So far I really enjoy Mass Effect 3
But im very frustrated with Bioware and EA.
EA has a long history of strangling the life out of RPG studios, and at this point, I dont think ill ever look at Bioware the same way again.
Mass Effect is one of my favorite games of all time.
It had great writing, good narrative and story, and deep and well rounded characters.
It was a little slow in the action department, but it was a heavy western RPG with Shooter elements, so im ok with that. The inventory system was also “meh,” but it was wonderfully well rounded over all.
Mass Effect 2 was the logical next step for a publisher like EA.
Fan complaints said ME1 was too slow and complex, so they immediately took out everything that made it an RPG, threw in some overly sexualized characters, and revamped the entire combat system.
The work on the combat system was a good move, and im not one to complain about some eye candy, but it wasnt an RPG anymore, and I struggle to compare the 2 games at all because of how drastically different they are.
So far in Mass Effect 3, Im finding a good balance of RPG and Shooter.
Like in the first game.
But BioWare did 2 things that make me livid.
1. There is no character interaction.
Half of why I loved the first 2 games what being able to interact with your squad members between missions. Now, its all canned dialogue, which sucks.
2. The galactic readyness bar is retarded.
I get that they want to blend Multiplayer and Singleplayer, but you dont do that by making it look like someones galaxy is only half ready even if you can still win because they didnt play multiplayer, you do it by allowing hot swapping C0-Op single player campaign.
Ill give more thoughts later, but im still up in the air about ME3.
