12-06-2012, 03:31 PM
Yep, I'm playing thread necromancy, because really it wasn't worth a new thread.
I got ME3 on sale a few weeks back and my first play through was without any of the extra DLC and I'm on the side of not getting all the angst at the game or ending. I actually played ME1 - ME3 with my Shepard the way I wanted her, it was all very enjoyable. I also loved that in ME3 they acknowledge the bug with Conrad Verner in ME2 that didn't recognize how you actually handled him in ME1, and did it in a fun way.
I'll see if I feel differently now that I have a bunch of extra DLC (thanks to a gift). There was nothing new for me for ME1 so I used the Genesis DLC for ME2 to make some of the key choice. I've also got the Kasumi, and Arrival stuff for ME2 I've never seen. I do also have Shadow Broker which was relatively new only ran through that once and got it just before I was about to hit the Omega 4 relay. I also have all the stuff like Firewalker and Zaed that came with the digital deluxe that I had from the start with ME2. So that is another reason to go through ME2. For ME3 I've also now got From Ashes, installed the free Extended Cut for this go through, Leviathon, and then installed all the free multiplayer stuff.
So I figure I'm going to get quite a bit more out of this series. At some point I will end up doing another full ME1 through ME3 run. I've just found that after playing 2 and 3 I miss some of the inventory and combat changes when I go back and play 1 so I have to take a break to unlearn that. Of course the menu system issues in 2 that they fixed in 3 are bugging me (let me double click darn it!).
I've only dabbled a bit with multiplayer but I did have fun with it. If anyone is still playing ME3 and wants to try some more multi I'd be up for it. I've only done like 3 random matches on bronze challenge, and I shouldn't have gone with an adept, but it was fun.
I got ME3 on sale a few weeks back and my first play through was without any of the extra DLC and I'm on the side of not getting all the angst at the game or ending. I actually played ME1 - ME3 with my Shepard the way I wanted her, it was all very enjoyable. I also loved that in ME3 they acknowledge the bug with Conrad Verner in ME2 that didn't recognize how you actually handled him in ME1, and did it in a fun way.
I'll see if I feel differently now that I have a bunch of extra DLC (thanks to a gift). There was nothing new for me for ME1 so I used the Genesis DLC for ME2 to make some of the key choice. I've also got the Kasumi, and Arrival stuff for ME2 I've never seen. I do also have Shadow Broker which was relatively new only ran through that once and got it just before I was about to hit the Omega 4 relay. I also have all the stuff like Firewalker and Zaed that came with the digital deluxe that I had from the start with ME2. So that is another reason to go through ME2. For ME3 I've also now got From Ashes, installed the free Extended Cut for this go through, Leviathon, and then installed all the free multiplayer stuff.
So I figure I'm going to get quite a bit more out of this series. At some point I will end up doing another full ME1 through ME3 run. I've just found that after playing 2 and 3 I miss some of the inventory and combat changes when I go back and play 1 so I have to take a break to unlearn that. Of course the menu system issues in 2 that they fixed in 3 are bugging me (let me double click darn it!).
I've only dabbled a bit with multiplayer but I did have fun with it. If anyone is still playing ME3 and wants to try some more multi I'd be up for it. I've only done like 3 random matches on bronze challenge, and I shouldn't have gone with an adept, but it was fun.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.