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Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut is coming next week [Up: Out now, my sweet]
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The destroy ending is so fucking dumb. I don't understand why that's the 'good' ending when you have wipe out the Geth, a race I spent half the fucking game trying to protect. Those 3 choices, I suppose now 4 with the rejection option, are still so crude.
The ending of the game is still decided by your actions during the climax, and while obviously that was never going to change, it still sucks and my interest in Mass Effect remains shattered. You can basically do whatever the fuck you want for every moment of the 3 games up until the final Citadel sequence and it won't change anything. All that matters is the final choice.
The ending of the game is still decided by your actions during the climax, and while obviously that was never going to change, it still sucks and my interest in Mass Effect remains shattered. You can basically do whatever the fuck you want for every moment of the 3 games up until the final Citadel sequence and it won't change anything. All that matters is the final choice.
MrTroubleMaker
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xbox 2 gig limit?
Sephiroth503
Member
So if I'm reading this correctly they've retconned parts of the endings (Relays, Normandy stranded) and fixed some plotholes (Joker leaving with your crew, the "no one made it" stuff) and then we get some post-game stuff to wrap everything up.
Personally, that sounds good for me. Doesn't excuse the bullshit with the "Yo dawg we heard you don't like synthetics etc" but credit for Bioware acknowledging the care fans have for the series and so on. I know a lot will be like "Lol Bioware" but at least they've made the effort and it's a huge middle finger to the likes of IGN for calling us entitled.
Think I might play through it again from the sounds of impressions.
Personally, that sounds good for me. Doesn't excuse the bullshit with the "Yo dawg we heard you don't like synthetics etc" but credit for Bioware acknowledging the care fans have for the series and so on. I know a lot will be like "Lol Bioware" but at least they've made the effort and it's a huge middle finger to the likes of IGN for calling us entitled.
Think I might play through it again from the sounds of impressions.
APZonerunner
Member
In a sense yes but in others no. The final choice undoes your Geth/Quarian relations, for instance, but the new endings don't undo stuff with the Krogans and stuff like that. This now at least shows out different scenarios where depending on how united the Galaxy is there's different outcomes, and how united is determined by the games, not the moment in the crucible.
That said, the Geth thing still kinda sucks.
They sort of do tackle the reapers to stop reapers thing with some new dialogue options. It sounds like the Starkid himself is an AI gone rogue; the first race didn't WANT to become Reapers, but he "gave them purpose."
"The Extended Cut extends the playtime of Mass Effect 3 by five hours!" -Bioware PR
Geth and EDI still die.
don't choose destroy?
Last Hearth
Member
I still believe the Indoctrination theory is correct, given that when you try to shoot the starchild his voice turns into Harbinger and says "so be it".
Destroy is the happy ending because it rejects indoctrination.
Destroy is the happy ending because it rejects indoctrination.
StevePharma
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Zaeed is still a boss though. Chillin' on that chair.
Before anyone says that people would've never been satisfied, the problem with the original endings is there's so much dropped at your feet instantly. Whats dropped on your feet is not elegant or subtle either, it's information blasted at you, and there was no foreshadowing or foreboding of what was about to happen.
The updated endings just feel lazy, Bioware needed to understand advice instead of taking ideas. Apathy is worse than anger or disappointment, the fact that details and plot elements are missing or wrong is also pretty disheartening.
The updated endings just feel lazy, Bioware needed to understand advice instead of taking ideas. Apathy is worse than anger or disappointment, the fact that details and plot elements are missing or wrong is also pretty disheartening.
Barack Lesnar
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Well said, I agree.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Really, or just a joke by you, cus' five minutes is a stretch.
ah geez
Oh goddamnit.
Close enough. Dem's da breaks.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
He makes a good point
Bioware probably knows this is what some people would think when his voice turns into Harbinger. Clearly on purpose so you can't just totally discount the IT.
I'm playing the ending right now.
Well, at least the game kinda explains the Star Child's horrible Xzibit logic.
Well, at least the game kinda explains the Star Child's horrible Xzibit logic.
It literally is an AI stuck in its ways; some bozo race came up with the idea of "Hey, we'll make this super AI to mediate organics and synthetics!" The Star Child goes "lol, no hope" and forcibly Reaperizes the race that came up with the idea (the Star Child calls it the "first" Reaper, which may be Harbinger).
WrenchNinja
Member
He's doing control now
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Net_Wrecker
Member
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
APZonerunner
Member
Explained this is much better in particular, as it does actually fit the Synthetic vs Organic theme that runs heavily through the series.
I can't believe how this new ending basically suggest we can't do shit against that brat. It's either accept his RGB bullshits or extermination.
I mean kudos for fixing other shits but this will remain a sore spot for me. I want to shoot his face.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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just another color swap!
WrenchNinja
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What the fuck random thane
Monocle
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This is pretty cool but I'm not exactly thrilled about playing through the end of the game again. Some of the encounters in the last area were really annoying, even with my hilariously overpowered Infiltrator.
Is there a video of this somewhere?
Arjen
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THE CYCLE CONTINUES!
The post with Seinfeld above has one of the two rejection endings. If you shoot the kid the same thing happens but it fades out faster.
Major Zero
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I'm not downloading this, hopefully YouTube vids pop up soon
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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HarryHengst
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Bioware should release this in some ridiculous size like 12800x 7200 so you can make a glorious framed poster.
My question exactly. Also which one is worse? ME3 ending or Prometheus ending? I still can't decide.