Let me start by saying I'm GLAD ME3 did not railroad me into just watching the reapers get predictably blown up by a superweapon. When it didn't give me the option to agree with the Illusive Man, I had a sinking feeling that was where it was going and that was pissing me off. There needed to be a big choice.
But seriously, how many holes were in that ending? I have a buddy who liked it and I'm trying to get my thoughts straight on it. Please let me know if I'm missing something, or if I'm wrong about these. Starting with the obvious:
1. How did my crewmates magically teleport back to the Normandy in the middle of the battle? My buddy is like "they said that those who weren't killed by the beam retreated, so they would have gone back to the normandy." No they wouldn't, they'd jump into the freakin skyhook.
2. Where is the rest of the giant armada? Why is it just Joker hauling ass away from the magic pulse?
3. Why is Joker hauling ass away from the magic pulse? They show the magic pulse hitting the earth, and everybody is unaffected except the reapers. (I did destroy and control, can't bring myself to endure that scene again to see the third one.) So why run from it, and why does it mess up the normandy when it catches up?
4. On that topic, what the hell is this pulse? The citadel just sends out this funky spherical burst of magic? Mass Effect has done a superb job of explaining the science behind everything they've done until this, even things that weren't pertinent to what you were doing.
5. If the crucible has been passed down for millions of years from cycle to cycle, with each cycle adding to it, how did the current cycle just happen to get the completed specs?
6. WHAT DOES THE CRUCIBLE DO? The codex has this cool theory about a superweapon not limited by range, then at the end it docks with the citadel and..... does what? Makes the god-kid change his mind?
7. Why in the sam hell will "the solution not work anymore" because Shepard made it to the god-child room? All he would have to do is cap Shepard and go back to his reaper-harvesting.
8. As someone pointed out in a post I just saw, couldn't the god-child have just opened the relay himself at the end of the first game?
9. Why do the mass relays explode? I understand the kid says they will explode. That's not the same thing as explaining what the hell makes them explode! (Although I suppose this ties into number 4, if the pulse magically kills reapers, no reason it can't magically blow up the relays.)
10. Would the mass relays' destruction release a crap-ton of energy that would vaporize their star systems? You know, like the one in Arrival did? Because, um... Earth is kind of sharing a system with a relay. As are most (or all? Not sure) council homeworlds.
Done for now.
It's not an ending with plot holes. It's a plot hole with credits.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 08:56
Sashimi_taco
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I still can't believe this was advertised as a satisfying ending. I don't think the endings could get any worse.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 08:58
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ghrthtdhdfhdh wrote...
*snip
Done for now.
Yeah, you're done for now. But the more you think about it the bigger the hole gets. Trust me, we all started at this point, but it's only a start. The questions just keep adding up.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 08:59
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Sashimi_taco wrote...
I still can't believe this was advertised as a satisfying ending. I don't think the endings could get any worse.
The catalyst reveals that Shepard was diagnosed with PTSD after the mental stress of his origin (War Hero/Ruthless/Sole Survivor) and that the entirety of the ME3 series is his broken mind trying to escape reality. I just proved you wrong on it not being able ot get any worse.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:36
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Someone had a thread about how the relays aren't destroyed, it's a "controlled demoliton." I just watched the synthesis ending. It's not a "controlled demolition," it blows the hell up.
WTF BIOWARE!
WTF BIOWARE!
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:39
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#1 has an easy explanation. Montgomery Scot was recruited to the Normandy's engineering crew right before they went into battle. At least, that's what I'm going to think until it's clarified.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:43
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Synthesis ending: Why does Shepard need to disintegrate him/herself in a giant beam of light? Is there something special about Shepard-DNA that causes giant beam of light turning everyone into cyborgs? If not and it just needed organic tissue, couldn't I have gone back down, grabbed Anderson's corpse and tossed him in?
Similarly, why does Shepard need to grab onto electrical handles to control the Reapers? How the hell does that work?
Similarly, why does Shepard need to grab onto electrical handles to control the Reapers? How the hell does that work?
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:47
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silentfall wrote...
Synthesis ending: Why does Shepard need to disintegrate him/herself in a giant beam of light? Is there something special about Shepard-DNA that causes giant beam of light turning everyone into cyborgs? If not and it just needed organic tissue, couldn't I have gone back down, grabbed Anderson's corpse and tossed him in?
Similarly, why does Shepard need to grab onto electrical handles to control the Reapers? How the hell does that work?
Clearly you were not a science major, because this makes PERFECT sense.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:49
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the entire catalyst PLOT. Is a plot hole with gameplay.
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Posté 11 mars 2012 - 09:56
ghrthtdhdfhdh
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Fat Headed Wolf wrote...
silentfall wrote...
Synthesis ending: Why does Shepard need to disintegrate him/herself in a giant beam of light? Is there something special about Shepard-DNA that causes giant beam of light turning everyone into cyborgs? If not and it just needed organic tissue, couldn't I have gone back down, grabbed Anderson's corpse and tossed him in?
Similarly, why does Shepard need to grab onto electrical handles to control the Reapers? How the hell does that work?
Clearly you were not a science major, because this makes PERFECT sense.
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