AC2: Most Dissapointing of 2012: Mass Effect 3

Now while this game has got some of the best cutscenes I've seen in any game to date, the disappointing thing for me about this game is a lot of things but for a lot of you, it would be the endings.

Multiplayer:

I'm not in any way, into multiplayer modes as I don't particularly get them. I did however played the multiplayer mode in this game and for the most part, it's just something that I've seen before in other games. The only parts that stood out for me, were the fact that in addition to the single player campaign, you can also make a difference in the Alliance's attacks on Reaper and Cerberus forces by just simply playing the multiplayer. The way that works is in a similar but different way to Assassin's Creed's assassin missions where you send your assassins to various parts of the world to liberate them from Templar forces. Here however, you just have to complete and survive various challenges in the game and that's it. Not the greatest experience in my opinion.

Locked Out Missions and Crucial Decisions:

Unlike the last 2 games where you can do the side missions at your own pace, here the missions will appear, but once you do a Priority mission, it's then gone. What's even worse is the fact that some missions that you miss, may or may not alter your experience later on. Even more worse, is if you didn't perform well in ME2 and ME1 because even the decisions in those games will alter your experience. I feel in some way, sorry for all the Wii U owners that have this game, because from what I hear, the origin comic makes you not do the additional decisions like what to do about Malon's data in Mordin's LM and also Tali's promotion to admiral. Its disappointing but, if Bioware want to do that, it's their game.

No Space Battles:

After the success of ME2, many of us wanted to do space battles in Mass Effect, but unfortunately, do to how big ME3 is, it's virtually impossible. But hey, at least the on ground battles make up for it. 

Glitch after Glitch after Glitch:

Even though that Mass Effect 3 is a big game, it doesn't mean that its a perfect game. My experience of playing it, is that I come across all these glitches that can in some way, spoil the experience, but it's not neccessarly a big deal. Glitches that I have come across are non moving heads, talking to an invisible person and a few others.


The Endings

The biggest mistake that BioWare made, was of course, the endings. They made no sense, they didn't add any closure to the story and what's even worse, is that they are all the same with a few minor changes. It confused the hell out of all of us and even led to the BioWare Founders retiring from the game industry all together. Despite this criticism from the fans, BioWare then decided to release a free (until next year at some point) DLC known as The Extended Cut which expanded upon the original endings as well as making a few minor tweaks to the game itself. While this Cut did make a lot more sense and gave more closure than before, many fans still didn't like this game and due to what BioWare did, it's unlikely that it will ever be a fan favourite. Let's just hope that the next instalment is better and that BioWare do not repeat the same mistake again.

In my eyes, this was a disappointment even though I joined the Mass Effect universe later than most people. Its a very good game that delivers on all levels, just wish they put more work on the endings and all the other things that I've pointed out.