Note that the metacritic disparity is due to a combo of people hating the ending and people hating THE GAY or somesuch
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
i'm enjoying some of the SRSLY EPIC missions in ME3
*spoiler* like in the genophage cure mission, the part where the mother thresher maw takes down the reaper was so bad ass *spoiler*
― grimes - (the elder scrolls iv:) oblivion (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
is there anywhere that concisely and clearly summarizes the ME3 ending controversy?
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
Recommend the video posted above by kelpolaris.
Its still a good game for those who've played the first two installments as gameplay is fine and it ties up a lot of loose ends. But you can quit after the foot race to the London conduit at the end, the finale does ruin a bunch of themes of the trilogy.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
huh tried watching some of that but i need something with more context, i've never played any of these games.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://twitter.com/#!/DamonLindelof/status/182263625082355712
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
Also (avert your eyes, spoiler averse!):
http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af134/gnosblax/yodawgme.jpg
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
It is pretty hard to not be spoiled by that huge image, I'm just saying.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
― thomp, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
not really a spoiler if you at least played just half of ME1
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://pastebin.com/i2cNVDp4
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
when you say spoilers below I don't check to see what it is if I am worried about spoilers, generally speaking.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
Digging multiplayer.
― Jeff, Friday, 23 March 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/19/whats-right-with-mass-effect-3s-ending/#more-99917
― thomp, Friday, 23 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
I die a lot on multiplayer and jerk faces don't revive me.
― Jeff, Saturday, 24 March 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I think if you play on silver then people are more likely to understand that they will die if you die. On bronze people have zero incentive to save you because they just might finish the level with or without you.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 24 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
I've almost got to 100% galactic readiness and I can be done with multiplayer.
― Jeff, Saturday, 24 March 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
I went from 50-100% readiness in 6 (or so) hours of multiplayer last night and today (25% xp bonus weekend). Fell in with some good players for most of the evening. Revived most of the time even on bronze. Probably would have been better if I had a headset.
Biggest faults: Aside from the reactor and Tuchanka map, they're all on the small side. I spent 100s of thousands in credits for random packages and never got a lightweight assault rifle (M-15 or M-96) suitable for an Adept. Stuck pling-plinging away with a Locust SMG.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Sunday, 25 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
I've got this pistol, I forget the name but it shoots projectiles that stick to the enemy then explode. It's been pretty sweet.
― Jeff, Sunday, 25 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
this is circulatinghttp://i39.tinypic.com/1gnlw2.jpg
altho it's pretty lame how this "laid off so secrets of the universe revealed" phenom has been such a continual occurrence. i'm partial to this one as well, mostly considering a) dragon age 2 was far past an "alpha stage b) the volus antag thing sounds like some serious trolling.
― kelpolaris, Monday, 26 March 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
Are there spoilers in that link?
― Jeff, Monday, 26 March 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
heres a cool read http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/23/mass-effect-3-ending-what-do-game-writers-think/
that pastebin i posted up above is by a bioware writer who posted it on the pennyarcade forums, he admits that the ending was written by one guy with autism and wasnt reviewed by any of the other writers which is completely against hte norm for any of their mission writing
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 26 March 2012 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
i enjoy your gloss on it
― thomp, Monday, 26 March 2012 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
hilarious, heated "debate" in the comments thread over whether the asari in mass effect count as biologically female or not:
http://io9.com/5890426/why-did-bioware-add-a-gay-option-to-mass-effect-3?tag=space-opera
― Large Sack (Empty) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
kinda cool article about the gear used to make the music of ME3 http://toksin.tumblr.com/post/17925900472/the-music-of-mass-effect-3-synthtopia
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
ending was shite
― diamonddave85, Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Beat this last night finally. Didn't mind the ending, actually sort of hilarious. I thought it mimicked real life in that you really only had the illusion of free will throughout the game. Everything will almost always turn out the same anyway. With different color explosions.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
i wasn't so left with a feeling of being mugged as by the illusion of choice (just a half-assed move by bioware, there) than the closing scene involving joker and edi ready to get jiggy with it on a private island resort planet. and then those smarmy fucking credits: "Project Director: Casey Hudson" with the boogie-down music was the point in which blood started flowing to my head and i couldn't fucking believe they could ruin a series in a matter of minutes.
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
you really only had the illusion of free will throughout the game. Everything will almost always turn out the same anyway. With different color explosions.― Jeff, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:53 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Jeff, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:53 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
SRSLY
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
to think that in ME2, when deciding whether save the genophage cure data, i actually went to length of putting down the controller and thinking it through whilst taking a piss, coming to the painful decision to save the data as i shook out the last driblets of urine
bioware, you dicks
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
Spoilers. Saving the genophage data does allow Eve (the fertile Krogan shaman) to live in ME3, and its pretty clear that the Krogan are doomed to more apocalyptic expansionist and/or intraclan warfare post Reapers without the females having a stronger voice.
― Sanpaku, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
BioWare Announces Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
― diamonddave85, Friday, 6 April 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
Wow.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 6 April 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/the-gallery-of-questionable-shepards/#/0
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
So I just played all three games for the first time over the past month or so.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
I couldn't figure out why people hated the ending, save the oddness that the Normandy was flying through a Mass Relay and the kind of quick "that's it!" but I also didn't mind. It felt like the game was all about sacrifice and inevitable doom anyway, and I really loved some of the character stuff (basically Liara and Shepherd as bros was really pretty moving tbh). 3 had a great, epic feel to it, and even if the ending wasn't some amazing thing (though I had no issues with the god child thing), it didn't do a disservice to those quality Garrus moments, or the Mordin death scene. I chose to kill the Quarians, but that's because somehow I made a stupid decision and Tali died in 2 despite me having ~~romanced~~ her. It's all a bit RTD-era Who, though, in that the build up to the finale is fantastic and the actual finale is inevitably a let down. Had a great time, and as I don't play video games very often, I was quite surprised how taken I was with the universe and some of the characters.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 12 April 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
Mordin :~(
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 April 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
that gallery is great
― thomp, Thursday, 12 April 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/shep4-1334155217.jpghttp://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/the-gallery-of-questionable-shepards/#/10
― thomp, Thursday, 12 April 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/ugshep3.jpg
― thomp, Thursday, 12 April 2012 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox?ie=UTF8&ref_=pe_26410_20202130#
29.99 today only
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for the heads up. purchased.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
am i crazy or is that a sign that it's about to be a much cheaper game to get?
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
not necessarily
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
Decide app says Buy now
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's the third highest selling game this week, so it would maybe be a little early to make it a platinum hit.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Prices will rise or hold steady with 83% Confidence
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Amazon often does these one-day, half-off deals. I don't think it's indicative of a price-drop.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
if you miss it check out walmart, they also knocked it down to 30 for a spell, it is definitely going back up to 60 after though, according to people who work there? some thing i saw on reddit, anyway.
― smash sbros (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link