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I finished ME3. Without the Extended Cut, I'd be pretty annoyed with the ending too. With it, I guess it's fine, which is a damn shame because the series was a whole lot more than just fine. Comparing it to ME2 is unfair since the circumstances are a whole lot different, but it is really easy to compare to Dragon Age: Origins, complete with the DLC's epilogue. It don't exactly compare favorably, let us say.
In general, I kinda felt like the game got steadily less compelling as it went on, which is really weird since you'd think that momentum would mean the opposite. The genophage storyline was perfection (wow, you'd have to be a seriously renegade jerkass to side with the Dalatrass), and the Citadel was good (plus Thane broke my heart into a million itty-bitty pieces), and I had sniffles with Legion and Tali (yes, I ditched the quarians), and then I just didn't care for Thessia (this may have something to do with my opinion of the asari--btw, I find it hilarious that Aria has nothing to say about the fall of Thessia), and from that point on, I wasn't all that invested.
I went with Control, although I did head to Destroy first before turning around (and got the game over screen for changing my mind), mostly because my Shep didn't have it in her to destroy the Geth, let alone EDI. She was going to go for Destroy because she's lost so much anyway, and fuck it, Thane said he'd be waiting, and she didn't want to hold him up--but you know, he's a patient guy. He can keep waiting, and his wife is already chilling there anyway.
The last rush of brutes was really fun though. Then a harvester stepped on me and I died. I'm pretty sure there's a metaphor for my life in there somewhere.
Now I have the incredibly obnoxious problem of wanting to replay ME2 when I have 1) midterms THIS WEEK, and 2) seriously got to finish writing a personal statement, because that's basically the bulk of my law school app. I just need to sit my ass down and actually write it. As for the former, I plan on skipping my thesis seminar tomorrow to study for my single midterm.
At least I've only got one. (Two, but the other's an essay, and I'm not behind in that class anyway, so fuck studying.)
In general, I kinda felt like the game got steadily less compelling as it went on, which is really weird since you'd think that momentum would mean the opposite. The genophage storyline was perfection (wow, you'd have to be a seriously renegade jerkass to side with the Dalatrass), and the Citadel was good (plus Thane broke my heart into a million itty-bitty pieces), and I had sniffles with Legion and Tali (yes, I ditched the quarians), and then I just didn't care for Thessia (this may have something to do with my opinion of the asari--btw, I find it hilarious that Aria has nothing to say about the fall of Thessia), and from that point on, I wasn't all that invested.
I went with Control, although I did head to Destroy first before turning around (and got the game over screen for changing my mind), mostly because my Shep didn't have it in her to destroy the Geth, let alone EDI. She was going to go for Destroy because she's lost so much anyway, and fuck it, Thane said he'd be waiting, and she didn't want to hold him up--but you know, he's a patient guy. He can keep waiting, and his wife is already chilling there anyway.
The last rush of brutes was really fun though. Then a harvester stepped on me and I died. I'm pretty sure there's a metaphor for my life in there somewhere.
Now I have the incredibly obnoxious problem of wanting to replay ME2 when I have 1) midterms THIS WEEK, and 2) seriously got to finish writing a personal statement, because that's basically the bulk of my law school app. I just need to sit my ass down and actually write it. As for the former, I plan on skipping my thesis seminar tomorrow to study for my single midterm.
At least I've only got one. (Two, but the other's an essay, and I'm not behind in that class anyway, so fuck studying.)