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Combine 017 04-27-2012 04:45 PM

Re: Mass Effect 3 Ending Discussion
 
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Originally Posted by Typhoid (Post 282805)
So you're telling me that if I wanted to play the game with the goal of destroying the Universe and aiding the Reapers - my goal is still to destroy the Reapers and save the galaxy? :lol:

There is no option of playing the game with the goal of destroying the Universe and aiding the reapers. Thats like wanting to play Halo with the goal of helping the Covenant.

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I just wasn't sure if they jumped by the relays before they exploded, or just did a "Heys guys', lets getses outsa's heres'" type thing and just pressed the "panic" button.
Isn't it a possibility (I'm not saying I believe this, hence the 'possibility') that they'd randomly jump to a random point in space? Maybe it's 100% shown that it's the Mass Relay they take. I'm not sure if them flying away from the shockwave is them in the Mass Relay, or simply FTL-ing away from the shockwave. I just like factual clarification. :lol:
I dont think the initial shockwave was traveling at light speed, and even if they were just FTL'ing in any random direction, it would take years to reach another star system. And if you like clarification how can you like the ending of ME3? Barely anything was clarified there. :p

Typhoid 04-28-2012 01:19 AM

Re: Mass Effect 3 Ending Discussion
 
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There is no option of playing the game with the goal of destroying the Universe and aiding the reapers. Thats like wanting to play Halo with the goal of helping the Covenant.
I talked poorly.

But can you not just be a dick the entire series, helping as few people as possible, choosing every renegade option, then choosing the most devastating ending in the final game? I know that isn't "helping the Reapers" literally, because they want to harvest life to make synthetic life - and if anything, synthesis would probably be helping the Reapers - but I just meant in the "saving as little as possible" sense.

Just because the Reapers are invading doesn't mean your goal is to repel them. Hell, one of the final options is to control them. Maybe if your evil you're hoping to control them and destroy more things. Who knows. Maybe you're hoping that synthesis is helping the Reapers. Maybe you want the Earth to be engulfed in a ring of flame. Who knows. Maybe you wanted Sovereign to succeed in the original game. Maybe you wanted the Geth to overthrow the Quarians. Who knows, man!

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And if you like clarification how can you like the ending of ME3? Barely anything was clarified there.
joshin' aside - I got to play this game after being with Dylan while he went through all his stages of grief with the ending of the game, and the holes presented and whatnot. So I had already reached the acceptance stage before even installing the game into my system. I'd already heard about the shitty experiences, so I wasn't concerned. While I was playing I was far angrier at all the technical glitches I got. Nothing more anger-fying than rolling (for transport) into a barrier and instantly dying, or getting stuck on walls and corners that you wouldn't think you'd be able to get your character stuck on.

But Dylan made the good comment of [paraphrased] "It bugged me that when you die, the story just ends like that. But I'm okay with it now. It's the story of you as Shepard, and when you die, the story is over."

Ginkasa 04-28-2012 03:57 AM

Re: Mass Effect 3 Ending Discussion
 
Its not like that. Unlike something like Fallout or Elder Scrolls or even other Bioware games like KotOR or Baldur's Gate, Shepard does have a little bit of pre-determined character. That character is, without debate, all about saving the galaxy from the Reapers. He is always the good guy, no matter what the player wants. The player just gets to choose whether he's nice about it or whatever.

When Shepard chooses the not help someone its because he's looking at the greater good. He's saving the universe, NO he doesn't have time to stop and decide whether to give your baby genetic modifications or not. If Shepard decides to ruin somebody's day its because either a) that person is the enemy and NO MERCY b) its for the greater good (dropping a nuke or prevent and deadly invasion) c) Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a gun in space.

Shepard is never looking to take over the Reapers and wreak havoc or destroy Earth. I know this because Shepard makes this very clear throughout the games no matter what choices you make. The player may want to be an evil overlord and kill everything, but they can't do that in ME. The player chooses how Shepard goes about saving the universe, but not why and certainly not whether he should or not.


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