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GrymmDAOC  Posts: 241
Registered: 2001-12-6 13:04:16
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Remnant_OBrien posted:
GrymmDAOC posted:
Remnant_OBrien posted:
But the way it plays out feels very different from ME2. ME3 does an excellent job of making it feel like there's actually a huge war on. And instead of collecting superstars of the galaxy. Your meeting up with your superstar friends to kick ass (sometimes) together. I think ME3 does emphasize that the story consequences of ME2 are pretty minimal and ultimately unresolved. The primary purpose of ME2 was just to introduce characters and situations that help make ME3 meaningful.
ME 3 does do an excellent job of portraying a hopeless and desperate war. I think the ending scenarios did not make much sense, and could have been better written.
That is what i'm hearing. haven't finished yet, But it does sound lik things got weird and confusing with the ending, just in terms violating the ways the game mechanics and interface cues worked, not really providing a clear epilogue, and gaping plot holes.
The ending scenarios aren't confusing..but they simply do not mesh well with everything else. The solutions presented and the resolution weren't well thought through. T
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heh we'll see.
as for your on the disc silliness.
The actual artwork for the character and the skill information is small potatoes, the dialogue and the extra mission to get him are what's important.
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GrymmDAOC Posts: 241
Registered: 2001-12-6 13:04:16
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Remnant_OBrien posted:
heh we'll see.
as for your on the disc silliness.
The actual artwork for the character and the skill information is small potatoes, the dialogue and the extra mission to get him are what's important.
There is a very interesting analysis of the ending sequence that suggests only one ending is the real ending, and the others are actually the result of indoctrination.
when you complete the game go here and take a look.
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/9861052
I dunno though..seems too subtle. Though given rumours and hints dropped by bioware themselves that a future DLC will resolve the issue, who knows.
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Yeah i've seen that theory. It's certainly tempting to believe seeing all the disappointment with the other endings. It doesn't really make sense to have the real ending saved for later. But a retcon might be a good idea anyhow.
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Yukishiro1  Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Remnant_OBrien posted:
heh we'll see.
as for your on the disc silliness.
The actual artwork for the character and the skill information is small potatoes, the dialogue and the extra mission to get him are what's important.
They're still charging you $10 more for content they created before the game shipped and was part of the original game. 
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Kjarhall  Title: The Pungent One
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Registered: 2002-3-1 15:47:21
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I've never bought DLC except for some new songs in Rock Band. I've gotten a few free codes with some older games (ME1, Alan Wake, Assassins Creed 1)
I don't see the point, most of them take like an hour or so to finish. Not worth the money.
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Lair of the Shadow Broker for ME2 was excellent. I enjoyed Kasumi as well, but its not necessary.
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Koneg Title: Evil Genius
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Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
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Yukishiro1 posted:
They're still charging you $10 more for content they created before the game shipped and was part of the original game.
And? So? You're still over-reacting.
If you believed the purchase price of the game was worth paying for that game, and you received that game, then who gives a damn what else was on there that you didn't need/see/use?
(Warning! Flawed Analogy Ahead!)
You're bitching that the car manufacturer included all the plugs, cables and doo-dads needed to hook up any fancy after market stereo system, but only provided the stock stereo in your new car. If you want the fancy after-market stereo you're going to have to go out and buy it - despite the fact that the car maker could have included one and in fact anticipated your desire for one by including everything needed to make that stereo work?
Yea I know it's a bad analogy, but work with it.
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RHWarrior Posts: 770
Registered: 2009-9-30 18:42:12
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Remnant_OBrien posted:
heh we'll see.
as for your on the disc silliness.
The actual artwork for the character and the skill information is small potatoes, the dialogue and the extra mission to get him are what's important.
They're still charging you $10 more for content they created before the game shipped and was part of the original game.
Software is distributed like this all the time.
There are millions of shareware programs that have simpler functionality that works in basic mode, and you can then unlock additional functionality for a price.
They just put the pivot between "fully locked" and "fully unlocked" closer to the complete feature set in the example of this game.
Why do you care if you transfer a tiny bit of info (an unlock key) vs. 500MB of graphics and sound data for instance?
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Mass Effect isn't a shareware program. And DLC is supposed to post-release content, not a way to charge more for your original product.
BW is on record saying they would never take stuff out of the main game and put it in DLC instead to charge more. Although that is exactly what they are doing here.
All of this is caused by the stupid uniform pricing system of the software industry. If BW thinks their games are better than other people's games they should charge more for them. Not find ways to nickle and dime people to death by taking bits of their game out of the original game and making you pay more for it from day one as "DLC."
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