Games thread!

[oooo35980]

Originally Posted by Bill86

Finished ME3. Heck of a game, time was ~25 hours.

Installing the DLC and going for round 2

Did the ending feel like a kick to the junk or what? I've played through it twice now and still waiting for some sort of resolution. There are threads all over the net and you'd think Bioware had burned down these peoples houses instead of just made a crap ending that made no sense.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Did the ending feel like a kick to the junk or what? I've played through it twice now and still waiting for some sort of resolution. There are threads all over the net and you'd think Bioware had burned down these peoples houses instead of just made a crap ending that made no sense.

I've completed the game twice as well and I am starting my third play through. First time I didn't do side quests just the story line ~25 hours, second play through I tried to get EVERYTHING ~37 hours.

I might be one of the few but I didn't hate the ending. Part of it needed to be and made perfect sense.

The other part....not so much.

I don't want to post spoilers as many people probably haven't completed it yet.

But overall I still have to say it was one of the most impressive games I've played in a long time.

Especially since if you do everything and go for ~98%+ completion (it doesn't tell you % but you know about how much) it has about 40 hours of gameplay.

I find that very impressive, these days I've played MANY of 5-15 hour games and it pisses me off.

Back in the day games lasted much longer. This one definitely delivers.

The only thing that bothered me was the ending wasn't really effected as much as I'd hoped for putting in the extra ~12 hours to try and complete everything.

Either way playing the game three times in a row speaks volumes for it and it's replay value and I'm just talking single player. Not even multiplayer.

[madwilliamflint]

GOING ABSOLUTELY INSANE!

I'm in cali for a month training for a new job. I bought ME3 when it came out, but I've got to sit on my thumbs for another week 'til I get home.

*twitch*

[oooo35980]

Pm me your Xbox id if you want and we can do some multiplayer. I agree about the game, amazing game play, but I didn't find very much redeeming about the ending, I honestly think they are setting themselves up to sell some DLC endings.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Pm me your Xbox id if you want and we can do some multiplayer. I agree about the game, amazing game play, but I didn't find very much redeeming about the ending, I honestly think they are setting themselves up to sell some DLC endings.

Don't play on Xbox. PC only.

About to start a vanguard for my 3rd playthrough.

I tried soldier for a bit but it's so boring.

[oooo35980]

Originally Posted by Bill86

Don't play on Xbox. PC only.

About to start a vanguard for my 3rd playthrough.

I tried soldier for a bit but it's so boring.

Vanguard is definitely not boring, I did sentinel on both play throughs cuz I like watching heads explode in slow motion and I'd heard there is a better ending with 5k ems on ng+ maybe there is but I didn't see it.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Vanguard is definitely not boring, I did sentinel on both play throughs cuz I like watching heads explode in slow motion and I'd heard there is a better ending with 5k ems on ng+ maybe there is but I didn't see it.

I got the exploding slow motion heads with Infiltrator + black widow sniper rifle with perception scope on the weapon modifier....SICK headshots, and 3 in a row

I just started Vanguard, I'll play more later today. Seems like a lot of fun though.

[oooo35980]

Originally Posted by Bill86

I got the exploding slow motion heads with Infiltrator + black widow sniper rifle with perception scope on the weapon modifier....SICK headshots, and 3 in a row

I just started Vanguard, I'll play more later today. Seems like a lot of fun though.

I meant infiltrator lol, sentinel is too much of a hybrid for me.

The endings range from disappointing to astonishingly ludicrous.

Finished ME3 last night with my me2 save (everyone survived and renegade) and i goto say its a great game but the endings are just crap whatever way i look at it its a bad ending IMO.

And the second thing that grinds my gears is the difficulty i set it to narrative so i could get the full story but its easy as piss it should of been like ME1 full RPG style story with easy-insane diff.

ps. Talis face is revealed but those fingers are creepy as ****.

[Bill86]

I find that different classes are harder than others. IMHO Adept was god awful. Infiltrator was a cake walk. Soldier seemed so-so, vanguard looks like a cake walk too.

Try one of the more defensive classes, maybe that might help.

[oooo35980]

Did you get the green ending yet? If you wanta challenge Engineer might not be for you, all the toys you get make it pretty easy.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Did you get the green ending yet? If you wanta challenge Engineer might not be for you, all the toys you get make it pretty easy.

No kidding hmmm

I've seen the 2 endings. Not sure how many there are.

[oooo35980]

If you have 3k ems there is a third one that is beyond stupid, I'll let you find it on your third play through though lol.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

If you have 3k ems there is a third one that is beyond stupid, I'll let you find it on your third play through though lol.

Interesting I think when I completed the game I was a touch short of 3K. Maybe 2,800.

[oooo35980]

Just do a couple MP games, if you win your percentage goes up about 4% if you lose it's more like 2. 3k is hard to get without doing multiplayer, and the MP is much less painful than I had originally feared.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Just do a couple MP games, if you win your percentage goes up about 4% if you lose it's more like 2. 3k is hard to get without doing multiplayer, and the MP is much less painful than I had originally feared.

Ah so that's how people are getting more endings and such, multiplayer.

I kinda hate when games focus on multiplayer or tie it in to single player. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

[oooo35980]

You can also run the same character through twice, but MP is easier, and I agree with you, it's stupid to have to play MP to get the best ending.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

You can also run the same character through twice, but MP is easier, and I agree with you, it's stupid to have to play MP to get the best ending.

Does NG+ do anything special?

Or is it just the same thing over again at a higher level?

I don't think you can get 50 in one single player game. I finished at 43 with 2800 EMS. Pretty sure I did 95%+ of the content.

[oooo35980]

Same thing, higher level, supposedly with a half decent ending though, and stupid things like fish add to your ems. This is all stuff I read though, when i did ng+ I didn't notice the fish adding to anything and got the same lame endings, ymmv

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by oooo35980

Same thing, higher level, supposedly with a half decent ending though, and stupid things like fish add to your ems. This is all stuff I read though, when i did ng+ I didn't notice the fish adding to anything and got the same lame endings, ymmv

I heard that too about the fish. Not so sure, didn't try it. I spent all my credits on various sniper rifles and making them all level 5.