[Primateus]

Gothos, on 18 March 2012 - 12:18 PM, said:

The multiplayer...

*swallows hardly*
*looks around*
*hangs head in shame*

The multiplayers.... is.....


it's pretty fun.

Yes, yes it is!

[Gothos]

Servers are fucking laggy today though. Targets are like Muad'dib, in many places at once. Fuck that, imma go shopping.

[Manwitheyes]

Did anyone else notice this little Easter Egg in the war assets, "the 104 marine corps, combat engineers, codenamed "The Bridgeburners" tight-nit group of brave men and women" or some such, don't have the game loaded up right now 8D

[Loki]

Manwitheyes, on 18 March 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:

Did anyone else notice this little Easter Egg in the war assets, "the 104 marine corps, combat engineers, codenamed "The Bridgeburners" tight-nit group of brave men and women" or some such, don't have the game loaded up right now 8D

YES!

It made my Facebook status I was so excited when I saw it.

Sure, there have been groups called the Bridge Burners for centuries but I like to think they were referring to Erikson XD


EDIT:

Whilst I'm against the idea of Bioware doing Ending DLC (IT'S NOT REQUIRED!!!) I would be understanding if that ending DLC involved this -

Spoiler

This post has been edited by Loki: 19 March 2012 - 02:59 AM

[Gothos]

Well, for me, the tone of the ending is very much spot on as it should be, but seriously it would be nice if any of our choices actually mattered.

[Morgoth]

Gothos, on 19 March 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

Well, for me, the tone of the ending is very much spot on as it should be, but seriously it would be nice if any of our choices actually mattered.

That was my gripe with the ending too. Isolated, the whole ending sequence is a brilliant piece of writing. From the moment I started running I pretty much held my breath. The IM, Anderson and everything. It was amazing.

However, at the end of the day it seemed to matter not at all that I had gathered all these allies and made all these choices. The claim from Bioware that my choices would affect the ending in major (or even minor) ways was simply not true.

Additionally, although I still feel that femShep is several rungs above maleShep in the voice acting department, maleShep has improved massively over the course of the trilogy. The end sequence he did very well I thought.

[Morgoth]

I wonder also whether the change of head writer is the reason why they seemingly forgot the whole Dark Energy thing.

[Loki]

I noticed the Dark Energy thing myself. I'm wondering if that might be relevant to DLC.

[Kanubis]

Yeah, strange with the ending, because the atmosphere and tone of it was fine, but for me...

Spoiler

The thought of all the alien fleets trapped in the Sol system, especially the Quarians and Turians starving to death since they can't eat Earth food, pushed it past the 'bittersweet' stage and in to 'bleak tragedy' for me. Wrex and Eve's plans to rebuild proper Krogan culture, Tali picking her spot to live on Rannoch... it's all a bit grim and less satisfying when you know they're either trapped on Earth forever (Wrex) or starving to death on some random forest world (Tali.)

And the thing is... I only know things like the Turian/Quarian dietry issues because I've so lovingly studied the codex that Bioware wrote for us!

[Loki]

I thought the whole 'bleak tragedy' was appropriate though.

There are only two complaints I have with the game and neither is story based.

1. The division of information on the discs is poor. You have to change between disc one and disc two too many times.

2. The quests don't update in your journal. This is especially annoying in regards to the gathering quests. You can't check to see if you have already retrieved the item.

This post has been edited by Loki: 19 March 2012 - 11:40 AM

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Who's playing on PC and what's your Origin ID? I wants to multiplayerz.

[Morgoth]

Additionally, the whole thing with the Normandy at the end makes no sense what so ever. Especially as Tali somehow magically teleported from Harbinger's killing field to the Normandy.

[Gothos]

@Green Pig - I'm GothosPL on Origin. CET timezone.

[Kanubis]

Loki, on 19 March 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

I thought the whole 'bleak tragedy' was appropriate though.

Spoiler

Even knowing that either Garrus and Tali or the rest of the crew bar EDI will starve to death slowly on that planet? The codex makes it quite clear that Turians and Quarians have markedly different biology to the rest of the species, and no one planet will provide sustenance for both

It's too much for me, bittersweet would have been fine, with a dead but remembered Sheperd. To be honest I could have watched the rest of the Normandy go down too. They all knew the score. I've just never been a big fan of overly bleak endings.

[Morgoth]

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I'm typically pleasantly surprised with something other than the typical happy ending, but I must admit that I would have liked to see Shepard end up settling down on the Quarian homeworld with Tali. The last days of their relationship was pretty heartbreaking.

Whomever did Tali's voice did it very well.

[Loki]

Kanubis, on 19 March 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:

Loki, on 19 March 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

I thought the whole 'bleak tragedy' was appropriate though.

Spoiler

Even knowing that either Garrus and Tali or the rest of the crew bar EDI will starve to death slowly on that planet? The codex makes it quite clear that Turians and Quarians have markedly different biology to the rest of the species, and no one planet will provide sustenance for both

It's too much for me, bittersweet would have been fine, with a dead but remembered Sheperd. To be honest I could have watched the rest of the Normandy go down too. They all knew the score. I've just never been a big fan of overly bleak endings.

Yes

Spoiler

You're scenario would only apply if the Control or the Destroy option was chosen. Synthesis creates a universal genetic framework which means had my Shepard survived Garrus and her could have had naughty fun times together without the threat of anaphylactic shock

Food wouldn't be an issue either.

Though, I did the Control option first time round and Garrus didn't survive so far as I know and Tali was already dead so no harm there. War isn't pleasant and there are always casualties long after the fighting stops.

[Kanubis]

Loki, on 19 March 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Kanubis, on 19 March 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:

Loki, on 19 March 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

I thought the whole 'bleak tragedy' was appropriate though.

Spoiler

Even knowing that either Garrus and Tali or the rest of the crew bar EDI will starve to death slowly on that planet? The codex makes it quite clear that Turians and Quarians have markedly different biology to the rest of the species, and no one planet will provide sustenance for both

It's too much for me, bittersweet would have been fine, with a dead but remembered Sheperd. To be honest I could have watched the rest of the Normandy go down too. They all knew the score. I've just never been a big fan of overly bleak endings.

Yes

Spoiler

You're scenario would only apply if the Control or the Destroy option was chosen. Synthesis creates a universal genetic framework which means had my Shepard survived Garrus and her could have had naughty fun times together without the threat of anaphylactic shock

Food wouldn't be an issue either.

Though, I did the Control option first time round and Garrus didn't survive so far as I know and Tali was already dead so no harm there. War isn't pleasant and there are always casualties long after the fighting stops.

You're a harder person than I Knight-Commander

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As far as I know there's a degree of randomness to who steps out of the Normandy, with the exception of Joker and (unless you chose red) EDI. I've seen James, Garrus, Ashley and Liara step out in different videos, with no logic as to which one is chosen.

Still, it's not for me. Not that I'll stop appreciating the awesomeness of the series as a whole (and I actually think ME3 was the best of the lot.) I just don't think I'll shift in my view that the multiple billions who have already died on Earth, Palaven, Thessia and the Citadel wasn't tragic enough already.

Oh and Mordin of course, having my singing Salarian die is enough tragedy for ten games

The funny thing is that I don't even agree with many of the others who hate the endings. I'd probably be equally annoyed by Shep and LI of choice flying off in to the sunset. The Cheesy/Bitersweet line differs a lot from person to person I guess.

[Loki]

Kanubis, on 19 March 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

You're a harder person than I Knight-Commander

Probably why my Shepard's usually end up more renegade than paragon.

This game was never meant to have anything nearing a happy ending. As far as I'm concerned the best outcome is ensuring the Reaper's are stopped -

Spoiler

Earth surviving and everything else was a bonus. This was one of those times when the Turian saying 'So long as one Turian (or in this case human) still lives after the war then it was all worth it'. I refuse to believe anyone on my crew was willing to give anything less than their own lives to see the Reapers destroyed/stopped. They all died good deaths. Except Tali - suicide is never a good death.

This post has been edited by Loki: 19 March 2012 - 03:28 PM

[Loki]

Goddamn it!!! I didn't import a game that had everyone's loyalty - i got Zaeed's AFTER THE SAVE I IMPORTED!!! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!

[acesn8s]

Manwitheyes, on 18 March 2012 - 11:40 PM, said:

Did anyone else notice this little Easter Egg in the war assets, "the 104 marine corps, combat engineers, codenamed "The Bridgeburners" tight-nit group of brave men and women" or some such, don't have the game loaded up right now 8D

I caught that too. Made me wonder if the Graal Shotgun was a reference to the Gral in the Seven Cities.