I posted this elsewhere, but here:
The whole catalyst-little boy thing is taken out entirely. Instead...
The Illusive Man is either shot and killed or commits suicide like it is in-game. Though a mortal enemy, he leaves behind a Cerberus anti-reaper weapon to Shepard for the sake of humanity before he dies. But then Harbinger takes control of the Illusive Man's corpse (much like Saren's fate) to keep Shepard from opening the citadel. Shepard and Anderson (once again, a squad member) defeat the Illusive Man for the last time, but Anderson is mortally wounded (a paragon interrupt will drain Shepard's shields instead, but leave Anderson unharmed). Harbinger also avoids Sovereign's mistake by releasing control at the last moment before Illusive Man's reanimated form is defeated. Shepard opens the citadel, the crucible moves in to dock with it, and begins charging. Harbinger and the rest of the reapers then begins to move toward the citadel to destroy the crucible and even the citadel itself, if need be.
Shepard's two companions finally make it to the citadel. While the combined fleet sets up a perimeter around the citadel to defend it, Harbinger alone manages to break through. Shepard and the two companions then fight head-to-head against Harbinger itself (final boss fight). The Illusive Man's weapon isn't enough to destroy a full-sized reaper, but is capable of damaging and slowing it down. Shepard uses this to delay Harbinger from destroying the crucible.
Harbinger boss fight summary: Harbinger continuously attempts to destroy the crucible with a single, ultra-powerful blast. This has a slow charging time. If charge bar is allowed to reach full, it's game over. The crucible has an even slower charge rate (roughly 1/4 or 1/3 of Harbinger's). Once it reaches full, you win. The Cerberus weapon can interrupt Harbinger, but it also has a charge time, and any damage taken by Shepard interrupts the weapon. Harbinger launches small fighters to harass Shepard, which must be destroyed. It also periodically blasts Shepard with a powerful laser cannon (drains shields from full to zero with a single hit, kills instantly if full health, but no shields) which the Commander must dodge. The fight area also grows progressively smaller, as Harbinger periodically destroys parts of the platform Shepard is standing on. Husks and other reaper minions also attack, and a mortally wounded Anderson aids in the team's defense, expiring during the fight (if the paragon interrupt was chosen earlier, Anderson starts out unhurt, but is mortally wounded during this fight). When the crucible bar reaches full...
Back to cinematic: Harbinger readies one final shot at the crucible, while Shepard dashes back toward the control panel to fire it. The two squad members are still fighting, and do not notice a banshee lining up a shot on Shepard. If Anderson is alive, he notices this, and launches himself at the incoming blast and intercepts it with the last of his strength. Shepard calls out to him, but with his dying breath, he urges the Commander to go on. If Anderson is dead, Shepard is hit by the blast, but makes it to the controls anyway. However, in this case, the Commander is guaranteed to perish at the end scene. Either way, Shepard reaches the controls, the crucible fires, and all the reapers are destroyed. Harbinger goes up in a massive explosion that kills either Shepard and the two companions, just Shepard, or no one, depending on war readiness and choices made.
[Insert happy ending cinematic]
Modifié par kalamity116, 10 mars 2012 - 03:41 .
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adds a lot more tension to those final moments when you still think the Crucible is a weapon and c) makes the Crucible twist a bit more of a gut punch
