Alienturnedhuman wrote:
mac_d wrote:
Anyway, the ME3 ending controversy, if I can call it such a thing, seems to be major gaming news. The site I use for news (as well as achievments and the like - x360a) has had 2 stories about it and Bioware's forum has pretty much exploded. All I'll really say about it is this - I liked it. I liked it a lot. My interpretation is shared by a good few other folk, though still a minority, and I think it is a brilliant ending. Almost perfect, if not for one flaw.
Now you have me intrigued and I want to experience it but I don't even own it and still have a 100 hours of Skyrim left to do (I'm 100 hours in.. .so that's about half way, right?
I originally intended to do a massive ME1>ME2>ME3 session when I did get ME3 but now I think I'll just have to bite the bullet and jump straight in.
Also, amazed that I managed to delete the text of your spoiler from the quote without reading it! Forget it would be there uncensored when I clicked the "quote" button...My Skyrim save, which was basically everything needed for all the achievements on xbox 360 and a little general messing about and forging of super armour, was 125 hours. Great game. I look forward to some DLC expansion packs for it. I'm still waiting on Fallout: New Vegas releasing a GotY edition style pack with all the DLC. Speaking of GotY style ultimate editions, I'm still holding out for the Forza 4 ultimat edition. I really liked F3 and the F4 demo was great but the extra car packs seem very over priced, but I want them. So a compromise must be struck. Wow, I really got sidetracked there...
And btw, I wouldn't post the ending without spoiler tags. If someone had done that to me, I'd have been well and truly tiddled off. So I wouldn't do that. I'm still waiting (it's been a whole 14 and a half hours since I finished it!!!) on my best pal finishing it so I can discuss with a real live person. Great game. It's almost sad to finish it as it's been a part of my life since 2008 (when I picked up Mass Effect and Too Human and had to guess which one would be good knowing nothing about either...). I've been excited about this game for years basically. To ruin it for someone, would be like breaking a religious sacrament. Plus, you'd all call me a dick. And, while fairly accurate, I don't wanna be called that on a fine day like today. I, as an appreciator of videogames, would never intentionally crap on someone elses experience.
Btw, the online portion of ME3 is actually pretty good fun. It, to continue with a Gearsy theme, is basically Horde mode. Every few rounds you get a special objective. Hack a terminal, kill high priority targets, turn on 4 bomb detonators. Spices it up. The 10 round progress nicely before you have to hold out 2 minutes to await extraction. It feeds in the single player nicely too. Basically, in the main game Shep will literate a high value target. Then a N7 marine squad is sent to hold the location from
attack. If you hold it in the multiplayer, you effectively need less resources in the main game to hold it so more of the fleet is ready for the actual war. I quite like the integration. When a character hits max level in the multiplayer you can import them to the main game and they are a permanent asset to your war effort. Pretty damn cool imo.
Anyway, I'll stop explaining why ME3 is the best thing since internet boobies. (Because it's probably better!)