Mass Effect 3 Survior Thread

Mass Effect 3 Survior Thread

Lets share our pain and discuss why we will never not be mad

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I got over it. You can too.

how did you get over the nightmares? youtube.com/watch?v=q4pqgBw_exw

I just wanted to build Tali a home on Rannoch. I will never not be mad about this.

Isn't this technically the canon ending now? It seems like Andromeda takes part in the distant future and earth is destroyed.

>implying the shitty writing all came down to ME3

You might want to replay ME1 again, user. They fucked it up right from the start.

Better Tali face coming through.

I played me3 first

iirc andromeda project launched during the events of ME2 so Earth & the Milky Way's fate isn't known. By not revealing anything they don't have to commit to an ending.

I mostly got over it. Sure, I'm mad that ME3 was entirely different from what I expected, but then again, as following years showed, it wasn't lowest point in modern vidya gaming. Had it come out now instead of 2012, I'd probably hate it a lot less

I still get internally mad when I think about it.

>caring about some shitty ending
The whole series is pure unadulterated garbage. Yeah, sure, Mass Effect 1 was a tiny bit better in addition to actually having a potential to grow into something great in the sequel but to no avail.
As much as DAO was flawed, it definitely was just a better version of ME in a different setting

>People bought ME3 after the mess that ME2 was

lol.

Please stop, it hurts too much.

I didn't even finish 3.

Tried twice but there's just nothing pulling me in other than laughing at how badly everything is made and that usually doesn't last long.

Just when I thought I was out, the nightmare pulls me back in.

So all of the endings suck, we know this...

But which of the three sucks less?

fuck

I love the people saying Mass Effect 1 sucked as well. The historical revisionism because they hate Bioware today is unimaginable.

Were you guys even here when ME1 and ME2 dropped? Sup Forums went nuts over these games, because they were good. ME2 was definitely worse, not as stellar as the original, but it was still a great fun game.

80% of the story in ME3 sucks.
The endings suck equally, because they're based on the same retarded premise.

>I love the people saying Mass Effect 1 sucked as well.
The only people I hate more are the "only the ending sucked, but ME3 is still a fine game" retards and whose first ME was obviously 3

I'll never stop being mad

Played through the whole series a few months ago, I still don't understand how people can still be so angry about this. I mean I guess I had the benefit of walking in knowing ahead of time but fuck, just let it go already.

The rape of the Geth/Quarian conflict will never not piss me off.

Currently replaying it for the first time in years!
The gameplay is decent, story is indeed all over the fucking place. Also the side quests are a fucking joke. Still not as bad as this place makes it out to be.....but only like 4 hours in.

I'd probably be way more mad about this if I hadn't pirated ME 2 and 3 (pre-ordering Spore taught me a lesson about EA)

ME2 is widely (outside of Sup Forums) regarded as the best game of the series.

It's just so upsetting that all of the world building just ended up not mattering. The more invested and involved with the story and it's smaller parts you get, the more ass blasted you are coming out the end.

I wanted to see how all those small decisions added up and mattered. How did your love interest affect the other options? What happens if you assassinate the indoctrinated politician? DOES SHEPARD EVEN PROPERLY SAVE THE FUCKING GALAXY??

>every character you helped dies for a cheap emotional bait
Even the fucking nameless krogan, bioware can't write for shit.

Seconded. The Extended Cut wasn't great, but it was adequate enough that I don't think the ending ruins the rest of the game for me anymore.

Just headcanon that the Citadel DLC is the epilogue that it feels like it was intended to be.

YOU READY FOR ME:A MULTIPLAYER???

I mean, multiplayer isn't really Bioware's selling point for me, but it'll probably be better than Inquisition's.

normalfags are retards, what's your point?

As someone who read the books b4 playing Mass effect I can only say this is bs...Mass effect 2 was never better than Mass effect 1 other than maybe gameplay wise.

The books and Mass effect 1 set up a great sci-fi universe that could have been made into plenty of games pulling away from the reaper theme and putting more focus on the political tension of the different races or exploration. Mass effect 1 did a great job at introducing its universe and how vast and complex it is. While in Mass effect 2 we got more action, less exploration and it took the first step from being a good game to being a alien dating simulator.

Mass effect>Great in many things. It's a great game.
Mass effect 2>Somewhat better combat, loses some neat things. It's an okay game.
Mass effect 3>Gains nothing, loses shit tons of things. Shit game.

Destroy is the only one that isn't batshit insane. although there are some stupid consequences from it that make no sense.

I was never mad. Of course, I played the patched version. The ending felt out of place for the series but I never thought it was any worse than subpar.
Why did everyone expect the game to have a thousand different endings? I dont think any other bioware game had all of that.

In fact, I applaud them for ending the series on a dark note and in an unconventional way, even if it didn't turn out that well.

I think people should give ME3 some credit for all that it did manage to carry over and resolve from the first two games, even if the final stretch wrote itself into a corner and shot itself in the foot multiple times.

>Sup Forums isn't retarded
>Sup Forums isn't retarded

What's your point?....

I agree with you fully.

I was so mad when I couldn't even holster my weapon in ME3 anymore.

the game was shit and your a band of sad cucks ,fuck off shills

you should probably never finish it, the ending really isn't worth it even the extended ending just adds more shit on top of shit

lmao it's one of the worst written endings in video game history. it's not bad because there wasn't a thousand different endings. it's bad because it makes no sense, the endings are absolutely retarded and insane. and basically come down to three different colors. it's awful

and extended cut doesn't fix anything. instead of a piece of shit it became a piece of shit with sprinkles. but it was still shit.

This is what bothered me. The ending wasnt even that bad, it was just lacking, and that can be said for many games.

But the Geth/Quarian conflict could have been so much better. I don't know why they didn't put more into it, it was so much bigger than other conflicts.

Destroy definitely. It's lame that they had to throw the Geth and Edi consequences on top of it at the last minute, but it's the only one that really fits thematically.

TIM and Cerberus's entire plot arc was meant to portray Control as insane, and using Synthesis to brainwash everyone into being bros just seemed messed up.

>I think people should give ME3 some credit

>Just headcanon that the Citadel DLC is the epilogue that it feels like it was intended to be.

But the Citadel DLC is still set during the main storyline. It's not an actual epilogue.

Ass Effect Andromeda will be a massive disappointment. No way it can come back from THAT ending.

Have you already set pic related as your new wallpaper?

Based Condominas

it's just ME3 apologists being retarded as usual.

No way. ME3 combat was way better and more varied than ME2 combat in every way. Explain to me why ME2 combat is better, because I can't fathom it.

Only the indoctrination theory could have saved the ending of ME3

This But what also got me was the fact you have the choice to die,die and die (unless your galaxy at war rating was high enough then you get a bonus 7 second cutscene)

What are some games like Mass Effect?

I played the series for the first time a few months ago and loved it, but I haven't been able to find anything else and I'm nervous about Andromeda.

I tried Dragon Age Origins, didn't like it. Tried Inquisition, didn't really like it. I've been told not to bother with 2.

I've played KOTOR and loved it but would prefer something a bit more recent.

Also played Witcher. Loved it obviously, but in a different way.

>Peebee
This shit is as retarded as Gears of War's 'Deebies' but that name made sense because it was the initials of Daemon Baird.

A lot of people think we're just mad because there isn't a happy ending.

But honestly, I would've been perfectly fine with sacrificing myself if I felt like it did something.

None of the endings made me think "okay, this is a good outcome and I'm willing to have Shepard die for this".

>Condominas
>Condom in ass

Can't make this shit up

There's literally nothing like it, that's why people are playing Mass effect in the first place. Why, I don't know, but there's massive potential in space opera RPG yet no one makes them.

>But the Citadel DLC is still set during the main storyline.
That's why I said headcanon it.

It's a bit silly to think that all of Shep's top researchers/soldiers left the Crucible project days before the final stages of the war effort for the sake of flying back to the citadel for a drinking party.

So I think it feels more natural to picture it as a sort of epilogue story.

What did it resolve? Serious question here.

You'll all be pleased to know the writer of ME3's ending is now the director for Mass effect Andromeda. Hack Walters.

Holy fuck. ME:A producer is literally called Condom in ass

>condominas
fucking hell

>it makes no sense
Ever played a JRPG?

But really, that doesn't make it criminally bad. It certainly wasn't good, but I'll never get the hate. A lot of the major conflicts within the game were resolved before the ending anyways. I guess I just dont understand what people were expecting. I think I would have disliked it more if it was something cliche, which many bioware games are in their endings.

So what's up with that poo n loo gameplay designer anyway? Did his high school crush go to prom with a white guy or something?

hey come on! it solved that conflict between organics and synthetics that doesn't actually exist

Better than trying to paint any of the games as perfect or as having absolutely no redeeming qualities.

Doesn't it end with them all going "well time to get back to fighting the Reapers" or something like that?

There must be something similar.

Like not necessarily space opera RPG.

Mass Effect is one of the only games where I've truly felt like I actually cared about what was going on (which is why I guess the ending made me so pissed).

I remember how hyped I was when you stormed into the direction of the Reaper for the protal. I couldn't explain myself why everybody was mad about the ending, but then I got shot by the Reaper and everything went downhill.

But I think Mass Effect 3 was overall a good game expect for the weird weapon upgrade system and that your imported Shepard got all his Skill points from ME2 transferred

>for all that it did manage to carry over and resolve from the first two games

Oh, you mean NOT THE MAIN PLOT?

Yeah, it managed to resolve NOT THE MAIN PLOT just fine, mainly by just not having many characters carry over properly, so we don't have to think about them too much.

Well Shepard lives in the Destroy ending if your readiness is high enough
I made peace with the ending by doing Destroy and then just applying a bit of head-canon. As far as I'm concerned the Catalyst was lying about Destroy killing EDI and the geth, and only said that because he wanted you to pick Synthesis.

Destroy.
Synthesis makes no sense at all, in any way, and both it and control let the reapers get away scot free for over 300 million years of genocide

Mass Effect 2 was a good game

This is exactly the reason I pick Destroy. I promised Javik I was going to wipe those fuckers out and by god that's what I'm going to do, whatever some holographic little shit has to say about it.

>ever played a JRPG
what the fuck kind of argument is this?

all they had to do was put an epilogue telling what happened afterwards to all the characters, and the consequences of the missions you solved. like DAO did which is also a bioware game that came out years before.

instead they watered the ending down to 3 insane choices all separated by color trying to do some contrived artsy bullshit.
Mac Walters and Casey Hudson succeeded in creating one of the worst, most badly written endings ever, it's terrible. it makes no sense and it's unredeemable.

The genophage and Rannoch arcs involving the variables of multiple characters that may or may not be alive by the time ME3 even starts.

Wrex, Mordin, Tali, Garrus, and Legion all have specialized scenes and make an impact on things despite being completely optional. Sure there are elements I think could have been done better, but I was genuinely surprised at how many character arcs they bothered bringing back when some of those characters could have died all the way back in ME1. I can't think of any other series that carried things over to that extent.

I agree. The problem is that the level of fanservice, or arguably fanwanking, was almost too intense.

Bloody hell. How did he get all those lines in that whispery format?

>I know what you did Shepard...

When you play through three games, with your character getting more and more hype, and end up as some kind of mega-cock superdude, then the endgame is basically pic related and your character can't even survive, fuck that.

I know getting the best ending means you get an ambiguous extra cutscene, but they had a funeral for my Shep and that's still not OK.

Bioware was always better with character arcs than it was at handling main plotlines.

They did resolve ME3's main plot. It just wasn't resolved particularly well.

>Synthesis
Oh man seeing as this was the hardest ending to get i can only assume they thought it was the "perfect ending" when in fact it's the worst. holy shit what badly written trash.

>Bloody hell. How did he get all those lines in that whispery format?
probably extracted it from the game files itself

These are things that are resolved, but then made entirely redundant by the ending. It's like a love story being finished in Nagasaki just before the nuke fell. Immediately pointless.

Fuck me, no matter how I think about it, I've been very mad constantly for the past 5 years. It hurts. Citadel was some great shit and that's where 3 ended in my headcanon. Control was best ending because I'm still beyond furious about no fight with Harbinger.

It wasn't at all resolved, they replace it with the most basic shit at the last second.

It's not even the best ending.
It's only considered the "perfect ending" because Shepard lives.
It kills all synthetics.
So EDI and the geth all die. And you never really find out the impact of all this. And you never find out what happens to Shepard when he lives.
Does he reunite with his romantic interest? How does Joker feel about Shepard choosing to kill EDI? You get a tiny little slideshow with the Extended Cut but it still leaves so many unanswered questions that we probably won't get answered with Andromeda, or ever for that matter.

>the level of fanservice, or arguably fanwanking, was almost too intense.
Citadel DLC was the most blatant piece of fanservice I've ever seen on the western market.

But at least it didn't take itself too seriously.

ME1's gameplay and such doesn't really hold up. 90% of missions take place in a generic warehouse, the inventory system is garbage and the run speed is abyssmal, hell they trick you into thinking pressing shift made you run faster

>Citadel DLC was the most blatant piece of fanservice I've ever seen on the western market.

But that was literally the whole point of the DLC.

Are Citadel and Omega really so great that they are worth the ~15$ each?

No I'm not going to pirate them because I have the legit game and they'll ban you.

They didn't originally sound like that

>Citadel DLC was the most blatant piece of fanservice I've ever seen on the western market.
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The saddest part being that it was a cut out mass effect 2 mission and not even a original idea. this is why the clone thing is so out of place

Citadel is, if you're willing to not take it seriously
Omega is boring as hell, get Leviathan instead

they do in the nightmare shepard had

I think the ending choices are shit, but I still think people exaggerate about just how many of your choices are pointless in the long run. Your entire crew may or may not be dead, and two to three races might be extinct.

It's the perfect ending because you complete your mission.

Don't forget, you just spoke to a fucktarded AI that turns out to be behind the shittiest plot in videogame history, and the only way to complete your mission is something that destroys all AIs.

Your other two options are to merge with that shit or make everyone merge with that shit.

Along with M3's gameplay in general, I think Omega & Citadel were the best parts of the whole game. Which is fucking bullshit, because they are DLC. But that's EA for you.

I think it would have gone a long way to have a Fallout-style ending slideshow showing what happened to the various races/major characters.

Oh ok, I never heard those because the nightmares were so stupid and out of character that I rushed through them.