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Something that really annoys me now:

In mass effect 2 you were expected to believe Cerberus was the good guys and now in mass effect 3 they are bad guys and Kaidan alenko thinks I'm bad what?

Also I'm annoyed that Shepard is treated badly by the humans when he saved the world yet again.I have no idea if my choice of what I did in the suicide mission had impact or not but I did what I thought best and turned on Cerberus.All the sudden nobody believed Shepard and takes away his ship.

Also what is stupid is how Cerberus is not helping me while earth is under attack.


This post has been edited by Magitek_slayer on 16th February 2016 17:20

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Quote (Magitek_slayer @ 16th February 2016 16:27)

In mass effect 2 you were expected to believe Cerberus was the good guys and now in mass effect 3 they are bad guys and Kaidan alenko thinks I'm bad what?

Throughout the whole of Mass Effect, Shepard knows full well how bad Cerberus are but also the fact that the only way he was going to stop the Collectors was with their help.

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Quote (Magitek_slayer @ 16th February 2016 16:27)

In mass effect 2 you were expected to believe Cerberus was the good guys and now in mass effect 3 they are bad guys and Kaidan alenko thinks I'm bad what?

Throughout the whole of Mass Effect, Shepard knows full well how bad Cerberus are but also the fact that the only way he was going to stop the Collectors was with their help.

Precisely. For Shepard, they're simply a means to an end. I don't want to spoil it for you, but you'll eventually get into their motives a bit later.

You're never led to believe that they're good people; in fact, you're led to believe the opposite, that they are xenophobic racists with way too much money and power to throw around. But during ME2, they just happen to be the only people that possess the ability to fight the Collectors. So, they were "bad guys" whose interests just happened to coincide with Shepard's.

Also, when you think about it, the fact that Shepard is grounded and under investigation is a sign of how we were supposed to feel about Cerberus. They didn't trust their prized, first-Spectre, commander palling around with madmen.

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Here is some more detail so far:

You can now carry up to 5 weapons but they weigh you down and lower your recharge time on your abilities, which can seriously hinder your survival.

Pressing x now not just runs and covers, but you can also do a barrel roll to avoid being shot.Battles are more hectic than ever, requiring eyes at the back of your head since you can't change camera angles and get shot at from all angles.I keep accidentally barrel rolling every time I try to duck and cover.The circle button releases either a regular hit or a powerful hit.You can even grab people and kill them while taking cover for an instant kill.The knife attack does a huge amount of damage to a no barrier enemy.

Weapons:

So far I have the standard weapons

Shotgun rifles etc, and everyone can use now.You can also now add to the weapons up to two mods.The game is attempting to bring back some of what was sorely missed In mass effect 1 such as ammo and mods.

Powers:You got up to 8 powers plus 1 thing for learned ability, and you no longer have to use points on weapons anymore, since everyone can automatically use every gun.Instead of like before, you start to get a branching path on the 4th level of upgrade.The cost goes up fast 1 point per level.The branching path asks you now of you want more range on your power or more AOE power effect on your effect.

There seems to be something new called reputation along with karma.Im guessing reputation has something to do with my leadership since I'm leading a war against the reapers rallying people to join my cause.You can also get reputation if you look around and butt in to conversations by pressing x and making Shepard say something.Example:He tells one of the turians that people of his kind could use help on the moon with the fight.You also seem to be able to get things for reputation as well.

There is now something called a war terminal on your ship which gives info on readiness and total military strength plus effective military strength, and has a list of armies.

There is also a specter terminal in the citadel which gives info on quests and leads on stuff which you can read, and you can order expensive equipment which you might never be able to afford.

There is now also a new shopping system, where you can order weapons online and get them sent to you for an added price.

There is also something strange:The shadow broker vi bot can research upgrades for you.Im not sure yet how it works.I might need to find blueprints for it to make.

Quests:

You can now overhear things and get quests like I'm me1 and also get mail for quests or in cutscenes.This is great news.
All the info is in the quest page info and it won't point an arrow where you need to go.

Traveling:

You still use fuel like in mass effect 2, but a lot of your refueling stations are destroyed by reapers, and you have to now dodge reapers by escaping immediately.You still have probes but you no longer have to scan every planet, instead you get this radar for scanning planets for relics and some event.I actually like this, as I wasn't a fan of mining on all planets.

Crew:So far I haven't seen any new crew members, but a few classic ones and mass effect 2 return.I won't spoil it, you will have to play it yourself.

World design change:The citadel is back again, and so far it seems a lot smaller.You use the elevator to get to each floor.So far I have the hospital dock a bar which is also a disco and also the human embassy.

I have a feeling so far that the designers were listening to the players about the complaints about the citadel and the lack of ammo and scanning planets, which is a nice thing.I hear that me4 will bring back the mako, which is great news.


Multiplayer:

How to play:You need to create an ea account to play and download map packs and a free pass to join in for free.

Character choosing:Each listing is a character roster with a gender and race separate skills.Leveling one in that one row levels all of them in that row.Your characters also have access to weapons you got from using cash from completing online games.You can gather weapons from purchasing packs to get a new character.

Online game:Once you are done getting a character chosen, you must choose a difficulty and desired place and enemy to fight.You can either create a game and fight that one enemy and have everyone join you, or you can join a random game.Be careful to not go too high in difficulty or you will get massacred.Even on bronze the game is very difficult.

Items:So you won a few levels and want to buy something? The first thing you will notice upon entering the game is you get free packs choice with one item you can choose from.In this pack can be a choice of things:

Free medi gels to resurrect yourself if you die a lot, which is important.
Free shield booster when your shield is down.
Weapons
Weapon mods
New character races
Bullets with effects for penetrating armor and shields
Etc etc

Money:Every few rounds, you get a mission of some sort in that game to do something, wether it be destroy x enemy, rescue that thing, or use a computer terminal to download some important info.Completing these will earn you credits after the round is over.Everyone who is in the team wether dead or alive will get credits if you succeed in winning, making a team effort that more desirable.

Experience:Wether you died or you finished that game entirely and got rescued, the experience depends on one thing:How many rounds your team survived, and how many enemies your team killed.More kills and rounds higher xp for team.Total xp between all team members is rewarded to each member for helping the team survive.

Dying:After your hp runs out, you fall down and can't get up.Your team member has to rush over and heal you or the enemy will stomp you and cause you to be dead for one round.If that happens, you have to wait till the next round to get kills.If everyone dies, the whole team loses that game and it ends immediately.You get your credits and xp for missions and kills and rounds won.

This post has been edited by Magitek_slayer on 17th February 2016 20:49

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Neil Degrasse Tyson.

New annoyance:I vastly prefer the quest system in mass effect 1, as it gives details where to go in what star system and who to return to when the quest is over.It also can be accessed at any time.It seems completely random now when I'm trying to explore.

Another real annoyance:There is no way to dodge reapers.Once you do that ping thing, the alert bar goes up and they go after you and they never go away.The designers could at least allow you to lure them away to other star systems because it means you have to reload millions of times due to inability to dodge reapers because they are faster than you,It just isn't fun.

New info too:You gain info on ships of squads to use by scanning planets making it that more desireable.You also get money and reaper tech and items.I think me series should go back to me1 style quests with weapon system of me3 and conversations of me1 style, with loyalty quest of me2.

Me3 just seems to have a lot of issues.I also think the upgrade system of me3 is kinda neat.

Possible spoilers: highlight to view

Story stupidity: the Cerberus being able to have unlimited soldiers everywhere have tech from reapers and invade the citadel.Some stuff, like Cerberus attacking the planet of the krogans and wanting to activate a bomb left by the turians seems completely random and makes no sense.

This post has been edited by Magitek_slayer on 22nd February 2016 09:38

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Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Curious. Did you ever finish the game?

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We are stardust.Our bodies are made from the guts of exploding stars.

Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Mass Effect 3 to me was a huge disappointment as Mass Effect 2 to me was a perfect game with all that it pulls off.

Mass Effect 3 was apart of the same department that was more focused on politics than making a game Dragon Age 2 before this had this same problem.

It's safe to say Dragon Age 3 is an amazing game and one that touched me.

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