Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut ~ It's Official :O

[Active Schizophrenic]

I am actually ok with them expanding on the ending they already made. When previously I would of been pissed if they actually changed it due to fan outcry.

 

[boag]

Check it out. [http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20120405005304&newsLang=en]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announced Mass Effect? 3: Extended Cut, a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of the critically acclaimed Action RPG. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3 deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes. Coming this summer, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will be available for download on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC for no extra charge*.

?We are all incredibly proud of Mass Effect 3 and the work done by Casey Hudson and team,? said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of EA?s BioWare Label. ?Since launch, we have had time to listen to the feedback from our most passionate fans and we are responding. With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team?s artistic vision for the end of this story arc in the Mass Effect universe.?

Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series added, ?We have reprioritized our post-launch development efforts to provide the fans who want more closure with even more context and clarity to the ending of the game, in a way that will feel more personalized for each player.?

Well shit, what do you guys think?

In case you don't follow the link it explicitly states it will be free. EA giving out something for free... today's one of those rare sorts I presume.

I think this should have been announced the first week, not a full month after calling us entitled whiny vocal fanboi minority.

Bioware can go fuck itself and disappear for all I care now.

 

[Apollo45]

A part of this is good and all, but I can't be the only one thinking, "great, something else I can watch on YouTube. Awesome."
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I feel like this is a poor attempt at pacification that will, sadly, probably work. I can say for sure that I won't be buying any additional ME3 DLC, and any new BioWare games will be bought once the price drops significantly. Or used. Probably used.

That and my eternal hatred for EA will continue to burn brighter than the fires of a thousand suns. But that's nothing new.

you arent the only one.. at this stage it doesnt sound worth all the effort of reinstalling the game to see the "clarification" youtube here i come. i wont be getting any of the paid dlc and definitly will be parting ways with bioware after this.. judging from them now tapped to make C&C generals 2 EA might be planning to do to bioware what it did to westwood. a history lesson for you young whipper snappers.. westwood back in the day was THE rpg game company that was till EA got their mits on it

It was their acquisition and subsequent annihilation of all that was good about Westwood that started my hatred of the company. Since then they've only managed to increase that over and over. At one point I had hope they were on the right track to improving as a company. Then they took that hope, blew their noses into it, crushed it in their hands and threw it into a fire. Bastards.

 

[SajuukKhar]

you arent the only one.. at this stage it doesnt sound worth all the effort of reinstalling the game to see the "clarification" youtube here i come. i wont be getting any of the paid dlc and definitly will be parting ways with bioware after this.. judging from them now tapped to make C&C generals 2 EA might be planning to do to bioware what it did to westwood. a history lesson for you young whipper snappers.. westwood back in the day was THE rpg game company that was till EA got their mits on it

Westwood made RTS not RPGs

Also command and conquer Red alert 2, the fan favorite game, was made when Westwood was owned by Ea.

 

[deadaim6]

I was thinking the same thing. Good eye.

 

[asacatman]

Check it out. [http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20120405005304&newsLang=en]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announced Mass Effect? 3: Extended Cut, a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of the critically acclaimed Action RPG. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3 deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes. Coming this summer, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will be available for download on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC for no extra charge*.

?We are all incredibly proud of Mass Effect 3 and the work done by Casey Hudson and team,? said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of EA?s BioWare Label. ?Since launch, we have had time to listen to the feedback from our most passionate fans and we are responding. With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team?s artistic vision for the end of this story arc in the Mass Effect universe.?

Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series added, ?We have reprioritized our post-launch development efforts to provide the fans who want more closure with even more context and clarity to the ending of the game, in a way that will feel more personalized for each player.?

Well shit, what do you guys think?

In case you don't follow the link it explicitly states it will be free. EA giving out something for free... today's one of those rare sorts I presume.

I think this should have been announced the first week, not a full month after calling us entitled whiny vocal fanboi minority.

Bioware can go fuck itself and disappear for all I care now.

So they make one mistake (the ending) and then FIX that mistake (at least partially) for NO COST TO YOU (and lots of work for animators and writers ect) and they can go fuck themselves. Wow...ok sorry, what was it you were saying about 'entitled whiny vocal fanboi minority'?

 

[SajuukKhar]

They made Nox, right?

Sorry, can't help you fix your car. Saving a magical kingdom at the moment, brb.

I had forgotten about NOX, probably because of how forgettable the game was.

 

[Skillswords]

which DLC ending will you choose? orange, purple, or yellow?

 

[viranimus]

Yes, its official, the precedent has been set and the ending will now be ruined.

Congratulations, The game, the players, the company, consumers are now worse off for this.

Other thought:

With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team's artistic vision

This for all the people who said that changing the ending would not be compromising artistic vision. This is straight from the horses mouth, they had to sacrifice their vision, in order to appease so many irrational people, If they had to strike a balance, they had to compromise the vision to make a balance for the players.

But if nothing else, this is a good thing. The damage is now done, and at least this beast can be put to rest and people can shut the hell up about it. Im glad its over, even thought its the worst possible outcome. Oh well.

 

[SajuukKhar]

which DLC ending will you choose? orange, purple, or yellow?

I prefer the magenta ending.

 

[Zeraki]

The fact that it's free leads me to believe that it'll just be a Dragon Age: Origins style slideshow explaining what happened to the characters, and what effects your decisions throughout the series have on the aftermath. Also... I hope they fix the ending flashback. I was so annoyed seeing Liara in place of Tali when Shepard was dying. It was bad enough they pretty much force Liara down your throat the majority of the game in the first place.

At this point I'll just take whatever I can get that makes the ending at least slightly less nihilistic.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

B-but... What do we complain about now?

 

[Jazoni89]

B-but... What do we complain about now?

Don't worry, I bet you the Biodrones would find something bad about this new ending too, they are never satisfied.

Unless in the ending, Shepard destroys the Reapers using the power of Pony friendship, or some other cheesy shit thought up in the dark corners of the net.

 

[Joseph Alexander]

B-but... What do we complain about now?

the fact that the ending will STILL be shit.
cause they're not changing anything, just saying WHY this is a "good" ending.

 

[IamGamer41]

I recall seeing some vids on YouTube of deleted scenes the ME 3 ending where some of your squad gets killed by Harbinger during the run to the conduit.I remember thinking man that would of been awesome.I mean sad that your team died but hell this was the be all end all war.People should have died and not just the ones who joined you for 5 min on the Normandy(yeah I know you can get others killed or they kill themselves through choices)

If some of that is added back and the cut dialog it would be cool.Hell I still want to know where the boss fight with Harbinger was.I mean that thing talked shit to you the whole of the second game,why the hell couldn't I shut him up in the third.

 

[Fidelias]

I've got a bad feeling that the closure and explanations will be something like,
"Well, see, Garrus didn't die with you, see, he blew up a bunch of bad guys and high tailed it to the Normandy because he was worried about Joker! And the reason Joker ran away was because he wanted to save the Normandy from the scary pretty lights! It all makes sense now!!!"

 

[Torrasque]

Check it out. [http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1012492&newsId=20120405005304&newsLang=en]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announced Mass Effect? 3: Extended Cut, a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of the critically acclaimed Action RPG. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3 deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes. Coming this summer, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will be available for download on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC for no extra charge*.

?We are all incredibly proud of Mass Effect 3 and the work done by Casey Hudson and team,? said Dr. Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder of BioWare and General Manager of EA?s BioWare Label. ?Since launch, we have had time to listen to the feedback from our most passionate fans and we are responding. With the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut we think we have struck a good balance in delivering the answers players are looking for while maintaining the team?s artistic vision for the end of this story arc in the Mass Effect universe.?

Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series added, ?We have reprioritized our post-launch development efforts to provide the fans who want more closure with even more context and clarity to the ending of the game, in a way that will feel more personalized for each player.?

Well shit, what do you guys think?

In case you don't follow the link it explicitly states it will be free. EA giving out something for free... today's one of those rare sorts I presume.

Oh man, I can't stop laughing at this post xD
Why do you ask?
Because my April Fools thing was essentially the same fucking thing. Don't believe me? Here's my version: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.360740-Bioware-announces-new-ending-DLC-for-Mass-Effect-3?page=1