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[sael_feman]

It depends how good the writing is, if a conventional war is going to be fought: big fleet of ships vs. even bigger fleet of ships then it might take some time. If a super duper Prothean weapon is discovered, a fortnight of bitter fighting.

[MasterShepardN7]

It's too soon to tell. Mind you most wars don't just start up and end over night. This game is going to be fairly lengthy if not the longest in the series yet. I mean even in the beginning of ME3 there is a long to do list in terms of rallying your troops for the war. Even after you do that there are many other things to consider like plans of attack, defense, where to send who, reaper fights, etc.

[DaveExclamationMarkYognaut]

A couple of hours. Really, it should be a "war" in the same sense that coming back from vacation, finding your house full of termites, and fumigating is a "war."

[knightnblu]

ubermensch007 wrote...
I would rather hear Commander Shepard give a speech like Morpheus

Than here Harbinger gloating over his corspe...

Request granted



CMDR. SHEPARD: Earth, hear me! It is true, what many of you have heard. The machines have gathered an army and as I speak, that army has taken over our home. Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared to defeat them, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here, before you now, truthfully unafraid.
 
Why? Because I believe something you do not? No! I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me. I remember that for 2 years we have denied that these machines exist. I remember that for 2 years they have sent their armies to destroy us, and after two years of denial, I remember that which matters most...we are still here! Some of us, anyway.
 
Tonight, let us send a message to that army. Tonight, let us shake this planet. Tonight, let us tremble these halls of earth, steel, and stone, let us be heard from red core to blue sky. Tonight, let us make them remember, this is Earth and we are not afraid!
 
Now...let's dance!
 

[SpiderFan1217]

Q: How long should the war with the Reapers last?

A: How long does it take Shepard to suit up?

[tobynator89]

I think the bungie answer is the apropriate one here.

[SpiderFan1217]

DaveExclamationMarkYognaut wrote...

A couple of hours. Really, it should be a "war" in the same sense that coming back from vacation, finding your house full of termites, and fumigating is a "war."

  Wait.. is peoples the termites, or is the Reapers? 

[darthnick427]

It will end after about a year or two. That was the suppossed length of the Entire Dragon age: Origins game. So i assumed it would be similar. The genocide of the protheans took longer because they went into hidding on remote worlds after the major colonies and homeworlds were conquered. If they all stayed in one spot, it wouldn't have taken as long

[Halfdan The Menace]

World War 2 took 5 years to end so I guess around 6 years?

[ubermensch007]

knightnblu wrote...

ubermensch007 wrote...
I would rather hear Commander Shepard give a speech like Morpheus

Than here Harbinger gloating over his corspe...

Request granted



CMDR. SHEPARD: Earth, hear me! It is true, what many of you have heard. The machines have gathered an army and as I speak, that army has taken over our home. Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared to defeat them, we must first shed our fear of it. I stand here, before you now, truthfully unafraid.
 
Why? Because I believe something you do not? No! I stand here without fear because I remember. I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me. I remember that for 2 years we have denied that these machines exist. I remember that for 2 years they have sent their armies to destroy us, and after two years of denial, I remember that which matters most...we are still here! Some of us, anyway.
 
Tonight, let us send a message to that army. Tonight, let us shake this planet. Tonight, let us tremble these halls of earth, steel, and stone, let us be heard from red core to blue sky. Tonight, let us make them remember, this is Earth and we are not afraid!
 
Now...let's dance!
 

knightnblu -- That was... F-ing Hillarious!!    

Modifié par ubermensch007, 09 juillet 2011 - 07:27 .

[Augustei]

72 hours.. thats how long it will take to locate the virus to spread throughout their systems and kill them all

[pablodurando]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

It'll probably be as long as the Fifth Blight.

Personally I would've preferred it if they had just dropped the Collector plot and have the Reapers start their invasion in the second game, as I feel the scale of such a conflict isn't fit for just one game.

Ending the second game in the middle of the climactic war of the series where the player would probably be most interested in the game and then making them wait 2+ years to finish the war.  Their would be some very unhappy players.

The war should last at least 8 months to 1 year.  I'll be dissappointed if it only ends up lasting less than 5 months.

[Brand New]

It shouldn't last more then a few weeks. The reapers took so long because they had to go endlessly all over the milky way to ensure that no races still existed with potential. They also had to completely erase all evidence and do something with it, perhaps re seed the planets etc. There is much work to be done. The reapers probably dry almost all the civilizations offense and then just proceed to work on eradication of the species and make them into reapers.

The reapers would be around for maybe a millennium or however long, but the actual battle will only last weeks or a few months. Its not like they wouldn't spread out somewhat. I doubt all the Reapers attack one planet at a time.

The game will probably also have much fallout which could result in a longer game then a few week or months. which would mean you have to hide and then go on the offensive, but i don't see that happening.



You know just a side thought. Wouldn't transmission(radio waves) randomly pop up all over the galaxy from millions of years ago and now since radio waves really never vanish and just travel eternally. I can imagine many radio waves from the millions of years of civilizations have had to pop up somewhere you know? It only makes sense. BAM! plot hole.

[moneycashgeorge]

Ideally the war would last a very long time. 10 years is a good length. I totally wouldn't mind if ME3 was only the first stage of the war. I would rather have one well done story line over 2 less than perfect games than one story line crammed poorly to fit within one game.

After building up to the war over the course of two whole games, does it really make sense to conclude it after one? I'm reading A Song of Ice and Fire right now (the series that begins with and is the basis for A Game of Thrones) and it builds up to the war in one book (Game of Thrones) and tells the war over atleast 2 ( I'm still on the 3rd one). And it works great.

[Big_Stupid_Jelly]

moneycashgeorge wrote...

Ideally the war would last a very long time. 10 years is a good length. I totally wouldn't mind if ME3 was only the first stage of the war. I would rather have one well done story line over 2 less than perfect games than one story line crammed poorly to fit within one game.

After building up to the war over the course of two whole games, does it really make sense to conclude it after one? I'm reading A Song of Ice and Fire right now (the series that begins with and is the basis for A Game of Thrones) and it builds up to the war in one book (Game of Thrones) and tells the war over atleast 2 ( I'm still on the 3rd one). And it works great.

I'm actually hoping that the designers know how to conduct this war without it seeming rushed and ill thought out - part of me says otherwise though.

[M-Taylor]

I think I would prefer if it was like the OP said; a real long and drawn out slog of a war. Then again, I'm a sucker for the sad films/games and I'm *really* hoping Shepard can die.. so.. probably being a little bias. >.>.

It adds to the drama! I dislike games where the end of the world is appearing and once you've wtflolpwned them, everything goes back to normal. It's not realistic and it's not satisfying. So yeah.. have it so the war lasts for atleast 5 years, and have the war have visible reprocussions. Not 'oh! Reaper there. Bam bam. Dead. - continues the cycle for a month -. There we go, Reapers killed and Earth will be rebuilt within 2 - 6 weeks. Have a nice day!'

[The_11thDoctor]

7 minutes. 7 minutes is all I have to play with you!

(Wesker)

Wether we kill them all or drive them back so it takes thousands of years for them to try to return, as long as it ends this game, who cares? I just want a ton of post defeating the Reapers content.

Shepard now doing...
Anderson...
the crew....
the council or lack of them( if we didnt kill them, they cant stay in power after the reapers are deal with. The galaxy will see how they ignored Shepard, their best agent and see they arent fit to rule.)
The Geth and Creators
Cerberus

Modifié par aang001, 09 juillet 2011 - 12:10 .

[dildeinstein]

OmegaXI wrote...

The Reapers are major part of the Mass Effect Lore. They are not just part of Shepard's story they are part of the Mass Effect series as a whole. Besides with the reapers in the picture it gives the Races of the ME universe a common enemy and a reason to stand together rather than being at each other throats so to speak.

ME3 storyline seems to be along the path of uniting the galxy and reclaiming the Earth. Also the Reaper have been built up to such a point that completely wiping them out in ME3 seems unlikely (but the game is not realsed yet so I could be wrong). Also didn't Casey Hudson say that ME3 is the beginning of the war, so the Reaper War itself may last along time. I feel if the Reapers suffer a major defeat in ME3 then they would most likely pull back and regroup, but the war would continue.

I mean look at Dragon Age, the Darkspawn were defeated but they are still there as a lightning rod for everyone to unite againist for the most part. Again I say I do not know how the game will be played out story and lore wise.

Agreed.  The tagline for ME3 is save Earth.  The Reapers are a complete unknown as far as numbers.  Past Reaper incursions mean centuries of culling the galaxy's inhabitants.   Even with the rest of the galaxy united and aware of the Reaper threat a war for the survival of all life needs to last another year.

Add to that the fact that there will be other games in the ME universe we can assume that the Reaper war will last at least for a few more games.  I wouldn't mind an ME RTS myself.

[OmegaXI]

dildeinstein wrote...

OmegaXI wrote...

The Reapers are major part of the Mass Effect Lore. They are not just part of Shepard's story they are part of the Mass Effect series as a whole. Besides with the reapers in the picture it gives the Races of the ME universe a common enemy and a reason to stand together rather than being at each other throats so to speak.

ME3 storyline seems to be along the path of uniting the galxy and reclaiming the Earth. Also the Reaper have been built up to such a point that completely wiping them out in ME3 seems unlikely (but the game is not realsed yet so I could be wrong). Also didn't Casey Hudson say that ME3 is the beginning of the war, so the Reaper War itself may last along time. I feel if the Reapers suffer a major defeat in ME3 then they would most likely pull back and regroup, but the war would continue.

I mean look at Dragon Age, the Darkspawn were defeated but they are still there as a lightning rod for everyone to unite againist for the most part. Again I say I do not know how the game will be played out story and lore wise.

Agreed.  The tagline for ME3 is save Earth.  The Reapers are a complete unknown as far as numbers.  Past Reaper incursions mean centuries of culling the galaxy's inhabitants.   Even with the rest of the galaxy united and aware of the Reaper threat a war for the survival of all life needs to last another year.

Add to that the fact that there will be other games in the ME universe we can assume that the Reaper war will last at least for a few more games.  I wouldn't mind an ME RTS myself.

An RTS would interesting but man I can see these forums now
"The alliance is such a noob faction"
"Reaper Husk Rush is too OP"
"Specters need nerfed"
"Turian Dreadnaughts move to slow"
"Krogan Battlemasters don't follow the lore"
"Qurians shouldn't have as many upgrades as the Geth"

You think stuff is bad now if they make an RTS these forums would collapse by the weight of all the trolls

Modifié par OmegaXI, 09 juillet 2011 - 12:32 .

[BatmanPWNS]

Around a year. If it drags out the universe has a last chance of survival.

Gameplay wise I think around 16 hours.

Modifié par BatmanPWNS, 09 juillet 2011 - 12:36 .

[OmegaXI]

Hmm I feel the reaper invasion should cover 2-3 games, I mean it took 2 games to lead up to the invasion, and I feel having the invasion deafeated in just one would take away from the threat the reapers are. But then again that just my opinion and I could be wrong.

[Khran1505]

Realistically, we're talking about a global war and hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of Reaper ships. These things are massive hulks that nightmares are made out of and it could take a seriously long time to destroy them all. Unless BioWare pulls a deus ex machina out of their ass which I doubt.

Still, I'll wager it'll take up to a year, maybe two. A war that spans something like a few months won't seem all that grand.

[ArcanistLibram]

I'd like to see it take a couple of years, maybe a decade, but gameplay considerations make that difficult. It's better to keep the timeline vague.

[this isnt my name]

Several weeks or a few months. ME hasnt used logic, why the **** would they touch it now ?

£10 says it ends with reaers loosing, then it turns out every galaxy has reapers, or some unknown foe of the reapers sudenlly go after the galaxy becuase the reapers are no longer in control.