Mass Effect 3 Ending, opinions and feelings?

[Nwerke]

There's certainly enough setup for that. Kind of a glaring omission, almost!

 

[Solo4114]

I didn't mind Leviathon. It was entertaining, added a couple of answers to the whole backstory of the Reapers. The missions themselves aren't too bad, kinda fun.

Worth $10? Probably not... But, I had to get it.

Also, I thought they were adding something with taking back Omega with Aria?

This, right here, is EXACTLY what EA counts on and why they likely aren't as worried about Bioware's future as you might think.

 

[Satxer]

You'd be suprised, not a lot of people bought it because of it costing money. I almost didn't, but I figured...ok...$10 bucks...fine...

 

[Solo4114]

You'd be suprised, not a lot of people bought it because of it costing money. I almost didn't, but I figured...ok...$10 bucks...fine...

My point. They know how to manipulate a price point, and they know people will want it for completion and because they're banking on "Maybe it will make the game good like they used to be."

 

[Satxer]

All things considered, they did allow a lot of the MP content to be free too.

 

[Jeyl]

All things considered, they did allow a lot of the MP content to be free too.

$20 says that wasn't part of the original plan. And even with the little tidbit about the Reapers, it still shows a complete lack of commitment to their own storyline. We still have nothing in regards to the dying Heastrom sun, what's causing it to die, and how we can prevent other suns from suffering the same fate. I think that's a little more than knowing more about the Reapers and whether or not Aria will get Omega back.

Dying suns = dead galaxy

 

[Wes R]

Turns out the Dark Matter that Drew used in the storyline is a very real thing out in space so it sounds like his storyline had some research behind it. they just used a dartboard to undo his stuff.

 

[DuneMuadDib]

All things considered, they did allow a lot of the MP content to be free too.

A lot of the free MP stuff was during the months prior to the release of EC, so it might be that those DLCs weren't meant to be free (especially since the president of the company wants to charge players for bullets) but were given away as an effort to appease the unhappy customers that were making a bad name for Bioware and EA.

 

[Wes R]

The bad part of it is that MP is part of what ticked off everyone on top of the crap ending. Especially when the few ground missions you got used maps from the MP game and were basically just MP missions on single player.

 

[Jeyl]

I would have given the MP a lot more credit, but when I found out that the single-player missions used the exact same maps, I didn't come back to MP. Level designer? Sure, just copy and paste that over there.

 

[Wes R]

I swear that the ME3 crew was only about 5 people. It seems so thrown together as if they'd lost half their staff or something.

 

[Jeyl]

Oh, crap.

Frank Gibeau: "We are very proud of the way EA evolved with consumers. I have not green lit one game to be developed as a single player experience. Today, all of our games include online applications and digital services that make them live 24/7/365."

 

[Solo4114]

Of course. Multiplayer means (1) extending the life of the game, (2) playing in to the whole addiction approach to gaming and sales, (3) easier opportunities to sell DLC, and (4) DRM.

You see a bug. They see a feature.

 

[DuneMuadDib]

So how long until it's mandatory to play ancillary games to actually succeed in the game you want to play? Surely that stuff won't remain free forever either. It's going to happen, there's only so much money they can make off Day 1 DLC that's already on the disc and charging for bullets in multiplayer.

I'm given to understand that Leviathan amounts to supporting Starbrat's failed logic and making Destroy a less desirable option. A lot of speculation I've seen is that the Omega DLC will likewise include something to make Control undesirable so Bioware can further shove Synthesis down players' throats as the "right choice."

I'm starting to be ashamed of giving Bioware my money.

 

[Nwerke]

I just don't get it. Destroy is the Paragon option. I mean, they worked to make that blindingly obvious. Is this like Lucas and Greedo shot first?

Okay, so it's only a game, but I'm about as likely to play at getting pally with genocidal cybernetic alien monsters as I am to sink a beer with Robert Mugabe. Seriously, this is as irritating as those episodes of ST: Voyager where the crew spent the whole episode grappling with some big moral issue only to fumble it horribly. :lol Those things had me clawing the walls, too. :lol :lol

 

[Solo4114]

Hey, he may be an evil *******, but Robert Mugabe knows how to get fast service at the local watering hole.

 

[Wes R]

I have no doubt that at some point games will have no single player features at all or be like ME3 and force MP down your throat to get anywhere. Sadly the sheep that gamers have become will eat it up as these younger gamers don't know any better. Meanwhile smaller independent companies will cater to us older gamers who like single player.

 

[Jeyl]

I have no doubt that at some point games will have no single player features at all or be like ME3 and force MP down your throat to get anywhere.

Already happening with a BioWare title.

Command & Conquer: Generals 2

 

[Wes R]

How is that franchise even still alive? I remember that thing from the mid 90s. It's going to bite them in the butt at some point.

 

[Satxer]

$20 says that wasn't part of the original plan.

I have no doubt it wasn't part of the original plan. They knew they needed to keep people hooked on the game, and with their big flub up, they had to somehow make it better. But, they also know, they can't just outright give away everything for free. This being a DLC that gives us a little bit more of an explination, is really meant to just give us a few more missions.

The bonus is, the game itself is a great game, despite the ending, I still play the hell out of it and enjoy it.