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[dreamgazer]

That echo effect was in the vanilla ending, but it was amplified in the extended cut. It's a mix of the child's voice with both male and female Shepards.

[CosmicGnosis]

That echo effect was in the vanilla ending, but it was amplified in the extended cut. It's a mix of the child's voice with both male and female Shepards.

Not that echo. That's exclusive to the Catalyst. I'm referring specifically to Shepard's voice when he/she speaks. The echo sounds like the Catalyst's echo, with the exception of the Shepard voices you hear under the Catalyst's voice.

 

Goodness, this is difficult to explain. 

[Abelas Forever!]

Ending: High EMS Destroy

Setting: Milky Way, Andromeda or some other place.

[SolNebula]

Ending: High EMS Destroy

 

Setting next game: I would prefer the Milky Way several hundred years later with little mention of the original trilogy. However i'm not totally against going to Andromeda if BW so want.

[Mcfly616]

Once the game comes out, It's going to be nice to look back on these conversations and refer to them as the "Andromeda Theory".

 

 

Nothing more than overblown fan speculation.

[Kynare]

My ending: Control

Setting: I'm accepting of either. I wouldn't even be opposed to the prospect of a cameo from Control Shepard in either setting. She (he) became an entirely different entity by the end of ME3, and I'd be eager to see how the writers depict Paragon Control Shepard. Her end speech gave me the willies in a good way.

[GalacticWolf5]

Ending: Control (Paragon High EMS)

Setting: Fine with both.
 

Milky Way: I would love for the next game to be in the Milky Way and to see Reapers floating around and Shepalyst protecting people, but that would be too hard for Bioware to do. With all the galactic impacting choices (Rachni, Genophage cure, Quarian/Geth war, ending choice), a future game set in the Milky Way is unlikely. It could happen, but the choices that Bioware would have to make in order to do one would definitely ruffle some feathers.

 

Andromeda: Going to another galaxy is awesome. Just thinking about how they would organise themselves, who would lead them, etc is amazing. There would probably be very little, or even non-existant, communication between the Milky Way and Andromeda, which gives no need for a canon ending. They could very well send a message saying how the Reaper threat was solved and this way our ending can be recognized. Maybe add something in the codex too. That would be fine IMO. Or if there's no communication at all, then they just never mention an ending and wonder if the people of the Milky Way survived. They don't have time to worry about this because they themselves have to survive and colonise worlds in this completely unexplored galaxy.

 

Going to Andromeda allows the writers to do whatever they want without having to canonize choices made by players in the previous trilogy.

[CronoDragoon]

So we're assuming that by Milky Way we mean our ending becomes canonized? Or something different?

[Balkankerverkoper]

Ending: High EMS Destroy

Setting: Definetely Milky Way.

 

Going to another galaxy would make no sense, with still much of the current galaxy unexplored. It would be wasted potential. And after quite some time rebuilding we'll have our Milky Way back in business, if we have to believe the EC. In that way most of narrative damage done to the franchise/galaxy will be undone, even if it wil mean they'll have to canonize the ending.

[N7Jamaican]

I chose to destroy the reapers.  Either way, I don't think the reapers won.  And if the reapers are being controlled, why would we need a new game?  Just have Shepard send them over to Andromeda to clean house...

[monicasubzero]

I always chuckle to myself when someone posts the "Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod." The modder clearly did not realize that Anderson was actually never on the Citadel. Notice how Shepard looks at his arms after "Anderson" dies and they are fresh with new blood. Things are not as they appear... One should not take the entire ending of ME3 literally. I'm also entirely against this notion of a "happy ending," of which was never indicated anywhere would be plausible in the entire trilogy.

 

As far as my choice:

 

ME3 Ending: High EMS Destroy

NME Setting: Milky Way

 

Perhaps I'm alone in actually enjoying that the decisions I made in previous games affect the future. Perhaps I'm alone that what made Mass Effect, in part, so compelling was the save import and to see my actions shape the story. I cannot justify leaving the Milky Way knowing much of it is still unexplored and unaffected by the reaper invasion. Why would I want to leave a galaxy where so much is still unknown, even about the races we do know? Not being able to further explore Thessia, Palaven, Tuchanka, and various other places just seems poorly considered on BioWare's part, assuming the "leak" was true.

 

I always chuckle when someone feels to comment on someone's else preferences. Who did the mod did a wonderful job and I'm not going to discuss about it. They used what they had and the result is absolutely wonderful and made happy all the people who were looking for a good ending.

 

As I dislike all the three ending "choices", I prefer a good-old-times happy ending even with its faults. All the ending, even the three original ones + the refuse, have their faults and they aren't perfect. 

I would personally prefer the Indoctrination theory, because that was glorious with all the details scattered in the 3 episodes and BioWare should have caught the idea and used it when they made the "correction" to the ending. 

[BohemiaDrinker]

Ending: Synthesis

 

Setting: I really don't care. I want some polonium rounds and space magic, wherever they are,

[liquiddemon]

Ending: high ems destroy (was hard choice because I loved edi.)

Next setting: andromeda during original trilogy timeline, with references to what's happening there via dragon age keep type tranfer system. And possibly traveling back to Milky Way in future titles.

[breakdown71289]

Ending: Paragon Control

 

Setting: I would've preferred the Milky Way just to see the classic alien races again, but I think I can live with going to a new galaxy this time around. Like in the words of a starship captain: "To boldly go where no one has gone before!"

[Kynare]

Ha, I just realized that no one addressed the Reject ending yet. People who chose reject wouldn't have either setting unless they went to Andromeda before the Reaper invasion.

[GalacticWolf5]

Ha, I just realized that no one addressed the Reject ending yet. People who chose reject wouldn't have either setting unless they went to Andromeda before the Reaper invasion.

Tbh, Refuse is kind of like Shepard's death during the Suicide Mission. It's a possible outcome, but it doesnt matter in future games.

[Chobbly]

Ending: Destroy, High EMS (Paragon)

Setting: Andromeda

[Revan Reborn]

I always chuckle when someone feels to comment on someone's else preferences. Who did the mod did a wonderful job and I'm not going to discuss about it. They used what they had and the result is absolutely wonderful and made happy all the people who were looking for a good ending.

 

As I dislike all the three ending "choices", I prefer a good-old-times happy ending even with its faults. All the ending, even the three original ones + the refuse, have their faults and they aren't perfect. 

I would personally prefer the Indoctrination theory, because that was glorious with all the details scattered in the 3 episodes and BioWare should have caught the idea and used it when they made the "correction" to the ending. 

This isn't a matter of preference, but merely pointing out how erroneous and inaccurate the execution of MEHEM was. Again, I understand some are obsessed with the idea of a "happy ending," but what did you really think was going to happen at the end? Shepard had already died at the beginning of ME2. Throughout the entire trilogy, the galaxy had never found a compelling answer to the reaper question. On the contrary, most were avoiding it hoping the reaper problem would go away. I just can't see how anyone expecting a "good ending" was realistic nor understood what was happening from the start. This isn't a personal attack on you, but the strange idea that, one, there needs to be a "happy ending," and two, if a happy ending was ever even reasonable to start.

 

The whole point of the ending was to give you three choices each with their own severe consequences. It wasn't meant to be an easy choice, but one in which there was a possibility of negative fallout in either choice. That is why the ending was so grappling and difficult because you didn't have the clear Renegade or Paragon choice like the rest of the trilogy. You had a mixed bag and it was a judgment call, largely on your beliefs and what you took away from Mass Effect that leads to the conclusion. Again, I can respect you did not enjoy the ending and wanted something different. I just question how reasonable, on your part, it was to believe there would be a "happy ending." Not to mention, if there is a Mass Effect Keep for this game, obviously that mod won't be a choice you can import.

 

As far as the Indoctrination Theory, I have to disagree. While I appreciated the ingenuity and creativity of the theory, it also invalidates and renders pointless much of what actually happens in the game. It's a way for people to "reinvent" the experience and I'm absolutely against that notion. The ironic thing is the ME3 ending was really a Virmire predicament on steroids. Players complained when they had to sacrifice either Ash or Kaidan and of course they complained again when they either had to sacrifice synthetics, individuality, or free will.

 

Either way, this is off-topic and I don't want to derail the thread.

[Torgette]

The whole point of the ending was to give you three choices each with their own severe consequences. It wasn't meant to be an easy choice, but one in which there was a possibility of negative fallout in either choice. That is why the ending was so grappling and difficult because you didn't have the clear Renegade or Paragon choice like the rest of the trilogy. You had a mixed bag and it was a judgment call, largely on your beliefs and what you took away from Mass Effect that leads to the conclusion. Again, I can respect you did not enjoy the ending and wanted something different. I just question how reasonable, on your part, it was to believe there would be a "happy ending." Not to mention, if there is a Mass Effect Keep for this game, obviously that mod won't be a choice you can import.

Aye, I went with a high ems destroy not because I thought Shep would live (had no idea really) but because to me it was a fitting end to a trilogy about civilizations unknowingly using reaper technology to direct them along paths they didn't understand, and it was time for all the races of the milky way to break that cycle and build their own future. Seeing Shep survive was a huge bonus, but I would have had no regrets if that wasn't possible.

 

As for location, either/both really - who wouldn't want to explore a new alien environment and who wouldn't want to rebuild the milky way?