Thats true, but I feel like it would be disappointing having the games so close chronologically, because then the consequences of our ME2 actions would be kind of short term, right? I kind of want to see the consequences of my actions a few years ahead, rather than just a couple months.cursedseishi said:
Mass Effect 3 : Your Theories
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I think it would be awesome if the game picks up literally right where ME2 left off, with a new goal set in front of you by the Illusive Man, or the Alliance or some other fucktards,
Okay, my theory:
Remember this sun in ME2, the one sun which was ageing too quickly and would soon explode in a Supernova? Exactly. This was the work of some kind of Geth technology, technology they probably haven't developed on their own but which was left behind by the Protheans or Reapers. So, throughout ME3, a team of scientists will try to further develop this technology to use it as a weapon. My guess is that this team will consist of Quarians and Geth, among others, and that you'll have to help them reconcile their problem so that they work together. This will be one act of the game. Then there will be a second one, in which you'll fly around the galaxy, fighting a few small and hopeless skirmishes against the spearhead of the Reaper invasion. You'll probably also have to fight against Cerberus, who will betray you. The game will reach its epic conclusion in a giant battle. All the races whose loyalties you have earned in the last two games will unite and face the entire Reaper fleet in a last stand. The last hope is to hold the Reapers long enough in this battle, to use the new weapon on a nearby sun to blow it up. Someone remember this one Stargate episode when they blow up a sun to destroy an enemy fleet? Just like that. There'll probably be different endings in which Sheppard either survives or dies a heroic death in the blast of the Supernova.
Remember this sun in ME2, the one sun which was ageing too quickly and would soon explode in a Supernova? Exactly. This was the work of some kind of Geth technology, technology they probably haven't developed on their own but which was left behind by the Protheans or Reapers. So, throughout ME3, a team of scientists will try to further develop this technology to use it as a weapon. My guess is that this team will consist of Quarians and Geth, among others, and that you'll have to help them reconcile their problem so that they work together. This will be one act of the game. Then there will be a second one, in which you'll fly around the galaxy, fighting a few small and hopeless skirmishes against the spearhead of the Reaper invasion. You'll probably also have to fight against Cerberus, who will betray you. The game will reach its epic conclusion in a giant battle. All the races whose loyalties you have earned in the last two games will unite and face the entire Reaper fleet in a last stand. The last hope is to hold the Reapers long enough in this battle, to use the new weapon on a nearby sun to blow it up. Someone remember this one Stargate episode when they blow up a sun to destroy an enemy fleet? Just like that. There'll probably be different endings in which Sheppard either survives or dies a heroic death in the blast of the Supernova.
I don't think there will be any sort of cryo thing going on. I think they will just figure out some way for the reapers to get out of Dark Space. Maybe there will be some Mass Effect thing (not sure what the machines are that they use to teleport around) sitting out there that they will reprogram to send them to a somewhere other then the Citadel. During this part of the game I bet you would go to each race Turian, Krogan, Salarian, Human, ect and try and convince them to join you. So maybe you could fail, and the race will no longer help you in the final part of the game. I think Rachni will only help if you saved the Queen in the first one, so choices like that from ME1 and ME2 could carry over. Then the final battle or final part of the game could be you doing a mini RTS game, where you sort of set up your army.
The other part of the game would be spent searching for a way to defeat the Reapers, or maybe a weapon that can actually hit the Reapers for some real damage, so the final battle actually feels like you are doing something. I really hope that it dosen't come down to press this switch to win, because that would be a pitiful ending. I would like to see multiple endings, for example one could be if you fail to get enough races to join you, and you manage the battle badly, then you lose, and the Galaxy dies.
I'd like to see a mix of new party members and old ones from ME1 and ME2. Mostly I'd like to see Garrus, Tali, Mordin, Legion, and Wrex return.
My main hope is that the game dosen't end with the simple flick of a switch to kill all the Reapers. I would be ok with by flicking the switch you caused a star to explode, or something along those lines that destroyed the Reaper fleet. I remember some sort of sun issue on the mission in ME2 where you find Tali, so that could come into play. I wouldn't mind you getting some sort of really powerfull weapon that could take down Reapers, so your fleet takes on the Reaper fleet.
The other part of the game would be spent searching for a way to defeat the Reapers, or maybe a weapon that can actually hit the Reapers for some real damage, so the final battle actually feels like you are doing something. I really hope that it dosen't come down to press this switch to win, because that would be a pitiful ending. I would like to see multiple endings, for example one could be if you fail to get enough races to join you, and you manage the battle badly, then you lose, and the Galaxy dies.
I'd like to see a mix of new party members and old ones from ME1 and ME2. Mostly I'd like to see Garrus, Tali, Mordin, Legion, and Wrex return.
My main hope is that the game dosen't end with the simple flick of a switch to kill all the Reapers. I would be ok with by flicking the switch you caused a star to explode, or something along those lines that destroyed the Reaper fleet. I remember some sort of sun issue on the mission in ME2 where you find Tali, so that could come into play. I wouldn't mind you getting some sort of really powerfull weapon that could take down Reapers, so your fleet takes on the Reaper fleet.
This is true, and makes sense as well. I think the game could work well both ways, but now that ecoho has brought that up, I think it will happen in a shorter amount of time, months, not years.cursedseishi said:
I would like that too for the allies, except that having certain allies at certain points I think added some structure to the game, kept it straightforward, gave us manageable objectives. If we get as many new characters as we did in ME2, itll be confusing as hell.
Um.. Im actually very surprised that I didnt think of this myself. That actually makes so much sense, that is now my guess on how things will actually go. I thought it was wierd that they took one of their most advertised characters but created a situation where he wouldnt be in the sequel.ecoho said:
I think we'll find out about the origins of the Reapers, and something in that will illuminate the way to stop them.
Hopefully it is more complex than:
a) off switch who'd've thunk
b) big fuck-off bomb
Hopefully it is more complex than:
a) off switch who'd've thunk
b) big fuck-off bomb
Oh, well if they did a combination I guess that would be OK. I mean obviously...but what kind of crazy ass cockamamy story would that be...right?...right?cursedseishi said:
Yea...it has always bugged me that he says that every store is his favorite. Surely someone would notice and be like, "Hey, this guy is jerking us around."cursedseishi said:
No yeah, I know all about the dialogue, and it kind of bugs me too, becuas eLegion is one of my favorite characters too. I think they made dialogue before they decided which characters were gotten when. Maybe so they could make changes if they felt the need without any trouble, or maybe just for modders for fun? I dont know if ME2 is even on the pC...cursedseishi said:
But yeah, Legioon is really awesome, which is gonna make the choice between Geth and Quarian that much more difficult. The Geth are cooler and have Legion, who is awesome, but the Quarians are kind of less awesome but I fucking love Tali, so what am I supposed to do?
Nope, I think the choice is definetely happening. In any bioware game, in a time of war do people just start working together to defeat their common enemy? Nope. TO put it in Morrigan's words: It seems that everybody has decided that wartime is the best time to start killing each other. At least some quests will involve gathering allies, and this is definitely one of those. I am obviously very confident this will happen.cursedseishi said:
All weve seen from Quarians are techies, politicians, and Reegar, so seeing more like him would be cool. He does seem like kind of a bad ass, so he may actually be the deciding factor for me.