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  Geneaux486 said:
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A friend of mine said the ending part of the game felt really rushed and was full of glitches. It is likely that the game simply is unfinished and that it can be fixed with a patch. But I guess that's what everyone are asking for.

 

No, they're asking for a completely different ending.

 

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1. It's depressing.

2. Everything you did in all the games don't matter.

3. And yeah, it's probably rushed and full of glitches.

 

The ending will evoke emotional responses in most invested gamers. Point 2 is a straight up lie, and the result of a whole lot of blind rage, and as for point 3, I haven't experienced any glitches in it myself, but it's possible.

 

Actually, point 2 is true to an extent, your choices do impact the game meaningfully all throughout until you hit the segment every one is mad about, they have an extremely minor input there, chiefly if you even get to make a choice there at all, but you can really disregard anything else you've done and get any ending you want.

 

Oh, and a funny thing:

 

 

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Actually, point 2 is true to an extent, your choices do impact the game meaningfully all throughout until you hit the segment every one is mad about, they have an extremely minor input there, chiefly if you even get to make a choice there at all, but you can really disregard anything else you've done and get any ending you want.

 

Point 2 is not true to any extent. The decisions you make impact the whole game, you see it every step of the way, as you've said. Those decisions also contribute to your effective military strength, which in turn determines what endings you can recieve. So yes, your choices completely impact the ending and everything leading up to it.

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No, really they don't. Almost all things there remain the same regardless of your EMS or choices.

 

 

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The message after the credits asking me to buy dlc mere minutes after that heartwrenching end was pretty insulting. And kinda funny.

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  Arby said:
No, really they don't. Almost all things there remain the same regardless of your EMS or choices.

 

 

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Your choices and EMS are one in the same, and they directly dictate how many of the endings you have to choose from. That's not a matter of opinion, those are the mechanics of the game.

 

 

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  Geneaux486 said:
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No, really they don't. Almost all things there remain the same regardless of your EMS or choices.

 

 

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Your choices and EMS are one in the same, and they directly dictate how many of the endings you have to choose from. That's not a matter of opinion, those are the mechanics of the game.

 

 

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To anyone that is less optimistic to play the game now due to ending discussion (sorry about starting it), I'd say definitely play it anyway. The rest of the game will give you exactly what you want from Mass Effect.

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ZR6-u8OIJTE

 

Well I'm just finding a treasure trove of this stuff tonight. Mass Effect 3 MP in 1 years time?

 

BRB vomiting.

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  Pinkie Pie said:
The hate all started with the demo, which, while I agree took some getting used to, apparently some people can't get past it. So they rated ME3, the entire game, as low as possible on Metacritic I mean what the hell? So now we already have a bad taste in our mouth, let's nitpick everything else while we're at it!

That is something that is bothering me. Why do all metacritic reviews get put in the same box?

This is how I view metacritic:

First of all: Ignore scores. ALL OF THEM. Scores will always to some extend be based on opinion. And to add to that the current sittuation with game scores are fucked up(Everything lower than 8 is downright shit and somehow official game critics think something as a 10 out of 10, in other words the perfect game exists).

Secondly, to a large degree ignore official reviews. Most of them just seem to have payed written all over them.

 

Now the user reviews, this is where I think you should actually look. There usually is no threat of payed reviews so that's a good thing. The thing is now just that you have to find a sensible review. And even that is not that hard. If you see a review that starts out with: TH1S G4M3 SUX, I BOYCOTTED IT AND P1RATED IT LULZ, don't waste a second on it. Look for reviews which have arguments for and against the game based on objectivity and facts. Now a review is pretty much always going to have opinion. But even that is backed up by reason in a good review.

 

I think it a bad idea to simply ignore the voice of other people all together. If you put effort into finding a review that is actually good then you will be more informed on making your decision to buy a game. You just have to be able to look through all the bullshit.

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Basically with Mass Effect 3 ignore metacritic. The onslaught of negative reviews and scores, even the seemingly well thought out ones, are the product of either blind rage at the "From Ashes" DLC or part of a troll campaign (Ashley Williams' little secret was a lie as well).

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They can look pretty damn well thought out, and that's the key. Less common with blind rage reviews, but troll campaigns can (and often do) look legit.

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