Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect 3
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Wow, Yahtzee didn't hate the ending, but that does make sense. The ending pretty much said, "And then Shepherd saved the whole Galaxy from the Reaper threat, by destroying the whole galaxy." An ending in which everyone dies, sounds like Yahtzee...
Really, calling us "fanboys" now for criticizing the ending narrative? While I've got nothing against the term itself, it's a shame it's being used as a derogative so much these days. We're probably lucky you didn't write it with an "i" like the vastly superior people like to do nowadays.
Nice to see I'm not the only one who likes the Mako tho. Started a new Shepard recently and having a great time bouncing around the space mountains.
Nice to see I'm not the only one who likes the Mako tho. Started a new Shepard recently and having a great time bouncing around the space mountains.
The image of Shepard just sitting there legs crossed and on the table, flinging snot at Traynor is fucking hilarious. One of the funnier things I've seen/heard this week. As for the ending, I didn't even notice that there wasn't any closure. I guess I'm just easily pleased. Now that I think about it though, it was pretty shitty to just leave everything hanging like that, but I digress. Good review Yahtzee.
i played no MP, got over 6500 EMS, and i got the 'best' ending. what now, ignorant person? are you gonna say i cheated? are you gonna call me a person who didnt play too? the 50% multiplier is ALREADY applied to the number you see in SP. if it says you have 3000 EMS, you have 3000 EMS, the multiplier was applied when you gained points already. if you got 100 EMS from some fetch quest, it made it 50 EMS, andTHEN added it to the total you see in the war room.mjc0961 said:I liked the Mako too! In fact, to this day, I still can't understand what everyone was whining about. It's not any harder to control than any other vehicle in any other game that doesn't have a huge emphasis on driving. And there was only one planet where the terrain was so messed up that it was a pain to actually drive the Mako to where you needed to go, and that's not really the Mako's fault.
And then they took it away in the second game and just shuttled you everywhere. Boo! And when people complained, they gave us the Hammerhead. That thing was ass, but at least it was something. At least we'll get to use it more in Mass Effect 3 and have more actual planet exploring sections like the first game, right?
Nope, they took it away again. Really BioWare? Really? And the excuse is that it was away being retrofitted to get more armor and probably got blown up in the Reaper attack? Okay, fine, but surely you could have had us pick up a different vehicle somewhere. Instead we get this annoying scan from the Normandy where you push the left trigger one time and before you even have a chance to push it a second time, a million Reapers spawn to try and rape you. Lovely.
Oh, and then they tease you at the final mission by having tons of Makos everywhere. I want to drive one, why won't you let me drive one game?!
Oh yeah, and I can't forget about how you HAVE to play the awful, terrible, dreadful, shitty multiplayer if you want the super best ending which contains an extra 9 second cutscene! Hurray! And that the MP doesn't let you purchase the upgrades you want, but instead makes you buy these stupid packs that give you things randomly and gives you tons of junk you don't need. Then they have the nerve to ask for REAL MONEY to buy these stupid things, so in your desperation to get something good so you won't have to take on Banshees with a water pistol anymore, you can spend real money to get lots of packs very quickly and still get no useful upgrades. I blame EA for this one, as this reeks of their money grubbing. And this is why Valve doesn't want your games on Steam like this EA, and I for one fully support Valve on this. It's nonsense. Stop trying to milk us dry wherever you can. Any good multiplayer would let you spend your in-game credits to buy the upgrades you need for your class, but you forced Mass Effect 3's MP to be even shittier just so you can get people to spend more real money. How do people actually think that EA aren't the Satan of the game's industry anymore? Those people must be blind.
By this point it probably sounds like I hate this game. Not really. I really like it for the most part. I just needed to rant about a few things.
Marauder Shields is easily the worst meme ever conceived. I'd rather hear about how Mass Effect 3 had a good ending but then it took an arrow to the knee than hear any more crap about "Marauder Shields".RedFeather1975 said:No mention of Marauder Shields?!
And this is a post from someone who either hasn't played the game and doesn't actually know what they're talking about, or doesn't understand that leaving your galactic readiness at 50% halves your military strength which blocks you out from having enough EMS to get the "best" ending. Unless maybe the Day 1 DLC adds enough assets to get it up there regardless, but with no DLC, you NEED to play some multiplayer (or use one of those iThing apps) to get your readiness higher than 50% so your EMS goes higher.teh_Canape said:
You had four days and you didn't have time to complete everything, including any and all side missions? This is a 30 hour game at most all told and 4 days is plenty time enough to do everything. Glad to hear you weren't too fussed either way about the ending, it really isn't as bad as many people make it out to be.
I think, and this is just personal opinion, that most reviewers (and this doesn't just apply to Mass Effect 3) don't have the same priorities to gaming as the average gamer.
The reviewer doesn't need to worry about price, while it is a primary focus for the average gamer. If a game isn't worth $60, the reviewer won't point that out because they usually didn't pay for it at all. All of the reviews for Modern Warfare 3 are like this, because it is absolutely not worth $60 for people that already have MW2 or Black Ops, seeing as it's nothing but a small expansion to MW2.
When you get a game for free, it's a helluvalot easier to just say "hey, it could have been worse you know!" than to point out how empty and dry the ending actually was, especially to those that shelled out big bucks expecting the developers to pull through.
I'm not saying that Yahtzee is necessarily in this crowd, but that's what it appears to be at its surface. Same with IGN and all the other reviewing sites that are clearly not in touch with the average gamer's priorities.
The reviewer doesn't need to worry about price, while it is a primary focus for the average gamer. If a game isn't worth $60, the reviewer won't point that out because they usually didn't pay for it at all. All of the reviews for Modern Warfare 3 are like this, because it is absolutely not worth $60 for people that already have MW2 or Black Ops, seeing as it's nothing but a small expansion to MW2.
When you get a game for free, it's a helluvalot easier to just say "hey, it could have been worse you know!" than to point out how empty and dry the ending actually was, especially to those that shelled out big bucks expecting the developers to pull through.
I'm not saying that Yahtzee is necessarily in this crowd, but that's what it appears to be at its surface. Same with IGN and all the other reviewing sites that are clearly not in touch with the average gamer's priorities.
Yahtzee, you completely forget that squadmates in ME2 die not only if you don't do their Loyalty Missions, but if you pick the wrong specialist choices.
Also multiplayer bleeds into that bullshit "Military Strength" bar in singleplayer.
And the series has ended on such a horrifically terrible note that Bioware literally needs to be sued for false advertising.
I'm gravely angered that you didn't eviscerate the living fuck out of this sequel. Were you even paying attention to the batshit crazy Child/Reaper that presents you the three "choices" in the end?
Also multiplayer bleeds into that bullshit "Military Strength" bar in singleplayer.
And the series has ended on such a horrifically terrible note that Bioware literally needs to be sued for false advertising.
I'm gravely angered that you didn't eviscerate the living fuck out of this sequel. Were you even paying attention to the batshit crazy Child/Reaper that presents you the three "choices" in the end?
I'm glad (though not surprised) that he didn't harp on about the ending too much. It seems like everyone and, their mom and, their Mom's new boyfriend has had nothing but horrible things to say about it since the game launched (possibly before). I'm also pleased to hear that he liked the Mako sections in the first one (which did have a rocket boost albiet, a not great one).
I'm still somewhat on the fence about ME3. Planet scanning doesn't seem as boring as it was in ME2, the demo played like ME2 with less conversation options and, I haven't heard of a patch to fix the error that means I can't be my custom Shepard from ME1 which is really the whole point of me finishing this fight.
I'm still somewhat on the fence about ME3. Planet scanning doesn't seem as boring as it was in ME2, the demo played like ME2 with less conversation options and, I haven't heard of a patch to fix the error that means I can't be my custom Shepard from ME1 which is really the whole point of me finishing this fight.
i think the bloody thing is self aware .......AbstractStream said:Captcha: Face the music.
I feel like captcha has been reading my mind lately.
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that was far more neutral then i thought he'd be, more so the the ' yup it ended, could been worse but who cares' attitude toward the ending, XD loved it
Wow... a lot of ME3 ending whiners in here.
And 'yes', that is technically what a Mass Effect is.
And 'yes', that is technically what a Mass Effect is.
Yeah balloon analogy works, do a lot of hard work puffing it up expecting a nice bang to just someone slapping out of your hand and it just gets let out in no a boring kind of way.
And of course one part of the whole complaint is that now ME is finished and it's just going to be milking money for as long as possible after this... Not much can make you feel satisfied with a 5 years long build up, at least when it come to games...
3 days=72h and ME3 is about 30h (in with "all" side quests), witch gives you 42h of non gaming. Does this mean Yahtzee needs to sleep or something?
And of course one part of the whole complaint is that now ME is finished and it's just going to be milking money for as long as possible after this... Not much can make you feel satisfied with a 5 years long build up, at least when it come to games...
3 days=72h and ME3 is about 30h (in with "all" side quests), witch gives you 42h of non gaming. Does this mean Yahtzee needs to sleep or something?
