>in order to hunt down the BBEG you have to go to a planet where evil megarcorporation researches almost extinct ancient mind controlling aliens, a planet where evil megarcorporation researches mind controlling alien, find a mind controlling alien expert on extinct ancient mind controlling aliens and then a planet where you learn that the true BBEG is in fact an ancient mind controlling alien who killed said extinct ancient mind controlling aliensHow the FUCK did they get away with this?
Yes the species that survive the extinction cycles develop mind control telepathy its like you only paid attention enough to be a cinema sins rip off
Get away with what...? A good story?
>>3938636Been replaying ME1 the last few days and yeah, I was thinking about that on Feros. It kind of felt like they came up with several iterations of this "ancient mind controlling species" plot device and then just said, fuck it, add them all in. Still really enjoy the trilogy despite its flaws. ME3 is still a total shitshow thoughbeit
>>3939407>ME3 is still a total shitshow thoughbeitThe seeds of ME3's narrative failures were sown way back in ME2. Of course, the fault lies squarely on Mac Walters and Casey Hudson, but so does most of the good that came out of those two games. Gameplay of ME3 was also by far the best in the series, even though it admittedly buried the corpse of ME1's less-then-enjoyable but lore-backed combat system which ME2 had killed previously (thermal clips anyone).
>>3939545>The seeds of ME3's narrative failures were sown way back in ME2I see people say this a lot but I'm curious in what way. I personally love ME2, and find the story to be interesting and the missions to be some of the most fun in the series. It's only real flaw is that it fails to provide enough narrative support as the second part of an overarching narrative trilogy, and I think it only feels like it fails to provide that level of support because of how rushed and poorly written ME3 was. I think if the series had been designed as a tetralogy instead, ME2 as is would be a lot less divisive. Even still, I can think of plenty of ways they could have written ME3 to better handle Cerberus and the looming return of the Reapers.
>>3939545Their original black matter plot woupd have clapped. I think ea just wanted them to make wodern warfare>>3941338There wqs nothing they could have done. Thry wasted the entire second game and they wanted it to be popupar with enwcomers. Where was no way to turn this set of limiations into a good story. Robots bad mmkayGiven the number of retards that still like it i think they succeeded. Only the diehard fans complained
The worst part of the snow planet is the section with the edgy IA agent. Always skip her dialogue she has nothing worth hearing
>>3941338it wasted too much time on non-important shit, it set the story back by having everyone not believe shepherd about the reapers again, and left me3 with even more plot beats, like cerberus, to resolve, instead of fewer. the catalyst could have been what you discovered in me2. or the dark matter shit. or the organics are making machines which are killing the organics so we kill the organics first shit. or the galactic preparedness stuff could be in me2 it also made the whole thing seem pointless and retarded by having the reapers show up in a few months anyway, so why do you even need the collectors to collect humans if they're going to have access to billions of humans in a few months.me2 did a GREAT job of making the world feel more lived-in and had decent stories for the characters which involved the genophage and the geth and quarians but it completely shat the bed on the reaper plot.yes i agree if you had another mass effect game to do what me2 should have done, it would have probably been better, but that never happened.
>>3938636Thinking of replaying it again...
>>3942013I'd say go for it. Personally, I think it's worth waiting just a bit longer for certain ME3 overhaul mods to be finalized, but if you plan on doing a vanilla playthrough, nothing's stopping you (except remembering how shitty the ending of ME3 is).
>>3942013I'm in the middle of a playthrough. Just finished ME1 last night and onto ME2 now. I always forget how brutal the adjustment to Insanity is between ME1 and 2, especially for a Vanguard>>3942030Based spreadsheet autist. I've always wanted to do stuff like this for my characters.
>>3942030>worth waiting just a bit longer for certain ME3 overhaul mods to be finalizedWhat mods?
>>3942458>I've always wanted to do stuff like this for my charactersIt's not to late to do so, provided you're still on your first trilogy playthrough. I decided on making the spreadsheet prior to replaying the series so I could avoid doing the missions in the same order or making same sets of choices across playthroughs. It's also a nice visual reminder for me in case I want to discuss the game with someone on 4chins, like yourself.>>3942464>What mods?The Take Earth Back which was announced on 2025 N7 day, for one:>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5UPpfFy6XwThe likes of LE3 Diversification Project, LE3 Expanded Galaxy Mod, LE3 Community Patches might get some updates as well in the meanwhile. Various mods that restore cut content are being made, as well as some that add ME evades, melee attacks or powers to SP. There's really no way of knowing if some awesome mod for any of the ME games will be released just as you are going through your playthrough.
>>3942030wtf was jian's problem?
>>3942030>all characters picked Destroy (Survive)based>>3943218Commander Chud Shepard
>>3943218>wtf was jian's problem?Being an opportunistic dick with good PR. I wanted to subvert expectations on the expected Paragon Spacer War Hero playthrough, where the formative event in Jian's life which earned him the Star of Terra was mostly him saving his own skin (in my headcanon, he was way in the back, using his sniper rifle, drones and teammates to keep the breaching party at bay), which coincided with him saving the colony. As a capable, calculated and slightly egotistical Navy brat with an impeccable service record and a streak of anthropocentrism, he's using his status as a war hero and a Spectre to his fullest, making sure humanity will come out at the top when the dust settles. Of course, sometimes he makes a bad call due to his overconfidence, but not a lot of people get to survive after seeing him stumble.>>3943244It felt redundant to write it down six times since I was using a MEHEM mod which defaults to that outcome (if the War assets are high enough at least), but I would've picked it in the vanilla game anyways. We either destroy them, or they destroy us, as Anderson put it.
