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Great combat, great customization, great audio, great graphics and great story!
Lots of the kinks have been ironed out and everything I liked about ME 1 and 2 have been combined and then improved.
The amount of fine-tuning, polish and improvement is astounding and you can really tell the developers listened to their fans.
You must play this game!
Mass Effect 3 is an excellent game, simply one of my favourites. The Story is perfect, combat is balanced, your choices matter and the RPG elements make it even better.
Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy. It puts you in the middle of a galactic war right from the start. You play as Commander Shepard, an Alliance Soldier. You have one goal, unite the galaxy and stop the menacing evil that is the Reapers, a race of sentient starships, who systematically wipe out all life every 50,000 years.
This Collector's Edition is well worth the cost, you get a 70-page Hard-Cover art book, with amazing artwork inside, A comic book which also has amazing artwork, a lithograph of the Normandy, and a Velcro N7 Patch, also comes with a bunch of in-game DLC including From Ashes which is a must.
Pros
+Lots of goodies
Cons
So glad I was able to get this after copies sold out in the US and am very thankful to mighty ape who supplyed me with it
The culmination of countless hours of gameplay with beautiful graphics and a story that takes you on an emotional roller coaster ride with the player at the helm making the crucial decisions. Overall, well worth it. A few glitches here and there but nothing that can't be overlooked once the story sucks you in… …until you get the ending where nothing you did matters and you're saddled with three choices given by a random starchild…but overall, an excellent play (just use your imagination to get the ending the trilogy deserves)
loved it definitely had some improvements on the previous ME, loved the story line. But also some negative for example the multiplayer can only be played on LIVE essentially locking some achievements for people without gold accounts. but otherwise AWESOME!!
This is more towards mighty ape more than the game. They literally made my day since I missed out on pre-order accompanied with excellent service.
Say goodbye to friends and family before you start playing this as you wont be talking to them for a while. Draws you in and doesnt let go – so many things to do, places to explore and fighting to be done.
Despite the controversial ending and addition of multiplayer I think this is by far the best Mass Effect ever.
Singleplayer: This is the heart of the game and where the best moments are, from beautiful cutscenes and heartfelt moments to companions witty one liners, unique personalities, quirks and friendly jabs at each other. Then there is the action some say the game is more action based than the other two ever were and seem to take away from the RPG elements but I found this to not be so,you still build your character how you want with your xp,there is still plenty of choices during the story and enough exploration/item collecting to make things fun,actually I think the ramped up action improves it as a whole,speaking of improves the resource/mining system has from ME2 has been overhauled no longer will you endlessly scan planets one by one.
Multiplayer: When it was announced that Me3 was to have multiplayer many fans got worried that it would ruin singleplayer and/or be horrible. This I find is not the case the MP does play a little like Gears of war horde mode, but this isn't quite a bad thing. It is quite addictive and great fun with friends,plus you can play as species from the ME universe like Turian's,Asari,Drell,Qaurians and Salarians. Each match has you face 11 waves of enemies with up to 4 friends, with waves 3,6 and 10 requireing you to complete objectives which reward you with credits used to buy “packs” that give you a random assortment of characters,weapons or equipment.
Overall I found the game extremely entertaining and the story is not to be missed,and the multiplayer is excellent 4/5 only because of the dissapointing ending otherwise a game to beat all games and well worth your hard earned cash.
I don't hate the endings. One of them made me cry like a baby. It's all about the journey in my opinion and it's one that I'm only too happy to repeat with each of my Shepards. Absolutely worth the time and money.
This is mainly a review of what you get in the Collector's edition
Premium metal case featuring commemorative artwork of Commander Shepard _____________________________________________________
You get similar artwork on the normal case where you can flip the cover to show either John Shepard or the new Female Shepard – every steel case I get I have problems with – this is no exception – the plastic holders for the discs – especially disc 2 are incredibly hard to open and I'm constantly worried I'm going to snap the disc. You are going to be swapping discs frequently in this game I must have swapped them at least 6 times.
70-page hardbound art book __________________________
This is a small but very good art book – I picked up details I hadn't noticed in game – I've looked at the bigger art book and felt it didn't add much more than this one it is just a lot bigger. As a fan of the series I enjoyed this – although I didn't read it until I finished the game – I seriously recommend if you don't want spoilers then don't look at it before finishing the game.
An exclusive 4×6 lithographic print featuring a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork ______________________________________________________
Um… A postcard… Not sure what I will do with this
Limited edition Mass Effect comic by Dark Horse Comics _____________________________________________________
I felt a bit suckered by this one, it is part one of a series and is only a few pages long. I honestly didn't get much value from this addition.
The premium fabric N7 patch ____________________________
Ah… Well this is sitting next to my monitor – if no one is watching I'll stick it on my t-shirt when playing – has velcro hooks on the rear side so really needs the velcro fuzzy side to stick to
A full collection of in-game content that can't be found anywhere else! ______________________________________________________
Right now we are getting to the middle of the pudding, you get a bunch of codes to enter into the Xbox marketplace – there are some new weapons, let's talk about those. Weapons keep leveling up in the game – as you progress through areas you find more powerful guns, these CE weapons give you a small edge early in the game – more physchological than anything else – the guns kick and spray everywhere – once I got the Salarian's gun later in the game I never changed it.
Still if you are buying the collector's edition it is because you love collecting right- – so having more weapons even if you don't use them is just part of playing RPGs
Another code gives you access to the Ashes of Eden content – despite all the internet tears about day 1 DLC – I personally don't think this content is essential – it gives more lore on the Protheans and adds some interesting conversations and if anything suggested to me that my Shepard could suffer the same fate as Javik. Javik as a companion is awkward if you are a paragon, he seemed more of a renegade, I didn't take him on many missions, be warned you still need to download 600mb of content to activate this character.
The dog
Hey there, good dog. It really doesn't do much, I'm not sure why it was included, now if it could come on missions and take out some husks…
So that's the content reviewed, as for the game… All I'll say is that I've never said so many goodbyes in a game before, nor been left grieving at the end before. Despite the unusual end, the game is worth buying, it contains many satisfying levels, ties up as many loose ends as it leaves hanging and ultimately is a story about friendship and sacrificing everything for your friends.
I recommend the collector's edition as a good buy for any fan of the series.
I really loved this game the campaigne was awesomome and the multiplayer was 1 ove the best 1 down side for me was the endings where confusing all and all its a must have
Like it says in the summery :)
A fun game, but feels like it needed a month more of final polishing. People glitching as they talk or things teleporting very slightly in conversation is a minor annoyance, but still an annoyance.
Love playing this game with kinect.
Collectors packaging is nice. The weapons are good and its handy to get the From Ashes dlc with it too. The dog is a useless gimmick but the N7 hoodie is actually pretty cool. The artbook is nice but do not read it untill you have played the game as it contains spoilers. The soundtrack is a bit hard to get (search around on the internet to find out how to redeem it) but contains some great music. (the titles of the songs also contains spoliers though)
Absolutely outstanding game. Especially if you have played the other 2 and carried your character through into this one. The only blemish is the ending which you may have heard about but bioware is working on that as I type this review. If you're a fan of heavily story and character driven games with great gameplay (also being a fan of sci-fi, third person shooters, and/or action RPG's is a bonus) then you absolutely must buy this game. (though I seriously reccomend playing the first 2 games first). If you're still unsure check the metacritic score and read a review. (some people have been trolling the user ratings though so dont give that number too much weight)
What a great game if you have played the last two it will be great for you but even if this is your first mass effect you will love it no matter what
Only downside was that you can't use extra content unless you donwload it from the internet.
I bought this game for my brohers birthday present, at first I was a little hesitant due to the price. But looking around, for the quality and service Mighty Ape offer, i was happy to pay na extra $10.
The game itself is an incredibly comple game, and imerses the player in the universe (Once again) just like the other 2 Mass Effect games. The gamplay itself is just as criptic and entertatining, topped off with an amazing graphics core.
All up, this game desrvers an 8.5 / 10
Anyone who enjoyed ME and/or ME2 will love this game, incredibly well done, hats of to Bioware for achieving such a compelling trilogy.
Would highly recommend playing the first two before jumping into this game though!