[Megathread] Mass Effect 3

[Delevicton]

I shot at him and he yelled at me in the Harbinger voice. That was the scariest moment of my life. Lol.

That's what makes me so upset about ME3. ME 1 and 2 made this game my favorite series ever, but 3 really let me down. Out of my top 10 games, 3 or 4 of them would probably be Bioware games. I mean, it's a good game, for what it's worth, but it's just not Mass Effect to me. I won't play the Command & Conquer game they plan to release because fuck that, but I hope they do start putting out titles like they used to again. They're capable of writing beautiful stories.

Have hope for DA:3. I don't think I'll get to see Morrigan and my monster-baby, but I still think it will blow the second game away.

[Yuni]

Have hope for DA:3. I don't think I'll get to see Morrigan and my monster-baby, but I still think it will blow the second game away.

I really hope so. I never finished the second one, heard about how bad it was, but stumbling upon the first one was one of the best decisions I've made.

[Delevicton]

I really hope so. I never finished the second one, heard about how bad it was, but stumbling upon the first one was one of the best decisions I've made.

I had actually played the second one first on 360, then played Origins on PC. Because of that, I didn't hate DA:2 as much as most people did, but I clearly see why people would be disappointed. It's actually a decent game if you.... pretend it isn't Dragon Age.

I could totally play a Bioware game that was nothing but talking to your party in that camp site from Origins, though. That was my favorite part. The music there was so beautiful, and the fire was crackling.. I need to do another playthrough soon.

[Grizzly Willy]

But, they didn't stray from their original version. Not really. They said multiple times they WERE NOT changing the endings, simply adding on to them. The concept of the endings stayed the same, you just got more information out of it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Their vision essentially remained the same.

Apologies, I must have worded my statement poorly. I agree with everything you said. The reason why the Extended Cut was, in my opinion, an excellent piece of content is because it stays true to what they intended to put out. It was only a clarification of what happened, not a rewrite to appease a fanbase.

[Spaceshaman]

I liked DA2 better. I would like to see how Hawke's STD will pan out that she got from Isabela.

[Delevicton]

It's not hard to beat the second game considering the amount of problem it had.

- Paragon/Renegade, it was something that I disliked to see in Dragon Age. I enjoyed to have my shit loads of choices available and that was about it...
- Character Voice, I did love it! What I don't really like it's what they need to sacrifice to add it to the game, a lot of character customization and a great number of chat options.
- Companion lack of customization, it was just awful really... "Here Hun. bought you a new upgrade to you dress.".
- Map repetition, I guess we can all agree on this without needing to explain it, right?

Those are my biggest problems with the game honestly =X

Edited: Oh also how they made the "classes" system... having only 1 healer and one tank in the entire group sucks donkey balls. "I'm a warrior, but I refuse to hold a modafuking shield! Real man wears 2h swords."

Without trying to turn this into a DA thread.. I agree with all of the above. I would have preferred there not be a voice(made my character feel more personal instead of just someone I was controlling), and I loved how in Origins it didn't tell you if your choice was good or bad; it was just morally grey and up to you to interpret(funnily enough, this kind of ties in with my earlier posts about ME:3's ending. I like interpreting things for myself). I killed that little boy and have no regrets about it. No way was I gonna risk losing one of my magi to enter the Fade. There were bigger things at stake than a child's life.

[Nerraw]

- Companion lack of customization, it was just awful really... "Here Hun. bought you a new upgrade to you dress.".

This one is actually confirmed to be revamped in DA3. They showed some concept art and discussed the mechanics at that panel back in April.

[Medusa Cascade]

Wonder if Bioware will announce a DLC at ComicCon.

Edit: Ah

5:00-6:00 Mass Effect: Past, Present, and Future— Developers from Mass Effect offer an exciting look at the evolution of the Mass Effect franchise. Mike Gamble (producer), Corey Gaspur (senior combat designer), Parrish Ley (lead cinematic animator), Sylvia Feketekuty (writer), Chris Helper (writer), Jessica Merizan (community manager) and Chris Priestly (community specialist) discuss the history of the series, beloved characters, multiplayer gaming and hints at upcoming DLC. Don't forget to bring your emergency induction port! Room 25ABC

[Spaceshaman]

I've entered Fade because of 2 things:

1. You can learn Blood Magic only from there.
2. There was a very pretty Succubus in there, waiting for copulation.

^^

[Adam Jensen]

This one is actually confirmed to be revamped in DA3. They showed some concept art and discussed the mechanics at that panel back in April.

I can't wait for DA3. It will either redeem or sink the series.

[Deleted]

I can't wait for DA3. It will either redeem or sink the series.

Good thing Gibbed also made save editors so you can build that perfect character to rule the heavens.

[Beavis]

Indoctrination theory MADE sense, does not mean it was real or not.

Yeah, Shepard name was posted in the Normandy mural... so what? It's not the first time he is declared dead.
Plus, his crew NEVER went back to check what happened with the citadel, they left the sol dead assuming that Shepard had died, landed on the planet and added him the the memorial, no one ever confirmed that we know of...

I'll also say again, it's ridiculous that Bioware made the TOP EMS reward, with supposedly it's to allow us to unlock you BETTER endings, a scene that already shows up in every bloody ending in the game...

His name doesn't actually go up on the wall in that ending either. They have the plaque, but your LI just holds it and then it cuts to the Normandy taking off and then to Shepard taking in a breath. Saying that's a death scene is just kind of contrarian. Like you said, why would the reward for sinking a lot of extra time into the game be the same as something that you get by not sinking extra time?

I'm fairly confident that the High EMS Destroy will be the canon ending. That's the only option that keeps the door open for a Mass Effect world with Shepard alive in it, even if s/he's an NPC or something. The other two endings really box them in from a narrative standpoint. In Control, Shepard is essentially a benevolent (?) god. In Synthesis, all life is connected in perfect harmony or whatever. Plus, in both scenarios, the Reapers are friendly, meaning that any kind of threat would have to be so massive that the Reapers couldn't just zap it. Even if they some how take the Reapers out of the picture, in Control and Synthesis, the galaxy just got a billion year tech jump from having direct access to Reaper tech.

[Adam Jensen]

His name doesn't actually go up on the wall in that ending either. They have the plaque, but your LI just holds it and then it cuts to the Normandy taking off and then to Shepard taking in a breath. Saying that's a death scene is just kind of contrarian. Like you said, why would the reward for sinking a lot of extra time into the game be the same as something that you get by not sinking extra time?

I'm fairly confident that the High EMS Destroy will be the canon ending. That's the only option that keeps the door open for a Mass Effect world with Shepard alive in it, even if s/he's an NPC or something. The other two endings really box them in from a narrative standpoint. In Control, Shepard is essentially a benevolent (?) god. In Synthesis, all life is connected in perfect harmony or whatever. Plus, in both scenarios, the Reapers are friendly, meaning that any kind of threat would have to be so massive that the Reapers couldn't just zap it. Even if they some how take the Reapers out of the picture, in Control and Synthesis, the galaxy just got a billion year tech jump from having direct access to Reaper tech.

But this assumes they'll go forward with ME4. ME4 very well could occur before or at the same time as ME1/2/3

[Deleted]

But this assumes they'll go forward with ME4. ME4 very well could occur before or at the same time as ME1/2/3

Oh we will be playing as Blasto, and the gameplay will actually be the movies

[Medusa Cascade]

Oh we will be playing as Blasto, and the gameplay will actually be the movies

Want.

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[Duncanîdaho]

The Normandy uses a Quantum Entangled communicator. The only way their communications would be completely off would be if those other devices were also destroyed. Its the way Quantum Entanglement works. Shepard can't live if the destroy ending is real. Even the catalyst states as much. Nothing about the destroy ending changes if Shepard is dead because nothing about the destroy ending revolves around Shepard living.

It is open to interpretation as you say, so why are you only interpreting it as Shepard lives and nothing else?

Because without Shepard living there is no reason to pick Red. It's pointless. Let's kill our Geth and AI friends for no reason, when there other options available and also leave the galaxy in ruins and Shepards dead no matter what! When we can pick green or blue and have a utopia pretty much. So red has become the fuck everything ending now with absolutely no plus's next to the fact the Reapers aren't turning people to goo anymore. If Shepard is alive then there's actually a reason to pick the damn ending.

Also when the ship crashed, without the engines running I doubt they had the power to use the quantum entanglement device or barely had any power at all.

If it was Shepards final breathe they would not have shown him breathing in. It is totally illogical. They would of showed him exhaling then silence, and we could of got out nice little death scene. But they didn't do that they choose to specifically show him breathing in. So i think he's alive. That's my interpretation of it, you obviously have a different one.

Sorry bout the late post. This thread is active when I'm sleeping lol.

[Deleted]

Or because people REALLY hate those goddamn reapers and picks destroy for the sole reason of going "You tried to kill us. Bad move, now you will face total annihilation!"

[Medusa Cascade]

Now if ME4 wont continue, then why do we get LegendSaves (that are saved when you choose an ending), unless that will be the imported savefile?
Just a bit suspicious.

Hmm that is odd.

[Maconi]

Because without Shepard living there is no reason to pick Red. It's pointless. Let's kill our Geth and AI friends for no reason, when there other options available and also leave the galaxy in ruins and Shepards dead no matter what! When we can pick green or blue and have a utopia pretty much. So red has become the fuck everything ending now with absolutely no plus's next to the fact the Reapers aren't turning people to goo anymore. If Shepard is alive then there's actually a reason to pick the damn ending.

Also when the ship crashed, without the engines running I doubt they had the power to use the quantum entanglement device or barely had any power at all.

If it was Shepards final breathe they would not have shown him breathing in. It is totally illogical. They would of showed him exhaling then silence, and we could of got out nice little death scene. But they didn't do that they choose to specifically show him breathing in. So i think he's alive. That's my interpretation of it, you obviously have a different one.

Sorry bout the late post. This thread is active when I'm sleeping lol.

You have to keep in mind that if the indoctrination thing is true, then the red ending where Shepard survives places him back before any real decision was made (the "destroy all synthetic life" thing only happened in his mind). In reality the red option (or only option) would destroy ONLY the Reapers like they originally planned and leave the Geth/AI/his friends still very much alive.

That's the reason most people want to believe the indoctrination thing is true. It gives you the possibility for an actual good ending (which currently doesn't really exist).

[Grizzly Willy]

Hmm that is odd.

My guess would be for DLC.