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[Arbiter156]

ok so we all know that biowares epic conclusion to the trilogy invades on march 6th 2012 in the US and march 9th 2012 in that land that is dismissed (known by some as the UK and europe).

i have been a long time fan of the mass effect series and can barely contain my excitement for the conclusion of the epic journey i and many others started way back in 2007.

news has been pouring out of E3, and bioware has given us a taste of what is to come. however they have not talked about  the various RPG elements they are supposedly putting in, and most importantly to me how the endings will diverge.

my biggest wish for ME3 is to have an ending where the reapers win.

allow me to explain, firstly bioware has really talked up how the players choices will have consequences. now the end of mass effect 2 had you defeat the collectors and finsh their dastardly plans. the only real sense of consequence i felt was if shepard died, because by default no matter how badly you do the collectors are defeated and the normandy escapes with or without shepard.

secondly in order to get the worst case scenario (which still ends with the collectors defeat) you had to specifically aim for it. this didnt  really feel like a challenge to survive to suicide mission and gave very little feeling of consequence aside from when your favorite squadmate dies.

in order for ME3 to really hammer home mass effects theme of choice and consequence, there has to be an ending where the reapers win, the allied fleets are destroyed, shepard & Co are killed and the reapers cycle of genocide continues.

not only this but this "worst case" ending should take even confident players by surprise. it should just as much be based on the decisions the player has made over the 3 games as on how well they actually play (becoming harder with increased difficulty levels).

in short there should be:

1/3 endings: goody goody, reapers defeated, everyone surives, talimancers go live with tali aboard the floatila etc.

1/3 endings: reapers defeated, varying levels of sacrifice, shepard may or may not die, possible character deaths, some races may go extinct etc.

1/3 endings: reapers victorious, shepard dies, everyone dies, all races exterminated, reapers cycle continues.

if bioware confirms what i hope my fears will be laid to rest and my only real niggles would be with the RPG elements. im aware i may not have explained this terribly well, feel free to disagree or agree.

discuss below.

yours sincerly

-arbiter156-

[KainrycKarr]

All three of the above, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are endings that have everything in between.

[Gorskijesih]

If you ask me, there won't be a BEST case scenario. By that I mean nobody at all dead. I bet there'll be choices in the style of the Virmire choice regarding squadmates, NPCs and even whole races and planets.

There will be no importing this to a future game, so there can be an endless amount of variables.

Modifié par Gorskijesih, 08 juin 2011 - 04:54 .

[Arbiter156]

i feel that it would be a brilliant way to showcase how choice will have consequences. i am firm in my belief that good doesnt have to beat evil to make a superb story, look at the film no country for old men and you will see what i mean