In Progress Let's Play Mass Effect 3: Emotional Engagements

[Wyrmlord]

Around 13:30, Shepard finds a log written somewhere. Why would he be reading someone's report in the middle of a battle? Why was the log even placed there?

Why does the game give you an urgent situation and then structure everything like there is no urgency? Just read a diary log in the middle of a Reaper battle, heh.

 

[abnaxus]

It definitely ruined my immersion.

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

Why does the game give you an urgent situation and then structure everything like there is no urgency?

Yes, that would be quite different from every other Bioware game. Not sure why they'd do it here, considering the rest of ME3 is so well put together.
But if I were to guess, I'd say dongs. They explain everything.

 

[RK47]

 

[AstralStorm]

Critical Engagement Failure in 5... 4... 3...

 

[RK47]

Looking forward to getting home and see the citadel Fortress of Regrets.

 

[TNO]

You would think millions of year old cyber machines of doom would have pretty badass EWS which would stop any targetted weapons, but I guess if you start thinking like that, where would it end?

 

[lightbane]

I like how they don't bother explaining how does that magical beam stop the missiles. Anyways, prepare yourself RK, you're going to enter the dreaded "Maximum DERP" territory. From now on, expect the worse

 

[RK47]

I like how they don't bother explaining how does that magical beam stop the missiles. Anyways, prepare yourself RK, you're going to enter the dreaded "Maximum DERP" territory. From now on, expect the worse

Heading home in 1 hour... can't wait.

 

[Kashrlyyk]

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One reaper got destroyed by a few rockets. So why can't the reapers be beaten with conventional warfare again?

 

[Ion Prothon II]

The EC really made it less mindfucking. Can't recall the scene from the end of last video in the original game, this one with crashed transporter and the view of beam surroundings. It was just like 'How the fuck did I got there, why amI running down through this shit, what the hell just happened'.

 

[Ulminati]

Looking forward to getting home and see the citadel Fortress of Regrets.

Oh you'll regret sitting through the next part all right

 

[AstralStorm]

One reaper got destroyed by a few rockets. So why can't the reapers be beaten with conventional warfare again?

Note that it wiped out far too many people. Funny thing though, they could've wiped everything just with a blink anyway. It's theoretically possible, just not practically.
The main problems is that you get mnogo Reapers in the sky and if they really cared, they'd just cover one another in pairs destroying any zerg rush missile launchers. (Heck, a single one was almost successful in that.)
Stationary missile launchers were their prime target. (e.g. nuclear silos)

Killing a single is reasonable. Killing most of them? Very hard.

Logic in ME3?

(BONUS: There's a huge flaw in this argument. Find it.)

 

[RK47]

.............................what. the. fuck?

 

[Ulminati]

RK47. Your emotions. Did you engage them?

 

[lightbane]

Once we arrive at the endings, someone should compare these/post videos with the regular endings (before the extended derp DLC) for maximum lulz.

 

[RK47]

I'm done. HAHAHAHA.

 

[Ulminati]

I'm done. HAHAHAHA.

They're planning to release more DLC you know. Don't disengage your emotions just yet!

 

[RK47]

I'm just very surprised. Not angry. Just very amused. It's very easy to make a decent ME ending that will please the majority of the mainstream fans and no one can fault them for it...but they had to try and be intellectual and ....pull off something that they can't achieve well. Why? Why do that? I don't understand it at all.

Even the writers of Binary Domain knew better than this.
And frankly, sums up my feelings perfectly.
Uploading the good parts (Err...to me. It's OK. It's fine. Has flaws..but OK) first.

 

[Ulminati]

Did you do normal or EC? Normal is even more :wtfjusthappened:

 

[RK47]

EC only.

 

[BrotherFrank]

EC only.

Then you missed out on the true mass effect 3 experience

As for why the ending feels like it got written by someone else, its because it was. Lead producer Casey Hudson went ahead and wrote the ending solo (original mass effect writers were going for a completely different direction involving dark energy). Emphasis on solo, no supervision, no one else to doublecheck the guy because he is "incredibly intelligent" (actual words used by a bioware employee in a post on BSN).

 

[Erebus]

Be sure to check the original endings on Youtube, RK. Their WTF charm is quite something.

 

[Ulminati]

To save time, there's a version out there with all the endings playing side by side. That one will really engage your emotions

 

[RK47]

Second upload is queued...I'm heading to bed.