Mass Effect 3 Review

   Mass Effect 3, where do I begin? First off let's start off with my history with this mind blowingly awesome trilogy. I started five years ago, sitting in my room in O'fallon Illinois, wondering what in the hell my friends on xbox live had just talked me into buying but as I started playing I got more and more into it I started devoting more and more time to it. I couldn't put the controller down. I think after a month of just exploring the universe, as I was approaching the end, I only left my room to eat dinner and use the rest room. I was really drawn into this universe and have been with it ever since. The second game came out and I camped out for three hours for my copy. I didn't care for the dumbed down inventory system or the removal of any customization in the weapons but I played it anyway. Still a good story and an excellent ending. So you can understand how I was really psyched for the third one once it was announced. I read up on every bit of information and speculation on the game, pre-ordered it as soon as it was announced, and not only drove back too my home town from college (two hour drive both ways), but also had class at 9:00 a.m. the next day and waited outside for 5 hours.

   Finally having my copy I imported my first character, a fem Shepard named Rachel, and began an epic conclusion. The game was amazingly comprehensive and seeing the results of what I did (the Rachni, Wrex being alive, not saving Chambers in time) really showed through. I really felt the amount of time they put into it. I cried when Thane died and damn near yelled with pride when Mordin sacrificed himself. I loved it. Even the moments when I hated it I loved it because it was just put together so well. I finally came to the ending, fought my way through hell and back, and was faced with my decision. I didn't get enough points so synthesis wasn't an option for me. I proudly limped up to the Renegade option and pulling a trigger has never felt so damn good. Then came the final cut scene. I watched it and I was so sad. I watched the relays blow and knew that I was the source of the end of intergalactic travel. I didn't think anything of how short it was because I thought because I didn't get enough galactic readiness is the reason I didn't get a good ending. So I did it again. Loaded a male Shepard named Vasilli and played through the game again. I did everything and got my point well above the 5000 limit so imagine my surprise when the ending came and sucked just as badly. It was so short and gave so little closure it just left me feeling dirty as a gamer. Getting ripped off so hard when I had such high hopes for the game. I ranted and raved until the police actually came up to my friends dorm where we were playing to see what the hell was going on. I refuse to play it until they come out with that new ending. I even liked the online play and I’m usually completely opposed to adding multiplayer to single player games.

My ratings of the game:
6 out of 5 stars without the ending
3 out of 5 with the ending.
It was that bad.


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