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| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141226 4 months ago |
And that's why it's the best ending ever. |
| MaroonBunyip #1141227 4 months ago |
sounds a lot like me with evangalion
except its been 2 years. |
| werkbau #1141239 4 months ago |
Bioware sure love their Gainax ending. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141247 4 months ago |
Kind of hard to tell it's truly a Gainax ending or not. There were tons of hints that there were hallucinations and alien-integration afoot. |
| Anonymous #1141255 4 months ago |
Bioware let all that critical acclaim get to their heads and decided they wanted to be SERIOUS ARTISTS.
And satisfying their sudden ego trip was more important to them than giving fans who'd stuck by their franchise for five years a satisfying conclusion. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141268 4 months ago |
I liked the series just fine. I don't get why people think suddenly all the trilogy is invalidated. The ending left too many things on a vague note. It could be a hallucination, some integration, some kind of a Reaper compromise with Shepherd, some of the explosions might have spared most planets, etc etc. Most gamers will flock back when ME4 hits (I'm guessing) anyway. |
| Dark_Horst #1141273 4 months ago |
there will be no ME4. it's a trilogy |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141275 4 months ago |
Could be a new trilogy from ME4 upwards. Like what Halo is doing now.
Maybe it'll be another sci-fi with loose connections like Xenogears-Xenosaga. :shrug: |
| Dark_Horst #1141276 4 months ago |
and yeah, the ending sucks massive donkey balls. everything you did in the game since ME1 get's thrown out of the window. it just doesn't matter anymore |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141282 4 months ago |
That only depends on your perspective. If you want vastly differently endings, probably. It doesn't invalidate all the great adventure that it took to get there. |
| geacu #1141286 4 months ago |
...whats the ending? o~o |
| Dark_Horst #1141287 4 months ago |
maybe, but at the end of a trilogy, i want a satisfying conclusion. consequenses of my actions. and that just didn't happen. they didn't even include any from of epilogue. this goes beyond leaving too many questions unanswered, this is not giving a single fuck about your questions |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141291 4 months ago |
With all this firestorm about it, perhaps they will do some kind of a DLC addressing it.
Either way, the theories can be fun.. if you aren't feeling too burnt out by the way it ended: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/9727423/1 |
| Dark_Horst #1141295 4 months ago |
@gaceau: it'd be better to find that out by yourself. i wouldn't want to throw mega spoilers around. it's aslo better explained when experienced |
| Dark_Horst #1141296 4 months ago |
the important thing is thoug: the "17 different endings" crap bioware throws around is a lie. it comes down to "press this button or that button" |
| geacu #1141305 4 months ago |
@295: go ahead,im not gonna get the game anyway so it technicly isnt spoilers |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141312 4 months ago |
lol geacu. Google it, pal. I think Horst was talking about the context of the whole site.
And yeah, they really shouldn't have teased at so many endings. Even though that was really not much of a guarantee. |
| Dark_Horst #1141315 4 months ago |
@gaceau: PM'd you |
| d715 #1141323 4 months ago |
Ok you are give three chooses
destroy the reapers this will also kill all synthetic life. ie the geth who the past two games have shown that they are a peaceful race. Control the reapers turn everything into cyborgs somehow all of them will also destory the mass relays. A mass relay blowing up will also take out the system its in. so everyones dead anyway |
| Dark_Horst #1141326 4 months ago |
funny, i only had the first two buttons. and i collected about all the war assets. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141331 4 months ago |
"A mass relay blowing up will also take out the system its in."
That is a bit debatable though. |
| Dark_Horst #1141334 4 months ago |
we saw pretty big booms in the galaxy view. anyways, the galactic society is still fucked without the MRs |
| Anonymous #1141347 4 months ago |
I feel that's just the big issue here. The entire series you're trying to save the galaxy and in the end you're given a big middle finger. I mean, its bad enough that they outright kill Shepard anyway you cut it, but the endings are all so black and white its irritating, and on top of that you have no idea if everything you did even had any significance after the MRs explode. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141350 4 months ago |
If the systems did survive, Shepard still saved everyone. If they didn't, it just shows a vain heroism. Which is pretty cool to me, but I can see how that may irk people. |
| Shaggy #1141373 4 months ago |
They withheld the ending and will release it as DLC. |
| AnonyponyMK #1141390 4 months ago |
Gonna throw in my own 3 cents.
SPOILER Even the Joker segment doesn't make much sense. Him trying to outrun the "beam" no matter the ending, mean he must have jumped into MR way before it suggesting Normandy started retreat mid battle, but Joker also managed to swing by the earth and pick up the entire crew that was alongside you fighting the battle to decide faith of the universe. Yeah, good work Bioware, good work. One hell of a middle finger and not an ending. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141401 4 months ago |
A lot of the inconsistencies are not directly explainable. That's why a lot of people have theories that certain segments of the ending could be Shepherd hallucinating or they in fact 'lost' Shepherd somehow (death? Turned fully reaper?), etc. |
| d715 #1141433 4 months ago |
@I_Like_Your_Mane
Its pretty muched stated right out a Mass Relay being desotry will result in a explosion of supernova proportions as staled in "The Arrival" which is mention a number of times in ME3 So yeah Bioware killed everyone, so what's the point of playing a game were its all about how your chooses matter if in the end they don't matter? |
| RoadPony #1141459 4 months ago |
My theory is that the ending is the effects of Indoctrication from Shepard's point of veiw. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #1141460 4 months ago |
^
That's a good point. Which is why all the crack theories about the ending keeps focusing on the what ifs. I guess I'm just playing devil's advocate. Even if let's say the relays killed off all sentient life, perhaps that just means the cycle continues? Imagine a sequel being set.... 50,000 years later.. |
| AnonyponyMK #1141469 4 months ago |
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
@d715 The only explanation to make sense that they didn't (I mean MR's going off and killing everyone) is that an impulse created by the Crucible required a lot of energy to be released and to have a system wide range (talking about Kill Synthetics end here, not sure about the other two, haven't watched them that carefully yet) so it had to be powered by the Citadel. My assumption is the energy that would be released at the destruction of MR (like in The Arrival) was released in two ways: one - release most of energy as a kill impulse against the Synthetics in MR's system two - send remaining energy as a signature to connected mass relays to continue the chain reaction throughout the galaxy. I would assume by that point MR has depleted vast majority of it's own energy/energy source and it has sustained major structural damage due to stress of non standard operation it just conducted - cue in Micheal Bay explosion of the MR, AFTER it released majority of it's energy. Since even in-universe the people do not have basic understanding of how MR's operate, it's the most reasonable thing to make sense in this senseless piece of ending. |
| d715 #1141503 4 months ago |
^
All the endings are the same, I'm not even joking they all look the same just different color to the explosion. But anyway I know the real reason for the end. So Bioware can release "the real end" DLC and change ten more bucks for it, you know like Fallout 3's broken steel dlc |
| AnonyponyMK #1141557 4 months ago |
Hey, leave Fallout out of it. At least Bethesda has a decency to release GOTY with all the DLC at acceptable price some time after. |
| LurkerPony #1141579 4 months ago |
To anyone who wants a simplification, here's the lowdown. There are three choices for the ending, but they all lead to a Mass Relay being destoryed.
The reason everyone is pissed off is because being good, neutral, or evil doesn't matter. In the end, the Mass Relay blows up and possibly kills everyone. Yeah... |
| Nightweaver20xx #1141628 4 months ago |
I BEATEN IT |
| DoctorDreidal #1141699 4 months ago |
Fuck that ending.
My Shepard shot the god kid in the face and beat the reapers the good old-fashioned way. Then he retired on Thessia and had blue babies with Samara and Liara simultaneously. Fuck yeah! |
| EricNeoMatrix #1141753 4 months ago |
As far as I know, Bioware actually was going to use a bunch of different endings (ie. much more concise and final ones) that were directly based on your decisions from the first two games, but EA wanted them to make it ambiguous. |
| LurkerPony #1141834 4 months ago |
^
... it's EA's fault? ... that's the final straw EA. You mess with Bioware, we start breaking knee caps. Everyone, we're going on a road trip. |
| Anonymous #1141861 4 months ago |
In the end, the discusion will boil down to "F**k EA!!" anyway. |
| Anonymous #1141874 4 months ago |
I want another ME3 ending.
With a YELLOW filter this time! |
| MintBerryCrunch #1142016 4 months ago |
@EricNeoMatrix
You got a source for that? Because as much as I hate EA, and even though I wouldn't put that past them, I'm not just going to take your word on it. |
| Impious #1142187 4 months ago |
I don't know about you guys, but that ending sucked ass. |
| Shaggy #1142663 4 months ago |
Boycott EA! |
| Karadros #1142710 4 months ago |
mm, bad endings are bad. |
| Zancrow #1142919 4 months ago |
Could everyone just stop talking about ME3? It's hard enough not to buy it. |
| Anonymous #1142962 4 months ago |
The endings are all the same too, aside from the color of the SCIENCE explosion that comes out of the Citadel. |
| Anonymous #1142998 4 months ago |
And no-one's mentioned on how Luna is wearing the N7 hoodie... |
| Anonymous #1143325 4 months ago |
What's to figure out? Bioware/EA fucked up massively. |
| Anonymous #1143630 4 months ago |
Shepard used used multi-colored space magic to save the day. This should make perfect sense to Luna, sense it is the exact same thing Twilight did to her. |
| Anonymous #1143632 4 months ago |
Shepard used used multi-colored space magic to save the day. This should make perfect sense to Luna, since it is the exact same thing Twilight did to her. |
| Anonymous #1143866 4 months ago |
I still loved the game. Shame about the ending, but it was not bad. Reapers were too freaking powerful. Also, they left things vague most likely for some kind of a sequel. 50000 years in the future might work |
| Kanrabat #1144028 4 months ago |
YOUR CHOICES WILL MATTER OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 GAMES, CHANGING THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE GALAXY IS SO MANY WAYS!
Yeah... Hey, Sheppard, I don't give a fuck how you acted for all these years, just chose "A", "B" or "C". Why are you staring like that? Lazy? Me? How dare you! And that's how Mass Effect was unmade. |
| -Lunacy #1145672 4 months ago |
How does JJ even find time to even play it, he makes like 50 images a day. |
| Questionable_Object #1145917 4 months ago |
JJ CAN DO EIGHT THINGS AT ONCE!!! |
| EricNeoMatrix #1151448 4 months ago |
MintBerryCrunch: It was quoted on a forum I was on once. I'll see if I can find it. |
| Anonymous #1154636 4 months ago |
They just announce "The Truth" DLC. Rumor has it, it will fix the endings. |
| d715 #1154776 4 months ago |
@1143866
That would just mean Bioware can ingorne ALL of your choices like they did in Dragon Age 2 |
| Anonymous #1155341 4 months ago |
@776
Except Dragon Age 2 sucked ass. Mass Effect trilogy didn't. |
| Anonymous #1160037 3 months ago |
What i find about the endings when i saw the review on YT was that it complained about how the massive fleet got stranded on Earth and they had no resources to rebuild or sustain the fleet that's been stranded. Which is a rather retarded thing in hindsight, but yeah, there was a good point, but there was a too high a presumption of all this random shit saying that all of it was hallucinations and dreams.
If that's so, why the fuck would EA make such a ridiculously long game only to say fuck you? Even they know limitations of screwing around with the fanbase, and i'm sure that they withheld possible endings, due to time constraints and lack of ideas, that or they probably were bored. They'll make the DLCs to patch it up in time, that's for sure. And why the fuck would they add a prothean in the mix that would know all this psycho-symbiotic capabilities within the galaxy if they were going to make it some bullshit dream? Come on people, give yourself an open interpretation. |
| Anonymous #1160042 3 months ago |
For the young boy of energy at the end, the watching overseer of the universe, he's representative of the youth, life left behind to grow. Thus the reapers, sow what you reap. I don't get this fucking bashing of the character who only appears for about 5 minutes before he either dies or disappears, and i admit the controlling the reapers part was amazingly well done.
I can understand if people we're unhappy of the crew leaving earth behind, but still Shepard's the character at the end to see it through and i like that he/she symbolizes that sacrifice. Something's were out of context and much was cut rough, so i don't know. We'll just wait and see. |
| Anonymous #1160070 3 months ago |
Why are people so obsessed with conclusive endings?
Call me a hipster but open-to-interpretation endings are more stimulating. |
| Anonymous #1160079 3 months ago |
@#1141460
If you consider chimps and urangutans non-sentient then I think it would normally need more than 4 million years to reach to that level again. |
| Anonymous #1162007 3 months ago |
@070
Well, i fucking hate open-to-interpretation endings. Conclusive endings all the way! |
| Anonymous #1164486 3 months ago |
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| JDeko #1235073 3 months ago |
Damn it you guys, i thought i did a good job sacrificing myself and saving the Geth whilst giving everyone Reapers to dissect and become awesome with but now maybe it was all the Reapers eating my brain TT^TT |
| Anonymous #1288662 2 months ago |
If I saw that guy doing that, I'd grab the fingers and ask him politely if he wants them to go extinct very fast. |