Mass Effect 3

[darthviper107]

I wouldn't be surprised if SSC is waiting to see what the fans reaction to ME3 will be before announcing anything. If the goodwill and demand isn't there afterwards, they might not go forward with making any statues.

Well, they originally announced it a long time ago, before it would have been reasonable to wait for the ME3 release.

 

[DarthIndy]

My thoughts on the ending:

Spoiler:

I have no problem with Shepard's fate. I think it was pretty clear, especially after all the goodbyes in London, that this would all end in Shepard's sacrifice.
The problem I have is what came next. Where is the squadmates' reaction to the aftermath? Who lived and who died? The characters have fought through this epic story just as much as Shepard, what happened to them? Where's the reaction to Shepard's decision?
Also, when all's said and done, the decisions you made in ME1 and ME2 have no real bearing on the final result, despite the marketing hype. The cutscenes may play out a little differently on the way, but it all boils down to the same three choices with the Catalyst.
Destroying the mass relays doesn't sit well with me either. But the main thing that angered me was how abruptly it ended with the ridiculous scene with the crashed Normandy. That's it?

 

[krec9]

at the end now damn good game love how my Shepard is saying goodbye to everyone

 

[Jen]

My thoughts on the ending:

Spoiler:

I have no problem with Shepard's fate. I think it was pretty clear, especially after all the goodbyes in London, that this would all end in Shepard's sacrifice.
The problem I have is what came next. Where is the squadmates' reaction to the aftermath? Who lived and who died? The characters have fought through this epic story just as much as Shepard, what happened to them? Where's the reaction to Shepard's decision?
Also, when all's said and done, the decisions you made in ME1 and ME2 have no real bearing on the final result, despite the marketing hype. The cutscenes may play out a little differently on the way, but it all boils down to the same three choices with the Catalyst.
Destroying the mass relays doesn't sit well with me either. But the main thing that angered me was how abruptly it ended with the ridiculous scene with the crashed Normandy. That's it?

I think that is what most of us hoped the ending would be like. I keep hoping we will get an aftermath DLC to give more closure to our character and crew.

 

[Gipetto0812]

My thoughts on the ending:

Spoiler:

I have no problem with Shepard's fate. I think it was pretty clear, especially after all the goodbyes in London, that this would all end in Shepard's sacrifice.
The problem I have is what came next. Where is the squadmates' reaction to the aftermath? Who lived and who died? The characters have fought through this epic story just as much as Shepard, what happened to them? Where's the reaction to Shepard's decision?
Also, when all's said and done, the decisions you made in ME1 and ME2 have no real bearing on the final result, despite the marketing hype. The cutscenes may play out a little differently on the way, but it all boils down to the same three choices with the Catalyst.
Destroying the mass relays doesn't sit well with me either. But the main thing that angered me was how abruptly it ended with the ridiculous scene with the crashed Normandy. That's it?

I just finished the game a few days ago and feel the exact same about the ending.

I think that is what most of us hoped the ending would be like. I keep hoping we will get an aftermath DLC to give more closure to our character and crew.

I'm really hoping for some DLCs that give us that much needed closure. Maybe bioware figured that w/o the ending they chose, there wouldn't be room for DLCs to give closure??

Some thoughts of my own about the game/ending:

Spoiler:

I have to go back and replay though so I can get the ending I want meaning Shepard Surviving. Really hate how the Readiness thing plays a factor on how the end plays out. I have to do everything back from the Illusive Man's HQ which sucks. Wish I could jus start righ before heading to earth. I just hope that if I do get my readiness up to where it needs to be, I can get the choice to save Anderson, kill the Illusive man and destroy the reapers while staying alive. It's all about Effective Readiness right? I don't HAVE to do multiplayer do I?

But I would be totally fine with my death ending IF it could've at least been shown that all my squad mates were alive b/c of my sacrifice b/c right now it kind of seems like all that hard work was for nothing. Oh well, it was still a pretty good game, the ending is all that kills it.I like the weapons upgrade system and how it automatically upgrades everyones load out not just yours. And I loved the wide weapon selection. It's just really hard to get over that ending when the rest of the game was so good.

 

[Matt S]

Similar issue on endings, and am I the only one that's bothered with fact that ME3 is a least 10 hours shorter than ME3? I beat the game in 32 hours, whereas my first ME2 playthrough was well over 40

 

[Spartan Rex]

Similar issue on endings, and am I the only one that's bothered with fact that ME3 is a least 10 hours shorter than ME3? I beat the game in 32 hours, whereas my first ME2 playthrough was well over 40

It's probably shorter because EA told them to dice it up so they could sell parts later as DLC.

 

[Ra88]

It's all about Effective Readiness right? I don't HAVE to do multiplayer do I?

Spoiler:

You need multiplayer to get the best possible ending. Without it your Readiness sits at 50%, meaning only half of your EMS is used in the final attack. You can NOT do it without multiplayer, or if you can, it hasn't been discovered by anyone yet. Not sure if it's worth the effort though. Continued in the next spoiler box if you want to know.

Spoiler:

It's only available with the Destroy ending, and all it gives you is a 5 second clip of Shepard gasping. Everything else stays exactly the same. Including Anderson dying, Mass Relays blowing up and the Normandy crash landing on that planet. :/

 

[Spartan Rex]

I hear you can get your readiness up by playing the Infiltrater mobile game as well.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Spoiler:

You need multiplayer to get the best possible ending. Without it your Readiness sits at 50%, meaning only half of your EMS is used in the final attack. You can NOT do it without multiplayer, or if you can, it hasn't been discovered by anyone yet. Not sure if it's worth the effort though. Continued in the next spoiler box if you want to know.

Spoiler:

It's only available with the Destroy ending, and all it gives you is a 5 second clip of Shepard gasping. Everything else stays exactly the same. Including Anderson dying, Mass Relays blowing up and the Normandy crash landing on that planet. :/

Spoiler:

yea I know the endings really aren't that different, just different colors for the choice/explosion, and just the quick bit of Shepard waking up if you get that option. I guess I'm just hoping that if I change that ending maybe there will be a DLC that's for if you survived

I hear you can get your readiness up by playing the Infiltrater mobile game as well.

That's what I read as well and that you could also get your readiness up by ME3 data pad app.

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Spoiler:

I have to go back and replay though so I can get the ending I want meaning Shepard Surviving. Really hate how the Readiness thing plays a factor on how the end plays out. I have to do everything back from the Illusive Man's HQ which sucks. Wish I could jus start righ before heading to earth. I just hope that if I do get my readiness up to where it needs to be, I can get the choice to save Anderson, kill the Illusive man and destroy the reapers while staying alive. It's all about Effective Readiness right? I don't HAVE to do multiplayer do I?

Spoiler:

The only way to get Anderson to survive is to have a full paragon bar, which means you pretty much can't choose any renegade dialogue tags or action trigers

On another note this is a fantatsic, VERY well written article written about the 5 major flaws with the ending.

https://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/

It made me realize things about the ending that I didn't know, like:

Spoiler:

When the mass relays are destroyed it shows the galaxy map of all the mass relays exploding, but in reality that is showing whole solar systems exploding. I guess in the Arrival DLC for ME2 it is said that if a mass relay is destroyed it creates a super nova.

I highly recommend it.

Oh, and Corey Hudson (Bioware producer of the series) has this to say about the end:

"I didn't want the game to be forgettable, and even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people–debating what the endings mean and what's going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in.

"That to me is part of what's exciting about this story. There has always been a little bit of mystery there and a little bit of interpretation, and it's a story that people can talk about after the fact."

https://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220712p1.html

Well, congratulations Mr. Hudson you made a pretty unforgettable game with an unforgettable ending... sadly, it is for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Jen]

I hear you can get your readiness up by playing the Infiltrater mobile game as well.

You can. I posted it earlier. Raised my % to about 62 or 63. But its been dropping since so I would not do it until right before Illusive man headquartersm mission.

Infiltrator is fun but glitchy on iPad. Sometimes it would just shut down during a battle.

 

[Spartan Rex]

I also hear the endings aren't significantly different so "readiness" is a bit of a canard.

 

[Jen]

Here's a very interesting view point of the ending..which I have to say does make some sense. Perhaps it's true...which means we have not seen the real ending yet.

Don't view if you don't want to see spoilers.


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYgr1rqEec[/ame]

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Here's a very interesting view point of the ending..which I have to say does make some sense. Perhaps it's true...which means we have not seen the real ending yet.

Don't view if you don't want to see spoilers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYgr1rqEec

Very, very interesting.

 

[Jen]

Very, very interesting.

If there is a "real" ending coming...it better be a free DLC or that is just cruel.

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

If there is a "real" ending coming...it better be a free DLC or that is just cruel.

Never gonna happen, especially with the amount of people that have already voiced that they would pay to have a proper ending (i believe you even said it a few pages back, no? Maybe not.). The suits at EA are laughing all the way to the bank on this one.

I don't think we'll get anything for free from this mishap.

 

[Gipetto0812]

so out of curiosity, how many of ya'll chose to "make" your Shepard's face vs going the default way? I've kept the face that I've made since ME1 but every vid I see online for gameplay (unofficial youtube vids) seems to have the generic default Shepard.

Spoiler:

The only way to get Anderson to survive is to have a full paragon bar, which means you pretty much can't choose any renegade dialogue tags or action trigers

On another note this is a fantatsic, VERY well written article written about the 5 major flaws with the ending.

https://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/

It made me realize things about the ending that I didn't know, like:

Spoiler:

When the mass relays are destroyed it shows the galaxy map of all the mass relays exploding, but in reality that is showing whole solar systems exploding. I guess in the Arrival DLC for ME2 it is said that if a mass relay is destroyed it creates a super nova.

I highly recommend it.

Oh, and Corey Hudson (Bioware producer of the series) has this to say about the end:

"I didn't want the game to be forgettable, and even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people–debating what the endings mean and what's going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in.

"That to me is part of what's exciting about this story. There has always been a little bit of mystery there and a little bit of interpretation, and it's a story that people can talk about after the fact."

https://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220712p1.html

Well, congratulations Mr. Hudson you made a pretty unforgettable game with an unforgettable ending... sadly, it is for all the wrong reasons.

to your "spoiler" comment:

Spoiler:

glad to know but it kind of sucks at the same time In all 3 games I always got he paragon route w/ maybe 3 renegade decisions at most. well hopefully when I raise my readiness, I can at least survive the ending.

in regards to the "5 reasons" I read that right after I finished the game and really gave some insight that I didn't see or think about when going through the ending. I think like most, we were focused on trying to get the "best" therefore didn't really think about some of the things in the "5 reasons"

but yea I really don't like the director's comment on the ending. yea sure make it unforgettable b/c it's so bad that of course fans won't forget it if that's the real ending, I prefer the endings to 1 and 2

Here's a very interesting view point of the ending..which I have to say does make some sense. Perhaps it's true...which means we have not seen the real ending yet.

Don't view if you don't want to see spoilers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynYgr1rqEec

Thanks for posting Jen. I read a comment on a ME forum that was similar to what was said in that video but the video explains it a lot better.

If there is a "real" ending coming...it better be a free DLC or that is just cruel.

I hope there's a "real" ending coming if the one already int he game wasn't it. I'd gladly pay for something good.

but it makes me wonder:

Spoiler:

what would happen for those that didn't choose to Destroy and have Shepard alive in the aftermath?

 

[stshammgod]

I seriously have to stop reading this thread before I finish this. I know it will spoil something for me. I'm out.

 

[ATCollector]

I liked the ending... But then again I liked the ending of BSG too. Was it perfect, no. But I was satisfied.