@downloaded: I bought into the beta on day one but virtually never read any of the updates on the official site or anything. Decay was a complete and total surprise to me but I wasted no time laying down a few dollars to buy the preconstructed deck and a couple of extra scrolls.
They really thought this through. Every faction has it's own distinct style and I'm really loving Decay's emphasis on GIVING you more of something in the wake of unit death. When I got one of those blobs next to a bunch of units and used Grisly Graft I was in a state of glee. This game's awesome! I really hope this proves successful for them.
Guys, I'm really curious about which Bombcast episodes read emails that included "would you rather" questions in them. I should have taken note myself every time they popped up but it's a little late for that.
I apologize if people have already asked about this but my searches turned up nothing useful for me. So if there's a resource that has them written out, or YouTube recordings of the specific questions or you guys can name the episodes I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
The only problem I truly have with the ending is the fact that the relays have to be destroyed. I really feel like that's the reason why our choices are all voided. Most of the conflicts and alliances don't even matter anymore because anyone who's still alive can't get to any other part of the galaxy. And Quarians/Turians are probably ill equipped to start growing edible food for themselves since they can't eat human food.
Aside from that, I feel robbed by the lack of follow up with the crew following the crash. Mass Effect has always had such a strong focus on characters and it felt like ME3 abandoned that a bit and focused more on war. I think the first half of the game should have been the couple of weeks prior to the invasion but that's another conversation entirely.
The ending just felt hollow because I'm left with several questions about what's to become of my crew, my love interest? How do they feel about all this? Just like Patrick said on the podcast, Shepard is us, so we already know how he feels about at any given moment. We were always more concerned with the thoughts of our crew, that's what made the Mass Effect experience special. In the ending, we got NONE of that aside from Anderson.
@louiedog: Actually, I'm in the exact same position. When I saw people talking about "The King" I was confused because I've never seen it, even on someone else's trench. Every achievement, level 10, all gold stars,and completed most if not every challenge just as you did with no luck. :/
My absolute favorite moments were when Shawn was retelling the shenanigans that took place when he and Rory had an adventure in Second Life! The horrible creatures that were their characters are actually pictured on an image hosting site. I busted up laughing so hard during the whole thing. When he talked about griefing the hooker in the skyscraper, laid on the beach with a dude who was just sitting there and got all offended, got into a fight in a club with a guy he referred to as a "minotaur" and the infamous Bukakke Club. "Why is it raining in here?"
I'd like to really drive home the point of how intelligent Shawn Elliott is. He recommended a lot of books that I want to make a list of and actually read, always had some knowledge to drop, able to think critically like nobody's business and wasn't afraid to reconsider his stance on something if a compelling argument was made. On top of that, he was absolutely hilarious! He had so many things to say about different types of people in this society and was able to talk about it in humorous ways that actually made you think.
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