why the fuck would anybody choose the "destroy" ending,
you die, the reapers die, all synthetic life dies, oh and more than likely machines will rise up again, resenting organics and kill everything anyway..... only an ADHD Shepherd would pick it "WANT REAPERS DEAD NOW! RRAAAAAAHHHH!" *boom*
The nice thing about the endings is that they're all valid to a certain Shepard and point of view.
As Shepard, I'm there to chew bubblegum and kill Reapers, and I'm all out of bubblegum. I was ready to sacrifice everything the galaxy had for the chance to end the Reapers as a threat once and for all. I figured Earth would end up dying.
Just the Geth and EDI? Cheap at the price.
I picked "Control"
because you get to be GOD, A GOLDEN GOD, everything else felt kinda anti-climatic given the choice,
The tone of Control Shepard is very ominous. Shepard AI seems like a clear path to hell is paved with good intentions. I get the impression this is very similar to how the Starchild AI started out too before it turned on its creators.
Synthesis is just ridiculous. Force every being in the Galaxy to be cybernetic. No thank you.
With Destroy you leave it up to the people to decide the future, after wiping the slate clean and clearly demonstrating the problems with warring with AI.
So. Im gonna be at EVO this weekend....anyone want to do my weekend Commendation run for me
Also, I never noticed before, but right at the beginning, if you listen to news feeds on the Citadel, you can hear about the Raloi.
They're all pulling back to their homeworld, leaving Council space and tech behind them. Their hope is that the Reapers will consider them a pre-spaceflight species and spare their world.
The red ending. Is it canon? Who's to say? It's the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that's for one major reason.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
Got that?
No turning back...
...
Shepard lives.
Until now we all thought we knew. There's that final scene that isn't present in any of the other endings. The camera pans up to find shepard buried in the ruins of London, and then right before the scene ends - he gasps for air and the credits roll.
But was it his last gasp? Or the first of many? Does Shepard actually live at the end of the, "Destroy" ending or will fans just be left with even more questions?
Well, BioWare's Tully Auckland has cleared the matter up once and for all:
So there you have it. Shepard is indeed alive at the end of the "Destroy" ending. But what does this mean? Is it the canonical ending? Will we ever see Shepard again? Does any of this matter? I want answers!
Nothing new for anyone who has beaten the game with a decent amount of war assets, but in case there was still anyone confused on that last part.
I don't know why people focus so much on canon when the developers put a lot of work into making your choices be YOUR canon throughout the series. At least until BioWare makes a Mass Effect MMORPG and you kill Shepard in a mid-level dungeon.
I don't know why people focus so much on canon when the developers put a lot of work into making your choices be YOUR canon throughout the series. At least until BioWare makes a Mass Effect MMORPG and you kill Shepard in a mid-level dungeon.
Well, they might not make a ME MMO, but there will be more ME games and unless they're all prequels or sidestories that take place at the same time as ME 1-3, they're gonna have to decide on one canon ending.
why the fuck would anybody choose the "destroy" ending,
you die, the reapers die, all synthetic life dies, oh and more than likely machines will rise up again, resenting organics and kill everything anyway..... only an ADHD Shepherd would pick it "WANT REAPERS DEAD NOW! RRAAAAAAHHHH!" *boom*
You live with enough assets. and the only reason to think machines will rise up is if you believe the insane ai who betrayed his creators and turned them into Harbinger.
Ending spoilers:
Well, you don't have to believe the AI, you get faced with the evidence of uprising with every subplot. But I like what Orca said. The new endings make the player feel properly justified, no matter which way he chooses. Does Shepard consider himself up to the task of playing protector of the galaxy? Is he more concerned with ending the obvious threat?
Personally I liked Synthesis because it allowed Shepard to play peacemaker for the last time, without the added conceit that came along with the other two endings. My Shepard always knew he was living on borrowed time...no one could do as many spectacular things as he did and come out unscathed. If that last little bit he could do for the galaxy was basically a gigantic paragon interrupt, I'm okay with that.
I don't know why people focus so much on canon when the developers put a lot of work into making your choices be YOUR canon throughout the series. At least until BioWare makes a Mass Effect MMORPG and you kill Shepard in a mid-level dungeon.
That would make me so very, very angry.
If you fight Shepard in an MMO, she better be like the original C'thun: completely unbeatable, and will faceroll you no matter how geared up you get.
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Basically, the endings are like this:
Destroy: Fuck the Reapers. For all time.
Control: I AM A GOLDEN GOD
Synthesis: Shepard is Space Jesus.
Reject: Fuck you and your shitty endings.
Meant to mention this earlier, but I'm ashamed to admit (but only a little) that I'd spend an inordinate amount of money on alternate casual appearance packs.
Meant to mention this earlier, but I'm ashamed to admit (but only a little) that I'd spend an inordinate amount of money on alternate casual appearance packs.
You're damn right, brother
You're damn right
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The red ending. Is it canon? Who's to say? It's the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that's for one major reason.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
Got that?
No turning back...
...
Shepard lives.
Until now we all thought we knew. There's that final scene that isn't present in any of the other endings. The camera pans up to find shepard buried in the ruins of London, and then right before the scene ends - he gasps for air and the credits roll.
But was it his last gasp? Or the first of many? Does Shepard actually live at the end of the, "Destroy" ending or will fans just be left with even more questions?
Well, BioWare's Tully Auckland has cleared the matter up once and for all:
So there you have it. Shepard is indeed alive at the end of the "Destroy" ending. But what does this mean? Is it the canonical ending? Will we ever see Shepard again? Does any of this matter? I want answers!
Nothing new for anyone who has beaten the game with a decent amount of war assets, but in case there was still anyone confused on that last part.
That makes me wonder....
If you didn't romance anyone from the first game and your LI isn't on the ship at that time, is it Joker who does it? Garrus? That would be the most logical answer to me, but who knows, I can't find any youtbes of it.
If anyone's still interested in the music, this guy made extended versions of the soundtrack to all three games, using the actual music files from the game (i.e. not just the shortened versions you get on the soundtrack releases.)
I have a strange, faint hope that there will come a DLC where FemShep gets a leather jacket and gets to ride a future-motorbike (speederbike, Star Wars style?) in a DLC. Think the Illium chase scene, but with a bike rather than a taxi.
Civics is not a consumer product that you can ignore because you don’t like the options presented.
That The Illusive Man was indoctrinated was disappointing in ME3. I preferred him as a misguided individual, trying to do what he saw as right. It's almost like in earlier revisions he was, considering how little would have had to change for him to be like Udina: taking the wrong actions for all the right reasons.
Agreed, and I think that was what they were going for since the indoctrination element only comes into play right at the end. Sure, theres a video about TIM getting the same "upgrades" his semi-huskified troops have in the cerberus base, but that's short with low quality video meaning it's easy to make and even if it weren't it could've been added at the last minute. He acted extremely un-indoctrinated the whole time. He conducted experiments by huskifying aliens on Sanctuary, but he did it because he had no other choice if wanted to control the Reapers, and since he made progress on that subject it's only logical to go through with it instead of ancient plans for a failed anti-reaper weapon that no one can make sense of - in that point I even symphasize with him. Maybe he was only indoctrinated on the Citadel?
The whole showdown with TIM and Anderson feels forced. TIM being indoctrinated, TIM being able to control you and Anderson (how?), Anderson's presence (when did he make a run for the beam?)
Then again, they planned a boss fight against a reaperized TIM-Gestalt in the first place, so maybe it's a product of time constraints more than anything else.
Since the comic series he was in is supposedly canon, then TIM was "slightly" indoctrinated during the First Contact War, hence the creepy eyes. Javik tells you that during his cycle, the empires resources were split between those who wanted to destroy the Reapers and those in the government that wanted to control. Turns out the control side was indoctrinated. It's similar to Saren's "I'm doing this for all the right reasons" situation in ME1, so I guess it's pretty poetic that you can successfully argue this point until they both kill themselves.
I guess you could say that the reality of the situation.... blew their mind.
That The Illusive Man was indoctrinated was disappointing in ME3. I preferred him as a misguided individual, trying to do what he saw as right. It's almost like in earlier revisions he was, considering how little would have had to change for him to be like Udina: taking the wrong actions for all the right reasons.
Agreed, and I think that was what they were going for since the indoctrination element only comes into play right at the end. Sure, theres a video about TIM getting the same "upgrades" his semi-huskified troops have in the cerberus base, but that's short with low quality video meaning it's easy to make and even if it weren't it could've been added at the last minute. He acted extremely un-indoctrinated the whole time. He conducted experiments by huskifying aliens on Sanctuary, but he did it because he had no other choice if wanted to control the Reapers, and since he made progress on that subject it's only logical to go through with it instead of ancient plans for a failed anti-reaper weapon that no one can make sense of - in that point I even symphasize with him. Maybe he was only indoctrinated on the Citadel?
The whole showdown with TIM and Anderson feels forced. TIM being indoctrinated, TIM being able to control you and Anderson (how?), Anderson's presence (when did he make a run for the beam?)
Then again, they planned a boss fight against a reaperized TIM-Gestalt in the first place, so maybe it's a product of time constraints more than anything else.
Since the comic series he was in is supposedly canon, then TIM was "slightly" indoctrinated during the First Contact War, hence the creepy eyes. Javik tells you that during his cycle, the empires resources were split between those who wanted to destroy the Reapers and those in the government that wanted to control. Turns out the control side was indoctrinated. It's similar to Saren's "I'm doing this for all the right reasons" situation in ME1, so I guess it's pretty poetic that you can successfully argue this point until they both kill themselves.
I guess you could say that the reality of the situation.... blew their mind.
How could TIM start indoctrinated in the First Contact War? Sovereign didn't even make contact with Saren until years after that.
Battlenet ID: MildC#11186 - If I'm in the game, send me an invite at anytime and I'll play.
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That The Illusive Man was indoctrinated was disappointing in ME3. I preferred him as a misguided individual, trying to do what he saw as right. It's almost like in earlier revisions he was, considering how little would have had to change for him to be like Udina: taking the wrong actions for all the right reasons.
Agreed, and I think that was what they were going for since the indoctrination element only comes into play right at the end. Sure, theres a video about TIM getting the same "upgrades" his semi-huskified troops have in the cerberus base, but that's short with low quality video meaning it's easy to make and even if it weren't it could've been added at the last minute. He acted extremely un-indoctrinated the whole time. He conducted experiments by huskifying aliens on Sanctuary, but he did it because he had no other choice if wanted to control the Reapers, and since he made progress on that subject it's only logical to go through with it instead of ancient plans for a failed anti-reaper weapon that no one can make sense of - in that point I even symphasize with him. Maybe he was only indoctrinated on the Citadel?
The whole showdown with TIM and Anderson feels forced. TIM being indoctrinated, TIM being able to control you and Anderson (how?), Anderson's presence (when did he make a run for the beam?)
Then again, they planned a boss fight against a reaperized TIM-Gestalt in the first place, so maybe it's a product of time constraints more than anything else.
Since the comic series he was in is supposedly canon, then TIM was "slightly" indoctrinated during the First Contact War, hence the creepy eyes. Javik tells you that during his cycle, the empires resources were split between those who wanted to destroy the Reapers and those in the government that wanted to control. Turns out the control side was indoctrinated. It's similar to Saren's "I'm doing this for all the right reasons" situation in ME1, so I guess it's pretty poetic that you can successfully argue this point until they both kill themselves.
I guess you could say that the reality of the situation.... blew their mind.
How could TIM start indoctrinated in the First Contact War? Sovereign didn't even make contact with Saren until years after that.
Is indoctrinated, why do the Reapers attack Sanctuary? Him going all 'end justifies the means' and huskifying people for test subjects makes a little sense, but if the Reapers didn't want him doing it why was he? If they did want him doing it, why did they try to stop him? Also I don't get him controlling Anderson and Shepard. I could buy Shepard if they mentioned the Reaper tech in his body, but Anderson?
Just started playing through the me 3 single player campaign with a vanguard again on insanity. This is easier than I remember so far apart from grenades. Grenades find me. Grenades find me in tight spaces with little cover such as
If anyone's still interested in the music, this guy made extended versions of the soundtrack to all three games, using the actual music files from the game (i.e. not just the shortened versions you get on the soundtrack releases.)
That is sweet. The collectors theme gets me every time and I've wished there was an extended version. This will do, thanks! He also has the shadow broker music up too.
Is indoctrinated, why do the Reapers attack Sanctuary? Him going all 'end justifies the means' and huskifying people for test subjects makes a little sense, but if the Reapers didn't want him doing it why was he? If they did want him doing it, why did they try to stop him? Also I don't get him controlling Anderson and Shepard. I could buy Shepard if they mentioned the Reaper tech in his body, but Anderson?
Slightly indoctrinated. He didn't fully succumb until he received a new cybernetic implant.
The red ending. Is it canon? Who's to say? It's the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that's for one major reason.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
Got that?
No turning back...
...
Shepard lives.
Until now we all thought we knew. There's that final scene that isn't present in any of the other endings. The camera pans up to find shepard buried in the ruins of London, and then right before the scene ends - he gasps for air and the credits roll.
But was it his last gasp? Or the first of many? Does Shepard actually live at the end of the, "Destroy" ending or will fans just be left with even more questions?
Well, BioWare's Tully Auckland has cleared the matter up once and for all:
So there you have it. Shepard is indeed alive at the end of the "Destroy" ending. But what does this mean? Is it the canonical ending? Will we ever see Shepard again? Does any of this matter? I want answers!
Nothing new for anyone who has beaten the game with a decent amount of war assets, but in case there was still anyone confused on that last part.
That makes me wonder....
If you didn't romance anyone from the first game and your LI isn't on the ship at that time, is it Joker who does it? Garrus? That would be the most logical answer to me, but who knows, I can't find any youtbes of it.
Has anyone else been taking an annoyingly long time to connect to the EA servers over the past week? Or am I just really lucky?
Does it freeze the game when it's "connecting" for thirty seconds to a minute? If so yes. Thought this was a network issue on my side.
Like at the menu screen, or when going to the store? Because that's when it happens to me.
Also, kroguard is my new favorite. At least in bronze where I can just go wild punching everything in sight. Don't think that would work out on gold though.
I think with gold I'll stick to a support class, because I'm not that great.
why the fuck would anybody choose the "destroy" ending,
you die, the reapers die, all synthetic life dies, oh and more than likely machines will rise up again, resenting organics and kill everything anyway..... only an ADHD Shepherd would pick it "WANT REAPERS DEAD NOW! RRAAAAAAHHHH!" *boom*
This is, of course, terribly ironic, as Destroy is the only ending where Shepard isn't either obliterated or obliterated and has a mental reproduction become cognition for reapers.
Is indoctrinated, why do the Reapers attack Sanctuary? Him going all 'end justifies the means' and huskifying people for test subjects makes a little sense, but if the Reapers didn't want him doing it why was he? If they did want him doing it, why did they try to stop him? Also I don't get him controlling Anderson and Shepard. I could buy Shepard if they mentioned the Reaper tech in his body, but Anderson?
It's all conjecture, but presumably just like the Reapers underestimated the galaxy's ability to create the crucible, they didn't think they'd get as far as they did in subverting the Reaper signal/gestalt mind. So, send in a token force to smack those uppity organics around a bit and force TIM's hand, which of course by implanting himself plays right into their hands.
I just assumed that the black swirly thingies around Shepard and Anderson were signs of some kind of biotic power / direct indoctrination ability TIM received due to his implants.
The red ending. Is it canon? Who's to say? It's the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that's for one major reason.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
Got that?
No turning back...
...
Shepard lives.
Until now we all thought we knew. There's that final scene that isn't present in any of the other endings. The camera pans up to find shepard buried in the ruins of London, and then right before the scene ends - he gasps for air and the credits roll.
But was it his last gasp? Or the first of many? Does Shepard actually live at the end of the, "Destroy" ending or will fans just be left with even more questions?
Well, BioWare's Tully Auckland has cleared the matter up once and for all:
So there you have it. Shepard is indeed alive at the end of the "Destroy" ending. But what does this mean? Is it the canonical ending? Will we ever see Shepard again? Does any of this matter? I want answers!
Nothing new for anyone who has beaten the game with a decent amount of war assets, but in case there was still anyone confused on that last part.
That makes me wonder....
If you didn't romance anyone from the first game and your LI isn't on the ship at that time, is it Joker who does it? Garrus? That would be the most logical answer to me, but who knows, I can't find any youtbes of it.
I think it was Traynor for me.
I broke up with Liara in ME2 (or perhaps ME3) and didn't romance anyone else. So Garrus posted mine.
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That reminds me of this.
Spoilered for off topic.
Battlenet ID: MildC#11186 - If I'm in the game, send me an invite at anytime and I'll play.
Synthesis is just ridiculous. Force every being in the Galaxy to be cybernetic. No thank you.
With Destroy you leave it up to the people to decide the future, after wiping the slate clean and clearly demonstrating the problems with warring with AI.
So. Im gonna be at EVO this weekend....anyone want to do my weekend Commendation run for me
*LINK HAS MAJOR SPOILERS*
Some info from bioware via kotaku
the summary of which is: *AGAIN MAJOR SPOILERS*
Nothing new for anyone who has beaten the game with a decent amount of war assets, but in case there was still anyone confused on that last part.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
-Tal is..... right?
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Well, they might not make a ME MMO, but there will be more ME games and unless they're all prequels or sidestories that take place at the same time as ME 1-3, they're gonna have to decide on one canon ending.
I realize those are the words from the author or the post at Kotaku and not the Bioware rep, but that scene can't be in London now, right?
Ending spoilers:
Personally I liked Synthesis because it allowed Shepard to play peacemaker for the last time, without the added conceit that came along with the other two endings. My Shepard always knew he was living on borrowed time...no one could do as many spectacular things as he did and come out unscathed. If that last little bit he could do for the galaxy was basically a gigantic paragon interrupt, I'm okay with that.
Ka-Chung!
Ka-Chung!
That would make me so very, very angry.
If you fight Shepard in an MMO, she better be like the original C'thun: completely unbeatable, and will faceroll you no matter how geared up you get.
Control: I AM A GOLDEN GOD
Synthesis: Shepard is Space Jesus.
Reject: Fuck you and your shitty endings.
Game over screen is just her standing over your corpse pouring herself a glass of ryncol.
"Put the stuff in the thing the stuff goes in"
You're damn right, brother
You're damn right
So classy.
Why I fear the ocean.
Yup. Scary, isn't it?
:rotate:
On my sleeve, let the runway start
That makes me wonder....
They're pretty sweet.
For instance, the entire set of music that plays throughout ME2's Suicide Mission. All of it.
Yes.
I have a strange, faint hope that there will come a DLC where FemShep gets a leather jacket and gets to ride a future-motorbike (speederbike, Star Wars style?) in a DLC. Think the Illium chase scene, but with a bike rather than a taxi.
I guess you could say that the reality of the situation.... blew their mind.
Battlenet ID: MildC#11186 - If I'm in the game, send me an invite at anytime and I'll play.
Why I fear the ocean.
That is sweet. The collectors theme gets me every time and I've wished there was an extended version. This will do, thanks! He also has the shadow broker music up too.
Does it freeze the game when it's "connecting" for thirty seconds to a minute? If so yes. Thought this was a network issue on my side.
I think all of my favorites (that weren't posted anyway) are from 3.
This one's because, if I remember correctly, this part of the game had me literally sweating.
And this one's just because it's so damn pretty.
This is one of my favourite songs in the whole series
1:05 onwards is so fantastic
Also, kroguard is my new favorite. At least in bronze where I can just go wild punching everything in sight. Don't think that would work out on gold though.
I think with gold I'll stick to a support class, because I'm not that great.
Glorious, really.
I just assumed that the black swirly thingies around Shepard and Anderson were signs of some kind of biotic power / direct indoctrination ability TIM received due to his implants.