"The Truth" for Mass Effect 3

[tzimize]

Yes, that's going to be the name of the magic DLC that will fix all the woes people have about the Mass Effect 3 endings. You'll be able to continue playing after the ending and it's adding a TON of multiplayer stuff including:

At least two new maps

Two new enemy types

Batarian and Geth Characters

AND IT'S ALL FREE PEOPLE!!

After all the venom I've heard spewed about Bioware and mass Effect 3 lately, Ive stayed positive and I'm so glad I have. Now I can act all smug when this turns out to be the endings we all wanted to see.

http://www.gamefront.com/rumor-mass-effect-3-dlc-the-truth-due-in-april/

Here's hoping April or May will make everything right with the galaxy

I've heard about this, and atm I am fighting the depression from post-ME3. I just hope I wont have stopped caring when it arrives. And I have more or less ZERO hopes for it actually giving us a worthy ending.

Can it be good DLC? Sure. But that wont cut it at this point. I dont care about any more fluff. I want the ending. Period.

If it IS the ending though...and the indoctrination theory is true...it could be one of the most impressive feats in gaming history. I feel like I'm standing on 1mm ice above a freezing sea. Thats how slim my hope is. But if it happens...oh man. I might even forget about Diablo 3 for a while.

 

[Jitters Caffeine]

Yes, that's going to be the name of the magic DLC that will fix all the woes people have about the Mass Effect 3 endings. You'll be able to continue playing after the ending and it's adding a TON of multiplayer stuff including:

At least two new maps

Two new enemy types

Batarian and Geth Characters

AND IT'S ALL FREE PEOPLE!!

After all the venom I've heard spewed about Bioware and mass Effect 3 lately, Ive stayed positive and I'm so glad I have. Now I can act all smug when this turns out to be the endings we all wanted to see.

http://www.gamefront.com/rumor-mass-effect-3-dlc-the-truth-due-in-april/

Here's hoping April or May will make everything right with the galaxy

I've heard about this, and atm I am fighting the depression from post-ME3. I just hope I wont have stopped caring when it arrives. And I have more or less ZERO hopes for it actually giving us a worthy ending.

Can it be good DLC? Sure. But that wont cut it at this point. I dont care about any more fluff. I want the ending. Period.

If it IS the ending though...and the indoctrination theory is true...it could be one of the most impressive feats in gaming history. I feel like I'm standing on 1mm ice above a freezing sea. Thats how slim my hope is. But if it happens...oh man. I might even forget about Diablo 3 for a while.

I'm pretty optimistic about the whole thing right now. I was while everyone was up in arms about how having multiplayer would RUIN the game, and it turns out to be literal tons of fun. I'm actually looking forward to the new multiplayer stuff to be honest, and having what's supposed to be the "true" ending of the story will be great. Sure the ending we got first wasn't what I expected, but if this turns out to fix everything, I will stand smugly silent as everyone enjoys their helping of foot.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Looks like we're getting Geth Infiltrator and Engineer, Batarian Sentinel and Soldier, and a Krogan Battlemaster and Asari Justicar. I was really hoping for a Krogan Biotic, and it looks like we're getting one. I'm pretty anxious on seeing the two new enemy types.

Hmmm, well I have mixed opinions about the Asari Justicar, since that was already the name of the base tree for the Asari Vanguard.... leading me to believe we already had Justicars, this seems to confuse matters more than anything.

That said, the Geth classes are cool, but fighting other Geth would be a little wonky given that by the time Geth would be joining N7 spec ops teams there wouldn't be any Geth warbands for them to fight.

Actually it's outright stated there are still some isolated pockets of Geth infected by Reaper Code (to justify multiplayer enemy)

 

[Magicduck]

Please oh god be true, I forgot where I read this but even though this was sourced from 4chan it was from the same guy who was right on Lair of the Shadow Broker being DLC. But yeah, if it is half decent my faith in Bioware will be restored somewhat.

 

[Valanthe]

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I'm tempted to just write "Here we go again," and leave it at that, but it seems I have enough energy to defend my position for a whort while longer. So, here we go again.

While them banking on making money with the Multiplayer is a good point, and perhaps a tick in favour of this rumour being slightly true, I am not holding my breath. Every other comment from Bioware/EA so far has amounted them burying their head in the sand and completely ignoring the massive outrage from their fans and basically stating that they thought the ending was perfectly fine, or even better, that they -meant- it to cause such outrage.

Now to your next point, I would qualify this ending as a repair because in mine and countless others eyes, the ending to this game is broken and ought to be fixed. This has nothing to do with getting more or less than promised, and certainly not a thing to do with the Collector's Edition, so I'm not sure where that came from, or even anything to with the other 29 hours and 50 minutes of gameplay. This has everything to do with them providing such a stellar experience for those 29 hours, and then in a single scene, throwing every damn choice, action, or plot point out the window and strapping on some backward ass God logic that is so messed up and out of place that it doesn't even seem like it's from the same game.

The three 'choices' at the end amount to pretty much nothing more than what colour explosion would you like, and in a game series that has always been about choices and consquence there-of, to have an ending that has absolutley nothing to with anything from the entire rest of the series is entirely and utterly stupid. Casey Hudson said he wanted the endings as they are to be 'unforgettable,' and he's certainly accomplished that. He's actually managed to top Lost and The Sopranos for the most dissapointing ending to an epic series in my list.

So yes, this ending -is- broken and needs to be repaired. At this point I would actually accept the contrived reboot of "it was all a dream/some kind of indoctrination test" as they would provide a phenominally more satisfying conclusion than "choose a colour and watch some incredibly vague cutscene that doesn't tell you a damn thing."

 

[Terminate421]

I think it's free because then they could prevent pirates from spoiling it early when they torrented Mass effect 3

 

[Jitters Caffeine]

Free? I call bullshit.

I'll wait till Bioware actually announces it.

(And if it is true, I better go revert back to that save so I can actually choose the ending where I don't destroy the entire universe because the Decisions were very unclear)

They did TONS of free DLC with Mass Effect 2. It isn't so farfetched that they would give free DLC.

Did they really? What was it exactly, because this is pretty crazy to me.

Zaeed - The Price of Vengeance
Normandy Crash Site
Cerberus Weapon and Armor pack
Arc Projector
Firewalker

 

[Fappy]

This is still very much a rumor. I've been told these claims originated for 4Chan, so take that with the appropriate amount of salt.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Zaeed - The Price of Vengeance
Normandy Crash Site
Cerberus Weapon and Armor pack
Arc Projector
Firewalker

Its important to note though that out of the ones you've listed the Zaeed DLC was the only thing that really felt to me like it brought anything of value to the game. Firewalker was atrocious and short, and the weapons packs overpowering, making the game quite easy on even the hardest difficulty.

I actually really liked Zaeed as a character. If you listen to him, you actually find out he has a history with another one of your Squadmates.

Spoiler

Turns out he was part of the Merc group that picked up Jack after she escaped the Cerberus Facility, raped her, then sold her and the ship she was on to the Quarian Flotilla. Which in turn led to Cerberus attacking the Flotilla and the animosity between the Quarians and Cerberus

I'm sorry but I need some confirmation on this. I never heard this mentioned anywhere in game over several playthroughs and checked the Wiki again and found nothing on it. Where the hell does this come up?

On topic, if this is true, I'm going to be thrilled. I've been wanting Batarians ever since Multiplayer was announced so the chance to play one will be much appreciated.

 

[electric method]

While it would be nice if this rumor was indeed true, it is most likely not. BioWare has grown increasingly closed mouth about issues with their games and has generally trended towards public comments that are all but gauranteed to inflame their community. As an e.g. look at the article on this site quoting Casey Hudson saying "the ending(s) were meant to be divisive".

Additionally, over their last 3 releases, DA2, SW:TOR and ME3, all 3 have had issues that are PR nightmares. Those PR nightmares have caused BioWare to take huge hits to their image, reputation and brand loyalty. During all of this BioWare has not gone on record and said "oops we screwed up" let alone tried to make things right. What BioWare has done are give responses to the issues that only serve to piss off more people and generate more bad press and loss of reputation. It's sad really that a company that was once revered and held up as an example of "how to do it right" is now being held up as a company "of what not to do".

Do they need to do something for ME3 that serves to restore their community's/customer's faith in them? Absolutely. If they did so it would be the smartest business decision they've made in the last 2 years.

 

[Zen Toombs]

I'm gonna hold on to hope, but I won't be surprised if the rug gets pulled out from under me.

 

[Something Amyss]

So either they deliberately released an unfinished game with the intent to release this DLC later, or they're lying and this new DLC is a (rushed job) attempt to stop the s**tstorm of annoyed fans...

Decisions, decisions.

Or it's not really true and this anonymous claim that hasn't been made official turns out to be nothing but a troll attempt.

 

[Fappy]

Zaeed - The Price of Vengeance
Normandy Crash Site
Cerberus Weapon and Armor pack
Arc Projector
Firewalker

Its important to note though that out of the ones you've listed the Zaeed DLC was the only thing that really felt to me like it brought anything of value to the game. Firewalker was atrocious and short, and the weapons packs overpowering, making the game quite easy on even the hardest difficulty.

I actually really liked Zaeed as a character. If you listen to him, you actually find out he has a history with another one of your Squadmates.

Spoiler

Turns out he was part of the Merc group that picked up Jack after she escaped the Cerberus Facility, raped her, then sold her and the ship she was on to the Quarian Flotilla. Which in turn led to Cerberus attacking the Flotilla and the animosity between the Quarians and Cerberus

I'm sorry but I need some confirmation on this. I never heard this mentioned anywhere in game over several playthroughs and checked the Wiki again and found nothing on it. Where the hell does this come up?

On topic, if this is true, I'm going to be thrilled. I've been wanting Batarians ever since Multiplayer was announced so the chance to play one will be much appreciated.

What he said is completely false. Cerberus attacked the Quarian Flotilla to get Gillian Grayson in the second novel. Had nothing to do with Jack.

 

[Erttheking]

This is something that I pray to god will be true but I'm going to save my squeeing until Bioware makes the announcement. Also one explination for the ending is the writers being frustrated with the constant harassment by the haters...ok, the endings still piss me off but at least that kinda makes sense.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

This is something that I pray to god will be true but I'm going to save my squeeing until Bioware makes the announcement. Also one explination for the ending is the writerss being frustrated with the constant harassment by the haters...ok, the endings still piss me off but at least that kinda makes sense.

That makes sense? You're annoyed by spiteful fans, so you deliberately submarine your highest profile, critically respected and popularly revered IP? That'll show those snooty fans! Ha! Now who's laughing?

 

[Erttheking]

This is something that I pray to god will be true but I'm going to save my squeeing until Bioware makes the announcement. Also one explination for the ending is the writerss being frustrated with the constant harassment by the haters...ok, the endings still piss me off but at least that kinda makes sense.

That makes sense? You're annoyed by spiteful fans, so you deliberately submarine your highest profile, critically respected and popularly revered IP? That'll show those snooty fans! Ha! Now who's laughing?

Hence the "the endings still piss me off" part of my comment.

 

[Loop Stricken]

I already posted this! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.354268-Mass-Effect-3-The-Truth-Ending-spoilers-naturally] This is an outrage!

 

[Jitters Caffeine]

Zaeed - The Price of Vengeance
Normandy Crash Site
Cerberus Weapon and Armor pack
Arc Projector
Firewalker

Its important to note though that out of the ones you've listed the Zaeed DLC was the only thing that really felt to me like it brought anything of value to the game. Firewalker was atrocious and short, and the weapons packs overpowering, making the game quite easy on even the hardest difficulty.

I actually really liked Zaeed as a character. If you listen to him, you actually find out he has a history with another one of your Squadmates.

Spoiler

Turns out he was part of the Merc group that picked up Jack after she escaped the Cerberus Facility, raped her, then sold her and the ship she was on to the Quarian Flotilla. Which in turn led to Cerberus attacking the Flotilla and the animosity between the Quarians and Cerberus

I'm sorry but I need some confirmation on this. I never heard this mentioned anywhere in game over several playthroughs and checked the Wiki again and found nothing on it. Where the hell does this come up?

On topic, if this is true, I'm going to be thrilled. I've been wanting Batarians ever since Multiplayer was announced so the chance to play one will be much appreciated.

I'm holding on to my optimism for right now. I'm hoping It'll pay off in the end

 

[Navvan]

Yes, that's going to be the name of the magic DLC that will fix all the woes people have about the Mass Effect 3 endings. You'll be able to continue playing after the ending and it's adding a TON of multiplayer stuff including:

At least two new maps

Two new enemy types

Batarian and Geth Characters

AND IT'S ALL FREE PEOPLE!!

After all the venom I've heard spewed about Bioware and mass Effect 3 lately, Ive stayed positive and I'm so glad I have. Now I can act all smug when this turns out to be the endings we all wanted to see.

http://www.gamefront.com/rumor-mass-effect-3-dlc-the-truth-due-in-april/

Here's hoping April or May will make everything right with the galaxy

Right now that's a baseless rumor. I'd LOVE to see that happen, but it would involve Bioware basically pulling a 360 on the statements they have already made... and honestly their attitude and the main storyline itself irked me more than the ending. I wrote a lengthy post on the subject in the gaming forum a little while ago if anyone is curious (which hopefully some people will be).

Basically I think the "best" ending is okay, but I consider Leng to be the downfall of the entire game and it's writing.

... and

Spoiler

I wanted an epic dust-up with Harbinger after ME2. I see it as Shepard's real Arch-Enemy at this point. For me that was the biggest disappointment. Every time I've heard he might be around, or ran into Reaper minions I waited to hear "Assuming Direct Control" but it never happened. The bastard didn't even play a direct role in the final confrontation. This is a spoiler largely because... you know... it spoils that you never get to fight Harbinger.

yada yada avoid mod wrath because the real post is spoilered

Spoiler

I was REALLY hoping for a dust up with harbinger as well, especially after on the quarian world when the one reaper destroyer said how Harbinger talks about Shepard often. And when I was facing TIM I was totaly expecting "Assuming Direct control!"

Well you can kind of extrapolate an encounter with Harbinger.

Spoiler

It was mentioned that Harbinger and a group of reapers were breaking off to come stop you from reaching the catalyst. I like to think it was his laser that blasted you.

 

[Thoric485]

EA releasing something for free?

I'll believe it when i see it.