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I've never played Mass Effect series, should I ship the 3rd one?

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From what i've heard its bad or has a bad ending. Would you still recommend it tough ? Now I have a beast rig to play games and planning to play at 1440p with high res textures and mods.

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Get the trilogy and prepare for and epic story.

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Get 1 if you want to. (Even though the gameplay is a bit poor i'd suggest playing it to get a feel for the character and story. Just play it on easy)

Or get ME2 and the Origins DLC. 

In short. Get all 3 and the major dlc if you can get it cheaply. Prepare for heartache

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You can't pick and choose your fights. Play all three WITHOUT looking at a guide to get to the ending you want. It makes the story far more enjoyable, and the heartbreak all more real when you accidently kill your favorite companions because you didn't upgrade enough

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You can't pick and choose your fights. Play all three WITHOUT looking at a guide to get to the ending you want. It makes the story far more enjoyable, and the heartbreak all more real when you accidently kill your favorite companions because you didn't upgrade enough

Priority: Rannoch... I chose wrong..

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Priority: Rannoch... I chose wrong..

Years, similar experience here,

Yea 30 seconds into the final mission both Jack and legion got sliced down by a harvester laser. Turns out that super menial armor upgrade was actually really important xD

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Why would you play through a trilogy story only to skip the ending?

 

The ending is what it is and honestly fitting enough (won't elaborate because spoilers)

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I started with ME3 and I ended up loving it so much I went for the other two. The ending actually wasn't as bad as people make it seem.

 

I say you will be fine starting with it but I strongly recommend you pick up the trilogy while it s 14.99$ as it is a great deal on a great series.

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Years, similar experience here,

Yea 30 seconds into the final mission both Jack and legion got sliced down by a harvester laser. Turns out that super menial armor upgrade was actually really important xD

The final mission is the worst..

Spent HOURS getting everything ready and even got that one particular bitch to behave. And even then she died.. The feeling when you complete it flawlessly is unbeatable though.

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meant to say *skip , pardon :)

The ending is kind of a let-down, but if you're going to play the series and get invested in the story, you certainly need to include Mass Effect 3. If you know not to expect a lot from the ending before you even start, it probably won't bother you as much as it did the die-hard, vocal critics. It's about the ride.

If you were going to skip one I'd say skip ME1. It's combat and loot systems are pretty weak and unenjoyable, and you can quickly skip through all the ME1 choices for your player save with the ME2 "comic book" DLC instead. But I do think you should play it at least once.

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The ending is kind of a let-down, but if you're going to play the series and get invested in the story, you certainly need to include Mass Effect 3. If you know not to expect a lot from the ending before you even start, it probably won't bother you as much as it did the die-hard, vocal critics. It's about the ride.

If you were going to skip one I'd say skip ME1. It's combat and loot systems are pretty weak and unenjoyable, and you can quickly skip through all the ME1 choices for your player save with the ME2 "comic book" DLC instead. But I do think you should play it at least once.

There is always the happy ending mod  ;)

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I was actually happy with the end of ME3, despite the bad press it got.

 

But if you're gonna play 2 you have to play all 3, let's be real here. Get all and enjoy without referencing guides/etc.

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From what i've heard its bad or has a bad ending. Would you still recommend it tough ? Now I have a beast rig to play games and planning to play at 1440p with high res textures and mods.

 

You could play these games on a 960 at 4K with high res texture mods, jussaying. Ridiculously undemanding hardware-wise.

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect/mods/1/?

 

Includes instructions on how to fix the ridiculously backwards LOD. (Literally -- the further away from Garrus you get, the more detailed his face becomes by default)

 

And eh I personally liked the ending. I hate the trend of "play the game the way the devs wanted you to to the letter and only get good effects" thing that most games do. At least in ME3 bad things happen whatever you choose.

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The third one is still a great game. It's just the last 20 minutes or so that's fucking awful. You can't play without getting the DLC though, you'd miss out on so much. So be prepared to drop a lot of money on it. Unfortunately it never goes on sale since BioWare sells their DLC in the shittiest way possible.

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