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[frypan]

Thanks for the response Vuduu. I reckon that is enough for me to have a play. If you want to post some more tips I'll certainly be paying attention. I'll have to pick up a PC copy of the game though, as I played on xbox, but PC is my home normally so thats no problem.

I have the official soundtracks, and somebody who knows how to splice music. The only part that might therefore be fiddly is getting the voices into the breath scene. That is seriously all I need for closure in that regards, and a really good concept you've decided to add. If the last thing the players hear is their LI or best friend in the game, then that's more than was in the end of the first two games, excluding epilogues.

Good thing is that the LI's and closest party members all have plenty of dialogue there to work with. Once I figure the basics, I'd like to build the music up at that point so it runs smoothly into the credits and ends the game on a high. Both ME1 and ME2 did that nicely and some of the uplifting music there might work. Going out on that high is the key I think.

One other Idea I had might be to look at the crewmate shots in the credit music, or as part of a fade to black involving some final shots of all the gang from ME1 and 2. They did that really well at the end of LOTR, and something similar might work here. I might look at some stills from iconic moments or the like, as a background to the credits. It beats trying to add something like that into the game, but gets the message across and brings things back to the crew and Shepherd, without messing with the endgame pacing.

Just thinking this one through, and maybe getting ahead of myself here. Feel free to use these ideas if they sound good to you as well\\. Its good to share these and I appreciate the tips. At the very least there's some useful skills to learn that will come in handy for other projects.

[LennethValkyrie]

I never asked for this..

Actually I like the endings.. not some hollywood clichè ending where the hero saves everyone and then they all have a party flooded with rivers of alcohol..

[Chashan]

LennethValkyrie wrote...

I never asked for this..

Actually I like the endings.. not some hollywood clichè ending where the hero saves everyone and then they all have a party flooded with rivers of alcohol..

Aaaaah, and Shepard becoming god-emperor or pushing the utopia-button is not cliche at all?



Don't make me laugh, there is also none of what you outline there in this, so you can just elect to ignore it altogether.

[BDelacroix]

Everyone isn't saved.
This isn't made by hollywood.
There is no party.
There is no alcohol.

You don't have to view it?

[Vuduu]

You know, I remember reading Penny Arcade the day that the showed what they thought everyone wanted out of the ending. The Reapers are all turned into ice cream, and the Krogan bake Shepard a birthday cake. That's not what the Hero ending is.

Plenty of people die in this ending, both main characters (Mordin, Thane, Legion, Chambers, Anderson, etc.) and the anonymous millions (billions?) on the invaded planets. Tons of things are destroyed - the Citadel (and the people on it), most of Earth, the Mass Relays, etc.

The ending is bleak, but it has HOPE. Plus, it did what all games MUST do in order to be considered games - it gives us a way to win. This ending says that if you worked hard enough, hit all your goals, and played well enough, you could destroy your enemy while minimizing your losses.

I don't think Bioware wrote bad endings. I just think that they worked in too much sacrifice and too many plot twists for them to be fully satisfying.

[Vuduu]

I'm happy to say that I figured out how to make the Geth's eye light shine white instead of green! It no longer looks like I stole the footage from the Synthesis ending!

[N7_Paragon2077]

I like this ending a lot. I'm sure I speak for many when I say we all greatly appreciate the work you've put/are putting into this. Version 2.0 sounds great as well. Even though I'd be in favor of the reunion, the squad still finding Shepard would be enough for me, otherwise too many people would be mad, not that we could tell the difference from right now anyway, but you know. It leaves the story of Shepard with more than a glimmer of hope, which is what I know I'd have wanted, and it lets us know that we do get back with our LI and our crew. Also like that EDI and the geth don't have to die unnecessarily, just after we get EDI telling us how we made her feel alive, and after making peace between the quarians and the geth.

Modifié par N7_Paragon2077, 27 juillet 2012 - 02:18 .

[Vuduu]

I would LOVE to be able to do more with this than just recut existing footage. I really like some of the scripts for alternate endings that other fans have put together. However, it would be really hard to make any of those into a video. For most of them, you'd need new footage and dialog, and that's nearly impossible to do. I see a few folks have started working on ways to create new footage from scratch. That gets us halfway there. The other challenge will be finding people to voice the characters that sound reasonably like the original actors.

[zninjazzero]

Vuduu wrote...

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The camera pans over the rubble.  We hear the sounds of a search party in the distance.
LIARA:  (yelling from off screen, part of the unseen search party)  OVER HERE!
The camera stops on the burned chest armor of Shepard.
LIARA:  (surprise and amazement in her voice) Shepard??
Shepard gasps.
Fade to black.
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Ha! Once again, it's Liara that finds and saves Shepard after s/he should have died.

[Soapy141]

Well, now instead of listening to starbrat's crap, I will pause my game via xbox guide button right after TIM's suicide and turn this awesome video on to watch my canon ending. Too bad that Bioware have been blinded by their Artistic Integrity and didn't came up with it. I'm proud that Mass Effect community has people like OP.

[sg1fan75]

I love it Thanks!

[MegaSovereign]

I liked the EC but that was very well done.

5 stars OP.

[MrFob]

Beautiful video. I think you couldn't cut it more seamless than it was done here and it works.

The only unfortunate side effect of this solution IMO is that it shifts the final confrontation from the reapers to TIM. I always thought TIM and Cerberus got way too much focus ever since ME2 (despite the fact that Martin Sheen is an awesome voice actor). I think after dealing with TIM you need another section that really focuses on the reapers.
However, this section should NOT be the star kid so taking it out completely might really be the best solution.
In any way, kudos Vuduu!

[Byrdman]

Wow, if only the lads in charge of the ending (you two know who you are) did this from the beginning. I'd actually be ok with the Crucible existing. Awesome job! Up voted it on Youtube, can't wait to see V 2.0

[Tyreslol]

Any ending that removes the spacebaby becomes 500% better and more coherent.

dear god, this

[Soapy141]

Bump, so everyone could see this beauty.

[Vuduu]

I'm really glad this is becoming headcanon for so many people. I plan to do the same thing on any future playthroughs - pause the game, load up this video, and make this the ending..

I do agree that I'd rather not have the final confrontation be with The Illusive Man. However, I think the final actual fight with all the Banshees was a satisfying end to the battle with the Reapers. I actually found myself dreading having to do MORE or tougher fighting after that.

[Byrdman]

Not having a boss fight was fine with me, a game like this (a talk and tech) would best end with a final confrontation of wits, where we argued with Harbinger before sending his squid arse to hell with some super weapon or with our fleet. TIM being the final boss or confrontation would have shifted the focus, which the game kinda did, and it felt really forced. For what its worth, I thought TIM really thought he was the good guy, which is what makes a villain believable

[Shepard108278]

I love the EC and don"t mind the Starchild but good job.

[Vuduu]

I think some sort of final reckoning with the Reapers would have been good. However, given the choice between the Starchild or TIM as the final reckoning, I choose TIM!

[008Zulu]

I don't get why they made Shepard die in the first place. It's a much better story if the hero lives. And why the Crucible A.I take on the appearance of a child?

The Hero ending wasn't the one we wanted, it was the one we deserved.

I like this much better than any of the official 3 endings pre or post E.C.

[Aggie Punbot]

008Zulu wrote...

I don't get why they made Shepard die in the first place. It's a much better story if the hero lives. And why the Crucible A.I take on the appearance of a child?

The Hero ending wasn't the one we wanted, it was the one we deserved.

I like this much better than any of the official 3 endings pre or post E.C.

Because people these days think that only tragedy merits the title of Artistic Achievement. People want to be mired in misery and despair; they want characters they've come to know and love to suffer; they want to have it reaffirmed for them that nothing they can do will ever be good enough; they want to bathe in the pain and suffering of the characters because getting a 'happy ending' in any way apparently negates any and all sacrifices made up until the ending.

In essence, because people are stupid.

[Vuduu]

TS2Aggie wrote...

008Zulu wrote...

I don't get why they made Shepard die in the first place. It's a much better story if the hero lives. And why the Crucible A.I take on the appearance of a child?

The Hero ending wasn't the one we wanted, it was the one we deserved.

I like this much better than any of the official 3 endings pre or post E.C.

Because people these days think that only tragedy merits the title of Artistic Achievement. People want to be mired in misery and despair; they want characters they've come to know and love to suffer; they want to have it reaffirmed for them that nothing they can do will ever be good enough; they want to bathe in the pain and suffering of the characters because getting a 'happy ending' in any way apparently negates any and all sacrifices made up until the ending.

In essence, because people are stupid.

Agreed!  That, and there has to be ENOUGH tragedy for something to be "shocking" to people.  I mean, heaven knows that Mordin, Thane, Legion, and Anderson dying just isn't enough.  I get that ME is about making tough choices, but come on, after three games of hard fought victories, we wanted to WIN in the end!

[Myria]

I like the high-EMS Destroy ending the best, anyway. Yes, the Geth and EDI don't survive, but they become war casualties. And more importantly, Shepard survives in that ending. =) I don't have time to watch it right now, but this Kobayashi Maru mod would just be too touchy-feely for Mass Effect.

I also love the Refuse ending; it could have worked really well if the equivalent of Refuse had been the only possible ending in the game. Mass Effect 3 is very depressing, and such an ending would fit well, storywise. (Three of my favorite movies have bad endings: Arlington Road, The Mist, On the Beach. Figures, huh?)

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Modifié par Myria, 30 juillet 2012 - 03:01 .

[Carmen_Willow]

Loved it. This was the ending I was hoping for. As I have frequently stated, I didn't pay almost $80.00 to feel hopeless at the end of this series. If this had been the ending I could have achieved, I am certain that I would have replayed the game more than I have.