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[hobin]

After a lot of trying, I finally managed to get Shephard killed on the suicide mission.
 
Having done so, however, the game doesn't show up as a game I can start again from. Ultimately, I guess that makes sense for starting a new game of Mass Effect 2. But will the save show up when I want to import a save to Mass Effect 3.

And before anyone states the obvious: yes, I know Shephard is dead, and so can't be in Mass Effect 3. But that doesn't mean that save can't be imported.

The publicity has made a lot of the fact that Shephard can really die - and not just in the sense that you have to start from your last save.

Well, if that is to be true, when I start Mass Effect 3, I should start in a world in which Shephard is dead, but choices he made had an effect (e.g. he saved Maelon etc.) Presumably, someone will have to take Shephard's place (or try - maybe even fail).

I'd be happy if Mass Effect 3 is very short when working from a save in which shephard dies (and if it involves complete failure). But there should be something.

Otherwise, the claim that Shephard really dies, and not in the sense that you have to go back to a previous save, won't really be true. Because when you play ME3, Shephard won't be dead.

Does anyone know how this will work?

[Lake88]

It will probably work like the "Import ME2 character option". Currently that option only allows you to import endgame saves that are past the suicide mission. If shepard dies, the game won't save.

[Fiery Phoenix]

It was confirmed well before the release of the game that dead Shepard's CANNOT be imported. Just as NG+ doesn't appear for you in ME2, it won't appear in ME3.

[DarthCaine]

The Shepard dying ending is just an Easter egg and is not considered canon

[JRCHOharry]

Awww at least let us have a funeral.

[PonySaint]

It won't work, OP. As the loading screens in the game itself say, as the FAQs on Bioware's ME2 site say, and as a plethora of interviews have said, there is no game save created on finishing ME2 with a dead character. Since there is no saved game created, there is nothing for them to import in order to have a "dead Shepard epilogue" like you suggest.



It would be a unique addition for this type of game, but would it be worth taking time away from developing other aspects of ME3? Not in my opinion.

[Nu-Nu]

If you pay attention to the loading screen it says you can import your me 2 save IF your Shepard survives. Meaning dead Shepard = no carry over.

[MerrickShep]

So putting Shep dying in the game is just a waste of space if it wont have any impact on ME3 other than you can't play it.

[Nu-Nu]

MerrickShep wrote...

So putting Shep dying in the game is just a waste of space if it wont have any impact on ME3 other than you can't play it.

Yep, dead shepard is useless and has no effect, it's just in there for fun and it means you're a rubbish player if you get it on your first playthrough.

[Skilled Seeker]

MerrickShep wrote...

So putting Shep dying in the game is just a waste of space if it wont have any impact on ME3 other than you can't play it.

I wouldn't say that its just another ending you can have fun working towards. If you go along this path then you might as well say the whole trilogy is a waste of space because it has no impact on real life.

[DocDoom]

Having the option for Shepard to die is an incentive for you to think about your squad before yourself.



I doubt the dead shepard route will be applied in ME 3, because that means a whole new intro is needed. Such as a clone Shepard thanks to the Geth and Cerberus (for example). Thus the Lazarus intro all over again.

[Zulu_DFA]

OP!



Forget it!



1. No save file is generated whatsoever after Shepard dies on the "suicide mission". Therefore you have nothing to import.



2. You play im ME2 as Shepard. If he dies, you die in the ME universe, and there is no ME3 for you. Yeah, probably TIM or the Council finds another guy to save the frigging Galaxy, but Shepard, (and you) don't get to know it. Because there is no more Shepard.



So, if you got your Shepard killed "permanently", you have to come back to the real world, and use your ME2 disk to create a new Mass Effect universe, where Shepard does not die on the "suicide mission".

[Darth_Trethon]

Hahahaha....this is too funny. What do you expect to import exactly since only saves made after the ending are available for import and if Shepard dies you don't have any of those? This is just so brilliant....why didn't I think of that?

[Agent_Dark_]

should have been able to import a dead shep, and as soon as you load the game you get a 'Game Over' screen

[kenudigit]

Agent_Dark_ wrote...

should have been able to import a dead shep, and as soon as you load the game you get a 'Game Over' screen

LOL or Critical Mission Failure.

[GodofTheForge]

why in the hell would you WANT to kill Shepard?!

[mystic_wolf83]

Shepard dying in Mass Effect 2 to Mass Effect 3 is like The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition to the Star Wars Universe...it has no affect in the story....just a big, "What if....."

What if....Shepard died?

What if....Shepard is really an eight-year-old nerd from the 21st century dreaming of himself as a super cool action fighting, galaxy protecting savior only to wake up as he defeats the reapers to clean his/her room?

[Rogue Eagle]

they should have a small bonus portion of the game (~1 hour) if you import a dead shephard in which you play joker, and see the reapers destroy all of civilised space.



It'd give it edge :-p

[GodofTheForge]

mystic_wolf83 wrote...

Shepard dying in Mass Effect 2 to Mass Effect 3 is like The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition to the Star Wars Universe...it has no affect in the story....just a big, "What if....."
What if....Shepard died?
What if....Shepard is really an eight-year-old nerd from the 21st century dreaming of himself as a super cool action fighting, galaxy protecting savior only to wake up as he defeats the reapers to clean his/her room?

that'd be the ultimate middle finger to the gamers

[askanec]

Rogue Eagle wrote...

they should have a small bonus portion of the game (~1 hour) if you import a dead shephard in which you play joker, and see the reapers destroy all of civilised space.

It'd give it edge :-p

What might be an hour of gameplay could turn out to be thousands of man hours Bioware needs to put in to make sure the content is created with the same quality and standard as the rest of the game. Any content costs money. Heck, even content that didn't quite make it into the game costs money. Some content from the main game might even have to be cut to ensure the game project stays within budget and schedule, just for the sake of showing some useless "What happens if Shepard is dead and nobody is around to save the galaxy?" scenario.

[hobin]

First, yes, I guess I should have paid more attention to the claim that you can import your me 2 save IF your Shepard survives.



Second, Rogue Eagle had the right idea.



Third, I guess I should have put a different emphasis in my comment. I shouldn't have ended with the question about how it will work (I guess these comments really do just confirm what I knew), but should have simply said:



Otherwise, the claim that Shephard REALLY dies, and NOT IN THE SENSE THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO A PREVIOUS SAVE, is simply not true.

[Titan7771]

Do you honestly think they would make it an option to play as someone else in ME3? As if they didn't have enough on their plates? Be realistic, hobin. The claim that Shepard can die IS accurate. If he dies in the final mission, the game still ends. It's not like a load screen pops up and tells you to load a previous save. The credits still roll. The Mass Effect trilogy is all about Shepard, so obviously the series would not continue without him.

[javierabegazo]

FieryPhoenix7 wrote...

It was confirmed well before the release of the game that dead Shepard's CANNOT be imported. Just as NG+ doesn't appear for you in ME2, it won't appear in ME3.

Exactly, to have your shepard in ME3, he HAS to live through the Suicide mission

[ChucklesdaCheat]

According to IGN,



'If your Shepard dies in the end of Mass Effect 2, that's the end of him / her' said Hudson, 'In that case, you can play Mass Effect 3 as "a" Shepard – just not "your" Shepard."



Link: http://xbox360.ign.c...6/996316p1.html