16 of 16 people found the following review helpful  Good... but stripped down compared to the previous two games., 8 May 2012 = Fun: This review is from: Mass Effect 3 (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM) Mass Effect 3 contains some of the best written storytelling in videogame history. Unfortunately, the final moments of the game also contain some of the laziest and worst moments I can remember. Up until the last half hour or so, the game is a breathtaking rollercoaster ride where the majority of the plot points from the previous two games are tied up skilfully in a satisfying way that connects well with whatever decisions you'd made in the previous games. If you'd saved this alien race, or that scientist's data, or sided with this faction over that faction, it was all remembered, recorded, reacted to, and made the universe seem unique to your own experiences. The ending though makes little sense, features a badly written Deus Ex Machina ass-pull, and has events with repercussions that seem to render most of what you've achieved in this and previous games pointless. It left me feeling confused, annoyed, and gave me no sense of closure. The much trumpeted "TAKE... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?  
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful  Very mixed, 16 April 2012 = Fun: This review is from: Mass Effect 3 (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM) Mass Effect 3 is very difficult to review because it hits boths glorious highs and abyssal lows. The highs: 1. Gameplay is an extremely polished version of ME2s and is extremely fun with a wider variety of enemies and far more tactical scenarios available. 2. RPG elements are back with a far wider ability to customise armour and weapons and the options to trade power cooldowns for more or better guns. 3. Some of the mission sequences are truely awesome (and utterly heartbreaking) 4. Your squads intereacts with each other are funny/touching/heartbreaking and you always want more. The niggles: 1. Origin is not the world's best system so be prepared to have to various sessions of restarting Origin and/or the machine in order to force the installation to complete. Once in the game I had no problems though so it is irritating rather than critical. 2. There is a bug with importing character faces so if you really attached to... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful What went wrong?, 25 April 2012 = Fun: This review is from: Mass Effect 3 (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM) As many others have already pointed out Mass Effect 3 is a game of two halves, well not exactly halves. There's the first 30-odd hours or so of gameplay which are for the most part good and then there's the last ten minutes which are not in the least bit good but (quite literally) shockingly bad. The first 'half' of the game is well made with solid gameplay and some great story-driven missions and emotionally charged decisions - exactly what we've come to expect from the Mass Effect series and from Bioware in general. Another plus is the weapon and skill customization, which finally manages to hit a good balance between the overly fiddly ME1 system and the overly 'streamlined' ME2 system. On the downside, the game still requires you to spend a lot of time scanning planets (now made not only tedious but irritating by constant Reaper interruptions, and then there are all those 'run and fetch' quests where your journal doesn't update when you've found the item you're looking... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? | 
