Kill Reapers(depending on E.M.S), Shepard survives(depending on E.M.S/Paragon/Renegade) and continues adventures with surviving crew and LI.
Poll: What would you like a new Mass Effect ending to be? *spoilers*
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The exact same thing, but with an epilogue saying what happened to the major galactic civilizations and characters.
Maybe some spin on the Indoctrination theory. It's what would make sense, yeah?
I think that's what we all want...
I think that's what we all want...
A. A choice at the end where I can tell the Reaper God-child to fuck right off, because all of the options he provides screws Shepard in some way, shape, or form. Not to mention the Mass Relays get destroyed. And then what happens after you refuse is a matter of how much time you've poured into your War Assets.
B. Closure. What happens to everyone? Where do they go, and why?
Just my two cents.
B. Closure. What happens to everyone? Where do they go, and why?
Just my two cents.
I just want the reapers to stay the mystic robot-god-beings the way they were before they screwed them over, and ask nothing else of the 'new ending/epilogue/fix/plothole-away-paint'.
Seriously, I the reason I wanted to play ME3 most was because I wanted to see gigantic unexplainable sentient robot space-squid stomp about blaring those fog horns. Hell, if there is a Mass Effect spin-off in which you can play as a reaper, mashing silly organics into pulp, I'd die to play it, maybe with indoctrination minigames, or a special character creator in which you can design your own abomination-minions and the look of your Reap...
Okay, maybe I'm drifting off there...
But another thing I want to say, that even if Bioware just spectacularly dropped the ball on the endings, and it truly is the offspring of really bad and rushed writing, they might want to thank every god out there for their fanbase, who were loyal enough to come up with such a viable theory.
For what it's worth I think the indoctrination theory is, despite its thought-out argumentation, a desperate thing which the fans came up with after the massive blue-balls-ending to put their minds at rest. I want to believe it too, but I'm slightly skeptic towards it, as I've seen people talk about how Shepard would have been indoctrinated in the original leaked script, but Bioware removed it, and the 'hints' are just the remnants of that script, and it feels slightly odd to have multiple endings of which only one will be continue-able.
Jeez, I've been posting in way too many ME3 threads.
Seriously, I the reason I wanted to play ME3 most was because I wanted to see gigantic unexplainable sentient robot space-squid stomp about blaring those fog horns. Hell, if there is a Mass Effect spin-off in which you can play as a reaper, mashing silly organics into pulp, I'd die to play it, maybe with indoctrination minigames, or a special character creator in which you can design your own abomination-minions and the look of your Reap...
Okay, maybe I'm drifting off there...
But another thing I want to say, that even if Bioware just spectacularly dropped the ball on the endings, and it truly is the offspring of really bad and rushed writing, they might want to thank every god out there for their fanbase, who were loyal enough to come up with such a viable theory.
For what it's worth I think the indoctrination theory is, despite its thought-out argumentation, a desperate thing which the fans came up with after the massive blue-balls-ending to put their minds at rest. I want to believe it too, but I'm slightly skeptic towards it, as I've seen people talk about how Shepard would have been indoctrinated in the original leaked script, but Bioware removed it, and the 'hints' are just the remnants of that script, and it feels slightly odd to have multiple endings of which only one will be continue-able.
Jeez, I've been posting in way too many ME3 threads.
I would have rather had 6: 3 lose, and 3 win.
1: Reapers win, next cycle is screwed. You did not do anything extra and only played the game to get through it. Very low galactic readiness, no allies, etc.
2: Reapers win, but the next cycle will almost surely defeat them. You did just enough to mess up the Reapers, but not enough to kill them.
3: Reapers lose, but you do to. Everybody's dead. Next cycle, however, is free to develop their own technology and be totally awesome badasses.
4: You win, but everybody barely survives. The current ME3 ending. You did just enough and made just enough good choices to beat them. Opinion below*
5: You win, survive, no Deus Ex Machina but at a heavy price. Most governments are relatively structured, but now it's a standoff between surviving nations (depending on choices throughout game). Basically a galactic reset button.
6: You completely destroy the Reapers, no Deus Ex Machina, with surviving civilizations (depending on choices throughout game) relatively intact. I get to have my ride off into the sunset with Tali.
*Here's my opinion on this ending: it was beautiful. That piano piece during the ending cinematic brought me to tears. However, this is Mass Effect. If that was how I said, it would be great. If this was just some generic but popular 3rd person shooter where you didn't make choices, it would be great. However, it makes the choices not matter at all. Peace with Quarians and Geth? Pick your choice of laser. Genophage cured? Pick your choice of laser. Anything else hard as balls to pull off or otherwise something that should matter? Pick your choice of laser. And as mentioned before, plotholes. Ask others if you want a list.
Side note: Sequel: Mass Effect 4... 0,000. In the grim darkness of the somewhat far future, there is only war... Basically, a bunch of human colonies cut off from each other, hostile(?) alien races, technological reset, you get the idea. I'm just waiting for Shepard to come back as the God Emperor and lead the Great Crusade to reunite humanity...
1: Reapers win, next cycle is screwed. You did not do anything extra and only played the game to get through it. Very low galactic readiness, no allies, etc.
2: Reapers win, but the next cycle will almost surely defeat them. You did just enough to mess up the Reapers, but not enough to kill them.
3: Reapers lose, but you do to. Everybody's dead. Next cycle, however, is free to develop their own technology and be totally awesome badasses.
4: You win, but everybody barely survives. The current ME3 ending. You did just enough and made just enough good choices to beat them. Opinion below*
5: You win, survive, no Deus Ex Machina but at a heavy price. Most governments are relatively structured, but now it's a standoff between surviving nations (depending on choices throughout game). Basically a galactic reset button.
6: You completely destroy the Reapers, no Deus Ex Machina, with surviving civilizations (depending on choices throughout game) relatively intact. I get to have my ride off into the sunset with Tali.
*Here's my opinion on this ending: it was beautiful. That piano piece during the ending cinematic brought me to tears. However, this is Mass Effect. If that was how I said, it would be great. If this was just some generic but popular 3rd person shooter where you didn't make choices, it would be great. However, it makes the choices not matter at all. Peace with Quarians and Geth? Pick your choice of laser. Genophage cured? Pick your choice of laser. Anything else hard as balls to pull off or otherwise something that should matter? Pick your choice of laser. And as mentioned before, plotholes. Ask others if you want a list.
Side note: Sequel: Mass Effect 4... 0,000. In the grim darkness of the somewhat far future, there is only war... Basically, a bunch of human colonies cut off from each other, hostile(?) alien races, technological reset, you get the idea. I'm just waiting for Shepard to come back as the God Emperor and lead the Great Crusade to reunite humanity...
One with closure ANY seance of it. We open and close the star child's story "Ha ha ha ha ha i am a dick that want to end the universe how do you want it to end!?" meanwhile every other story line even Shepard's is "(story you created with you choices) an the some stuff happened and he was never heard from again" and you left going "What? Why is the only solution to kill all organic life especially when it is to prevent the demise of all organic life? what about (names of all live charters) what happens to them?" and all you get is Oh they are stranded and and you Shepard took what may be your dyeing breath or perhaps you live and are the start of a revolution which may or may not fail or perhaps something else entirely... if you are alive that is.