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Fix ending or GTFO, Bioware.
No sane person can congratulate Casey Hudson after what he did to an otherwise excellent series.
BioWare Hints at Big Things in Next Mass Effect 3 DLC
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Fix ending or GTFO, Bioware.
No sane person can congratulate Casey Hudson after what he did to an otherwise excellent series.
Hell why stop there they can add at some more squad mate interactions with each other. would love to see my team mates interact with each other more often aside from some moments of gold. or you can at least bring back wrex or grunt my team feels empty with out some kind krogan there.DustyDrB said:
ok, even when the last DLC was a bit over priced, it was good. at least i had a very good time playing it. im wondering how the new DLC will be but im sure looking forward to it.
Curious thing - I'd started a new trilogy playthrough in preparation for the Omega DLC. I did the mission after the Cerberus coup, and was slightly disappointed (Nyreen was interesting but underused, and there's really only one "choice" that affects how the story unfolds). I got a little further... and then I stopped. Just couldn't be arsed to keep playing. And I realized it was because I knew my actions at that point in the game would make no further difference: resolving the situation on Rannoch, failing on Thessia, then Horizon, Cerberus HQ and Earth. And then I'd have to listen to that awful, awful Catalyst speech again, and watch the Extended Cut ending I'd already seen twice before (because I choose Destroy every time, it's the only ending that feels right to me).
And I think that, more than anything, serves as an indictment of Bioware - I had a great time replaying ME1 and ME2 again, but ME3? I've literally stopped in the middle of the game and gone off to do other things. And after the letdown of Omega, I find it absolutely impossible to believe that maybe the next DLC will change that...
And I think that, more than anything, serves as an indictment of Bioware - I had a great time replaying ME1 and ME2 again, but ME3? I've literally stopped in the middle of the game and gone off to do other things. And after the letdown of Omega, I find it absolutely impossible to believe that maybe the next DLC will change that...
Actually the Leviathan expansion does add a new bit of dialogue at the end, so it's at least mentioned. Haven't beaten the game after beating Omega yet though, so I can't say anything about that.anthony87 said:
And the point isn't necessarily about the ending or the DLC's impact on the ending, it's just going on new adventures with Shepard.
Oh my God, that annoyed me so much in the game. I thought it would at least be taken into account for a choice or something given what happens in the game, but nope. Was like, "Oh...so that pretty much...didn't matter at all". Was confused for a long while, lol.-Dragmire- said:
But anyways, I'm glad that more DLC is coming. Like others have said though, because ME3 ended in such a way that DLC can't really affect anything (unless they added a new ending option which is so beyond the realm of possibility at this point, its best not to even think about it), it seems kinda...bleh, you know? I mean, most Mass Effect DLC is pretty good (except for Pinnacle Station in ME1,) so at the very least it'll probably be worth the purchase. I kinda want a new squadmember just to shake things up a bit, but I think the squad is perfect in ME3, so I'm a bit torn on it. It just bugs me that areas of the ship like Life Support are completely empty. But hey, new squadmate means more squad interaction, which means another playthrough would be interesting.
And if this DLC happens to be Lair of the Shadow Broker good, then that's even better.
Bioware is dead to me.
I enjoyed dragon age 2. Hell, I defended it to people. No, it wasn't great, but it was fun enough.
I could have defended most of ME3 - because even the non-ending parts after the end of the first act are pretty flawed.
But the ending is simply god awful. The extended ending is marginally, marginally better, but still dreadful.
The company was one of the greats. Made some of the best games I've ever played. But now, they are just
I enjoyed dragon age 2. Hell, I defended it to people. No, it wasn't great, but it was fun enough.
I could have defended most of ME3 - because even the non-ending parts after the end of the first act are pretty flawed.
But the ending is simply god awful. The extended ending is marginally, marginally better, but still dreadful.
The company was one of the greats. Made some of the best games I've ever played. But now, they are just
Considering Joss Whedon enjoyed vampire slayer - vampire (demonically animated corpse) romance I wouldn't trust his views on necrophilia.Blind Sight said:
OT: Yeah they just need to let the series die with what little dignity remains. I saw reviews of ME3 and was horrified so didn't get it. The dlc is doing little to encourage me to get ME3 either, maybe if they pulled a rimmer with the ending:
catalyst "make a choice"
shepard *kicks him in the balls* "Not today matey"
catalyst "gasp...thats never happened before, gasp"
I've never seen this as a problem, honestly. Any attack from the Reapers on the Citadel will take long enough that the Citadel will have time to lock itself up, leaving the Reapers in a long-term siege situation. On top of that, the Citadel is probably the most heavily guarded system in the galaxy. There's just no immediate advantage to the Reapers in attacking. They probably were planning to hit the Citadel at some point but only after bleeding the allied fleets dry.Nihlus2 said:
TIM presumably found a way to ensure that the arms didn't close, allowing the Reapers to attack. I'd assume that indoctrinated infiltration is how they would have gone about it anyway, but the info about the Crucible stepped the Citadel up from 'target to take someday' to 'GET IT NOW'.
On top of all that, the Normandy still has a Reaper IFF, and that has, at the very least, been shared with Cerberus and probably the Alliance too. So even if the Reapers did lock down the Mass Relays, quite a few ships could still get through them.
Anyway, on topic: I really hope that this DLC focuses on the Reapers somehow. Not just the Reaper's background, but the actual Reapers. I want to hear Harbinger yelling at me. I want Shepard to blow another Reaper up - preferably an actual Sovereign sized one this time! And I'd quite like to go through the Citadel Relay to see what's in Dark Space.
Thing is, they did the exact same thing with ME2. And even though most of the DLC for ME2 took place after the ending it was all pointless too. Kasumi gave you an extra squad member during the game so maybe that was worth it. Overlord was completely pointless and had no impact on the plot. Ditto Firewalker. Arrival would have progressed the plot... except in ME3 they were too scared that the people who hadn't played it would be confused, so they glossed over it. And LotSB, while very cool, didn't really affect much either.Blind Sight said:
So the fact that the DLC is all set pre-ending this time around doesn't actually change much at all in the grand scheme of things. It's pretty much exactly what they did last time.
actually, you should get it. it's great! just... you know, stop playing when you hit the liberation of earth, put your fingers in your ears and yell: and then the reapers got killed and everything was perfect forever!Frostbyte666 said:
To be honest, the suck sets in some way before there.Floppertje said:
If you get Mass Effect 3, just pretend it's a pretty good multiplayer horde mode game with an interesting but flawed progression mechanic, and ignore the horrible wart of a singleplayer campaign hanging off it.
Y'know, just like all those other EA games like Battlefield and Medal of Honour.
I think it depends on how it is done.anthony87 said:
Bioware tend to prefer to create 2 hour long DLC's that directly tie in to the main story in some shape or form. This tends to mean that the DLC is essentially another mission, and by not having it you were missing out on some story. It also means that it is viewed as being a part of the story and so considering that we know how the game ends (nothing we do makes a difference anyway) it makes the DLC somewhat worthless.
If they did what Bethesda does, then it wouldn't be so much of an issue. 3-5 hours long, completely different setting, story not related to the main quest. These feel much more like optional extras, than they do missions that we are "missing out on" if we do not get them.
If you do not care about vampires, then missing out on Dawnguard isn't going to harm your game experience. If you care about stopping the Reapers, then missing out on missions that are supposed to help that, does. So when the Mass Effect ending renders those DLC all irrelevant (in terms of how much they help win the war) it isn't exactly a compelling purchase.
Well, since it was all just a story from a granddad to his grandson, what the hell is canon.Innegativeion said:
Not gonna get it. I bought all the DLCs for ME2 because to me, this was the greatest series in the world. I don't even want to touch these games anymore, let alone buy more content for it.
Big with bioware means its a good excuse to charge 20$ instead of 10$ simply because they say its big. Instead of an hour it will be an hour and a half and you will be 20$ poorer and realize no matter what you do the final outcome spits in your face and insults you for your time investment. Hell, for 20$ I bought 3 full price games on the black friday steam sale. Think that hour long dlc can compare to that?
And Nimcha, I've learned my lesson buying hour long dragon age / mass effect 2 content a dozen times from bioware. I've finally had enough, and what you say is bile I say is truth.
And Nimcha, I've learned my lesson buying hour long dragon age / mass effect 2 content a dozen times from bioware. I've finally had enough, and what you say is bile I say is truth.
Wonder if they will use this dlc as a stepping point to add info for there next new ME game? Nothing major, just adding in characters or mention places or situations that you may be playing in the future.
Seems interesting, but I am probably not going to get it. Besides my time being more limited these days, it feels kind of weird having all these side stories placed in after Shepard died in the end. I know the game places you right before the charge on Cerberus when you start the game back up, but then it seems like "Alright everyone, we've got the military backing us on standby and we're all ready to charge! Team, let's... go find a leviathan and clear up Omega leaving the military here. They can wait"
Basically, I probably won't get the DLC's because of the ending, but not for the whole "It's a terrible ending and they owe me" stuff, I actually don't mind the ending (I kind of like parts of it, more so since the extended cut).
Basically, I probably won't get the DLC's because of the ending, but not for the whole "It's a terrible ending and they owe me" stuff, I actually don't mind the ending (I kind of like parts of it, more so since the extended cut).