ShockingAlberto
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Mass Effect 3 SPOILER THREAD: LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE
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I'm reading the Rise of Endymion currently and I thinking the ending is going to be very similar to one particular ending in Mass Effect 3.
Pollux
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Even this is better than the actual ending
lastplayed
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I've wanted an adventure game based on Endymion since forever.
We know that feel bro. We know.
Jake Tower
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11/10
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, he said the ending wasn't great but he didn't mind it either.
I really need to read those some time.
Wait a minute. Doesn't the Catalyst reside on the Citadel? Doesn't it send out a signal to control the Reaper's? Couldn't Shepard just say "Fuck you", self destruct the Citadel, killing the Catalyst, thus ending the Reaper threat without resorting to control, synthesis, or destruction of everything? Or am I wrong in my reasoning?
I think Garrus is pretty awesome as a character, but I've barely ever used him in my party.
Hypertrooper
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Somehow I really want a Ending DLC. Seriously give it to me. I can not play the campaign with this shitty ending again. I liked everything till the last 15-20minutes. Hell I even liked the post credits sequence except that an adult model was used as a child.
lastplayed
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It's no where near as depressing.
PsychoSoldier
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I still think the entire video game world is blowing this shit out or proportion. It was neat. Yah, there wasn't a lot of closure- Don't worry, there's more stories to tell in this universe.
Can't wait that long? Don't worry, there will be epilogue DLC.
Don't let this ruin the rest of the game for you. Part of me wonders if Bioware planned this so they could demand for a DLC epilogue.
For what it's worth: 3>2>1. What a great ride.
Can't wait that long? Don't worry, there will be epilogue DLC.
Don't let this ruin the rest of the game for you. Part of me wonders if Bioware planned this so they could demand for a DLC epilogue.
For what it's worth: 3>2>1. What a great ride.
Blue Ninja
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I think that's the 'Destroy'-ending. He destroys the Citadel's magical power conduit that's conveniently sticking out right at that spot, and it cascades and kills everything remotely Reaper.
I really wonder what the fallout of the endings has to be. Having a galaxy that big and then ending it like that... I just wonder what the fuck would be going on in those character's heads when they see the Citadel going kablooey and discover the Mass Relays got borked.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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I definitely got more time with it than I did ME2. Also the multiplayer is actually kind of fun
Yeah, I figured as much. I was talking about the overall theme, like organic and synthesis co-operation and such.
Endymion / Rise Of aren't as good as the earlier two books, but they're still damn good space operas.
lastplayed
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Well what about the people on the Citadel? Those thousands, millions of people just getting on with their lives (you could still see traffic lights moving during the Illusive Man showdown). All those people we helped, all that stuff we did on there... GONE.
You're probably right. Though it doesn't make sense why killing the Catalyst automatically kills anything synthetic. Magic beam of light to go along with the magic power conduit that powers a God and has no shielding of any kind which allows it to be destroyed due to fire from a pistol of all things.
What was the point of even having War Assets related to Citadel defense if they were going to get steam rolled anyway?
They probably didn't have much time to think before they got nuked from explosions caused by the relays, anyway.
Blue Ninja
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I'd been trying to repress that, but yeah.
Goddamit this ending is depressing.
"WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THE GALAXY! FUCK YEAH!"
*millions of people die*
"Fuck."
I'm just going to assume that the kill-signal the Citadel sent out functions differently than smashing a relay with an asteroid. The 'pulse' you see them sending out is just the signal spreading before the relays deactivate.
Also, about that space gazer ending, I keep thinking the planet they're looking up at is actually Earth, but that doesn't make any sense. Then again, nor does it being a random planet, so I dunno.
I'm assuming this is how it goes:
Shepard makes a choice. The Reapers retract from battle and go off into space. Shepard either dies or lives after being shocked, but dies if he decides on synthesis. Hours later the Citadel activates to do what it does best: glow shit up.
Before that happens, the Normandy and other ships GTFO. Then they crash. The end.
I'm assuming that the Citadel is also a mass relay, in which case it's gone. In which case, Earth is gone, too.
PsychoSoldier
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That's why having no epilogue beyond "lawl jungle planet" is so shitty.
The universe literally changes completely in a moment and then there's no post-script to explain what the possible implications might be.
Either they ran out of time, it's a shitty cash grab, or Bioware are literally the best trolls ever.
LightofRohan
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I'm in shock man. 3 games... played through so many times. Feels entirely meaningless.
Zomba13
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Umm... really? I mean for one, the Mass Relays blew up, meaning none of them and two, if it follows the rule set by Arrival then EVERYONE DIES.
Apart from the Normandy crew who are now a bunch of space cowards who ran away from the fight for Earth.
BackwardsSuggestions
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I don't even know what the fuck ending I chose. I took the path to the left, what one was it?
PsychoSoldier
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A lot of people feel that way. I had planned on replaying it immediately but I haven't been able to bring myself to do so.
Blue Ninja
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Control. Your Shepard became a Reaper and commanded the other Reapers to leave, taking the Citadel with them. Then the relays deactivated afterwards.
lastplayed
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I guess he was a convenient fall guy. And why did he start dying his hair?
indigo-cyclops
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I agree it was bullshit, but I could just see his character being that screwed up. He's always been shady as fuck to me.
the interpretation that shepard is just knocked the fuck out, dreaming at the and that the little kid is just harbinger manifesting in shepards head and that its deliberately trying to get him to not want to destroy the reapers and actively indoctrinating shepard almost unfucks the ending for me
i want to believe
i want to believe so much
i want to believe
i want to believe so much
â Narayan
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I need to replay ME2 before I play ME3, so I decided to spoil the ending for myself last night. I figured that, since ME2 gave me the impression that BioWare had no fucking clue where they wanted to take the story, spoiling the ending wouldn't produce much discomfort.
Well, I was right. Spoiling the ending didn't produce any substantial discomfort, but I'm confused as fuck about the purpose of the Reapers. Basically, you have these evil synthetics who assimilate civilizations into their own flock on the assumption that organic life would be overtaken by synthetics? So... you have synthetics that are preserving organic life by... destroying organic life? What? What the fuck? What's going on here?
And yeah, the endings are totally ripped from Deus Ex.
I'm probably going to return my unopened copy. The game is at least fun... right? I might just play through the game if it's fun. I don't fucking know. I'm not comfortable with giving BioWare my money anymore. This series had so much potential. ME1, while very rough around the edges, was a pleasant experience because it gave you a glimpse of what you could expect from a hard science fiction video game. (I'm using hard science fiction loosely here since ME1's fitting into the hard sci-fi mold is debatable. At the very least, for me, it gives off the vibe that's produced when I read a hard sci-fi novel.) Now it's just some lame-ass space opera shit.
Well, I was right. Spoiling the ending didn't produce any substantial discomfort, but I'm confused as fuck about the purpose of the Reapers. Basically, you have these evil synthetics who assimilate civilizations into their own flock on the assumption that organic life would be overtaken by synthetics? So... you have synthetics that are preserving organic life by... destroying organic life? What? What the fuck? What's going on here?
And yeah, the endings are totally ripped from Deus Ex.
I'm probably going to return my unopened copy. The game is at least fun... right? I might just play through the game if it's fun. I don't fucking know. I'm not comfortable with giving BioWare my money anymore. This series had so much potential. ME1, while very rough around the edges, was a pleasant experience because it gave you a glimpse of what you could expect from a hard science fiction video game. (I'm using hard science fiction loosely here since ME1's fitting into the hard sci-fi mold is debatable. At the very least, for me, it gives off the vibe that's produced when I read a hard sci-fi novel.) Now it's just some lame-ass space opera shit.
UnluckyKate
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I used it all the time this time around : Sniper + Overload prefect to go with my adept. And concussion shot was a good crowd control when in need or against armored.
∀ Narayan;35964441 said:I need to replay ME2 before I play ME3, so I decided to spoil the ending for myself last night. I figured that, since ME2 gave me the impression that BioWare had no fucking clue where they wanted to take the story, spoiling the ending wouldn't produce discomfort of any kind.
Well, I was right. Spoiling the ending didn't produce any discomfort, but I'm confused as fuck about the purpose of the Reapers. Basically, you have these evil synthetics who assimilate/destroy advanced civilizations into their own flock on the assumption that organic life would be overtaken by synthetics? So... you have synthetics that are preserving organic life by... destroying organic life? What? What the fuck? What's going on here?
And yeah, the endings are totally ripped from Deus Ex.
I'm probably going to return my unopened copy. The game is fun at the very least... right? I might just play through the game if it's fun. I don't fucking know. I'm not comfortable with giving BioWare my money anymore. This series had so much potential. ME1, while, very rough around the edges, was a pleasant experience because it gave you a glimpse of what you could expect from a hard science fiction video game. Now it's just some lame-ass space opera shit.
99 percent of the game is great. It just totally falls apart in the last 10 minutes.
lastplayed
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∀ Narayan;35964441 said:
It is fun, it has some amazing moments. It's just the ending... I really want to play through again, but there doesn't seem to be much point.
And that sounds like a contradiction... damn this game!
Riposte
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However, they didn't in this game lol. It comes out of nowhere. They didn't even bother to really let you understand where he was coming from. Seems like that would be a big deal given the character's history since ME1.
Also will I get banned if I made a thread called "Which game had the worst ending? FFXIII-2 or ME3"
EDIT: The game really has nothing to do with the ending, so you can probably get a lot of enjoyment out of it. However there will still be moments where you'll think to yourself "They had no idea where they were going with this even as late as ME2". Especially Cerberus stuff. However cool enough stuff happened for me to get over it.
Zomba13
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Yup.
And it literally is the very last 10 mins (well, not counting the credits. I skipped them because I was pissed). They really did fall at the last hurdle with this.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Maybe just leave out the games in the title.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
Well, he was likely indoctrinated to at least some extent by TIM, which makes sense given how much effort he's put into learning how to do it.
Indoctrination tends to twist the already existing things about your personality. Udina probably already believed that humanity would never receive any help from the rest of the council races, so a little indoctrination was probably all it took to lead him straight into Cerberus.
It really does need a better title.
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Hypertrooper
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This. It spoiled everything. I can't replay it because of the ending. It was a great Sci-Fi ride. My two favorite topics of ME2(and the only reason why I put the disc into tray) were main plots in ME3. But I know now, that everything I'll do is pointless and doesn't have meaning.
I figured he was indoctrinated, just like the Illusive Man. If not then yeah, he was a convenient way to get Cerberus onto the Citadel (as if the Citadel doesn't have any defenses that could have...you know...stopped them. If not, why has no one taken the Citadel before that?)
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