BioWare Says Shepard "Better Not Be" Dead

[Andy Chalk]

BioWare Says Shepard "Better Not Be" Dead

Despite the shocking revelation of the first Mass Effect 2 trailer [http://masseffect.bioware.com/], it now appears all but certain that Commander Shepard is actually alive and well.

BioWare's debut promotional trailer for Mass Effect 2 featured a powerful twist: Commander Shepard, the hero of the original game, has apparently been killed by the Geth. Many fans believed, or at least hoped, it was a bluff but claimed in March [http://www.bioware.com], "Everything we've said in the teaser is absolutely true."

The suggestion that the central character of a hit RPG franchise could meet an untimely demise midway through a planned trilogy would be easy to dismiss if it came from another developer, but BioWare has well-established reputation for killing off prominent cast members for dramatic effect. Could the company be willing to go one step further and actually do in the hero himself?

Apparently not. In a blog post on IGN [http://blogs.ign.com/BW_MassEffect/2009/04/30/119240/], Mass Effect 2 Executive Producer Casey Hudson made it clear that BioWare isn't finished with the Commander just yet. "I've heard some rumors that Commander Shepard is dead. Better not be," he wrote. "We had a lot of big plans made, so if someone's gone and killed Shepard then things are going to take an unexpected turn..."

Hudson didn't say anything about what those big plans might be but BioWare is expected to do a lot of talking about the game at the upcoming E3 [http://www.e3expo.com/], taking place June 2-4.

via: Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/02/commander-shepard-probably-isnt-dead-in-mass-effect-2/]


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[GoldenShadow]

Who knows. We could speculate. Maybe he will be cloned or his brain is put into a robot body like robocop.

 

[megapenguinx]

Hopefully it's the same one, I mean bioware did say to keep your old save files

 

[lizards]

bioware makes good games

 

[JojjeE]

Pretty sure they made people think he's dead but he's actually alive somewhere

 

[SharPhoe]

Who knows. We could speculate. Maybe he will be cloned or his brain is put into a robot body like robocop.

I am liking this idea more and more by the second.

 

[iggyus]

It would be powerful though if they actually killed him. Sad but powerful

 

[ix_tab]

I really like Shepard, well, I really like my girl Shepard. She better not be gone, because that will be a real *****.

 

[Yog Sothoth]

Slow news day, huh?

Anyways, killing Shepard wouldn't make any sense since Bioware has confirmed that you can use your save file from the first game to continue playing the character you've built up.... wouldn't work if (s)he was dead........

 

[JMeganSnow]

I still think it would be more interesting if they turned your PC from the first game into an NPC in subsequent games, so by the last game you have the Doom Squad that you built yourself from square 1. Talk about an awesome finish.

Since 2 is the series Two Towers, I fully expect that this coming game will involve dealing with the Geth in some manner (possibly even turning them into allies), and thus a Geth-captured and "modified" Shepard would be completely appropriate.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Who knows. We could speculate. Maybe he will be cloned or his brain is put into a robot body like robocop.

I am liking this idea more and more by the second.

And on that note, where are our next gen robocop games? Dark corporate future, cyborg police? Ownage! It seems perfectly simple.

 

[bue519]

Pretty sure they made people think he's dead but he's actually alive somewhere

I bet hes hanging out with JFK and Tupac. But, I will bet money that he'll be dead by the end of the game. Any takers?

 

[Schnippshly]

So, would Mass Effect 2 read a game save from Mass Effect 1 to make the Shepard in Mass Effect 2 look like the one people made in the first game?

 

[angryscotsman93]

...Fuck! Don't call me a jackass, but I was looking forward to the idea of a future where Shepard's dead. I mean, I loved playing as the guy, but still, it presented some interesting, apocalyptic possibilities. FOr example, after Shepard's death on the field of battle, he becomes something like a martyr to mankind, in their never-ending fight against the Geth and the Reapers. Meanwhile, the next human Spectre has been trained, and is expected to fill some pretty big shoes. However, the Geth have stolen the Spectre's armor for an insidious purpose: you see, in a similar manner to how the Geth create the Husk thingamajiggers, they use Shepard's shattered body to imbue a new Geth leader with his essence- his memories, his charisma, his tactical savvy, etc. Now, he's leading a massive Geth crusade, whose goal is to destroy all sentient life in existance...

And guess whose character is on the front lines...

 

[Glerken]

Pretty sure they made people think he's dead but he's actually alive somewhere

I bet hes hanging out with JFK and Tupac. But, I will bet money that he'll be dead by the end of the game. Any takers?

Five fake internet dollars says he's alive and well for the entire trilogy.

 

[DeadRow]

Slow news day, huh?

Anyways, killing Shepard wouldn't make any sense since Bioware has confirmed that you can use your save file from the first game to continue playing the character you've built up.... wouldn't work if (s)he was dead........

Could just use the saves to find out who died (Ashley or the-dude-who-sounds-like-Carth) and what ending you had (either the councildied and who represents humans on the council now.

Though it would be sad to have my Shepard die, I would rather have her hit the bucket than having some lame excuse to why she is cloned/her brain put into a robot or geth.

 

[tijuanatim]

Pretty sure they made people think he's dead but he's actually alive somewhere

I bet hes hanging out with JFK and Tupac. But, I will bet money that he'll be dead by the end of the game. Any takers?

Five fake internet dollars says he's alive and well for the entire trilogy.

He died plenty when I was playing. It took me a while to get used to the controls....don't judge me. Five fake internet dollars please.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Nah, I never really thought he/she was dead, I always just assumed they'd gone deep into Geth or Reaper space and was presumed dead by the Alliance.
Similar to what they did to Revan in KOTOR.

 

[Glerken]

Pretty sure they made people think he's dead but he's actually alive somewhere

I bet hes hanging out with JFK and Tupac. But, I will bet money that he'll be dead by the end of the game. Any takers?

Five fake internet dollars says he's alive and well for the entire trilogy.

He died plenty when I was playing. It took me a while to get used to the controls....don't judge me. Five fake internet dollars please.

No way. I meant on the main story line.