Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (8 Viewers)

[Andy Dufresne]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

 

[matttyl]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

People interpreted Bioware's intent differently than the company. Some of that was certainly BW's fault.

 

[thecatch]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

I'd have to go back and look at the marketing materials again but I strongly suspect you are giving Bioware the benefit of a very liberal interpretation of what was promised.

That said, I don't particularly care what they promised or didn't - either way the ending was far below Bioware's usual standards of excellence in story telling.

 

[OC Zed]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

Sorry, to clarify, I'm saying that you'll get one last installment in 2015 (eg, "Madden 2016") which would be 2 calendar years since the launch of the new gen systems in 2014. That's just my educated guess though...

 

[Insein]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

I'd have to go back and look at the marketing materials again but I strongly suspect you are giving Bioware the benefit of a very liberal interpretation of what was promised. That said, I don't particularly care what they promised or didn't - either way the ending was far below Bioware's usual standards of excellence in story telling.

They promised 16 vastly different andings and specifically said it wouldnt be A, B or C. The extended cut eventually delivered that.

 

[shadyridr]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

 

[KarmaPolice]

sweet jeebus, can we get a mass effect thread already??!!

 

[ydoc]

is thief worth buying for the xbox?

 

[The Tick]

I finally installed Skyrim last night and gave it a start. So far it's definitely an elder scrolls game, so feels really familiar. However I can't stand the inventory and shop screens. Usually RPG's have some pretty good inventory management on PC, and it gets a little hacked and difficult on consoles. It feels like they made this one to work well on consoles, and it loses a lot of the features I'm used to on PC. I enjoy the old, "stat" view where you can all the items and their stats on the screen, then you can sort them by different stats depending on what you want to do. Easy to figure out your heaviest gear, or most powerful or what not, by just looking at the screen.

I don't know if I'm missing something, or if I can maybe find a mod that brings back some functionality, but for a game with so much equipment being found/bought, I would think management would be a little better.

Get the SkyUI addon. It will blow your mind.

Thanks, i'll check that out when I get home tonight. I used a bunch of mods on oblivion, was assuming I'd find a couple here too.

Unfortunately I don' think I will be able to do any of the big graphics mods this time, I think my card is getting too old to handle those.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Metro: Last Light getting a solid "meh" from me. I liked the story line starting out. But now, I just seem to be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I do fairly well against human opponents. But when I am forced outside, or in to mutatnt battles (I always seem to be fighting hordes waiting on a boat to arrive) I feel like I am fighting with a BB gun. I've had to lower the difficulty to Easy a few times to finally pass a mission. Throw in the lack of direction, a compass that runs me in circles, and trying to find filters in the dark, I'm just really not enjoying it. I'm on the mission where I need to make it through the swamp to get to the church. But I don't know if I'll be going any further with this one or not. I rarely drop a game without finishing. But this one may be the exception.

On the bright side, I made my first ebay purchase today, winning Dark Souls II in a bid. Looking forward to it's arrival.

The swamp is a nightmare.

Found out the key to the level. Turned the brightness up on my TV. My screen just seems to dark when I am on the PS3. Once I bumped the brightness, the level opened up in that I could see the myriad of oxygen filters lying around. Made a world of difference.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

Everybody says that the better comparison is to Halo. (It's Bungie after all). I haven't played either game so I can't comment on the validity of the comparison.

 

[jwb]

is thief worth buying for the xbox?

If you like stealth games, it's worth buying used or on sale

 

[East Coast Bias]

is thief worth buying for the xbox?

If you like stealth games, it's worth buying used or on sale

It's $17 used at Gamefly. If you are talking 360 it will be $13 tomorrow.

 

[Pots]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

I'd have to go back and look at the marketing materials again but I strongly suspect you are giving Bioware the benefit of a very liberal interpretation of what was promised.That said, I don't particularly care what they promised or didn't - either way the ending was far below Bioware's usual standards of excellence in story telling.

They promised 16 vastly different andings and specifically said it wouldnt be A, B or C. The extended cut eventually delivered that.

Even with the extended cut, I don't think those endings were vastly different from each other.

 

[Borden]

Not sure if it's the same everywhere but the Destiny PS4 bundle is $30 cheaper than to buy a PS4 alone.

Regardless of if anyone wants a PS4 I think it shows that Sony is putting a lot of resources into the game. I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out.

$450 pretty much everywhere on the internet. You found it for $370?

I live in Canada. PS4s cost $499 so the Destiny Bundle is $469 at EB Games (which is owned by Game Stop) I tried to find a Game Stop link for the fine Americans in this thread but just kept getting redirected.

 

[Borden]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

Everybody says that the better comparison is to Halo. (It's Bungie after all). I haven't played either game so I can't comment on the validity of the comparison.

No. The Halo comparison is much closer but the big difference is that the story side of things will have be more community tilted. From what I've read it will be somewhat like World of Warcraft where you can choose to play through with other people in the area. I haven't played World of Warcraft so I can't really expand on that comparison though.

There will be 3 combat aspects. The main story, pop up community battles and a battle arena. The CoD and Halo multiplayer people will flock to the battle arena and the rest of us.

I've been talking this game up too much. I feel like a salesman. Sorry about that.

 

[Todem]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

Sorry, to clarify, I'm saying that you'll get one last installment in 2015 (eg, "Madden 2016") which would be 2 calendar years since the launch of the new gen systems in 2014. That's just my educated guess though...

I know your just guessing but remember….there are tons of people still playing and will continue to play PS3/360 for many years to come.

On PS2 Madden 12 was released!!!

So they made Maddens for 5 more years after PS3 was launched. I expect them to at least give us 2 more annual released after Madden 15. So maybe Madden 17 will be the last one.

 

[Insein]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

I'd have to go back and look at the marketing materials again but I strongly suspect you are giving Bioware the benefit of a very liberal interpretation of what was promised.That said, I don't particularly care what they promised or didn't - either way the ending was far below Bioware's usual standards of excellence in story telling.

They promised 16 vastly different andings and specifically said it wouldnt be A, B or C. The extended cut eventually delivered that.

Even with the extended cut, I don't think those endings were vastly different from each other.

It was enough of a difference even if it was still shots and commentary. If they never ####ed up in the first place and just brought the Extended cut right away, it would have been less of a gut punch. It would have been a minor disappointment.

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

Everybody says that the better comparison is to Halo. (It's Bungie after all). I haven't played either game so I can't comment on the validity of the comparison.

No. The Halo comparison is much closer but the big difference is that the story side of things will have be more community tilted. From what I've read it will be somewhat like World of Warcraft where you can choose to play through with other people in the area. I haven't played World of Warcraft so I can't really expand on that comparison though.

There will be 3 combat aspects. The main story, pop up community battles and a battle arena. The CoD and Halo multiplayer people will flock to the battle arena and the rest of us.

I've been talking this game up too much. I feel like a salesman. Sorry about that.

Sorry, I didn't mean that even remotely as a criticism or anything. Just passing along what I've read elsewhere.

 

[SlaX]

This is for real?

The ending of Matrix: Path of Neo

Yes it is. I vaguely remember playing the game way back when.

I remember how hyped that game was and I got it and played it and it was very "bleh".

 

[SlaX]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

The last Madden game for Playstation 2 was Madden 12, released in 2011 -- 5 years after the release of the Playstation 3. FIFA 14 (released last year) was the last game released for the Playstation 2 (so far).

On the flip side, Madden '09 was the last game released on original Xbox -- 3 years after release of Xbox 360.

 

[SlaX]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

I doubt it. See my post above.

 

[SlaX]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

Everybody says that the better comparison is to Halo. (It's Bungie after all). I haven't played either game so I can't comment on the validity of the comparison.

Looks like a mix of Halo and Borderlands to me. More Borderlands than Halo, although the Halo comparisons are obviously gonna be there because it's Bungie.

 

[Insein]

We got Slaxled!

 

[SlaX]

We got Slaxled!

Sorry about that. I was catching up on the thread and answering posts as I came to them.

 

[Insein]

We got Slaxled!

Sorry about that. I was catching up on the thread and answering posts as I came to them.

I know. Just bustin your chops.

 

[Borden]

Is destiny basically a CoD game?

Everybody says that the better comparison is to Halo. (It's Bungie after all). I haven't played either game so I can't comment on the validity of the comparison.

No. The Halo comparison is much closer but the big difference is that the story side of things will have be more community tilted. From what I've read it will be somewhat like World of Warcraft where you can choose to play through with other people in the area. I haven't played World of Warcraft so I can't really expand on that comparison though.There will be 3 combat aspects. The main story, pop up community battles and a battle arena. The CoD and Halo multiplayer people will flock to the battle arena and the rest of us.

I've been talking this game up too much. I feel like a salesman. Sorry about that.

Sorry, I didn't mean that even remotely as a criticism or anything. Just passing along what I've read elsewhere.

I didn't take it as criticism at all. Just trying to expand on your answer. :highfive:

 

[madshot31]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

PS2 had EA sports games on them years after the console switch, even after you couldn't buy the new games in stores you could still get them online.

 

[Mario Kart]

I know I'm late and all but I just finished The Walking Dead on my ipad. I've had it for some time and I'm going to jump into the next episode right away but that game was sweet. Great story, hope the second one matches this one.

I have the Back to the Future one, it was on sale, but haven't played it at all. Can't wait to see what they do with Game of Thrones. Hopefully it won't be choppy like this one was at times. Intense.

 

[madshot31]

I know I'm late and all but I just finished The Walking Dead on my ipad. I've had it for some time and I'm going to jump into the next episode right away but that game was sweet. Great story, hope the second one matches this one.

I have the Back to the Future one, it was on sale, but haven't played it at all. Can't wait to see what they do with Game of Thrones. Hopefully it won't be choppy like this one was at times. Intense.

Don't go into Back to the Future with to high of hopes. It was there first game I believe and the Walking Dead was the first great game they made. I beat Jurassic park which was made after Back to the Future by them, and it was rough at times. I could see the inspiration and effort but they definitely honed their craft through trial and error.

 

[SlaX]

I know I'm late and all but I just finished The Walking Dead on my ipad. I've had it for some time and I'm going to jump into the next episode right away but that game was sweet. Great story, hope the second one matches this one.

I have the Back to the Future one, it was on sale, but haven't played it at all. Can't wait to see what they do with Game of Thrones. Hopefully it won't be choppy like this one was at times. Intense.

Don't go into Back to the Future with to high of hopes. It was there first game I believe and the Walking Dead was the first great game they made. I beat Jurassic park which was made after Back to the Future by them, and it was rough at times. I could see the inspiration and effort but they definitely honed their craft through trial and error.

Jurassic Park was very rough, but I found Back to the Future to be great. Of course, I'm a huge fan of the movie, so playing the game felt like a new set of movies and I really enjoyed that. It's set up more like a old-school adventure game than The Walking Dead is. You won't find any QTEs in BTTF, at least that I recall.

Also, Telltale had a ton of other games before BTTF. They revived the Sam and Max series as well as Tales from Monkey Island (all outstanding games), and had several other games under their belt too. I think the problem with JP is that they were moving into a more action oriented adventure game such that The Walking Dead turned into, but JP was the first attempt at that formula and the gameplay suffered because of that. The story in JP was ok.

 

[Hawks64]

is thief worth buying for the xbox?

From what I have read it's worth maybe 20 bucks.

 

[Chaka]

Basically, yeah. For most games, it wouldn't matter that much. But the entire ME franchise was based around the premise that your decision would have long-range consequences, and then it turned out that they really only affect what color the explosion was going to be.

And then there's the part about introducing a new Exposition Man (that little kid) at the very end of the very last game in a way that didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Really, it was just a bad end all around.

That just isn't true. Your choices affected not just the final plot resolution but also the ending of the Quarian/Geth and Genophage story lines.

Sure, there are any number of subsidiary quests through the entire trilogy that are affected by your actions. But the "ending" of one of these sub quests is not what people typically mean the "ending" of the entire game/trilogy.

And that's not what Bioware really promised anyway.

I'd have to go back and look at the marketing materials again but I strongly suspect you are giving Bioware the benefit of a very liberal interpretation of what was promised.That said, I don't particularly care what they promised or didn't - either way the ending was far below Bioware's usual standards of excellence in story telling.

They promised 16 vastly different andings and specifically said it wouldnt be A, B or C. The extended cut eventually delivered that.

Even with the extended cut, I don't think those endings were vastly different from each other.

I don't think there were really that many ways to resolve the reaper story line. But they could have given us more about how the specific side stories resolved based upon our decisions throughout the game.

 

[Chaka]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.

Great stuff.

 

[OC Zed]

Just curious, but how long will the PS3 and Xbox360 be relevant? For instance, how long will it have an annual installment of Madden or other annual games?

In terms of sports games, I'm guessing next year will be your last annual installment from EA. I think they cut off the prior generation systems 2 years after the launch of the current gen systems in previous cycles.

So, for instance, Madden 2015 will be the last Madden on the PS3 or XBox360 (because all platforms had a Madden 2014 - 25th anniversary, correct)? Man, that's sad....

Sorry, to clarify, I'm saying that you'll get one last installment in 2015 (eg, "Madden 2016") which would be 2 calendar years since the launch of the new gen systems in 2014. That's just my educated guess though...

I know your just guessing but remember….there are tons of people still playing and will continue to play PS3/360 for many years to come.

On PS2 Madden 12 was released!!!

So they made Maddens for 5 more years after PS3 was launched. I expect them to at least give us 2 more annual released after Madden 15. So maybe Madden 17 will be the last one.

Oh, thanks for correcting me. I hadn't realized the PS2 releases went for that long.

 

[Insein]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

 

[Mad Cow]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

 

[Chaka]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

I am not certain but I think I read that you had to do it prior to initiating the final mission but I could be thinking about something else.

 

[thecatch]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

The ending kicks you back out to right before you attack the illusive man's base, and you can do the DLC from there.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Safe to say the complaining about the fallout posts has been as or more disruptive than the fallout posts themselves at this point.

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[Chaka]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

The ending kicks you back out to right before you attack the illusive man's base, and you can do the DLC from there.

You should do it MC.

 

[Chaka]

Safe to say the complaining about the fallout posts has been as or more disruptive than the fallout posts themselves at this point.

this

:reported:

 

[shadyridr]

Safe to say the complaining about the fallout posts has been as or more disruptive than the fallout posts themselves at this point.

this

lmfao nobodys discussed it in 3 pages yet you decide to bump this.

 

[Mad Cow]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

The ending kicks you back out to right before you attack the illusive man's base, and you can do the DLC from there.

You should do it MC.

ME1/2/3 were top 5 GOAT for me up until the last 10-15 minutes of ME3, so I guess I owe it to myself.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Safe to say the complaining about the fallout posts has been as or more disruptive than the fallout posts themselves at this point.

this

lmfao nobodys discussed it in 3 pages yet you decide to bump this.

yes lmfao!~@~!@@

 

[Chaka]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

The ending kicks you back out to right before you attack the illusive man's base, and you can do the DLC from there.

You should do it MC.

ME1/2/3 were top 5 GOAT for me up until the last 10-15 minutes of ME3, so I guess I owe it to myself.

You do.

I never played ME until after the extended ending so I can't speak to the outrage people felt, however 10-15 minutes negate the 90-180 hours of game play that preceded it.

 

[SlaX]

And to me, the real ending is the Citadel DLC. That was the send off I wanted.

I know we have had this conversation before but I just couldn't agree more. Citadel may be the best DLC of any game I have ever played. The action was obviously great (toughest boss battle of the series perhaps) but it had so much heart and a terrific sense of humor on top of it.Great stuff.

Yep. That was the last time I teared up playing a game. One of the few times thats ever happened.

Can you go back and do the Citadel DLC after having gone through the craptacular ending?

Yes. Your last save is prior to the beginning the last mission. Just go to the Citadel instead.

 

[madshot31]

I know I'm late and all but I just finished The Walking Dead on my ipad. I've had it for some time and I'm going to jump into the next episode right away but that game was sweet. Great story, hope the second one matches this one.

I have the Back to the Future one, it was on sale, but haven't played it at all. Can't wait to see what they do with Game of Thrones. Hopefully it won't be choppy like this one was at times. Intense.

Don't go into Back to the Future with to high of hopes. It was there first game I believe and the Walking Dead was the first great game they made. I beat Jurassic park which was made after Back to the Future by them, and it was rough at times. I could see the inspiration and effort but they definitely honed their craft through trial and error.

Jurassic Park was very rough, but I found Back to the Future to be great. Of course, I'm a huge fan of the movie, so playing the game felt like a new set of movies and I really enjoyed that. It's set up more like a old-school adventure game than The Walking Dead is. You won't find any QTEs in BTTF, at least that I recall.Also, Telltale had a ton of other games before BTTF. They revived the Sam and Max series as well as Tales from Monkey Island (all outstanding games), and had several other games under their belt too. I think the problem with JP is that they were moving into a more action oriented adventure game such that The Walking Dead turned into, but JP was the first attempt at that formula and the gameplay suffered because of that. The story in JP was ok.

Ah that makes sense. Sounds better than the jurrasic park game they made where they were definately testing out QTEs too much.