Spoilers [me3 ending ]

[Anwell]

 

[CostinRaz]

Laughing my ass off at that even if it's not accurate.

Still, ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL!

 

[Anwell]

Its pretty darn hilarious though

 

[80maxwell08]

God these pictures just... glorious.

 

[AkiA]

No, the entire game is not shit because of the ending or TIM. In fact it's quite enjoyable popamole shooter with RPG elements.

Only read popamole

 

[username_2093396]

I love these pictures

Also, I just saw this thread which quotes pieces of an interview about things that got cut from ME3's ending:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/9999272

This part in particular caught my attention:

And even in November the gameplay team was still experimenting with an endgame sequence where players would suddenly lose control of Shepard's movement and fall under full reaper control. (This sequence was dropped because the gaemplay mechanic proved too troublesome to implement alongside dialogue choices).

That sounds to me like Shepard was indoctrinated and they toned it down a bit for technical reasons. Plus they knew the ending would cause "Lots of speculation for Everyone!" So at this point I think that whether or not Shepard is actually supposed to be indoctrinated, they intentionally made it vague enough to confuse the hell out of everyone.

 

[mrowakus]

I love these pictures

Also, I just saw this thread which quotes pieces of an interview about things that got cut from ME3's ending:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/9999272

This part in particular caught my attention:



That sounds to me like Shepard was indoctrinated and they toned it down a bit for technical reasons. Plus they knew the ending would cause "Lots of speculation for Everyone!" So at this point I think that whether or not Shepard is actually supposed to be indoctrinated, they intentionally made it vague enough to confuse the hell out of everyone.

In my view, what they are doing here is just a damage control. Even if by some stroke of galactic fate indoctrination theory is right, they couldn't have handled it in more amatourish way. For all we know that space beams might as well have triggered an ice cream avalanche which made the Reapers reconsider their purpose in life and go on retirement eating all flavours of it. After all, who would want to destroy worlds when you can eat ice cream, all day long?

Yes, this ending has as much to do with what commander Shepard has done in the span of three games as what we really got. The amount of foreshadowing, exposition, intrigue, and player's input is identical.

Also, more lulz:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYLTbQQEZQ&feature=player_embedded[/media]

 

[fchopin]

I have played ME3 at a friends house and liked it a lot so changed my mind and will install origin and buy the game for pc.

 

[username_2093396]

In my view, what they are doing here is just a damage control. Even if by some stroke of galactic fate indoctrination theory is right, they couldn't have handled it in more amatourish way. For all we know that space beams might as well have triggered an ice cream avalanche which made the Reapers reconsider their purpose in life and go on retirement eating all flavours of it. After all, who would want to destroy worlds when you can eat ice cream, all day long?

Yes, this ending has as much to do with what commander Shepard has done in the span of three games as what we really got. The amount of foreshadowing, exposition, intrigue, and player's input is identical.

Mmm, ice cream Anyway, yeah, I agree with you. Personally I think it makes sense that the Reapers would try to indoctrinate Shepard at some point, but if that's what Bioware intended then they should have made that clear in the game itself. Now if they go and patch in some extra exposition or show the consequences after the ending, no matter what they do it will seem like they made it up on the spot to deal with the criticisms. And if they do nothing, then it remains a very abrupt and unsatisfying ending which seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the game. Maybe they should have delayed the game another month or two to give themselves more time to work on the ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYLTbQQEZQ&feature=player_embedded

That is awesome!

 

[mrowakus]

This will take some time, give me a few days on this.

Sure, take your time...

 

[username_2093396]

I just saw this on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDWpd9nCKws

It's so sad and perfect, and the voice acting is so good. Why would it get cut?



Also, some more Twitter things which imply that Shepard was actually being indoctrinated XD

@JessicaMerizan The Guardian's logic sounds like BS to me, can you clarify plz?

@PaceBreaker23 people on the forums are doing it FAR better than I ever could have: social.bioware.com/forum/Mass-Eff…

https://twitter.com/JessicaMerizan/statuses/180497612372316160?_escaped_fragment_=/JessicaMerizan/status/180497612372316160#!/JessicaMerizan/status/180497612372316160

And then the thread she linked to is the indoctrination thread:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/Mass-Effect-3/Mass-Effect-3-Story-and-Campaign-Discussion-Spoilers-Allowed/Was-the-ending-a-hallucination-9727423-1.html

I didn't know who she was so I looked it up and it says "BioWare Community & Social Media Manager" so I'm assuming she knows something behind the scenes

 

[227]

It's so sad and perfect, and the voice acting is so good. Why would it get cut?

I saw someone in that Final Hours thread you linked to earlier say that the reason they scrapped it was that Bioware felt it was "too long for the moment."

The male version of that exchange is also really good. Not as good overall, but the "... Anderson?" at the end gave me goosebumps. For how little emotion male shep's voice tends to have, the delivery of that line is excellent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booBmcFw_Lk

 

[username_2093396]

I saw someone in that Final Hours thread you linked to earlier say that the reason they scrapped it was that Bioware felt it was "too long for the moment."

Oh, right. I didn't read through the whole thread so I missed that. I only saw the part at the beginning that said they cut the Catalyst dialogue, which I also think was a mistake as it would have made a lot more sense to question him about what was going on. Those interrogation dialogue choices should have been included even if they were purely optional.

The male version of that exchange is also really good. Not as good overall, but the "... Anderson?" at the end gave me goosebumps. For how little emotion male shep's voice tends to have, the delivery of that line is excellent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booBmcFw_Lk

Yeah, it is a little better than he usually sounds, but I still think it pales in comparison to Jennifer Hale's performance.

Keith David sounds amazing in both versions though. I was looking at other sites while I listened to the dialogue since there's no video anyway and I started having flashbacks to the Gargoyles cartoon Goliath was so awesome

 

[gibb_geralt]

They cut Anderson's dialogue because they didn't want to rub even more salt into the wound. Can you imagine Anderson and Shepard talking about their futures and what they'll do next, only to get blindsided by the AI kid? It would seem even more abrupt than it already is.

 

[username_2093396]

They cut Anderson's dialogue because they didn't want to rub even more salt into the wound. Can you imagine Anderson and Shepard talking about their futures and what they'll do next, only to get blindsided by the AI kid? It would seem even more abrupt than it already is.

At least in the female Shepard version, it sounds to me like they both know they're dying and they're kind of trying to cheer each other up and sadly imagine what sort of future they could have had if the Reapers hadn't shown up. I think it fits perfectly with Shepard dying.

Blindsiding the player with the Catalyst was a problem all by itself and it should have been fixed (like maybe introducing the Catalyst earlier as an AI on the Citadel, or something like that to make it seem more connected with the rest of the game). I think cutting out the extra dialogue with Anderson, and especially cutting out the Catalyst's explanations, only makes it seem even more abrupt and out of left-field.

 

[mrowakus]

Mmm, ice cream

Speaking of ice cream... I just found this:

I love you internet.

 

[mrowakus]

Even more lulz incoming. I hope everyone knows the covert heroe of ME3 - Corporal Marauder Shields. If not here's a video:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467pmIX-oZo[/media]

This heroe - through valour and sacrifice has learned great esteam throughout Interweb community. In fact he is so much popular that a spin-off game dedicated to him is in works:

Rumour has it, he is going to appear in the upcoming New Ending DLC:

While this sort of wishful belief in indoctrination theory is very touchy albeit unfounded, the case of Marauder Shields proves that pretty much anyone can improve the ending of ME3.

 

[gibb_geralt]

I don't get this meme. Is it because people interpret this Marauder as a character trying to prevent you from witnessing the endings?

 

[CostinRaz]

No, but because he is the actual final enemy you shoot in the game.

 

[gibb_geralt]

No, but because he is the actual final enemy you shoot in the game.

Ha! It's on Know your meme:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/marauder-shields

And no the meme is actually him trying to protect you from the endings.