Mass Effect 3 SPOILER THREAD: LOTS OF SPECULATION FROM EVERYONE

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WAT? No. It's this gorgeous creature:

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EDIT: Welp! Didn't realize that there's that big gaping.....hole. Edited just to be safe.

that's only for Ardat Yakshi.
 
I loved the Synthesis ending. I can tell it's divisive but I'm really surprised that so many seem to hate it. I need to look back at some of the reasonings why. I hope Bioware doesn't succumb to fan pressure and release new ending DLC or something. Shepard's story is done and wrapped up well.
 
Hahaha so fucking true. PERFECT response! But I am indeed trully done with them. Disrespect for the game ending and such was bad enough but needlessly trolling fans is beyond even my acceptance level. Strange to realize I don't ever want their games again..>Damn.
The way they were deflecting most all responses made it obvious that their tweets served no purpose but to downplay negative responses.

It's just PR.
 
The thing that really fucking pisses me off about this game is that it all was so great, but then the end sucked balls. How does that happen? Sure, the Crucible was a bit of a cop-out, but how else could they have done things? From the get-go it was basically known that the Reapers couldn't be beaten by conventional means, so I get that.

I just hate that I've been played Mass Effect games semi-regularly for 5 years now, but then they end it like this. It's extremely disappointing.
 
I loved the Synthesis ending. I can tell it's divisive but I'm really surprised that so many seem to hate it. I need to look back at some of the reasonings why. I hope Bioware doesn't succumb to fan pressure and release new ending DLC or something. Shepard's story is done and wrapped up well.

It's not a problem with the synthesis ending as much as it is a problem with the endings being damn similar.

Blue, Green, and Red space magic all taste the same. They shouldn't taste the same.
 
I figured it out: the Bioware writers themselves were indoctrinated by the Reapers, their own creation, to create a terrible, nonsensical ending to Mass Effect 3!

By Stephen King

I am looking forward to Gary Whitta's adaptation of the novel for Shamashamdingdong then.
 
I loved the Synthesis ending. I can tell it's divisive but I'm really surprised that so many seem to hate it. I need to look back at some of the reasonings why. I hope Bioware doesn't succumb to fan pressure and release new ending DLC or something. Shepard's story is done and wrapped up well.

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1. No closure

2. Synthetics vs. organics theme out of nowhere (and proven wrong by EDI and the geth)

3. Stupid Kid

4. Identical endings save for a different flavor.
 
The way they were deflecting most all responses made it obvious that their tweets served no purpose but to downplay any negative responses.

To be fair, regardless of their job, I don't feel it is a community manager's job to engage in hostile arguments with disappointment fans over game elements that were beyond their decision making. Jessica Merizan has said she wants to hear opinions good and bad, and while she might seem deflective I don't really feel there's much more she can do about it. Arguing with disappointed fans over twitter isn't the way, and the people who should be responding are the developers themselves.
 
Maybe I'm tired, but the talk about how Mass Effect 3 itself was the true ending as well as the "proof" videos that the true ending was Shep being indoctrinated actually made sense to me and I'm not pissed anymore.
 
I loved the Synthesis ending. I can tell it's divisive but I'm really surprised that so many seem to hate it. I need to look back at some of the reasonings why. I hope Bioware doesn't succumb to fan pressure and release new ending DLC or something. Shepard's story is done and wrapped up well.

Because it combines organics/synthetics into homogenized robo-creatures, removing much of the uniqueness of the galaxy's variety of races. Not to mention all the mass relays still blow up, and everyone dies.
 
I loved the Synthesis ending. I can tell it's divisive but I'm really surprised that so many seem to hate it. I need to look back at some of the reasonings why. I hope Bioware doesn't succumb to fan pressure and release new ending DLC or something. Shepard's story is done and wrapped up well.
INDOCTRINATED AGENT DETECTED
 
It's not a problem with the synthesis ending as much as it is a problem with the endings being damn similar.

Blue, Green, and Red space magic all taste the same. They shouldn't taste the same.

I actually haven't seen the others yet. I'll check them out tomorrow.
 
Even Heavy Rain's 17+ endings have more variety than these.

In a way, the ending of Mass Effect 3 is a lot like the mall part of Heavy Rain; You can yell "JASON!!!!" all you want, but he's still getting hit by that stupid car, because he's an idiot that runs into oncoming traffic. There's nothing you can do about it.
 
Oh by the way, the Reapers claim to be culling the most evolved species and storing them sounds like bullshit to me. They use said species as weapons - what they're doing is getting stronger and stronger husks/etc with every cycle. Somehow I doubt there's a fucking Reaper storage bank on some frozen planet where all the universes races are being kept in storage.

That said, if it's true, that means there are more Protheans out there.

But it's not: they're fucking indoctrinating them all.
 
Oh by the way, the Reapers claim to be culling the most evolved species and storing them sounds like bullshit to me. They use said species as weapons - what they're doing is getting stronger and stronger husks/etc with every cycle. Somehow I doubt there's a fucking Reaper storage bank on some frozen planet where all the universes races are being kept in storage.

That said, if it's true, that means there are more Protheans out there.

But it's not: they're fucking indoctrinating them all.
Such strong indoctrination in this one.
 
what time span does the game take place in? Nobody ever mentions the passage of tiem that I can recall. Nobody really seems to be in a real hurry to get shit done. And theres no way they can Lego the Crucible together in a couple weeks.
 
what time span does the game take place in? Nobody ever mentions the passage of tiem that I can recall. Nobody really seems to be in a real hurry to get shit done. And theres no way they can Lego the Crucible together in a couple weeks.

That's because it's a video game and it forgoes the logical passage of time to favour controlled pacing by the player to prevent tedious rushing.
 
To be fair, regardless of their job, I don't feel it is a community manager's job to engage in hostile arguments with disappointment fans over game elements that were beyond their decision making. Jessica Merizan has said she wants to hear opinions good and bad, and while she might seem deflective I don't really feel there's much more she can do about it. Arguing with disappointed fans over twitter isn't the way, and the people who should be responding are the developers themselves.
I don't think you have to state it. It goes without saying that she's just trying to do her job, and it's hard to talk to people whom she doesn't even know about reasons she's not fully aware of -- besides the fact that people keep mentioning that the ending was disappointing. Keeping the conversations civil is her main priority, and being vague helps.

what time span does the game take place in? Nobody ever mentions the passage of tiem that I can recall. Nobody really seems to be in a real hurry to get shit done. And theres no way they can Lego the Crucible together in a couple weeks.
In one conversation, either Anderson or Hackett (?) mentions that it's been weeks since the first attack on earth.

Also, the schematics are so simple, even a kid can do it!
 
That's because it's a video game and it forgoes the logical passage of time to favour controlled pacing by the player to prevent tedious rushing.

I remember somewhere that they mention that some months have passed, but I don't remember where. It's not an exact time, but they mention months.

Or I've probably been indoctrinated.
 
what time span does the game take place in? Nobody ever mentions the passage of tiem that I can recall. Nobody really seems to be in a real hurry to get shit done. And theres no way they can Lego the Crucible together in a couple weeks.

pretty sure they mentioned it near the end, but i forgot exactly how long, about 1-3 month i think
 
I want DLC where a fire spreads through those ducts and chokes the catalyst out before Shepard can meet him.
I just realized this: Couldn't they have exploded the Citadel to end all Reaper communication? Without the program running, they wouldn't have a purpose to reap.
 
Catalyst is a VI, right?

Fire won't kill him. A car won't kill him.

But this will
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I should have specified: I want a fire to lay waste to those ducts so that my bad ass doesn't-give-a-shit renegade Femshep doesn't have to have nightmares featuring some random kid from Earth that she wouldn't have cared about anyway. The catalyst can then take the form of Liara or Anderson or someone else.
 
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