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Post by megatronbison on Mar 12, 2012 14:13:44 GMT -5
I can't remember which developer pitched a few years ago about the idea of endings being released as DLC as an optional way to curb piracy- I wouldn't be surprised if this is more or less already underway. Heck, that Prince of Persia cel-shaded effort more or less pulled it so why not Bioware?
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Post by X-pert74 on Mar 12, 2012 18:53:15 GMT -5
I started playing this game last night. So far I think it's pretty neat (I like the return of some things from the first game, like weapon modding), though I'm not as constantly amazed by it as I was during my playthroughs of the first two games. I got the From Ashes DLC and played through that mission. The mission itself was kind of plain, and unremarkable gameplay-wise, but the story stuff that was added is pretty cool.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 15:43:06 GMT -5
I have no idea who Jessica Chobot is, but she's a terrible voice actress. Her character's really creepy looking too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 15:49:23 GMT -5
I have no idea who Jessica Chobot is, but she's a terrible voice actress. Her character's really creepy looking too. The reporter you pick up? I think I read somewhere that she works for IGN or something. This is one of those rare instances where I would have actually preferred Olivia Munn. Or, god help me, Morgan Manjaw. She just looks like half of her face melted off or something. Or Snooki. Take your pick as to which is worse. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 16:05:34 GMT -5
I have no idea who Jessica Chobot is, but she's a terrible voice actress. Her character's really creepy looking too. The reporter you pick up? I think I read somewhere that she works for IGN or something. This is one of those rare instances where I would have actually preferred Olivia Munn. Or, god help me, Morgan Manjaw. She just looks like half of her face melted off or something. Or Snooki. Take your pick as to which is worse. I was going to say Maya Rudolph but that would be cruel. She (at least the in game version) has this look on her face like you just whipped out your dick and it transformed into a clown car. That and lazy eye or something. Creepy. I allowed her on the ship because I was afraid of getting renegade points. I'm thinking I should have told her to fuck off, letting them film a tv show on the Normandy is like babytown frolicks. On the same token, I'm glad that a certain obnoxious news reporter from the last two games managed to redeem herself by helping out. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 16:08:57 GMT -5
Well aside from her counting as a war asset, I figured she could just record untold hours of Vega and "Esteban" canoodling. James seems like he needs someone to watch in order for him to get down.
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Post by docmarionum1 on Mar 13, 2012 16:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 17:07:41 GMT -5
Brilliant? Not sure I'd call it that. More like a blatant middle finger to anyone who invested their time, money and emotions into the series over the past two games.
This is Mass Effect 3. As in, the final game of the trilogy. Fuck their art house pretension. They needed to explain everything very clearly at the end of this one, because people paid $60 fucking dollars for the base experience. DLC should be used to EXTEND a game, not EXPLAIN it.
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Post by docmarionum1 on Mar 13, 2012 17:31:40 GMT -5
I don't think it needs DLC to explain it. I don't think it needs to have an official explanation at all. What's wrong with an ending which is up to interpretation? Does it have to be completely blunt and obvious to satisfy the gaming masses?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 17:33:03 GMT -5
I don't think it needs DLC to explain it. I don't think it needs to have an official explanation at all. What's wrong with an ending which is up to interpretation? Does it have to be completely blunt and obvious to satisfy the gaming masses? When you've put hundreds of hours into it, not to mention hundreds of dollars...I'd say "yes". |
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Post by docmarionum1 on Mar 13, 2012 17:43:11 GMT -5
I don't think it needs DLC to explain it. I don't think it needs to have an official explanation at all. What's wrong with an ending which is up to interpretation? Does it have to be completely blunt and obvious to satisfy the gaming masses? When you've put hundreds of hours into it, not to mention hundreds of dollars...I'd say "yes". Hundreds of enjoyable hours and money most would call well-spent until the very end. Just because the ending isn't exactly what you wanted does not mean the previous 99.9% of the series is all for naught. So the time and money you've spent should not be an issue. Now, if they do indeed "patch" the ending through paid DLC, that would be another story. |
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Post by X-pert74 on Mar 13, 2012 18:21:57 GMT -5
I have no idea who Jessica Chobot is, but she's a terrible voice actress. Her character's really creepy looking too. Yeah, she's from IGN. She's most notable for having a picture of herself seductively licking a PSP. I've only seen her a couple times in-game so far, but her acting is kind of mediocre. |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Mar 14, 2012 8:38:34 GMT -5
When you've put hundreds of hours into it, not to mention hundreds of dollars...I'd say "yes". I'm going to 100% agree with Jason X. If you invest time and money into something, you deserve to have whatever you want. This isn't a 2 hour film where I can waste a portion of my life, walk out the theatre and then spend the rest of the day drunk on gin lamenting to my friends what an awful film it is until none of them want to watch anything with me again. A videogame, or a long TV series, is more than just 2 hours and few quid. A good example is Twin Peaks, where I spent about 6 months slowly watching it, only for a total bullshit cop-out ending that meant nothing to anyone, explained nothing, and in retrospect - turned the last 6 months into a massive long troll. If I spend 30 hours on a medium, be it series of books, TV series, multiple film universe, or game, and absolutely loved it, and then the last 10 minutes are pure bullshit, it sours everything that came before. Doesn't matter that 10 minutes before I liked it - a change of situation means all preceding events are altered. It's like a punchline to a joke which causes you to re-interpret earlier information (oh! So that's why the priest and rabbi were in the bar together!). Except with a bad ending it reinterprets stuff into something worthless. A continuous and lengthy story is only as good as the latest few moments you've experienced.
I've just read what the endings are, and I am glad that I did. There is no way I'm investing time and money to see that. I have 20 other epic videogames to play through, all of them with better endings and equally as good gameplay/story. Crap like that I can just youtube. Obvious spoilers, explaining why fans are correct in hating the ME3 endings: www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/ |
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Post by megatronbison on Mar 14, 2012 9:08:20 GMT -5
A good example is Twin Peaks, where I spent about 6 months slowly watching it, only for a total bullshit cop-out ending that meant nothing to anyone, explained nothing, and in retrospect - turned the last 6 months into a massive long troll. In defence of Twin Peaks - it wasn't meant to be the end of the entire show. There was to be a third series and Lynch deliberately put in as many big massive cliffhangers as he could (much like at the end of the first series) so the studio and fans would be more inclined to demand a sequel...and they didn't ¬_¬ |
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Post by Sketcz-1000 on Mar 14, 2012 9:12:47 GMT -5
I've heard that, but that would imply he was trying to twist their arm when he knew full well it was going to end - or a very high chance it would end. The writing was on the wall. A better director/writer would have had the good grace to realise this and bow out honourably, rather than clusterfuck the entire thing as if to say: SEE! NOW YOU HAVE TO LET ME CONTINUE!
It's not always that a TV series, or indeed any kind of creative series, has the fortune to know when it will end - thereby allowing for a conclusive and definitive end. For many they just end abruptly with matters unresolved. With Twin Peaks they had an opportunity for closure and instead threw it away.
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