* Mass Effect 3 *

Accendo · 1 Mar 2012 at 14:47

PS3 version Review scores:

Sound: 10/10
Balance: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Complexity: 9/10
Quests/Story: 10/10
Character system: 10/10
Battle system: 8/10
Items: 9/10

It's from the German site GameStar, so make of it what you will.

hideki · 1 Mar 2012 at 14:54

I don't trust game review sites these days, especially for games from large publishers with big advertizing budgets.

Pestilence · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:10

TBQFH, Mass Effect 3 could be a 10-hour interactive cutscene involving Shepard taking a crap while you repeatedly press A, B, RT, LB and grunt into the Kinect mic, before Wrex walks in and wipes him off, and I'll probably still love it.

Blatant DLC greed and nitpicking aside, I'm just waiting for the damn game before I start passing judgement.

Curunen · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:30

Pighardia said:
rjkoneill said:

been away from work this week so not got a clue whats going on.

anyone got a TL;DR rundown on whats kicking off around the launch of this title?

Click to expand...

The controversy is that there is a major piece of Mass Effect lore which you can only get by buying the CE, or for $10 on launch day.

And now more spoilers about the story have some people upset.

Plus the one place (well two places) that was exclusively stocking the N7 edition has just gone back on that and cancelled everyone's preorders - suddenly they're up for grabs from many other stores.

Aedus · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:36

Accendo said:
PS3 version Review scores:

Sound: 10/10
Balance: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Complexity: 9/10
Quests/Story: 10/10
Character system: 10/10
Battle system: 8/10
Items: 9/10

It's from the German site GameStar, so make of it what you will.

Paid reviews.

iv-tecman · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:41

Accendo said:
PS3 version Review scores:

Sound: 10/10
Balance: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Complexity: 9/10
Quests/Story: 10/10
Character system: 10/10
Battle system: 8/10
Items: 9/10

It's from the German site GameStar, so make of it what you will.

Wonder if bioware addressed the woeful performance on the PS3, as it was noted that the PS3 demo performed very bad, although I seemed to remember the demo of ME2 was badly optimised code and yet the full game maintained 30fps v sync for the PS3 - was a really good game as well.

It'll get great reviews, until users start to submit their own reviews. Dragon Age II anyone?

Aedus · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:43

Anyone here ordered on Origin? If so has your copy showed up in your games list yet? Mine hasn't.

iv-tecman · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:50

Aedus said:
Anyone here ordered on Origin? If so has your copy showed up in your games list yet? Mine hasn't.

I've got a pre order with Origin, haven't checked but i'll have a look later on.

Accendo · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:51

So where are people getting the info that people aren't happy with the game?

Aedus · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:55

Accendo said:
So where are people getting the info that people aren't happy with the game?

Bioware forums, in the spoiler section.

The main topic about it is:

So we can't get the ending we want after all?

Which is currently at 221 pages, and it was made 2 days ago.

Accendo · 1 Mar 2012 at 15:58

Aedus said:
Bioware forums, in the spoiler section.

Oh ok.

buchtis · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:02

So to get the true ending you'll have to buy the DLC?

If this is true then wow, just wow.

opstrat · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:03

i would never expetc this from bioware.

i suspect ea fatcats are whispering in thair ears.

Accendo · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:04

buchtis said:
So to get the true ending you'll have to buy the DLC?

If this is true then wow, just wow.

No, I think they just mean the game itself. I guess some of them have managed to get it a week early.

Marmot · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:17

Hah, maybe people will finally learn and think twice in future when they see EA on a box.

Pighardia · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:17

Just reading about the 'endings' debate on the Bioware forums(God that place is a dive!) and I don't even know if I really want to play this anymore tbh.

I feel like every day my grip loosens on my pre-order.

RIZZEE · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:19

A part of me wants to read it, another part of me wants to wait until next week. Been looking forward to this game for ages, even booked a week off for it

Cutshaw · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:20

opstrat said:
i would never expetc this from bioware.

i suspect ea fatcats are whispering in thair ears.

Bioware defended garbage like Dragon Age 2, the Arrival DLC and generally everything they have done since EA were involved. You could say "well they have to", but they defended it in a "we are right, you are wrong" venomous nature.

Cutshaw · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:22

Pighardia said:
Just reading about the 'endings' debate on the Bioware forums(God that place is a dive!) and I don't even know if I really want to play this anymore tbh.

I feel like every day my grip loosens on my pre-order.

Developers, bands, all that kind of thing, are only as good as their last effort. At least wait on proper feedback.

Pighardia · 1 Mar 2012 at 16:31

Cutshaw said:
Developers, bands, all that kind of thing, are only as good as their last effort. At least wait on proper feedback.

Oh there is no real chance of me canceling my order tbh. At the end of the day I am a Massive Mass Effect fan and I have been looking forward to this game for ages. The most I will do is not buy any dlc

....The more we hear though!

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