Mass Effect 3 - The Arrival Thread!

[spiderbob]

Spoiler

Devastated to watch Mordin die. I can't help but wonder if I could've kept him alive if I sabotaged it or would he simply be dead by my hand?

If you wish to know:

Spoiler

Mordin can be saved if you paragon/renegade him out of it, but I believe Eve and Wrex have to be dead for him to doubt Krogan's ability to change. Otherwise, Mordin's fate is pretty much sealed. He either dies curing the genophage, or you shoot him in the back to guarantee full Salarian support.
Such a D*** move

 

[Commander Shepard]

Beat the game last night.

It was incredible!

 

[spiderbob]

Just in regards to the ending a Bioware dev tweeted this, make of it what you will:

Michael Gamble:
Hardest. Day. Ever. Seriously, if you people knew all the stuff we are planning...you'd, we'll - hold onto your copy of me3 forever.

Oh, I'm holding on to them. Controversy over the ending or not, Mass Effect is easily the best gaming title I've ever played. I'm a huge sucker for character development and story, and this series has those in spades.

Looking forward to the future.

 

[The Squirrel]

Just in regards to the ending a Bioware dev tweeted this, make of it what you will:

Michael Gamble:
Hardest. Day. Ever. Seriously, if you people knew all the stuff we are planning...you'd, we'll - hold onto your copy of me3 forever.

Paid DLC for alternate endings?

 

[spiderbob]

I don't know if I want a Fall Out 3 retcon.

I think it may cheapen the effect the endings have. Stick to your guns and all that.

Plus, I get enough retcons from comic books. I don't want this to suffer them too.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Spoiler

Maybe it'll be something on the planet with the squaddies.

 

[spiderbob]

Spoiler

Maybe it'll be something on the planet with the squaddies.

Spoiler

Ah, now clarification on that matter would be welcomed.
Still not entirely clear on why Normandy was one moment fighting over earth and the next running from a relay explosion.
But I'd like Shepard's ending to remain as it is, I think.

 

[Benstamania]

Um.. In regards to the ending.. And my Shepard..

Spoiler

I survived...

So... Yeah..

Amazing game though and no worries about not holding onto my copies of ME3.. I've never got rid of 1 or 2..so..

 

[Matt]

Anyone else disappointed that you don't get to seduce Gabby in ME 2 or 3? I always wanted to seduce her. Just to teach that Scottie rip-off Kenneth that there is nothing he can possess that I cannot take away!

....the bastard beat me at poker because I didn't use either of the paragon or renegade options on my first ME2 play-through and I've been dying for revenge ever since.

 

[spiderbob]

Um.. In regards to the ending.. And my Shepard..

Spoiler

I survived...

So... Yeah..

Amazing game though and no worries about not holding onto my copies of ME3.. I've never got rid of 1 or 2..so..

Spoiler

I've wondered about that. Are you still on the broken Citadel, or somehow back on Earth? Does it clarify?

 

[spiderbob]

Anyone else disappointed that you don't get to seduce Gabby in ME 2 or 3? I always wanted to seduce her. Just to teach that Scottie rip-off Kenneth that there is nothing he can possess that I cannot take away!

....the bastard beat me at poker because I didn't use either of the paragon or renegade options on my first ME2 play-through and I've been dying for revenge ever since.

Ah. Well,

Spoiler

You can choose to leave the two in prison rather than spring them with your Specter status.
But I was always wanting Kenneth to get a clue and pursue Gabby. Seriously, after all they've been through, wake up man.

 

[Reek]

ok so where the hell is ashley?

Spoiler

i couldnt find her in the hospital, then i end up confronting Udina and there she is...i kill Udina (by the way one of the top things i wanted to do in ME3 ) and ASh is standing there, but then after the mention i cant find her anywhere?

 

[Matt]

Glad to see [blackout]Mordin's[/blackout] name added to my memorial wall.

Though I am still kind of irked that Zaeed's name isn't on there. Kasumi and Jack are both there (as they also died in my ME2 play-through). I'm guessing that Bioware just overlooked adding Zaeed's name if he dies in ME2 and it will be fixed in a patch.

 

[Master Chief]

ok so where the hell is ashley?

Spoiler

i couldnt find her in the hospital, then i end up confronting Udina and there she is...i kill Udina (by the way one of the top things i wanted to do in ME3 ) and ASh is standing there, but then after the mention i cant find her anywhere?

Spoiler

Go back to the Normandy.

 

[Matt]

Ah. Well,

Spoiler

You can choose to leave the two in prison rather than spring them with your Specter status.
But I was always wanting Kenneth to get a clue and pursue Gabby. Seriously, after all they've been through, wake up man.

I could. I could've also let Gabby die in the Collector base...but I dunno...neither of those options seemed cruel enough for Kenneth. I want him to have to sit in engineering each day and listen as the woman he loves talks about me plowing her! That'd teach the bastard to beat me at poker!

 

[spiderbob]

I could. I could've also let Gabby die in the Collector base...but I dunno...neither of those options seemed cruel enough for Kenneth. I want him to have to sit in engineering each day and listen as the woman he loves talks about me plowing her! That'd teach the bastard to beat me at poker!

I am suddenly less inclined to play anything with you.
Ever.

 

[Matt]

 

[Reek]

Spoiler

Go back to the Normandy.

i did, shes not there.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

That tweet makes me think he's hinting at story-based DLC, and not multiplayer DLC, as a focus for this game getting supported.

I heard the Giantbombcast Mass Effect 3 podcast where Casey Hudson did say there would be story DLC released for this game. He made it sound like it'd only be side-story stuff that would not change the main story...but I wonder if he's just being technical about that since he also made it sound like, in the same breath, the ME2 DLC stuff was not impactful to the main story. The Arrival was a HUGE piece of DLC, story wise, that leads things directly into where Shep is at the start of ME3.

I'm still willing to bet all my chips that there's going to be packs of squadmate DLC, too.

I'm prepared for Kasumi-type DLC, with more integrated characters, and story driven DLC like Overlord.

 

[Reek]

I still think Dr Chakwas wants me.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I don't know how I feel about the ending. I just don't know. I'm very mixed on it.

 

[Donut]

I still think Dr Chakwas wants me.

Once you go Chak. You never go was

 

[spiderbob]

I would buy DLC for 3 in a heart beat if it was anywhere near as good as the Shadow Broker DLC was for 2.

 

[Master Chief]

i did, shes not there.

Oh. I remember her meeting me at the docks when I went to board it.

I just used the geth spitfire... Coolest weapon in the game.

 

[Reek]

this ashley stuff is making me angry. i guess she is gone since i didnt

Spoiler

give her a gift, but im trying to romance her