Mass Effect 3

[aukevin]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I'm just about to the end of the game, I'm at Priority Horizon and I've done all the side missions. I've read that I really need a EMS of around 4k or 5k to get the best ending. My EMS is 3302 at the moment. Is the multiplayer fun? Will it take a long time playing that to build up my EMS higher or is this something I could do in a few hours over a couple nights?

[souljahbill]

I'm just about to the end of the game, I'm at Priority Horizon and I've done all the side missions. I've read that I really need a EMS of around 4k or 5k to get the best ending. My EMS is 3302 at the moment. Is the multiplayer fun? Will it take a long time playing that to build up my EMS higher or is this something I could do in a few hours over a couple nights?

I, personally, think MP is fun and I'm not an online MP person. It should only take 3-4 hours to get your EMS up. The "best" ending is highly subjective though. You're presented with several options at the end that all have pros and cons. What's "best" is for you to decide.

[jmood88]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Thats another thing that bothered me. Why should i pay more(the novels) for information that should be explained in game. To be honest, i had no idea novels where even out. I thought they had comic books, but nothing else.

If you don't care enough about the story to read the novels, then don't whine about not getting every scrap of information. They can't include everything in the lore in the game so they expand on other things outside of the games. But, like I said earlier, you don't even need to read the books to get information on Kai Leng and other characters. Most of the stuff is either in an email, explained by another character, or in the codex. You don't even have to buy the books to get the information anyway since you can just go online to one of the many Mass Effect wiki's and get synopses of all the plots, information on the characters introduced in each book, or just find the books in their entirety for free.

[aukevin]

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I, personally, think MP is fun and I'm not an online MP person. It should only take 3-4 hours to get your EMS up. The "best" ending is highly subjective though. You're presented with several options at the end that all have pros and cons. What's "best" is for you to decide.

I guess what I mean by "best" is that by me doing more to raise my EMS, then someone might not die or something like that. Seeing a few extra seconds of an ending isn't a must because that is what youtube is for. I just want to be able to make all the possible choices I guess. What I'm looking for is something how the end of ME2 was. If I was fully prepared going into the suicide mission by doing my loyalty missions, ship upgrades, etc, then I came out of the suicide mission much better than I would have otherwise. Is that the same thing that's happening in ME3? I will have done all the sidemissions, so will I have all the options available for me, or do I need to do the MP in order to see more options?

I don't mind doing the MP either, as long is it isn't long and dragged out. I want to be able to get in, and do a mission in 30 minutes or so, then maybe go do another one.

[souljahbill]

Get 4000 EMS (after galactic readiness variable) and you'll get the best outcomes for all the choices.

[TracerBullet]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Thats another thing that bothered me. Why should i pay more(the novels) for information that should be explained in game. To be honest, i had no idea novels where even out. I thought they had comic books, but nothing else.

Games with large universes such as this always have literature on the side because the games can't explain everything. This ranges from Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Halo, StarCraft, WarCraft, Resistance, Bioshock, etc. If you truly want all of the information of most large scale series these days, some reading on the side must be accompanied. It's on you to determine how much you care.

[jjdogjjdog5162]

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If you don't care enough about the story to read the novels, then don't whine about not getting every scrap of information. They can't include everything in the lore in the game so they expand on other things outside of the games. But, like I said earlier, you don't even need to read the books to get information on Kai Leng and other characters. Most of the stuff is either in an email, explained by another character, or in the codex. You don't even have to buy the books to get the information anyway since you can just go online to one of the many Mass Effect wiki's and get synopses of all the plots, information on the characters introduced in each book, or just find the books in their entirety for free.

I was not "whining". I said it "bothered" me. If this game was based on a franchise that had been established before the videogames came out, i could understand the lack of explanation. Also, as i stated before, i had no idea novels were even available for the game. IMO, its lazy to just assume people will traverse the internet or buy books to fully understand newly introduced characters in the game or why plot points just switched

Spoiler

Anderson not being on the council at the start of 3

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[jmood88]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I was not "whining". I said it "bothered" me. If this game was based on a franchise that had been established before the videogames came out, i could understand the lack of explanation. Also, as i stated before, i had no idea novels were even available for the game. IMO, its lazy to just assume people will traverse the internet or buy books to fully understand newly introduced characters in the game or why plot points just switched

Spoiler

Anderson not being on the council at the start of 3

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Gamers throw "lazy" around like it's nothing. It's not lazy for the developers to assume that someone who claims to be interested in the lore will pay attention to the wealth of resources in-game that explain many of the issues you complain about or will go to the internet to find out more. It's not like the books are secret, the release dates are announced on every gaming site/blog and once the book is released it gets publicized. But aside from that, a simple Internet search will direct you to all the information you could need on certain characters or plot points.

[LambertandHam]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Gamers throw "lazy" around like it's nothing. It's not lazy for the developers to assume that someone who claims to be interested in the lore will pay attention to the wealth of resources in-game that explain many of the issues you complain about or will go to the internet to find out more. It's not like the books are secret, the release dates are announced on every gaming site/blog and once the book is released it gets publicized. But aside from that, a simple Internet search will direct you to all the information you could need on certain characters or plot points.

Wiki's are a great source if you have an hour or so to burn. I can't count all the Elder Scrolls(going all the way back to Morrowind) and ME stuff I've read. Then again, I do read the little blurb for every planet I come across, be it ME, ME2, or ME 3.

[aukevin]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I played some multiplayer last night for a couple hours to raise my readiness. I guess it worked pretty good. I played about 5 sessions and my EMS jumped from 3300 to 4100. I've read a few places online (and here) that 4000 is good enough for all the decision options at endgame, but that's only if you are fully paragon or renegade, which I am by the way. So hopefully I'm good to finish out the game now.

[souljahbill]

I played some multiplayer last night for a couple hours to raise my readiness. I guess it worked pretty good. I played about 5 sessions and my EMS jumped from 3300 to 4100. I've read a few places online (and here) that 4000 is good enough for all the decision options at endgame, but that's only if you are fully paragon or renegade, which I am by the way. So hopefully I'm good to finish out the game now.

Full paragon/renegade is irrelevant. It's whether your not you used charm/intimidate options every time you spoke to the Illusive Man.

[DickDalewood]

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Gamers throw "lazy" around like it's nothing. It's not lazy for the developers to assume that someone who claims to be interested in the lore will pay attention to the wealth of resources in-game that explain many of the issues you complain about or will go to the internet to find out more. It's not like the books are secret, the release dates are announced on every gaming site/blog and once the book is released it gets publicized. But aside from that, a simple Internet search will direct you to all the information you could need on certain characters or plot points.

"Lazy" and "broken" have to be the two most overused, and misused, terms in gaming.

[jjdogjjdog5162]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Gamers throw "lazy" around like it's nothing. It's not lazy for the developers to assume that someone who claims to be interested in the lore will pay attention to the wealth of resources in-game that explain many of the issues you complain about or will go to the internet to find out more. It's not like the books are secret, the release dates are announced on every gaming site/blog and once the book is released it gets publicized. But aside from that, a simple Internet search will direct you to all the information you could need on certain characters or plot points.

Nevermind. I guess we feel differently about certain plots and how they were explained. If your fine with a paragraph in the codex explaining a fairly big decision being switched from the first game(if the decision you made from the first game was the one where it switched) then more power to you. I wasnt. The 3rd game just left a bitter taste in my mouth. And it wasnt just the ending or the rushed beginning. It was realizing that no matter what, Bioware was shaping the universe for the general masses and people just starting in at the 3rd game and my decisions from the first/second made little to no impact on it.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Nevermind. I guess we feel differently about certain plots and how they were explained. If your fine with a paragraph in the codex explaining a fairly big decision being switched from the first game(if the decision you made from the first game was the one where it switched) then more power to you. I wasnt. The 3rd game just left a bitter taste in my mouth. And it wasnt just the ending or the rushed beginning. It was realizing that no matter what, Bioware was shaping the universe for the general masses and people just starting in at the 3rd game and my decisions from the first/second made little to no impact on it.

What decision from the first game was potentially switched over?

[Solidice]

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well, Anderson never really like the political stuff to begin with. it's not that far a stretch for him to quit being councilor between ME2 and ME3 and take position as an Admiral, especially after the events of ME2:Arrival. I actually never questioned it when I saw him in the beginning of ME3 with him as Admiral, and that it was an obvious choice for Anderson. He always was a fighter and not a political guy.