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Bioware: EA carves another notch into their record of game studios killed.

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2012-09-25 10:21 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
The only way you could be more wrong about that is if they stuck you into an electrified Wrongness Machine and turned it two clicks past "Totally Wrong."
No, he's right. ME3 is a good game.

I disagree with him in that the original ending is weak but that's because to me it lacked sufficient resolution or a sense of what was going on. My understanding is that the extended cut takes care of that.

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Originally Posted by BellaStrega View Post
No, he's right. ME3 is a good game.

I disagree with him in that the original ending is weak but that's because to me it lacked sufficient resolution or a sense of what was going on. My understanding is that the extended cut takes care of that.
I've listed some of the main reasons why ME3 sucks earlier in this thread so I won't rehash them, but the extended cut does nothing for the game at all.

Here's how the story arc should go in ME3, with ever-increasing stakes:
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As someone noted in their review of the game, the ending hijacks your character and lobotomizes them. The extended version of that does nothing to alleviate the plot holes.

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Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
The only way you could be more wrong about that is if they stuck you into an electrified Wrongness Machine and turned it two clicks past "Totally Wrong."
If The End wasn't coming so soon I'd steal that for a tagline.

 

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Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
I've listed some of the main reasons why ME3 sucks earlier in this thread so I won't rehash them, but the extended cut does nothing for the game at all.

Here's how the story arc should go in ME3, with ever-increasing stakes:
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                 ___/  \
           ___/         \
          /                \__
_____/
Here's how it actually goes:
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    \
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      \____/\___/\___/\__/   \
                                       \___
As someone noted in their review of the game, the ending hijacks your character and lobotomizes them. The extended version of that does nothing to alleviate the plot holes.
It does have increasing stakes - the stakes are higher than they were in the two previous games, and they start off about as high as they can get in ME3. Following the storyline missions they do increase, however, and things are clearly getting worse. The delivery missions are not a central part of the game and don't need to be completed. No one has to find medigel for Hanar or help clone the extinct kakliosaur to finish the game.

As I said, the ending is weak, but the extended cut provides more information and more resolution, which is an improvement. I don't have a problem with how things end for Shepard, though, and you apparently do.

I'm not trying to convince you to like the game, I just know I had a lot of fun playing it right up to the end.

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I'll say this...the Collectors that were added to the MP? Stupidly, ridiculously overpowered. Haven't had a successful mission yet against them on Silver. I can't even imagine what they'd be like on Platinum.


 

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Originally Posted by BellaStrega View Post
As I said, the ending is weak, but the extended cut provides more information and more resolution, which is an improvement. I don't have a problem with how things end for Shepard, though, and you apparently do
Sigh... am I bad person for choosing the red ending, I really wanted to see Shep make it through, Geth and EDI be damned (bummed about that though) - while it doesn't implicity imply that he survives I like to think he does.

I'm on my 3rd play through and I think I might go with the blue ending this time, with the extended cut it gives the blue ending a sort of "ascend to godhood" kind of vibe - not happy with that mind you, I'd just like an ending with Shep grabbing a parachute and making one helluva HALO jump right into London.

Also gotta try the do nothing ending as well.


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All I hear is "DOOOOOM!!"