ME3 is a very linear game. They have pretty much removed side quests (N7 missions hardly count), most of them are finding item X during story mission Y, and if you happen to miss item X you can purchase it to complete the quest. You still travel between planets on the Normandy like ME2 but they put a nice shiny sticker on where you're headed so it's near impossible to get lost. They also removed the planet scanning system, now you send out a nice little pulse and it tells you if any of the surrounding planets are worth your time.Temperedelm

They also removed almost all dialogue choices. 97% of the "conversations" are Top Option, or Bottom Option (Nice guy, less-nice guy). It's absolutely disgusting, taking a game that HAD great depth, and watering it down for the shooter-kiddies.

I can't even play the singleplayer since completing it the first time...it just makes me feel ill, knowing that those hundreds of hours amounted to three endings that are the same, regardless of what I've ever done.

I was able to connect to one game, but as soon as the game ended I was kicked back to the main menu, and haven't been able to connect since. Am I the only one experiencing this issue, or is it just typical EA garbage?

Microsoft is choosing to NOT fix this problem, but to simply gain more cash by scamming us into sending them in or buying new ones. Sooner or later, I believe that about 65% of the NEW 360s will bust in a matter of weeks, even days. Something tells me it's not just a coincidence, or a freak accident. The seems awfully intentional or irresponsible on their part.

I think Microsoft is scamming/tricking their loyal customers, like me and you. I was thinking about this all day, and it started to make sense to me. I think Microsoft, when you send in a defective 360, simply repackages some of them, or charges you just so they can throw that one away and ship a new, or REFURBISHED one back to you. I believe some are refurbished, or even just REPACKAGEDfor this reason, my first elite, (returning tomorrow hopefully) came with a broken microphone, and its mic port was malfunctioning to several mics I had, OF THE SAME KIND. Also, when I took a closer look at the console, it didn't look like the casing was on all the way either. I was afraid of harming it more than it was in the first place, so I kept the thought to myself. I should've figured after I figured out that the LIVE ports didnt work...and after spending 2 hours on the phone with multiple representatives, they tried to start making excuses like, "Are you sure you didn't plug your ethernet cable into your HDMI port? They do look alike." I told them, "Um... NO THEY DON'T. MY HDMI IS PLUGGED INTO MY TV." Except 200x more politely and calmly. In my opinion, they seemed a bit defensisve when I heard the rep say he was pulling out the 360's records. "Wait a minute, you're saying this console has had a past?! "Oh! no!, no! Could you please check your port one more time?"

Elites do tend tobreak less, mainly cause they have extremely improved fans, and other hardware, allowing it to cool faster and better, along with a few other benefits. Sadly, I can't say the same for mine, It plays games GREAT, but the stupid USB adapter/ Ethernet cable port doesn't work... It thinks that an ethernet cable is plugged in when I have nothing in the port, or when I have the wireless adapter in the port, and it thinks its DISCONNECTED when I have the cable IN the port.

You should demand to speak to the manager/ higher authority/ whatever. You should keep records and names of all the reps you get, and consoles/ their dates on which the broke, and when you called Microsoft. I would demand an ELITE, or a total refund, something harsh along the lines of that. I feel so bad for you my friend. I'm currently on my FOURTH 360, MY SECOND ELITE.

Hey guys, I thought I better chip in my small amount of words here.

I am currently on my FOURTH xbox360 (MY SECOND ELITE), all the other three,except forone of them have fallenvictim to the red ring o' death, the other one, STRAIGHT FROM THE BOX,my firstELITE, has a dead ethernet/USB adapter input. Also, the microphone that came with it was broken as well.I don't know what Microsoft is thinking, "It'll cost too much to recall or fix the problem!!" Or, "It'll all work out!!!" Ugh... I'm so sick of getting faulty systems. Its like thinking if we pull our troops out of everywhere, that "Things will just work out. Things will get all better in time." Yeah, right...

Thanks for failing and dissappointing mecountless times Microsoft.