tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post7761738379814570658..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: Mass Effect 3: Extended CutRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-34524894269860046652012-06-29T15:16:40.465-07:002012-06-29T15:16:40.465-07:00I don't really want to be spoilery about it, b...I don't really want to be spoilery about it, but what did you do with Illusive Man every time you saw him?RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492971146589461692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-39758580753879572962012-06-29T13:41:34.943-07:002012-06-29T13:41:34.943-07:00Well, I suppose it's not technically impossibl...Well, I suppose it's not technically impossible. But I was pure Paragon through the entire game. Every time I saw a Paragon option I took it.<br /><br />Personally, I thought I was 'Paragon enough' that the final Paragon option should have been unlocked.<br /><br />I think the thing is that I don't see where I went wrong. If I had made a Renegade choice somewhere, then yeah, I could see not getting the Paragon unlock.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-10387390011758388412012-06-28T15:25:36.356-07:002012-06-28T15:25:36.356-07:00Sadly, they didn't change The Illusive Man con...<i>Sadly, they didn't change The Illusive Man confrontation. It's still the impossible Paragon conversation option and double Renegade actions.</i><br /><br />I have to repeat another commentator's question. What's impossible about it? Getting full regular Paragon/Renegade requires certain convince choices during the game; choices I guess you didn't make.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492971146589461692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-72645278944064384352012-06-28T12:18:12.961-07:002012-06-28T12:18:12.961-07:00Bioware's ending still shows that the bedrock ...Bioware's ending still shows that the bedrock foundation of the entire story, and their go to mode of creativity is still incredibly plagiarized. And poorly plagiarized at that. The things that Bioware stripped out from David Weber's book were what justified the ending. Without those elements, the ending is still completely detached from the rest of the narrative and hopelessly adrift with all the other shitty deus ex machinas that flawed writers have fled to over the years.The Renaissance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218269024132171600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-90981217565690731562012-06-28T10:39:42.848-07:002012-06-28T10:39:42.848-07:00Yeah I agree it's still a mediocre ending. But...Yeah I agree it's still a mediocre ending. But at least now it's fairly logical, just contrived.<br /><br />The worst thing about the ending was the idea of "choice" and that's ignoring the plagiarizing from Deus Ex and the literal manifestation of a Deus Ex Machina. )The whole Starchild construct negates the possible effects that your choices leading up to the confrontation could have made.<br /><br />The missions up to the end were all literally side-quests. You could have skipped to the Earth showdown with the McGuffin in hand and voila you're a machine god, everyone's a cyborg, or bye bye machines. Well now a screw you mister AI option.dahuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938110448159276945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-52436649799957396082012-06-28T10:22:56.995-07:002012-06-28T10:22:56.995-07:00"It's still the impossible Paragon conver..."It's still the impossible Paragon conversation option..."<br /><br />It isnt just the Paragon choice that can be "impossible" to choose. The mechanic is that as Shepard you need to explore the 'left-hand conversation options' in order to get a Paragon/Renegade choice to throw back during the convo, each time you talk to the Illusive Man (I think its three times, Mars, Thessia and someplace else, I forget). Anyway, you have to explore and choose those Persuasion options EACH OF THE THREE TIMES to get the "impossible" Paragon/Renegade choices to light up during the final confrontation with the IM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-60003486813048806492012-06-28T09:17:27.920-07:002012-06-28T09:17:27.920-07:00'It's totally in character, and so very Du...'It's totally in character, and so very Dune.'<br /><br />Oh man, I just did the Control ending last night and you are dead on. I was regretting not naming my Shep, Leto II after seeing that!<br /><br />But I missed the Krogan babies. :( I got to see the Krogan kill each other into extinction instead. >.><br /><br />For me personally, I actually enjoyed the original endings, and the extended cut just made me love it more. I know I'm in the minority on that one but meh. Can't wait to finish my other playthroughs and see what they did with the other ones. (No YouTubing for me. That's the easy way out I say. Easy way out!)Vrykerionhttp://landofodd.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-71654110002551863192012-06-28T07:49:50.473-07:002012-06-28T07:49:50.473-07:00"It's still the impossible Paragon conver...<i>"It's still the impossible Paragon conversation option..."</i><br /><br />What's so impossible about it?Ephemeronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403198085556121203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-59501323864426058602012-06-28T04:35:20.632-07:002012-06-28T04:35:20.632-07:00Heh, I don't know. I'm going out of town, ...Heh, I don't know. I'm going out of town, so I'll push off the decision until later.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-8567007302796292832012-06-28T04:32:03.683-07:002012-06-28T04:32:03.683-07:00So... TOR or TSW? :PSo... TOR or TSW? :PShintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-61900740989787725352012-06-28T00:23:45.535-07:002012-06-28T00:23:45.535-07:00Durentis posted this comment to a previous posted....<i>Durentis posted this comment to a previous posted. I deleted it because of spoilers, and am reposting it here.</i><br /><br />Though I'm sure I'm in the minority, a quick search shows that Bioware didn't cave on their excellent ending, so I'm happy. And I get new content. :)<br /><br />I firmly believe that ME3 is about making difficult choices that have universal consequences. ME3 is only about killing the Reapers from the council's standpoint. It's equally about controlling the Reapers from the Illusive Man's standpoint, he did give you life for this result after all. It's equally about synthesis of man and machine, which you learn about, among other end-relevant lessons, in your dealings with the Geth and Quarians. You are put in a unique position to be responsible for the fate of man and machine.<br /><br />The ending was very well set up. I think if you play through it with the idea of choice and consequence rather than the more simple "death to the Reapers, long live Huamnity" idea, the game will seem much more epic and well delivered.<br /><br />It's all about choice.. do I dare take the time to recruit everybody? But if I recruit X, Y dies.. is X worth it or is it even right to sacrifice Y to begin with? Do these scientists really need better medi-gel at a time like this?<br /><br />What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, such that I should choose one ending over another?Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.com