Massive Effect 3

[Madaz]

I don't see why it can't be done try

Give login detail to yous US buddy when he logs in he will have a US IP and when he makes the purchase it will be with a US credit card

[oweban]

Yeah, but I'm not sure if gifting is available on Origin. Maybe? Haven't looked too far into it.

[Madaz]

Yeah but I'm not really implying gifting as he would be logging in as the owner

[SoFreshSoClean]

Just got this off cdkeysdirect for ~ $38

Origin is really much better than I ever expected, super fast D/L speeds

[oweban]

so i caved and bought the n7 from ozgameshop

i'm a tard

and yeah, i get heaps faster speeds from origin than i do from steam, winner, plus i can hide games i've uninstalled!

[alex182]

i wanted the n7 edition, but settled for the standard edition today. $78 from JB Hifi. Wanted to get some microsoft points for the prothean dude but didnt have $30 on me.

EDIT: cpd, how much was the N7 edition on ozgameshop if you dont mind me asking? they dont have a price pn their site

Edited March 8, 2012 by alex182

[oweban]

i wanted the n7 edition, but settled for the standard edition today. $78 from JB Hifi. Wanted to get some microsoft points for the prothean dude but didnt have $30 on me.

EDIT: cpd, how much was the N7 edition on ozgameshop if you dont mind me asking? they dont have a price pn their site

srsly? ah. got it for 89 i think.

all on its way now was annoyed at AU pricing for SR3 as well even on 50% off sale (down to $45USD on steam, US was $25USD) so got that too.

[alex182]

just completed my first play through this morning.

pretty disappointed with the ending, especially seeing as this was the end of the trilogy.

i wont spoil it for you...but im quite disappointed

[SoFreshSoClean]

just completed my first play through this morning.

pretty disappointed with the ending, especially seeing as this was the end of the trilogy.

i wont spoil it for you...but im quite disappointed

Apparently you have to play multiplayer to get the best ending.

Mass Effect 3 War Assets and Readiness: how multiplayer affects your ending

Edited March 11, 2012 by SoFreshSoClean

[alex182]

Apparently you have to play multiplayer to get the best ending.

Mass Effect 3 War Assets and Readiness: how multiplayer affects your ending

thats bullsh*t. i dont want to buy more xbox live.

EDIT: looked into the whole have-to-play-multiplayer-for-ending-to-not-suck thing, but some say you just have to do ALL the side missions and go around to every single planet scanning and launching probes and even the, the best scenario is (Quote)"heart-wrenchingly depressing". f**k that.

just shattered that years of playing and waiting for the end has culminated to this

Edited March 11, 2012 by alex182

[Madaz]

hahahah love the gif

[QWK32]

just completed my first play through this morning.

pretty disappointed with the ending, especially seeing as this was the end of the trilogy.

i wont spoil it for you...but im quite disappointed

that was fast, short game or have you been playing non stop?

i just started it today, though i picked up my N7 edition on thursday i hadn't had a chance to play it. i was really looking forward to this game and so far, i'm up to the citadel first visit (~2hours in), the game has frozen twice. completely locking up my ps3, have to hold into the power button to get it to start up again, then the ps3 chucks the shits cause it wasn't turned of properly and wants to send of crash reports and check the file system for any corruption. i have been playing my ps3 for about 4 years now average 15-20hours a week, many different games, and have never had this happen. i do like the game/story enough to ignore the occasional dropped frame but the freezing is annoying.

i played the Kingdoms of Amular demo to get the bonus ME3 armour and weapon. The weapon you get, chakram launcher i think it was, is mad, it one shots the guys with riot shields. i'm playing through as an infiltrator, just cloak, step out of cover and line them up, drop them with the launcher then back into cover lol. i'm also loving how you start the game with plenty of upgrade points, makes it seem like your about the same level as you were in ME2. Do you get the option to redistribute points later in the game like you could with ME2?

Edited March 11, 2012 by QWK32

[alex182]

that was fast, short game or have you been playing non stop?

i just started it today, though i picked up my N7 edition on thursday i hadn't had a chance to play it. i was really looking forward to this game and so far, i'm up to the citadel first visit (~2hours in), the game has frozen twice. completely locking up my ps3, have to hold into the power button to get it to start up again, then the ps3 chucks the shits cause it wasn't turned of properly and wants to send of crash reports and check the file system for any corruption. i have been playing my ps3 for about 4 years now average 15-20hours a week, many different games, and have never had this happen. i do like the game/story enough to ignore the occasional dropped frame but the freezing is annoying.

i played the Kingdoms of Amular demo to get the bonus ME3 armour and weapon. The weapon you get, chakram launcher i think it was, is mad, it one shots the guys with riot shields. i'm playing through as an infiltrator, just cloak, step out of cover and line them up, drop them with the launcher then back into cover lol. i'm also loving how you start the game with plenty of upgrade points, makes it seem like your about the same level as you were in ME2. Do you get the option to redistribute points later in the game like you could with ME2?

game time right after final mission was 16h and 1 minute. Pretty much the same as my ME2 game files. I was mostly doing missions, i left out a few side missions and theres still tasks to do, and theres that whole explore and scan planets and stuff. I played as a solider, will plays as either an infiltrator or a adept next.

And yes, if you import an ME2 character you're at the level (s)he was at and you get his upgrade points. If you start a new one, i think they give you points based on where you "would" be up to if you had completed ME2. and yes you can redistribute points in the med bay on the normandy. First times free i think. i did it once and didnt have to pay.

[scandyflick]

Just hit 34 hours. On my final push through London. The hordes of Brutes, Banshees and Marauders at the missile batteries makes for some uh... Colourful language.

Missed a couple side missions when they went dark after the shit at the Citadel. Explored most planets. Ended up going for the end game with 3300 something EMS. Krogan, Turian, STG, Geth, and Quarian on board.

Next game I'll try for 4000 without touching multiplayer.

[alex182]

^^^let me know what you think of the ending. im still shocked

EDIT: i found this and lol'd at how applicable it is to me.

First reaction upon meeting kelly chambers was "f*ck yes! i get my fish back. cheers babe"

Edited March 11, 2012 by alex182

[FrangaR33]

SPOILERS IN THE FOLLOWING

I never thought I would say this but on the issue of the ending i'm with Hitler on this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qYm738hq1o

Edited March 11, 2012 by FrangaR33

[alex182]

Hitler gains +10 paragon points

on thhat vid, I saved Ashley on Virmire, she's better than that douche Kaiden.

EDIT: i saw a different one yesterday

here it is

(spoilers onwards. only watch if you've gotten to the ending)

Edited March 12, 2012 by alex182

[oweban]

CARRRRRTTTHHH

[FrangaR33]

Hitler gains +10 paragon points

on thhat vid, I saved Ashley on Virmire, she's better than that douche Kaiden.

EDIT: i saw a different one yesterday

here it is

(spoilers onwards. only watch if you've gotten to the ending)

Edit: Here is a facebook group to "Retake Mass Effect"fans who demand a better ending in the last couple of hours its got 3k more likes, join up if you think the ending was crap.

Its so true, I made so many Mass Effect 2 characters with the plan of using them to see all of the different outcomes and endings of the various decisions only to find out that the choices dont even matter. Definetly not gonna do more playthroughs now.

Spoliers Below!!!

Even if you tell the quarians not to go to war with the Geth they still do

You kill the Rachni they still come back somehow and help the reapers

What the shit Bioware!?!?! although to be honest this has got EA's money grubbing hands written all over it. You need an online code to get the best ending another $20 for EA everytime someone else plays the game second hand. Want a decent ending? That'll be another $10-20 in DLC probably.

Bioware's game endings up until now (besides Dragon Age 2) have always been so good, KOTOR 1 and 2 were epic. The sense of satisfaction at the end of Mass Effect 1 and 2 was huge especially if you managed to keep your team alive. And now this it just doesnt fit Bioware's profile.

Since EA bought Bioware the games stories have been dodgy at best, Mass Effect 2 was still mostly developed while Bioware wasn't owned by EA, But Dragon Age 2 and ME3 were, lets just see if theres a pattern, the endings are shockingly bad and to be completely honest Dragon Age 2 is shit compared with the first one.

Edited March 12, 2012 by FrangaR33

[alex182]

Edit: Here is a facebook group to "Retake Mass Effect"fans who demand a better ending in the last couple of hours its got 3k more likes, join up if you think the ending was crap.

Its so true, I made so many Mass Effect 2 characters with the plan of using them to see all of the different outcomes and endings of the various decisions only to find out that the choices dont even matter. Definetly not gonna do more playthroughs now.

Spoliers Below!!!

Even if you tell the quarians not to go to war with the Geth they still do

You kill the Rachni they still come back somehow and help the reapers

What the shit Bioware!?!?! although to be honest this has got EA's money grubbing hands written all over it. You need an online code to get the best ending another $20 for EA everytime someone else plays the game second hand. Want a decent ending? That'll be another $10-20 in DLC probably.

Bioware's game endings up until now (besides Dragon Age 2) have always been so good, KOTOR 1 and 2 were epic. The sense of satisfaction at the end of Mass Effect 1 and 2 was huge especially if you managed to keep your team alive. And now this it just doesnt fit Bioware's profile.

Since EA bought Bioware the games stories have been dodgy at best, Mass Effect 2 was still mostly developed while Bioware wasn't owned by EA, But Dragon Age 2 and ME3 were, lets just see if theres a pattern, the endings are shockingly bad and to be completely honest Dragon Age 2 is shit compared with the first one.

a agree, i played the first dragon age so many times, then the second one came along and was aimed too much at console gamers. No replayable value at all, much like ME3. I started a new character this morning, but its so hard to get into when you know everything goes to shit anyway.

i've already joined that FB group and have been looking into the ending more. im convinced that the end is some sort of hallucination from (spoiler) blood loss from being pwned by harbringer (who didnt speak at all, wtf. he was such an enemy in ME2 then he just drops in and blasts you), or reaper indoctrination. it just doesnt make sense how the catylyst is all "oh by the way, i control the reapers and they're doing the right thing goodbye". and for shepard, as a character, to just accept the end with no objections or anything goes against the entire message of the franchise. also in the "least terrible ending" where you see shepard take a breathe, he's not in a bunch of space like debris and wires like he should be after the citadel blows up around him, he's in a pile of rubble (which uncannily resembles the state of london before he went through the conduit).(spoiler)

you should have a flick through the mass effect section of reddit .

http://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/

theres some really good and thoughtout input, not like the bioware forums where its just people bitching.

i'd highly reccomend this topic

http://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/qrtuq/after_playing_through_all_3_of_the_16_endings_i/

where the guy thinks that the ending was unfinished and was slapped together due to deadlines from EA.