The interviews and notes revealed in
The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3 (I wonder if he had any idea at the beginning of his project how apt the gloomy title would prove to be) make it pretty clear what the writers had in mind.
The galaxy is toast.
They call it a galactic dark age, and clearly intend for everything that defines the galactic civilization to be destroyed. For the survivors, they invision a brave new world. In other words, what's left after "the ending" is not something that is recognizebly Mass Effect, it is a reboot for everything in a new post-reaping state.
It's not just the end of Shepard's story, it's The End. Shepard losses. We might not be reaped, but there is apparently no way to preserve any sort of galactic order, peace, or prosperity. That's why they are saying any future Mass Effect games will be prequels - anything set after red/blue/green will be something other than Mass Effect.
It does make the DLC people are speculating about with Aria kind of pointless, doesn't it? She can take back Omega, but without the relays there is no galactic ezo trade, and Omega starves to death. The Blood Pack eats Eclipse, The Blue Suns try to horde what supplies there are until they're overrun. Wow, doesn't that sound fun?
Modifié par durasteel, 16 mars 2012 - 06:11 .