Jangster 5

This review contains spoilers , click expand to view . Positives:

-Story is engaging and ties subplots together well

-Refined game play mechanics

-Character leveling is well balanced

-Most choices made in ME1 2 are reflected (some much more than others)

-Multiplayer is well executed



Negatives:

-Day of release DLC (800 MS Points)

-Freddy Prinze Jr

-Shoehorned Jessica Chobot cameo

-Several loose ends in the story are "tied" up with e-mails

-Citadel is still (circa ME2) confined to a few small areas of exploration

-Insignificance of War Assets!!!!



The game is centered around the final battle between the Reapers and a unified army of races. Shepard must gain as many 'war assets' as possible before the showdown begins. This is why ME3 is fun. It's up to you to resolve long standing conflicts and issues so that a unified galaxy will stand against the invincible Repears. All the time, narrative and game play involved in series builds up to a finale that thousands of fans have imagined for over 5 years. Yet, this is where Bioware fell short, so very very short.



It's not so much that I am essentially given three identical options for how the game will end. Rather, it's the fact that nothing I did since ME1 resulted in any kind of variance for the ending. Where are the mercs I secured through Aria? What about the friggin Krogan and Salarians? Why doesn't anything I accomplished matter?



Bioware released DLC in an effort to shed more light on the "ending they wanted to tell". This failed since the ending they wanted to tell sucked in the first place. Shedding more light on a pile of dog sh*t won't make it more pleasant to smell.



For such an engaging and fun series, ME was not granted the resolution it deserves. I don't know why Bioware chose the route that it did. Unfortunately, you can't unsee what has already been seen. … Expand