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I've just read that you can save Mordin....but you have to do too much bad stuff for it to happen
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TBH it is probably best that he dies anyway, it is a great moment
One of the many near tear inducing moments. I know it sounds silly, but after 3 games and getting to know everything about these characters (and getting them through the suicide mission), it was pretty darn emotional to see so many of them get taken out
Just another reason why the ending was a kick in the teeth.
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I have never seen a forum move so quickly(an official game forum anyway) The first 20 threads have posts made less than 1 minute ago
Here are some collected Twitter quotes from Bioware regarding the endings.
User 1: "I still want to believe you guys are sneaky trolls and have
something going on you don't tell us yet. Can I get a cryptic reply?"
@masseffect: "The sun, it shines. www.youtube.com/watch"
User 2: "You are either a massive sadist or a beacon of hope."
@masseffect: "Can't it be both?"
User 3: "I kinda feel lost after that ending...not what I expected and left me feeling everything done was for nothing."
@masseffect: "We know it's a lot to take in! But hang in there. Your decisions matter."
User 4: "Are you holding something back, that could quell the large
amount of frustration from the community, a tiny hint would be enough."
@masseffect: "Mike Gamble already said on his twitter, if the fans knew what was in store, the reaction would be different."
User 5: "I loved 98% of ME3..but something has to be up w/ ending..too much talent at BW for that business. Keep my saves?"
@masseffect: "We're keeping our saves, that's for sure."
User 6: "Fans are people too. Playing with their minds isn't that nice as it may look like to people from Bioware."
@masseffect: "We're not playing with anyone's minds, we are answering
what questions we can and recording what feedback we receive."
User 7: "Its not that the ending was taken in the wrong direction its
that it makes NO SENSE. Ashley was on the Normandy? she [was] with me."
@masseffect: "Probably a good thing to be cautious of."
User 8: "Do y'all have any ETA when more news will be released? Dying for news on a new ending/DLC."
@masseffect: "No ETA yet, but you will be updated via Facebook and Twitter when the news is available
."
And some more:
User 1 -Well, i think i'll stop naggin you and trying to get you to talk about the indoctrination theory. Good game though!
Merizan - I want people to make up their own minds right now, then when more people have played we'll talk
User 2 - then I want to SEE that he was lying. I want to get up and finish the fight with Commander Shepard. Then retire.
Merizan - augh. want. to. discuss! Staying spoiler free for now
User 3 - But should've confronted the kid instead. Shep went meekly into the night.
Merizan - are you sure he went meekly into the night?
something going on you don't tell us yet. Can I get a cryptic reply?"
@masseffect: "The sun, it shines. www.youtube.com/watch"
User 2: "You are either a massive sadist or a beacon of hope."
@masseffect: "Can't it be both?"
User 3: "I kinda feel lost after that ending...not what I expected and left me feeling everything done was for nothing."
@masseffect: "We know it's a lot to take in! But hang in there. Your decisions matter."
User 4: "Are you holding something back, that could quell the large
amount of frustration from the community, a tiny hint would be enough."
@masseffect: "Mike Gamble already said on his twitter, if the fans knew what was in store, the reaction would be different."
User 5: "I loved 98% of ME3..but something has to be up w/ ending..too much talent at BW for that business. Keep my saves?"
@masseffect: "We're keeping our saves, that's for sure."
User 6: "Fans are people too. Playing with their minds isn't that nice as it may look like to people from Bioware."
@masseffect: "We're not playing with anyone's minds, we are answering
what questions we can and recording what feedback we receive."
User 7: "Its not that the ending was taken in the wrong direction its
that it makes NO SENSE. Ashley was on the Normandy? she [was] with me."
@masseffect: "Probably a good thing to be cautious of."
User 8: "Do y'all have any ETA when more news will be released? Dying for news on a new ending/DLC."
@masseffect: "No ETA yet, but you will be updated via Facebook and Twitter when the news is available
."And some more:
User 1 -Well, i think i'll stop naggin you and trying to get you to talk about the indoctrination theory.
Good game though!Merizan - I want people to make up their own minds right now, then when more people have played we'll talk
User 2 - then I want to SEE that he was lying. I want to get up and finish the fight with Commander Shepard. Then retire.
Merizan - augh. want. to. discuss! Staying spoiler free for now
User 3 - But should've confronted the kid instead. Shep went meekly into the night.
Merizan - are you sure he went meekly into the night?
It is torture!
They definitely have something planned though. Game was incredible up until the last 5 minutes, I can't believe that was the proper ending .... the same people who wrote the truly amazing moments throughout the game are not capable of something as bad as the ending.
I am now a believer in some kind of variation of the indoctrination theory, though nothing I have specifically seen so far seems quite right imo.
They definitely have something planned though. Game was incredible up until the last 5 minutes, I can't believe that was the proper ending .... the same people who wrote the truly amazing moments throughout the game are not capable of something as bad as the ending.
I am now a believer in some kind of variation of the indoctrination theory, though nothing I have specifically seen so far seems quite right imo.
I just read about Joker's sister ....I didn't connect the dots during my playthrough.
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The indoctrination theories have flaws (or plotholes, if you wish) but they make more sense than the actual endings we got.
My guess would be that they originally planned different endings and the endings we got would have been one of those endings (because it is basically just one ending with very few animation alterations). For some reason (time/money/whever) they decided to scrap the rest and and make slightly different versions of the ending they had already done and stick with that.
Enjoyed playing this so much, even though I was using a slightly botched ME2 save where I had let quite a number of people die, clearly forgot to redo it ready for the third game
Some of the decisions what had to be made really gave me a tough time, and from losing Mordin onwards, it only got tougher. Absolutely loved the last part of talking to everyone one earth, especially Garrus. There really was some great conversations only to be ruined by such a "meh" ending.
But what really annoyed me more than anything, was the lack of a text based epilogue that told me what happened in the years to come, I could just about have forgiven the ending choices, had I actually got to have seen the consequences of my actions i.e. what happens to the surviving fleet with no mass relays, did the krogans effectively die out on earth fighting the last battle against the reapers(assuming you didn't cure them) etc.
Interestingly, this was linked to me earlier.
http://i.imgur.com/K5VDk.jpg
This really seems to tie in nicely with the hallucination theory, but even if Bioware were planning this, I don't think I could ever shake the feeling that they intended to charge(I assume if they come they will be free to try and blow this over) for a number of DLCs with a single different ending in each, which to me is more unforgivable than the current state of the games ending.
But what really annoyed me more than anything, was the lack of a text based epilogue that told me what happened in the years to come, I could just about have forgiven the ending choices, had I actually got to have seen the consequences of my actions i.e. what happens to the surviving fleet with no mass relays, did the krogans effectively die out on earth fighting the last battle against the reapers(assuming you didn't cure them) etc.
Interestingly, this was linked to me earlier.
http://i.imgur.com/K5VDk.jpg
This really seems to tie in nicely with the hallucination theory, but even if Bioware were planning this, I don't think I could ever shake the feeling that they intended to charge(I assume if they come they will be free to try and blow this over) for a number of DLCs with a single different ending in each, which to me is more unforgivable than the current state of the games ending.
Enjoyed playing this so much, even though I was using a slightly botched ME2 save where I had let quite a number of people die, clearly forgot to redo it ready for the third game
Same for me, so I used a downloaded savegame. There is also the savegame editor.
It is torture!
They definitely have something planned though. Game was incredible up until the last 5 minutes, I can't believe that was the proper ending .... the same people who wrote the truly amazing moments throughout the game are not capable of something as bad as the ending.
I am now a believer in some kind of variation of the indoctrination theory, though nothing I have specifically seen so far seems quite right imo.
I just read about Joker's sister ....I didn't connect the dots during my playthrough.
What about his sister?
Didn't get the full conversation on my first playthrough but apparantly the asari commando in the hospital talking to the shrink shot Joker's sister because her screaming would have made the Reapers find them. Quite sad when you find out :/
Theres a convo with Joker where he thinks said sister is safe since only children (she was 15 or something) had made off the colony.
Theres a convo with Joker where he thinks said sister is safe since only children (she was 15 or something) had made off the colony.
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So how does the mission editor work? where can i get it?
PS: now that ME3 is completed, is anyone else worried about DRM etc on ME1/2 so if you want to play them in say 10 years time, you wont be able too? Have people rebought them on steam or something to protect them or what? If i remember , it checks with the server or you can only activate it 5 times and those servers wont be there forever.
Suddenly with the ME3 ending , im feeling very protective of my copy of me1 lol
PS: now that ME3 is completed, is anyone else worried about DRM etc on ME1/2 so if you want to play them in say 10 years time, you wont be able too? Have people rebought them on steam or something to protect them or what? If i remember , it checks with the server or you can only activate it 5 times and those servers wont be there forever.
Suddenly with the ME3 ending , im feeling very protective of my copy of me1 lol
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Thanks, I only heard the part Joker tells you
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Has this been posted?
Lmao.