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Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut is coming next week [Up: Out now, my sweet]
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HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
This is gonna be gud.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Well, if they fail again this time, and its very possible, I will make in my head that Xenoblade's ending was the real mass effect one.
HUGE Xenoblade spoilers, obviously:
It was so easy to make a even if its just good, ending, and Bioware failed as no one has ever seen in the videogame industry.
HUGE Xenoblade spoilers, obviously:
Xenoblade gets the same premise, superior beings that want to erradicate the galaxy to start life again and feed of it, with a boy (CPU Alvis in Xenoblade) that is done right (becuase, you know he is important to the story and not a last minute character) and tells shulk to choose, and the funny thing is that without any option to choose the final outcome in Xenoblade, it feels much better than the shitty multicolored ME3 ending.
They even explain all the plotholes, story elements and you have a nice video at the end were you watch the fate of your team and the new planet you have created
They even explain all the plotholes, story elements and you have a nice video at the end were you watch the fate of your team and the new planet you have created
Who are they kidding with this DLC? It's total damage control without understanding the fundamentals of why we were so upset with the game in the first place.
I think that's PR talk for "Our plan to force players to try multiplayer worked" so they don't have to keep up the charade anymore.
I think that's PR talk for "Our plan to force players to try multiplayer worked" so they don't have to keep up the charade anymore.
on the same day as Dawnguard? mehehe
well, if they let Weeks have his way this thing might go for the better.
I have to say though: this wait is very much alike seeing some acrobat on Most Amazing Dangerous videos or whatever, when you are as excited to see him succeed as much as you are to see him fail and witness the carnage...
...which reminds me: I have to finish my renegade playthrough...
well, if they let Weeks have his way this thing might go for the better.
I still won't be be able to stand the grandpa ending without twitching and cringing, but if they can deliver a better final confrontation with Illusive man and a less non-sensical "we created synthetics to destroy you before your own syntethics could destroy you " I will buy some avatar stuff as a token of appreciation.
...which reminds me: I have to finish my renegade playthrough...
HigherLevel
Member
Nice. Now I hope they do some DLC similar to Shadow Broker. That was so good.
I'm prepared to get outraged and disappointed all over again. The Star child crap really pissed me off. Since I have an Insanity run that's up to Tuchanka, I have a reason to download it the EC, finish it, and watch the other rainbows on Youtube. I don't think that Marauder Shields is even going to be able to save us from this stuff.
LightofRohan
Member
CharmingCharlie
Member
[quote="Bioware BSer]The original experience of the game was meant to reward players who did extra work (multiplayer, importing a save, playing the iOS games, etc) with greater levels of success in the end, which is appropriate to a story about a war that needs every possible advantage in order to win. But now that we are moving to a post-launch period and have additional content for the endings, we wanted to make it easier for all players to experience even the best-cast endings.[/quote]
Seriously the lies this company has told the customer base are unbelievable. First it was "you do not need to play multiplayer to experience the best ending". Then when it was discovered you couldn't experience the "best" ending they claimed we were all making mistakes and you don't need to play MP to get the "best" ending.
Now they claim you had to play multiplayer all along just to experience the "best" ending. I really am absolutely speechless at how scummy Bioware have behaved.
Seriously the lies this company has told the customer base are unbelievable. First it was "you do not need to play multiplayer to experience the best ending". Then when it was discovered you couldn't experience the "best" ending they claimed we were all making mistakes and you don't need to play MP to get the "best" ending.
Now they claim you had to play multiplayer all along just to experience the "best" ending. I really am absolutely speechless at how scummy Bioware have behaved.
WrenchNinja
Member
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/you-w...to-complain-about-starting-this-tuesday/4233/
Can't wait for more games press to go "Oh I don't understand why anyone's mad. You people are still just whining." all over again.
Can't wait for more games press to go "Oh I don't understand why anyone's mad. You people are still just whining." all over again.
I guess I just have to play this, simply to see what they've changed, but at the same time I really don't want to.
this is basically how I feel
I think I have a savepoint near the end so I'll just rush through that
Nothing has made me hate gaming press more than the ME3 ending fiasco.
I just finished the game last night and I agree with what you said.
I couldn't believe that to get the "best ending" I had to play multiplayer and some ios game. Such crap.
fixed
sorry, I meant this piece of shit linear shooter with bad writing.
LightofRohan
Member
Yea it's Alex Navarro, he's so goddam obnoxious and its funny cause he's always getting so up in arms about every game thing on the shows. He talks so loud
hmm, i don't even like 'fixed' posts, kinda sorry i did that.
it's still a masterpiece, just flawed as well... was what i was trying to say.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Well, here's the deal:
The Best Ending was a three second cutscene.
I understand Completionism, because to an extent, I'm a Completionist, too, but come on.
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PinkCrayon
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High res assets confirmed.
yeah, I understood but my post about masterpiece was a joke in the first place. What I really meant is that this game is a piece of shit linear shooter with bad writing IN MY OPINION.
Well, action was good, I have to say. CONGRATZ BIOWARE. Finally.
Forsaken82
Member
A free bag of:
I don't care about the rest of you haters... I am ready to retaste the rainbow!
CharmingCharlie
Member
It is irrelevant how long it was, what is relevant is that Bioware specifically LIED to customers (some who did not or could not play multiplayer) that they would not be closed off to the "best" ending. When their customers started complaining Bioware persisted in lying to them by stating you did not need to play mp to get the best ending. Now are you saying just because it was about a "three second cutscene" that kind of thing should be tolerated ?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This doesn't mean anything unless they totally removed the scaling that happens to the EMS if you don't play MP.
Ugh. I guess I'll grind through some Geth Gold White just to make sure. I wanted to be done with the game completely too.
heliosRAzi
Banned
Might play. Most likely will watch.
Well at least you are closer to the truth this time.
it was a joke too.
I could do with some sweeping vista shots like the beginning of prometheus with some clint mansell music overtop.
showing different homeworlds and the after effects, a visual postcard "goodbye" to the places we've come to learn about and change.
cue voice over narration talking about space travel and element zero, majestic shots of the universe to show it's vastness..
..yeah right.
showing different homeworlds and the after effects, a visual postcard "goodbye" to the places we've come to learn about and change.
cue voice over narration talking about space travel and element zero, majestic shots of the universe to show it's vastness..
..yeah right.
Oooh. Twice the RPG disappointment in 1 small day!
has any developer ever made it easier to simply hold off & wait for the (inevitably cheaper) 'complete' version?
Still waiting for the Steam sale here. Yes, I am patient.
Terra Firma
Banned
Will Youtube.
Boombloxer
Member
This was the core of my problem.
Up to that point, the game was great to me. The game is still great, but the endings were simply bad. Working that hard to get 3 seconds is horseshit.
dilatedmuscle
Member
I still believe indoctrination theory. IDC what people say, its the only thing that made sense to me. Im guessing they were going to leave it as is and make a Mass Effect 4 but the backlash is making them act.
People say "No because Casey Hudson said it was going to end a 3, why would he lie?" well he probably didnt lie but money talks and he changed his mind. I'd rather they lie to us to make money and expand the story than be honest with a shit ending.
People say "No because Casey Hudson said it was going to end a 3, why would he lie?" well he probably didnt lie but money talks and he changed his mind. I'd rather they lie to us to make money and expand the story than be honest with a shit ending.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
A lie is a lie. They claimed you could get the "best" ending without touching the multi player which (even if its just a 3 second cutscene) is just 100% not true.
I believe that. The ending was so short and seemed to purposefully leave things out for either additional content dlc or ending dlc both designed to keep people to hold on to their copies after completion.
Judging from this thread it worked very very well. Except for me it just made me wait to purchase until i could get it for $25.
Forsaken82
Member
What people say this? Pretty sure what was said was "Shepard's story ends with ME3". I don't ever recall them saying that the franchise was done.
http://www.oxm.co.uk/38485/mass-eff...ioware-looking-at-mass-effect-race-histories/
You sound like EA's ideal customer.
Even this is bullshit. If Sheperd's story was over
why is the final shot of the best ending one of him waking up
Might play through the last section of the game again, but I doubt this will fix any of the issues most people have with the game. All signals points to this being Bioware's horrible attempt to satisfy their fans by serving them the same ending with a new coat of paint. ME3 and DA2 have shown that Bioware have truly mastered the art of driving away their own fanbase.
Forsaken82
Member
pretty sure they mean playing as shepard is done... as in you won't be creating his story any more.
Think of it like LOTR is Frodo's story, and the Hobbit is Bilbo's. Bilbo is part of both stories, but it isn't him we follow in LOTR.
It makes perfect sense to me... not sure why its that difficult to figure out. Hell, even the epilogue of ME3
seems to take place hundreds, if not thousands of years after Shepard does what he does