Mass Effect 3 - - - - - Part 14

[Thoix]

I think I will be starting full trilogy run; I haven't done that yet. This time though, I will be making a new character with his own face and as an Infiltrator.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I won't be playing this till the weekend till I get my big TV back.For anyone who's completed it how does it compare to the other DLCs?

Citadel is the best ME DLC. Its also considerably bigger.

 

[Iceman]

Citadel is the best ME DLC. Its also considerably bigger.

Excellent! I've read some good reviews but wanted to hear it from someone here.

 

[Nathan]

Did anyone have an easy time with the mirror match in the combat arena? I manage the first 2 waves, but the 3rd one rushes you mercilessly and they pretty much ignore your team mates. They get right in your face and just spam their powers. Pissed me off to the point that I had to turn the console off and step away from the game, before I break something. They don't even have normal health. Everyone is shielded and armored, and wants to see you dead.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I consider myself to be pretty good at this game but I literally could not beat them on the higher settings, I had to drop it down to normal to get it over with. The high health/armor/shields is bad enough but their AI is way more aggressive than anything in the base game.

 

[Nathan]

Tried it again and this time I didn't even break a sweat. Saw a forum post that suggested to give Garrus and Ashley the N7 Typhoon X. They cleaned house like crazy.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I downloaded the Arrival DLC recently and I like it. Action packed story where you have to kick ass alone with no squad mates to back you up. [blackout]And you even get to blow up a heavily populated colony planet to delay the full scale Reaper invasion... what's not to love?[/blackout] Great soundtrack, too.

And I also like Javik. Cool powers, cool gun, and it's entertaining having him be a dick to everyone.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

This thread can never have enough Javik

 

[AndrewGilkison]

This thread can never have enough Javik

Where is that from? And Javik obviously got his dancing lessons from Joker.

 

[Nathan]

And Joker got his from Shepard.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

In my last playthrough of the first game with a new femshep character I created, I was dancing in that one bar who's name I have forgotten (the one that wasn't Cora's Den, the one where you meet Anderson before you head off to Ilos), and I noticed her dancing was livelier and more animated than the "I'll just do a slight shuffle" dancing scenes in ME 2 and 3. I guess the dancing budget got trimmed in the sequels or something.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Come now are we forgetting:

Where is that from? And Javik obviously got his dancing lessons from Joker.

Its an optional scene in the Citadel DLC.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Come now are we forgetting:

Its an optional scene in the Citadel DLC.

I should download that some time. I'll probably download that Omega DLC next so Aria's ME3 storyline gets some closure and because it sounds like a cool mission.

Is the Leviathan DLC worth purchasing?

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Most definitely. I'd strongly recommend Leviathan over Omega if its a either/or.

 

[Balthus Dire]

I'm going through my final "main" playthru now and falling in love with the characters and universe all over again. I haven't seen or played the "Extended Cut" endings yet so I'm really hoping they don't disappoint.

Also, one thing that's driving me nuts this time even more than the first time through is how you're cut off from completing certain missions once you progress through the story. I went around gathering all these relics and crap from planets and was planning on dropping them at the Citadel next time I visited, but then the Coup happened and I can't complete them now. So annoying and stupidly designed IMO.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

The idea of looking around in space for stuff that lets you grind out your war assets is a smart one but the game goes about it all wrong. I think they should have been tied to the war assets terminal on the Normandy under a "Requests for Aid" tab rather than in world so you didn't have to land on the Citadel and go wandering around for people. Its just way too much busy work.

If you've got the DLC's in there don't bother with that stuff unless you want to, for whatever reason. With the lowered war asset requirements and the DLC's you'll have more than enough by the end.

 

[Balthus Dire]

Good to know. Thanks! And I agree about having a terminal or something on the Normandy instead, at least to complete the missions or something. In most RPGs you can just complete side quests in bulk when you eventually return to towns/hubs.

Now I will forever have "Barla Von" on my map even though he's not there lol.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Quite frankly, I wish ME3 was a little more like ME2, such as... (SPOILERS!!!!)...

Having more than six squadmates max to pick from. Miranda and Jacob's cameos wouldn't be completely pointless if you could actually recruit them to join you on the Normandy, and I don't see why Jack couldn't join you if Tali, who is now an Admiral trying to reclaim her homeworld in ME3, can. And the ME3 squad desperately needed a Krogan powerhouse, IMO.

The planet scanning you do occasionally unlocks a secret mission... which would break up the boredom of "someone on the Citadel needs something, you then wander around the Reaper occupied star systems to get them, and then bring it to them". I mean, I think going to the Elcor homeworld to actually save them as apposed to just scanning their planet and telling their ambassador "it's done" would've been more fun, but maybe that's just me. I appreciate the lack of tedious mineral mining mini-games, but a lot more of the "War Assets" obtained through planet scanning/probing would've been funner with actual missions.

The journal you use to track your side missions actually UPDATES and lets you track your progress, rather than staying completely static until you finish it. The first two games gets this right, the third one completely ****s it up, imo.

More mission variety... I know ME3 has a more war centric storyline, so the heavy focus on combat does make sense, but what I love about ME2 is that you get to do more than just shoot stuff. You get to also go on a stakeout (Thane's loyalty mission), go clubbing and pick up a chick and lure her into a trap (Samara's loyalty mission), and even play lawyer (Tali's loyalty mission). A little more of that in ME3 would've been nice.

And finally... and ending that doesn't suck donkey balls. ME1, you stop Sovereign and Saren and save the Citadel (and even it's council if you so choose). ME2 gave you the possibility of getting EVERYONE out of a *suicide mission* ALIVE (or in the worst case scenario, EVERYBODY DIES). In ME3, the fate of the entire galaxy is reduced to an annoying child popping up in the last ten minutes to spout nonsensical ******** (yeah, organics and synthetics will always be at war, even though I ended a organic/synthetic race war and got both sides to work together... yeah, okay) without the ability to argue back with logic (the Reapers are not the solution to the problem, they ARE the problem, what you are doing is wrong, now GO AWAY and stop killing us), and then he gives you three unsatisfying choices to resolve the conflict (all of which result in the same explosion, just with different colors). Not exactly how I would finish off a trilogy, but that's me.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

If you want ME2 in your ME3 play Citadel.

 

[Big Green]

My best friend is busting his a** trying to get the real ending to Mass Effect 3 where Shepard lives. Does this exist or is he playing through the whole trilogy and Dlc for nothing? Just curious.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

First of all tell him to make sure he's got the Extended Cut installed but one of the endings briefly implies Shepard survived, if he really absolutely wants it you need to get over 3100 effective military assets before you launch the assault on Cerberus HQ (you can check that on the Normandy in the war room) and pick Destroy at the end.

There's not a DLC only ending if that is what you are asking though.

 

[Big Green]

Thank you sir.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

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Oh man, I need to get around to doing the relaxed party.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I bet Shepard and Joker had an interesting conversation once they met back up after Shepard picks the destroy option given to him/her by the catalyst .

Joker: Man, I am glad the Reapers are gone, but EDI dropped dead...

Shepard: Yeah, about that... um...

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I don't think he'd be happy but Joker would understand. He didn't seem so grief stricken during the memorial sequence that he had curled up into a ball and couldn't do his job.