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I hate ME3. It and Dragon Age 2 killed any desire to play Bioware games again. I will say that ME3 has some amazing moments, the only problem is they're in a game that doesn't deserve them. I will admit I cried at some points during this game because a trilogy like this connects you with the characters in the same way a movie or book series can. The extended ending DLC did help to mitigate some of that initial hate but in the end, I was fooled twice by Bioware, I don't feel like getting fooled again. Either way, I'm enjoying your LP so far.
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Vega's kinda eh, but those other three are good. Kasumi quickly became a favourite of mine by the end of her DLC. I've always had a soft spot for devil-may-care daring thievery, and she more than filled the spot. I liked Vega actually. I liked calling him out on his flirting towards Fem-Shep. Saying goodbye to Kaiden was the worst though. 
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Jul 23, 2014 18:28
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I just want to point out that in order to get the  perfect ending you need to find a hidden dialogue option while speaking to T.I.M. Honestly I prefer the not-so-perfect ending since I think the exchange that happens instead is a much better done scene. Plus you miss out on the LP's title. 
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Jul 24, 2014 18:25
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Endorph posted:Also, words have already been said about this, but I really hate how Cerberus is used in ME3. They basically exist solely as an enemy for you to shoot when the game can't justify tossing reapers at you, and it kind of sucks compared to how they were almost interesting antagonists in 2. 2 is the outlier when it comes to Cerberus. In 1 they were straight up space Nazis. 2 tries to make them seem like misguided folk and then 3 reminds you that yes, they are still space Nazis.
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Jul 24, 2014 21:43
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Besides, that's what we're here for.
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Jul 26, 2014 01:01
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anilEhilated posted:Not to bar the tides of righteous anger, but one other thing sticks out of that video like a sore thumb for me: that dream sequence. We know Bioware aren't exactly subtle, but that thing wouldn't be out of place in a loving JRPG. Oh, don't worry, we'll see plenty more of it. 
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Jul 28, 2014 10:20
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To be fair, Vega was poorly written for Male-Shep characters. He's a lot more fun hanging around Fem-Shep. Also to be fair regarding the dream sequence: as the game progresses more and more dead character's voices can be heard as you walk through the forest. There's a video on Youtube that plays all the audio clips that can happen and boy howdy does is it depressing to listen to. The major problem with that sequence in general is if you've been trying to keep everyone alive, you'll only hear whoever died at Virmire. And if you keep saving people that's all you'll hear for the majority of the game, making the scene more and more grating.
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Jul 28, 2014 17:29
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I liked Cortez because he was the one guy I could talk to in Mass Effect without him creepishly hitting on Fem-Shep.
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Jul 29, 2014 01:35
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Lt. Danger posted:It's literally the topic I want to cover when we go get Javik two updates away AKA another reason why I hate Mass Effect 3. Let's make a character who is integral to the story and then sell him as DLC! 
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Jul 31, 2014 16:47
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Koopa Kid posted:I'd argue that Leviathan was also crucial to the story, and if properly integrated with the full game would have resolved some of the ill feeling towards the ending. The DLC was funny because it assumed people were going to replay the game again, which considering the bullshit ending, was a big gamble. It's like the DLC for DA2: why would you replay that garbage? Hell, Javil being day-one DLC is another Bioware trope (ugh), Shale in DA:O was the first time they had a day-one DLC character and then they repeated that for ME2 (Zaeed) and DA2 (Sebastian). I heard the Citadel DLC was good but gently caress giving Bioware anymore cash.
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Jul 31, 2014 17:35
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Geostomp posted:I agree about the Javik criticisms. I like the character and his weapon, but he was a huge waste of potential standing in the background when he should have been earth-shattering in impact. Maybe if they hadn't cut him out and made him DLC he could've been more important. It's kinda like the Leviathan DLC, you learn some important poo poo regarding the Reapers but (Ending spoilers) Space-Baby just handwaves that away as "That's not important after all"
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Jul 31, 2014 23:46
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Cryohazard posted:Might be a bit late to bring this up, but I felt like Mordin becoming consumed by guilt and looking to undo his questionable legacy was a natural progression for his character. Which in turn made me finally like his character. I liked how my conversations with him in ME2 had helped him realize that sometimes the "greater good" isn't all that great. Of course I got the felling that he changes his PoV regardless of you chastising the genophage or not.
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Aug 11, 2014 16:57
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Neruz posted:Oh drat TIM's new lieutenant being a reanimated huskified Virmire Casualty could have been a really good storyline. Instead of the cereal killer we got. God I hate that guy.
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Aug 13, 2014 06:13
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SgtSteel91 posted:- OP made his own webiste and finished the LP here Welp, thanks for making me read Arishok gay porn. 
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Aug 14, 2014 08:35
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If you didn't save the Rachni Queen in ME1 this mission has only one good outcome: killing the breeder pod or whatever it's called in replacement of the queen. If you save it here, you screw up the Crucible's construction. Of course that has no real effect on anything so w/e.
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Aug 15, 2014 01:31
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2house2fly posted:The replacement krogan is a decent guy who gets heart-rendingly ripped to shreds by reapers if you abandon him for the rachni queen. I didn't see Grunt in this mission because I killed him at the end of Mass Effect 2 (he's the only character who gets a decent dying line and someone's Got to die) Jack has always been my favorite to die. "No, this wasn't supposed to happen. I wasn't supposed to care." I don't care Jack. I don't loving care. 
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Aug 15, 2014 07:42
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ZenVulgarity posted:yes Besides the fact that it would invalidate the effort you made just to get to that lovely ending. It's like the post-RotJ books for Star Wars: every single enemy is eviler and more powerful than the Emperor and his Death Star. It makes the sacrifices we witnessed in the movies worthless if there was an even bigger bad guy just waiting around the corner. To put it in Mass Effect terms it would mean that the Reaper's near destruction of the galaxy was chump change compared to whatever showed up next.
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Aug 16, 2014 17:52
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Mazerunner posted:Did you... did you even read geostomp's post? He was asking for the opposite of that, to not have a galactic destroying enemy and focus on smaller scale stories. Or am I misinterpreting your post? You're misinterpreting my post. I was saying how stupid the post RotJ Star Wars adventures were because they had to constantly one-up what happened before them, which made each sacrifice made for nothing. If Mass Effect has something far worse than the Reapers arrive then what was the point of fighting the Reapers? Besides the fact that it would be really loving hard to create a menace that would have to avoid conflict with the Reapers for gently caress knows how long.
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Aug 17, 2014 05:15
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SgtSteel91 posted:Is that an actual thing in Star Wars? That was the thing I was actually alluding to.
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Aug 17, 2014 05:38
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That Thane mod is funny because even though I hate Kai Lang, I liked the end to Thane's story. I had turned down Thane's final advance in ME2 and I had liked how Thane had acknowledged that. I wont go into more detail because you slapped that spoiler rule on the thread but I find that mod to be some way to feed their obsession with a fictional character.
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Aug 17, 2014 21:59
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You're like someone who can't take criticism of their own criticism. But that's like juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust my opinion man. EDIT: And I hate how people would tell me to read the Mass Effect novels to understand why Kai Lang is badass. If I have to read a book to understand a videogame you're doing something wrong. There should never have to be homework for a videogame.Kai Lang is garbage. GenderSelectScreen fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 18:31
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M.Ciaster posted:Goddamn, this just took a sharp turn from legit interesting commentary to "this is how I enjoy this and thus this is how it should be enjoyed and if you disagree with me that means you're on the same level as the pathetic nerds who clearly want to gently caress these fictional characters BUT HEY THAT'S JUST MY OPINION BRO" I guess Lt. Danger is kinda like Garrus. "It's easy to see the world in black and white. Grey, I don't know what to do with grey."
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Aug 19, 2014 18:04
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Psion posted:Personally I just want to be clear, everyone who's thrown up their arms and said they're not watching any more of this LP also aren't going to post in this thread again, right? And let this circlejerk of "I hate people who like videogames therefore I'm better than you " continue? gently caress no.
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Aug 20, 2014 18:29
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Cryohazard posted:So is the Crucible or the Citadel the vagina? They're both a penis since they dock against each other. Bioware shoving the gay agenda down our throats again. 
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Aug 20, 2014 23:42
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Nihilarian posted:Weren't they riddled with plot holes? The fourth one is terrible mostly because it has a character that "grew out" of her autism.
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Aug 21, 2014 00:47
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:This makes sense. Garrus does spend a lot of time recalibrating the weapons. And he's a more plausible gay liason than Kaiden. It's  , based off of his famous "Sick Nasty!" line he'd spout in Mass Effect 2.
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Aug 23, 2014 01:17
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I liked the game but will I play it again? Probably not.
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Aug 23, 2014 19:07
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A Curvy Goonette posted:They're supposed to be space Roma. Nah, they're obviously alien Jews. Cast out from their homeland, can never really live anywhere, willing to indiscriminately kill the
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Aug 25, 2014 18:13
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Sydin posted:It's funny, I think Wiks dying to save the cure is actually a lot more powerful than Mordin. Unlike Mordin, Wiks really doesn't have a stake in this. He's not willing to die because he feels he has to atone, it's just what he believes is right. It's personal to him because it is inline with his own belief system, and he goes to his death only to stay true to that. Mordin's sacrifice probably means more to the usual player because you spent all of ME2 with him and experiencing his arc, but in a narrative vacuum I think Wiks' story is the better one. I can't even recall who the gently caress Wilks is, that's how little he matters to the story. He is just a replacement for Moridin if he already died in ME2. If he actually mattered at all he'd still be around even with Moridin in the picture. Wreav at least gets eaten and your characters comment on it. Wrex even calls him an rear end in a top hat after it happens.
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Aug 25, 2014 23:51
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monster on a stick posted:The answer to that question is partially "when did you start hating him"? I didn't think his character was that obnoxious during Cerberus Coup. I think his next appearance is when the hatred really started for reasons we'll get into then. I got tired of him during the coup because I wasn't allowed to fight him. I was only allowed to watch as he kept foiling me via cutscenes. His next appearance cements the fact that he is only "cutscene powerful".
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Sep 2, 2014 21:27
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Nihilarian posted:And IIRC, Mordin is actually one of the better options to send back to the ship. Mordin dies in every playthrough I have unless I send him back to the ship with the crew. It doesn't matter if I did everything for him he will always die after the Reaper fight. I'm certain he's bugged.
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Sep 3, 2014 00:48
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Lt. Danger posted:Udina has always been the enemy Finally something we can agree on.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:14
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Guys, Lt. Danger has asked us before not to use this thread as to talk about the game proper. We have a thread in games for that. If he wants his thread to stagnate as he argues the ending to Walking Dead Season 2 then that's just his opinion man.
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Sep 18, 2014 03:49
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Lt. Danger posted:
Quoting for new page. I hated Aria mostly because the first time you meet her they do this close up on her lips when she says "Don't gently caress with Aria". I found it so stupid. It felt like Bioware was trying to make a point and they overdid it. Plus the fact that she was so underused made her seem meaningless. I think there's a Mass Effect 3 DLC with her but gently caress buying that.
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Sep 20, 2014 09:41
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Lt. Danger posted:e: to expand, the reaction to ME3 and Citadel in particular should show that many people are happier and more accepting of bad writing that tries to be funny rather than bad writing that tries to be sad or angry. but whatever I think this has to do with how humor works compared to other emotions. We accept that some people have different tastes in humor so we can forgive a joke that fell flat. However, emotions like anger and sadness don't have that similar caveat so when a sad scene makes you laugh or just doesn't affect you the way the writers were trying, your immersion begins to falter.
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Sep 21, 2014 17:40
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Lt. Danger posted:(I can't believe I'm calling the elcor subtle.) The elcor was a nod to HK-47 from KOTOR. Also proving that Bioware can't not run something into the ground.
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Sep 22, 2014 21:28
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That makes the "007" joke make more sense actually.
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Sep 23, 2014 18:36
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The Door Frame posted:I just love how this part is supposed to be a kind of scary, survival horror thing, but for everyone I talked to, they played the multiplayer first since it was essential to the war effort. We all saw the banshees, knew what the screams were and didn't react with fear or anticipation, more boredom Playing multiplayer before finishing singleplayer always weirds me out. Singleplayer usually introduces you to the multiplayer concepts, especially if the singleplayer is just an excuse for you to get prepared for the multiplayer (in this case, it is).
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Sep 27, 2014 18:32
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The Door Frame posted:Yeah, I normally never do, even in lovely FPS games or whatever, but this game requires you to have galactic readiness for the ending, so multiplayer needs to be played before you beat the story I didn't touch multiplayer until I finished the game and I had 100% galactic readiness. I know they tried to fear you into doing that but it was a load of bullshit.
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Raygereio posted:Without any DLC, the max War Asset score you can get with an optimal run through all three games is around 7500. If you didn't do any multiplayer, your EMS will be 50% of that, so 3750. That's enough to get you access to all endings, except for one tiny thing: The bit where Shep is shown alive after the Destroy ending requires 4000/5000 EMS. 3750 is enough if you don't care about an extra ending that you wont see because you chose the one true blue ending. 
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