Mass Effect 3 Review
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For me.. the game just *ended* there. I trudged through the last few bits and the carnivale itself but... Not with much the same enthusiasm I had leading up to it. And I thought the ending itself was just so very stupid... apart from a certain "Shut up Ezio, I'm not talking to *you*!"-moment... that cracked me up. Almost redeemed the entire ending.arc1991 said:
I'm getting more and more curious about the endings in Mass Effect 3, even though I've probably spoiled half of it already. Looking forward to maybe having a different opinion, since I'm one of the wierdos that kinda actually liked the ending to Fallout 3 as well.
But then again, the ending for the very first Assassin's Creed game turned me off playing the second on my Steam account.
I'm full of contradictions, =P But the endings to Mass Effect 3 do sound very streamlined. I don't think the writers at Bioware would leave the plot hanging like this, unless they already had determined something in the future to release. It sounds very deliberate and calculated. Just as Desmond stood in his bedroom and went "HURR WOT DO DIS WRITING MEAN end credits", I think Bioware have a lot planned past all this Reaper business.
Then again, I'm just speculating as usual. I don't think they'll go as far as to cave into the idea of an 'alternate DLC ending'. But if the last ten minutes or so of a 99% generally smashingly good game lacks closure, it might be possible that Bioware has deliberately planned to continue within that Mass Effect universe, except in a drastically different tangent.
/end speculation
Color me interested, either way. 20-ish hours in, this game is super tight. Undeniably good, although there does seem to be slightly less polish here and there than the demo was letting on. (Also, if I didn't feel sorry for the batarians after Arrival, I certainly do now. They have to put up with being ugly, characteristically confrontational, and now being the first people to be massacred by the Reapers.)
But then again, the ending for the very first Assassin's Creed game turned me off playing the second on my Steam account.
I'm full of contradictions, =P But the endings to Mass Effect 3 do sound very streamlined. I don't think the writers at Bioware would leave the plot hanging like this, unless they already had determined something in the future to release. It sounds very deliberate and calculated. Just as Desmond stood in his bedroom and went "HURR WOT DO DIS WRITING MEAN end credits", I think Bioware have a lot planned past all this Reaper business.
Then again, I'm just speculating as usual. I don't think they'll go as far as to cave into the idea of an 'alternate DLC ending'. But if the last ten minutes or so of a 99% generally smashingly good game lacks closure, it might be possible that Bioware has deliberately planned to continue within that Mass Effect universe, except in a drastically different tangent.
/end speculation
Color me interested, either way. 20-ish hours in, this game is super tight. Undeniably good, although there does seem to be slightly less polish here and there than the demo was letting on. (Also, if I didn't feel sorry for the batarians after Arrival, I certainly do now. They have to put up with being ugly, characteristically confrontational, and now being the first people to be massacred by the Reapers.)
He said everything that i felt at the end of game, only better. Dont watch it, if you havent complete the game yet. Spoiler alert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33tJx8iy0A
As I've said several times, I finished the game before I reviewed it. That line is referring to the game as a whole, not the literal ending of the game.Shavon513 said:
Your comment about being paid by EA is laughable.
I hoped that trend hadn't reached this place yet. Every major gaming news outlet out there is currently saying Mass Effect 3 was a perfect game, completely ignoring the ending to stay in the good graces of EA.
Instead, I come here and find a review that completely skipped over the ending as if it didn't exists.Nothing about how it ignores all your choices. Nothing about important characters (Shepard, Joker) acting completely out of character, the lack of closure, the lack of multiple endings ('cause their really is just one of them).
Instead, I come here and find a review that completely skipped over the ending as if it didn't exists.Nothing about how it ignores all your choices. Nothing about important characters (Shepard, Joker) acting completely out of character, the lack of closure, the lack of multiple endings ('cause their really is just one of them).
Just finished the game proper.
Near-perfect game in my eyes. Not 5 stars, not 10/10, not 100 Metacritic score because there are things here and there that stop it from being the best game evar. Most the positives I absolutely love about it, people have mentioned before: things carrying on from ME1 and 2, super tight combat system (besides the newfangled dodge-roll and the terrible one-button-does-everything for PC), more customisation and choice that reflects RPG values.
Now the endings: I understand the rage, but I don't align myself with it. Sure, the execution could have been handled far better, a lot of ideas being suddenly thrown around that were barely hinted at before (ie. ending seems like part tonal shift, part shoehorning a tangent), but at the same time: the fundamental concepts behind it are... actually not a bad idea.
It just seems that people aren't willing to take the time to open their minds to the possibilities, and think about the potential ramifications without the game dictating it to them (although iirc the game actually does dictate the ramifications before the choices are made).
I don't think the ending ruins the Mass Effect franchise forever, nor does it invalidate everything that Shepard's worked up to at that point. Because if Shepard didn't do all that stuff, how could they have worked up to those different solutions? At the end of the game, players have to ask themselves: what are the significant things that have changed in the galaxy, and what good could come of this? I think so many people are angry to the point where they oversimplify things into hyperbole out of rage. Sure, there were "three different-colored explosions". But then again, at the end of Mass Effect 2, Anadius was colored either blue or red.
It does certainly make emotionally identifying with the ending difficult when it all tends to be "greater-good" stuff that doesn't tell you a lot about the implications. As for the clamour for a different ending - part of me wants them to continue with what they have. I don't have the creativity to think of how they'd continue with that, because the endings certainly do have a finality to them, but I would think there are ways of giving answers that don't involve Shepard, or completely changing the plot of the ending.
So yeah - love the game. Wouldn't have missed the experience for the world. There are things that could have been much better, of course, but imo this is a finely crafted game. Very strong contender for my personal GOTY, although considering the line-up we know about so far, there's not a lot to contend with. =P
Near-perfect game in my eyes. Not 5 stars, not 10/10, not 100 Metacritic score because there are things here and there that stop it from being the best game evar. Most the positives I absolutely love about it, people have mentioned before: things carrying on from ME1 and 2, super tight combat system (besides the newfangled dodge-roll and the terrible one-button-does-everything for PC), more customisation and choice that reflects RPG values.
Now the endings: I understand the rage, but I don't align myself with it. Sure, the execution could have been handled far better, a lot of ideas being suddenly thrown around that were barely hinted at before (ie. ending seems like part tonal shift, part shoehorning a tangent), but at the same time: the fundamental concepts behind it are... actually not a bad idea.
It just seems that people aren't willing to take the time to open their minds to the possibilities, and think about the potential ramifications without the game dictating it to them (although iirc the game actually does dictate the ramifications before the choices are made).
I don't think the ending ruins the Mass Effect franchise forever, nor does it invalidate everything that Shepard's worked up to at that point. Because if Shepard didn't do all that stuff, how could they have worked up to those different solutions? At the end of the game, players have to ask themselves: what are the significant things that have changed in the galaxy, and what good could come of this? I think so many people are angry to the point where they oversimplify things into hyperbole out of rage. Sure, there were "three different-colored explosions". But then again, at the end of Mass Effect 2, Anadius was colored either blue or red.
It does certainly make emotionally identifying with the ending difficult when it all tends to be "greater-good" stuff that doesn't tell you a lot about the implications. As for the clamour for a different ending - part of me wants them to continue with what they have. I don't have the creativity to think of how they'd continue with that, because the endings certainly do have a finality to them, but I would think there are ways of giving answers that don't involve Shepard, or completely changing the plot of the ending.
So yeah - love the game. Wouldn't have missed the experience for the world. There are things that could have been much better, of course, but imo this is a finely crafted game. Very strong contender for my personal GOTY, although considering the line-up we know about so far, there's not a lot to contend with. =P
"Bottom Line: Mass Effect 3 is the ending the series and its fans deserve."
You guys did actually play the game to the end before writing this review, right?
Right?
You guys did actually play the game to the end before writing this review, right?
Right?
The saddest thing is... those last 10 minutes make you forget the previous 30 hours you played. It is so unbelievably bad that I actually cried. I cried at the end of Fallout 1, because I had closure, and the ending made sense. I cried for ME3 endings because I was LIED to. I was told my choices mattered, and they did NOT, not in the slightest.
Good thing to see that not just Gamespot can be a bunch of ad revenue worshipers who lie and deceive for the almighty buck.
This just...how dare you bull shit on this order of magnitude and act like this?
I honestly have never see a review so far from the truth in my entire life.
This just...how dare you bull shit on this order of magnitude and act like this?
I honestly have never see a review so far from the truth in my entire life.