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[StrikedOut]

I recently started ME1, bought it on the Xmas sales on Steam, loving it so far so looking forward to2 and 3. Never go by what people say. I have no idea how many times I have loved a game/film that has been slated and vice versa.

[Billus]

The ending was brilliant. I was disappointed at first but if you join the dots with the ME2 DLC Arrival with the ending of ME3....you'll understand all about the indoctrination theory and Shepard.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Billus, on 26 April 2012 - 14:27, said:

you'll understand all about the indoctrination theory and Shepard.

The ending made much more sense, after you see how it all works

[+articuno1au]

spacer, on 25 April 2012 - 17:42, said:

I hated the ending. And yes it is as bad as people are saying.

However, the game as a whole is great. 99% of the single player campaign is totally worth the admission price. The co-op multiplayer was surprisingly fun. I still play it often with my brother and a few friends. It's a lot of fun. If you loved the first 2 games, you should play 3. It's great, for the most part.

This. The game is outstanding right up until the last 10 minutes.

Vykranth, on 25 April 2012 - 19:25, said:

I bought Mass Effect 3 on ahunch. I completed it.
The following day, I bought Mass Effect 2 because ME3 was that good and I wanted some more.
I am currently replaying ME3 with the ME2 save and I see all the differences and impacts the ME2 story does to ME3.

It is a great game with an excellent story, graphics, voice acting.
The ending may be strange but the more I enjoy the game, the more it is a non-issue to me.

If you played it 1->3 I think you would find that different. You get attached to the characters/story/etc so the ending is a real kick in the guts..

I wasn't angry about the ending. I just felt.. empty

Billus, on 26 April 2012 - 14:27, said:

The ending was brilliant. I was disappointed at first but if you join the dots with the ME2 DLC Arrival with the ending of ME3....you'll understand all about the indoctrination theory and Shepard.

Muhammad Farrukh, on 26 April 2012 - 14:30, said:

The ending made much more sense, after you see how it all works

Except that this is PURELY a user contrived explanation of the ending. While I hope and pray that this is the way they decide to play it, this isn't lore

I truly truly TRULY hope it is. I was gutted at the end..

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TL;DR
Play it. I got TONS of enjoyment out of it. As a couple of people have said, it's an outstanding game right up until the end.

The only thing I suggest is once you have finished it, go look up the "Indoctrination Theory" on the Mass Effect forums.. It's a must read post-game.

[Emn1ty]

Billus, on 26 April 2012 - 14:27, said:

The ending was brilliant. I was disappointed at first but if you join the dots with the ME2 DLC Arrival with the ending of ME3....you'll understand all about the indoctrination theory and Shepard.

There are too many holes in that theory for it to be realistic.

[soniqstylz]

Waiting for all DLC to be out and/or a GotY edition.

[Audioboxer]

soniqstylz, on 26 April 2012 - 17:38, said:

Waiting for all DLC to be out and/or a GotY edition.

Thinking of doing this, or at very least waiting for the 'real ending' DLC.

[08993]

To me, the writing got progressively worse from 1 to 3, to the extent where 3 had me cringing. I'm not sure if it's just a general disillusion with Bioware who have annoyed me since the OTT American accents in Jade Empire with no effort to fit the voice acting in with the Oriental theme of the rest of the game.

I thought ME1 may have been a turning point, maybe it was just that some of the alien races weren't blatantly brash American however 2 and 3 slipped back into the old habits of cheesy teenager dialogue that alienates me as a 36 year old Englishman after 10 minutes or so.

And I'm sorry, but Jennifer Hepler has been trying to turn ME into Twilight for a while now.

[xendrome]

At least give it a shot and form your own opinion and stop going off of what everyone else thinks is good or bad...

[pwnz0r3d]

I found myself enjoying the game as a whole. I kind of agree the ending was lacking, but for me getting there was most of the fun. Also the multiplayer seems like the most boring setup ever at first, but it's the most fun I've had online for a long time.

[Razorwing]

I never did play any of the Mass Effects. I just don't like the art design and game mechanics.

[neoadorable]

OP, the third makes the first and second look silly, it's an amazing game, well thought out, superbly written and acted. and the action is great. don't hesitate. the ending could have been more logical and complete seeing as this is The Conclusion and all that, but that doesn't detract from the amazing game. the MP alone is worth it.

[humanz.]

Well I finished Mass Effect 3 last night, it honestly had the best video game ending in history.

I was just in awe how it all had happened, because it was just very forth coming about the consequences. It didn't make excepts not even for Shepard who had sacrificied so much, it reflected how reality really would turn out if such circumstances were in play.

[Xerxes]

Audioboxer, on 26 April 2012 - 17:42, said:

Thinking of doing this, or at very least waiting for the 'real ending' DLC.

You'll be waiting a very long time then, there is no "real ending" DLC. BioWare are NOT (nor should they) changing the end(s). They are merely clarifying it more with extended cutscenes, to better flesh out what actually happened. There is no need to wait for it, it'll be the same as it is now but hopefully with the DLC it'll make alot more sense.

[Yogurth]

The story in ME3 is much weaker than in first two games while gameplay is more or less unchanged. Entire game has the feel of "cut corners" and IMHO ruins the trilogy. Endgame is a joke and the last character in the game is so shallow and so deprived of history, origins.....it really hurts the game badly. Wait for the "fixed" version...but somehow I don't think it will do anything for the game since the story simply craped out in the last installment.