Mass Affection (Mass Effect Series)

[ZombiePlatypus]

I like how he still talks about the Shadow Broker exactly like he did in part one. It reminds the player that no one on the outside knows anything about the original having been replaced. When I got to the end of his side quest, he was all like, "and here's your fee...from the Shadow Broker!" Like he has a mental image of this nebulous criminal mastermind, in the depths of unknown space, with his mysterious agenda and the worlds in his hand, etc...

Meanwhile, the Shadow Broker! is having a conversation with her father in a cafe right down the hall. Like, a few hundred yards away. This amuses me greatly.

Somebody later on in the game knows Liara is the Shadow Broker and just tosses it out there in casual conversation like it's just a known fact. I forget if it was Anderson, Hackett, Udina, or whoever, but when it happened I was like "WTF, who told you?!"

Got stuck on Eden Prime last night on my renegade playthrough. The game keeps crashing after the first pod opening video. Ran it 3 times last night before I gave up and just dicked around in space instead. Gonna give it one more try tonight and if won't work then Javik can just stay frozen.

PC gamers...

[TheRemedy]

PC gamers...

have better looking games.

[ZombiePlatypus]

Mass Effect 3 is pretty damn gorgeous on my 360.

[TheRemedy]

You mean... in your eyes right? I'm sure it has a wonderful personality too.

[ZombiePlatypus]

When you've been together as long as we have, that bond is all that matters.

[TheRemedy]

Until the Reapers come.

http://i.imgur.com/QvabW.jpg

[ZombiePlatypus]

Spoiler!

[Stevil]

I let that shit happen, but I just chuckled to myself when I picked Destroy.

Then Ash stood next to Joker and my missus said, "Soooo, what? She's gonna fuck him, now?"

CHANGE ENDING. NEED PERFECT DLC STAT.

[ZombiePlatypus]

Haha, yeah I did the same.

Spoiler!

I was more bummed that the Geth supposedly died in that ending than I was that EDI was gone.

No way would Ash go for Joker. I don't need DLC to tell me that.

[TheRemedy]

She seems like she'd be into Vega's "Lil' Loco"

[Stevil]

Spoiler!

I was more bummed that the Geth supposedly died in that ending than I was that EDI was gone.

Yeah, that was another part that just wasn't clear to me, either.

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They were technically programs, and Tali said they were inside Quarian tech, so really, they moved beyond the Reaper upgrades...or something. I don't know if they were affected by it or not. The Catalyst said something, but it was all so vague that it was hard to grasp that aspect. I guess I killed them. Or maybe, I didn't. Maybe, that was part of the chaos in my choice. Probably not.

She seems like she'd be into Vega's "Lil' Loco"

He does try to muscle in at one point. Guess he didn't hear what happened to the last guy who did that. Virmire does horrible things to a guy in love. Even if he wasn't...I had to be sure.

[ZombiePlatypus]

She seems like she'd be into Vega's "Lil' Loco"

I could accept that. James is a worthy substitute for my Shepard.

Yeah, that was another part that just wasn't clear to me, either.

Spoiler!

They were technically programs, and Tali said they were inside Quarian tech, so really, they moved beyond the Reaper upgrades...or something. I don't know if they were affected by it or not. The Catalyst said something, but it was all so vague that it was hard to grasp that aspect. I guess I killed them. Or maybe, I didn't. Maybe, that was part of the chaos in my choice. Probably not.

Spoiler!

Well I really think the "Catalyst" kid was full of shit, but even if he was truthful about all synthetics dying I think EDI would be okay. Her AI is alive in the Normandy, that body that would be killed is just a vessel she controls remotely. Those Geth would be screwed though, because Legion made them all individuals in their respective synthetic bodies. They weren't a group mind made up of many housed in a server anymore.

[ZombiePlatypus]

A thought; They should take medi-gel and ammo out of the packs you can buy and just give you more chances for characters/weapons/mods, then allow you to buy medi-gel directly with the credits you earn.

Totally.

[GlowBear]

So annoying not being able to continue a saved game, because of DLC, when you take your xbox hard drive home to use on another xbox machine. Sigh 3rd playthrough on Insanity has begun. It sucks not being able to change the class on your ME3 character when you use them for another run. Silly Bioware.

[Sir Legendhead]

Just saw this, posted by a "MikeyTurvey" on /r/masseffect -- is it just me or does that name seem familiar?

[Panzadolphin56]

Wow, didn't know there was a Total Recall remake.

That might be terrible.

Also, Loki mech faces?!!?!?!?!?!

[ZombiePlatypus]

When I saw that image the other day I thought they looked exactly like Cerberus troops too.

And yeah, that's gotta be "our" Mikey.

[Tarvu]

Indeed it is, has been posting his doodles to Reddit.

[GlowBear]

Just saw this, posted by a "MikeyTurvey" on /r/masseffect -- is it just me or does that name seem familiar?

Hah I said this to folks on skype the other day.

[Polite Gentleman]

Soo, finally beat the game. I gotta say, I had a lot of fun with it. The battles, especially, were freaking intense.

Also, Tali is adorable.

A few things I need to say though:

Spoiler!

- I went for the destroy the synthetics option first. It seemed like it was the only way I would get out alive (and I did, as in the end they showed Shep breathing).

- I got disappointed with the ending (big surprise). In the end the 3 choices are very similar: all the mass relays get destroyed, Joker and my love interest (in my case, Tali) show up in 'somewhere', Shepard dies (or does he?), etc. I felt like my choices throughout the game (including the previous ones) didn't make much of a difference in the end.

- I didn't like that they simply came up with a god-kid to deliver last-minute exposition to explain everything. Besides, Shep accepts everything waaaay to easily. Especially when the god-kid says that he made the reapers because "the creatures will always be at war with the creators (or something)", considering that I successfully made the QUARIANS BE AT PEACE WITH THE GETH! I mean, shouldn't that count?

- The war assets in the end didn't make much of a difference. I was expecting a 'happier' ending (or a better one), since I managed to unite the whole freaking galaxy, had 100% readiness, etc. Sure, maybe Shepard would have to make an ultimate sacrifice, but there could be at least some 'closure', like destroying the reapers and saving the mass relays, later showing each species helping each other to rebuild their homes, showing my love interest & friends mourning Shepard's grave... things like that.

- Plus, ME:2's most controversial choice, the "destroy the Collectors/let Cerberus take the base" choice, does not make much of an impact here. All I had was: "oh look, they have that Reaper thingy in their base. that will be a great war asset, which will add a few more points to our Crucible".

- Despite the ending's disappointment, I had a lot of fun with it. I loved the Quarians mission. To take back Rannoch, destroy the reaper, all that tension, Legion's sacrifice... it was intense, man.

- The multiplayer is quite fun too. I think it was pretty clever to make the MP progress have some effect on singleplayer (I just expected a little more).

/my2cents