re: Just beat Mass Effect 3 (Spoilers and bitchfest edition)

Same here. I even tried shooting him after. Didn't do jack.

I think that introducing those concepts with fifteen minutes left in the series was a huge huge mistake. Also showing no consequences of your choices was a massive oversight. This is without any mention of the illogical scene with your crew after the relay scene.

Cheers mate



See Tactical this is how people discuss things like adults. Not calling people out for "fanboy rage". None of the conversation between xXLSUXx and me was hateful or angry. Just two people postulating on the speculative mess the ending has caused.

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In my opinion the different decisions you make throughout the saga was part of the journey, and they do in fact effect the story you are playing. You cannot design a game with this much choice and have have everyone come to a totally different conclusion and it still remain cannon.

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Funny, because the guys at Bioware said the exact opposite.

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It's called going to work.

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It's ok, now that you're back we can see what you have to bring to the table. I see you didn't bring much.

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All you brought is my opinion is right and yours is wrong.

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No, I stated how none of your actions in the previous game matters. It doesn't matter what you did with the Rachni queen, it doesn't matter if you cured the genophage, it doesn't matter if you brokered a peace between the Geth and Quarians, it doesn't matter if you played paragon/renegade, it doesn't matter if you destroyed the Collector ship, etc. I could go on. You don't retake Earth, but you do send the galaxy back to the dark age while simultaneously killing billions and billions of people.

The entire ending is a ripoff of Deus Ex. The game's ending violates thematic elements not only established in the previous games, but elements that were specifically engineered by the game developers.

On top of that, the ending makes no logical sense. Why did the Normandy leave? How did it escape destruction when it was in the middle of a jump and the mass relays were destroyed? How did party members that were on Earth magically get on board the Normandy? What was the point of war assets and what effect did they have on the battle? Why did the Catalyst decide that organic life will ultimately be destroyed by synthetic life, especially when the exact opposite takes place in the game? Furthermore, why did it think the only solution to this problem was creating synthetic life to destroy organic life?

That's not even all of the issues that exist. Perhaps you would like to rethink your statement? Or feel free to address these points.

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I personally don't think the ending is the train wreck everybody would have you believe.

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You keep saying that, but you don't say why. Maybe you just didn't understand the game/ending? I suppose that could be a possibility.

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I personally don't think the ending is the train wreck everybody would have you believe

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You keep saying this but never explain why.

As far as Indocrintation Theory, even if EAware comes out and says that it is a load of bull I don't care. I will go to my grave believing the IT is the real ending and that Shepard fought through it and then ripped Sovreign and the rest of the Reaper fleet a new ahole.

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You cannot design a game with this much choice and have have everyone come to a totally different conclusion and it still remain cannon.

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Why do we need a "cannon" ending?

If they decide to make a movie out of the series, then the writers can decide which one of many endings is the one that works the best for a movie OR make one up themselves that works better. But there was no need to condense hundreds of choices into one ending with three different colors of explosions for the sake of cannon.

The whole series was about choice and consequences. But the final choice was blow up the universe or blow up the universe or blow up the universe.

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I mean for two adults what could it possibly do to effect you two?

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Is this a serious question? It affects how I play the game and how I'll spend my future money with the company.

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It affects how I play the game and how I'll spend my future money with the company.

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In my opinion when I think of adult decisions I have to make, how the ending of one video game effects my future purchases of another one doesn't even come close to mind.

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pass off their own as a fact.

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The only person presenting their opinion as fact is you. We presented evidence that contradicts your opinion therefore you defend your position even more vehemently. As you say it's a common behavior on message boards, usually included with an alarming lack of self-awareness.