So I'm ordering Mass Effect 3 tomorrow...

Should I just download the Extended Cut right off the bat or beat the game without it, then replay it with Extended Cut?

 

Just download the Extended Cut right off the bat.

 

Yeah, the vanilla ending is pretty... um... [insert word that means it sucks and makes no sense without saying so].

Extended cut ending make it better, in my opinion. Plus it adds some new scenes.

 

I guess that answers that question...Thanks guys.

 

It is also free.

 

Really now? Well that certainly helps.

 

Yeah, it was because of the huge backlash towards the original ending that they made it free.

 

I almost bought ME3 today, but the price was like $43 used and I told myself because of the ****** ending I would not pay anywhere near full price for the game. I spent a good 5 minutes debating whether $43 was low enough. It was not.

Slight relevance.

 

You will know pain, HeartlessOfLight.

 

I bought the collector's edition, you should have seen my reaction when I saw the ending...

 

I did too, and I got a refund. I shouldn't have bought the game in the first place.

 

Yeah, I have the Collectors Edition too. IDK my biggest purchase mistake is preordering Dragon Age 2 Signature Edition, While ME3 is far from being a perfect game it was not as disappointing as DA2.

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

I bought both DAO and DA2 on DA2's release day because a friend of mine said DAO was an excellent game and before then I played ME and ME2 and liked those games. I played through DAO and its dlc and I liked it, then I played DA2...
...I'll just say I'm not even interested in DA3...whenever that's announced...

 

Just be thankful it wasn't the collectors edition.

 

I don't regret buying the Collector's Edition at all. I love Mass Effect. It will always be my favorite series, even if they dropped the ball on the ending.

 

OH NO I LOVE MY CE TOO.
Its sad how I rly wanted it just for the robot dog that does jack ****.

 

Oh God this. I thought it might help in combat at first. lolnope​

 

Oh god. The robot dog. They seriously false advertised with that. They said it would follow you around your ship, but it's the exact opposite. When you get near it, it just faints/lays down/acts like a ******.

And it only stays on that one floor. :T

 

Seriously, these people who think an ending defines a game, seriously, stop with this constant moaning.

Great game, great story, great action, great character development, decent choices, limited exploration, weak ending (vanilla).
All in all, worth playing at least once.

The extended cut ending puts to rest most of what I did have problem with, I can play this game again and not fewr the ending taking away my feelings on things, like the characters you bond with and the scale of the battle.