Mass Effect 3 Player Files FTC Complaint

Dan_D said:
ME2 with all DLC is slightly longer than ME3. ME3 doesn't have the same amount of planet scanning or driving sequences the earlier games have. Despite the side quests being less interactive, there is far more dialog in the 3rd game. I wouldn't say that there are necessarily fewer missions, but the way they are allocated is certainly very different. Essentially you get about 5 missions in ME2. Do those and then you have 15+ available to do all at once. This game allocates 3-5 at a time and you can't go onto the next set until the main priority mission is done. Which you can do whenever you like, then then you can't do the other missions associated with that part of the story. If you fast track through the game, you can still get the "best" endings (a term I use very loosely) just by hitting mostly priority missions and a few others in a little over 20 hours. But to do everything will take about 40.

My best time for all missions completed in ME2 with no dialog skipping is 43 hours and 22 minutes. My first run through it complete was 49 hours and I average about 44-45 hours normally. This game I can do in about 41 hours on the first try. I suspect that I can complete it in as little as 38 or 37 hours in subsequent runs with some dialog skipping which puts it closer to the length of ME2 without DLC. With no DLC content, I could finish ME2 in 35 or 36 hours most likely. Lair of the Shadow Broker is at least 2 hours, Project overlord is another 2 hours, the Arrival is about an hour and a half to two hours, and Project Firewalker is about 30-45 minutes. For comparison, I can get 100% completion of ME1 in 32 hours and some change without DLC.
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With ME2, with a save editor to free you from that annoying planet scanning for resources, I found the time needed to beat ME2 dropped in half or more. My 1st career, fairly completionist on ME3 took about 25hrs according to the game counter. ME1 about a similar time.
 
I didn't think the ending for LOST was that bad. Who honestly expected they'd be able to pull something good off?

I believed for the longest time that it actually all was made up in that fat guy's mind.
 
Skripka said:
With ME2, with a save editor to free you from that annoying planet scanning for resources, I found the time needed to beat ME2 dropped in half or more. My 1st career, fairly completionist on ME3 took about 25hrs according to the game counter. ME1 about a similar time.
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That can't be right. I literally scan planets for an hour and a half to two hours at MOST. The rest of it is doing each side quest, exploring the maps completely so I can get all item pickups and upgrades, each mission, etc. I've been through the game 8 freaking times. I don't see how you could cut my time down by a third or more. You'd have to do zero exploration, no planet scanning and skip almost all the dialog to cut the time down. I can shave 6 or 7 hours off if I don't include any of the DLC content as it adds a substantial amount to the game. Then I'd say you were skipping dialog and not getting all the item pickups / upgrades on each mission. And if you aren't at least clicking on each planet, you aren't doing all the missions because they have to be clicked on to find out if you can land on them or not.

ME1 is shorter. I can be done in just over 30 hours. In fairness, I used walkthroughs on that one to find what I needed on the planets that had things of value. I got so sick of the Mako driving that I needed to end that crap as fast as possible.
 
I understand the gripe now. Like I said before - I restarted the last mission to see what would happen if I made the other choice. I am not sure that there would be a difference if I had played the game as a paragon - but I may go through it again (without being a dick).

With the promises - I now understand why people are so pissed off. Otherwise - seemed like a binary choice at the end led to exactly the same ending.
 
IcarusSC said:
This is the most pathetic thing I've seen all week. People need to get their priorities straight.
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First world problems are very important, I'm sure it will get fixed by the time I think about buying it for $20 or less in the sales.
 
Some advice for those upset by the ending:
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All the people saying this is ridiculous are the same people who rolled over and took it when games started costing $60, being cut in half to be sold through DLC and being watered down crap.

So, **** you.
 
SXO said:
I settled on not wasting anymore money on their games. As the old saying goes "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me." Most gamers keep allowing themselves to be fooled. They're gluttons for punishment, screaming and moaning about this and that, but continuing to purchase products from the perpetrators. It's like me continuing to complain about Uwe Boll movies, then continually going to the theater to watch them. It's illogical. Last game I purchased from Crytek was Crysis: Warhead. Likewise, the last game I purchased from Bioware was ME2 (pre-ordered), and that will continue to be the last game I buy from them.
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^This:

I wrote bethesda off after Fallout 3, does skyrim look cool? sure, i might go over to a friends who has it and play it for an hour or two, but i'm sure as hell not purchasing it.

I wrote EA off a long time ago, BF3 looks cool but they did a lot of crap to consolize it, and origin? no thank you...

I wrote the original ME off after spending what was probably not enough time with it, it just didn't rub me the right way. That being said with what I've read in this thread and heard from others, I don't blame those of you who are pissed off.

I wrote Crytek off after crysis 2, I'm sure there are more that i'm forgetting but that's a start.
 
Raudulfr said:
All the people saying this is ridiculous are the same people who rolled over and took it when games started costing $60, being cut in half to be sold through DLC and being watered down crap.

So, **** you.
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Crybaby.

Games aren't half as long, they're longer than ever.

Also - you're telling me you haven't bought a game since 2005? That's when they started costing $60. Try shutting your mouth and buying a game. That allows you to, ya know, formulate a VALID opinion.
 
I enjoyed the game. I enjoyed the ending. To rewrite an ending is not going to work. Can't put the genie back in the bottle.

But then again, I liked the Sopranos ending also. It's either all played out until it jumps the shark...or it falls short.
 
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