Mass Effect 3/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|The Illusive Man. Either he commits suicide after Shepard and Anderson make him realize that he's been indoctrinated, or he takes one last look at Earth after being shot by Shepard and reaffirms his love for his homeworld.}}

** {{spoiler|A bit more on that second one. Remember how the game ''starts''? Shepard sets off on a journey... to save Earth. [[Not So Different|Which is exactly what the Illusive Man has been trying to do]].}}

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]:

** Jacob Taylor. Even if you romanced him as FemShep he still hooks up with Dr Cole during your incarceration. Given that he ''also'' hooked up with Miranda at one point, are we still sure she was the one to end things? And if she did, was it because she realised that Jacob might be obsessed with screwing the boss to get the "The priiize". It certainly puts his hatred of the Illusive Man into a [[Foe Yay|strange new light.]]

** The final showdown with Kai Leng. He may have gotten [[Cutscene Power to The Max]] in your previous sequences, but both the fight and its [[Kick the Son of A Bitch|aftermath]] are outstandingly satisfying. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTtDk4UEnU music] is pretty awesome too.

* [[Boring but Practical]]:

*** Similarly, the [[Hand Cannon|Carnifex]]. Slap a scope on it, and you won't even need the Mantis.

** The Disciple shotgun. Its damage might be underwhelming, but it's surprisingly accurate and is the lightest shotgun available.

** The final opponent of the game{{spoiler|1=, a Marauder you shoot while limping to the beam in London, has been named [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467pmIX-oZo Marauder Shields] and}} is gaining a large fanbase. He tried to {{spoiler|[http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o4/Vulpix1000/motivator48cfb4eb2d9b0e12556e3209267450038685b648.jpg save us from the ending]}}. {{spoiler|[http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zlheV62H1rrlnm8o1_1280.jpg We must] [http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/268/801/23f.jpg honor] [http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/269/187/6d3.jpg his noble sacrifice].}}

** In a similar vein, the three husks Shepard kills in the same sequence have been dubbed [[Incredibly Lame Pun|The Three Husketeers]].

* [[Epileptic Trees]]:

** {{spoiler|Notable during the dream sequences the Boy always appears with the Reaper sound and when you run away from the boy, you can sometimes hear the voice of the Illusive Man and only of the Illusive Man.}}

** [[Downer Ending|The]] [[Gainax Ending|end]][[No Ending|ings]]... To expand on this, when fans started reaching the ending of the game, ''all Hell broke loose''. A high-selling game with good critical reviews now boasts 2 stars on Amazon, and a Metacritic User score of 3.5 (compare the critical score of 9.5). All message boards dealing with the topic are inundated, and there are multiple polls and petitions which indicate that some ''ninety-eight percent'' of ''Mass Effect'' fans are dissatisfied with the ending. There may have never been a stronger negative reaction to ten minutes of a game in the history of the medium. For a brief idea [http://social.bioware.com/633606/polls/28989/ see this]. As of this posting, that number of people who said they were satisfied with the endings is up to about 1000. Compared to about 60,000 votes that the endings were bad<ref> mood-wise; this poll doesn't even have an option for people who hated the plot holes!</ref>. There's also a [http://www.facebook.com/DemandABetterEndingToMassEffect3 Facebook group] demanding a better ending for the game. It already has a membership total in the tens of thousands. One fan even went as far to [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx report to the Federal Trade Commission] over false advertising regarding the ending.

** [http://youtu.be/4H_A7SeawU4 These] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlatxLP-xs&feature=related three] [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/aj/topreasons/34623-why-we-hate-me3s-ending videos,] and [http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/ this article] do the best at explaining why most people have such a problem with this ending.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: [http://i.imgur.com/gPvxa.jpg Javik is better than you at anything]. [http://i.imgur.com/LPozE.jpg Deal with it, primitive].

* [[Memetic Mutation]]:

** Just when Bioware thought they had some reprieve from the endless barrage of complaints, [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/323/index/9661093 this happens]. Although character decisions are unaffected by the import, losing the custom Shepard's face has sparked even more passionate discussion. Now that they have fixed it in a patch, people are reporting that their custom Shepard still doesn't look correct.

* [[The Scrappy]]:

** Two other characters that get a lot of hate are the little boy on Earth and {{spoiler|the Catalyst}}. The kid's hated for poor voice acting and emotional baiting. {{spoiler|The Catalyst}} is hated because the second he shows up, [[Gainax Ending|the ending goes off the rails]]. Plus, {{spoiler|the Catalyst is basically a holographic version of the kid, which certainly doesn't help him}}.

** Diana Allers is often hated for the voice actress' [[Dull Surprise|bland delivery]], [[Flat Character|limited character development]], [[Uncanny Valley|facial expressions]], and connections to IGN that have led to accusations of pandering on Bioware's part. To add to that, Emily Wong, a much more popular reporter, got killed off before the release of the game, prompting cries of [[Replacement Scrappy]]. Even worse, her 'romance' is far and away the most shallow in the series.