ME 3..

so whats everyone think ?
i thought the end was ok, but a lot of negative backlash about it..

and anyone multiplayering it, let me know

You're at the end already?

Good thing I've not shelled my hard-earned. I like to complete 'em fully but if you can do that over a weekend (without an epic-a-thon) then screw it

The ending was shit. It was like they'd just got bored by that point and decided to throw something together in 5 minutes without any care as to whether it fit with the overarching plot of the series or even made proper sense. Up until that point however I did enjoy ME3 and sunk a good number of hours into it to complete everything I could.

Just started it. It hasn't really grabbed me yet but then Miranda's not turned up yet. I'm hopeful it will get better...

One thing: I thought the location of Earth had been lost, or am I getting my games mixed up?

it starts with it being lost

Ah, glad to hear I'm not completely mad. Wish I remember how/when they found it. Presumably it had slipped behind the intergalactic sofa?

well thats what all the fuss is about, i was going on the ending being

more battlestar galactica esque,, in that whatever you do, it will loop, in theory, eventually... so you just get a better than average result, and then repeat X centuries later

yea i think it could of done with a bit more....options or taken more previous stuff into account, but as i said, i wasnt following the "zomg worst shit thing evar" fanboys who are all dribbling over it

minion-wise ;

i had;
wrex alive, samara alive, miranda alive , jack alive, jacob alive, legion till he suicided to work with the geth/quarians, mordan till he blew himself up, and thane till he got stabbed
would of prefered more input from them
and i ended up shagging the comms officer in the shower, as i found out having looked it up that James isnt romanceable, which is a bit odd for such an early-appearing companion

miranda:

i paragon'd her dad with "let the sister go and you might walk out, try to take her and you die" he agreed, let her go , then miranda bioticed him through the window anyway

anderson;

stopped illusive man from shooting him, but he died shortly after anyway so :/

thats the other one i had, forgot who it was

also, why cant i buy the Shepherd VI from the docking bay

Forced multiplayer to get the "best" endings, because there's no way you can get 5000+ effective military strength in singleplayer alone.

Because it's a demo.


Yes i did end up getting the game any way because i'm a weak weak man..

Lost as in the reapers invaded, not lost as in "i can't find my keys"...

Now when I think back, I don't think there was much I enjoyed about the game at all. I didn't like the combat, it felt very much like a third person shooter Dragon Age 2. Enter a room, kill wave after wave of enemies then move on to the next room and do it again. Upping the challenge just increased the frustration, since BioWare's go to answer for difficulty is more health.

As for the story, it didn't grab me at all. It felt kind of forced to be honest, and in some parts kind of silly. Maybe it was just me, but I constantly felt like the writers intention was for me to sit and sob over every 'twist' in the story. Every death. In reality my reaction could best be described as "meh".

Then there's the sidequests, or what passes for them. This is what happens when you rush development I guess? Because compared to ME2 the scan a planet > get artifact > deliver to someone on the Citadel is fucking pathetic.

Let's not even begin talking about the ending, or how utterly disappointing it was no matter what you picked.

Oh and, am I the only one who truly hates Joker? It's the worst character. He's terrible. And the fact that they gave him a fucking sexbot is just ridiculous.

full list of all 16 endings, with requirements and results

SPOILER TASTIC , oddly enough

http://uk.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-3/Endings

on a slightly related note ;
my origin was set to "sign me in as invisible" which means people I INVITED couldnt join my lobby, and i had trouble joining others ; log out,, untick, log in, works every time now

This is becoming more common now, games taking no time at all to complete. Feel like I've been robbed when I spend £50~ on something that lasts 4-5 hours.

Usually from EA

most of my ME saves, from 1, 2, and 3, are all around 18-24 hours total :/

Had about 7k goin for the end game, but 50% rediness, so did a few multiplayer games, got a char to 20, and went in.

That's pretty dire for an RPG, I got 100 hours out of my first go at skyrim and plenty more to do.

Mass Effect games encourage multiple play-throughs, it's part of the appeal. I've got 3 ME2 saves I want to see to completion, a 100hr epic would take the piss a bit.

That bar has nothing to do with what ending you will get. The only thing that does is tell you WHEN you can do the final mission as long as you are past the minimum marker. The effective military strength is what determine which of the endings you will get (coupled with if you saved or destroyed the collector base).

I've done 3 final missions with the bar at 100% and still haven't gotten the "best" ending because my effective military strength isn't at 5000.

So that bar is somewhat misleading because even at 100% you won't get all the endings if your at 50% readiness.

I just finished it clocked 36 hours, I loved every second I played this game and the ending at least I got was great and im glad I read no spoilers for the game as the ending totally shocked me as I wasn't expecting what came.

Cheers for a great trilogy Bioware its one that will stay with me for a long time.