[Feuver]

Jund posted:

;(

That's just awful.

[goon165]

Jund posted:

;(

wow, I bet the guy manning the Mass Effect twitter feels like shit now.

[mac338]

The ending sucked but I still genuinely feel bad for Bioware.

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goon165 posted:

wow, I bet the guy manning the Mass Effect twitter feels like shit now.

I read the twitter. I have yet to see one comment the ME twitter replied to that doesn't include "ending was bad" in one way or another. Generally the reply is "thanks for the feedback, what was your favorite moment?"

[MellowHype]

Kalibos posted:

I have no problems with this.

Also quick question, is Wrex in ME3? I haven't got the chance to play the game yet I just know about the endings.

[rinoaff33]

mac338 posted:

The ending sucked but I still genuinely feel bad for Bioware.

Edited:



I read the twitter. I have yet to see one comment the ME twitter replied to that doesn't include "ending was bad" in one way or another. Generally the reply is "thanks for the feedback, what was your favorite moment?"

You feel bad for them because they rewrote the ending of a pre-planned trilogy at the last moment?

[Ekalektik_1]

ViralHatred posted:

I felt the endings were perfectly fine. This cycle has occurred countless times. It is only with Shepard's actions that they've even gotten this close to defeating the Reapers.

Most of you are looking at it as if every decision should carry some massive consequences. Many of the decisions simply shape Shepard as a person. If you're Renegade you're probably morel likely to fall into the Reapers bidding than a Paragon who is attempting to unite the galaxy to defeat them.

The choices presented were fine, this is the only time such choices have been presented.

It's the lack of being shown the aftermath that is disappointing.

Besides who says we'll even play Shepard in the DLC?

I seriously doubt they'd make a DLC where you don't play as Shepard. Seems like that'll wait until they either make a more sizable expansion or a spinoff.

[rinoaff33]

MellowHype posted:

I have no problems with this.

Also quick question, is Wrex in ME3? I haven't got the chance to play the game yet I just know about the endings.

Yeah, Wrex is in ME3.

AUTOMERGE damnit.

[Feuver]

MellowHype posted:

I have no problems with this.

Also quick question, is Wrex in ME3? I haven't got the chance to play the game yet I just know about the endings.

He's there and as awesome as ever.

[Jund]

MellowHype posted:

I have no problems with this.

Also quick question, is Wrex in ME3? I haven't got the chance to play the game yet I just know about the endings.

Yeah he is

He doesn't play a major part in the ending though

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But then again neither do 95% of the other characters

[mac338]

rinoaff33 posted:

You feel bad for them because they rewrote the ending of a pre-planned trilogy at the last moment?

I feel bad for them because I'm sure even though they flopped they did their best.

[Jund]

mac338 posted:

I feel bad for them because I'm sure even though they flopped they did their best.

If that's their best I don't want to see their worst

Oh wait I already did

[MellowHype]

Jund posted:

Yeah he is

He doesn't play a major part in the ending though

Edited:

But then again neither do 95% of the other characters

Then I guess thats another reason not to play the game, other then the endings Wrex is fucking awesome and my favorite character in the ME universe. I hope the DLC will at least give him a bigger role ;/

[Mingebox]

AutomataReturns posted:

I don't get the whole Mass Relay problem. Sure, it was fucking stupid to have that happen, but didn't human ships have the same sort of technology built into them? I think I remember that from the first game. Maybe I'm wrong, but whatever.

It would take decades to travel across the galaxy with the FTL they have available, and that's ignoring that ships barely have enough fuel to fly around local clusters.

[xxncxx]

Kalibos posted:

what's your point

sure I'll humor you. it's not as big a deal as the real world coming to an end? but it's still important to a lot of people who have invested a lot of time and money and emotional attachment in an otherwise fantastic series. they don't want to see it end on such a low note.

why are you posting if you don't care

my god its like avatards all over again

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almost as bad as weaboos.

[rinoaff33]

xxncxx posted:

my god its like avatards all over again

Edited:

almost as bad as weaboos.

The Tali cosplayers are thataway----------->

This is Facepunch, not the Bioware social forum.

[xxncxx]

rinoaff33 posted:

The Tali cosplayers are thataway----------->

This is Facepunch, not the Bioware social forum.

really? its funny how most people hate those who obsess over something they dont like, but when you obsess over me3, its cool.

[rinoaff33]

xxncxx posted:

really? its funny how most people hate those who obsess over something they dont like, but when you obsess over me3, its cool.

Obsessing? Honestly? Do you get pissed at people who make analyses of classic books like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer too?

[xxncxx]

rinoaff33 posted:

Obsessing? Honestly? Do you get pissed at people who make analyses of classic books like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer too?

Obsessing as in taking people to court over a bad ending, complaining up and down the forums, bitching about it non stop. You made a terrible analogy, get over it, someone disagrees with you on the ending. its a game.

[rinoaff33]

xxncxx posted:

Obsessing as in taking people to court over a bad ending, complaining up and down the forums, bitching about it non stop. You made a terrible analogy, get over it, someone disagrees with you on the ending. its a game.

So if it was a movie or book, it would be okay to obsess over it? After all, as you put it, "its a game". I suppose a story that completely drops the bomb after a 5-year series that costs hundreds of dollars to fully experience is something 92% of people who hated the ending should just "get over"?

[xxncxx]

I'm talking about those who are obsessing over it, If you didnt like the ending, good for you, but that doesnt mean go spamming forums and suing because you didnt like it.

[Marden]

supertribute posted:

The idea of being fooled into a good ending by bioware is lulz. I mean Star Wars Old Republic 2 mostly ended in short movies with each of them just leaving or the main character staying on the planet if she/he is dark side.

A little bit off topic but I just wanted to clarify. KotOR2 was made by Obsidian Entertainment and is also one of the games that suffered heavily from cut content. The entire final act was supposed to be this huge climax where all your relationships come in play but because they had a deadline the story suffered some major cuts.

Although in the end it leaves you expecting a sequel it still gave better closure than ME3.

[chunkymonkey]

xxncxx posted:

I'm talking about those who are obsessing over it, If you didnt like the ending, good for you, but that doesnt mean go spamming forums and suing because you didnt like it.

No complaining allowed!

[rinoaff33]

chunkymonkey posted:

No complaining allowed!

Only the person with the shittiest life in the world is allowed to complain, didn't you know?

[Ganerumo]

5killer posted:

I don't get the obsession with trying to force Bioware to change the ending. It was how they decided to end the story, and you may be justifiably upset, but starting petitions and all that nonsense to try and change what Bioware themselves envisioned is ridiculous.

Because the ending is a pile of shit and it was not even what "bioware envisioned". It's an ending shat out by people who barely worked on the game before and who had the balls to fire the one guy who started the series and already had a built-up ending ready for mass effect 3.

It's like if for star wars VI, George Lucas was replaced by Uwe Boll and the movie ended up with Luke dying, all the other characters being never heard of again after the second act, the Death Star farting magic rainbows over the planets and Lando getting stranded on Endor where he has to recreate the human race with C3PO.

[rinoaff33]

Ganerumo posted:

Lando getting stranded on Endor where he has to recreate the human race with C3PO.

I'm sure there's a porn of that..._somewhere...

[codemaster85]

I think that maybe bioware did the bad ending so they would make this DLC that would add the real ending. That way this will take the one free DLC for the console so the real DLC that comes out later will force people to pay for it.

[Ganerumo]

codemaster85 posted:

I think that maybe bioware did the bad ending so they would make this DLC that would add the real ending. That way this will take the one free DLC for the console so the real DLC that comes out later will force people to pay for it.

Except the DLC was already said to only explain the existing endings, not rewrite them.

[GamerKiwi]

Sourcegamer8 posted:

This modified ending will add a fourth colour.

I can get all the endings I want by fiddling with my monitor's color settings.

[xxfalconxx]

Is there an ending where legion can come back to life?

I know he sacrificed himself to give all the geth intelligence (which is, in itself pretty awesome), but I still miss the guy. He was my favorite character.

[5killer]

Ganerumo posted:

Because the ending is a pile of shit and it was not even what "bioware envisioned". It's an ending shat out by people who barely worked on the game before and who had the balls to fire the one guy who started the series and already had a built-up ending ready for mass effect 3.

It's like if for star wars VI, George Lucas was replaced by Uwe Boll and the movie ended up with Luke dying, all the other characters being never heard of again after the second act, the Death Star farting magic rainbows over the planets and Lando getting stranded on Endor where he has to recreate the human race with C3PO.

Do you have any sources for your ramble or is it just that?

[rinoaff33]

5killer posted:

Do you have any sources for your ramble or is it just that?

The lead writer for Mass Effect left after the second game.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...riter-retires/

[Pennywise]

rinoaff33 posted:

The lead writer for Mass Effect left after the second game.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...riter-retires/

And the ending, as well as the original point of the Reapers, left with him.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news...fect-3-endings

[5killer]

rinoaff33 posted:

The lead writer for Mass Effect left after the second game.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...riter-retires/

That doesn't mean anything especially since Mac Walters was the writer for all three.

Pennywise posted:

And the ending, as well as the original point of the Reapers, left with him.

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news...fect-3-endings

I assume you didn't read this part.

The original choice was between killing the Reapers and trying to find a way to stop the Dark Energy threat with what little time was left before it consumed the galaxy, or, "Sacrifice humanity, allowing them to be horrifically processed in hopes that the end result will justify the means."

This still doesn't change the main sticking point of fans: all of the recruitment, all of the alliances, all of the sacrifices, were essentially moot because they essentially were inconsequential to the resolution.

[chunkymonkey]

rinoaff33 posted:

The lead writer for Mass Effect left after the second game.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...riter-retires/

“I’m proud of everything we accomplished,” he wrote, “and I know going forward that BioWare will continue to live up to its well-deserved reputation for making the best story driven games in the industry… I’m looking forward to experiencing the games as a fan rather than from the other side of the fence.”

Haha, oh wow is he in for a surprise. I can just imagine his reaction to the ending. "What the fuck was that crap!?"

[rinoaff33]

5killer posted:

That doesn't mean anything especially since Mac Walters was the writer for all three.



I assume you didn't read this part.

There was also disagreement among the writers, "allegedly".

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/5...ersial-ending/

[Pennywise]

5killer posted:

That doesn't mean anything especially since Mac Walters was the writer for all three.



I assume you didn't read this part.

Oh no, I totally did.
A non-stupid reasoning behind the Reapers, an ending which was built up to through three games instead of crammed in at the last minute, and two very different choices which make or break the galaxy and do not copy/paste each other.

Everything is pointless as it stands now because all the shit gets fucked no matter what you do; while obviously the "Reaper" ending would play out similarly, the other one could have very easily trailed into a fully-fleshed-out epilogue scenario. No such thing with anything we have now.

[Keyblockor]

Sourcegamer8 posted:

This modified ending will add a fourth colour.

I don't believe it won't add a forth colour, but will be PrIsMatIc~~~~!

[ewitwins]

Calling criticism of Mass Effect 3's ending "incredibly painful," the co-founder of BioWare

oh abloobloobloobloo.

What the fuck did you expect by creating such a vague and unalterable ending to a game that is based almost completely on the freedom of choice?

[Clementine]

Ganerumo posted:

This is going way too far. There are fucktons of counter-arguments to the indoctrination theory and they all make more sense than the arguments for the theory.

Please show your counter-arguments okay? Otherwise you're just saying stupid shit, there's a lot (and I mean A LOT) to prove the indoctrination theory, and some I bet you'd have a hard time disproving.

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And what the fuck is the perfect ending where    shep is alive   , just gonna tell me that meant nothing?

[chunkymonkey]

Clementine posted:

Please show your counter-arguments okay? Otherwise you're just saying stupid shit, there's a lot (and I mean A LOT) to prove the indoctrination theory, and some I bet you'd have a hard time disproving.

Edited:

And what the fuck is the perfect ending where    shep is alive   , just gonna tell me that meant nothing?

The indoctrination theory is dumb because it's basically an "AND IT WAS ALL A DREAM!" type ending which are shit even on a good day.