[PC/PS3/360/WiiU] Mass Effect 3

[Kyero Fox]

Im at the Samara part on hardcore, was fun........../cutsselfagain ...fun.

[synaesthetic]

Banshees are a joke if you're a vanguard. Just abuse biotic charge immunity and barrier regen and they fall quickly. Brutes are easy too--just shoot them from a distance, when they start their charge, you use your charge and you take no damage and get all your shields back, then use Nova for some damage, charge again and rinse and repeat.

I can see both these enemies being a problem for classes that need to rely on cover more though.

The damn ravagers were my bane. They do way too much damage per shot so you are pretty much forced into cover, eliminating the vanguard extreme mobility advantage. Same with sentry turrets and Cerberus Nemesis snipers.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

You're around the midpoint. The game is longer than ME1 with its DLC and longer than ME2 without its DLC (though ME2 with all the DLC is longer by a bit).

When I beat the game I was at the 27 hour mark. Granted, I could probably finish it a lot faster but I played through blind, no guides or walkthroughs, so I had a lot of time spent bumbling around the Citadel looking for quest turnins.

Hahaha, me too. Trick to finding quest people is using your map. When you have a new mission available or you need to turn one in, you can hit the map and the person's name/designation should pop up in blue in one of the map areas, indicated by the number on the map legend.

I spent way too much time fumbling around the Galaxy Map, running from Reapers and thinking I had resources I missed when it seems that some areas didn't have any at all... >_<

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Banshees are a joke if you're a vanguard. Just abuse biotic charge immunity and barrier regen and they fall quickly. Brutes are easy too--just shoot them from a distance, when they start their charge, you use your charge and you take no damage and get all your shields back, then use Nova for some damage, charge again and rinse and repeat.

I can see both these enemies being a problem for classes that need to rely on cover more though.

The damn ravagers were my bane. They do way too much damage per shot so you are pretty much forced into cover, eliminating the vanguard extreme mobility advantage. Same with sentry turrets and Cerberus Nemesis snipers.

/snickersatthattheiraproblemeventhoyou'reonnormal.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Banshees are a joke if you're a vanguard. Just abuse biotic charge immunity and barrier regen and they fall quickly. Brutes are easy too--just shoot them from a distance, when they start their charge, you use your charge and you take no damage and get all your shields back, then use Nova for some damage, charge again and rinse and repeat.

I can see both these enemies being a problem for classes that need to rely on cover more though.

The damn ravagers were my bane. They do way too much damage per shot so you are pretty much forced into cover, eliminating the vanguard extreme mobility advantage. Same with sentry turrets and Cerberus Nemesis snipers.

I personally prefer either Adept or Sentinel, so you can see why Banshees annoy me. They walk right up to you, scream, knock you out of cover, then you get raped by the Ravager that had been easy to pick off with biotic combos until then.

Biotic combos were the only reason I was able to survive that final rush from the Brutes. Up until then, I was like "yeah yeah, bring it on," then the Brutes rushed and I just said "ah shit".

That, and the battle with the Reaper, where all you have is the laser designator. And no cover. I don't even know how many times I died. It was bullcrap. I totally rolled out of the way of the beam, but half the time it killed me anyway. I was *this* close to throwing down my controller in frustration.

[synaesthetic]

The laser designator thing was frustrating. I died several times before I realized I needed to RUN, not try to roll. Once I figured that out it was a snap.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

The laser designator thing was frustrating. I died several times before I realized I needed to RUN, not try to roll. Once I figured that out it was a snap.

Bet you didnt know that if you aim just bellow the red eye, it goes much faster. (For.. SOME reason....)

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

Bet you didnt know that if you aim just bellow the red eye, it goes much faster. (For.. SOME reason....)

Really? Well now I feel stupid. I always aimed directly at the eye... you know, like the game implied you were supposed to.

I could have tried running around, but I preferred to be able to SEE the Reaper firing at me. If you want my opinion, they should have just made the entire fight an interactive cinematic or something.

[Who]

Another option is to trick the Reaper into thinking you're going one direction and as the laser begins to make its way to you, run in the opposite.

[DragoonKain3]

Just wondering, does Reave in this game also restore your own health, or does it just increase your damage resistance?

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Spectacular_Insanity

Spoiler for ending and major spoilers:

I am unhappy that we didn't get to see what happened to your teammates or your love interest, though.

Spoiler for spoiler:

Strange. My LI in this particular playthrough was Tali, and she was with Joker and EDI in that crashed planet at the end. I just assumed that your LI would come with them.

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Just wondering, does Reave in this game also restore your own health, or does it just increase your damage resistance?

Just damage resistance.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Spoiler for spoiler:

Strange. My LI in this particular playthrough was Tali, and she was with Joker and EDI in that crashed planet at the end. I just assumed that your LI would come with them.

Just damage resistance.

Spoiler for Ending spoilers:

Yea, and dies from the lack of food... even tho her planet is safe and livable they kill her and garrus off.

Anyone see Conrad yet? ;_;

[Who]

I would think the Normandy has some food supplies tailored for turians and quarians for a while. Tali would also probably have some knowledge in how food is created, since the Migrant Fleet has been self-sufficient for the past three centuries.

And I saw Conrad... he's as useful as ever. And he gets a happy ending... well moreso than Shepard (which isn't hard to do, as long as you're not the Normandy crew). :/

[-Sho-]

So who's shipping for IDA x Joker ?

[synaesthetic]

Originally Posted by -Sho-

So who's shipping for IDA x Joker ?

It's EDI actually, and yes I totally set the two up, laughing the whole time.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Spoiler for spoiler:

Strange. My LI in this particular playthrough was Tali, and she was with Joker and EDI in that crashed planet at the end. I just assumed that your LI would come with them.

Spoiler for ending:

My LI was Liara, and she was in my party for the run to the beam, along with Garrus.

Which means... she was shot by the giant laser.

The one that almost killed Shepard and left hers and Garrus' lifeless fucking bodies on the blasted dirt.

And then she somehow magically rose from the dead, magically teleported to the Normandy, which also magically teleported to the Charon relay instead of fighting Reapers above Earth.

Which magically crashed on a habitable world.



THIS GAME'S ENDING IS SO MIND-BLOWINGLY, EYE-WATERINGLY TERRIBLE I JUST... I CAN'T...

DOES NOT COMPUTE. :|

[FlareKnight]

And finally I have reached this point. The game was longer than I expected which was nice.

Spoiler for Ending:

Well that was odd.

Guess next time I should go single so not to leave anyone behind...

I didn't like how they made so many of the endings similar besides colour. I was really hoping we would just go up there and fire off some huge beam. Be and Garrus had plans to chill out on a beach (I'd bring Tali along since I did bother to romance her) and all would be well. Instead I get blasted to hell by Harbinger (who doesn't even bother to say hello) and am left with a choice to make. None of them sounded that good to be honest. Wasn't a fan of melding organic and machine life, wasn't a fan of blasting all machines to hell (including the Geth who I bothered to get on my side), and the idea of controlling (via dying) didn't sound great since I could just see that damn Illusive Man laughing at me.

Kind of felt like I should just give a call out to Hackett telling him that the Crucible was a piece of junk and we had to just beat the Reapers via shooting them with many bullets.

Still if I choose to ignore the ending it overall was a good trip. Lost some good people along the way, but killed some Reapers while I was at it.

Personally those damn Banshees drove me nuts. I could handle the Brutes and Ravagers weren't too bad either. But those damn Banshees...teleporting all over the place and instant kill if they get too close. Swear I was just running away most of the times they showed up.

[synaesthetic]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

And finally I have reached this point. The game was longer than I expected which was nice.

Spoiler for Ending:

Well that was odd.

Guess next time I should go single so not to leave anyone behind...

I didn't like how they made so many of the endings similar besides colour. I was really hoping we would just go up there and fire off some huge beam. Be and Garrus had plans to chill out on a beach (I'd bring Tali along since I did bother to romance her) and all would be well. Instead I get blasted to hell by Harbinger (who doesn't even bother to say hello) and am left with a choice to make. None of them sounded that good to be honest. Wasn't a fan of melding organic and machine life, wasn't a fan of blasting all machines to hell (including the Geth who I bothered to get on my side), and the idea of controlling (via dying) didn't sound great since I could just see that damn Illusive Man laughing at me.

Kind of felt like I should just give a call out to Hackett telling him that the Crucible was a piece of junk and we had to just beat the Reapers via shooting them with many bullets.

Still if I choose to ignore the ending it overall was a good trip. Lost some good people along the way, but killed some Reapers while I was at it.

Personally those damn Banshees drove me nuts. I could handle the Brutes and Ravagers weren't too bad either. But those damn Banshees...teleporting all over the place and instant kill if they get too close. Swear I was just running away most of the times they showed up.

Spoiler for ending:

You're not permitted to leave anyone behind. They don't actually die, anyway. Apparently, Blue God Kid magically resurrects them, teleports them to the Normandy, then teleports the Normandy to the Charon relay when you make your choice.

Want the ending to be more satisfying? Alt-F4 the game when Anderson and Shepard sit down together after docking the Crucible. If it ended right there, I would have been far less annoyed (but still annoyed) with the ending.

Banshees were rough, but it was the sniper types that got me, since they forced me into cover and that really makes life hard for Vanguards.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Spoiler for ending:

You're not permitted to leave anyone behind. They don't actually die, anyway. Apparently, Blue God Kid magically resurrects them, teleports them to the Normandy, then teleports the Normandy to the Charon relay when you make your choice.

Want the ending to be more satisfying? Alt-F4 the game when Anderson and Shepard sit down together after docking the Crucible. If it ended right there, I would have been far less annoyed (but still annoyed) with the ending.

Banshees were rough, but it was the sniper types that got me, since they forced me into cover and that really makes life hard for Vanguards.

Spoiler for Ending:

I did find that rather nice of him. I take those two with me into a great charge at the gate and we all get blown away . A good reminder to take people you don't give a damn about to a final battle.

I really got a laugh when they both suddenly showed up on the Normandy. I mean great that they had time to get picked up, patched up, and dropped onto the Normandy in the middle of a firefight.

On that note what the heck was the Normandy doing anyways? They should have been in the middle of the battle not running away from beams of energy. Damn it, Joker left me to die !

Agree I choose to just leave the ending where you suggested. Then I will just complain that I didn't get to see the Reapers getting blown up .

[synaesthetic]

I find it amusing how they managed to cock everything up with a staggering number of inconsistencies, but at the same time got some small details that seemed very thoughtful:

Spoiler for ending:

The squadmates coming out of the crashed Normandy seem to be random, but if EDI is among those who come out, Joker will hug her, assuming you encouraged their getting together. I'm not sure if this happens only in the Synthesis ending, but when I chose the Control Reapers ending, my squadmates from the final run to the beam came out of the ship (Garrus and Liara).

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

I find it amusing how they managed to cock everything up with a staggering number of inconsistencies, but at the same time got some small details that seemed very thoughtful:

Spoiler for ending:

The squadmates coming out of the crashed Normandy seem to be random, but if EDI is among those who come out, Joker will hug her, assuming you encouraged their getting together. I'm not sure if this happens only in the Synthesis ending, but when I chose the Control Reapers ending, my squadmates from the final run to the beam came out of the ship (Garrus and Liara).

Spoiler for Ending:

Yeah I had pretty much the same thing happen. With synthesis those two come out first and in control had Garrus and Tali. I suppose they wanted to show with synthesis how organic and synthetic could totally get along now.