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Post by lieden on Apr 1, 2013 16:10:08 GMT 1
Nope. Too busy taking the piss out of the fandom's headcanons, it seems.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 1, 2013 16:29:20 GMT 1
They weren't lampooning themselves but they were patting themselves on the back, you know? There are constant in-jokes (really - constant) but none of them highlight the series' faults.
I do agree that some of the jokes were very funny. But 80% or so were bad, and all of them were unnecessary. The completely out-of-place lighthearted tone and plot are one of the biggest problems for me (one of a few). It's like - imagine if there was a saturday morning cartoon show version of Mass Effect, right? Thus DLC is like an episode of that. All the gang get together, there is zero drama or characterization, lots of gunfights peppered with dumb jokes, and a completely half-assed villain of the week. What blows me away most about this issue is the fact that the whole questline has absolutely nothing to do with the Reapers. I don't think anybody even mentioned them.
And there are other flaws, just as big. I'm not sure if it's lazy or stupid or both or what, but it's like the developers have never played Mass Effect 3, you know? I've never been so angry or so critical of a game. I mean I've played worse games obviously, but this was something else. It astonishes me that the fanbase were so upset about the ending but didn't seem to mind or even particularly dislike this. I guess it's just personal taste, but god damn. Letterbox bloody zoom bloody in to Traynor's bloody eyes with kung fu bloody music?! That's fine? Shepard dying is unacceptable but her evil twin is okay?!
Breaathhhe. I guess I'll have a more rational opinion after sleeping on it a few times. And deleting the DLC.
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Good point - this ought to have been on the 'Citadel' thread. I got sidetracked because it was part of my 'insanity run', now aptly-named.
Tillian I advise re-installing the game and downloading 'Leviathan', if you ever feel like trying the DLC or giving the game another whirl. Now that's a first class bit of DLC.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 1, 2013 16:33:34 GMT 1
I just realized that it's April Fools' day. I was playing the DLC in the early hours of this morning. What did I expect, huh xD
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 1, 2013 16:51:09 GMT 1
Breathe, Buch, breathe.
As for the DLC, when I have the cash. I'm piss poor atm. I still need to save up my pennies for Uni and a new laptop.
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Post by lieden on Apr 1, 2013 17:01:05 GMT 1
I wrote most of what I think in the previous page of this thread, Buch - since you asked, that is.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 1, 2013 17:04:29 GMT 1
I read it! Thanks for saying so. I agree that there is no place this can comfortably fit in the plot. I put it in immediately after finding Tali. It means Miranda is not present, but ending the geth war seemed like a relatively 'happy' point....
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Apr 1, 2013 18:29:16 GMT 1
@ Buch
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 1, 2013 18:33:05 GMT 1
I love you Gorvar.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Apr 1, 2013 18:46:04 GMT 1
Your torment amuses me.
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Post by lieden on Apr 1, 2013 19:16:58 GMT 1
Buch, the fanbase LOVED it. Metacritic, reddit/r/masseffect, tumblr, twitter - virtually everyone was ecstatic, claimed that this was all they ever wanted and then some. There have been very few critical voices, and they've drowned in the noise.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 1, 2013 19:29:08 GMT 1
That's amazing to me. I guess I just hope Bioware never listen to their fans again, eh! Apparently they want exactly the opposite of what I do.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 2, 2013 8:03:31 GMT 1
While I think most of the BioWare fandom are an unbalanced lot, if the BSN indicates something, but do you remember that old saying "Be careful what you wished for?"
That might affect the actual quality of their future games, by acting like a flawless prima donna. I'm just saying.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 2, 2013 15:05:48 GMT 1
If they pander to their current fans, then I'm not going to enjoy the games, that's for sure. They made my ideal game and the fans hated it. Then they added an evil twin and they loved it. I'm very wary for the future of the company and the fanbase's power over it.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 2, 2013 15:22:41 GMT 1
True, I'll be honest with you, I have doubt in both. Hence that's why I hate admitting that I was a BioWare fan back in games course. (Even I'm just admitting that I was a former). It's almost equivalent of admitting yourself that you're a fan of twilight out in the open, except for games development these days.
I missed the days when not only people don't mind that you're a BioWare fan, but also the course itself used to use some of the BioWare games for your assignments. Such as NWN1, DA:O toolsets.
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Post by Mister Buch on Apr 2, 2013 15:30:26 GMT 1
Obviously I completely disagree with that. But this debate has more to do with 'The Ending Debacle' than this DLC, and Lord knows we've debated that one enough.
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