Did anyone love ME3?

[Clebold]

ignoring the endings, this was one of the most beautifully written, if a bit narmy in some places, video games of all time. the ending however, was a bit of a gut punch, I am not gonna lie about that.

However, I don't think that is the actual ending. what I mean is this: Bioware is not stupid. never have been, most likely never will. As yahtzee said, Bioware's writing is some of the best in the industry. I, for one, refuse to believe that Bioware thought that the ending in the finished game was what they would leave us, the paying public, like that. My theory: there is something coming. If I am right, it might be the greatest swerve since Hogan turned heel at Bash at the Beach '96. If I am wrong (and I doubt that I am) I will probably not be playing video games for a while.

 

[boag]

ignoring the endings, this was one of the most beautifully written, if a bit narmy in some places, video games of all time. the ending however, was a bit of a gut punch, I am not gonna lie about that.

However, I don't think that is the actual ending. what I mean is this: Bioware is not stupid. never have been, most likely never will. As yahtzee said, Bioware's writing is some of the best in the industry. I, for one, refuse to believe that Bioware thought that the ending in the finished game was what they would leave us, the paying public, like that. My theory: there is something coming. If I am right, it might be the greatest swerve since Hogan turned heel at Bash at the Beach '96. If I am wrong (and I doubt that I am) I will probably not be playing video games for a while.

well whatever is coming I hope I dont have to pay 4.99 to get it.

 

[Elamdri]

I wouldn't as far as "love", I would go with "Its alright, maybe even good" but then I'm not that far into it judging by the trophies I haven't got.

Something that has bugged me is the way that they keep "killing" characters, only for them to be ok.

*SPOILERS* (beause I don't know how to do spoiler tags)

For example, "oh no, they've killed Kaiden...no, no he's going to be ok. Oh no, Kasume's been blown up...no, no she was just faking it. Oh no, Grunt has just sacraficed himself...oh for fuck sake."

*END OF SPOILERS*

Some of those turn out differently if the character wasn't loyal in ME2.

 

[Shavon513]

Mass Effect 3 does so many things right, the story gets better, the gameplay is finally awesome, the characters, so many little treasures to be had in this game. The ending, however, through me for a huge loop, for many reasons. The game is wort buying and experiencing, but be wary of the ending. it will be an emotional punch in the gut that will leave you with more questions than answers.

 

[everythingbeeps]

I loved ME3. And I'm completely convinced that the ending in the game is not "the ending". I like the indoctrination theory, and I think it was left open so they could create the right ending based on feedback.

 

[AbstractStream]

I said it before, I'll say it again.
Mass Effect 3 was a fan-freaking-tastic game. The gameplay, the characters, the story, everything. I LOVE how it all came together...until the ending. Yes, I know we're all sick of talking about the ending, but what can I say? I didn't like it, but I certainly didn't hate it either. It was just so...I mean, what happens?!
The only comfort I get from the ending is that at least Liara is alive (Which frankly doesn't make sense since I took her along for the final mission. If I would have known better, I would've left her and Garrus behind but yet there she is, coming out of the Normandy at the end.) Doesn't matter, at least she's alive.

Mass Effect 3 does so many things right, the story gets better, the gameplay is finally awesome, the characters, so many little treasures to be had in this game. The ending, however, through me for a huge loop, for many reasons. The game is wort buying and experiencing, but be wary of the ending. it will be an emotional punch in the gut that will leave you with more questions than answers.

Your last two sentences. I couldn't have said it better myself. Exactly.

 

[Zhukov]

Like damn near everyone else, I loved 95% of ME3. That 95% was one of the best games I have ever played.

The only parts I didn't like was some of the Geth-Quarian business and, well... yeah... that execrable fucking ending.

 

[pha kin su pah]

loved it, loved the ending. only part i disliked was the lack of variety in squad members, but i made do.

 

[Netrigan]

I thought it was awesome, and since finishing it, I've replayed all three games.

Biggest complaint is the final ten minutes. It's awful, but since the universe is set to go on, it's not hard to see why they didn't give us the closure many of us expected. When the next game comes out and we reconnect with our old friends, people will likely downgrade their anger to simple disappointment in a poor deus ex machina ending to an otherwise fine story.

Other than that, the only complaint (bordering on quibble) are the Earth levels. The game becomes a grind once you start the final mission, so prepare yourself for a couple of hours of traveling through a bunch of burnt out streets battling seemingly endless waves of monsters.

 

[TheCowman]

*SPOILERS* (beause I don't know how to do spoiler tags)

For example, "oh no, they've killed Kaiden...no, no he's going to be ok. Oh no, Kasume's been blown up...no, no she was just faking it. Oh no, Grunt has just sacraficed himself...oh for fuck sake."

*END OF SPOILERS*

Awww, don't say that. I was out of my seat cheering by the end of that Grunt scene.


But yeah, loved just about all of it. A little less moping from Shepard woulda been nice, but I'll let 'em have that. The ending might not have been what I woulda done, but I was satisfied with it. My only disappointment was that I couldn't see what happened to the new universe I left behind.

 

[Sperium 3000]

The ending will piss off, but everything else before those last ten minutes makes it a worthy buy.

 

[Goofguy]

I just finished the game and will gladly jump in this conga-line, I really liked this game.

Spoiler

Disregarding the ending for a moment, I loved how poignant and lasting your decisions are throughout the game. Your Shepard can be primarily responsible for the genophage cure dispersal and for the eradication of/peace between the Quarians and/or Geth. After all the discussions and build-up from the previous games, I thought these to be well executed and satisfying in their conclusion.

I don't know if it just hasn't really sunk in yet but I just have no idea what to make of the ending right now. Sure, a happy ending would be ideal but I knew that a war of this magnitude could not end pretty and that there would be some significant, lasting consequences. It's just surprising and disappointing that the effective military strength amassed ultimately only really affects three things in the ending(s):

Spoiler

The availability of the third option, the condition of Earth after the Citadel blast and Shepard's 'survival' after choosing to destroy all synthetics. Unless I am wrong...?

 

[Jacob Lake]

It was amazing. It is a love hate relationship. If it truly was that he is indoctrinated then, yes. However it needs some, DLC/Patches or something.

 

[Wintermoot]

a friend of mine did he said the ending sucked but the game itself was fun

 

[sage42]

Oh I loved it, I loved how they handled the gathering of the fleet's, making peace between species. And, despite many people *coughcoughZeelcoughcough* are raging about the romances, I loved what they did with them. Course I've always been a sucker for cheese romance in games. Tali's was amazing in my opinion, though the whole "Keelah Se'lai" thing did get old.

And even the ending's I didn't mind, I didn't hate them perse, I just felt like it was just.....over. It just didn't feel right.

Spoiler

I pointed out Zeel on the romance thing not because he's the only one doing, but because he's the only one who made a entire THREAD complaining about the damn romance thing.

 

[boag]

It was Biowares Finest work, but in the End Bioware did what Bioware does best, it fucked itself over in the last minute.

 

[Tony Murlin]

As it stands, the Mass Effect Series has to be at the top of my favorite gaming experiences of all time. Mass Effect 3 is, in itself, pure excellence that is magnified a hundred fold when the previous entries are taken into account. I like the game so much that I'm only *neutral* toward the ending!

It does have issues, I'll admit, and my biggest complaint (aside from ME3's Character Face Import Issues) is that sometimes the "different" dialogue options are not as *different* as they could be.