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Mass Effect 3: The good, the bad and the ugly.

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Landrae
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-03-06 08:50:43 UTC
Just picked up my midnight release copy its installing. Anyone already played? What do you think so far?
Gibbo3771
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
#2 - 2012-03-06 11:24:08 UTC
The game is good, this post is bad and your character is ugly
Jhagiti Tyran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-03-06 12:02:58 UTC
******** staggered release dates..........................
Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
#4 - 2012-03-06 12:41:58 UTC
Proxy those nasy release dates awayyyyyyy Lol
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-03-06 12:43:47 UTC
I've seen a few recent youtube videos complaining about the sucky ending, but no one spells out what the problem is. Any ME fan know what the fuss is about?
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#6 - 2012-03-06 14:51:58 UTC
Probably NSFW

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Razin
The Scope
#7 - 2012-03-07 00:27:00 UTC
Still that ol' space-toy space flight. Lame.
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#8 - 2012-03-07 02:22:35 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:


What?

wha ...

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stoicfaux
#9 - 2012-03-07 03:49:28 UTC  |  Edited by: stoicfaux
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mass-effect-3/user-reviews
Positive: 143
Mixed: 18
Negative: 498

WTF? Either someone is gaming the metacritic user reviews, or ME3 has real issues?


By comparison, ME2 had 1,050 positive, 56 mixed, and 80 negative user reviews. ME1 had 584 positive, 29 mixed, and 40 negative.

edit:
Never mind. It looks like metacritic is being trolled.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.

2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#10 - 2012-03-07 04:39:08 UTC  |  Edited by: 2bhammered
stoicfaux wrote:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mass-effect-3/user-reviews
Positive: 143
Mixed: 18
Negative: 498

WTF? Either someone is gaming the metacritic user reviews, or ME3 has real issues?


By comparison, ME2 had 1,050 positive, 56 mixed, and 80 negative user reviews. ME1 had 584 positive, 29 mixed, and 40 negative.

edit:
Never mind. It looks like metacritic is being trolled.



Well, the game is ****, fact is that Bioware does not even try anymore!

But at least they spent record money on PR, buying reviews and even taking down metacritic to lock and remove user submitted reviews of the game, even some youtube reviews that were negative got taken down due to "copyright" claim made by EA.


edit: had to change url, mods hate.
Pr1ncess Alia
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-03-07 09:03:18 UTC
ok, so i'm dog sitting and it's not going well. i want to be playing me3 but this mutt won't leave me alone. I'm about ready to make general tso's out of him.

not far into the game, just toured the normandy for the first time, here are my observations so far:

-thus far great blend of action and story. i like a story heavy game. we'll see if it does the one thing you must on a story heavy game, make it interesting and loooooong

-great blend of old characters and new. i can already tell by the subtle details that they put thought into making it both nostalgic and new. def. gives the game good momentum in an already fast paced beginning.

-ashley got hot. i don't mean a little hot, i mean wowzers! i had to edit my perfect paragon save to include her and not kaiden after seeing those previews. and I'm glad I did.

As I stood in that hospital room, my heart strings ready to break, I realized something. Gripping the Tennyson book I'd just purchased for Ashley, at the brink of tears I said to myself, "this is one epic rack".

We're talking an 11/10 here. All of earth is dying and all I know is this chick is so spot on fit if it's all I am I'll see it that she survives. Should our cities burn, our monuments crumble and our species be snuffed like so small a candle in a large darkness... there would be that one lasting ember lit. A pin point of light in the darkness. That light would be Ashley's bountiful tracks of land. I swore myself guardian of them and their gravity defying illustriousness. I thought to myself, I'd put a bullet through my own foot for one chance to... ahem.Hmmm. Where was I? I got a bit off track there.

-what did they do to the layout of my ship? meh, I'll live

-Is it just me, or is everyone gay? Not as in a juvenile mockery of something different than me, I mean actually gay. I've met like 15 people so far in this game and, well I don't want to be that person I don't have a problem with it, but seriously I did perceive a couple "We're here, ..." moments, possibly. But that's still cool. Forget I said anything, moving on...

-ok, I'm going to say it. Is anyone checking green cards down here in the shuttle bay?

i'm not saying that to be mean, but I would like to ask EA why they sequestered the only non-alien ethnics to the shuttle bay. yeah, that's two in a row for me but really I'm not intolerant. Just trying to honestly review this game here. besides 'pendejo' I didn't write the lines ea did. so mr. jerseyshore, or mr. vega or whatever can't blame me for the image that... yeah, i'm just digging myself deeper. moving on...

all joking aside after da2 i want to hate these guys. i tried to swear to myself i'd pirate this game and only pay if it proved to be really good, but it's mass effect. who am i kidding?

i'm getting giddy playing this game. it seems to have the appropriate polish it should. the right amount of old and new. it's too early to tell but so far i'm pleased with my purchase.

we'll see how it does in the long game. time to batten down the hatches, i'll see you all and the rest of civilization in a week. it's time to save earf.
Victor Valka
Insterstellar Mining and Manufacturing
#12 - 2012-03-07 13:37:29 UTC
Jhagiti Tyran wrote:
******** staggered release dates...
Pretty much this.

Who came up with that BS, anyways?
Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
#13 - 2012-03-07 14:52:29 UTC
Victor Valka wrote:
Jhagiti Tyran wrote:
******** staggered release dates...
Pretty much this.

Who came up with that BS, anyways?


Marketing, the source of all genius.

Played few hours yesterday and so far it's been much better than I expected. If they keep this up I'll be a very, very satisfied customer. Had to stop playing for a bit as I was laughing so much when I got punched by you-know-who lol.

Import saves only allowed me to pick one of my 4 saves tough, but as it was my favourite I don't really care that much.
Valei Khurelem
#14 - 2012-03-07 15:53:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Valei Khurelem
Okay this is very important guys, because I just finished Mass Effect 3 and I'm wondering whether or not I should tell you all but what the ****, it pissed me off.


Mass Effect 3 has the worst ending in the history of all media and creativity, even the bible is better, it has actually managed to make it so I won't even play games that EA have gone near now nevermind buy them, in case you're wondering, they're going to franchise the crap out of this game because of how successful it is and turn it into an MMORPG I can see it coming.

"don't get us wrong, we don't want to screw new players, on the contrary. The core problem here is that tech 1 frigates and cruisers should be appealing enough to be viable platforms in both PvE and PvP."   - CCP Ytterbium

Andreus Ixiris
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-03-08 02:41:04 UTC
EA has succeeded in utterly ruining Bioware. There is absolutely no merit to be found in this game, and it is a crime against all things good and pure in this world that gamers are allowing EA to get away with this sort of thing by continuing to give them money.

Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.

Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.

Andreus Ixiris > ...

Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.

Pulgy
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-03-08 02:42:55 UTC
Valei Khurelem wrote:
Okay this is very important guys, because I just finished Mass Effect 3 and I'm wondering whether or not I should tell you all but what the ****, it pissed me off.


Mass Effect 3 has the worst ending in the history of all media and creativity, even the bible is better, it has actually managed to make it so I won't even play games that EA have gone near now nevermind buy them, in case you're wondering, they're going to franchise the crap out of this game because of how successful it is and turn it into an MMORPG I can see it coming.


What are you talking about, Deus EX ending was awesome...wait
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Andreus Ixiris
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-03-08 03:19:58 UTC
Pulgy wrote:
What are you talking about, Deus EX ending was awesome...wait


Deus Ex's endings? Funny you should say that, actually...

(The linked URL contains unhidden spoilers for Mass Effect 3's ending. Not that you should actually care, but... well. Consider youself duly warned)

Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.

Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.

Andreus Ixiris > ...

Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.

stoicfaux
#18 - 2012-03-08 03:27:34 UTC
Valei Khurelem wrote:
Okay this is very important guys, because I just finished Mass Effect 3 and I'm wondering whether or not I should tell you all but what the ****, it pissed me off.


Mass Effect 3 has the worst ending in the history of all media and creativity, even the bible is better, it has actually managed to make it so I won't even play games that EA have gone near now nevermind buy them, in case you're wondering, they're going to franchise the crap out of this game because of how successful it is and turn it into an MMORPG I can see it coming.

Madden NFL 2003Mass Effect
Madden NFL 2004Mass Effect 2
Madden NFL 2005Mass Effect 3
Madden NFL 06Mass Effect 2013
Madden NFL 07Mass Effect 2014
Madden NFL 08Mass Effect 2015
Madden NFL 09Mass Effect 2016
Madden NFL 10Mass Effect 17
Madden NFL 11Mass Effect 18
Madden NFL 12Mass Effect 19
Madden NFL 13Mass Effect 20

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.

Valei Khurelem
#19 - 2012-03-08 10:26:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Valei Khurelem
stoicfaux wrote:
Valei Khurelem wrote:
Okay this is very important guys, because I just finished Mass Effect 3 and I'm wondering whether or not I should tell you all but what the ****, it pissed me off.


Mass Effect 3 has the worst ending in the history of all media and creativity, even the bible is better, it has actually managed to make it so I won't even play games that EA have gone near now nevermind buy them, in case you're wondering, they're going to franchise the crap out of this game because of how successful it is and turn it into an MMORPG I can see it coming.

Madden NFL 2003Mass Effect
Madden NFL 2004Mass Effect 2
Madden NFL 2005Mass Effect 3
Madden NFL 06Mass Effect 2013
Madden NFL 07Mass Effect 2014
Madden NFL 08Mass Effect 2015
Madden NFL 09Mass Effect 2016
Madden NFL 10Mass Effect 17
Madden NFL 11Mass Effect 18
Madden NFL 12Mass Effect 19
Madden NFL 13Mass Effect 20


Precisely and the sad fact is people are going to buy them all, the worst part is they even trolled us by not revealing Tali's face! :(

Oh you forgot Mass Effect: The return of the reapers MMORPG, they'll make us all make generic, boring and stupid characters where we have to pay to have proper customisation and you go off fighting giant reapers wherever they appear in the galaxy.

"don't get us wrong, we don't want to screw new players, on the contrary. The core problem here is that tech 1 frigates and cruisers should be appealing enough to be viable platforms in both PvE and PvP."   - CCP Ytterbium

Gavin DeVries
JDI Industries
#20 - 2012-03-08 14:33:46 UTC
I haven't reached the end yet, and I really like it so far, but a couple of things have pissed me off about it.

First, the "grand choices" that could have made such an impact have no impact at all. Even the choice to destroy or keep the collector base seems to make zero difference in the way the game plays out. If you really want choice to impact the play of the game, go play The Witcher 2.

Second, some of the scripted sequences have me raging. One takes place in a cutscene, so I can sort of understand it. An assassin is trying to kill the Salarian Councilor, your three-man team is there plus Thane, and all they do is SHOOT AT HIM! My Shepard is a Vanguard, and I had Liara and the synthetic (who I won't name as it's a spoiler) with me. They all have REALLY potent biotic or tech abilities, and NOBODY USED ANY OF THEM! Later you actually have to fight that assassin in game. I had him beaten, shields down, Pull and Singularity incoming, and the game decided that he won and started another cutscene. Ok, if the script decides I lose the fight, fine. Just make it so I CAN'T FREAKING WIN THE FIGHT! MAKE HIM BEAT ME! MAKE HIM SO TOUGH YOU GET OVERWHELMED! To have him down and still decide I lose is just insulting.

Overall I think you guys are right. I think Bioware is done for, unless they can break their association with EA. EA is a poison that kills everything they touch.

PVP is a question with no single right answer, but a lot of wrong ones.

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