Story Discussion Thread *Spoilers*

[Balkor]

talk about ruining a great franchise i mean what the hell are the devs thinking when doing those endings,they made 2 epic games and a 3rd one thats epic until the last few minutes,why cant they have a great ending and finish this so that mass effect can be remember as one of the greatest franchise in gaming history and not a could have been special but decided to turn it to crap at the last few mins...


i know some could say the ``happy``ending could have been predictible so they wanted to surprise everyone one,but still id ratherget the expected ending and be like wow(i prefer happy ending its a video game after all and to have invested so much in some games you want something good) , and remember all those friends/romances my shepard had through the mass effect trilogy.All those great moments to remember but now its all over shadowed by THAT.

Im going to have trouble doing any other playthrough whatsoever....

/end rant sorry had to get that out!

[shelbyhead666]

I feel absolutely sick right now. Literally, my stomach is turned after finishing the game just now. No matter what, I always get a terribly shitty ending. I don't even feel compelled to play any of the Mass Effect games anymore because of this. All of that time waiting in anticipation, getting so emotionally invested (I fucking cried when Mordin died, I was that invested), and we get possibly one of the worst endings in video game history. Fuck you Bioware.

[Pure_Breed-1]

such a perfect series..... untill the end WTF!!!! I say we make them redo the ending.

[purifico]

Hey guys, let's not make this a 'bitch about a shitty ending' thread. Let's talk about the story! Doesn't anyone have anything to say about the story? No? Carry on then


BTW, what happens to Kai Leng if you don't use renegade interrupt on him? Does one of your companions shoot him or something?

[quarthinos]

Originally Posted by purifico

BTW, what happens to Kai Leng if you don't use renegade interrupt on him? Does one of your companions shoot him or something?

To continue the theme of this thread... IT DOESN'T MATTER! You dodge and kill him with your omniblade anyway. No sword shattering, but otherwise dead Kai.

[purifico]

Originally Posted by quarthinos

To continue the theme of this thread... IT DOESN'T MATTER! You dodge and kill him with your omniblade anyway. No sword shattering, but otherwise dead Kai.

What is this, i don't even...
Wow. Just wow...
I think i will refrain from buying any bioware games from now on. I just dont understand how they went from being one of the best studios in the world to this in just 2 years. I wonder if dragon age 3 will be as disappointing as their previous 2 games.

[Brandon_2535]

How do you get three choices for the ending? I was only given two.

1. Control the reapers. Shepard dies. Mass Relays are destroyed.

2. Destroy the reapers. Didn't pick this one, so I'm not sure if Shepard would have lived or died. Mass Relays, Geth, Synthetics, and most known technology are all destroyed.

My Effective Military Strength was pretty much maxed out, but my Readiness Rating was only 50%. Not sure what that all had to do with the ending choices I was given unless someone can clarify for me.

[julesthegr8]

I picked the LEFT side or the BLUE side. I have no idea which that was. Was that complete Synthesis?? All I know is my beautiful Fem Shep died and the Normandy ended up on a jungle planet with Joker and Liara coming out of the ship. Mass Relays destroyed and whatnot. I just dont know what happened. Im not happy about the end. And I still have to do my PS3 run through next. Luckily I am not as attached to any of these profiles as I was to my Xbox Fem Shep that I took from ME1 then 2 and now she just vaporizes in 3. Im very heartbroken right now.

[Brandon_2535]

Originally Posted by julesthegr8

I picked the LEFT side or the BLUE side. I have no idea which that was. Was that complete Synthesis?? All I know is my beautiful Fem Shep died and the Normandy ended up on a jungle planet with Joker and Liara coming out of the ship. Mass Relays destroyed and whatnot. I just dont know what happened. Im not happy about the end. And I still have to do my PS3 run through next. Luckily I am not as attached to any of these profiles as I was to my Xbox Fem Shep that I took from ME1 then 2 and now she just vaporizes in 3. Im very heartbroken right now.

That's part of the reason I went to the left side was because it was blue and I was doing a "good" play-through. I thought maybe that was done on purpose. That, and the fact that it was on the left side which is where all the "good" quick-time event things happen. As in, with and the left side of the controller.

The left side is where you control them. I just found out that the middle path (which was not open for me) is the Completely Synthesis path.

[kenjikazama]

it appears there are 17 variations of the endings.

source: Endings - Mass Effect 3 Wiki Guide - IGN