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Except that none of these foreign technologies are actually death traps set by ancient evil machines lol

This entire bull**** (ME series lol) started BECAUSE of the mass relays, if we didnt found any of them we would all be fine and happy on our own. It was the fact that we got dependand on alien tech instead of finding our ways ( something that Liara's dad realised) that made us vulnerable to the reapers...

And this is why the relays NEED to go, otherwise we wont ever learn anything


The relays aren't death traps either.

The big problem behind the scenes with ME is NOT the Reaper's technology. Even if a species didn't use Reaper tech, why do you think they'd be "happy and fine and on their own"? The second they hit space flight they would still be harvested, just like everyone else. The entire purpose behind the Reapers' harvesting is to prevent a technological singularity. Following their path is safer than being "independent". 

And no, us being vulnerable to the Reapers is due to us being vulnerable to the Reapers. You'll find that many species are also vulnerable to fire, bullets, melee attacks, and gravity, among other things.

"How dare we use beneficial technology! We could make it ourselves (Even if it will take thousands of years)! Screw quality of life!"


Because bioware chose to use self determination and independence as basic themes of ME. The relays are the symbol of the reapers (they were made by them and are a key part of their plans) and crutches that need to go away.

Honestly i wouldnt care if they added 1 more ending for you guys but I completely understand the message bioware wanted to give, i just wished you all could too :blush:


Well at least you are not like some people who just calls everybody stupid and that they should grow up. I do understand the message but mostly likely the races will just rebuild the relays so why destroy them? and in bold you one of the only people to say that a lot people are just don't anyone do have any more.

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I've heard that BioWare purposely botched the endings just so that EA wouldn't force them to do any more Mass Effect games. Crazy rumor, I know.

  


Bungie all but crapped out Halo 2 and 3 because they hated being forced to work on it . so I am not surprised if that is true

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Kanmuru wrote...

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Kanmuru wrote...Perfect, so you agree with me that the galaxy isn't ****ed forever. There will be growth, it will be hard but now the galatic comunnity can grow on its own achievments, they might make new relays or discover new methods of fast travel. How is that a bad ending? Imo its a really good one, i prefer independence and self determination over being slaves of alien technology (just like Liara's father, the wisest asari ever)

Independent advancement is going to be PRETTY hard without the ability to quickly travel to other star systems."Slave to alien technology"? What? Do you know how common it is today for someone to use a product or appliance made from a foreign country? Just because you're using something made from someone else doesn't mean you can't think for yourself, it just means that someone else beat you to it. Only an idiot would try to beat themselves up by ignoring beneficial technologies developed by another race/species.

Except that none of these foreign technologies are actually death traps set by ancient evil machines lolThis entire bull**** (ME series lol) started BECAUSE of the mass relays, if we didnt found any of them we would all be fine and happy on our own. It was the fact that we got dependand on alien tech instead of finding our ways ( something that Liara's dad realised) that made us vulnerable to the reapers...And this is why the relays NEED to go, otherwise we wont ever learn anything

OMG, what is wrong with you. We get that you don't want the relays and THAT is perfectly fine, but WHY does this have to be the ending for everyone.

It's not just an ending, it's a new beginning to the Mass Effect Universe. It allows it to grow in a new way, Shepard broke the chain of destruction. Yes the relays are gone, and it allows the Universe to grow in new ways. New Technology, new challenges, new stories, and new characters. There's tons of possibilities now, and it's not bound to follow Shepard and the 2 dozen or so people from the games. It's a bitter ending, but it's a awesome new beginning.


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Well the ships apparently got from Charon Relay (around Pluto) to Earth in about 45 seconds so pretty fast.

If the entire milky way can be transversed in 27 years, how years away do you lot reckon we are from the nearest race.

I mean it's already set up for a sequel or MMO tbh, especially in the 2 easier to get endings, Destroy and Control. In Destroy there is reaper tech everywhere, in Control the citadel is intact. They are just gonna end up coming up with some excuse that pushes it several 1000 years into the future where the technology was reverse engineered to reconnect with the other races who are probably closer together and have figured things out themselves thanks to Reaper componants all over their home world as well.

The 1000's of years in the future will cover up every hole - since Shepard will now be dead regardless - and the Citadel will likely have been stripped for technology. They'll probably have to make an excuse for Synthesis - I'm sure they'll figure one out or simply just ignore it (it's much harder to get anyway)

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Please define your sunshine and lollipop ending because this make most people believe that what's all the people that the want a different ending seem like everyone wants everyone to live, even though its not possible.


Anything that doesn't make me feel like I just played through a George Orwell novel.

George Orwell was a great writer. His books are awesome, his essays are great. They're all tinged with exactly what he wanted: flowerly language, convoluted stories, endings where heroes die and nobody wins -- not even the villains. That's fine for a book. That's fine where I've had no input or control over events or individuals; that's fine where someone has grabbed me by the hand and taken me for a trip through their imagination. That's not okay when I've been given the reigns for eight years, promised control over my destiny and that of the Universe, only to discover that my only reward is one of three different flavors of misery for my character AND EVERYONE who has ever believed in me.

That is NOT OKAY.

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It looks like EA and Bioware are in full damage control . check out this Mass Effect 3 article on Game Informer .com


http://www.gameinfor...of-the-end.aspx


looks like the Games press is doing another skyrim free pass on this game


I can't blame them for it,  especially after all the work they put into it.

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The whole journey not the destination makes sense for real life, but in a game you want a satisfying ending otherwise the replay value might be gone. At least for me.


THANK YOU MASS!

NOTE TO BIOWARE: If you are looking for a good metric to gauge how much people are still into ME after the newness of ME3 dies down, might I recommend monitoring the number of people who do playthroughs of the previous games.  NOT just ME3, but rather ME and ME2.  Point being, if people feel like they are truly in the "driver's seat" as one once called it, you will see a lot of people going back through the whole thing - either trying something new, or just because it's such an awesome progression.  But if people feel as if they've been ripped off or lied to and really they're just a backseat driver picking which squaddie they want along and other cosmetic stuff, people will be like "what's the point" and you'll see the number of people playing ME and ME2 drop off a cliff.  Free advice, normally I charge for it.


I agree on that, even with my optimist intrepretation of the ending where Shep and crew survive, IF it happen that i got the wrong idea and i don't find any end to my liking, there is a good chance that i'll put all the ME games in their box and never play them again ever as i need at least 1 ending i like to get a replay value.
ME1 & ME2 have very amazing replay value because there is an ending i like. If the journey is awsome but the destination if hitting the wall, then the journey tast like a big waste of time for me.
I wish i could be on the side of the people who won't give a damn about the ending and enjoy the experience, but i cannot denny how i'am.

Bioware can't please everybody, i doubt they would do endings to intetionnaly ****** off any kind of fan they have.
I just wish ME trilogie could be like Baldur's gate serie for me, still playing it in another decade because both jorney and destination are awsome.
Journey alone is not enough, the final flavor as a whole is shaded by the destination. It's just how i'm.

Wonder if those same people would enjoy a nice drive through the countryside with deer and bunnies with pretty flowers,then it ends with being pitched off a cliff into a smelly diaper filled garbage dump.Image IPB

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HiddenKING wrote...

mass_zotz wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

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Kanmuru wrote...

Perfect, so you agree with me that the galaxy isn't ****ed forever. There will be growth, it will be hard but now the galatic comunnity can grow on its own achievments, they might make new relays or discover new methods of fast travel. How is that a bad ending? Imo its a really good one, i prefer independence and self determination over being slaves of alien technology (just like Liara's father, the wisest asari ever):wizard:


Independent advancement is going to be PRETTY hard without the ability to quickly travel to other star systems.

"Slave to alien technology"? What? Do you know how common it is today for someone to use a product or appliance made from a foreign country? Just because you're using something made from someone else doesn't mean you can't think for yourself, it just means that someone else beat you to it. Only an idiot would try to beat themselves up by ignoring beneficial technologies developed by another race/species.


Except that none of these foreign technologies are actually death traps set by ancient evil machines lol

This entire bull**** (ME series lol) started BECAUSE of the mass relays, if we didnt found any of them we would all be fine and happy on our own. It was the fact that we got dependand on alien tech instead of finding our ways ( something that Liara's dad realised) that made us vulnerable to the reapers...

And this is why the relays NEED to go, otherwise we wont ever learn anything


OMG, what is wrong with you. We get that you don't want the relays and THAT is perfectly fine, but WHY does this have to be the ending for everyone.


It's not just an ending, it's a new beginning to the Mass Effect Universe. It allows it to grow in a new way, Shepard broke the chain of destruction. Yes the relays are gone, and it allows the Universe to grow in new ways. New Technology, new challenges, new stories, and new characters. There's tons of possibilities now, and it's not bound to follow Shepard and the 2 dozen or so people from the games. It's a bitter ending, but it's a awesome new beginning.




Actually it is the end of ME.  The future products will be prequels as they have 3 options for ending the game there will not be anything after.  Even the writers have said that what is left is "A devestated wasteland".

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Kanmuru wrote...

AgitatedLemon wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

from the wiki

With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise;


Tell me then, what is the exact speed of FTL in Mass Effect? All we know is that the ships are faster than light. Exactly how much faster is uncertain.



"With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise"



What takes light 12 years to travel, a ME drive can travel in 1 day


Not that it matters. 

Eezo is required for FTL travel (Reducing the mass of the ship to allow for acceleration). Eezo is Reaper "technology" (Unless that was retconned). I assume you know what happens during the Destroy ending.

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Kanmuru wrote...

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Except that none of these foreign technologies are actually death traps set by ancient evil machines lol

This entire bull**** (ME series lol) started BECAUSE of the mass relays, if we didnt found any of them we would all be fine and happy on our own. It was the fact that we got dependand on alien tech instead of finding our ways ( something that Liara's dad realised) that made us vulnerable to the reapers...

And this is why the relays NEED to go, otherwise we wont ever learn anything


The relays aren't death traps either.

The big problem behind the scenes with ME is NOT the Reaper's technology. Even if a species didn't use Reaper tech, why do you think they'd be "happy and fine and on their own"? The second they hit space flight they would still be harvested, just like everyone else. The entire purpose behind the Reapers' harvesting is to prevent a technological singularity. Following their path is safer than being "independent". 

And no, us being vulnerable to the Reapers is due to us being vulnerable to the Reapers. You'll find that many species are also vulnerable to fire, bullets, melee attacks, and gravity, among other things.

"How dare we use beneficial technology! We could make it ourselves (Even if it will take thousands of years)! Screw quality of life!"


Because bioware chose to use self determination and independence as basic themes of ME. The relays are the symbol of the reapers (they were made by them and are a key part of their plans) and crutches that need to go away.

Honestly i wouldnt care if they added 1 more ending for you guys but I completely understand the message bioware wanted to give, i just wished you all could too :blush:


But here's the problem with that message, if it's all about independence, then why shouldn't we be free to allow galactic civilization to continue? Why can't we, if we're independent, be allowed to be free with the other races?


DUDE... We are free, the only thing we dont have are the mass relays. The galaxy isnt disconected forver we just went from 20 century globalism back to age or maritme discoveries, Its a huge step back but now we can grow on our own means. It will be hard but in the we will be stronger for it (and no more ancient death traps :wizard:)

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eezo is a naturally produced element....the destroy ending does not make it vanish

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Anyway I'll be back later, maybe.

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Kanmuru wrote...

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Kanmuru wrote...

Because bioware chose to use self determination and independence as basic themes of ME. The relays are the symbol of the reapers (they were made by them and are a key part of their plans) and crutches that need to go away.

Honestly i wouldnt care if they added 1 more ending for you guys but I completely understand the message bioware wanted to give, i just wished you all could too :blush:


But here's the problem with that message, if it's all about independence, then why shouldn't we be free to allow galactic civilization to continue? Why can't we, if we're independent, be allowed to be free with the other races?


DUDE... We are free, the only thing we dont have are the mass relays. The galaxy isnt disconected forver we just went from 20 century globalism back to age or maritme discoveries, Its a huge step back but now we can grow on our own means. It will be hard but in the we will be stronger for it (and no more ancient death traps :wizard:)


But many do not have that freedom (ie those stranded) or the ability (races with low intelligence, such as Krogan) to do so. So in a sense, yeah. Most are disconnected forever.

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Seriously, how f-in hard would this have been?  This is what I would have come to expect based on everything we've been told all along and the way the "good-neutral-bad" theme has been going.
Ending 1 (Good): Massive fleet battle followed by ground battle.  Fleets suffer heavy losses.  Massive decimation of Earth.  Relays work or are short-circuited to prevent Reapers from reinforcing.  Galactic community pitches in and helps rebuild Earth, which provides a stark contrast to the "we hate humans" the series started with.  Only conventional tech used, no superweapons needed.  Factions who allied during the conflict now stand off against each other, setting up tension for follow-on products (MMORPG).  Love interest and Shepard end up together helping rebuild the damage.

Ending 2 (Neutral): Fleets are wiped out with some ships even resorting to kamikaze in desparation.    Shepard can die or not depending on readiness score, maybe suicide the Normandy with squad aboard in taking out Harbinger which puts the Reapers in enough disarray that the fleets focus fire and pick them off.  Some of squad is killed, maybe even LI.  Nothing left of Earth and humans have to relocate.  A much more costly battle than the Good ending with possibilty of Shepard dying, or surviving but losing love interest.  No super weapons or space magic needed.  Or for a twist the Earth is knowingly sacrificed, the Reapers go to move to the Charon relay to go to their next target than then they get a nasty Arrival surprise of an asteroid into the relay which kills them all and sacrifices all of Sol in the process.

Ending 3 (Bad): Nothing works, the Reapers are too powerful and wipe out everything.  I mean SERIOUSLY, Bioware is even ON RECORD saying that the Reapers winning IS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
Instead we get...what?  We can CONTROL the Reapers?  We can turn all organic and synthetic life into hybrids with space magic?  WHAT THE FRAAAAK?  Sorry but that is PATHETIC.
Wikipedia describes "Deus ex machina" as "a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object....A deus ex machina is generally undesirable in writing and often implies a lack of creativity on the part of the author....The deus ex machina is often considered to be a poor storytelling technique by critics because it undermines the story's internal logic."  If the endings discussed on this forum are the only ones, I just paid $60 for a hot reunion scene with Ashley and a front row seat to three latin words.
http://en.wikipedia....Deus_ex_machina

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crimzontearz wrote...

eezo is a naturally produced element....the destroy ending does not make it vanish


So that tidbit about Eezo being Reaper-made was retconned then?

Sucks.

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AgitatedLemon wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

AgitatedLemon wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

from the wiki

With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise;


Tell me then, what is the exact speed of FTL in Mass Effect? All we know is that the ships are faster than light. Exactly how much faster is uncertain.



"With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise"



What takes light 12 years to travel, a ME drive can travel in 1 day


Not that it matters. 

Eezo is required for FTL travel (Reducing the mass of the ship to allow for acceleration). Eezo is Reaper "technology" (Unless that was retconned). I assume you know what happens during the Destroy ending.


Eezo is not reaper tech, EEzo is a natural element for the galaxy, did you see during the Destroy ending if all normal ships started to fall beccause the eezo was going away?

Humanity discovered Eezo (and the Mass Effect) before finding out about the relays, they are unrelated (despite the fact that reapers is also heavily based on eezo)

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Yuqi wrote...

CerberusSoldier wrote...

It looks like EA and Bioware are in full damage control . check out this Mass Effect 3 article on Game Informer .com


http://www.gameinfor...of-the-end.aspx


looks like the Games press is doing another skyrim free pass on this game


I can't blame them for it,  especially after all the work they put into it.

   



guess what at 12 am on Monday night here on th east coast . EA and Bioware can no longer protect  this game any more . and the truth will be on you tube for us all to see .

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RazorrX wrote...

HiddenKING wrote...

mass_zotz wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

AgitatedLemon wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

Perfect, so you agree with me that the galaxy isn't ****ed forever. There will be growth, it will be hard but now the galatic comunnity can grow on its own achievments, they might make new relays or discover new methods of fast travel. How is that a bad ending? Imo its a really good one, i prefer independence and self determination over being slaves of alien technology (just like Liara's father, the wisest asari ever):wizard:


Independent advancement is going to be PRETTY hard without the ability to quickly travel to other star systems.

"Slave to alien technology"? What? Do you know how common it is today for someone to use a product or appliance made from a foreign country? Just because you're using something made from someone else doesn't mean you can't think for yourself, it just means that someone else beat you to it. Only an idiot would try to beat themselves up by ignoring beneficial technologies developed by another race/species.


Except that none of these foreign technologies are actually death traps set by ancient evil machines lol

This entire bull**** (ME series lol) started BECAUSE of the mass relays, if we didnt found any of them we would all be fine and happy on our own. It was the fact that we got dependand on alien tech instead of finding our ways ( something that Liara's dad realised) that made us vulnerable to the reapers...

And this is why the relays NEED to go, otherwise we wont ever learn anything


OMG, what is wrong with you. We get that you don't want the relays and THAT is perfectly fine, but WHY does this have to be the ending for everyone.


It's not just an ending, it's a new beginning to the Mass Effect Universe. It allows it to grow in a new way, Shepard broke the chain of destruction. Yes the relays are gone, and it allows the Universe to grow in new ways. New Technology, new challenges, new stories, and new characters. There's tons of possibilities now, and it's not bound to follow Shepard and the 2 dozen or so people from the games. It's a bitter ending, but it's a awesome new beginning.




Actually it is the end of ME.  The future products will be prequels as they have 3 options for ending the game there will not be anything after.  Even the writers have said that what is left is "A devestated wasteland".


You see a wasteland, and I see possibilities.

How many years will it take for Galactic Civilization to reach the level it was before the Reapers?

I see the advancement in technology to do so, the search for new resources, attempts at harnessin or recreatin the Reapers. Species survivin, workin together, and/or tryin to establish dominance. The Galaxy is waitin to be rediscovered.

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The destroy ending is really bad the Geth and EDI die. That can't be the paragon ending not after making peace with the Geth and Qaurians (This is definitely paragon). I guess if you justify it by killing all sythentics but the glaxy still ends up in a poor state and the Geth won't be able to help rebuild it (They are the most likely race to survive after this because they don't need food or water only minerals to build new geth).

I am going for the control ending. Merge just seems like you force everybody into a reaper and thats why reapers stop attacking because you are them.

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CerberusSoldier wrote...

It looks like EA and Bioware are in full damage control . check out this Mass Effect 3 article on Game Informer .com


http://www.gameinfor...of-the-end.aspx


looks like the Games press is doing another skyrim free pass on this game


"As I talk to Casey Hudson about this impending finale, I can't help but notice how tired he looks. His voice is hoarse, and he's clearly been spending many late nights with the rest of his team finishing the game."

Or, he's been spending late nights on conference calls with the Board of Directors explaining how they're going to do damage control and what other PR they can do to try to maximize revenue before enough "it all ends up the same, rent don't buy" word of mouth gets around and starts eating into sales.

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CaptainChip wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

CaptainChip wrote...

Kanmuru wrote...

Because bioware chose to use self determination and independence as basic themes of ME. The relays are the symbol of the reapers (they were made by them and are a key part of their plans) and crutches that need to go away.

Honestly i wouldnt care if they added 1 more ending for you guys but I completely understand the message bioware wanted to give, i just wished you all could too :blush:


But here's the problem with that message, if it's all about independence, then why shouldn't we be free to allow galactic civilization to continue? Why can't we, if we're independent, be allowed to be free with the other races?


DUDE... We are free, the only thing we dont have are the mass relays. The galaxy isnt disconected forver we just went from 20 century globalism back to age or maritme discoveries, Its a huge step back but now we can grow on our own means. It will be hard but in the we will be stronger for it (and no more ancient death traps :wizard:)


But many do not have that freedom (ie those stranded) or the ability (races with low intelligence, such as Krogan) to do so. So in a sense, yeah. Most are disconnected forever.


No they arent, did you forget that it only takes 27 years to cross the galaxy with FTL? Given asari or krogan lifespam and conection can be reestablished (in 500 years everything would be good again). And dont forget most colonies are designed to be self suficient (they would be terrible colonies otherwise).

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Rdubs wrote...

Seriously, how f-in hard would this have been?  This is what I would have come to expect based on everything we've been told all along and the way the "good-neutral-bad" theme has been going.
Ending 1 (Good): Massive fleet battle followed by ground battle.  Fleets suffer heavy losses.  Massive decimation of Earth.  Relays work or are short-circuited to prevent Reapers from reinforcing.  Galactic community pitches in and helps rebuild Earth, which provides a stark contrast to the "we hate humans" the series started with.  Only conventional tech used, no superweapons needed.  Factions who allied during the conflict now stand off against each other, setting up tension for follow-on products (MMORPG).  Love interest and Shepard end up together helping rebuild the damage.

Ending 2 (Neutral): Fleets are wiped out with some ships even resorting to kamikaze in desparation.    Shepard can die or not depending on readiness score, maybe suicide the Normandy with squad aboard in taking out Harbinger which puts the Reapers in enough disarray that the fleets focus fire and pick them off.  Some of squad is killed, maybe even LI.  Nothing left of Earth and humans have to relocate.  A much more costly battle than the Good ending with possibilty of Shepard dying, or surviving but losing love interest.  No super weapons or space magic needed.  Or for a twist the Earth is knowingly sacrificed, the Reapers go to move to the Charon relay to go to their next target than then they get a nasty Arrival surprise of an asteroid into the relay which kills them all and sacrifices all of Sol in the process.

Ending 3 (Bad): Nothing works, the Reapers are too powerful and wipe out everything.  I mean SERIOUSLY, Bioware is even ON RECORD saying that the Reapers winning IS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
Instead we get...what?  We can CONTROL the Reapers?  We can turn all organic and synthetic life into hybrids with space magic?  WHAT THE FRAAAAK?  Sorry but that is PATHETIC.
Wikipedia describes "Deus ex machina" as "a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object....A deus ex machina is generally undesirable in writing and often implies a lack of creativity on the part of the author....The deus ex machina is often considered to be a poor storytelling technique by critics because it undermines the story's internal logic."  If the endings discussed on this forum are the only ones, I just paid $60 for a hot reunion scene with Ashley and a front row seat to three latin words.
http://en.wikipedia....Deus_ex_machina


See that is what I thought the game was going to build up to.  We had played the previous games in order to put in place thefact that we had the plan and the means to fight the reapers.  We have their weapon technology.  We have better armor and sheilds, we have the relays and the citadel.  We were going to be able to beat the reapers.

But instead we get super magic Prothean gun of 3 buttons to end it all.  What a let down.

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357 pages already?
Seriously....

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The game is already complete and they have already completed the day 1 patch (its probably in certification now).

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HiddenKING wrote...

You see a wasteland, and I see possibilities.

How many years will it take for Galactic Civilization to reach the level it was before the Reapers?

I see the advancement in technology to do so, the search for new resources, attempts at harnessin or recreatin the Reapers. Species survivin, workin together, and/or tryin to establish dominance. The Galaxy is waitin to be rediscovered.


I would be tempted to be with you and swallow these endings IF there was some kind of official announcement of another Mass Effect game, some hint that I could ctrl+z and try to make things work out better.

As it stands there is no such thing and no such hope. This is, for all intents, the end of the story.

It feels like I'm being asked to choose a life in 1984, Animal Farm, and Burmese Days. Why would I even bother?