Video Game Review: Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition

Release Year: 2012/2021
Reading Year: SU2024
Developer/Publisher: BioWare/EA
Time to Beat: 40 Hours

Thoughts: After nearly a hundred hours, I have finally rolled credits on Mass Effect 3. A series that was created in 2007. 17 years ago. A series I grew up around, albeit on the periphery (in my ME1 review below). A series that felt so mature and was endless in scope. A true space opera. A series whose first two games I scored a 9/10 and 10/10, respectively.

A series so strong, I wrote a love letter to it.

Even with all of that well-earned goodwill, I must admit, I spent most of Mass Effect 3 incredibly frustrated and bored. I was so angry at the shallowness of the new characters, the litany of bugs (way more than ME1 or ME2), and endless fetch-quests and mismatched game mechanics. The shameless fan-service and lazy re-introduction of past characters.

However, by the end, each of those 100 hours rose within me and spilled out in the tears leading up the final moments. Read More…