Mass Effect 3
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Raansu
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You can believe whatever you want. I'm not going to redownload it and reinstall it. I don't even think I have my save file anymore. Someone will record it and it will be on youtube and thats where I'm going to watch it.
Arnell Long
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Mass Effect 3's DLC Endings..."Spoiler is alerted here so please watch at your own risk".
Although better than the prior endings we got, that isn't saying much. All the scenes are the same with different color swaps depending on the ending you've chosen. Still a bummer we never felt our individuality as gamers since it was promised to us by Bioware. All those choices we've made throughout the series entirety amounted into nothingness. Yes of course they can't have a "trillion" endings specifically for each gamer, but at least give us a sense of importance, showing the consumers, "look, here's what your dedication and choices within the Trilogy ironed out to be".
What we get here, "hey, thanks for playing our games, although you've made hard decisions and stuck with this series as loyal fans, you will not be getting any fleshed out endings, none of them will be specific or show any references and or compliments to your prior accomplishments, yes we promised our gamers their choices throughout our entries wouldn't be in vain, but do to laziness and lack thereof, we gave you 4 endings that splits everything down the middle...so it doesn't matter how you've played our games in the past, you'll still have these endings to choose from no matter what...we're calling this DLC "Broken Promises"...
Although better than the prior endings we got, that isn't saying much. All the scenes are the same with different color swaps depending on the ending you've chosen. Still a bummer we never felt our individuality as gamers since it was promised to us by Bioware. All those choices we've made throughout the series entirety amounted into nothingness. Yes of course they can't have a "trillion" endings specifically for each gamer, but at least give us a sense of importance, showing the consumers, "look, here's what your dedication and choices within the Trilogy ironed out to be".
What we get here, "hey, thanks for playing our games, although you've made hard decisions and stuck with this series as loyal fans, you will not be getting any fleshed out endings, none of them will be specific or show any references and or compliments to your prior accomplishments, yes we promised our gamers their choices throughout our entries wouldn't be in vain, but do to laziness and lack thereof, we gave you 4 endings that splits everything down the middle...so it doesn't matter how you've played our games in the past, you'll still have these endings to choose from no matter what...we're calling this DLC "Broken Promises"...
Arnell Long
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Definitely, this doesn't justify a thing for me. They took this long to add 4 minutes to each "colored" ending. They shoulda just added this laziness with the actual finished product.
Yup. There's a site I forgot the link to that has all the transcripts for the endings.
Basically they redefine what a Synthetic is around 5 or 6 times to whatever point they want to make at the time. At one point the catalyst says that the Reapers harvest both organics AND synthetics - which the Reapers are as well. That they were created by synthetics when synthesizing with their unwilling creators.
Just... bull. The original endings at least gave you the indoctrination theory out of it but these just make it more difficult to accept - with the two exceptions being that Harbringer's voice is heard upon rejection instead of the catalyst and that Shepard breathes still only on Destroy.
Arnell Long
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Massively Fails on some many Effective levels...
Raansu
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Well like I said before, they need to completely redo the endings for any of them to make any sense. The "extended cuts" are indeed better and try to explain a bit more, but overall the endings still don't make any sense with the rest of the lore.
Edit:
I will admit one thing I'm happy about, which is that they didn't destroy the mass effect relays in the new endings. The problem now is Joker's scene with the crashed Normandy now doesn't make sense.
Relius Starkiller
Active Member
Well the normandy doesn't crash anymore. The wave of energy that follows him through the relay doesn't harm the ship.
I'm happy with the extended endings myself. It was explained in the original endings that the reapers harvest advanced civilizations - not just organics. It was the lack of conversational depth pre-patch that gave the impression that they only came after organic life (Because Shep couldn't ask questions.). And I feel Mass Effects definition of synthetic was pretty clear at the end, the catalyst told you straight up the the geth were toast as well as the reapers. EDI and her EVA body were reaper tech so they were done. . .in the closing credits you found out what they meant.
The only thing that bothered me was that in the Destroy ending you probably die and in the control ending you live on as an AI. If destroy is supposed to the be selfish ending then Shepard should have most definitely lived. . .but ya know what, I picked Synthesis and I'm happy with the extended version of that.
I think everything I needed to know was answered but I'm still trading the game in because there is nothing left for me to see.
Arnell Long
Active Member
You don't think the Mass Effect Trilogy is worth keeping in your Collection? If not, I'm wondering what kind of 360 Collection do you have lol.
Arnell Long
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I'm going to download this and watch it when I eat, good find bro.
Relius Starkiller
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So they are planning on releasing pre-end game DLC.
Leviathan is the first with Re-take Omega being the next likely canidate. . . .but I haven't spoken to a single person who is jumping out of their socks to give Bioware anymore of their money.
And I think its less about how they screwed us with the original endings (although that is certainly a issue) and more about the fact that it all has to be pre-end game. Its not as much an issue as most make it out to be because the game, after completion, reloads to before your assault on the Illusive Man's base, so any DLC can easily be wedged in but knowing that none of this is going to make a bit of difference to the ending is the part that will make it impossible for most to swallow.
ME2's DLC held promise in that it would have ramifications in the final installment of the series, what ramifications could retaking Omega for Aria or having a Reaper on your side do in the face of a legion of nigh indestructible robo-mechanic Gods?
Unless of course Omega is actually another crucible in desguise
And the Leviathan is actually responsible for its construction through its own indoctrination - actually, just forget I said anything.
What I'm trying to get at here is that, for me at least, Mass Effect is over and the sooner Bioware realizes this the sooner we can all move on.
But before we all move on lets take a moment to remember the most important part of the Mass Effect experience, the portion of the experience that Bioware never got wrong.
Thank you Bioware.
P.S Dragon Age 3 could learn somethings from Mass Effect 3.
Leviathan is the first with Re-take Omega being the next likely canidate. . . .but I haven't spoken to a single person who is jumping out of their socks to give Bioware anymore of their money.
And I think its less about how they screwed us with the original endings (although that is certainly a issue) and more about the fact that it all has to be pre-end game. Its not as much an issue as most make it out to be because the game, after completion, reloads to before your assault on the Illusive Man's base, so any DLC can easily be wedged in but knowing that none of this is going to make a bit of difference to the ending is the part that will make it impossible for most to swallow.
ME2's DLC held promise in that it would have ramifications in the final installment of the series, what ramifications could retaking Omega for Aria or having a Reaper on your side do in the face of a legion of nigh indestructible robo-mechanic Gods?
Unless of course Omega is actually another crucible in desguise
And the Leviathan is actually responsible for its construction through its own indoctrination - actually, just forget I said anything.
What I'm trying to get at here is that, for me at least, Mass Effect is over and the sooner Bioware realizes this the sooner we can all move on.
But before we all move on lets take a moment to remember the most important part of the Mass Effect experience, the portion of the experience that Bioware never got wrong.
Thank you Bioware.
P.S Dragon Age 3 could learn somethings from Mass Effect 3.
Relius Starkiller
Active Member
Oh and one more thing.
THIS is what I really wanted back in March.
*Harbinger whispers to himself* :"This hurts you."
THIS is what I really wanted back in March.
*Harbinger whispers to himself* :"This hurts you."
NightAntilli
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Oh I just found this thread. I'm a huge Mass Effect fan. As for the ending, it's overly hated, so yeah, the ending won't really change that. I'm still getting all the DLC they bring out. In any case, does anyone here play multiplayer?
Mailifang
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ME3 was epic until the ending. If I were Bioware I would've just went with the idoctrination theory fan speculation and made the ending based on it. Even though the theory was fan made if Bioware really went this direction ME as a series probably would've went down as one the most well written piece of video game science fiction ever.
R4712-VR88
Active Member
I actually rented Mass Effect 3 a few weeks ago just to try out its multiplayer and became hooked. I've never played an ME game but I do enjoy the multiplayer for this game. It's not perfect but it's fun and it's alittle something different to play. Right after I took my rented copy back I immediately bought the game. Been playing it alot ever since.
Atrabilious
New Member
Enjoyed ME, probably one the best series I've played, up until the ending of the third installment anyway. The Extended Cut alleviated that issue somewhat, but you can only do so much with something that was crappy to begin with.
At least the ME3 multiplayer is pretty good fun.
Some Leviathan DLC spoilers:
Anyone played through or watched a playthrough of the new Leviathan DLC? Shows the creators of the Reapers/Catalyst in the flesh, explains why they were created and some other stuff. Didn't make a whole lot of sense to me truthfully since I don't understand how the reapers ever managed to beat them in the first place and start the harvesting cycles. Especially after seeing what one was capable of, it killed a Reaper with mind bullets. Instant kill kind of stuff. Kind of puts the legitimacy of choosing Destroy as an ending at question since you'd be effectively trading one galactic space Cthulhu for another.
At least the ME3 multiplayer is pretty good fun.
Some Leviathan DLC spoilers:
Anyone played through or watched a playthrough of the new Leviathan DLC? Shows the creators of the Reapers/Catalyst in the flesh, explains why they were created and some other stuff. Didn't make a whole lot of sense to me truthfully since I don't understand how the reapers ever managed to beat them in the first place and start the harvesting cycles. Especially after seeing what one was capable of, it killed a Reaper with mind bullets. Instant kill kind of stuff. Kind of puts the legitimacy of choosing Destroy as an ending at question since you'd be effectively trading one galactic space Cthulhu for another.
FakeSypha
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I still play. Not so often lately, but if you want we can kill some geth/cerberus/reapers together. Well, I should get online and level up my classes again, since I promoted all of them on the last weekend event.
What class/race do you use online, guys?