Comments | szaleniec1000: If Harry Potter had ended like Mass Effect 3

szaleniec1000

If Harry Potter had ended like Mass Effect 3

Mar 22, 2012 18:38

Found via masseffect: svanderslice sums up the problems with ME3's ending perfectly here.

epic fail, harry potter, mass effect, meta, video games, anticlimax

Comments 7

sickbritkid2 March 22 2012, 19:42:17 UTC

I'm guessing you're not the biggest fan of ME3's ending?

szaleniec1000 March 22 2012, 20:32:06 UTC

Like you said, it's like they got Dietz to write it. And, story aside, it doesn't even make sense from a game design perspective: everything you've done over the past >100 hours of gameplay (if you've played 1 and 2) is pushed aside for the sake of a single three-way choice.

sickbritkid2 March 22 2012, 23:48:33 UTC

Like you said, it's like they got Dietz to write it.

And you know what the weirdest thing about the endings are? They were written by Mac Walters!

szaleniec1000 March 23 2012, 17:40:06 UTC

Of all the times to have an off day. :(

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szaleniec1000 March 22 2012, 20:32:53 UTC

I'd say Deus Ex Machina and/or Diabolus Ex Machina, and yes, it was already on both of those pages when I checked.

sickbritkid2 March 22 2012, 23:47:32 UTC

I'd classify the ending as a Downer Ending* mixed with Deus Ex Machina** and Gainax Ending.

*The delusions about the endings being Bittersweet are idiotic. A Bittersweet ending still has some sort of something that leaves a bit of hope in the players' mind. For God's sake, RED DEAD REDEMPTION had a more positive and upbeat feeling to it than Mass Effect 3!!

** And I must say, the God-Child-Thing is easily one of the most literal examples of it I've ever seen.

sickbritkid2 March 25 2012, 15:10:11 UTC

So I noticed you liked the Angry Joe "Top 10 Reasons We Hate Mass Effect 3's Ending" video.

Excellent choice. Whenever someone who likes the endings asks me why I don't like the endings, I usually give him a few reasons and then suggest they watch the video for a better picture. Joe can have articulation problems sometimes(considering his Puerto Rican accent), but he really speaks well in that video...