This review contains spoilers
Playtime: 45 Hours
Score: 9/10
A great end to the Mass Effect trilogy! So I only ever played the first few hours of this game back in the day but never finished it, so most of this was a first time playthrough for me. I had kept hearing how divisive it was which put me off from ever playing it until the Definitive Ediition came out and I knew I had to right the wrong and finish this trilogy.
In terms of the story its rock solid with great dialogue and some really powerful moments. The only part I was mixed on was the Citadel DLC but I jhave already reviewed that seperately. The way people talked about the writing and how much they didn't like it, I assumed it was going to be like Game of Thrones Season 8, where characters would be dying left and right for no reason, because the writers wanted to rush through everything, but no it was all handled very well IMO. Based on my playthrough Mordan, Thane and Legion died (which I cried my eyes out too), but it was them sacrifcing themselves for the greater good and thats a good character death in my book. None of my companions died in the final battle and while it sucks Shepard dies in most of the endings, I feel like its a fitting end to the story and it brings the trilogy to a good close. I also chose the Snythesis ending and it felt just right for all the choices I had made throughout the trilogy.
The artstyle is I guess is mix of Mass Effect 1 and 2 with a gritty but also shiner look if that makes any sense. My only real complaint is my custom Shepard that I had been played the first 2 games with, looked really bad in this new artstyle. I tried to tweak them but in the end I just went with default Shepard who looked way better in the new artstyle.
Gameplay wise, this is the best feeling game of the original 3 with some great shooting and cover mechanics, though it can be a bit wonky trying to get out of cover because my Shepard often would just run in between cover rather then breaking out of it which was annoying. Also the weapon switching was a little janky, as often times I would pull up the weapon wheel and select a weapon but Shepard wouldn't switch to it and I would have repeat the process again. That got old very quick and I never had that issue when playing the first 2 games.
Overall though, theres not much left to say other then this is a great end to the trilogy and I'm glad I finally finished it.
All Games Played and Reviewed Ranked - https://www.backloggd.com/u/JudgeDredd35/list/all-games-i-have-played-and-reviewed-ranked/
Score: 9/10
A great end to the Mass Effect trilogy! So I only ever played the first few hours of this game back in the day but never finished it, so most of this was a first time playthrough for me. I had kept hearing how divisive it was which put me off from ever playing it until the Definitive Ediition came out and I knew I had to right the wrong and finish this trilogy.
In terms of the story its rock solid with great dialogue and some really powerful moments. The only part I was mixed on was the Citadel DLC but I jhave already reviewed that seperately. The way people talked about the writing and how much they didn't like it, I assumed it was going to be like Game of Thrones Season 8, where characters would be dying left and right for no reason, because the writers wanted to rush through everything, but no it was all handled very well IMO. Based on my playthrough Mordan, Thane and Legion died (which I cried my eyes out too), but it was them sacrifcing themselves for the greater good and thats a good character death in my book. None of my companions died in the final battle and while it sucks Shepard dies in most of the endings, I feel like its a fitting end to the story and it brings the trilogy to a good close. I also chose the Snythesis ending and it felt just right for all the choices I had made throughout the trilogy.
The artstyle is I guess is mix of Mass Effect 1 and 2 with a gritty but also shiner look if that makes any sense. My only real complaint is my custom Shepard that I had been played the first 2 games with, looked really bad in this new artstyle. I tried to tweak them but in the end I just went with default Shepard who looked way better in the new artstyle.
Gameplay wise, this is the best feeling game of the original 3 with some great shooting and cover mechanics, though it can be a bit wonky trying to get out of cover because my Shepard often would just run in between cover rather then breaking out of it which was annoying. Also the weapon switching was a little janky, as often times I would pull up the weapon wheel and select a weapon but Shepard wouldn't switch to it and I would have repeat the process again. That got old very quick and I never had that issue when playing the first 2 games.
Overall though, theres not much left to say other then this is a great end to the trilogy and I'm glad I finally finished it.
All Games Played and Reviewed Ranked - https://www.backloggd.com/u/JudgeDredd35/list/all-games-i-have-played-and-reviewed-ranked/