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[Teligth]

So i'm guessing they will assume we went for the destruction ending? Because if not there will be some Indoctrination or Organic/Synthetic beings everywhere...

[NM_Che56]

How would Indoctrination factor into this if destroy was not picked?

[StarcloudSWG]

The Reapers would still be around in Control. Still indoctrinating.

[NM_Che56]

The Reapers would still be around in Control. Still indoctrinating.

 

The endings do not say that the Reapers will still be indoctrinating. 

 

[NM_Che56]

The endings also do not say that the Reapers go away in Synthesis.

 

[Teligth]

The endings also do not say that the Reapers go away in Synthesis.

 

Reapers only go away in Destruction, In the Indoctrinating ending Shepard melds with them, but that doesn't guarantee that they stopped, odds are they would probably end up controlling him. With Synthesis ending everyone in the Galaxy would be melded together so in ME4 all organics would have that glowing green look. 

[KaiserShep]

The endings do not say that the Reapers will still be indoctrinating. 

 

If the reapers keep their distance, I suppose they wouldn't, but reaper tech is like some kind of airborne pathogen that infects everyone after prolonged exposure, regardless of whether or not there's a will behind it.

[NM_Che56]

If the reapers keep their distance, I suppose they wouldn't, but reaper tech is like some kind of airborne pathogen that infects everyone after prolonged exposure, regardless of whether or not there's a will behind it.

Yeah, but I think the funky green stuff may change that a little.  Indoctrination served a purpose.  Is indoctrination still needed?

[katamuro]

I think they are going to canonize Destroy ending. It seems to be the one a lot of people are happy with and its the easiest one to go forward with. After all destroy gives you a lot more room to play with than the other two. Reapers that are present in pretty much any shape or form are a problem. The synthesis ending is the most problematic of all, merging organic and synthetic is just a bit too weird and present a whole truck load of all kinds of narrative problems.

[NM_Che56]

All this talk of canonizing a specific ending suggests that this will be a direct sequel...

 

http://www.ign.com/a...me-a-disservice

 

"I see people saying 'well, they'll have to pick a canon ending'. No, because the game does not have to come after. Or before. Or off to the side. Or with characters you know".

[Vortex13]

Yeah, but I think the funky green stuff may change that a little.  Indoctrination served a purpose.  Is indoctrination still needed?

 

 

Well organics that had prolonged expose to indoctrination effects would become clinically brain dead meat puppets that the Reapers controlled; the codex states that the indoctrinated forces still alive at the end of the harvest would be left to die of exposure or starve to death as the Reapers retreated through the Citadel Relay.

 

So unless the Shepard-lsyt (Control) or the Reapers (Synthesis) are gong to marionette everyone in the galaxy there is no way that galactic civilization will be able to survive coexistence with the Reapers in any meaningful capacity.

[katamuro]

When talk is about direct sequels it means something like ME2 was to ME1 or Dragon Age Inquisition is to DA2. It could be set a hundred years or a thousand years from the Reaper war, into the future, and it could have no direct mention of any characters of the ME1-3 however it would require basic information about the world. And the changes done to it by the Reaper war and the last choice by the Shepard is quite basic. It changes quite a lot of things in the universe, too many just to ignore it.

However if they do some kind of Mid-quel, something set between 2148-2183 it becomes a different story. Sure then the games can be discounted completely, but I do believe that if they do that a lot of people are going to be extremely displeased and frustrated. I would be. That kind of game could be interesting on its own but not as the next one after ME3. That kind of game could be the one after the next one, ME5, for example but right now even if all the characters are gone we want to see what happens next in the ME universe.

[Tex]

In no way shape or form does synthesis = indoctrination and atleast in my opinion it was the best ending they had. Destroy was a horrible choice it completely destroyed every non organic thing in the universe there would be no way to come back from that letalone have ships that are able to Tavel thrue space for the next game.

[Malanek]

In no way shape or form does synthesis = indoctrination and atleast in my opinion it was the best ending they had. Destroy was a horrible choice it completely destroyed every non organic thing in the universe there would be no way to come back from that letalone have ships that are able to Tavel thrue space for the next game.

We are shown ships still flying after picking destroy.

[Han Shot First]

Not calling the game ME4, and going so far as to gripe about fans calling it that, does seem to hint that the next game isn't going to be a sequel. 

[jstme]

Not calling the game ME4, and going so far as to gripe about fans calling it that, does seem to hint that the next game isn't going to be a sequel. 

 Not necessarily. Bioware devs said that they regret calling DA2 ,well,2. So it can mean that they go for different game style then that of ME trilogy. Or that they want to simply distance themself from the whole ME3 controversy - most probable explanation imo.

[katamuro]

The whole naming the game thing is probably because someone thought that if they name it ME4 people will start to think that they are going to continue the story of the Shepard and his crew. And yes its THE Shepard now. Anyway..... Because they want to start a new story they are not calling it ME4 because that might mislead some people. It doesnt mean that the game will be completely separated from all that has happened in ME universe, it might, but I am really hoping it isnt.

[Arppis]

My guess is that they will gloss over Reapers in the new game. Reapers have propably left the galaxy or are minor characters you can go say hello to.

 

Or they are simply destroyed in "Destroy" ending. Imo doesn't seem very hard to put it there.

 

After seeing the first version of the ending. I always thought Mass Effect 4 would take place on earth at first, with stranded humans and aliens forming these tribes around it, and technology would be sparse, as the dextro food (some people would have it and they would force dextro DNA folks as their slaves). And it would be up to player to unite the tribes and build space-worthy ships from the rubble and travel back to galaxy somehow.

 

That would have been pretty cool, but propably bit too low-tech for most players.

[KaiserShep]

That would have been pretty cool, but propably bit too low-tech for most players.

 

Not necessarily. The advanced weaponry, holographic tech like omnitools and such would still exist, since they didn't just disappear. A lot of the infrastructure would be nonexistent though, and the cities would still mostly be ruins, depending on how far into the future we're talking. But having no space travel and no hubs on other worlds to visit would essentially mean that Mass Effect is dead, and we're watching its decayed corpse dance around for 30 hours or so.