The Artisan
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Despite EA's evil face to the average gamer, I on the contrary do not hate them. It is thanks to them that I was able to enjoy the beautiful thing that is Me2 on my Ps3.
So 4 years ago I got to play Me2 and finally got to see what all the commotion was about in the Mass Effect series. So my expectations were super high for the third installment, but once I finally got to play it, I found that there was a lot I felt wrong with it than just the ending. I could still vibe with it but once the ending came around, I was just like, fuck it. This whole game just sucks.
I can tell the graphics are supposed to look better, but I don't really like the slightly new art direction, makes the character models look faker to me, I liked it better in Me2.
I also, did not like a lot of the new animations, and new sound effects for the powers, aside from the cryo ammo. But it's not like everything was bad. It's great that you had unlimited sprint but it made the controls sorta wonky since you're stuck on the bottom left. Now before making this whole post into an essay, I'll just make a bullet list of all the other things I didn't like about it.
-the illusive man/cerberus was the main villain instead of harbinger and the reapers. very little interaction with the reapers in general which is disappointing considering all the the interaction/disposition you had with harbinger in Me2. I don't remember how much you had with sovereign in Me1.
-the entire plot was centered around building a super weapon; something conventional instead of something surprising or revolutionary which I was honestly expecting, given how great Me2 was, I expected them to raise the bar with Me3.
-most of the missions were just fetch quests. the reaper war was happening in the background as something to set up the event(s) of the game but it hardly felt like the main focus since all you're doing is favors to get people on your side.
-which I understand but to me all these stories they developed about the galactic community i.e. krogan genophage, rannoch lost homeworld, just made for this fictional universe to be believable; i didn't expect for all these issues to be resolved in Me3, DURING the goddamn reaper war. maybe as something after it all in DLC, but not part of the fuckinging plot which should be EVERYONE putting EVERYTHING aside without question, to take out the reapers.
-I already mentioned this earlier, that i don't like a lot of the new animations/sound effects. aside from the cryo ammo effects where an enemy frozen smashes to pieces, I don't like the new mechanic for the sentinel shield, or how the shockwave works for the vanguard (doesn't look as cool and feels way less effective), and because shepard runs with unlimited stamina, he shouldn't be stuck to one side of the screen; you could be running for a long time and get stuck in a corner because of the camera placement.
-maybe this was just an issue with the Ds3 but yeah, I didn't like the gameplay that much.
-the leviathan dlc ruins what the lore had established about the reapers. not to mention, it was incredibly stupid how in the dlc, the reaper in the sky on the leviathan planet sent husks to attack you, when it could've just blasted the **** outta you with its own laser.
-the shepard vs reaper battle on rannoch. why in the hell would you ever take a reaper on by yourself..
--i could get into more of the nitty gritty of the campaign, but besides all this stuff and the ending which I shouldn't have to explain, I think I made my point(s).
Recently, there's been this thread about moments in games you refuse to acknowledge. Obviously besides the ending, the very opening of Me3 where it gave you 3 different options... action, story, rpg???? seriously? THAT really pissed me off. Those options never should've existed. It's like bioware knew that the game was becoming less rpg, more 3rd person shooter, and instead of reinforcing the rpg, they add onto the notion that's becoming something it shouldn't be!!
There's also been this thread that talks about not getting into franchises, and I wonder if that applies to me. I loved Me2, but that was my first entry to the series. If I played the game starting from the beginning things may've been different. I felt the same way about Uc2; loved it, but I'm just not getting into Uc3 even though it's a better game in almost every way.
So 4 years ago I got to play Me2 and finally got to see what all the commotion was about in the Mass Effect series. So my expectations were super high for the third installment, but once I finally got to play it, I found that there was a lot I felt wrong with it than just the ending. I could still vibe with it but once the ending came around, I was just like, fuck it. This whole game just sucks.
I can tell the graphics are supposed to look better, but I don't really like the slightly new art direction, makes the character models look faker to me, I liked it better in Me2.
I also, did not like a lot of the new animations, and new sound effects for the powers, aside from the cryo ammo. But it's not like everything was bad. It's great that you had unlimited sprint but it made the controls sorta wonky since you're stuck on the bottom left. Now before making this whole post into an essay, I'll just make a bullet list of all the other things I didn't like about it.
-the illusive man/cerberus was the main villain instead of harbinger and the reapers. very little interaction with the reapers in general which is disappointing considering all the the interaction/disposition you had with harbinger in Me2. I don't remember how much you had with sovereign in Me1.
-the entire plot was centered around building a super weapon; something conventional instead of something surprising or revolutionary which I was honestly expecting, given how great Me2 was, I expected them to raise the bar with Me3.
-most of the missions were just fetch quests. the reaper war was happening in the background as something to set up the event(s) of the game but it hardly felt like the main focus since all you're doing is favors to get people on your side.
-which I understand but to me all these stories they developed about the galactic community i.e. krogan genophage, rannoch lost homeworld, just made for this fictional universe to be believable; i didn't expect for all these issues to be resolved in Me3, DURING the goddamn reaper war. maybe as something after it all in DLC, but not part of the fuckinging plot which should be EVERYONE putting EVERYTHING aside without question, to take out the reapers.
-I already mentioned this earlier, that i don't like a lot of the new animations/sound effects. aside from the cryo ammo effects where an enemy frozen smashes to pieces, I don't like the new mechanic for the sentinel shield, or how the shockwave works for the vanguard (doesn't look as cool and feels way less effective), and because shepard runs with unlimited stamina, he shouldn't be stuck to one side of the screen; you could be running for a long time and get stuck in a corner because of the camera placement.
-maybe this was just an issue with the Ds3 but yeah, I didn't like the gameplay that much.
-the leviathan dlc ruins what the lore had established about the reapers. not to mention, it was incredibly stupid how in the dlc, the reaper in the sky on the leviathan planet sent husks to attack you, when it could've just blasted the **** outta you with its own laser.
-the shepard vs reaper battle on rannoch. why in the hell would you ever take a reaper on by yourself..
--i could get into more of the nitty gritty of the campaign, but besides all this stuff and the ending which I shouldn't have to explain, I think I made my point(s).
Recently, there's been this thread about moments in games you refuse to acknowledge. Obviously besides the ending, the very opening of Me3 where it gave you 3 different options... action, story, rpg???? seriously? THAT really pissed me off. Those options never should've existed. It's like bioware knew that the game was becoming less rpg, more 3rd person shooter, and instead of reinforcing the rpg, they add onto the notion that's becoming something it shouldn't be!!
There's also been this thread that talks about not getting into franchises, and I wonder if that applies to me. I loved Me2, but that was my first entry to the series. If I played the game starting from the beginning things may've been different. I felt the same way about Uc2; loved it, but I'm just not getting into Uc3 even though it's a better game in almost every way.
