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seal it with a kiss posted:This game owns bones. Some of the stuff that we saw in the script is admittedly bad, but not as terrible as it turned out to be. This is at least as good as Mass Effect 2. Hell, I'd say it's hands down better. I'm about 26 hours in and while the script isn't exactly going to win any fiction awards, I'm enjoying it. Then add to that what is far and away the best gameplay and mechanics of the series, really cool new enemies (gently caress phantoms) and ...poo poo, I can't remember the last time I played anything that was this much fun. There are some little things that bug me here and there but they seem very trivial compared to the overall experience. E: Also, totally unrelated: How are you guys building your Vanguards? I'm level 55 and I have 40 points just sitting around collecting dust. Should I crank up cryo ammo and play around with that or something? Everything that actually matters is already maxed out. Fenrir fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Wingless posted:Final Gripe: There is a confrontation. It goes about as well as could be expected. Remember the Reaper who descended down closest to the beam as you ran towards it near the very ending, shooting at you the whole way? That's him.
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Space Monster posted:I just beat the game and I have no idea What The gently caress happened. I understand that I blew up the mass relays and the reapers....but THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED UP. WHAT HAPPENED TO SHEPARD? WHAT HAPPENED TO GALACTIC CIVILIZATION? WHY AM I NOT IN RIO GETTING DRUNK WITH JACOB RIGHT NOW? Also, I took Tali and Liara with me on the final mission, neither made it to the beam, and somehow they are both now on Normandy with Joker? Does not compute. The Mass Effect saga's conclusion, ladies and gentlemen: "Yeah, We Don't Actually Give A gently caress About Your Choices."
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Ending question: Okay so I know you get the 3 endings where the relays blow up and the galaxy as we know it is basically done. But what about Sheperd and crew? Do you spend 3 games building relationships with crew and other characters only to have it all go to poo poo in every ending? I don't think I can play ME3 if there's not at LEAST Sheperd and crew together at the end. I'd also like to know if you get to hang with alliance people (esp. General Hackett) at the end. Also this galaxy goes to poo poo ending is horrible for an RPG trilogy that's lasted several years. If mass effect 1 was entirely standalone and the galaxy ended up hosed then whatever, but a trilogy just shouldn't go down like that. If an ending takes 3 times as long to build up to, it's 3 times as bad when you half-rear end it.
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BobTheSpy posted:So, this game seems pretty loving rad so far. Why does /v/ hate it so much? Can we go on like, some campaign to convince them they're wrong Because the dev team made many objectively terrible design and plot decisions, in many cases completely losing sight of what the target audience was supposed to be or what the setting itself was. It's a mediocre game that tries to hide itself behind big budget and shiny production values, and all that carries it forward with a semblance of adequacy is what was built by the previous two titles, showing very little merit for itself. Add on top of that executive meddling/pandering and a general piss poor handling of PR, and yeah...
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Nephilm posted:Because the dev team made many objectively terrible design and plot decisions, in many cases completely losing sight of what the target audience was supposed to be or what the setting itself was. It's a mediocre game that tries to hide itself behind big budget and shiny production values, and all that carries it forward with a semblance of adequacy is what was built by the previous two titles, showing very little merit for itself. To be perfectly honest, if it wasn't for the ending this would be my favorite RPG of all time. I just spent two days eating, sleeping, and playing ME3 and I regret nothing, but the ending is just so confusing and worthless. I hope they release some DLC that alters the ending.
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Good thing I ignored all press/criticism and just blind bought ME3. Enjoying it very much so far. Is anyone else bothered by the lack of guardrails in the Citadel nightclub? One drunken stumble on the dance floor and you're falling 3 stories.
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The whole "NG+ gives you an ending that makes more sense" is a rumor with no known supporting evidence, correct?
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fivegears4reverse posted:There is a confrontation. It goes about as well as could be expected. Remember the Reaper who descended down closest to the beam as you ran towards it near the very ending, shooting at you the whole way? That's him. Oh I know that, but shooting beams at you for thirty seconds and then flying away is hardly a grand confrontation. Nothing is said, nothing is resolved, we never find out why he was so fixated on Shepard, if he can know fear before the end, anything. Hell, we're not even told that it is Harbinger specifically, we're just assuming that because he and a dozen others were heading that way. Unless I missed something? Fenrir posted:poo poo, I can't remember the last time I played anything that was this much fun. It's so obvious you haven't finished it yet. You'll be back. EDIT: VV Er, the EDI thing is a spoiler VV Wingless fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Ugh I'm really trying to avoid reading this thread because I know I'm going to see something that will influence my experience with the game, but I just gotta chime in to say that I came into the game 100% prepared to dislike James and EDI's sexy robot body and was totally wrong on both fronts.
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BobTheSpy posted:So, this game seems pretty loving rad so far. Why does /v/ hate it so much? Can we go on like, some campaign to convince them they're wrong As someone who (sadly) frequents /v/ and /vg/ I can say its all because of Jennifer Hepler, Dragon Age 2, TOR and because Bioware is backed by EA. Lots of people there like to grossly exaggerate the thing she said about a "fast forward" button for games and people have gone as far as to create fake forum posts of her commenting on development of ME3 (which she had no part in whatsoever). People love the little guy but love even more to hate on the big evil corporation as well (EA) then combine that with people who think that ME2's system greatly dumbed down the game as well, like the original had the best gameplay clearly. Not to say the games don't have their share of faults. Nothing wrong with not liking the game for your own reasons but the bad user reviews aren't just thanks to /v/, you can also credit TotalBiscuit. Being the noble, honorable person he is he made a public youtube video about how he was boycotting the game because of how evil day 1 dlc is so there ya go.
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So apparently unlike ME2 when you reached a certain point in the game it would ask you to switch discs which was fine because it would never ask you to swap the other disc back (until the very last mission for I assume the CG videos). But now they seemed to have ditched that rational way of handling disc swaps since I've already had to insert disc 2 (and I'm only 5 hours in) and then immediately told to swap back to disc 1. This is loving garbage for people like me who are trying to keep an aging Xbox alive by installing everything before playing it, and the lovely HD in these things is short a GB from allowing me to install both loving discs after I've deleted all other content. edit: wow why the gently caress are people here caring about what some lovely 4chan board thinks about this game? jesus christ get some perspective
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Strange Matter posted:Ugh I'm really trying to avoid reading this thread because I know I'm going to see something that will influence my experience with the game, but I just gotta chime in to say that I came into the game 100% prepared to dislike James and EDI's sexy robot body and was totally wrong on both fronts. James is such a loving meathead it's hilarious. I wanted to [DLC character opinion]airlock Javik more times that I could count though.
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cell posted:James is such a loving meathead it's hilarious. I wanted to airlock the DLC character more times that I could count though. I also found myself really impressed by Jack's redesign.
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Citadel: When do the sidequests there get locked out? I'm about to recover the Krogan female. Am I too late to finish them?
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I'll admit, even with a vague warning I found the EDI thing pretty anime as gently caress. But just now she said Don't worry, I only forget to recycle the oxygen when I find something TRULY interesting and Shepard went I don't care whether her cybody is a little bit disturbingly sexy in that decidedly Japanese way. EDI is a true bro and hero.
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Why oh why would a game design team think I'd want to see blobby static texture people in the far off hallways and undersides of corridors in the Citadel rather than nothing or ANYTHING else. There's even a really bad part where they have a 3D C-sec officer walking around through them. Not to mention the awful ones in Purgatory that are made to be "dancing". I understand I'm supposed to swing my view over them quickly and not even notice, but I like to dig deep when I'm exploring, so it's kinda grating. Can a couple dozen more 3D assets be that bad?
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PunkBoy posted:Citadel: I'm a couple missions after that and they're still open for me.
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Strange Matter posted:I also found myself really impressed by Jack's redesign. Agreed, plus I liked how they developed her character. First meeting with Jack spoiler: I was expecting her to be slumming somewhere or something self-destructive, but it makes perfect sense that she'd be working with kids and become very protective of them due to her upbringing.
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Loving Life Partner posted:Why oh why would a game design team think I'd want to see blobby static texture people in the far off hallways and undersides of corridors in the Citadel rather than nothing or ANYTHING else. Considering that they had to remove the holster weapon animations because of memory limitations, yeah, probably.
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Space Monster posted:To be perfectly honest, if it wasn't for the ending this would be my favorite RPG of all time. I just spent two days eating, sleeping, and playing ME3 and I regret nothing, but the ending is just so confusing and worthless. I hope they release some DLC that alters the ending. Well, that's good for the game to make you feel that way I guess, but ME3 rapidly approaches a point where it barely qualifies as an RPG, at least in the western traditional sense, and it also makes me question what RPGs you have played in your life for that context.
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RONALD REAGAN posted:I'm a couple missions after that and they're still open for me. Thanks! Loving this game so far. Met Jack just before and yeah I really like what they've done with her. Really sweet that she acts like the "Big Sis" for her students and is concerned for their well being. Her trying to censor herself is adorable. PunkBoy fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Mar 8, 2012 03:30
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Hahaha, the DLC character's line about the Salarians. "...they used to eat flies." The tone of it absolutely makes it. Game is fantastic. Too bad I have to go to work!
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The (geth mission spoiler)virtual reality mission to shut down the server felt like I was fulfilling the description of the illegal Shepard VI from ME2. I delete data like you on the way to real errors 
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Nephilm posted:Well, that's good for the game to make you feel that way I guess, but ME3 rapidly approaches a point where it barely qualifies as an RPG, at least in the western traditional sense, and it also makes me question what RPGs you have played in your life for that context.
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CaptainCarrot posted:How is it barely an RPG? You customize your weapons, skills, and choose various things in the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRPG
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While it is a small detail and cosmetic in nature, I was upset that the game case only featured white male Shepard. If you turn the paper insert of the case around you can have a female Shepard box cover! Also, I have a mission named "Shrike Abyssmal: Prothean Obelisk" or something similar, but I don't understand where I am expected to go. Could somebody clue me in, please? edit: vvvvvvv thanks, again ronnie! The Sean fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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The Sean posted:Also, I have a mission named "Shrike Abyssmal: Prothean Obelisk" or something similar, but I don't understand where I am expected to go. Could somebody clue me in, please? The Shrike Abyssal might not be accessible for you, yet. If it isn't, just do a mission or two and it will unlock. If it is available, you basically just have to fly around scanning planets there until you find it.
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It is pretty loving lame how everybody is dead or missing if you start a new game with no save import. Makes me wish I havent lost my me2 save 
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Nephilm posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRPG Wait, are you saying that Mass Effect is like Final Fantasy? 
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So I've gathered that there may be points of no return, or at least sidequests that will disappear after a certain period of time. Is it safe to assume that only the main story missions, the "Priority: Do This Thing" missions, will advance that time, and I can just do all the sidequests that open up ASAP, without worrying which ones to do first?
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So are the rumors of an epilogue or new ending occurring if you play new game plus true
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Mar 8, 2012 03:46
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CVagts posted:So I've gathered that there may be points of no return, or at least sidequests that will disappear after a certain period of time. Is it safe to assume that only the main story missions, the "Priority: Do This Thing" missions, will advance that time, and I can just do all the sidequests that open up ASAP, without worrying which ones to do first? I'm pretty sure this is how it works, yes.
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So I've just started playing through and while I'm greatly enjoying it, the small FOV on the PC can get annoying sometimes, I've been able to google up some FOV changers but they are all for the demo rather than the full version, are any FOV changers out for the full PC version yet?
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NutritiousSnack posted:So are the rumors of an epilogue or new ending occur if you play new game plus Please go do this and put the video on youtube. No way in hell I'm going through all that again so soon. VV Little Salarian guy at the back of the refugee area VV Wingless fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Help with some Eclipse stuff: Okay, so i'm uniting all 3 merc gangs for Aria, for myself. The one where you talk to the bitch in jail, Joda or something, she pissed me off with her wanna be badassness, so I declined to release her, and Shepard just say "i'll find another way", so my quest log hasn't updated, Bailey doesn't say anything now, Aria doesn't say anything. She mentioned her second in command being a little bitch, so I figure I can just leave her rot and lean on him to take command, but I have no earthly idea where I find this guy, any hints? The quest log hasn't even updated to tell me to do that, and I can't talk to her again either. EDIT: Nm, found him. Loving Life Partner fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Loving Life Partner posted:Help with some Eclipse stuff: He is in commons/slums in the middle of where all the nurses refugees are downstairs.
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He's in the refugee docks Does New Game+ get you anything special? It doesn't give you a chance to repick your class and I don't wanna do the same class again
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Calantus posted:Ending question: Okay so I know you get the 3 endings where the relays blow up and the galaxy as we know it is basically done. But what about Sheperd and crew? Do you spend 3 games building relationships with crew and other characters only to have it all go to poo poo in every ending? I don't think I can play ME3 if there's not at LEAST Sheperd and crew together at the end. I'd also like to know if you get to hang with alliance people (esp. General Hackett) at the end. Also, I assume somebody checked out the amount of money Bethesda raked in from Broken Steel.
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