Did anyone love ME3?

[MrHide-Patten]

I really enjoyed the game, loved the story (Mordin + Legion = tears, never gotten that sort of reaction from a game with me before). The endings a bit meh, it's sort of the Gurren Laggan-esc ending, sad but done. But I loved the game for the sum of its parts. Its not flawless, but its enjoyable.

 

[Kingjackl]

I'm about 3/4 of the way through the game at the moment and haven't yet reached the infamous ending. I've seen so much hate surrounding it, but it reminds me of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, where everybody latched onto the one thing it did really poorly (in that case, the boss fights) and forgot that the entire rest of the game (roughly 95% of a 40 hour game) was completely solid gold.

I'm preparing myself to be disappointed by Mass Effect 3's ending, but I would advise everyone not to let the hate filter surrounding this game (particularly the stuff about EA, Origin, and Day One DLC which is all irrelevant bullshit anyway) dampen their enjoyment of what could easily be an early contender for this year's "Almost Game of the Year Awards". The writing is still excellent (I get it, ending bad, shut up), the characters and setting are still wonderfully realised and it definately has the best gameplay and squad dialogue of any Bioware game. And when you consider just how much of the content in the game has to be modified and re-written to account for player choices in previous games, the fact that this game is as good as it is is a miracle.

 

[Zeraki]

The game is everything I had hoped it to be... until the ending. Now it's hard for me to get invested in the Mass Effect universe anymore because of that.

 

[mattttherman3]

The game is great and it exceeded my expectations. They've done a great job with the game. The combat has improved a lot and there are many really good scenes in the game, scenes which made me feel emotions that I haven't felt in a while with games. There are also many little things which I like, like the interactions between the characters themselves.
And those are just a few things which i liked about the game. I'm not sure what to think about the ending but the last 15min won't change a great 40+hour experience.

how did you get a 40 hour playthrough? Did you play on insanity? Because I did everything, talked to everyone without subs, and I got 27

 

[Coreless]

I have been playing games for about the last 25 years, and I seriously have never played a game that truly blew me away like Mass Effect 3 does. It really is everything I hoped for and more, the music (especially the music), the great variety in weapons, a great variety in locations and tons and tons of detail put into them, lots of call backs to the first game and an improved combat system that I think is the best in the series. With that said.....the last 5 minutes....were truly and utterly bad, like so many others from now on I am just going to forget it ever happened and just make the fight getting to the elevator the ending for the game and call that a win.

 

[shaggybear]

i reckon the game was great. it was the small moments with your team and old friends that i though really made the game great

and even the ending got to me. sure it was flawed, but if you remove yourself from that and focus on shepard and his actions, then you see a man willing to sacrifice himsself without second thought to save the galaxy and that tugged my heart strings.

 

[kommando367]

Overall, I think they did everything right in ME3 except for the lack of closure in the ending and lack of hammerhead vehicle sections.

 

[pearcinator]

I love the game. Even the ending (since I am convinced it's not real and Shepard is indoctrinated).

I was afraid that it wouldn't seem like 'Mass Effect' but I was wrong...only the ending doesn't seem 'Mass Effect' and that's why I don't believe it's real.

 

[The Pink Pansy]

Mass Effect 3 is a great game. The problem many people seem to be having is that they were expecting something different/ The Perfect Game, and because the game wasn't what they expected they took the games relatively small flaws and blew them way out of proportion.

As for the ending, I quite enjoyed it. Could it have been executed better, yes; but it was a solid ending. Most of the criticism directed towards it can either be applied with equal validity to previous game endings in the Mass Effect series, or is merely self proclaimed 'fans' complaining about how the ending wasn't what they expected.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

I love it. To be honest, if the release a different ending it will probably be one of my favorite games ever. But for now it just ... painful to think about it

 

[sms_117b]

I loved every second, start to finish. There's a reason I completed it twice in 5 days (the having no life thing aside, hush).

The only thing I would have liked extra is a Dragon Age: Origins styled epilogue

 

[nothingspringstomind]

An incredible game. The ending though, just felt like it came out of nowhere. We didn't learn what the Reapers' constant cryptic bullshitting was all about until the last ten minutes, and then it was like;

Spoiler

"Here's your choices;
-Be a dick, kill all synthetics, including your friends, and maybe live.
-Die and take control of the reapers, making them leave but knowing that eventually it'll all happen again.
-Or Die, but allow Organics and Synthetics to get down and dirty with a bit of bullshit metaphysical jiggery pokery. Oh, and in all three choices, the mass relays will all be destroyed. Have fun!"

This is the guy who ends wars by shouting at people. Christ, my Shepherd has shouted his way into places humans weren't even allowed to be. And you're telling me i have to make a B.S. philosophical choice that was sprung on me in the last ten minutes, and leave me with and ending cinematic that gives absolutely no closure?

GRRRRAAAARRRGGHHH

I. AM. KROGAN!!!

/rant

 

[Magicduck]

Oh god, I think I'm batshit crazy, but I actually didn't mind the endings THAT much, I think I might *gasp* like them to an extent. Like maybe its cause my standards were lowered by -1000000000000%, but I seriously didn't come out of that last mission with the entire game ruined. Maybe its cause I had 5k effective readiness?

I really don't know, the only bit's I didn't like was:

1. How the hell did Garrus get back to the Normandy? There was a reason I took him along all the way through, I figured my whole squad would be wiped out with me.

2. Wtf is up where the Normandy is/ wtf happened to it? It just seems strange, like couldn't they just have it crash on Earth or something?

3. Pretty much no closure regarding what happen's to your decisions/ other characters.

4. How is Shepard still alive in any way possible, I was happy with my shepard going out with a bang

But with that said most of these issues could be fixed with an Epilouge DLC, say you play as one of your squad mates?

Capcha: Poetic Justice, eh I actually like that lol.

 

[Bvenged]

My post concerning someone else asking if the game was worth it. Just to clarify, it is. But I still hold hope for a better ending at the end of the month. Click my name at the quote header to go to my original post and the question of the original asker.

Yes, it is absolutely fantastic. Worth £38.99 of the £39.99 I paid for it. Even after completion I'm still playing the multiplayer with friends... but when they start asking me questions...

"So Bvenged, I'm getting close to the ending!..." (expecting me to sweettalk about it).

"You there, Bvenged?"

"Yeah I'm there, cool...
It was good ending, you'll love it."

 

[TheTim]

I love ME3, I haven't finished it yet, but i do love it.

 

[Beryl77]

The game is great and it exceeded my expectations. They've done a great job with the game. The combat has improved a lot and there are many really good scenes in the game, scenes which made me feel emotions that I haven't felt in a while with games. There are also many little things which I like, like the interactions between the characters themselves.
And those are just a few things which i liked about the game. I'm not sure what to think about the ending but the last 15min won't change a great 40+hour experience.

how did you get a 40 hour playthrough? Did you play on insanity? Because I did everything, talked to everyone without subs, and I got 27

I tried to get every war asset by scanning every system, not only those you get by talking to people(because I was hoping it would matter for the ending) and I'm generally a very slow gamer. It took me about a week to beat the game and I played 5-6 hours every day.

 

[Mitzeh]

I liked the game...it was awesome, and the ending was not bad imo...

 

[Orcboyphil]

I really enjoyed it, I found it an excellent game and I really did like the ending (which may vary depending on how you completed it but I found mine pretty much perfect). The only bits I ever found annoying was the attempt at a shocking heart rending moment with the death of the kid in the opening and the annoying dream sequences.

 

[survivor686]

95% of the game is great. Its just that the last 5 minutes completely screwed up the narrative, threw in new concepts and was confusing. This is not a good ending.

Up till the ending I was willing to give the game a 90% rating (10% off because of sound issues).

Post ending however, I'd reduce it to 70% rating, its still good but a little clumsy in execution.

Anyone else think that Bioware had blown its budget and basically had to slap together an ending to make the deadline? That sounds like a more reasonable explanation, versus an entire studio trolling its customers.