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Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut is coming next week [Up: Out now, my sweet]

Arjen said:
It's so weird i really don't care about this anymore, first thought was. Ugh thats a lot i have to replay.
This is coming from someone who played trough ME1 and ME2 both 6 times.
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Too little too late if you ask me.
But mayby im going to replay it next fall when i have some more time.
 
FHIZ said:
Wait a second, your save has to be before the Cerberus base attack in order to utilize the new content? Is that a standard deal with all the saves? Shouldn't my save be set sometime during the endgame on Earth?
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I suppose it will still work even if you have a save on Earth. They say Cerberus base because either:

1) Some extra scenes will be on the Cerberus base and Earth before the Citadel Beam.

or

2) That's where we "respawn" after the credits.

Edit : fixed, better that way.
 
What save game should I load to play the Extended Cut?

[SPOILERS] To experience the Extended Cut, load a save game from before the attack on the Cerberus Base and play through to the end of the game. The Extended Cut endings will differ depending on choices made throughout the Mass Effect series, so multiple playthroughs with a variety of different decisions will be required to experience the variety of possibilities offered by the new content.
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Ugh, this could really suck. I kept a bunch of saves, but I'm pretty sure I don't have one back that far. So you see nothing new unless you start that far back? Awful.

Edit: Ok, if this is true, then it's not bad:

Enduin said:
Yes, but your Endgame save that is made after you beat the game brings you back before the Cerberus base assault since thats the last point when the entire galaxy map is still open.
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Mass Effect 3 is still in my top running for GOTY. Still, the new ending stuff seems fake to me. The finale was awful sure, and it left a bad taste in my mouth but thats how Bioware decided to end it (and my Shepard's) story.

I'll still DL though I suppose.
 
I had real trouble remembering what Cerberus base they were talking about. Man that game was forgettable :(
 
Awesome. I just got around to picking this up earlier in the week at a sale. Think I'll hold off starting my playthrough until after the dlc drops.
 
As far as I'm concerned the Marauder Shields comics are pretty much THE ending for me. I hope the artist continues making them despite the EC.

As for the EC itself, not particularly hopeful. But not dismissing it outright either.
 
HoodWinked said:
waste of resources, no one is going to be satisfied, i wouldnt be surprised if it just made for another shit storm wave.

endings just are that they are a end to things.
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Of course it's going to be another shitstorm. ME3 was a half-baked game and adding a few things like this:

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to the ending isn't going to change that. They'd have to totally redo the entire final act for people to begin caring about this franchise again.
 
I don't even care about Joker's early vacation, all I want is for the relay situation not to end up the same way in every ending like some kind of spiteful joke.
 
creid said:
Ugh, this could really suck. I kept a bunch of saves, but I'm pretty sure I don't have one back that far. So you see nothing new unless you start that far back? Awful.
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Wait, they want me to go back to the fight I had with
Kai Long
and then go from there???

I am pretty sure my save files do not go that far back...
 
Huh, just skimmed over the podcast and they're saying stuff like:

Nobody starved to death, "core" galactic experience still goes on, your squad's still together and all of those characters have a future!

So... basically they didn't understand at the time the powerful implications (and how they overrided everything that happened before) of what they showed you in the last five minutes, so they're backpedaling so that all of that Really Important Stuff was actually a meaningless light show with no real consequences.

So look forward to all the relays magically being rebuilt within a year and the Normandy getting rescued from that planet a week later I guess.
 
aparisi2274 said:
Wait, they want me to go back to the fight I had with
Kai Long
and then go from there???

I am pretty sure my save files do not go that far back...
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When you finish the game and auto-save file is created right at that start of...that mission. Now, I'm not sure what happens if it someone plays the game and overwrites said file; but it seems to be the same data that it 's used in order to transfer your ME3 character to another ME3 playthrough.


ultron87 said:
1.9 gig? Yeesh. This better be worth it.

(This isn't going to be worth it.)
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Size wise is probably related to audio, more than actual content. Months ago actors like the one that did Garrus and Male Sheppard said they were recording voice-overs for the Extended Cut. So, it's probably related to all possible dialog combinations and lines per character.
 
EatChildren said:
Cool. My backlog will be clean by then too, giving me time to play through the entire game all over again.

I know this isn't going to fix anything, but I'm interested to see if a second round of disappointment is enough to truly push me over the edge.
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lol, very optimistic I see

I suppose I could reinstall ME3 and see what this DLC is all about, only because it's free.
 
aparisi2274 said:
Wait, they want me to go back to the fight I had with
Kai Long
and then go from there???

I am pretty sure my save files do not go that far back...
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It's where you “respawn” after you beat the game. Did you save after you beat the game? You may even have an autosave.
 
I can't believe a game company caught so much shit for their ending, they have to basically redo it again after its release. Good job Bioware. Either way, ME3 is the last game I will support from this company.
 
Harlock said:
Still playing the multiplayer. It´s going to be easy go back and play the ending again.
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Ending was easy anyways. I dont get what all the complaining is about. Use your abilities and its a walk right through, cerberus base included if you are playing on normal.
 
gatti-man said:
Ending was easy anyways. I dont get what all the complaining is about. Use your abilities and its a walk right through, cerberus base included if you are playing on normal.
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It's not about the challenge, everything after the base is boring. It's a fucking slog through the same enemy types you fought for the last ten or fifteen hours.
 
Dresden said:
It's not about the challenge, everything after the base is boring. It's a fucking slog through the same enemy types you fought for the last ten or fifteen hours.
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blehh i just dont want to do the terrible
Kai Long boss fight
or the
zerg rush "last boss" fight on earth
.

My guess is that they are going to explain things more but wont fundamentally change the endings that they sought after.
 
So 30 minutes to download (assuming the servers aren't overloaded).
2 hours to play the Cerberus/Earth levels.
And then the ending.

Doesn't sound like something I can accomplish in one evening. =\
 
Forsaken82 said:
Insanity Run here I come!



That is pretty amazing... someone who hasn't even played the game finds the ending more offensive than myself, who has put over 100 hours into this franchise...
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Haha, I don't find it 'offensive'. "Offending ___" is just an expression with regards to something that committed a violation of some kind, which ME3 has its with its enraged fanbase, and is the reason this DLC exists to begin with.
 
Wicked I was thinking of starting TR Collection next week but I may wait for this to get released and play ME3 instead.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Huh, just skimmed over the podcast and they're saying stuff like:

Nobody starved to death, "core" galactic experience still goes on, your squad's still together and all of those characters have a future!

So... basically they didn't understand at the time the powerful implications (and how they overrided everything that happened before) of what they showed you in the last five minutes, so they're backpedaling so that all of that Really Important Stuff was actually a meaningless light show with no real consequences.

So look forward to all the relays magically being rebuilt within a year and the Normandy getting rescued from that planet a week later I guess.
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Ahahahaha they're totally writing themselves out of a bag so they can make sequels more easily.
 
I see. Not familiar with who wrote the ending or what they even look like, I just saw a dude with his head turned toward a monitor.

That being said, I want to have faith in this, but I had a lot of problems with the game, and not just the ending. It wasn't even necessarily the ending but rather the entire third act lacking any oomph or great storytelling moments. It didn't feel like it ever reached a climax and there was no identifiable villain standing in your way. The story had no Emperor Palpatine or Lord Voldemort. The Illusive Man just showed up here and there with incessant blabber so he hardly qualifies.

Not saying everything needs one singular villain, and the Reapers are threatening villains, but hell it needed something.
 
cool, I can finally beat the game now

better start using the iOS app again to get my war readiness up, I saved right before you
head back to Earth
and haven't played since
 
graywolf323 said:
cool, I can finally beat the game now

better start using the iOS app again to get my war readiness up, I saved right before you
head back to Earth
and haven't played since
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You have to use a save before you are visiting
the Cerberus Base
. Looks like you have to replay the game or use a older save.
 
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