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Subject: Mass Effect 3 Deserves GOTY

signatures are for fa- wait

Not with that ending
Not with that butchering of the ME2 squaddies/Romances
Not with that Kai Leng in the books he was the badass of badasses in the game he's -blam!-
Not with that auto dialogue
Not with that lack of Harby

  • 12.07.2012 4:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gladius42104
Tied up loose ends with the Quarian and Geth, Huge choices concerning curing the Krogen of the Genophage


I will admit that they handled the Wrex/Genophage, Quarian/Geth and Project Overlord decisions from previous games really well.

But the other decisions like the Rachni, Collector Base, Council, etc they really dropped the ball

  • 12.07.2012 4:29 PM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
Mass Effect 3 did almost everything as perfect as could be.

War assets.
N7 missions.
Fetch quests acquired by walking past NPC conversations.
Day-one DLC central to the lore of the series.
Terrible ending. Minimal influence of player decision on the content of the ending. It shouldn't even have been an ending. We were promised multiple endings that would reflect our actions throughout the trilogy. This is not what we got.


Tied up loose ends with the Quarian and Geth, Huge choices concerning curing the Krogen of the Genophage, Wrex and completely B.Aery of Tuchanka and it's guardian taking down a Reaper. Great, fun, and challenging multiplayer with free fun dlc - maps, unique characters, etc. Beautiful scenery and overall feeling of hopelessness. Lengthy campaign that was amazing until the last minutes. (33 hours than me which was more than ME1 and equal or more than ME2.)

Agreed. Mass Effect 3 is my GotY vote.

  • 12.07.2012 4:32 PM PDT


Posted by: Sgt pepper200
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Shepard wait... I can wear swimwear into battle. On a more serious note where can I find a live stream other than the xbox for GOTY.

  • 12.07.2012 4:33 PM PDT

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I really don't think that ME3 deserves it. Shortest campaign, a generic plot riddled with tiny plot holes even after the extended cut, and the buggiest of the three. It's a pity that Spec Ops: The Line isn't a candidate for GOTY.

  • 12.07.2012 4:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sgt pepper200
We'll bang, OK?
Shepard wait... I can wear swimwear into battle. On a more serious note where can I find a live stream other than the xbox for GOTY.

Here.

  • 12.07.2012 4:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: HipiO7
You see? There you go with the ending. Its the biggest deal everyone has and which I made the thread. You cant throw the whole game away because of the ending. I for one liked it, all three options had me thinking a while before I choose. Bioware worded it wrong. Difference is, I didnt hype myself for the game and thus was no where near disapointed.

From Ashes is central, sure, but it doesnt break the game not having it. Its nitpicking really. As goes for talling to squadmates for access to side missions. Its been like that since ME1, what are you complaining for? And whats wrong with War Assets?

Oh come on. Why do you immediately attack me for criticizing the ending even though I listed several other huge flaws with the game? What do you want people to do, ignore the ending entirely? I'm not going to hold off on it just because it's been discussed to death. It's still bad. It's still an ugly black mark on a (mostly) brilliant universe and it deserves to be criticized. A crappy ending has the power to soil an otherwise fantastic experience. That can't be ignored. It's a legitimate flaw.

At the same time, I'm not throwing the whole game away just because of the ending. It had many other flaws, some of which I listed in my post. How myopic can you be? They're right there. It's like you saw my closing blurb about the ending and immediately forgot everything that had preceded it.

The ending has been discussed to death, though, so let's move on to your other points. From Ashes is central to the lore of the series. The game can be understood without it, yes, but Javik's perspective makes it more thematically powerful. It feels incomplete without him. The first time I played ME3 was without From Ashes so don't tell me I'm wrong.

War assets are stupid because they reduce your choices throughout the trilogy to a simple numerical system that unlocks the "perfect" endings rather than dynamically altering the story based on how your choices change the landscape of the universe. They also implicitly code certain choices as better than others by awarding higher point values depending on what you decided to do. This creates "perfect" and "less perfect" ways to play the game, which defeats the original purpose of the choice system. It reduces your choices to a meta-game centered around a numerical point system quite similar to a "completion score," a la Grand Theft Auto, instead of preserving the illusion that your Shepard had the freedom to accomplish his mission in any way he or she chose to do so. Think the Krogan deserve to be punished for their past crimes? Then don't cure the genophage. The idea that decisions like that should have any bearing on the amount of destruction that occurs when you activate the Deus Ex Crucible is ludicrous.

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  • 12.07.2012 4:37 PM PDT

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Good, not great. It definitely isn't GOTY-worthy.

  • 12.07.2012 4:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: AGLA Froman
Good, not great. It definitely isn't GOTY-worthy.

In your opinion.

  • 12.07.2012 4:39 PM PDT

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I like Halo 4, but I like Mass Effect 3 more.

Every game this year, aside from XCOM, The Walking Dead and Borderlands 2 has been C- in my eyes.

Assassins Creed 3 was rushes and glitch-ridden, Call of Duty is....call of duty, and FarCry 3 didn't make it in time for nominations.

  • 12.07.2012 4:40 PM PDT


Posted by: Roflwaffler
I like Halo 4, but I like Mass Effect 3 more.

Every game this year, aside from XCOM, The Walking Dead and Borderlands 2 has been C- in my eyes.

Assassins Creed 3 was rushes and glitch-ridden, Call of Duty is....call of duty, and FarCry 3 didn't make it in time for nominations.
FarCry 3 would have gotten my vote if it made it in time.

  • 12.07.2012 4:41 PM PDT

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  • 12.07.2012 4:42 PM PDT
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I do not want to stop asking. I do not ask to stop wanting.

Words cannot express how much I disagree. Not because of the ending. I've been debating this since the game came out.

  • 12.07.2012 5:57 PM PDT

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Uh. I guess

ME3 was still horrible compared to the other two.

  • 12.07.2012 5:59 PM PDT
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ME3 as a whole has a LOT of problems.

Ignoring the catastrophe that is both the original and EC endings, the only memorable (and really fun) missions are Tuchanka and Rannoch. Everything else is below mediocre. Not to mention the DLC is utterly pointless.

edit: In addition, I'd like to add how the entire point of ME3 (gathering War Assets) doesn't even visually pay off in the final mission. Which is all sorts of wrong, laziness, and flat out stupidity.

[Edited on 12.07.2012 6:01 PM PST]

  • 12.07.2012 5:59 PM PDT

Far Cry 3 blows ME3 out of the shark and crocodile infested waters of Rook Island.

  • 12.07.2012 6:01 PM PDT

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lol people still mad

  • 12.07.2012 6:01 PM PDT

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Mass Effect 3 is so far the only game to have come out this year that I have extensively enjoyed and kept coming back to, and I pretty much only play the Multiplayer on it.

I'd just wish they'd fix the dammed servers...

  • 12.07.2012 6:01 PM PDT

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Aye. The characters were fantastic as always, the missions were (for the most part) interesting and varied, and despite what everyone says, the ending was good. A fitting conclusion to Shepard's story.

  • 12.07.2012 6:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Joco3000
Mass Effect 3 is so far the only game to have come out this year that I have extensively enjoyed and kept coming back to, and I pretty much only play the Multiplayer on it.

I'd just wish they'd fix the dammed servers...

That is incredibly sad.

  • 12.07.2012 6:08 PM PDT

Well, I've been economical with the truth.

I didn't even think the ending was that bad before they 'fixed' it, then after that it seems much better. You people are all too spoilt and opinionated.

  • 12.07.2012 6:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: TehWarMoose
The characters were fantastic as always


Well not always

  • 12.07.2012 6:14 PM PDT

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I agree. An amazing game.

  • 12.07.2012 6:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: Oh This Dude
I had a very similar thing, only I threw a 14 story building out of a pool and hit a kid on a paper aeroplane.


The Flood is just this awesome :D

While the entire game was amazing (albeit with the terrible ending, but that was fixed with EC), I don't feel that it deserves GOTY when compared with games like FC3, BL2, and Halo 4.

  • 12.07.2012 6:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Batchnator95
I didn't even think the ending was that bad before they 'fixed' it, then after that it seems much better. You people are all too spoilt and opinionated.

Because we didn't like it, we're spoiled and opinionated?

It's not like I was part of the "Take Back ME3" brigade. Am I not allowed to dislike something?

  • 12.07.2012 6:25 PM PDT

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