It's been 45 months /v/. Are you still anally perturbed?
>>321154824
Devastated ever since the lobotomy that was masseffect 2
but i became close friends with vodka and lived through it
No, but my ending-induced apathy toward the series remains.
>>321154824
I never had an autistic freakout about the ending, just mildly disappointed by it. The series is still staggeringly good, and some slightly bad ending doesn't change that, no matter what idiots on the internet say
>>321154824
that thing put me off games for a year.
>2012 was 3 three years ago
when i think of ghost kid and and the skittles ending i jut laugh now. and then i think about ea/bioshit distancing themselves so much from it they reset the whole game universe for the next entry in the franchise. its just one giant joke.
Finished Mass Effect 1 about 10 times
Finished Mass Effect 2 about 5 times
Uninstalled Mass Effect 3 after 15 minutes, because it was just that fucking terrible.
THAT FUCKING RUNNING ANIMATION. THAT TERRIBLE LEVEL DESIGN. THAT TERRIBLE EVERYTHING.
Not even mad about the ending, because I never got to see it.
>>321156964
>played the worst game the most
Why?
>>321155060
Pretty much this. I made it through 2 with slight hope in my heart but 3 spit on it and then stomped on it.
God fucking damn it.
>>321157058
Get a load of this guy.
>>321157058
Because it's the best game of the series, anon.
Not saying it's a great game or anything, but it's the best of the series.
Customizable weapons, an actual inventory, planet exploration with the mako. There was so much more to it than any of the other games. That hilariously broken combat system that didn't get fixed in Mass Effect 2 and 3.
Removing features does not equal fixing them.
>>321156964
Christ that's adorable.
That's too adorable.
>>321157265
>being able to kill any unit with the lift + throw combo
It's a broken as fuck combat system but it was pretty damnfun.
Shame what the rest became.
>Commander Shepard has become a legend by ending the Reaper threat. Now you can continue to build that legend through further gameplay and downloadable content.
>>321157265
The combat system was by far the best of the series in 3. Pity it came with the removal of good writing and storyline, but I guess you take the good with the bad. I played 3 as an third-person action shooter, not an RPG, and it's pretty good if you view it like that
You're god damn right I'm mad.
>>321154824
not really stop caring after one year
I loved the MP, even if it was buggy.
I regret nothing!
I never was. I played it much later after they changed the ending or whatever so I never understood what the problem was. It was definitely the weakest of the series but I still mostly enjoyed the time I spent playing it.
>>321154824
You know it baby. Mass Effect was great stuff, 2 was shit but still had glimmers of potential in it, then 3 went pedal to the metal in the worst possible direction.
I miss RPG elements
I miss a story with a beginning, middle and end that feels like something was accomplished
I miss reasonable paragon/renegade options with valid points for either side
I miss skills
I miss combat not being tied to chest-high walls and instead being people running around hurling shit with mind powers
I miss the bouncy tank
I miss the Tangerine Dream knockoff score
I miss Saren
I miss big hub levels
I miss elevator conversations
I miss the inventory
I miss the attempts at hard science-fiction
I miss the vast and unique looking planetscapes
I miss quests that didn't end in corridor shootouts
FUCKING YES I'M STILL ANALLY PERTURBED. ALSO I WANT TO PLAY THE FIRST ONE AGAIN NOW AND THEN IGNORE THE SEQUELS.
not really stopped caring after one hour
>>321155060
>>321157101
at least 2 had better gameplay and pacing than 1
It killed the series for me.
I simply do not give a shit about ME anymore.
I know it already got bad with ME2, but at least it still had a chance to make up for it with the third game, but instead it destroyed any hopes I had for the future of this series.
>>321157434
>>321157414
>they think I talk about abilities
You were able to shoot through walls, while the enemy couldn't. You were actually invincible on every damn difficulty.
Your weapons and abilites were solely based on where your crosshair was, which meant that you could take cover behind a pillar/wall, put your crosshair on the enemy and still hit him with everything.
Same for your squadmembers abilities. They were also based on where your crosshair was.
Of course I'm still mad.
I will never stop being mad about it.
>>321157559
>after they changed the ending or whatever so I never understood what the problem was
Loving every laugh.
EA and Bioware will never be forgiven. I'll take me rage with me to the grave.
>>321154824
Bought it and never played it. I just restarted 1 and those Mako sections are not as good as I remember.
Holy fuck, I don't want to play 2 again but that's just because I played through it twice already.
>>321157873
I recently re-played through 1 and it aged like fine milk
i understand the hate behind the ending but a game as a whole i dont understand the issue, i got my playtime out of it plus a whole lot more due to the multiplayer
>>321157265
>>321157169
ME1: 7.5/10
ME2: 9/10
ME3: 8/10
They're all good games but 1 is the worst. The combat system is the biggest detriment
If you count all DLC, the gap between 1 and 3 is even bigger.
>>321157423
I can't even describe how I felt when I first read this. Just the fact that they had the audacity to end the series with the words "downloadable content" put me into some state of shock.
>>321157931
The party member AI was absolute trash when I played it years ago, I can't imagine it's gotten better with time
>>321157998
see
>>321157653
the combat was trash in all 3 games
>>321157998
8 is a bit generous for the main game, but fine including DLC including extended cut and citadel
>>321158035
Because party members didn't have an ai.
If you didn't want them to just stand next to you and try to shoot the enemy through a wall you'd need to micromanage them.
>>321157998
Nah famtard, 3 is garbage on every front, it plays like a shitty gears of war and the story is nonsensical garbage that shits on the rest of the series when it was supposed to be a giant climax that incorporated all your decisions through the previous games into a custom ending and only serves to includes pandering element to Bioware's new fandom that consists of stupid people that only got into their games because they could have gay sex since for some reasons gay sex in a videogame is somehow satisfying for some brain diseased people.
Was just thinking about this series a little earlier and I realized that no matter the shit ending, its still my favorite franchise.
Also ME2 was the best in the series overall, 1 had the best story, and 3 had the best gameplay and one of the best MP ever.
I have a lot of faith in Andromeda and I'm actually starting to visualize how my character is going to look like.
>>321158035
Do you often drink aged milk ?
That would explain the stupidity.
>>321158165
I seem to recall they would independently run into the line of fire and had to be repeatedly told to run back into cover. It's been a while but I faintly remember party members dying because of staggeringly boneheaded behaviour. It was my one big complaint about that game
>>321157931
>>321158035
>>321158254
I'm only replaying the series for the choices. Am I not getting to actually decide shit besides which characters carry over? I can get that with that trash Until Dawn.
>>321157586
>better gameplay
>adding limited ammo in place of the cooldown
How did the technology regress so far in such a short amount of time?
If you're having sex with a girl and everything's going great until you're about to cum and she suddenly gets up and shits in your mouth (despite promising you the best orgasm of your life earlier) would you call that good sex?
>>321158254
>Goober Gator tier complaints
>>321158254
The gay aspect of the game was massively overstated. You can totally ignore it and I'm sure 99% of people who played it did. It wasn't even pushed in your face, you had to get into extended conversations with a pretty forgettable character to even be propositioned
>>321158430
The decisions don't matter that much except they do come up in conversations in following games
>>321158456
The ammo isn't limited, what you reload are heatsinks. Ammo is still unlimited
>>321158487
I'd call that great sex.
>>321158490
>>321158507
Except it was literally how 3 was marketed and it is the people who Bioware panders to with their games since Dragon Age: Origins.
There is literally no other explanation for the kind of garbage DLC they made.
>>321158487
But it's about the journey, not the destination!
>>321158487
I'd call that great sex overall, but terrible ending and would not fuck again.
Coincidentally I never played ME3 again. It was great though, it just had a terrible ending
>>321158293
It will look transgendered because male and female's are offensive. Bioware 2016.
>>321158605
It might as well be limited, since you can't fire without the heatsinks which act exactly like magazines.
>>321158430
At best you'll have somebody acknowledge one of your decisions through one line
>>321158723
It wasn't how the game was marketed, the launch advertising was all about reapers with heroic music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AluTOOCVXVQ
The gay stuff is what trash blogs like Kotaku zoned in on to get clicks. And you fell for it
>>321158853
I was just addressing your comment on how technology had regressed. It didn't, at any rate it advanced because reloading is faster than waiting for it to cool down
>>321158910
>doesn't remember the EA and Bioware massive pro-LGBT campaign when they even changed the logo of Bioware into a LGBT flag
Same shit happened around the releases of ME3, SWtOR and DA:I.
>>321158456
>the mercenary crewmember executes a dude with the heatsink and a pool of space gasoline
best part of the series, ME2 GOAT confirmed
>>321159084
It was unbelievably trivial and irrelevant to the game that you'll have to excuse me for not remembering it
>>321158507
I think that you are forgetting that steve exists mate
>>321159248
it was their marketing campaign senpai, just like the whole marketing around DA:I was about the companions and their romances.
You gotta be blind not to see it.
Seriously look at this shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGnbEtube-g
>The first game was the worst
Then how the fuck did it become a trilogy? The first game was the tits when nothing else existed to compare to it.
>>321159606
aged like fine milk
>>321159663
If they started with the same people that made 3 trying to recreate ME1 the entire thing would have sunk.
>>321159606
Milked like fine age
![[MALICE INTENSIFIES].gif](https://i.imgur.com/aQ17GlJ.gif "[MALICE INTENSIFIES].gif")
>>321157423
>>321154824
No, I'm still okay.
>>321159287
In my play-through I barely even spoke to him. Vega and him were bland as fuck 'bro' characters
>>321159420
>Fan video
>Marketing campaign
>>321159606
>Worst in a series of great games
Gee golly
>>321159959
>fan video
it's not famo
The ME games are all overrated.
ME1 had atmosphere and story, but bad gameplay.
ME2 had better, but less interesting, gameplay, but a bad story.
ME3 had meh gameplay and a horrible story.
None of the games deserve the praise they got. ME1 is babby's first rpg, filled with pointless choices and boring skills and weapons. People bitch over how Fallout 4's dialogue choices are all the same, but ME1 wasn't much better. You could safely stick to blue or red answers and watch whatever happened - you didn't need to think about renegade or paragon or what the text said, just pick the color you wanted. There was never any reason to pick a neutral answer, that just cheated you out of renegade/paragon points.
They had some good ideas and should have expanded upon them, instead of taking the safe route they did in ME2.
>>321158963
fucking apologists. The cooldowns in 1 were ineffectual if you actually upgraded the weapons you used.
>bad gameplay
maybe if you played on normal difficulty and went soldier
i really enjoyed playing infiltrator and vanguard
The only part of ME3 that had lasting impact for me was the station full of special kids and jack.
>walking down a corridor
>see some kid runs out a door ahead of me
>gets mowed down by cerberus
>one of them says they arnt supposed to kill the kids and asks who it was
>"some kind of math genius he doesnt matter"
That was the most memorable part of the game. Apart from Kai Lang being a giant retard and complete shit.
>>321154824
>gamer babies crying over a bad ending
>>321160520
Vanguard was fucking great in Mass Effect 3. Such satisfying gameplay. I actually ran Solider and thought the gameplay was meh Gears of War replica until I read about Vanguard on /v/ and realised my stupidity.
>>321160268
I agree about gameplay in later ME games but they removed overheating, hover grenades and lots of customization in ME2. So even as a mechanically better game they removed all the fun shit.
>>321158018
Funny cause that's how they opened ME3 too, From Ashes wasn't exactly a preorder bonus. But day one DLC
>>321154824
I never played the game again if that's what you mean.
Oh, and after Simcity 2013 it's hard not to be mad at EA. Bioshit is still shit too.
>>321160940
SimCity is probably the only EA game I actually regret buying. Still completely broken years later. A free copy of Dead Space 3 did not fix it, because that was also a pretty shit game.
It's like halfway through making the game Mac watched the matrix for the first time, only sorta understood the ending, but decided it was cool regardless and that he was gonna try and copy it for mass effect.
I am still mad. My copypasta screenshot is at home and I won't get back for another 4 hours. I am going to remember this thread, go home, and post that shit if its still here. That's how still mad I am.
>>321161046
EA burned down too many good franchises to be trusted. It's still amazing that there's retards even in this thread that still trust that company.
>>321158605
Gee without a disposable heat sink, you'd think the guns would tend to want to... I dunno... Overheat or something... If only there was some way we could tell how close our weapon was to that limit
>>321161251
I bet the devs get offered a shitload of money. And the promise of a stable paycheck can be very tempting in that business. I think it's less about trust and more about going "well, EA will pay us for 1-2 additional games, that's financial security for 3+ years. Let's do it!"
>>321160606
How does one get a job as a game journalist? I'm pretty glib when I want to be, I think I'd be good at it.
The ending of Mass Effect 3 is better than Witcher 3s ending.
>>321158963
Let's get them to add the Widow sniper to ME1 and I'll show you which is better
I'll have that thing firing over 20 times before it over heats once
ME2/3 is the regression
is the ending still shite?
>>321162042
>Mass Effect 3s ending isn't worse than complete dogshit
Congrats?
>>321154824
>play for 10 minutes
>character animations are abysmal, everything has an ugly grain filter
>action starts, can't even holster weapon, can only move while pointing a gun in front of you
>uninstall.exe
Is Bioware the laziest fucking developer in history?
>>321162192
With the free extended cut DLC, it's fine
>MrBTongue's video about the ending was taken down
>>321162042
>>321162042
but Ciri is even more powerful in the books
She is objectively the strongest being in Witcherverse and is almost omnipotent once she learns her powers
>>321160268
>ME1 had atmosphere and story, but bad gameplay.
Gameplay was great by RPG standards. Name an RPG of that time peirod with better combat. Compare it to the Witcher 1/2, Dragon Age or Elder Scrolls games and Mass Effect 1s combat shits on them in terms of fun.
>ME2 had better, but less interesting, gameplay, but a bad story.
Story was admittedly pointless but the writing was spot on, squad was excellent and the ending was one of the best endings (and cliff hangers) i've seen in a game.
>ME3 horrible story, meh gameplay
Gameplay was some of the most fun gameplay i've had in TPS period, let alone the RPG genre and let alone the GOAT online. Story was actually pretty damn strong aside from the ending. Mind telling me the areas you think were "horrible"? I thought the Geth-Quarian dispute, Salarian-Krogran dispute, Legion/Geth story, Leviathans. Tuchunka and Asari Homeworld were excellently written.
The series is one of the more consisten series i've played, all of them were great. THe praise is deserved and some anon on /v/ won't change that
>>321162392
Nice refute.
>>321162406
What are you getting at?
Witcher 3s writing was also shit tier
>>321162298
If your a complete retard, the "Extended Cut" didn't change anything but make the logical fallacies all the more glaring
>>321159959
>It's so bad that this anon thinks it's a fan video
>b-but muh mako
Get fucked, homos.
WHO ME2 MASTERRACE HERE?!?!
>insecure biodrone trying ineffectively to shit on witcher out of the blue
kekarooni
>>321162438
Couldn't agree more, so tired of literal manchildren saying 'the ending of 3 was bad, therefore the entire series is bad.'
Also ME3 was similarly perhaps my favourite TPS of all time. Such tight gameplay.
>>321162545
Me but I am hype to see what the mako is like in ME:A. I always wanted them to tune it up and make it more fun to use rather than completely sack it.
>>321162042
Holy kek, BTFO
>>321162630
>Also ME3 was similarly perhaps my favourite TPS of all time.
I pity you honestly, that's fucking sad.
>>321162616
Nah, he's just saying that it's no worse to the latest meme RPG of 2015, the Witcher 3. Sorry if the truth is triggering you senpai.
>>321154824
never forget. never forgive. the new game is gonna be trash and you know it.
yes im still mad.
>>321162710
Great, thanks for your input.
>>321162710
>s-stop liking what I don't like
>>321156964
smooth motherfucker.
>>321162042
>Mass Effect's end was nothing BUT the build up
hahaha
ME2 was spinning its wheels in place and SUPERWEAPON OUT OF NOWHERE in ME3 didn't fit the theme of the game at all.
Armor designs in the new Andromeda look GOAT
>no load time between planets/space
>focus on RPG/Exploration mechanics
>Mako is refined and BACK
>Jetpacks
Mass Effect Andromeda confirmed GoTY. Mass Effect franchise confirmed GOAT
>>321158723
>Except it was literally how 3 was marketed
No it wasn't. The marketing was all about Michael Bay explosions.
How old are you?
>>321154824
Yes but because two was such a fuck up I couldn't muster quite as much hate for 3 as others because it's not much worse than 2.
>/v/ - Tali'zorah Vas Normandy
>>321162908
>believing the marketing
lmao
>>321162908
Generic
>>321162875
>SUPERWEAPON OUT OF NOWHERE
Yep,
1. Deus Ex Machina that at least explains itself >>>>>> Ciri Deus Ex Machina who defeats the White Frost with no explanation.
2. Reaper threat that has 3 games of buildup >>>>>>>>>>> "HOLY SHIT, WHITE FROST IS GONNA DESTROY US ALL OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE" in witcher 3
Mass Effect 3s story/ending is no worse than the Witcher 3s, prove me wrong
>>321156964
>THAT TERRIBLE LEVEL DESIGN.
Compared to repeating the same three dungeons like your precious ME1 it looks pretty good.
>THAT TERRIBLE EVERYTHING.
Combat was light years ahead of ME1.
>>321162930
He's just some idiotic obsessive about PC culture/gender identity politics. The gay relationship thing was absolutely, stunningly irrelevant outside the /v/ outrage bubble.
>>321163024
>no worse than another terrible ending
good thing I'm not saying it is
none of this makes ME3's ending good, prove me wrong
>>321162908
Those points you've brought up sound semi-interesting but that armour looks shit.
>>321155060
>Devastated ever since the lobotomy that was masseffect 2
lol
Mass Effect 2 is one of the most improved sequels of the entire seventh generation, if not ever, almost entirely as a function of being an actually working game following one of the worst things ever made.
>>321163170
armor looks GOAT nigger
>>321163237
I understand that you like third person shooters and hate RPGs, no excuse for them to gut a series to try and appeal to you.
>>321163095
DESU whenever i talked to the gay mechanic i always chose the rudest option so i didn't trigger the gay romance by accident
>>321160268
This guy is correct.
>>321154824
The ending was terrible but i can deal with it, what i can't deal with is having only two dialog choices in every single dialog
>>321163237
>one of the worst things ever made
>>321163237
I bet you think Dead Rising 2 is better too.
ME2 > ME3 > ME1
I can only say two good things about ME1 it was so terrible.
1. The soundtrack is solid
2. It gave me Mass Effect 2
>>321159420
Are Quarian men just cucks? All their females just lust after Turian or Human cock
>>321163864
no, tali is a slut
Mass Effect 1 was objectively the only real Mass Effect game. Mass Effect 2 is just some alternate reality best friend simulator with hardly any connections to the first game and Mass Effect 3 is a rushed, hollow, dudebro turd that is garbage from beginning to end.
ME1 > actual dogshit > ME2 and ME3
>>321163921
But she says in the video that her and her girlfriends love the Turian/Quarian movie
>>321163997
I agree with this sentiment. The first game is the only one which felt like a true attempt at science fiction as well as being an rpg. Rather than providing role-playing opportunities for different potential characters 2 was focused entirely on getting close to the supporting cast.
>>321163864
>Are Quarian men just cucks?
Everyone goes cuck for
BIG
KROGAN
KOCKS
You don't actually think your lover would be satisified by a merely human penis do you?
>>321163997
Nah senpai. ME1 is the worst in the series, deal with it
>>321164162
I'm curious about those user scores now. Is 3's still awful or did it balance out?
>>321164162
>Mass Effect 2 blowing them both the fuck out soundly
All I care about tbqh
>>321164091
>slut has slut friends
wow big surprise
>>321158963
I still nearly shit myself when I think of the sheer logistics nightmare that would be retrofitting/upgrading every single gun in the galaxy over to the ejectable heatsink design, not to mention suddenly military forces having to worry about manufacturing, shipping, and distributing these fucking things. And doing it all in like 2 years.
Its such a pointless, fucking stupid change to the series that I can only assume exists because Bioware (or let's face it, EA) figured that the Overheat gauge would be too much for the fragile minds of the casuals they were warping the series into pandering towards, to comprehend.
>>321164242
>3 percent
>soundly
heh
>>321164258
>infinite ammo is for casuals
hahahahaha
>>321164324
It's a lot when it comes to metacritic family. Made the difference between Obshittian getting royalties for their shit game
>>321154824
I am, but mostly about the fact that Andromeda will be MUCH, MUCH more shittier and SJW-pandering
>>321164390
isn't*
>>321164209
Yellow score (can't remember exactly what) and ME2 has the best userscore and Metacritic because it's GOAT
>45 months
I feel old.
>>321164409
>SJW-pandering
According to who, /v/? Kotaku? Some other equally reliable source?
>>321164409
Name an rpg you're hype for
>>321164496
>>321154824
No because I'm not an autistic man child who can't move on. I've played better games since, there are some better games coming down the road and I can only hope Andromeda is good.
>>321164527None. I'm not hyped for any game at all at this point. I just play Star Conflict all my freetime.
Is there a save generator or something like that? While I loved ME1, I just want to play something more action-based like the two other games and I'd rather skip the first one.
Can we agree that there should be a cuckolding mechanic in the next Mass Effect?
Similar to MGSV you will have to defend your base or space ship from invaders trying to infiltrate and sleep with your waifu.
>>321164390
But its not infinite ammo because the game makes you stop shooting if you shoot too long, and you have to do dumb gay nerd shit like play with numbers like some gay nerd to make it so you can shoot longer.
They just want to be able to hit reload and be able to shoot more, man.
>>321164857
http://www.masseffectsaves.com/
>>321164914
No?
>>321154824
Only about that stupid space ninja. The ending didn't bother me anywhere near as much as most people because everything prior was pretty good. Except the fucking blind space ninja. That was retarded and killed a lot of my love for the series.
>>321164914
>actually wanting cuckholding
>>321164857
there's a DLC for 2 and 3 that lets you choose major decisions from previous games when starting a new game
>>321164857
Why would you want a way to skip the good part to get to the bland followups? That'd be a like a "skip TO The Fade" mod for Dragon Age.
>>321164921
sorry but choosing cooldown upgrades isn't "playing with numbers"
>>321165167
But ME2 > ME3 > ME1 anon.
>>321164914
rape is not cuckolding
>>321164409
Doubtful. Most of the SJW stuff is for publicity. It probably won't have any more or less glorification than the previous ones.
>>321164409
If the leak is true then Andromeda sounds fucking GOAT
>>321165226
Of course it is, why should the average casual have to dick around in some dumb menus when he can just frag another charlie, loot his corpse for more gun food, slap it in, and happily be on his way?
Choosing proper upgrades? Balancing benefits and drawbacks? Weighing your options for customization? Properly specializing your equipment to get exactly what you want from it?
Sorry but that's a whole lot of gay nerd shit and that's not what the typical shmuck is looking for.
>>321165242
When did this become the consensus? I can't stand the sequels after going back to the first game. The first one handles a bit rough but most of what I love is ripped out of the sequels, and I actually prefer the first game's combat. I think the shaky as hell but hectic and varied combat is much more fun than the cover shooting of 2 & 3. The lobotomized skill tree hurts combat for me more than anything, Mass Effect's 2 & 3 play the same at the start as they do at the end. There's no feeling of power once you get overkill to a high level and fire your assault rifle full burst for 30 seconds or anything like that, it's all duck, then pop up and shoot and maybe use one of the three OP biotics attached to your class. I know Vanguard is more than that but I still dislike it.
>HOMOWARE
NOT EVEN ONCE
>>321165567
>When did this become the consensus?
When people tried replaying the trilogy after ME3s disappointing ending only to realize that ME1 was complete shit to play.
>>321163035
Three main worlds in ME?
Quality over quantity
Combats light years ahead in ME3?
Gut weapon customisation, Gut skills, Gut grenades Gut functional heat sink system
Add waist high cover everywhere for copypasted cover code, add melee button for melee outside of melee distance, add "heat sink" magazines to limit amount of times a gun can be fired (yet offer no explaination why a heat sink mag can't be used across different weapons platforms when you only pick up a universal type of munitions drop) add conjured space magic for classes that shouldn't have it (Concussive Blast Spamming Soldiers)
Face it ME2&3, deviantART tier
>>321165698
>only to realize that ME1 was complete shit to play.
I'm amazed people put up with it even in 2007. Going back was horrifying.
>>321157982
/thread
>>321165698
>>321165845
This is surreal to me. I had the opposite experience. Going back to the first game is great but then the sequels feel like a violent, spiteful shit in my face whenever I try to keep pressing forwards.
>>321165816
>Quality over quantity
Mass Effect 1 favored quantity over quality.
>Combats light years ahead in ME3?
Yep.
>Add waist high cover everywhere for copypasted cover code
Literally worse than ME1, every room was near identical design wise.
>Face it ME2&3, deviantART tier
Better than ME1 tho
>>321166027
>>321166087
meant for
>>321165947
>>321165816
>>321166087
>ME2
>Satisfying mechanics
What fucking mechanics? The insultingly barebones skill trees, or the ridiculously bland whack-a-mole combat?
And yes, I know Vanguard could actually be very entertaining. Its the one beautiful flower blossoming out of the pile of shit.
>>321166087
I don't consider myself a hardcore Mass Effect fan. I think that Mass Effect 2 & 3 WILL age worse given enough time. Their generalized and streamlined designs will weaken their lasting appeal as more and more games like them are made. Mass Effect 1 still feels pretty damn unique.
>>321166274
> or the ridiculously bland whack-a-mole combat
Git
Gud
>>321166428
It sounds like anon was saying the game's too easy.
>>321157265
Almost sounds like an RPG and that is what we wanted, right?
>>321166428
>>321166458
I'm actually not saying it was hard or easy, it was just so unmemorable and uninteresting that I genuinely struggle to remember anything significant about my time playing it.
Rate ME3
https://strawpoll.me/6344759
>>321163331
How is me2 less of an RPG?
>>321166428
Whack a mole combat:
Every enemy pops they're head out in the exact same place at the same height
A retard with a sniper rifle can shoot down an entire battalion on Insane without issue, its a flaw that both ME2 and 3 have with their cheap GameStop quality pre-owned cover codes
>>321155060
/thread
ME2 deserves more hate than ME3. I had some hopes for the series before ME2 came out. I didn't expect it would be steaming shit. With 3 it was to be expected so I was just stoic.
>>321162298
Extended ending did nothing but add a slideshow.
>>321163328
>>321163170
>>321162908
>floating pauldrons
stop embarassing yourself shill
>>321166792
This
All the originality of the original, immediately evaporated as soon as EA touched it
I enjoyed ME1
I enjoyed ME2
I enjoyed ME3 slightly less
I am content
I wasn't a big fan of the first two or anything but it was a god awful ending, and I routine defend Hideaki Anno and Kenji Enos respective masterworks.
>>321163035
Of course not, the Wild Hunt, hunting her like mad and the White Frost already being hinted by the big guy of an order, who some say is Albins timetravelling self...ah yes, these things came out of nowhere.Oh wait, they didn't.
Is nobody going to mention the multiplayer mode in 3? The campaign might not have been the best but the multiplayer was awesome fun.
ME1 did so many things right. The atmosphere especially was amazing. Reapers felt like an eldritch horror. Hell, I loved missions like the one where you descended down a mine only to find that the inhabitants had turned into husks, or the derelict ship with the insane girl who protected her husband, etc.
I loved how renegade was basically Dirty Harry, when in later games renegade=evil. Way to miss the point.
Adept was hella fun with the abilities.
Then ME2 took a big greasy ogre shit on all of that and most of the levels were just shootouts from behind cover. The story began and ended where ME1 ended, why?
Garrus and Tali were better than in 1, but everything else was worse.
>ME3
Topex kekex
>>321166991
>I like to eat shit since my taste-nerves have burnt out
All the more power to you I guess? I always think that mentally ill people seem to enjoy themselves, but I wouldn't want to be like them.
>>321156732
>I still haven't played it
Where has time gone?
>>321167567
Garrus was better in the first game when he was just a conflicted space-cop. I didn't need the epic-bromance shit in 2, it got on my nerves. I can't stand it when I feel like somebody's trying too hard to make something endearing. Same reason I hated Ellie in The Last of Us.
>>321167089
In what world is Anno related to Mass Effect 3?
I've never played any of the Mass Effect games.
I've heard the complaints against 3 a lot but why is 2 disliked by a lot of people?
What did it do wrong?
>>321169201
Well, instead of improving upon some flawed concepts in 1, 2 decided to straight up remove them. The vehicle, exploration, impressive worlds, eldritch horror reapers, inventory, weapon modification, armors, the list goes on.
Instead ME2 was a generic cover-based shooter with a plot that went nowhere.
3 is hated more since there are brain dead idiots who didn't notice the flaws in 2, but since 3 is so offensively bad they only hate it.
But don't be fooled. ME2 is just as bad as ME3. They are alright if you play them as stand-alone third person shooters.
But they are utter garbage when compared to the incredible ME1.
wish there was a mod that removed all mako stuff from me1, biggest issue with replaying the game
>>321169201
2 is the first game lobotomized. Also the first one was the only one I'd consider solidly written. It actually handled moral ambiguity and politics well. All that shit flew right out in 2.
>moral ambiguity
The game went from making you have to be the asshole boss responsible for the tough decisions to making you either give a homeless man a high-5 or eye-gouging him.
>politics
In the first game humanity are considered new to space politics and your story is crazy so the ayy politicians don't really take you seriously. At the end of the game the giant space-monster you were warning everyone about attacks the capital of civilized space. Then when the sequel runs around the ayy politicians are all like "lol, that was nothing, fuck you whitebread."
>>321162630
>Asari Homeworld
Does that include whats his face edgeman?
>ME1 atmosphere, story and conversations
>with
>ME2 characters, armour designs and interrupts
>and
>ME3 combat, skill trees and multiplayer
Hands down best ME game, fight me.
>>321162042
I've been lurking here for a number of years. Rarely do I ever come across anything that makes me feel as though I need to respond. I think the last time I was forced to throw my 2 cents in was during the /v/ga. Now, this day, 12/23/2015 Once again I am called to type the captcha. I've seen some of the gayest and most retarded things on /v/. Like a primordial ooze of everything wrong with the human race, but you are literally the gayest fucking thing on this planet. Like a dragon dildo ejected from Ronald McDonald's ass at a speed somewhere between 40000-100000 miles per faggot you descended upon an otherwise normal thread. Spewing pure unfiltered homosexuality like a fire sprinkler system with a direct link to Richard Simmons asshole. Freddie Mercury is rolling in his fucking grave at the thought of you setting the bar so god damn high that no faggot for the rest of existence will be able to match your level.
now I must slumber once again.
>>321171102
>Forgetting planet exploration
>>321154824
Never not be mad
>>321154824
Didn't play ME3 and in hindsight, I'm pretty ok with it. Without repeating all things that have said since then, the gameplay steered further away from what I thought made ME1 interesting and other games do 3rd person shooter really well, so I don't need ME3 for that. Storywise they've shat the bed as far as I'm concerned, so no regret on my side for not playing it. Add in that I'm not keen on multiplayer, Origin or ubuquitous DLC that reeks of "we knew you wanted it, so it 'didn't make it' into the main game olololo".
I guess my feathers get still a bit ruffled when I think about how they took the game into a more generic direction instead of focusing what made the first game stand on its own.
Wow there is so much mad in here. I am so glad I never got into ME. Sorry you all had to go through that.
