Mass Effect 3: A love song in progress

[stillsostrange]

My day has been markedly unproductive, as the boy came home from work early and put in Mass Effect 3. This game is so awesome, you guys. This game is fan-fucking-tastic. This pretty much makes up for Dragon Age 2 and the boringness of ME2. Not having to deal with the Cigarette Smoking Illusive Man and the bigoted assclows of Cerberus is a huge help. Not to mention you get the band back together. I've teared up three times in one day watching this game--once for a death-or-glory stand that ended in glory, one that ended in death, and once in sheer unmitigated nerdjoy when you summon the [SPOILER] to deal with the [SPOILER].

So far everything in this game makes up for all the things I didn't like about the last two: namely how you were forced to deal with xenophobic douche canoes without being able to turn them into a fine red mist (or court-martial them). And somehow rescuing a damsel in distress bothers me less when the damsel is a giant psychic space insect who looks like the lovechild of Shelob and the Xenomorph queen.

Also, there seems to be even more queer content, most of it gracefully integrated. Except Kaidan--he's a douche no matter which gender he's hitting on. It's a pity Garrus appears to be straight. He might be ME's little black dress.

It is, however, a little weird how your subordinate officers keep hitting on you.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

The Intrepid Roommate has been squee-ing about ME3 for a MONTH... more than that, actually, and "ALIENS GO BOOM!" Day has been prominently marked on the whiteboard calendar.

And, yes, since Tuesday it's been many rounds of aliens, blowing stuff up, Evil President Bartlett IN SPAAAACE Cerberusian entanglements, and happily geeking out at the world-building.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

I admit there was also some crying, here, at the death-and-glory bit that ended in death. (It was the singing that did it.)

But oh my god, yes, the [spoiler] taking out the [spoiler]. Hah!

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

If it's the same singing I'm thinking of (the Queen?), that one ended in glory for us. I thought it was an effective fake-out, but I just looked it up and discovered there are two outcomes.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

Oh, no - I mean the other one. With the tower. (That one ended in heroic sacrifice for us.)

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Same here.

[eclectic-writer.livejournal.com]

Lol that game has had me completely cut off from the world this whole week - haven't gotten a lick of writing done, need to finish unpacking the house, but yeah none of that's getting done. ;D I hear the end is a bit of a pyrrhic victory but everything has to come to an end sometime, no matter how much I want this series to go on and on and on and on and....

I've been waiting two years for this game to come out so I figure as long as the dog/birds are fed and watered, I'm good to go. This weekend is going to be pretty useless too as I'm desperate to get as much playing time in as I can. ;-D

Oh, and GIP for the **WIN**.