User blog comment:Markurion/A better ME3 endings/@comment-2228120-20120721155613/@comment-166.82.245.89-20120725043450

In a way, yes and no, while your choices do affect your war assets, the way EMS is used is rather impersonal and static, and to a degree, doesn't make sense, "I have a thousand war asset points worth of soldiers, that somehow makes the Crucible NOT incinerate Big Ben, and helps the fleet not get chewed up and spat immediately after engaging the Reapers!" And again, it doesn't reflect at all whether or not you played the no sacrifice too big Shepard or the no-one left behind Shepard, or even modify what races or ships you see in the final assault, excluding that one clip of either the Geth or Quarians, it doesn't even show both! I have the Elcor and what's left of the Batarian military! I want to see some heavy weapons being fired and Enforcer Gauntlets being put to good use, or perhaps those famous Salarian dreadnoughts, just a tiny cutscene, please? As far as I'm concerned, the way EMS is used isn't effectively(lol) enough and pales in comparison to how it could have been used, but then again, the game felt rather rushed and incomplete in most places. Most likely from the deadline.

I would like to use a rather infamous example, Call of Duty, this game consistently breaks sales records yet its quality(at least to me) keeps declining and becoming more and more mediocre, especially when compared to games like Skyrim or Mass Effect, why does this happen? I don't know, but if I had to guess, its due to the fact it appeals to a lot of casual gamers due to its ease of use and other similar factors, and while I'm not familiar with EA's top selling games if I had to guess it would probably be games that fall into the Call of Duty category(big blockbuster games) than the more "Artisan" games(like Amnesia). And incase if you haven't noticed, they were trying to get Mass Effect 3 to appeal to a larger audience(more than likely the Call of Duty-esque gamer) as if the inclusion of "action mode" wasn't a big enough hint, sounds like they're turning BioWare into another mediocre game developer. I mean, come on, they have a company best at and known for making RPGs, and nothing else, working on a strategy game!