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[Armass81]

List all the things you would have wanted to be shown in your own, personal satisfactory ending...

Love intrests, motivation for the reapers, the whole kit and kaboodle.

Modifié par Armass81, 02 novembre 2012 - 05:33 .

[Baihu1983]

I wanted one ending that saw deaths of some main character but also saw the Reapers beat seeing as that was the story up until the last 10 minutes and Shepard with his/her LI. If Bioware didn't want to have Shepard again that's fine. Have him/her lose a leg and have to retire or something.


But then i think its a mistake not to carry on as Shepard as he/she has become ME's Chief.

On the other hand i would have liked to have seen the total destruction of the advanced races if you messed up enough [****** off the Krogan, have the Geth and Quarians wipe each other out, kill the Rachni and so on]

Modifié par Baihu1983, 02 novembre 2012 - 05:38 .

[Armass81]

Cthulhu42 wrote...

Instead of the Crucible, Shepard spends the game gathering the Elements of Harmony, and with his/her squadmates, uses the power of friendship to defeat the Reapers.

Genious. *clap* *clap*

[Armass81]

So any more elaborate ones?

Modifié par Armass81, 02 novembre 2012 - 05:51 .

[Zardoc]

Shepard unites galaxy, galaxy fights against pre-ME3 OP Reapers, Reapers die, Shepard and friends live, the end.

[Ithurael]

Brown Explosion Ending

Modifié par Ithurael, 02 novembre 2012 - 05:57 .

[grey_wind]

The game actually doesn`t forget the plot points ME1 and 2 alluded to that could have justified a conventional victory. Yes, I`m one of those people that totally thinks a conventional victory would have been the most thematically resonant way to end the trilogy, and I also believe that there were enough implications from the previous games to justify it.

And before someone brings up the crap that it`d be a disney ending, I implore you to look at Synthesis. An actual conventional victory would have disastrous implications for the galaxy as opposed to anything the Crucible was capable of: Earth would likely be a scorched wasteland with the majority of humanity wiped out and its remnants at the mercy of the rest of the galaxy, the entire power balance of the galaxy would be upset with every species (especially the Council races) having taken extreme losses, the galactic economy would be in the toilet, famine and disease would run rampant throughout the galaxy thanks to a lack of resources, and hundreds of billions would have been killed in the battle for Earth alone nevermind the rest of the Reaper War.

And yet this would still be the most powerful and fitting ending on a thematic level.

[SeptimusMagistos]

I just want a Paragon Control where Shepard doesn't imply that the Shepard after the ascension is a separate person from the one before the ascension. He still has all his memories, which means the Shepard I like to play would consider himself to still be the same person.

[CrimsonNephilim]

Shepard proves to Starbrat that peace between synthetic and organic life can happen (proof being peace between Geth and Quarians), Reapers die along with Starbrat so the cycle b/s will permanently stop, Homeworlds start to rebuild, EDI and Geth DON'T die, Shepard lives > gets taken out of rubble > retires > starts a peaceful family life with LI

Modifié par CrimsonNephilim, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:04 .

[AlanC9]

My ideal ending is for a game to not have an ideal ending.

There are things that ME could have done better, though. But ME1 saddled the Reapers with a pretty irrational cycle, so it's hard to fix that.

Modifié par AlanC9, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:09 .

[The Night Mammoth]

Crucible doesn't exist.

Shepard spends game running around, trying to beat Cerberus to the Catalyst, a Prothean weapon Liara discovers with those underused Shadow Broker resources. Genophage cured. Rannoch conflict resolved. Shepard assembles the dirty dozen 2.0. Cronos Station raided. Vendetta reveals secret about the Citadel; information can be found on Mars. Reaper fleet broken at Earth. Reserve force of Reapers arrives through the Citadel. Attack on the Black Gates in Lord of the Rings situation. Citadel activated. Anderson dies. Illusive Man dies. Shepard sacrifices herself to defeat the Reapers, and kills Harbinger in a fist fight (context required) in the process. Citadel explodes. Shepard found in the rubble at the brink of death. Spends a decade helping rebuilding the galaxy before settling down.

[Purge the heathens]

I would have preferred an entirely different motivation for the Reapers. Ahem! Allow me to rant for a bit.

The Reapers as a whole were the result of a species upgrading themselves to the point where they eventually uploaded their minds into the very first Reaper. Mostly done willingly, except perhaps for some... dissidents in the population who were satisfied with individual existence. Now, this Reaper noticed that some species attained similar states while others went extinct or remained as "lesser beings". Generous as it was and aware that its existence and way of life were vastly superior to anything the other civilizations of the galaxy could achieve, it decided to spread the joy and reaperize those unfortunates who strayed from what was clearly the destined path of all organic life. Kinda like what fans of synthesis are frequently accused of - taking away the choice.

And that's basically what the cycles are. "Helping" lesser species to godhood. It might not be the only future for a species, but for the Reapers, it's the only one worth achieving. Perhaps you don't think so, but then again, you're no all-powerful machine god. Nobody cares about your limited, primitive perspective.

And why are Reapers so disdainful of organic life? Because it's merely a transitory state - the prestage to becoming a Reaper. An accident, salvation through destruction, genetic destiny, blah, blah, it all boils down to that you should be grateful for all that enlightenment and power.

I think this idea fits well with Javik the Collectors. The Protheans thought they were so great and practically worshiped evolution, but from the Reaper POV, they are worse than garbage - they can't be reaperized! The ultimate evolutionary failure.

Destroyers are like second-class citizens. They aren't worthy of being turned into Sovereign-class ships, but the Reapers are merciful. Even the Protheans were perfected as far as possible.

And why does Sovereign say that Reapers have neither beginning nor end? I mean, there was a first Reaper! Well, he's talking about the concept. From the get-go, organics were meant to become Reapers and even if their current incarnation were to be destroyed, other species would eventually upgrade themselves to the point where the cycles start again.

What else... Ah, yes. The sludge. That one's not actually important, it's the minds that count. The sludge is like a memorial, a reminder of your humble origins, as is the "personalized" Reaper core. So then the Reapers are not only sentient starships, they are also flying necropoli.

Now, I like synthesis and the idea of transhumanism in general, so I guess the Reapers are not evil because they're sentient starships, they're evil because the species who became the first one consisted of imperialist jerks long before it reached the point. If there was an ending like synthesis, a "next big step", there would be two versions, one where history does indeed repeat itself, as prophesied by Sovereign, because humanity takes the charge and one where the species of the galaxy create this new future together.



That would have been my favorite explanation for the Reapers.

[fil009]

Shepard and Miranda land on Earth. Miranda is found to have genetic luck and meets up with TIM who is actually her soulmate... whoops thats Ringworld.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Something that's not what we got.

[AresKeith]

The Thanix ending

[mumba]

Instead of building the crucible, they build a device that's the exact same size and scope. Look's the same. They play This song, the device amplifies the song (Like a microphone, cause that's what it bloody is) The Reaper's then blow-up from the extraordinary power that is the song.

http://gifsoup.com/i...?id=1320438&t=o

Modifié par Mumba1511, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:46 .

[The Night Mammoth]

Mumba1511 wrote...

Instead of building the crucible, they build a device that's the exact same size and scope. Look's the same. They play This song, the device amplifies the song (Like a microphone, cause that's what it bloody is) The Reaper's then blow-up from the extraordinary power that is the song.

It's scientifically proven that listening to the 25 hour version will break indoctrination. 

[Davik Kang]

Honestly I wouldn't change the ending at all.

If I had to headcanon an aftermath...

I had this idea back in ME1 that the planetside view we see from space would be the last thing Shepard sees before she dies.

So I guess I'd have Shepard as an old woman, being held by her LI, or one of her kids or grandkids or something, looking out at that exact planet side view from a spaceship maybe. And then Shepard would say, "Did I do the right thing?" looking very sad and doubtful. And the LI or relative or whoever would lean in, hold her a bit tighter, and whisper "What do you think?"

Then cut back to the view of the planet.

Then credits roll.

EDIT: with Vigil music in the background of course.

Modifié par Davik Kang, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:44 .

[The Night Mammoth]

Davik Kang wrote...

Honestly I wouldn't change the ending at all.

If I had to headcanon an aftermath...

I had this idea back in ME1 that the planetside view we see from space would be the last thing Shepard sees before she dies.

So I guess I'd have Shepard as an old woman, being held by her LI, or one of her kids or grandkids or something, looking out at that exact planet side view from a spaceship maybe. And then Shepard would say, "Did I do the right thing?" looking very sad and doubtful. And the LI or relative or whoever would lean in, hold her a bit tighter, and whisper "What do you think?"

Then cut back to the view of the planet.

Then credits roll.

EDIT: with Vigil music in the background of course.

Nice to see Shepard gets visits from family in the asylum. 

Modifié par The Night Mammoth, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:45 .

[Iakus]

Armass81 wrote...

List all the things you would have wanted to be shown in your own, personal satisfactory ending...

Love intrests, motivation for the reapers, the whole kit and kaboodle.

No Reaper motivation given.  They are unknowable

Destroy, high EMS:  after the memorial scene and the Normandy takes off, cut to scene of Shepard in a hospital bed.  Shepard wakes up, and Shepard's LI (or Hackett, if no LI) is standing at the door to the room, smiling.

Alternatively:  Breath scene, include Alliance team finding Shepard alive (team possibly including Miranda, Jack, Zaeed, Grunt, Samara, or other former squadmates stationed on Earth)

Alternatively:  Memorial scene, as LI hesitates, message comes through from the Alliance, reporting Shepard has been found alive.  Normandy takes off, no breath scene

Altrnatively:  After Normandy takes off, cut to Shepard, alive, on the CItadel, watching as ships return to Earth.  Normandy breaks off and heads for the Citadel.  This replaces breath scene


Destroy, 3100+ EMS:  Hint that EDI may not be dead.



Control:  Shepard-Reaper has option to fly Reapers into the sun, or back into dark space.  

Control 3100+ EMS:  Shepard's upload is nonfatal. See Destroy for scene options 

Modifié par iakus, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:56 .

[Galifreya]

An ending where the hero/player (because really, that's what they did...punish the player) isn't punished for the writers' own sadistic needs? Just a thought.

[DeinonSlayer]

In the existing framework? Shoot the tube without walking into the explosion. I mean, he survived in my canon, but it would take a long time to live that piece of dumbassery down.

If I had written it? The Crucible turns out to be a Reaper trap - it reopens the Citadel Relay, and starts letting them pour through in FULL strength. To stop them, the Normandy has to go through the Citadel Relay into Dark Space, where the other end of the connection - a "dark citadel" - is found. They board this structure, fighting husks of species processed in previous cycles (Inusannon FTW!) and discovering that it houses many hundreds of thousands of pods, each containing a unique alien.

The Reapers harvest entire species to build more of themselves, but they keep one individual from each race to serve as the master control unit, the "mind," of each new Reaper, and they wanted Shepard to be the next one (full credit to LT Ashler for this part of it). Their motives are tied to dark energy - it's a natural phenomenon, but it will lead to the inevitable death of the suns organic life depends on, each lighting up like Haestrom's sun, sooner than we expect. The Reapers preserved species in a form that could survive without them - achieving a form of immortality.

Kill the master control unit, the pod-bound "mind" of a Reaper, and you kill the Reaper itself. Destroy the Dark Citadel, and you'll kill them all.

Modifié par DeinonSlayer, 02 novembre 2012 - 06:52 .