Name 3 things you LIKED about Mass Effect 3 (Spoilers)

[broadbandaddict]

My top 3 would be...

1. The emotion of the game.

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Seriously. I cared more about the characters in this game that I think I have in any other game. Mordin sacrificing himself and singing his song during the fire/explosion and space cancer Thane beating the crap out of Kaie Leng come to mind.

2. Characters

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The characters in the game were also super good. I mean chilling with Garrus on the roof or trying to seduce Joker were just so funny and cool. It really felt like the characters were real.

3. Hybrid ME1/ME2 Gameplay

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I feel like the gameplay was the best in this game and provided a good balance between ME1 and ME2. You got the easy to upgrade gun system with mods back but you didn't have to swap all your gear every 12 seconds cause you looted a box.

Overall the BEST game series I have ever played. The ending was... yeah. But that's OK cause the rest of the series makes up for it. 10/10!

 

[ultrachicken]

1) Liara. I chose Tali as the love interest, but by the end of the game it appeared that my Shepard dug Liara much more than Tali. I'm bummed that I never saw how much potential she had as a character.

2) Vanguard. Seriously, fully upgraded Vanguard was the sweetest shit ever.

3) Gar-bear. Garrus fucking Valkarian. What a boss.

3. Telling Chobot that open news broadcasts from a STEALTH ship in a time of war isnt the best idea

Every fiber of my being told me to just leave that weirdly animated sleezball on the Citadel, but I just couldn't resist it.

I talked to her once, and regretted it the rest of the game.

Actually, she provides opportunities for additional war assets and reputation points. She may be annoying, but from a gameplay perspective, she's quite useful.

I liked most of the game, and I could even tolerate the endings, but in particular the character development stood out. I loved how my squad from the first two games evolved as the game progressed. The improved combat mechanics are also a nice bonus.

 

[Vrex360]

1. All of Wrex's scenes.
2. Ashley's romance, though rare the scenes were beautiful.
3. The action figures of Ash, Garrus and Shepard that are still in prototype stage (super want!)

That's just my 'top three' but there are a lot of bigger moments.

 

[Still Life]

1. "Careful diplomacy."

Has to be the my favorite quote in the Mass Effect series. The facial expression and the close up followed by the delivery made the moment solid gold.

2. The final moment with Kai Leng. Very satisfying.

3. "Tell your friends we're coming for them. *Explosion* "Nevermind: I'll tell them myself."

I loved pretty much every moment of the game and I was satisfied with the ending. I think it's great that Bioware are going out of their way to insert more clarification and provide solid closure, though.

 

[Ashannon Blackthorn]

Well my top three with be:

1) The trifecta of awesome of Wrex, Mordin and Garrus.

2) Javik having lots to say... they ate flies...

3) Killing Kai Leng. I actually didn't mind him. People say he looked out of place, well so did jack for all of 1... he's a cyborg Cerebus assassin. Why wouldn't he look all goofy and cyberpunk? The shield thing was weird, but I chalked that up to Reaper tech. Plus he had the right amount of smug assholery, pathetic whining and out and out douchery that made shanking him so so theraputic... and the "That's for Thane" was a really nice touch.

 

[Loethlin]

How they could've screwed up the ending to this game is beyond me, it was fantast look, I just share the opinion if most of you here so far, ok?

Spoilerrific post! Take caution.

What I loved:
1 - My boyfriend Garrus. Ah, even not romanced he was a tightly packed spiky ball of awesomeness, but to really appreciate him was to romance him. Two badasses in love. Perfect. It was I think best written romance in the game.

But it's not a dating sim. I was just marvelling at the quality of writing in this.

2 - Priority: Tuchanka. The whole mission, from the start to the end. It's written well, that writing influenced gameplay in a really nice manner so no element is overwhelming, music is awesome, and it makes you feel like a mix of Indiana Jones and Captain Kirk. GLORIOUS! And then, despite Mordin, it was so hopeful.

3 - The Consensus. It was nothing like I imagined, but it thats not a bad thing. I was expecting big ol debate with crapoloads of reputation checks. Instead, I got my gun and ran around blowing orange cubes up. It had such a nostalgic feel of the very very early games, or maybe TRON. I think it was done very well. And as a bonus, geth data. Seeing myself there was very heartwarming, too.

Followed by...

4 - The quarian/geth conflict resolution. I got them to work together, naturally. A friend of mine was looking over my shoulder while I was doing this mission. Tears were shed. Yes Legion, this unit has a soul.

5 - Javik and his solution to every problem. "Thow it out the airlock, Commander."

And then some more stuff. Named 5 despite being asked for 3...

What I didn't like (apart from the ending):

1 - Having Liara shoved at me from every angle. I used to like her. Now I can't fucking stand her. The game just ASSUMES I romance her. I NEVER did. Screw you, game.

2 - I like multiplayer but being actually required to do it to get appropriate numbers is just bullshit.

 

[scw55]

1)Start
2)Middle
3)Middle->Very End section.

I actually loved the game. Except for the odd ending.

 

[Timmibal]

1) "I'm Garrus Vakarian, and this is now my favourite spot on the Citadel." - Total bro moment

2) "Legion, the answer to your question, was yes." "I know Tali, but thank you... Keelah Se'lai" - manly tears.

3) The ending sucked, but DAT PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT! Lovely peice of music.

 

[babinro]

1 - Tuchanka: This mission was the highlight of the game for me. It was faced paced, fun, and meaningful.
2 - Combat system: ME3 utilizes the most superior game play system of the franchise to date.
3 - The Opening: This game does a great job at getting you into the story from the beginning.

I actually don't hate the ending. It seems perfectly acceptable and actually surprises me that people are so against it.

What bothers me most about ME3 is the tone of the game. So many conversations are about death, loss, fear, etc. Where ME3 fails is in making the game fun to play through. After experiencing so many similar conversations spoken by different characters I completely lost my motivation to go to the next area and relive it again. The gameplay is what ultimately drove me to complete the game, not the story.

Also graphics. While I'm sure ME3 is technically speaking superior to it's predecessors. The humanoid character models take so much away from the experience that it visually comes across as the worst. Joker in particular constantly looks bug-eyed and zoned out. It's like they just gave up on trying to animate the characters. I'd take ME1 or ME2 visual look over ME3 in a heartbeat.

 

[Loethlin]

Also graphics. While I'm sure ME3 is technically speaking superior to it's predecessors. The humanoid character models take so much away from the experience that it visually comes across as the worst. Joker in particular constantly looks bug-eyed and zoned out. It's like they just gave up on trying to animate the characters.

The Uncanny Valley jerky movements is what got me. My Shepard had this habit of shaking her head or moving her hands in a creepy stop motion manner. Gave me the Exorcist vibe.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Cant pick 3, the game is 99% amazing, while the ending was bad, on reflection Ive come to accept it, and its the journey that matters. Its a freaking amazing journey

 

[Hazmattuxedo2404]

Like some have said 90% of the game was epic
1.the end battles in London were fantastic especially the suicide charge for the beam
2.The game play was much improved (I can't feel that some of the writing and such was restricted because of it) it felt more aggressive/ tactical instead of GOW rip of like in ME2
3. Some of the conversations created some emotional responses (beyond dude bro responses and anger) and that a rarity in any medium.

and well this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDdSKfiSR0E&feature=g-user-bul&context=G24f3020UCGXQYbcTJ33YreiLt8tV732VRqkXQfMwTLYrL_IIN4LA

 

[VS60]

1:First half of the game.
2:Second half of the game (including the endings)come on there not that bad.
3:Tuchanka easily the best bit of the game right there.

 

[Jon Shannow]

1. The massive Dune reference "We have Maw sign".
2. The talk with Anderson on the citadel, it was the only redeeming quality that ending had.
3. Grunt vs Rachni.

Really anything other than the ending and Kai Leng's super cutscene power

 

[mental_looney]

1 - music
2 - conversations
3 - everything else...

I love that game so much it was truly one of the best experiences I have had with a game and while the ending was disappointing it was a lot of the whole mass effect is over in there and I shouldn't have played it so fast.
Oh and garrus and tali so nice, drunk tali, saving both the geth and the quarians, rescuing my space hamster, bad dancing and shooting udina after 3 game even tho i was paragon he was just too much of an asshole

 

[wooty]

1.Ever
2.yth
3.ing

Cant say I had many complaints about it to be honest

 

[Puddleknock]

1. Priority: Tuchanka, the whole mission. This alone made ME3 worthwhile, I'd gone from not thinking much of the Krogan in ME1 to really liking them by the end of Tuchanka in ME3 (mostly down to Eve who is prob the best new character for ME3). Mordin gets his moment in the spotlight and steals the show, well it had to be him, someone else would of gotten it wrong.

2. Multiplayer. I'm still playing it now (n7 350), and no signs of getting bored yet. I love the difference in gameplay it can give, bored of my salarian infiltrator? well time to bring out the drellguard and it is like I'm playing a different game.

3. Garrus's little speech before the end where he is pondering turian and human heaven and about being at the bar. Garrus offers very little in terms of relevance to the story, but he more than makes up for it for some of the best dialogue.