[Victoria Bartel]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx

LMAO

[Nick Tyler]

We got a mention on CNN! Wow, even I'm a little surprised at how far we've come. I think I'll stick with the classic, you know it's coming. Hold the line!

Do you feel that? It's as if a million Leydenne's cried out in rage at this drama and were silenced.

[Sabrina Schwarz]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx

This is what the FTC was created for. While I do not think it needed to go this far I am glad it did. This whole debacle will hopefully teach the big dogs of the industry that they cannot keep flat out lying to us just to build up hype. I hope EA/Bioware really feels the pressure now.

[Ells]

Oh dear god Ledgend1221, you are my savior. Thank you

Always ready to help!
The Infiltrator is a boss!

[Tanika O'Connell]

How do you upgrade a gun to level 10, I can only go to 5?

[YO MAma]

How do you upgrade a gun to level 10, I can only go to 5?

Start a second playtrough.

[Benjamin Holz]

What?

[Erin S]

What?

Your weapons can only be upgraded to X on your second playtrough with that character.

[Chad Holloway]

Thanks. So there's a New Game +? Can you go back and finish side quests after the MQ?

[SEXY QUEEN]

Thanks. So there's a New Game +?

Yup. Start a new game and "Import ME3 Character".

We got a mention on CNN!

Garrus was right. "Shout loud enough and eventually someone will come and see what the commotion is about"

[Ashley Hill]

I promised to myself I would hold the line and refuse to play ME3 until they fixed the import bug... but I don't know how long I can last. Seeing my bro play it, all this talk about endings, just makes me want to play it soo bad and see this legendary ending. I might just do a run as default Shepard and keep my helmet on all the time or something. Should I give in to the temptation, or hold the line?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXLVFnl3WcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGUNvIFTQw

"Hold your ground! Hold your ground!
Sons of Gaming, of RPGs, my brothers,
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of gamers fail,
when we forsake our vows
and break all bonds of determination,
but it is not this day.
An hour of cash cows and bad endings,
when the age of gaming comes crashing down,
but it is not this day!
This day we fight!!
By all that you hold dear on these good games,
I bid you stand, Gamers of the West!!!"

[Tiffany Holmes]

This is what the FTC was created for. While I do not think it needed to go this far I am glad it did. This whole debacle will hopefully teach the big dogs of the industry that they cannot keep flat out lying to us just to build up hype. I hope EA/Bioware really feels the pressure now.

[SUck MYdIck]

If you do a save before attacking Cerberus main base you can. There is no going back if you do not.

[elliot mudd]

How many times have we passed off blatant lies as "oh that's just PR"? Again, it did not need to go this far but I for one am tired of being outright lied to then told "Oh sorry, we didn't have time" or "we decided to go a different route" or in this case "we wanted you to discuss it". Sadly, almost every dev team does this and we just brush it off, give them our money [censored] quietly, give them more money for DLC and [censored] about that.

[phillip crookes]

"Hold your ground! Hold your ground!
Sons of Gaming, of RPGs, my brothers,
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of gamers fail,
when we forsake our vows
and break all bonds of determination,
but it is not this day.
An hour of cash cows and bad endings,
when the age of gaming comes crashing down,
but it is not this day!
This day we fight!!
By all that you hold dear on these good games,
I bid you stand, Gamers of the West!!!"

All I need to see now is an adapted speech from Independence Day and my day is made.

[Elle H]

Captain Kirrahe for Salarian Councillor!

[Calum Campbell]

All I need to see now is an adapted speech from Independence Day and my day is made.

Good morning. In less than an hour, gamers from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest internet battle in the history of gaming.
Gaming -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.

Perhaps its fate that today is the 17th of March, and you will once again be fighting for our games, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from Bioware.
We're fighting for our right to game, to have our decisions matter.
And should we win the day, the 17th of March will no longer be known as the 17th of March, but as the day when gamers declared in one voice:

"We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on!

We're going to survive!

We're going to have more than red, blue or green!

Our decisions are going to matter!"

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

I could also apply some to SOPA if you want.

[Quick Draw III]

I promised to myself I would hold the line and refuse to play ME3 until they fixed the import bug...

That bug is almost as bad as the ending (okay, maybe not almost). It was even present in the demo, so BioWare's known about it for some time. I'm holding off on my second playthrough until they fix it (my first was default face, so no import problems).

[Nauty]

Anyone want to help me do a Gold?

[R.I.P]

Has anyone beat Gold? I got to wave 10 on Silver and we died.. Reaper?

[Gwen]

Has anyone beat Gold? I got to wave 10 on Silver and we died.. Reaper?

I was thinking Cerberus, sick of reapers!

[hannaH]

i must say, BioWare did a grand job with Thessia. Been playing games for over 20 years now and nothing has come close to the emotions i felt after completing that particular segment of the game. The sense of anger and utter dejection was like nothing else i have ever encountered whilst playing a game. It's the only time I've ever connected with a fictional character in a game. So much so, I had to switch the game off for an hour or so to calm down.

I also think they deserve huge credit for EDI. In ME2, whilst endearing, she never really captured my attention, however, as the the story in ME3 evolved, I couldn't help thinking that it was i that had shaped her personality and by extension, made me genuinely care about her as a character.

BioWare may be many things and the ending may not be to everyone's taste, but they sure know how to write an engaging story when they put their mind to it.

[oliver klosoff]

I promised to myself I would hold the line and refuse to play ME3 until they fixed the import bug... but I don't know how long I can last. "

I guess I don't really care about that "bug" - they import the story elements. I always tweak my character from game to game anyway. So i just shrugged, made sure the story elements imported okay, and carried on. I wanted to change hairstyle anyway.

BioWare may be many things and the ending may not be to everyone's taste, but they sure know how to write an engaging story when they put their mind to it.

When they put their mind to it - there was a sequence in ME3 that was an absolut e gaming highpoint for me.

Spoiler

(The three missions on Rannoch and the resolution I worked for across all three games, really. Well, mostly 2 and 3, but still. )

And yeah, EDI grew on me.

[RUby DIaz]

I guess I don't really care about that "bug" - they import the story elements. I always tweak my character from game to game anyway. So i just shrugged, made sure the story elements imported okay, and carried on. I wanted to change hairstyle anyway.

Yeah but i can't recreate my Shepard and I want his face :/

[Dina Boudreau]

Yeah but i can't recreate my Shepard and I want his face :/

Heh. Well, I sympathise. But every single Male shep I ever made, in any of the games, came out looking pretty much the same as the others I created, except eye color. I guess I have a "type"