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[ubermensch007]

"Everything that has a begining has a end." The Matrix Revolutions. We find ourselves soon approaching the final act of a three part Sci-Fi Masterpeice.And I had an epiphany of sorts concernig it the other day.

Perhaps, Everything that has a begining , does have an end.But as a kid the concept of "The Neverendind Story and the judeo-christian belief in "A World Without End" has stayed with me.

"Where I began, I come to an end." Who or what I'm I talking about, you may wonder.Its a human drawn circle.But the circle that nature creates, happens in one violent act.And spreads out from its epicenter.The story of Mass Effect begins with the Protheian Tech found on Mars.Shepard becomes involved by proxy of the Protheian Beacon he encountered on Eden Prime.It showed him images and sounds of slaughter and terror.It showed him in glimpses, what happened to the Protheians.

In Mass Effect 3, Commander Shepard is more  Bad Ass than he has ever been. ( Fall of Earth Trailer ) masseffect.com/me3/home/  "We fight or we die, that's the plan." That is part of what the inter-galactic community shall do.But there is another Great Task that is laid out for them...A task that may very well be the most emotionally charged act in the War with the Reapers.As hard as they shall fight --  As much as the Resistance shall sacrifice in order to defeat the Reapers.While they find themselves in a better position than the Protheians were, when the Reaper fleet appeared.They must do what the Protheians did...

--Document their generations War with the Reapers and leave 'Time Caspules' all over the galaxy.For future civilizations to find, if they fail to defeat the Reapers... :unsure:In the hope that future alien races shall stand on the shoulders of the Giants of this age and finally defeat the Reapers, once and for all...

Cerberus Daily News seems to even give hints of this story arc.

"Work Completed on the Cairn Monument"

“The last shovel of soil has been laid over the time capsule buried underneath the Cairn, an ambitious sculpture its project lead hopes will be her longest-lasting monument. "Most time capsules are lost or abandoned," says Andrea Schumacher, the Cairn's lead architect. "The Cairn has been inscribed with pictograms developed by anthropologists and semioticians. These graphics are designed to show any species that there's something buried below. What any given race makes of the capsule is for history to decide." The Cairn is a simple, 300-meter block covered with a thick coat of weather-resistant, nigh-indestructible polymer. Over 20 museums have contributed materials for the capsule, including instructions on how to build starship drive cores and a map of the galaxy's mass relays.”

"Things that make you go, Hmm..."

Modifié par ubermensch007, 25 juillet 2011 - 04:09 .

[Candidate 88766]

I really want this to be a potential ending - Shepard realises he has failed and has to find ways of warning the next civilization. Perhaps the final scenes of this ending involve some new species interacting with a Vigil-like version of Shepard, 50,000 years after ME3, and then showing that species going on to finally defeat the Reapers. If done right it would be the ultimate bittersweet ending.

[Zall]

Interesting CDN article. It is a weird feeling, knowing that one might become the mysterious vanished race which gives clues to the new emerging space-fairer race that the Reapers are going to destroy them as well.

Aaand that's when Shepard VI kicks in.

[therussianviking]

I love the thought of failing. honestly it should be 80% of endings IMO. otherwise the reapers seem kind of lame

[Sir Ulrich Von Lichenstien]

therussianviking wrote...

I love the thought of failing. honestly it should be 80% of endings IMO. otherwise the reapers seem kind of lame

Or at least make the failing endings the easiest to achieve rather than the hardest without really going of your way to achieve it.

I definitly like the idea of one of the endings being one where we are defeated but we've kind of now worked out how they can be defeated and so leave something that the Reapers can't find but hopefully a future race will be able to.

[rpgfan321]

That, I think, is a great idea for a horrible ending. I am a fan of bittersweet endings and instead of just watching the reapers take over everything, an ending showing Shepard do something about it sounds ... cool.

Suicide mission was so easy to do - still epic in my opinion - but still quite easy with me1 & 2 save bonuses. I really want the end game to be hard in order to achieve that 'perfect' ending, but still viable. Just not obvious as in me2.

Overall, your idea sounds really cool. It would be a fine ending - while failing to defeat them - and epic at the same time.

[Savber100]

I approve OP. ;D

[The Spamming Troll]

i wouldnt replay a game that ended like that.

and replaying ME3 is very important to me.

[Kasai666]

I agree with the OP. Dont know why, but it just resonates with me.

[AngelicMachinery]

Do not want, I've invested hundreds of hours of time into ME. If it turns out it was a losing battle I may just have to walk away from bioware for wasting my time.

[Polka14]

I like the idea. a victory ending should be more difficult and should be made through making the right choices.

[DaringMoosejaw]

As a potential ending? I'm all for it.

[darthnick427]

I would like this to be possible but my united galaxy is going to kick the reapers asses. End of story.

[alihou]

I don't like it... It's very circular and gives no purpose to the ME story... I want Shepard's decisions change the fate of the Galaxy, not some other race (who we know nothing about) finding time capsules and discovering ways to defeat the Reapers...It's just a passing of the torch to the next big bad bully...

[Reapinger]

*Break the Cycle Chant*

[TexasToast712]

Candidate 88766 wrote...

I really want this to be a potential ending - Shepard realises he has failed and has to find ways of warning the next civilization. Perhaps the final scenes of this ending involve some new species interacting with a Vigil-like version of Shepard, 50,000 years after ME3, and then showing that species going on to finally defeat the Reapers. If done right it would be the ultimate bittersweet ending.

People who didnt get Mouse to give them a copy of the Shepard VI are screwed then . 

Modifié par TexasToast712, 07 juillet 2011 - 03:11 .

[Rahmiel]

The council did not listen to Shepard, what makes you think some race 50,000 years in the future will listen to him? I don't like that ending. Just means that the next game in the series will be some non human race set 50,000 years in the future.

Failure is not an option. The galaxy will be saved. Unless of course, your Shepard dies along the way, or died in the second game. Which.. well, you suck then.

[Medhia Nox]

I don't even want any of the victories to be pretty - at all.

I want the Paragon victory to be a brutal, bloody affair - with trillions dead galaxy-wide. Perhaps even whole races didn't make it, maybe even planet Earth, but the Citadel remains strong and the races of the galaxy unquestioningly revere an endangered human race as the ones who "gave it all" so that the cycle would be broken - the remnants of hope for a brighter future.

I want the Renegade victory to be a swift, devastating (but not simple) blow against the Reapers that leaves the armadas of the various races wiped out. The end is the Alliance fleet scavenging Reaper tech and setting out on a manifest destiny across the star systems... the Reapers are now replaced by humanity.

[KingNothing125]

Preserving the status quo endings like the Matrix (Humans and Machines negotiate truce) or Pirates of the Caribbean (Will becomes Davy Jones) are the ultimate copout and extremely dissatisfying.

If there is not an achievable "Rainbows and Butterflies" victory ending to Mass Effect, I will be severely put-out.

[CuseGirl]

KingNothing125 wrote...

Preserving the status quo endings like the Matrix (Humans and Machines negotiate truce) or Pirates of the Caribbean (Will becomes Davy Jones) are the ultimate copout and extremely dissatisfying.

If there is not an achievable "Rainbows and Butterflies" victory ending to Mass Effect, I will be severely put-out.

It should be achievable but it should be hard to come by and should be affected by your choices, not neccesarily every single one of them but the ones where thought should be put into it.....

[KingNothing125]

Well yeah.

[rapscallioness]

I don't think this is a failure ending. I think this is something they're doing (the characters in the story, not BW) just in case that can't defeat the Reapers. They don't know yet if they're gonna win, or be made into some God Awful everybody dies youtube video.

If we're defeated they're not going to be able to run around burying clues for future gen.s. There will be no museums to contribute anything.

That said, I'm loving it!!! Haunting. Great addition to the story.

[E-MailA.K.A.Mr.Fox]

They already said that there would be multiple endings, i want an ending like the OP said, and i want an utter failure, nothing survived the invasion. Now, my fear is that Bioware will handle the end like Marvel Ultimate Alliance did, that is by splitting all choices at the end, but not having a definite ending, seems really underwritten and uninspired..

[NNC FROSTY]

I really like this idea. I can actually picture one of the endings like this. You would see some aliens digging up the pod, then they would be opening the pod on the citadel where millions of different alien races are spectating the event, and as soon as they open it a Shepard AI comes out and says " I'm Commander Shepard and there is something I need to tell you" *black screen*