Video Game Review: Mass Effect 3

Over the past few months, I’ve been doing a Let’s Play of Mass Effect 3. I felt this was the best time to do that Let’s Play, with the impending release of Mass Effect Andromeda. We also have some time and distance from the initial controversy over Mass Effect 3’s ending, and the second wave of controversy over the “Director’s Cut”, which meant that I could approach the game fresh, without any of that baggage. So, how does Shepard’s final outing fare? Continue reading →

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 67 – Wreckage

We board the Citadel, make our final choice, and I give my final thoughts on the game.

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 66 – Primrose Hill

We make our final push to the beam, to head to the Citadel.

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 65 – Dead London

We take the fight to the Reapers, in the streets of London

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 64 – Like Nelson Before Trafalgar

Before the final battle, we tour our ship.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 63 – “…serene in their assurance of empire over matter.”

At long last, we take down Kai Leng.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 62 – “…over this globe about their little affairs…”

We launch our attack on The Illusive Man and Cerebus.

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 61 – “With infinite complacency men went to and fro…”

We continue our pursuit of Kai Leng, and discover what Cerberus wants the Catalyst for.

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 60 – Contact

Cerebus is attacking a communications facility – it’s time to drive them off.

Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 59 – “…the transient creatures that swarm and multiply…”

We head to Thessia to find a Prothean artifact.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 58 – Deepsix

This time we’ve found Leviathan, so it’s time to pay it a visit.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 57 – Engines of God

This time we continue our hunt for Leviathan on a remote Xeno Archeological dig site.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 56 – Call Me Ishmael

This time we’re hard on the trail of the Leviathan of Dis. The Moby Dick reference counts – there was a SF version of Moby Dick.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 55 – …as a man with a microscope might scrutinize…

We get a lead on what we need to complete our superweapon.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 54 – Planet Express

This time we make a whole *ton* of deliveries.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 53 – …perhaps almost as narrowly…

This time we liberate Rannoch from the Reapers.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 52 – Of all the souls I have known…

This episode gets a little maudlin as some party members pay their respects to fallen family.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 51 – Mr DNA

We deal with a little bit of business before we return to the main story missions.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 50 – House Party Protocol

After saving the Normandy from being captured by our evil Doppleganger, it’s time to blow off some steam.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 49 – Starship Mine

This time we’re taking our ship back.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 48 – Phule’s Company

This time the band as a whole goes to stop a heist on the Council Archives.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 47 – A Stainless Steel Rat

This time we end up pulling off a semi-heist in a Casino.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 46 – The Captain’s Table

This time we’re invited for lunch with Joker, but it doesn’t go well.

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Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 45 – Neuromancer

This time we’re jacking into the Geth Consensus to shut down their fighters, and maybe do a little extra.