Honestly, ME3 was a fantastic game, right up until the last 10 minutes. I literally cried at one point.
I sincerely think Minecraft or so would have been GOTY.
Because c'mon. There's more effort there.
EA, c'mon.
Still have never played one of the Mass Effect games, am I missing out?
I never bothered either.
[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;39043535]Still have never played one of the Mass Effect games, am I missing out?[/QUOTE]
You should play the first two atleast. If you like Star Wars or Star Trek, it is easily one of the best original space operas story wise, and a good game to boot.
Go get it on steam for sale.
[QUOTE=NoShogun;39043443]This basically comes down to how much the ending did or didn't tarnish the rest of the game for you.[/QUOTE]
This is what it really comes down to for me. I very much enjoyed the series and I liked just about all of it till the last 10 minutes. I'd love to play the games again. But when I think about that ending it just torches the rest of it for me.
[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;39043535]Still have never played one of the Mass Effect games, am I missing out?[/QUOTE]
Not much, taking in mind that videogame industry is now a neoliberalist-capitalist load of bull. Even Mass Effect games (though I haven't played them and never will) suffer from the rush of making more cash and less development, as in EA, Activision, etc.
Once you go to the mayor deployers on the industry as a developer, sadly, there's no going back; all is lost.
[QUOTE=Ridge;39043517]Honestly, ME3 was a fantastic game, right up until the last 10 minutes. I literally cried at one point.[/QUOTE]
I stopped playing at the asari temple when Donut Steel OC Space Ninja showed up and I was owning his ass "Ha, you never stood a chance!" That and I realized at that point I could run past every enemy without fighting them, and still finish the game fine.
[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;39043535]Still have never played one of the Mass Effect games, am I missing out?[/QUOTE]
If you want closure only play ME1, it is like 5 bucks on steam, assume the end is the end.
If you want some nice character development and interaction 2 is great
[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;39043535]Still have never played one of the Mass Effect games, am I missing out?[/QUOTE]
on disappointment maybe
if you can just pretend that the story ends after ME2 then it's pretty fucking amazing, though even in 2 the shit shows it's face in some parts
[editline]31st December 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Tucan Sam;39043564]I stopped playing at the asari temple when Donut Steel OC Space Ninja showed up and I was owning his ass "Ha, you never stood a chance!" That and I realized at that point I could run past every enemy without fighting them, and still finish the game fine.[/QUOTE]
There are approximately 17,233,412 reasons why Kaizo McNinja is literally the worst character in the history of everything.
The only thing that could possibly be worse would be an indestructible statue of Casey Hudson's anus that shoots you with reaper lasers and recites passages from Atlas Shrugged.
I was so in love with the Mass Effect series it wasn't funny.
I remember when ME1 came out and not many people knew about it. It was a time when it was a very refreshing title to play amongst the other usual 360 shit. Sure it wasn't the best RPG, but it was very very refreshing being a original IP. There was a certain sophistication to how Bioware treated its audience at the time.
Then Mass Effect 2 came out, and boy it was grand. The fact you could transfer your save over and the choices you made before mattered was great! Even tho there was some DLC bullshit, it was fair. You just had to buy a new copy and you got the Zaeed DLC. The gameplay was streamlined, but it was dumbed down at all. Ending was meh, but wasn't disrespectful.
I went to Comic Con San Diego that following year really excited to see some ME3 action. I sat through a 3 hour line just to play it for 15 mins. I was able to talk to a level designer for the game which was cool. Though I could tell something was off even then..... The writers who they had talking were different and seemed off-putting. And when I played the game, I wasn't very much into it, but I dismissed it as it was a very short section.
Then the DLC bullshit started. I don't think I need to explain that. Eventually I saw the ending when my friend told me it was super bad. I watched it and became so disinterested with how they handled it, that I didn't even play ME3. I bet there are some good parts, but for me, that ending was just so lazy.
And now after TOR, DA2, and this, Bioware is in a very sad state imo.
[quote] I didn’t like the actual end scene much, but it was a few minutes of nonsense among twenty hours of the best Mass Effect has ever been.[/quote]
I agree with this. The ending was a bit of a letdown but the journey there was amazing. I'm not sure if I'd say the game as a whole was GOTY, but it's close in my book. And being a fan of the series, I'm happy to see a major publication give it recognition anyway.
[QUOTE=stupid07er;39043731]I agree with this. The ending was a bit of a letdown but the journey there was amazing. I'm not sure if I'd say the game as a whole was GOTY, but it's close in my book. And being a fan of the series, I'm happy to see a major publication give it recognition anyway.[/QUOTE]
It's very hard to say the journey was amazing when in 5 minutes they were able to ruin 3 games.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;39043571]
There are approximately 17,233,412 reasons why Kaizo McNinja is literally the worst character in the history of everything.
[/QUOTE]
To be honest I could barely tolerate Kia McNunchuk, but Joker and EDI's romance pissed me off a hell of a lot more.
Cry of Fear, DayZ, Hotline Miami, Tribes: Ascend are my recommendations, if you count mods.
[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;39043830]It's very hard to say the journey was amazing when in 5 minutes they were able to ruin 3 games.[/QUOTE]
That doesn't make sense to me. The ending doesn't ruin 3 games for me, I still loved everything that happened on the way there.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;39043860]To be honest I could barely tolerate Kia McNunchuk, but Joker and EDI's romance pissed me off a hell of a lot more.[/QUOTE]
At least they don't lock you down to the floor with plot magic and fart in your face repeatedly. At least their horrible writing is just horrible and doesn't actively interfere with the progression, logic, and flow of the game.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;39043872]Cry of Fear, DayZ, Hotline Miami, Tribes: Ascend are my recommendations, if you count mods.[/QUOTE]
Err, how exactly would Cry of Fear/DayZ/Tribes be GOTY?
[QUOTE=The freeman;39043928]Err, how exactly would Cry of Fear/DayZ/Tribes be GOTY?[/QUOTE]
because they're good games?
[QUOTE=The freeman;39043928]Err, how exactly would Cry of Fear/DayZ/Tribes be GOTY?[/QUOTE]
Well DayZ challenged your preconceptions on what a game actually is.
But in the end it was only a glorified Arma 2 mission.
THIS IS ART, NOT A VIDEO GAME 3: jessica chobot waifu simulator (all male homosexual relationship choices rated E for everyone!: WE TRIED?) (final boss not included) doritos mtdew game of the year
now with "You wanted new content and resources that make this worth its price? Well FUCK YOU" DLC
also includes "Nobody liked our game so here's a new tacked on still fucked up ending! Proof that we can't write worth shit!" DLC for free, please don't tar and feather us! love, bioware
[QUOTE=Tudd;39043713]I was so in love with the Mass Effect series it wasn't funny.
I remember when ME1 came out and not many people knew about it. It was a time when it was a very refreshing title to play amongst the other usual 360 shit. Sure it wasn't the best RPG, but it was very very refreshing being a original IP. There was a certain sophistication to how Bioware treated its audience at the time.
Then Mass Effect 2 came out, and boy it was grand. The fact you could transfer your save over and the choices you made before mattered was great! Even tho there was some DLC bullshit, it was fair. You just had to buy a new copy and you got the Zaeed DLC. The gameplay was streamlined, but it was dumbed down at all. Ending was meh, but wasn't disrespectful.
I went to Comic Con San Diego that following year really excited to see some ME3 action. I sat through a 3 hour line just to play it for 15 mins. I was able to talk to a level designer for the game which was cool. Though I could tell something was off even then..... The writers who they had talking were different and seemed off-putting. And when I played the game, I wasn't very much into it, but I dismissed it as it was a very short section.
Then the DLC bullshit started. I don't think I need to explain that. Eventually I saw the ending when my friend told me it was super bad. I watched it and became so disinterested with how they handled it, that I didn't even play ME3. I bet there are some good parts, but for me, that ending was just so lazy.
And now after TOR, DA2, and this, Bioware is in a very sad state imo.[/QUOTE]
Same. I got ME2 for free from EA after the APB clusterfuck. Was never able to play it until I built my computer almost 2 years ago. Loved it. Bought ME1 on Steam. Amazing. Transferred the save over to ME2 and played it again. Mind blowing. I bought the 3 books and read them. Enjoyable. ME3 was amazing. All the sacrifice, the sadness. Overpowering. And then the ending. I wasn't angry like most others were. But I was disappointed.
I couldn't bear to read more about it. I unsubscribed from Mass Effect forums, I ignored threads about it in places like here at FP. Eventually the new endings came. They brought some more closure to the events, but I still wasn't too happy. And the multiplayer was bleh.
I LOVED ME1 and 2, and also enjoyed Mass Effect 3 a hell of a lot, and I personally think the extended cut DLC fixed the endings just fine.
Guess I'm not a ~~~dedicated fan~~~ or something I guess.
[QUOTE=evilweazel;39044011]I LOVED ME1 and 2, and also enjoyed Mass Effect 3 a hell of a lot, and I personally think the extended cut DLC fixed the endings just fine.
Guess I'm not a ~~~dedicated fan~~~ or something I guess.[/QUOTE]
You're just logical
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;39043925]At least they don't lock you down to the floor with plot magic and fart in your face repeatedly. At least their horrible writing is just horrible and doesn't actively interfere with the progression, logic, and flow of the game.[/QUOTE]
Oh, don't get me wrong, the combat was fantastic, best in the series, but the writing ruined it for me. The ending obviously, but just other details aswell. The underwhelming final assault on earth, the way reapers can easily be lured into a simple trap despite having the intelligence of entire races melted into one being, the jersey shore-ification of characters, the way the asari lament about having to kill their own people fighting banshees when you've been blasting through husks for years, how they build up the fact that harbinger is out for you personally, then actually attacks you for all of about twenty seconds until you reach the catalyst, the fact that the decisions you made in past games have no weight, like the mission with the rachini queen, I could go on.
[QUOTE=seroyal223;39043249]I have to [B]seriously[/B] disagree, I think Mass Effect is the most overrated franchise of the generation if not ever. But to each their own[/QUOTE]
Once ME3 dropped it felt Overrated. ME1 was absolutely brilliant I thought.
[editline]31st December 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=JtRtheRiPPeR;39043534]I sincerely think Minecraft or so would have been GOTY.
Because c'mon. There's more effort there.
EA, c'mon.[/QUOTE]
Minecraft "released" end of last year.
I don't see why people say it was the ending that ruined it. The whole game felt like a half-finished, half-baked game.
Just the opening scene on Earth was enough to put me off. For starters, if you didn't play the ME2 DLC, you're going to be fucking lost on [I]everything.[/I] I never played Whatever the fuck the last DLC for that game was, but 3 just assumes I did and suddenly I'm just stuck on Earth for killing a bunch of batarians? I don't fucking know. And then the stupid retcons, like oh hey udina is now on the council because fuck you. The sound design on the opening level is awful, too. This is supposed to be a currently wartorn Earth, but there's [I]no sound.[/I] The soundscape in that entire section is just empty with nothing happening in it. Oh, and don't get me started on that hamfisted kid in the duct with acting on par with the kids in Heavy Rain.
The gameplay feels even more floaty then the second game. When Mass Effect 1 has better sprinting and running animations than this, something is seriously wrong. It's hilarious to watch your squad mates run, it's like they're sliding on ice while jogging in place as their torso contorts side to side. Some of the characters have nice sideplots, but then you get shit like Diana Allers. The sidequests were boring fetchquests that you have to retrieve by standing next to someone (and it doesn't help that the objective only tells you which system they're in. You have to manually go in and scan the planet and good like trying to avoid the reapers who never go away).
[QUOTE=kanesenpai~;39044149]I don't see why people say it was the ending that ruined it. The whole game felt like a half-finished, half-baked game.
Just the opening scene on Earth was enough to put me off. For starters, if you didn't play the ME2 DLC, you're going to be fucking lost on [I]everything.[/I] I never played Whatever the fuck the last DLC for that game was, but 3 just assumes I did and suddenly I'm just stuck on Earth for killing a bunch of batarians? I don't fucking know. And then the stupid retcons, like oh hey udina is now on the council because fuck you. The sound design on the opening level is awful, too. This is supposed to be a currently wartorn Earth, but there's [I]no sound.[/I] The soundscape in that entire section is just empty with nothing happening in it. Oh, and don't get me started on that hamfisted kid in the duct with acting on par with the kids in Heavy Rain.
The gameplay feels even more floaty then the second game. When Mass Effect 1 has better sprinting and running animations than this, something is seriously wrong. It's hilarious to watch your squad mates run, it's like they're sliding on ice while jogging in place as their torso contorts side to side. Some of the characters have nice sideplots, but then you get shit like Diana Allers. The sidequests were boring fetchquests that you have to retrieve by standing next to someone (and it doesn't help that the objective only tells you which system they're in. You have to manually go in and scan the planet and good like trying to avoid the reapers who never go away).[/QUOTE]
Na, you only get told you're on Earth if you've transferred a save over where you did that DLC, otherwise Anderson just tells you that "You're a huge prick and normal people would be in jail by now." But yea it was bad. Udina is a good example of your decisions being an illusion, all of them were, either Bioware just reconned them all so they wouldn't have to put any effort in to the plot or they just gave you an insignificant number for War Assets and never seen again.
[QUOTE=The freeman;39043928]Err, how exactly would Cry of Fear/DayZ/Tribes be GOTY?[/QUOTE]
Cry of Fear because it had the best atmosphere of any of the games I've played this year, DayZ for being the most the most intense exciting and challenging online game I've ever played, and Tribes simply for being fun as fuck and nice flowing gameplay.
[QUOTE=JtRtheRiPPeR;39043534]I sincerely think Minecraft or so would have been GOTY.
Because c'mon. There's more effort there.
EA, c'mon.[/QUOTE]
ea didn't make mass effect
[QUOTE=Kinglah Crab;39044191]ea didn't make mass effect[/QUOTE]
but they do publish it, and picked up the franchise starting with 2. The obvious state of decline in Bioware started with EA, so it's not too far-fetched to think they had some sort of hand in all of this.
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