There was a point in my playthrough where all of a sudden three different people wanted to see me in my quarters. It's kind of stressful to worry that you're one poorly-worded dialogue choice away from accidentally banging someone and potentially pissing off your love interest. Didn't happen, but it was kind of tense.
There was a point in my playthrough where all of a sudden three different people wanted to see me in my quarters. It's kind of stressful to worry that you're one poorly-worded dialogue choice away from accidentally banging someone and potentially pissing off your love interest. Didn't happen, but it was kind of tense.
"Many decisions lie ahead. None of them easy"
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I saved before each one, just in case I got a little too flirty.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
do people pay attention to the user score on metacritic anyway?
actually, from the comments on that article:
The weakness of crowd-sourcing is that sometimes the crowd is full of fools
That's an absurdly low user average score for a great game. Hard to wrap my head around.
This is what people do on metacritic - tons of zeroes, largely coordinated to offset any user scores that are actually genuine. This has been going on since... well, since ever.
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There was a point in my playthrough where all of a sudden three different people wanted to see me in my quarters. It's kind of stressful to worry that you're one poorly-worded dialogue choice away from accidentally banging someone and potentially pissing off your love interest. Didn't happen, but it was kind of tense.
To quote a previous poster, the story is about sacrifice.
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OK I've got a save file standing at the galaxy map, ready to (I think) trigger the endgame. Here's what I want to know, in as unspoiler-y a way as is possible, from someone who's beaten the game already:
I've heard Shepard can die. This does not surprise me.
What does my EMS need to be in order to even have a chance of avoiding death?
OK I've got a save file standing at the galaxy map, ready to (I think) trigger the endgame. Here's what I want to know, in as unspoiler-y a way as is possible, from someone who's beaten the game already:
I've heard Shepard can die. This does not surprise me.
What does my EMS need to be in order to even have a chance of avoiding death?
4000, if you do everything right and pick the correct ending. 5000 if you don't do quite everything right. You still need to pick the correct ending.
Those are two very different numbers, in the sense that
I have 3000 as SniperGuy recommends, but not 4000 as Orca recommends.
I may just wing it and accept what I've got coming to me, because multiplayer doesn't seem to want to work for me.
In my opinion the "best" ending unlocks with 2800 readiness and the ones that unlock above that are a bit worse, in terms of being emotionally powerful endings.
kedinik on
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
Did anyone else think that people were calling the Stargazer Buzz Aldrin because from his stance it looked like he could be yelling at the moon?
Uh...well, it is Buzz Aldrin...
Oh I'm aware of that now, but I didn't recognize his voice at first and I just assumed it was a reference to this
Unrelated Ending Commentary
I would so pay $10 for what felt like proper ending DLC maybe something to fix that last 4 minutes and from there I'd gladly settle for DA:O style Text with pretty backgrounds...
I almost wish I didn't romance Tali after watching she and Garrus. It's perfect!
Yeah, that made me smirk when I caught them.
More ending stuff.
So, I get why Joker would be trying to get the Normandy during the kill all synthetics ending (though not sure how he would know about it), but what is the point of him fleeing during the control the Reapers ending? He has this look of desperation to get away from the blue showckwave, but why? Would have no effect on EDI or him.
Though, now that someone else posted it, I can totally buy into the whole thing being a dream sequence by a dying Shepard.
My favorite part about that whole sequence was right after Shepard looks at himself bleeding, Hackett calls up and saying the Crusible isn't working. Then Shep, dying alone with one of his best friends dead beside him, slowly struggles to his feet and says, in almost a begging voice, "What do you need me to do?"
I felt so much pity for Shepard at that point, he spent so many years fighting and sacrificing and you finally think he could rest, but even when his life seems like it's over, he wants to know how he can help.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Battlenet ID: MildC#11186 - If I'm in the game, send me an invite at anytime and I'll play.
I don't know how you people have beaten this game so fast. It seems like ending discussion started in force only about a day and a half or two days after it came out.
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Did anyone else think that people were calling the Stargazer Buzz Aldrin because from his stance it looked like he could be yelling at the moon?
Uh...well, it is Buzz Aldrin...
Oh I'm aware of that now, but I didn't recognize his voice at first and I just assumed it was a reference to this
Unrelated Ending Commentary
I would so pay $10 for what felt like proper ending DLC maybe something to fix that last 4 minutes and from there I'd gladly settle for DA:O style Text with pretty backgrounds...
Bioware, why can't I quit you?
I was actually struck pretty hard by how much better DA:O handled their endgame sequence than ME3.
You actually see and fight beside and tactically use the allies that you picked, and the crew mates that cannot fit into your active party made cameo appearances as you assaulted the city.
Seemed like such a no-brainer to take those ideas and run with them.
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Did anyone else think that people were calling the Stargazer Buzz Aldrin because from his stance it looked like he could be yelling at the moon?
Uh...well, it is Buzz Aldrin...
Oh I'm aware of that now, but I didn't recognize his voice at first and I just assumed it was a reference to this
Unrelated Ending Commentary
I would so pay $10 for what felt like proper ending DLC maybe something to fix that last 4 minutes and from there I'd gladly settle for DA:O style Text with pretty backgrounds...
Bioware, why can't I quit you?
I was actually struck pretty hard by how much better DA:O handled their endgame sequence than ME3.
You actually see and fight beside and tactically use the allies that you picked, and the crew mates that cannot fit into your active party made cameo appearances as you assaulted the city.
Seemed like such a no-brainer to take those ideas and run with them.
I totally thought that's where this was heading, too. That's why I took so long on the war assests and galactic readiness stuff. I was really excited to do something like DA:O, then was let down when it wasn't going to happen.
I almost wish I didn't romance Tali after watching she and Garrus. It's perfect!
Yeah, that made me smirk when I caught them.
More ending stuff.
So, I get why Joker would be trying to get the Normandy during the kill all synthetics ending (though not sure how he would know about it), but what is the point of him fleeing during the control the Reapers ending? He has this look of desperation to get away from the blue showckwave, but why? Would have no effect on EDI or him.
Though, now that someone else posted it, I can totally buy into the whole thing being a dream sequence by a dying Shepard.
My favorite part about that whole sequence was right after Shepard looks at himself bleeding, Hackett calls up and saying the Crusible isn't working. Then Shep, dying alone with one of his best friends dead beside him, slowly struggles to his feet and says, in almost a begging voice, "What do you need me to do?"
I felt so much pity for Shepard at that point, he spent so many years fighting and sacrificing and you finally think he could rest, but even when his life seems like it's over, he wants to know how he can help.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Yeah, that really got me; although, the second time I went through it I really wanted a renegade interrupt along the lines of "Can't you even let me die in peace?" I know humanity needs shep but it seems like Hackett's not even honoring her sacrifice
Although there was a lot of sacrificing going on that day
I don't know how you people have beaten this game so fast. It seems like ending discussion started in force only about a day and a half or two days after it came out.
I had the last two weeks on vacation, and may or may not have spent a significant chunk of time playing through. Perhaps I robbed myself of something by indulging so heavily so swiftly, but my impatience got the better of me; I needed to know, and I figured the longer I waited the more likely I was to stumble across a spoiler that would've annoyed me.
I loved the game. The ending... I may have to discuss with people in spoilers at length. I can't imagine it's a spoiler to admit there's some controversy brewing amongst the fanbase?
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
So a Bioware community manages says she interprets the ending as a dying hallucination.
That in addition to reddit thing above has given me a new theory.
We know that the two characters that step off the Normandy at the end after Joker is always your two squadmates who went with you on the final mission (unless you chose synthesis in which case it's Joker and EDI). What if they are you squadmates because they are hinting at the fact your squadmates carried your body back to the Normandy? That the ending after walking into the beam was all a hallucination. Anderson got there and pushed the button, not Shepard. And why it will be Shepard trapped in the Jungle. Because he's on the Normandy when it crashed, he was the next person walking off, they just didn't show it.
I had this thought when the catalyst appeared as the kid that had been haunting you. It's entirely plausible since Shepard was going under next to Anderson, plus there was no reason for the elevator to take her out, and wasn't she in open space with no gear? However to me the whole, "LOL IT WAS JUST A DREAM" is about the most cliche bullshit anyone could pull and I really hope they didn't go that route.
Did anyone else think that people were calling the Stargazer Buzz Aldrin because from his stance it looked like he could be yelling at the moon?
Uh...well, it is Buzz Aldrin...
Oh I'm aware of that now, but I didn't recognize his voice at first and I just assumed it was a reference to this
Unrelated Ending Commentary
I would so pay $10 for what felt like proper ending DLC maybe something to fix that last 4 minutes and from there I'd gladly settle for DA:O style Text with pretty backgrounds...
Bioware, why can't I quit you?
I was actually struck pretty hard by how much better DA:O handled their endgame sequence than ME3.
You actually see and fight beside and tactically use the allies that you picked, and the crew mates that cannot fit into your active party made cameo appearances as you assaulted the city.
Seemed like such a no-brainer to take those ideas and run with them.
I totally thought that's where this was heading, too. That's why I took so long on the war assests and galactic readiness stuff. I was really excited to do something like DA:O, then was let down when it wasn't going to happen.
That's what I was thinking. Since most of the game was so linear and bare bones when compared to the first and second Mass Effect, I just assumed that they had invested a lot more in the ending.
I almost wish I didn't romance Tali after watching she and Garrus. It's perfect!
Yeah, that made me smirk when I caught them.
More ending stuff.
So, I get why Joker would be trying to get the Normandy during the kill all synthetics ending (though not sure how he would know about it), but what is the point of him fleeing during the control the Reapers ending? He has this look of desperation to get away from the blue showckwave, but why? Would have no effect on EDI or him.
Though, now that someone else posted it, I can totally buy into the whole thing being a dream sequence by a dying Shepard.
My favorite part about that whole sequence was right after Shepard looks at himself bleeding, Hackett calls up and saying the Crusible isn't working. Then Shep, dying alone with one of his best friends dead beside him, slowly struggles to his feet and says, in almost a begging voice, "What do you need me to do?"
I felt so much pity for Shepard at that point, he spent so many years fighting and sacrificing and you finally think he could rest, but even when his life seems like it's over, he wants to know how he can help.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Yeah, that really got me; although, the second time I went through it I really wanted a renegade interrupt along the lines of "Can't you even let me die in peace?" I know humanity needs shep but it seems like Hackett's not even honoring her sacrifice
Although there was a lot of sacrificing going on that day
It's been pointed out before but it kind of needs restating. Right up until the elevator. Right until that very point. It's all perfect. It's just afterwards that it goes to shit.
Though ignoring everything after the elevator i thought the scene with Anderson was beautifully done. The music was perfect and the whole scene was just wonderfully well crafted.
So a Bioware community manages says she interprets the ending as a dying hallucination.
That in addition to reddit thing above has given me a new theory.
We know that the two characters that step off the Normandy at the end after Joker is always your two squadmates who went with you on the final mission (unless you chose synthesis in which case it's Joker and EDI). What if they are you squadmates because they are hinting at the fact your squadmates carried your body back to the Normandy? That the ending after walking into the beam was all a hallucination. Anderson got there and pushed the button, not Shepard. And why it will be Shepard trapped in the Jungle. Because he's on the Normandy when it crashed, he was the next person walking off, they just didn't show it.
I had this thought when the catalyst appeared as the kid that had been haunting you. It's entirely plausible since Shepard was going under next to Anderson, plus there was no reason for the elevator to take her out, and wasn't she in open space with no gear? However to me the whole, "LOL IT WAS JUST A DREAM" is about the most cliche bullshit anyone could pull and I really hope they didn't go that route.
Yeah uh
I can buy it being a dream, but "everything still happened, but shep died and someone else pushed the button!" is somewhat silly. Then...why is it a dream?
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I almost wish I didn't romance Tali after watching she and Garrus. It's perfect!
Yeah, that made me smirk when I caught them.
More ending stuff.
So, I get why Joker would be trying to get the Normandy during the kill all synthetics ending (though not sure how he would know about it), but what is the point of him fleeing during the control the Reapers ending? He has this look of desperation to get away from the blue showckwave, but why? Would have no effect on EDI or him.
Though, now that someone else posted it, I can totally buy into the whole thing being a dream sequence by a dying Shepard.
My favorite part about that whole sequence was right after Shepard looks at himself bleeding, Hackett calls up and saying the Crusible isn't working. Then Shep, dying alone with one of his best friends dead beside him, slowly struggles to his feet and says, in almost a begging voice, "What do you need me to do?"
I felt so much pity for Shepard at that point, he spent so many years fighting and sacrificing and you finally think he could rest, but even when his life seems like it's over, he wants to know how he can help.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Yeah, that really got me; although, the second time I went through it I really wanted a renegade interrupt along the lines of "Can't you even let me die in peace?" I know humanity needs shep but it seems like Hackett's not even honoring her sacrifice
Although there was a lot of sacrificing going on that day
It's been pointed out before but it kind of needs restating. Right up until the elevator. Right until that very point. It's all perfect. It's just afterwards that it goes to shit.
Though ignoring everything after the elevator i thought the scene with Anderson was beautifully done. The music was perfect and the whole scene was just wonderfully well crafted.
That moment, along with Thane/Mordin dying, Ash in the hospital and a number of other scenes made me tear up. My girlfriend made fun of me, but she didn't know. Then the eleveator took us straight to Let-Down Town, in the middle of bad part of the neighborhood...
So a Bioware community manages says she interprets the ending as a dying hallucination.
That in addition to reddit thing above has given me a new theory.
We know that the two characters that step off the Normandy at the end after Joker is always your two squadmates who went with you on the final mission (unless you chose synthesis in which case it's Joker and EDI). What if they are you squadmates because they are hinting at the fact your squadmates carried your body back to the Normandy? That the ending after walking into the beam was all a hallucination. Anderson got there and pushed the button, not Shepard. And why it will be Shepard trapped in the Jungle. Because he's on the Normandy when it crashed, he was the next person walking off, they just didn't show it.
I had this thought when the catalyst appeared as the kid that had been haunting you. It's entirely plausible since Shepard was going under next to Anderson, plus there was no reason for the elevator to take her out, and wasn't she in open space with no gear? However to me the whole, "LOL IT WAS JUST A DREAM" is about the most cliche bullshit anyone could pull and I really hope they didn't go that route.
I kind of hope they do if for no other reason than
getting to watch the collective heads of gamers on the internets heads explode at the same time when the DLC is announced for the "real" ending. I shouldn't take delight in things like that but man I just kinda wanna see it happen now.
The sheer fury that will occur. The whole Day 1 DLC fiasco would be a drop in the bucket.
So a Bioware community manages says she interprets the ending as a dying hallucination.
That in addition to reddit thing above has given me a new theory.
We know that the two characters that step off the Normandy at the end after Joker is always your two squadmates who went with you on the final mission (unless you chose synthesis in which case it's Joker and EDI). What if they are you squadmates because they are hinting at the fact your squadmates carried your body back to the Normandy? That the ending after walking into the beam was all a hallucination. Anderson got there and pushed the button, not Shepard. And why it will be Shepard trapped in the Jungle. Because he's on the Normandy when it crashed, he was the next person walking off, they just didn't show it.
I had this thought when the catalyst appeared as the kid that had been haunting you. It's entirely plausible since Shepard was going under next to Anderson, plus there was no reason for the elevator to take her out, and wasn't she in open space with no gear? However to me the whole, "LOL IT WAS JUST A DREAM" is about the most cliche bullshit anyone could pull and I really hope they didn't go that route.
I kind of hope they do if for no other reason than
getting to watch the collective heads of gamers on the internets heads explode at the same time when the DLC is announced for the "real" ending. I shouldn't take delight in things like that but man I just kinda wanna see it happen now.
The sheer fury that will occur. The whole Day 1 DLC fiasco would be a drop in the bucket.
And everyone will buy it anyway.
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Basically if you don't buy it you're not a person. Unless you have an awesome imagination and you're completely willing to make up your own endings for everyone I guess
As a side note: is there even content left in the threat for people who haven't finished?
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So a Bioware community manages says she interprets the ending as a dying hallucination.
That in addition to reddit thing above has given me a new theory.
We know that the two characters that step off the Normandy at the end after Joker is always your two squadmates who went with you on the final mission (unless you chose synthesis in which case it's Joker and EDI). What if they are you squadmates because they are hinting at the fact your squadmates carried your body back to the Normandy? That the ending after walking into the beam was all a hallucination. Anderson got there and pushed the button, not Shepard. And why it will be Shepard trapped in the Jungle. Because he's on the Normandy when it crashed, he was the next person walking off, they just didn't show it.
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The two characters that stepped out in my ending were my romance (in my squad at the time), and the Prothean (not in my squad at the time). Could be a bug with the day 1 DLC, however.
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"Many decisions lie ahead. None of them easy"
...About 1/3.
This is what people do on metacritic - tons of zeroes, largely coordinated to offset any user scores that are actually genuine. This has been going on since... well, since ever.
I was weirded out when that
Like that came out of nowhere.
To quote a previous poster, the story is about sacrifice.
Same with the comms officer. You're cute, but Shepard's already taken.
This time. :winky:
No joke.
Further in that conversation:
What does my EMS need to be in order to even have a chance of avoiding death?
Apparently she doesn't show up at all if you didn't have the dinner-date with her in ME2.
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Sonnuvabitch!
I may just wing it and accept what I've got coming to me, because multiplayer doesn't seem to want to work for me.
ME3 romance spoilers
The larger number earns you an extra 20 seconds.
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Bioware, why can't I quit you?
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Never stopped man, never stopped.
Yeah, that made me smirk when I caught them.
More ending stuff.
Though, now that someone else posted it, I can totally buy into the whole thing being a dream sequence by a dying Shepard.
My favorite part about that whole sequence was right after Shepard looks at himself bleeding, Hackett calls up and saying the Crusible isn't working. Then Shep, dying alone with one of his best friends dead beside him, slowly struggles to his feet and says, in almost a begging voice, "What do you need me to do?"
I felt so much pity for Shepard at that point, he spent so many years fighting and sacrificing and you finally think he could rest, but even when his life seems like it's over, he wants to know how he can help.
Brought a tear to my eye.
Battlenet ID: MildC#11186 - If I'm in the game, send me an invite at anytime and I'll play.
I was actually struck pretty hard by how much better DA:O handled their endgame sequence than ME3.
Seemed like such a no-brainer to take those ideas and run with them.
Although there was a lot of sacrificing going on that day
I had the last two weeks on vacation, and may or may not have spent a significant chunk of time playing through. Perhaps I robbed myself of something by indulging so heavily so swiftly, but my impatience got the better of me; I needed to know, and I figured the longer I waited the more likely I was to stumble across a spoiler that would've annoyed me.
I loved the game. The ending... I may have to discuss with people in spoilers at length. I can't imagine it's a spoiler to admit there's some controversy brewing amongst the fanbase?
Though ignoring everything after the elevator i thought the scene with Anderson was beautifully done. The music was perfect and the whole scene was just wonderfully well crafted.
Yeah uh
I kind of hope they do if for no other reason than
The sheer fury that will occur. The whole Day 1 DLC fiasco would be a drop in the bucket.
And everyone will buy it anyway.
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As a side note: is there even content left in the threat for people who haven't finished?
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