Mass Effect 3, Discussion thread Options

[Tellie]

So anyone else looking forward to ME3 later this year?

I thought I should start this little topic where we can share anything about the upcoming game: Theories, wishes, rumours etc etc.

SO get cracking.

[Destri Melarg]

Dude, face it; they're not incorporating the Indoctrination theory. I'm sorry, but they're not.

You can face it if you want to. Those endings are too bad for me to face without some form of blind, trusting optimism which I will adopt until Bioware disabuses me of it. And I never said that they would incorporate the Indoctrination Theory. I only said that they should.

Besides, if you ask me, Shepard should die at the end of Mass Effect 3, whatever ending you pick. Because how the hell can you top saving the entire galaxy from the Reapers in any conceivable way? What the hell is Shepard going to do next? Retire, try and hold the galaxy together maybe is galactic president or somesuch, live his/her entire life knowing that whatever they do, they peaked at 35 and will never, ever be able to top that whatever they do. That's pretty goddamn depressing. Dying in a final, heroic sacrifice to bring an end to the Reapers and save the galaxy on the other hand; that's the perfect end for a hero. Shepard goes at his very peak, before anything can be tarnished, before the shine can wear off and before the inevitable lifetime of boredom and dissatisfaction can occur. Perfect.

Shepard doesn’t need to live to make the endings satisfying. Like you (and for the same reasons), I believe that it is better if he dies. Right now, he is a Kennedy. If he somehow lives he becomes a Clinton. The problem is, as it stands right now, the three ending choices are just flat-out bad (Synthesis? Really? ). Worse than that, they are a cop out. It is my hope (and, again, I must stress that it is a hope) that people as creative as the team over at Bioware have gotten the kick up the backside you mentioned.

The devs said from the start that they intended Shephard's story to be a trilogy. 3 parts.

The same thing was said about Master Chief.

They've said multiple times during the creation of the series however that they'd be open to a continuation within the same universe but stated that it wouldn't include Shephard.

My bet is that they'll move backwards in the ME timeline to before Shephard was even thought of if they continue in the same universe.

The thing is that they almost have to move backwards in the timeline from here because Bioware has basically written themselves into a corner. 3’s endings make it difficult (to say the least) to move forward in the Mass Effect universe unless you create three almost completely different games to accommodate people based on the ending they chose.

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I'm not trying to be a jerk about this. I was only expressing optimism that a company with a track record of games that I enjoy would naturally want to go back and fix a mistake. I'm sorry you guys don't feel that way, but the fact that you don't doesn't invalidate the fact that I do.

Besides, I'm still holding out hope that Bioware will re-visit Jade Empire someday... so my optimism is pretty hard to kill!