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MOX
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« Reply #3275 on: 15 March 2012, 04:25:50 » |
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I only have two words to say about the ending: [spoiler]space jesus[/spoiler] Even after beating ME3 i'm still trying to avoid spoilers for my next Renegade playthrough. I've been playing Mass Effect 3 A LOT recently. I just finished it earlier today, and it's definitely the best ME game in the series IMO so far thanks to all the references to the previous games. Took me [spoiler]57[/spoiler] hours to finish with all the side quests done and planets explored, but the game felt longer than the previous games (in a good way) because the majority of the missions are AMAZING. I thought ME3 did well in making the fight against the Reapers seem hopeless (as it should be). I personally didn't expect the multiplayer to be that good was wasn't planning on playing it until after I finished the game, but I actually liked it a lot. It worked well in making you feel like you're fighting against the Reapers on the front lines and didn't feel very disjointed from the single player experience. The MP is also a good alternative to some of the repetitive fetch side quests (although I ended up doing them all anyway). By the way, did you guys have any trouble with the custom face import glitch (if your shepard's face has been the same since ME1, ME3 reads it as an error which forces you to remake it). Fortunately using the fan-made fix tool I was able to make my Shepard look exactly the same as he was in ME1. My shepard in ME3:  My shepard in ME2:  I also took a bunch of screenshots as I was playing, SPOILERS obviously: http://steamcommunity.com/id/robertlieu/screenshots/?tab=&showdate=1&filter=shortcut_76btw i bet my Shepard can beat up all your shepards |
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Mikero
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« Reply #3283 on: 27 March 2012, 05:25:33 » |
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OK. I'm done Mass Effect 3. Like, just now, ten seconds ago.
I did EVERYTHING. Seriously. 73, maybe 74 hours. And as I look now the reason for that is I did every single side mission. I scanned everything in every system to get everything to 100%. I went into the final push with 100% Galactic Readiness and just over 7300 in War Assets, so you can guess where I fell on the ending bracket. As for the specific ending I got:
!! MAJOR REAL DEAL spoilers in these tags. You are warned. !!
[spoiler]I had an incredibly tough time deciding between destroying all synthetics, and synthesizing with them.
Controlling the Reapers/synthetics was never an option. I'm not the Illusive Man, I know better and I always did. I'm pretty sure it's not a Paragon thing either; I'm willing to best most players discarded that option as quickly as I did.
Destroying the Reapers is what I wanted to do most, but losing the Geth (after I'd just created a world wherein the Geth and the Quarians live on Rannoch in peace) seemed like a dealbreaker. And I worried over EDI's fate in that option.
But then synthesizing... As much as the child/citadel/catalyst claimed it was the best option for both it seemed to be working against the ideal I set out with since I first landed on Eden Prime in 2184; Diversity. The entirety of my run in Mass Effect has been about preserving and pushing multiculturalism in the galaxy.
I assure you that it was a conscious, succinct thought. From the beginning.
I knew I would do whatever I could to cure the Genophage, and I did.
I knew I had to restore the Quarians, and I did.
I even knew, eventually, that I wanted to save to Geth. And I did.
I spared the Rachni twice because it was the right thing to do.
And I promised myself to do it without sacrificing my characters morals. That's not to say I went Paragon on everything, most things, but not everything. My Shepard has enough edge for a 4D cube.
Part of what attracted to me to the game was the depth involved, a big part of which was the imaginative in which ways the races related. Turning everyone part machine might be the "next stage of evolution in this cycle" or whatever, but there's a part of me that finds it extremely hollow. Also it just... Did something about this option seem almost like an indoctrinated suggestion? Shepard has spent enough time with Reaper tech and since ME2 I have wondering if there hasn't been a bit of backdoor indoctrination going on, the dreams in ME3 were-to me-a symbol of that. Why WOULDN'T the Reapers be attempting to turn Shepard since the loss of Sovereign?
I've been writing this part of the post while I sit here trying to make the decision. It's cleared my thoughts out, so in the end I went with;
Destruction. I couldn't shake a feeling about synthesis, and it would have left a taste in my mouth that I wasn't about. Maybe synthesis was the more altruistic route, I think that's really opinion based on incredibly vague information, but it didn't seem right. Though 10% of me wanted to pick it if only because it doesn't show up for some people, which in a sense made me feel like I earned something. I'm not kidding around, I even flipped a coin on this (To see what I wanted more, not to randomly pick. It turned out the same). I first accidentally picked to control the Reapers and had to reload actually.
Joker go out of the Normandy with Liara and Garrus. Shepard lived.
tl;dr, I know. It was extremely conflicting. I'm extremely conflicted.
[/spoiler]
As for my thoughts on the way they did the ending:
[spoiler]It literally rocked until you were faced with that choice. Three blanket choices that make all the little ones seem a bit in vain. It's a bit lazy, so I get what people were on about. I'm not sure I can say it "sucks" but gimme a day or two and we'll see.
More or less, it's just queerly disappointing. [/spoiler]
The first one is still better, but this was pretty great. I'm with MOX that our Shepards could beat up the rest, but I'm not with him on the tip that this game felt longer. The longest and most enriching of the series for me was the first, by FAR. I think my first run through Noveria took like four hours. Also the game was more of a roller coaster, there was NO idea where anything was going. The second, you sort of knew what you were doing. And the third was laser focused on a single goal for the whole game, there wasn't really a mystery going on, just events.
Anyway all said and done, I #####ing love Mass Effect. There's a reason it's my favourite modern game series.
And multiplayer is something like a phenomenon.
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Majikn
Super Robot
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« Reply #3298 on: 18 September 2012, 12:31:05 » |
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Does anyone have Kirby's Dream Collection? It came out recently, and despite my recent disdain for Kirby games, I might actually get it.
It contains (pasted from GameStop):
6 Classic Kirby games included in one package:
Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy, April 1992 release)
Kirby's Adventure (NES, May 1993 release)
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy, March 1995 release)
Kirby Super Star (Super NES, Sept. 1996 release)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Super NES, Nov. 1997release)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64, June 2000 release)
Also includes:
Brand-new Challenge Stages like the ones in Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii)
Kirby 20th Anniversary Soundtrack CD (Featuring 45 Kirby songs)
Immersive and Interactive Timeline to see footage and box art of all Kirby's game releases.
48-page booklet featuring various information about Kirby's star-studded career
Some of the classic games include multiplayer modes.
I'm wondering if this might be worth 40 dollars, and it seems like it is. Just interested in a second opinion if anyone has one.
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The Exorcist has taught me that when I'm losing an argument I may save face by vomiting on the opposition.
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