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Mazrim · 05-09-2012, 07:44 PM

Sorry for the bump, but I finished Mass Effect 3 last night and figured I would share my thoughts on it. It finally ends the last 5 months of my gaming being dominated by the Mass Effect trilogy. It was nice to be able to play all three in a row (keep in mind I didn't really know ANYTHING about it when I first jumped into ME1 in January), as I was totally immersed in the story that way. I'm not terribly happy with the ending (if they're gonna do it this way, at least add some exposition after those cinematics!), but the rest of ME3 is so great that it won't stop me from loving the game. I'm actually pretty sad I reached the end. I really got attached to the characters.

My favorite stuff from the series (ME3 spoiler tagged in case some people here are still playing):

Mass Effect
1. First time landing at the Citadel - The sense of "wow" when you first get there and start to immerse yourself in the universe they created was awesome.
2. Meeting the Prothean VI on Ilos - The big moment of meeting something Prothean as well as learning the secret of the Citadel, Mass Relays and the Conduit was my favorite thing from this game.
3. The battle for the Citadel - The climax of the game was well done, and the pacing and scale was great all the way from the race to the conduit to fighting Saren. Sovereign still feels like one of the most menacing reapers to me. In general, the reapers felt less and less "goliath" like as things went on.

Mass Effect 2
1. Attack and destruction of the Normandy SR1 - One of the best scenes in the trilogy, period. An awesome way to open the game and make you go "whoa".
2. Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC - If all DLC was like this, then I would never complain. It felt head and shoulders above most everything in Mass Effect 2 in terms of quality of production. The hovercar chase through Illium and the exterior of the Shadow Broker ship were incredible looking, and the script writing was very well done. The banter between Shepard and Liara is hilarious.
3. The assault of the Collector Base - All that work you did actually showed up here. The approach was much better than the actual base, and the proto-human reaper was creepy as ####. Very good final boss.

Mass Effect 3

Spoiler!

05-09-2012, 07:44 PM	#724
Mazrim CP Gamemaster Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Gary Exp:	Sorry for the bump, but I finished Mass Effect 3 last night and figured I would share my thoughts on it. It finally ends the last 5 months of my gaming being dominated by the Mass Effect trilogy. It was nice to be able to play all three in a row (keep in mind I didn't really know ANYTHING about it when I first jumped into ME1 in January), as I was totally immersed in the story that way. I'm not terribly happy with the ending (if they're gonna do it this way, at least add some exposition after those cinematics!), but the rest of ME3 is so great that it won't stop me from loving the game. I'm actually pretty sad I reached the end. I really got attached to the characters. My favorite stuff from the series (ME3 spoiler tagged in case some people here are still playing): Mass Effect 1. First time landing at the Citadel - The sense of "wow" when you first get there and start to immerse yourself in the universe they created was awesome. 2. Meeting the Prothean VI on Ilos - The big moment of meeting something Prothean as well as learning the secret of the Citadel, Mass Relays and the Conduit was my favorite thing from this game. 3. The battle for the Citadel - The climax of the game was well done, and the pacing and scale was great all the way from the race to the conduit to fighting Saren. Sovereign still feels like one of the most menacing reapers to me. In general, the reapers felt less and less "goliath" like as things went on. Mass Effect 2 1. Attack and destruction of the Normandy SR1 - One of the best scenes in the trilogy, period. An awesome way to open the game and make you go "whoa". 2. Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC - If all DLC was like this, then I would never complain. It felt head and shoulders above most everything in Mass Effect 2 in terms of quality of production. The hovercar chase through Illium and the exterior of the Shadow Broker ship were incredible looking, and the script writing was very well done. The banter between Shepard and Liara is hilarious. 3. The assault of the Collector Base - All that work you did actually showed up here. The approach was much better than the actual base, and the proto-human reaper was creepy as ####. Very good final boss. Mass Effect 3 Spoiler! 1. The reaper attack on Vancouver - If there was any way of really driving the war home, this was it. It was happening all around you as you try to escape. The visuals of the scene were awesome and set the tone for the whole game. 2. Facing the reaper on Tuchanka - You're running up to a reaper on foot. What?!?! It's trying to shoot you with its death beam, trying to stomp you, while there are brutes everywhere and you're running like a madman trying not to die. The chaos of it, the shouting of your squadmates, the noise of the reaper...just wow. Then a "hell yeah" moment when the mother of all thresher maws attacks the reaper. That's how you make an exciting mission. Then you finish it off with the genophage cure, a bittersweet and nice moment in the game. 3. The final push to the Conduit - If you're going to feel desperate, this mission will do it to you. Surviving waves of enemies while trying to launch the missles was really intense, and realising you just need to run like hell to make it to the console while the reaper is shooting at you and you have a dozen enemies chasing you just capped it off. The final desperation run to the Conduit against Sovereign was perfect. Transports being demolished, the ground in front of you exploding...damn. I'll try to forget everything that happens after.