Well, it'd have to be between what we got and what happens after the credits with the best grandpa ever corrupting that poor child(?) with war and sex stories.
Mass Effect 3 SPOILER THREAD: LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE
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The last 3 songs in the game are the only good part about the ending/
The first one, then the Clint Mansell track followed by the Faunts one.
For some reason the first track isn't on the soundtrack though.
The Mansell's tracks.. all two of them. (which both of which share similar themes) and the Faunts song are the only thing good on this soundtrack. It's a complete disaster.
How it should have happened:
After Anderson dies, Shepard stumbles forward and activates the Crucible from the console (rather than being transported upwards). Then, all of the Reapers are 'deactivated' in some kind of stasis.
Then Shepard gets to decide what should be done with the Reapers - destruction, study and distribution of their technology, or maybe some kind of spin on the 'synthesis' option.
After the decision is made, there's some kind of epiloque for each major character and race, and then finally Shepard him/herself - the events of the epilogues are highly dependant on the choices made in all 3 games.
That's it. No fucking space-Casper, no relay destruction, no Normandy crash on Pandora.
/rant, going to bed.
Yeah I was about to say my Shep still breathes!
MasterShotgun
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I'd have to say that Menae's combat music is among my favorite battle themes of the whole franchise. That shit got me so pumped to kill every single enemy that looked at me wrong.
Wait, wait. Kaidan talks about canadian beer? I need to let him on my ship...
I bet it comes in bags. Filthy savages.
Edit: Thinking about it...Space Beer would kind of need to come in bags, wouldn't it? A can would pop with the slightest change in air pressure.
I know this because I once had a Playstation 2 doused with coke when the can exploded in the car during a trip through the Rockies. Also, I'm a scientist.
Rebel Leader
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I would call that a good ending
Karak
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No probs. But it is very litterally the only little bit of hope in that entire fucking ending.
Boom everything is destroyed, then land on Planet Bad Writing, but Shep still breaths.
I have a gift for you.
Close your eyes.
Dat scene.
She actually kissed me in that scene instead of putting her head on my shoulder.
I think what makes me angry about the endings is that ME3 had all of those beautiful interactions between the crews, those amazing little dialogues, and just characters camaraderie through and through. All of that and it's all gone. Everything is obliterated. We won't have any of those anymore even with or without Shepard because Bioware basically nuked all possibilities of future ME sequel with those endings.
sleeprockss
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Yeah the only thing I want is an epilogue of some sorts. I would at least like to get some more insight into the state of the galaxy after the ending and how it affects your squadmates. My guess is there will be a new trilogy that's set a long time after Mass Effect 3 considering the state of the galaxy by the end.
Rebel Leader
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But you agree that something like that would be an "acceptable" ending?
The Incarnation
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Horrible endings.
Should've had a choice to let the Reapers do their thing. Keep the Relays functioning, and jump forward in time to a Vorcha dominated Galaxy.
Or have the Reapers destroyed, then a jump forward in time to another Krogan war with the rest of the Galaxy, which leaves all races on the brink, except the Vorcha, who end up dominating the galaxy.
Should've had a choice to let the Reapers do their thing. Keep the Relays functioning, and jump forward in time to a Vorcha dominated Galaxy.
Or have the Reapers destroyed, then a jump forward in time to another Krogan war with the rest of the Galaxy, which leaves all races on the brink, except the Vorcha, who end up dominating the galaxy.
Yes. They wouldn't even have to change the options drastically.
It just feels like the person who wrote the ending is completely disconnected from the rest of the plot.
As far as I can tell there's been absolutely no reference to the way the endings play out during the game. It would have been a big difference had Liara or James or someone brought up the idea of a world without mass relays, and that maybe it wouldn't be bad to go back to that.
If humans had never discovered the Prothean ruins on Mars, would they have not been harvested by the Reapers?
Rebel Leader
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So I have to round up 602 humans? Fantastic
Zomba13
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Yup. Maybe have an option for Shep to have died there, before activating the Crucible if your galactic readiness was like, uber low or something. Like, have a bad end.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Why do people want something that would further cause grief/fuck up the game?
Ros8105
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This. It fucks everything up so bad.
I distinctly remember the light being red instead of blue as well.
Karak
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Honestly no. I think that if Bioware was going to fix something, they should come clean about the problems and truly fix it, the mistakes, cuts, and issues now are out in the open. Admit it and fix it. Some months down the road it would be just another Internet joke. But no, I want a Hero ending for my 3 series hero game. I mean that's just me and what I want for my Space Opera.
Gonna get it? Probably not. But I can honestly say I haven't wanted a fix for a game this bad in...well ever.
HP_Wuvcraft
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I agree on the part that the Reapers are better off left unexplained.
YES! We have the proper ending nailed.
Mass Effect: Land of the Lost? with Dinosaurs too?
YES! So good. I loved a lot of the music in this game, but the combat tracks really stuck out to me as well, terrific stuff.
As for the ending... yeah... sign me up for the WTF crowd as well. I just finished it a few minutes ago, so I'm not sure what to think yet. Will take some time to digest.
I guess thinking that the best thing out of the ending was a Faunts track is not a good sign. There just doesn't feel like any sort of meaning to everything that happened over ME1 and 2 when it all comes down to a single choice and how it was presented.
Also, fuck Banshees.
It'll be about a group of humans coming in contact with another civilization for the first time . . . and then at the end, the reveal will be that the planet they live on is called Earth.
The writers are probably fond of anime.
Definitely. You know what would have been a better ending? Throwing down against the Catalyst as the final boss. Have the Crucible materialize it so that it becomes mortal. So you fight "God" to save the galaxy instead of making three worthless decisions that lead to essentially the same ending.
That's actually who we (gamers) are!
It's crappy that they sequester that 5-second clip.
Maybe a bit of both. Just some small resolution to the story instead.
PsychoSoldier
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So, earlier today in an attempt to squeeze some enjoyment out of this game I was trying to start a new game with an alternate Shepard that I had ran through ME1 & 2 a while back.
But I just couldn't do it. Everything just reminded me of the ending, how much I hated it, and how little anything I did mattered. Considering how much of the game is about assembling the stupid Macguffin it's impossible to get away from.
I couldn't go back to ME1 & 2 because all that shit may change some things in three, but when it doesn't matter in the end, who cares?
It really is amazing how five minutes has utterly and completely destroyed my desire to play these games ever again. Me buying DLC for ME3 is out of the question, and my desire to see anything else in this universe is mostly nil. So, congrats to Bioware, i guess, for provoking such a strong reaction to your ending. For now I'm selling all my ME games, and should I want to play it again in the future.....I'll buy it used.
But I just couldn't do it. Everything just reminded me of the ending, how much I hated it, and how little anything I did mattered. Considering how much of the game is about assembling the stupid Macguffin it's impossible to get away from.
I couldn't go back to ME1 & 2 because all that shit may change some things in three, but when it doesn't matter in the end, who cares?
It really is amazing how five minutes has utterly and completely destroyed my desire to play these games ever again. Me buying DLC for ME3 is out of the question, and my desire to see anything else in this universe is mostly nil. So, congrats to Bioware, i guess, for provoking such a strong reaction to your ending. For now I'm selling all my ME games, and should I want to play it again in the future.....I'll buy it used.
why aren't they doing space beer testing right now? that's the shit we need to have figured out before the space flight industry gets started.
They tried to explain the anti-spirals, instead of just having
Simon jam a gigantic glowing drill up it's asshole
Drunken space walks are the best space walks.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
This would have been awesome, too. Or rather, the Catalyst getting DIRECT CONTROLLED by Harbinger directly after it gets done saying that it controls the Reapers, thereby showcasing that the Reapers need to be absolutely destroyed.
Lol, I loved them. They were creepy and actually gave me reasons to be afraid of them.
Karak
Member
Uhm yes and no. If the ewoks singing were replaced by millions of Mordin's race? Sure.
I would've been.
Heh, fair enough, I guess the last few battles with multiple banshee's is what drove me insane.
Nah, I'd be cool with the ending if there was actually a choice that mattered in it. That and Joker/Normandy was explained why they were going through the relay and a bunch of other shit.
In addition to a BAD END and a "No, fuck you, we'll war instead of taking your choices" BAD/GOOD (depending on resources) ending.
Multiple choices that are all different and allow the player feel some conclusion instead of an out of left field deus ex machina plot point to end the series.
Zomba13
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The end would have been a million times better if the Normandy showed up and combined with the crucible that was combined with the citadel and made a big ass space mech that just beat up all the Reapers through sheer force of bad assery. I don't care that it'd make no sense in the ME universe, the ending we got makes only a little more sense than it.
I agree with this. They are bigger bullet sponges than the Cerberus Mechs, or the Harvesters. At the end when they throw three or four of them at you at once, I was raging pretty hard. Then I realized there was literally no end of them, and that I was supposed to just run over and hit the "launch missile" button ;_;
I completely agree. As I was playing through ME3, I thought that it would be neat to go back and replay it from the start after I beat the game. Of course, the ending changed all of that.
But they explained the Anti-Spirals in TTGL and it still actually kind of made sense because the reason they were dicks was to prevent something that was actually built into the physical laws of the universe!
Half naked Shepard beating up the vent kid VI would be cool, too.
Of course the day after release we'll get news stories about 'child beating simulators, now with gay sex.'
I think the worst part about the ending is that about 90% of the game was great. And the quality was on a steady incline for most of the game, only hiccuping at a few places, like the Rannoch Reaper fight. That was terrible, sprint left, hold trigger, sprint right, hold trigger, continue until missile launch, repeat until Reaper is dead.
Also was it just me or did Kaidan sound drugged for the game? He seemed to slur his words a lot, must have still be on those painkillers.
Also was it just me or did Kaidan sound drugged for the game? He seemed to slur his words a lot, must have still be on those painkillers.
EmCeeGramr
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reminder that some of us tried to warn you about this when the script leaked and we were told "oh that script is probably eight trillion years old pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha and in context it'll be both totally different and work fine"
well
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I feel the same way. Im done with the games. I was looking forward to going back and replaying the trilogy again, but the endings killed any thoughts of replaying the games. It is the same feeling when I watched the Lost finale. Maybe after a couple years I will feel different.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I didn't read the leaked script, but these posts are petty.
People who bought it are not really going to give a shit whether you were right or wrong about how they feel about it.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
Well, some of us (like myself) were actively trying to avoid spoilers and thus didn't get a glimpse of just how bad it could be.
Given how good the rest of the game is, it was pretty hard to predict the ending would shit the bed the way it did.
I wonder if that would've changed how I'm coping with all of this.
I was on complete ME3 blackout. Didn't watch any trailers or footage since the game was first shown at E3 and ignored everything on the internet until I saw the credits roll.
Funnily enough I own all the Lost Blu-Rays and couldn't get past season two knowing all these questions would be answered poorly or not at all. BUT, at least Lost paid off in the character interactions. ME3 didn't even try.
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