Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is the final installment in the Mass Effect trilogy concerning Commander Shepard of the Alliance and his attempts to avert galactic destruction by the powerful Reapers.

A Science-Fiction FPS/RPG crossover, this has aspects of first-person shooters, as well as a deep and complex Role-playing storyline that can be affected in both minor and major ways by the player's choices.

The choices and decisions made in Mass Effect 1 and 2 can be carried forward into the game via savegame import, but a default history is available for the new player.

ME3 promised multiple improvements and innovations to the game's combat and role-play sections, based on how people played the first two games.

A promising and much-anticipated title.

I am going to try to be fair considering the internet comment on this game.
Bad points:- Really bad combat weapons to begin your quest, an fairly bad journal; character heads on backwards
Good points: Story is excellent; contrary to others, my imports from ME2 work fine; the decisions from ME2 and ME1 do have some effect; graphics good; some very humorous pieces; beautifully crafted; nice soundtrack.
Generally speaking the ‘bad points’ are a pain in the butt, the new journal system is crap – it's hard to tell if you have actually collected something (like no inventory), initially I couldn't figure out if I could go back a second time to find someone (Thane for example). And for your benefit – you can't…
The initial weapons are really weak compared to the opposition; you character needs to be up around level 50 to do real damage. The cut scenes are long and fairly boring, and in a great many places you can't ‘esc’ to take a break.There are arbitrary ‘saves’ that make little sense for re-loading.
The storyline follows the earlier games, the graphics are good, although, in ageing some of the characters they now look 1000yrs old! The backward heads are very funny at inappropriate moments…or annoying…

Some of the battles are excellent once you figure out how to do any damage – the crouch control for Shepherd can be really bad – you can often not use biotics from the cover position, they simply don't work, as indeed your squad ones don't either, or you have to click on them so many times you're already dead.
The journal is bad for an RPG – ok for an FPS where there is little story and no need to figure out if you have collected something or given it to the appropriate person.

Strangely, the multiplayer is fast and fun – bit irritating being forced into it for war assets, but it is surprisingly good.

I was expecting this game to be an 11/10, as I enjoyed the second game immensely, I did not enjoy the first game as I found it tedious with controls etc. I love this series as a whole, to be honest game 3 is as good as the second – UP UNTIL the ending/s. I now have various characters sitting at the base before ‘the final push’ – everything up until ‘the beam’ is fine.
I agree with the general dissatisfaction regarding endings and plot holes, Bioware dropped the ball there. However, I am now on my 6th runthrough, I enjoy it , there are slight variations each time – the most irritating thing is still not being able to change the character's names – why Bioware don't have a handle on that…sigh…30 John Shepherds played over 3 years making different decisions requires a word document to figure out what the hell you've been up to!
Lastly, there's an earlier mention in one of the reviews about the Hitler utube clip – it's called Hitler Retakes Mass Effect 3 – that is very much worth a look.

Game 3 easter egg:-Salarian Base – keep playing with the computer when you are told not to…

This game is great… until the last 5 minutes. They really dropped the ball. The endigns are nonsensical. They make no sense and do not feel satisfying or have any closure.

You don't know what happens to your crewmates.

And for those who have played the whole series it feels like a betrayal.

P.S. There are only 3 endings.
P.P.S. You destroy the galaxy you want to save to save it.

Other wise this game is fun, well designed and worth playing.