Hey guys. I posted this in another thread, figured I'd post it here. It's about the whole "What the ending should be" thing.
It's a long read, but I think it's worth it.
Well, several things.
1. Only change the ending starting from the last scene with Anderson/Shepard/TIM. Everything about the ending before that stays the same, with a few changes.
2. Completely ignore the God-child-spirit. It conflicts and contradicts the "Protheans fooled the citadel" basis in ME1. This was important.
3. Make several choices based off of war readiness, and how many assets went into the Crucible. Such as:
Very low: Launch a giant EMP burst that destroys all Reapers, AI, Citadel, Relays, most technology, ect, as well as sacrificing earth. Shepard dies. Normandy crashes, and everyone aboard dies.
Low: Same, but without damage to earth. Shepard dies. Normandy Crashes. Crew dies.
Medium-low: Burst that only destroys all AI. Shepard dies. Normandy Crashes, Crew dies.
Medium: Burst that destroys all AI in the Sol system, and the Reapers. This allows the Geth to live, but EDI dies. Saves the Relays, but not the citadel. Shepard dies. Normandy crashes, crew survives.
High-Medium: Releases a burst that disables the Reaper Shields across the galaxy, allowing the fleet to easily kill the rest(Reapers are weak without their shields, as ME1 shows. A single torpedo from the Normandy killed Soverign without it's sheilds) Shepard lives. Normandy damaged, but does not crash, and the player is treated to a small cutscene of the Normandy and the fleet blowing up a few reapers.
High: Sends out a burst attuned to the Reaper core (The Geth provide the information. They studied reapers, remember. If they are not available, the Quarians provide it, having researched the Reaper corpse on their planet) causing the Reapers' reactors to overload and die. However, the Reaper core just happens to be identical to the Core of the Citadel as well. The Citadel overloads and blows up. Shepard lives. Relays stay intact. Player is treated to a cutscene of the Reapers blowing up, troops on the ground rejoicing, as well as the Normandy picking him and Anderson's body up before Citadel explodes.
Very-high: Sends out a pulse that kills only Reapers. All tech stays intact. Shepard lives. Relays intact. Citadel intact. Player is treated to the cutscene above, minus the citadel explosion.
In addition, the endings shown in the "original" game would be available. These would be available on the left side of the dialogue wheel, while the ones I have proposed would be on the right. Synthesis would be unlocked at the Very-High level, and Control would be unlocked at the High-Medium level. (Destroy would not be available, since this matches one of the options I have.)
To complete the Synthesis or Control ending, the player takes the elevator up to where the Original ending takes place. This way, they do not have to design an entirely new environment. The animations and flashbacks for these endings would stay the same. The only difference in the cutscene after this would be no Normandy crash.
The options of the three highest unlocked options would show up on the right of the wheel on the right side. For instance, someone who had Medium assets would get the option of killing all AI everywhere, all AI in the Sol system, or all technology everywhere without damage to earth.
The dialogue wheel would look like this, if someone had 100% of all assets.
Control Reapers Disable Shields of Reapers
\\ /
\\_______/
( )
( )------------Kill Reapers, destroy Citadel
( )
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/ \\
/ \\
Synthesis Kill all Reapers
4. ]Include a small, text and scene ending. Small clips of certain occations from the various decisions made will show. This will vary by ending.
EXAMPLE: Geth and Quarians rebuilding, all species rebuilding the invaded homeplanets, ect.
5. A small scene with Anderson and Shepard before Anderson dies, about what Shepard will do if the Crucible works. Shepard can then respond in a variety of ways depending on what options he is presented with because of the war assets claimed. Anderson then says the whole "I'm proud of you" speil, wishes you luck, then dies.
EXAMPLE: Retiring and living in peace, finally, with LI
(or alone, if that is the case).
Contenue to persue peace and justice as a Spectre.
Become a diplomat/politician and guide humanity
Possibly others.
6. Any teammates that were with you at the time you got shot by the reaper will run towards the teleport-beam and make it to the Citadel ahead of you, thinking that you died, and that they need to finish what you started. Upon arriving there, you meet up with them and get to the console. They also get manipulated by TIM, but only you are able to "break free" by shooting or talking down TIM.
Anyway, that's my whole view on it.
THIS WAY:
Players can get the endings they want, the player can still sacrifice themselves to get the endings they want, the Devs can have the endings they want, and originally intended. The only thing this really cuts is the stupid spectral Ghost-child-God thing, which was rediculous in the first place. Release as a FREE PATCH, apologize for the incident, and remind players that many other worthwhile DLCs are on the way. This will earn goodwill with the fans, which will then purchase the DLCs since they're now happy with the ENTIRE game. (However, I'd still be willing to shell out 5-10 bucks for something like this.)
How does this sound? I tried to adress every concern and viewpoint, and combine them into one good ending that I think would please everyone.
Also, I just spent the better part of an hour thinking up and typing this. I don't feel like spellchecking it, so excuse any spelling or grammer errors it may have.
EDIT: Sorry, screwed a few things up while posting it. Should be fixed now.
Modifié par Reign Tsumiraki, 11 mars 2012 - 01:52 .
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