Mass Effect 3 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

The story was so dark but yet very entertaining, as if I was living in a sci fi epic movie or something. Combat mechanics was very nice for an RPG, The story gave me chills like the Reapers are far worse compared to the Covenant I swear haha. The only thing I was disappointed about this game was the ending, I wished it was totally different and more epic where you would literally have a tear rolling out your eye because this game HAS THAT POTENTIAL. But anyway overall this is the perfect game for the Sci-FI/Story drivin gamer

I am going to say this was one of the best games I have played in a long time. The whole time I felt the galaxy was actually depending on how I did. Put in extra time to procure allies and units for warfare before the final battle as I could. I am not going to talk about the ending but really it was bad. I mean really bad to the point it even negated my ability to use my imagination to make it better. I would have given this game a 10 but after all the work and the horrible ending its only getting a 9.

Let me star by saying never in my life have I ever been so engaged by a series of games. When I succeeded with Shepard I felt as if I actually succeeded. When I had gained an accomplice in the other games and have progressed with them throughout the games I felt a connection. I felt emotionally engaged in every game and felt as If I was actually my character or a part of him. With that being said this game in itself is amazing. The story is amazing and deep and engaging and their is multiple outcomes and dozens of important decisions that will later on have reproductions. The Combat is solid and fluid and feels natural from the type of game that it is and is surprisingly satisfying. But, I wish I could say this game was perfect. The first and second were flawless in my opinion but this one fell short. I will not ruin anything for anyone who decides to purchase or rent this game, but the ending was very disappointing. It felt as a let down after all the time of being fully engaged in the story of all three games. But besides that there is no reason to play this game and I would highly recommend this game to be bought.

i love the kinect for the game it makes the game a lot better great story and love the people in the game.

This game is one of my favorites. The Shooter-RPG gameplay is very well tied-in with the interactive story. Just the mere things you say to strangers can effect the fate of the galaxy. It rewards players who put in the time to look for and gain for extra war assets. How ever this game is not perfect, especially when it come to the multiplayer. The gameplay of it is fun, but it gets old after awhile, especially with the horrible trading card unlock system. The so-called "free" multiplayer packs with new content that Bioware releases, you still have to unlock them in the game, which could take who knows how long. A great game, but with a few flaws= Mass Effect 3.

Mass Effect 3 lives up to the expectations of the first two games. everything is tweaked to work a little better, and the decisions seem to be more involved this go around.

The mini-games are far less annoying, and the cover and shooting - while still imperfect (especially the cover) are much better.

The story is exceptional, and I thought the finish was great - especially after I looked up various ideas about my choice on the internet. The ending makes you question what really happened, as well as touching on subjective/objective reality differences.

Play the first 2, then play this. It is great.

If you like the first two, then I don't have to tell you anything. If you like games like Lost Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption, Batman Arkam Asylum and City, etc....games with character, story, great graphics and so forth; you will love this game. If you have tried any of the Mass Effect games, try the whole trilogy. The multiplayer is completely addictive; on par with Gears of War games; and the Call of Durity series. I love the way they designed the multiplayer. I won't say much about it, because it's like a great surprise. If you like the campaign, you'll love the multiplayer. Later all. See you online.

Mass Effect 3 is the epic conclusion to Commander Shepard and the Reaper threat. This game is best only if you have the extended cut dlc which is free which closes holes in the poorly done ending they had before. The graphics are awesome, the story is awesome, and the choices to made are hard to decide. This game is meant for campaign, so those looking for multilayer this is not the game for you. The game has multilayer but is a cheap ripoff of Gears of War 2 and 3 horde mode which is really easy if you have a good team. This game has many things to do, the controls are great with or without kinect, and the characters bring you into the story.

This game will bring the best adventure to those who play through all the Mass Effect games which are also awesome. This is because Bioware has made the games be able to import your character throughout the game saga. Teammate AI are smart, enemies look amazing and the game leaves you wanting more. The only bad side to this game was the ending which has no final boss and no epic ending battle.

All the characters teammates or not all have a background story and/or has been part of Shepard's story. And you get to choose which character you want to date. And best of all, the campaign is long and takes hours to completely beat. I loved this game in every way and recommend this game to since fiction fans and army fans alike. Rent or buy, either way it is worth it.

The Mass Effect trilogy is by far the best trilogy of this generation. Mass Effect 3 should have been a culmination of everything that you have done since ME1, except at least for me the ending ruins it. I could easily of given this game a 10/10 and would have before reaching the conclusion. The game play is amazing, controls are excellent, and the story is simply the most engaging and emotional story for any game I have played. However the endings are a severe disappointment for me, and most people because BW pretty much throws out all of the decisions that you have made, and everything done for all 3 games in the span of 10 minutes. If you have read any of the statements from BW employees regarding this game and the Ending then do yourself a favor and don't play it, because much of what we were told was a lie essentially giving us the exact opposite of what was said. For example Casey Hudson said that "the endings would vary widely, that since this is the last game in the Shepard storyline that not everyone would get the same exact end cause there is nothing they have to tie up for another game, also that the endings would be much like ME2 but more complex and that you wouldn't be able to say that you got ending A, B, or C." Without spoiling to much of the game or ending I will say that the end does indeed come down to choosing either A, B or C, and that there is very little variance in what happens after choosing. It's highly disappointing to see that almost nothing done in the games matter at the end, and that they ended up giving everyone the exact same scenes etc... So regardless of your choices, all 3 ends force major things to happen. They also broke from their great storytelling and gave every character you've known over the trilogy a complete personality change in the last few minutes, to me it feels like this was done to make the endings work, but good storytelling fits the story to the characters, the opposite of what they did at the end.

Mass Effect is probably the greatest RPG series ever made and with the third and final game, its officially the greatest videogame series ever created. Mass Effect 3 concludes the story of Commander Shepard, theres a war waging across the earth and its up to him and his crew(the ones who survived ME1/2) to stop the Reapers. You travel the galaxy looking for help against the Reapers, whether it be the Turians, Salarians, Krogans or Asari, you're gonna need help. So the final battle is here and im gonna break it down for ya:

The Good:
-Story, Mass Effect isn't about flashy action, its about the amazing tale of a man(or woman) who became the greatest hero(or villain) the human race has ever seen, and with this game you see how it all ends.
-n00b support, i had how that came out but its true, Bioware will take you through a short prologue, telling you how it all began, which sets it up perfectly if you are new to the series.
-Graphics, while ME2 was blew ME1 out of the water in terms of graphics, ME3 does the same. The characters look as good as ever, the effects are spectacular and the new areas are incredible to look at.
-Combat, its been a long and bumpy road for combat in ME, ME1's clunky cover system is long gone and the lack of grenades in ME2 been added back into ME3. The new omni blade adds a new melee tactic that is extremely fun to use while close up.
-Character Development, The fact that EVERY SINGLE decision in Mass Effect 1 and 2 up to this point make a huge difference in what plays in ME3, like who you chose to help in ME1 and who survived the final collector battle in ME2 as with what your morality choices were, every choice matters!

The MEH, yes its true.
-Glitches, they aren't game breaking, but some of the conversations have awkward lip sync and body animations some times flutter around, but its not common.

The BAD, NONE. Ill instead conclude with a tweaked quote, "I'm Commander Shepard and this is the best game on the Citadel."

Although the game had a serious problem with the original ending. The new extended cut DLC, which is free, fixes the ending. If you end up buying the game or buying the muliplayer pass, you will also find a addictive game that has more than doubled in size (maps, guns, characters, powers, equipment) since the release. This game is worth buying, and playing over and over again until your thumbs are sore.

Its a good game, but melodramtic, and the ending coulda been done better. there is the old standby the EA ruins just about everything, it holds true here too.

I'm actually kind of disappointed that this game did not live up to all the hype surrounding it. To me the game is very redundant, it's one combat mission to the next, and the combat itself does not very in the mode of approach. I'm most disappointed that there is not more social interaction in the game. Rarely are there scenarios where the player has to chose the outcome of a situation that will dictate further interaction with that character. SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT A SPOILER: The only city like place that you are able to explore is the Citadel, there are no other worlds to explore and the Citadel itself is very limited. The previous games had more missions based in cities as well as choosing between paragon or renegade actions in those interactions. By the end of the game I was just going through the motions to finish it, I had no care for relationships with other characters which is one of the huge driving points of the previous games.

I love the Mass Effect series. Each game builds on the next, and Mass Effect 3 is no exception. Mass Effect 3 is a true masterpiece, one that emotionally pulls you in from the very start. The combat is unbelievably intense, and the choices that you are forced to make are unbearable. The characters in the game are remarkably real, as you build relationships with them, they will share emotions with you as this galactic struggle unfolds. I would give Mass Effect 3 a 15 out of 10 if i could, if it wasn't for the ending. I will not spoil anything, but the last 10 minutes of the game makes everything you have worked for through the first two games and even the third, worth nothing. I started to play Mass Effect 3 for a second time, but i thought to myself, what's the point? Even though the ending put me into a state of depression as a long time Mass Effect fan, it does not change the fact that this is a great game.

So, I read about the ending controversy, of course, but, from recent first hand experience, trust me: it's really that bad. Worse that "and it was all a dream".

I think for fans of the series, stopping to play once you reach the pre-ending level (as a good guy, you sit down with another guy and enjoy a view).

Seriously, pop out the disc, send it back. What follows will absolutely ruin your day. The game would have been immensely more enjoyable if they had just cut away and left all of us hanging.

To a degree, it's a huge tribute to the trilogy the Bioware teams have created that it can make so many people so angry. Seen in another light, it's a completely unnecessary mess.

The game itself is quite good where smaller missions are concerned: breathtaking graphics, musical score and fine storytelling, although it feels a bit bland compared to #1 and #2. The action/fighting has been polished, and the last level before the ending had some of the finest fighting I've done in any game. Think heart-thumping adrenaline surges and insane satisfaction.

The problem with the storyline is that it's based on a Deus-Ex-Machina (literally) principle from the start, so instead of the deep, story-driven game that was ME1, you know have a collection of smaller missions with a gimmick tying them together. And then a miserable ending.

I was upset by the lack of deep involvement (I do play games for storyline mostly), and I was upset by quite a few stupd storytelling stunts (military-might-is-always-right soldier hurrahs, physical impossibilities) but still enjoyed it - Bioware has a perfect storytelling system set up, shame they didn't use it.

The game is overall 7-good, and the ending is a big fat 0, but I'll completely factor this out for this review.

I was so looking forward to mass effect 3 but this game let me down & i been a fan since me1&2, But they mess up a great game with not alot of stuff to do, choices still don't change the ending to me suck cause for the last mass effect they should gave us more to do & being in love on me3 is a waste of time cause they don't treat you like a love one say same stuff over & over can't invite them up like on me2 which to me was way more better then me3, i truly hate them for not give us more to do & when u do beat the game don't no one know what happen cause it reset everything over so yeah thanks for nothing ea & bioware =(

An AMAZING game!!! I couldn't stop playing it, the graphics aren't that much of an improvement, but it's longer, much more realistic feeling, and just plain awesome. Don't even rent it, just go and buy it! If I had to choose between ME3 and Skyrim, I would choose ME3. I'm a girl, so I'm more emotionally into the games than guys are. I cried a few times, dirty-talked the screen, laughed hysterically, went, "aww..." several times, and had extreme fun with the game. I would play through it over and over without getting bored. My top #1 game for sure!!

First id like to say that thanks to contacts, I could play this game early so I'm not "faking" this review.

STORY:
Mass effect is famous for it's story for a reason, and yes the story is still amazing although this is the third the game the story is still world-class and the voice acting is amazing, although the character animations doesn't always keep up during conversations; however ME3 is an amazing way to finish a trilogy.

Gameplay:
Mass effect has always been different from other rpg's that lacks in gameplay, but a few rpg's still have top notch gameplay and ME3 is one of them. ME3 also has 3 new options you can take in the beginning of the game, you can choose to play in the classic ME way with combat and conversations, but for all regular TPS fans you can now choose to make these conversations normal cutscenes, or you can choose to put the combat on a ridiculous easy level so you can just rush through the combat and put more time into the story. ME3 now also has Multiplayer, were you can play as different races than Human or just stick to the old stuff, however if you aren't a multiplayer fan that's ok because it won't affect the story at all and is not required. I think it's a must play and skipping it would be you're loss.

ME3 has an amazing amount of content, I finished it in 42 hours, but I did far from everything, and this is just the story the multiplayer kept me up at nights as well.
So lets sum it all up.

Pros:
- Amazing Story, one of the best in video games
- Great gameplay
- A lot of weapon customization
- Multiplayer
- Tons of content
- Amazing voice acting
- You can import you're ME1 or ME2 character so you're old choices still has an impact
- Great character development, you can romance a person if interested.

Cons:
- minor frame rate issues and bugs, but easily overlooked.

NOTE: If you haven't played ME and ME2 I strongly recommend you do so, sure its a bit of commitment, but you will thank me later ;)

9.7/10

Exactly like the other two before it but this time the story sucked; wasn't very impressed for all the hype that was given about it.

I am a huge fan of the mass effect series. That said, I have a couple real issues with this last installment. First, the whole talli committing suicide was bad. Having to have so many things done just right in ME2 sucked, I had everything except talli was exiled. That point of the story completely left me out of control of how I wanted to handle the situation and sucked. ME3 lost major points with me at this point in the game.
There there is the biggest issue I had which was if you don't play online or have downloaded content, you can't get the best ending. My xbox isn't even hooked up to internet. My readyness is stuck at 50%. Forcing me to play online is the fastest way to loose me, I live in the country and its just not going to happen. I played every side mission, was mostly paragon throughout all three games, all for what. Is this how it ends for me. EA really ticked me off with this one. I should never be penalized for not playing online, it just isn't a factor for some gamers. I will be cautious about any future EA games in the future and I will not play any with this requirement. This seriously lowers my review score.

Finally, we come to the ending, and let me just say this sucked. I mean really, after three games and many many hours of game time, this is what EA gives us. What did the good story writers get in a bus accident and you had rookies finish this off? I mean this has to be one of the worst endings in ages. All the endings sucked. This is one of the few times I wish I hadn't beat the game.

The ending was weak but I don't understand the hate. I get that it felt a little lacking and that it didn't play out the way most thought it would but regardless, this was a great game.

I thought the story side wrap-up of the series showed a lot of intelligence. Aspects from the 1st game still tied in to this one. I felt the developer's went a little overboard with the "OMG this fight can't be won" mentality/theme. You'll see what I mean when you get to the end. Still, the entirety of the story is good. I enjoyed the final cutscenes and choices.

The combat could potentially be amazing if they finally fixed the broken cover system. You can tap 'a' a million time and he does nothing, then when you stop and tap 'a' again he flies over the cover you were trying to hide behind. It's issues like that, that make playing the game on hard a freaking chore. I turned it to normal difficulty at about 12 hours in.

I couldn't pick 2 characters up because they died, so that's my fault..... lol. This is actually kind of a good thing because they hold you accountable for your decision in prior games.

There is one major gripe I have with the game:

The entire SERIES is leading up to this final battle. The entirety of this game you are building up your forces. For what? The species you choose don't seem to have anything to do with how the end game plays out. I was thinking you would allocate forces to specific tasks, etc., but it seems your choices don't really have anything to do with the "final battle". A missed opportunity from the developer to do something more.

All the new enemies are really fun to fight. The shotguns in this one are RIDICULOUS. Extremely fun to use. Wish there were more "big boss" fights.

I know this review sounds negative, but I have to recommend it to anyone that enjoyed the others or anyone into sci-fi, etc. The story & world is really well detailed and fleshed out. I was actually furious at the game (cover system), but screamed in celebration after I took down a reaper and was genuinely satisfied.

The existence of earth, humans and zillions of other carbon-based creatures hang in the balance. And I don't care.

First the good: from previous Mass Effect games, ME3 features huge improvements to game play. Shepherd now evades enemy fire; he runs faster and sports a new "super punch" move that’s effective for close combat. Gone are class-specific weapons - Vanguards, snipe away. And Infiltrators, you should have a shotgun for this kind of deal. The weapon assignment system works great, which penalizes power recharge rate as you add more weight on Shepherd’s back. This presents the player with some cool tradeoffs that furthers the incentive to upgrade weapons. Battle arenas present more flexibility; affording more opportunities to flank enemies and better use of squad commands. Though occasionally exhibiting self-destructive behavior, squad AI and abilities are well balanced in ME3 - I found myself carefully thinking through how best to position and use them for each scenario.

A major disappointment was with the lack of character development, or relationship building. What little there is gets regurgitated, i.e. “imported,” from ME2 or takes place in 1-dimension on the Citadel - a fairly dull place to be. Character dev in ME3 is greatly needed in order to create an emotional attachment to its focal point: earth and its inhabitants. I was desensitized to the scenes of earth in flames and of its people getting popped off left and right. And why not? Throughout the series, the player spends most of the time elsewhere in the galaxy fighting for the interests of other races to strengthen his standing with a particular individual whom he sympathizes with. Most encounters with humans however, have been through the intolerant Cerberus, none of which are staged on earth. When we finally see earth in apocalyptic ruin and there is little sense of loss. All the bloated speeches of altruistic duty and epic music screaming at you “care, dang it!” are emotionally ineffect

Believe all the bad reviews, loyal fans should all feel betrayed to a moneymaking scheme of DLC and multiplayer, hello online pass as an indicator of the future. Me1 and me2, amazing, the saga you are so eager to conclude with your intact rich history will only end in horrible disappointment and regret for even caring about the series. In 33 years I've never felt the need to write a review. I cannot stop myself from this review, so terribly disappointed, they should be ashamed.