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Interestingly, the
suit upgrade history in Tali's dossier only appears if you romance her. She's installing all of the "How to Read Human Body Language" stuff as a way to try to see if Shepard is really interested in her. As for the Nerve Stimulator Pro, well, I'm guessing that all of that thinking about studly Commander Shepard is getting her tanks stirred up.
No, there is no danger that this could lead the thread down weird avenues.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take on CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
Just got to SB's ship myself and the DLC has been great so far.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take in CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take in CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
I agree. The only thing i would have liked better is if the took a more vertical approach to the chase scene. As it was it was just hit boost the whole time and follow.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take in CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
I agree. The only thing i would have liked better is if the took a more vertical approach to the chase scene. As it was it was just hit boost the whole time and follow.
Indeed, the chase was really very easy. That's better than making it a pointlessly extended exercise in frustration like every other one of Bioware's vehicle sections, though. I'd be really happy if they just worked in a few more, somewhat expanded sequences using the same mechanics as the LotSB chase for ME3.
Come to think of it, a neat place to have a more open-ended car sequence would be on the Citadel - zooming around high above the wards and stuff would be pretty cool.
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Kind of annoyed they didn't do a Kelly style repeat visit thing.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take in CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
This is so true, I was wondering what I loved so much about the Shadow Broker and this sums it up perfectly. It makes the world feel real, lived in and important. And your actions stand out and seem more spectacular because of this.
A lot of video games fuck this up, no matter how epic and crazy the action is, if its out of context and has no real grounding with reactions and such, it comes across as cheesy and video gamey. Its a problem a lot of films have as well.
The rain on the windows, the subtle encouragement to investigate without the sense that your doing a 'level' or 'mission' in a game. And the goddamn rain. Games need way more environmental effects. But yeah I fucking loved it, and I loved how it didnt involve the anatomy of an asari in any way.
I really liked the cops doing their thing in the cutscene. For one thing, I always like seeing them put neat-yet-mundane effects on omnitools (scanning fingerprints, flashlights, etc), but more generally I enjoyed the whole crime scene drama feel. I sort of wish I'd had the opportunity to talk to the police and be all Phoenix Wright before they got dismissed, though.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take in CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
This is so true, I was wondering what I loved so much about the Shadow Broker and this sums it up perfectly. It makes the world feel real, lived in and important. And your actions stand out and seem more spectacular because of this.
A lot of video games fuck this up, no matter how epic and crazy the action is, if its out of context and has no real grounding with reactions and such, it comes across as cheesy and video gamey. Its a problem a lot of films have as well.
DA:O does a good job of incorporating innocent bystanders as well. There aren't a lot of them but just wandering by them and listening to their conversations is a nice treat. ME2 does it as well but for some reason i find the DA ones more complelling.
so i finally started having fun with the revenant when i realized that it has to be used within shotgun range
still, i think i like the vindicator or mattock better
stasis is the bonus power i took on legion's loyalty....got to the end, used it on the geth prime before it could fire
while the geth prime was all locked up, i charged the GPS
it came out
BAM
OHKO
stasis is pretty awesome
With max assault rifles upgrades, I thought the Revenant was accurate enough. It also helps that it has a shit load of ammo to the point where I don't fear running out of it in the middle of a fight.
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A lot of video games fuck this up, no matter how epic and crazy the action is, if its out of context and has no real grounding with reactions and such, it comes across as cheesy and video gamey. Its a problem a lot of films have as well.
As I said in an above post, I think the endgame sequence of ME1 (which was nevertheless really cool) was a good example of this - the Citadel's all busted up, but you never see anyone except Geth and that Keeper which Saren shot. I think it would have been a lot more effective if you ran across at least a few corpses or the ruins of a C-Sec barricade or something. Just having Avina abstractly state "Civilian casualties are high" didn't really convey the same sense that serious shit was going down.
Liara's apartment was a fantastic environment - the different parts of it you saw also painted a nice kind of picture of her character:
I liked that the theme they had going for your old team was carried through: every time you encounter any one of them there was always an undertone that without Shepard they'd felt stuck in the past to a degree. The painting of Ilos and your armor seemed particularly poignant.
And I too, loved the rain. Rain and thunder are probably my favorite elements of real life weather, and done right in video games it always has a profound effect on me.
so i finally started having fun with the revenant when i realized that it has to be used within shotgun range
still, i think i like the vindicator or mattock better
I wouldn't say it's just for shottie range. You can fire in bursts and hit further than that. But yea, in general, it's shorter ranged than the other ARs. The thing is, the higher damage and abundance of ammo on the Revenant more than makes up for the lower accuracy, whereas a Vindicator or Mattock will be much more accurate, but you'll find yourself constantly running out of ammo.
If you're getting annoyed by enemies that're beyond effective Revenant range, just hide behind cover and switch to your sniper rifle, that's what it's there for.
so i finally started having fun with the revenant when i realized that it has to be used within shotgun range
still, i think i like the vindicator or mattock better
I wouldn't say it's just for shottie range. You can fire in bursts and hit further than that. But yea, in general, it's shorter ranged than the other ARs. The thing is, the higher damage and abundance of ammo on the Revenant more than makes up for the lower accuracy, whereas a Vindicator or Mattock will be much more accurate, but you'll find yourself constantly running out of ammo.
If you're getting annoyed by enemies that're beyond effective Revenant range, just hide behind cover and switch to your sniper rifle, that's what it's there for.
The Revenant is most fun when used as kind of a "fuck youuuuuu" weapon. Get in cover on the opposite side of your enemy and when they hop up to shoot your team mates you hop up and pop and empty 50 rounds into them at point blank range.
In this sense, it is the funnest gun to use on the
Derelict reaper, since fighting all the husks is exactly like that.
when the sb says he can at least take the Normandy IFF to get what's left of the base, does that mean that collector tech will be useful in ME3 even if you blew up the base? Just wondering.
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That sig pic. Do you have a bigger version?
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I know it's weighted towards doing after suicide mission, but isn't it much more useful to do as soon as you get illium? All the training, upgrades and deliveries and crap you get on the base would be damn useful for the rest of the game. As it is all those goodies are slightly wasted if you do it after the suicide mission.
when the sb says he can at least take the Normandy IFF to get what's left of the base, does that mean that collector tech will be useful in ME3 even if you blew up the base? Just wondering.
Probably not.
I assume that Bioware just threw that in as a macguffin to help explain why he's still fighting you instead of running away or something. Besides, since you're the only ones who've really seen what's on the other side, its possible his Intel on the situation with the base is incomplete, based on secondhand info from Cerberus reports.
Also, does that mean the Normandy is still the only ship that can traverse the Omega 4 relay? Because the Illusive Man apparently manages to get ships through in the "Everybody dies" ending...
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I thought the only reason ships didn't come back was because the collectors destroyed them, not something do to with the relay itself.
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Amazingly it's on the first page and it's a larger version. Thank you.
I thought the only reason ships didn't come back was because the collectors destroyed them, not something do to with the relay itself.
As I understood it, if you go through using standard Mass Relay procedures, the margin of error makes it very likely that you will get shot out the other side right into a black hole (or a bunch of debris, depending). If you have the Reaper IFF, it activates hidden protocols in the Relay's computer which greatly reduce the margin of error so you don't fly into a black hole or a supernova or something.
I thought the only reason ships didn't come back was because the collectors destroyed them, not something do to with the relay itself.
As I understood it, if you go through using standard Mass Relay procedures, the margin of error makes it very likely that you will get shot out the other side right into a black hole (or a bunch of debris, depending). If you have the Reaper IFF, it activates hidden protocols in the Relay's computer which greatly reduce the margin of error so you don't fly into a black hole or a supernova or something.
It seemed a lot more likely that the Collectors destroyed them. After all, if they got shot into the black holes then there wouldn't be loads and loads of debris around.
Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
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Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
The problem with that is
The council doesn't believe in reapers. Getting them to willingly evacuate and potentially destroy the political hub of the galaxy isn't going to happen.
Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
The problem with that is
The council doesn't believe in reapers. Getting them to willingly evacuate and potentially destroy the political hub of the galaxy isn't going to happen.
Not to mention have you guys seen how many of those fucking things are out there? All of them wouldn't instantaneously pass through the relay. Maybe you'd kill a few but then you'd be back at square one with them coming your way through dark space and would have destroyed the largest and most important station in the galaxy for nothing. Nice job.
Actually, you probably wouln't kill any of them. The fields they produce can more than likely protect them from the dangerous solar winds and radiations of a close distance to a star. The "dead" reaper you boarded in the second game was pretty damn close to that star.
YOUR IDEA HAS BEEN REJECTED!
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Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
The problem with that is
The council doesn't believe in reapers. Getting them to willingly evacuate and potentially destroy the political hub of the galaxy isn't going to happen.
Not to mention have you guys seen how many of those fucking things are out there? All of them wouldn't instantaneously pass through the relay. Maybe you'd kill a few but then you'd be back at square one with them coming your way through dark space and would have destroyed the largest and most important station in the galaxy for nothing. Nice job.
Actually, you probably wouln't kill any of them. The fields they produce can more than likely protect them from the dangerous solar winds and radiations of a close distance to a star. The "dead" reaper you boarded in the second game was pretty damn close to that star.
YOUR IDEA HAS BEEN REJECTED!
that's a very deus ex ending when you think about it.
i.e. the one where you destroy helios and send the world back to the stone age. If you get rid of the citadel then the mass relays won't work, there won't *be* an intergalactic anything to speak of.
Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
The problem with that is
The council doesn't believe in reapers. Getting them to willingly evacuate and potentially destroy the political hub of the galaxy isn't going to happen.
Not to mention have you guys seen how many of those fucking things are out there? All of them wouldn't instantaneously pass through the relay. Maybe you'd kill a few but then you'd be back at square one with them coming your way through dark space and would have destroyed the largest and most important station in the galaxy for nothing. Nice job.
Actually, you probably wouln't kill any of them. The fields they produce can more than likely protect them from the dangerous solar winds and radiations of a close distance to a star. The "dead" reaper you boarded in the second game was pretty damn close to that star.
YOUR IDEA HAS BEEN REJECTED!
that's a very deus ex ending when you think about it.
i.e. the one where you destroy helios and send the world back to the stone age. If you get rid of the citadel then the mass relays won't work, there won't *be* an intergalactic anything to speak of.
Sure, but they'd still be coming anyway so you'd just screw yourself for nothing.
Anyway, this is silly and pointless! Clearly Shepard will defeat the reapers by scouring the galaxy for Mordin's old theater friends and will then put on the greatest salarian opera you've ever heard, astounding and bringing the reapers to tears through the beautiful song and dance of Mordin Solus.
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I thought the only reason ships didn't come back was because the collectors destroyed them, not something do to with the relay itself.
As I understood it, if you go through using standard Mass Relay procedures, the margin of error makes it very likely that you will get shot out the other side right into a black hole (or a bunch of debris, depending). If you have the Reaper IFF, it activates hidden protocols in the Relay's computer which greatly reduce the margin of error so you don't fly into a black hole or a supernova or something.
It seemed a lot more likely that the Collectors destroyed them. After all, if they got shot into the black holes then there wouldn't be loads and loads of debris around.
But the Collectors were unable to fend off a single frigate (albeit a highly advanced frigate with an ace pilot, but a frigate nonetheless) - how could they have successfully slaughtered every single ship to come through prior to that when all they apparently have is one cruiser and a few of those flying eyeball fighters? Surely the Normandy isn't the first armed ship to transit the relay.
Oh right, I had another thought re: killing Reapers
Considering that the Reapers come through to the galaxy via the Citadel, surely that creates an easy way to stop them if you know where they're coming from. Just deorbit the Citadel into it's star and then trigger the Citadel relay at the last moment.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
I think the ending of Mass Effect 2 has made it clear that...
The Reapers have given up on the Citadel-Relay shortcut and are now simply flying through empty space towards our galaxy. They're taking the long, slow way to get to us, basically.
I hope for their sake they remembered to bring some music along for their trip. :P
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No, there is no danger that this could lead the thread down weird avenues.
Which is a very touching question, I think.
That was a great scene. I loved the futuristic take on CSI. As was said Liara's apartment was a great section all together.
Just got to SB's ship myself and the DLC has been great so far.
I really liked the whole Ilium sequence because it actually included civilians. The main game mostly segregates the action to keep non-combatants out of the area during shooting sections (empty warehouses, merc bases, etc - or they're all dead by the time you arrive)), so it was kind of neat to see how the average citizen of Ilium reacts when shit starts exploding and people get shot. I mean, the way the world is presented it would be easy to assume that everyone in the 22nd century is totally accustomed to power-armored space marines running around shooting each other.
Really, that's an opportunity I think they've missed several times, especially with the Battle of the Citadel in ME1.
I agree. The only thing i would have liked better is if the took a more vertical approach to the chase scene. As it was it was just hit boost the whole time and follow.
Indeed, the chase was really very easy. That's better than making it a pointlessly extended exercise in frustration like every other one of Bioware's vehicle sections, though. I'd be really happy if they just worked in a few more, somewhat expanded sequences using the same mechanics as the LotSB chase for ME3.
Come to think of it, a neat place to have a more open-ended car sequence would be on the Citadel - zooming around high above the wards and stuff would be pretty cool.
still, i think i like the vindicator or mattock better
stasis is the bonus power i took on legion's loyalty....got to the end, used it on the geth prime before it could fire
while the geth prime was all locked up, i charged the GPS
it came out
BAM
OHKO
stasis is pretty awesome
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This is so true, I was wondering what I loved so much about the Shadow Broker and this sums it up perfectly. It makes the world feel real, lived in and important. And your actions stand out and seem more spectacular because of this.
A lot of video games fuck this up, no matter how epic and crazy the action is, if its out of context and has no real grounding with reactions and such, it comes across as cheesy and video gamey. Its a problem a lot of films have as well.
DA:O does a good job of incorporating innocent bystanders as well. There aren't a lot of them but just wandering by them and listening to their conversations is a nice treat. ME2 does it as well but for some reason i find the DA ones more complelling.
With max assault rifles upgrades, I thought the Revenant was accurate enough. It also helps that it has a shit load of ammo to the point where I don't fear running out of it in the middle of a fight.
As I said in an above post, I think the endgame sequence of ME1 (which was nevertheless really cool) was a good example of this - the Citadel's all busted up, but you never see anyone except Geth and that Keeper which Saren shot. I think it would have been a lot more effective if you ran across at least a few corpses or the ruins of a C-Sec barricade or something. Just having Avina abstractly state "Civilian casualties are high" didn't really convey the same sense that serious shit was going down.
And I too, loved the rain. Rain and thunder are probably my favorite elements of real life weather, and done right in video games it always has a profound effect on me.
Im possibly going to do him in Gilbert and Sulivan costume.
eh, that doesn't really help him much, all things considered
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Also, I'll say it again: the apartment is awesome in part because of how it evokes Bladerunner.
It's supposed to be tender, not a booty call.
None of my runs have romanced Tali and I've seen that dossier on both trips through Shadow Broker.
Didn't mean exactly like Kelly. But the 'Come back soon, Liara' was like
It's even more
The whole thing reminded me how good Mass Effect's conversations can be in terms of atmosphere.
I wouldn't say it's just for shottie range. You can fire in bursts and hit further than that. But yea, in general, it's shorter ranged than the other ARs. The thing is, the higher damage and abundance of ammo on the Revenant more than makes up for the lower accuracy, whereas a Vindicator or Mattock will be much more accurate, but you'll find yourself constantly running out of ammo.
If you're getting annoyed by enemies that're beyond effective Revenant range, just hide behind cover and switch to your sniper rifle, that's what it's there for.
The Revenant is most fun when used as kind of a "fuck youuuuuu" weapon. Get in cover on the opposite side of your enemy and when they hop up to shoot your team mates you hop up and pop and empty 50 rounds into them at point blank range.
In this sense, it is the funnest gun to use on the
I was pretty surprised. Mass Effects dialog is good, but not that good. The dialog between Liara and Shepard in LotSB is fantastic.
dude - not really, but google images mass effect 2 and you'll get a wealth of pics.
Probably not.
Also, does that mean the Normandy is still the only ship that can traverse the Omega 4 relay? Because the Illusive Man apparently manages to get ships through in the "Everybody dies" ending...
As I understood it, if you go through using standard Mass Relay procedures, the margin of error makes it very likely that you will get shot out the other side right into a black hole (or a bunch of debris, depending). If you have the Reaper IFF, it activates hidden protocols in the Relay's computer which greatly reduce the margin of error so you don't fly into a black hole or a supernova or something.
It seemed a lot more likely that the Collectors destroyed them. After all, if they got shot into the black holes then there wouldn't be loads and loads of debris around.
Or move it through the Omega-4 relay and put it inside the event horizon of a black hole.
The problem with that is
Actually, you probably wouln't kill any of them. The fields they produce can more than likely protect them from the dangerous solar winds and radiations of a close distance to a star. The "dead" reaper you boarded in the second game was pretty damn close to that star.
YOUR IDEA HAS BEEN REJECTED!
that's a very deus ex ending when you think about it.
Sure, but they'd still be coming anyway so you'd just screw yourself for nothing.
Anyway, this is silly and pointless! Clearly Shepard will defeat the reapers by scouring the galaxy for Mordin's old theater friends and will then put on the greatest salarian opera you've ever heard, astounding and bringing the reapers to tears through the beautiful song and dance of Mordin Solus.
Overlord is probably the best, but LotSBs is pretty hardcore as well.
But the Collectors were unable to fend off a single frigate (albeit a highly advanced frigate with an ace pilot, but a frigate nonetheless) - how could they have successfully slaughtered every single ship to come through prior to that when all they apparently have is one cruiser and a few of those flying eyeball fighters? Surely the Normandy isn't the first armed ship to transit the relay.
I hope for their sake they remembered to bring some music along for their trip. :P