lack of boss fight or any sort of real finite sense of ending to the game. Instead we get an anticlimatic talk-down.

Also it seems wrong to work for ending the cycles, yet end up just starting a whole new cycle anyway.
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love this game so much fun now for some multi player when any1's ready :D

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[hide=spoiler]Yet another reason the ending makes absolutely no sense. Also afaik, the characters that were with me up to the end should have been vapourised. Apparently Garrus and Edi have instantaneous teleportation.

Also, lack of boss fight or any sort of real finite sense of ending to the game. Instead we get an anticlimatic talk-down.

Also it seems wrong to work for ending the cycles, yet end up just starting a whole new cycle anyway.
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On my first play through, I took Garrus and Tali with me toward the spire. Both of their bodies were on the ground, crispy as bacon.
On my 2nd play through, I took EDI and Javheek. Neither were on the ground after the laser beam cut me down. EDI was on the ship with Joker.

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Seriously Jay, that sums it all up. I feel gutted from playing ME3 and coming to those endings.

o m f g ...

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o m f g ...

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why "omfg"? are you taking the fact that this video shows how to unlock the one squadmate is proof that the entire From Ashes DLC shipped with ME3's core game? (clearly that's what the creator of the video thinks)

And what's with the quotes? all they tell you is that a separate dev team worked on the From Ashes DLC after the guts of the game were done - not after the GAME was done (if this was the case it wouldnt be out for another month or so). So yeah, not surprising they stuck some of the assets in the main game content - they may've intended that to reduce DLC downloads, or it may've been a simple oversight leftover from a test - extra shit winds up in games all the time (bathtub roadster in UT anyone?)

I agree there were some consistance errors in the endings, regarding which characters appeared where... but then again, the token sex scene contained a character that died three chapters earlier in my game play through, so either Shepard is a necromancing necrophilliac, or the game generally suffers from some consistency issues. Not entirely suprising given the scope.

i dont get all the bitching about that dlc, just get the collectors or limited edition and its a non issue

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i dont get all the bitching about that dlc, just get the collectors or limited edition and its a non issue

But you're still essentially paying for it. Would be like complaining that your car could have had air-conditioning, but you didn't want to pay for the factory extras.

People always whine about Day 1 DLC and to an extent I can understand. They take cash over game enjoyment. The content was on the disc, so it's not like it was intended as a future update to increase the games replayability.

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But you're still essentially paying for it. Would be like complaining that your car could have had air-conditioning, but you didn't want to pay for the factory extras.

People always whine about Day 1 DLC and to an extent I can understand. They take cash over game enjoyment. The content was on the disc, so it's not like it was intended as a future update to increase the games replayability.

or, since we're talking about computer stuff, it's more like buying a CPU that has been hamstrung into a lower speed bracket and sold at a reduced price from the un-hamstrung version....

my argument is: were you told you would get THAT content as part of your purchase? if not - STFU. If you didn't buy the Spec ops skins for BFBC2, were you upset that these were updated into your copy of the game but YOU couldn't use them?

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why "omfg"? are you taking the fact that this video shows how to unlock the one squadmate is proof that the entire From Ashes DLC shipped with ME3's core game? (clearly that's what the creator of the video thinks)

And what's with the quotes? all they tell you is that a separate dev team worked on the From Ashes DLC after the guts of the game were done - not after the GAME was done (if this was the case it wouldnt be out for another month or so). So yeah, not surprising they stuck some of the assets in the main game content - they may've intended that to reduce DLC downloads, or it may've been a simple oversight leftover from a test - extra shit winds up in games all the time (bathtub roadster in UT anyone?)

lol mad much Aegis? Do you work for EA or something?

It's just typical EA money whore mongering, which we all should be used to I suppose.

I think people must see all my posts in the context of my avatar or something. think i need to write the subtext the way the elephant dudes in Mass Effect speak.

[incredulous tone directed at tinfoil hat lovers] but yeah, so capacity to accept that not everything is a conspiracy (especially when there's zero evidence to support a conspiracy) == EA whore then. good to know.

[curious but perplexed]I hate DLC on principle, but I don't get the mass sookage that's accompanied this. They never said you'd get to have any or all of the From Ashes shit as part of the base purchase (except collectors edition yadda yadda).

[matter of fact tone]To me, the argument that "it's on the disc so we own it, so give it us" implies that EA should be able to say "This game update was NOT on the disc so we can charge you for it". None of us want that now, do we?

It may have been "on the disk", but it was not part of the game. I know this because when I bought the DLC for PC, it downloaded it and installed it seperately. Unless the code to flick the switch was 600MB or so.

Not that I would have cared eitherway. Are you saying EA doesn't have the right to charge for extra content?

There are entire games built around the concept of downloading a whole bunch of shit you can't access unless you pay extra for it.

Bioware/EA delivered 20+ hours of awesome gameplay for $80, and half the nerdiverse has exploded in nerdrage because they didn't like the ending, or were upset they didn't get even more gameplay for free.

it's no different to, say, when i buy ColdFusion Standard Edition, it also has the ENTERPRISE edition on the disc, but it's not mine til i pay for a code to activate it.

ditto various other Adobe products include trial editions on discs that you need to buy a serial to unlock.

the sook about that DLC has involved some *serious* window licking.

THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT REGION-FUCKING.

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Mass Effect 3 was a great game but the ending was a let down for a game that other then that was full of polish. Mind you if the indoctrination theory is true then I'll be happy but the idea of having to purchase DLC for the true ending of the game would be a really cheap shot.

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'Mass Effect 3' makers to rewrite 'soul-crushing' ending after furious fans fight back| The Australian

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yes! Bring it back 80's style!

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Screw you Jay, fucken took hours cleaning the coffee off the monitor.

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just thought I'd mention that HLJ has pre-orders for Shepherd, Garrus, and (lol) Ashley

They have the Revoltech joint system so uber poseable for those who like to PLAY with their action figures...

They weigh in at $64 USD though

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oh and freight from HLJ is usually like "0 - "5

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Fuck I love my space hamster, made me cry today.