*Spoilers* Mass effect 3 extended cut

[Ham Blitz]

2) Control is a similar aspect, Shepard is now controlling the reapers, but repairing stuff behind the scene's - you saw them repairing mass relays in control, but not interacting with the races. In the Synthesis, the Reapers are actually working WITH the races to rebuild.

As to why the Catalyst didn't think of it?.. Well I imagine because if it did, there wouldn't be much need for 3 games of ME to be made. Its kinda like a horror movie, We know that you shouldn't go into that dark cellar with a Mass murder on the lose, but the character in the movie doesn't, it is simple a plot point to drive the series forward

Well, that, and when you ask the catalyst about the reapers, it sounds like he was a AI that came up with the reaper solution after originally being made to maintain the order between organics and synthetics and forcibly volunteered the first race/races to be the reapers. He does say "They became the first reapers. They did not approve, but it was the only solution".

 

[Virmire]

I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm glad that they made the endings plausible and gave them at least some difference.

 

[Uriain]

@ Rhizhim - you sir, win a all expenses paid trip to the internet for that picture. Got a couple chuckles from co-workers

 

[Aureliano]

So. Apparently confronting the starchild with the fact that his plan is completely retarded causes Casey Hudson to flip you off and end the game.

But hey, if you're willing sit shut up and take it like a man/ladyman then every choice you make is a happy ending!

We win?

 

[MyNameIsNowNotMyName]

I am very happy that Bioware didn't include the "Everyone shits a rainbow and pukes skittles" ending that everyone was clamoring for.

To all those saying they are "done, baww baww" cuz that totally retarded indoctrination crap turned out to be just that: crap, afterall I have one thing to say...

See you in ME4!

This seems like a comment you'd see on IGN. Am I being trolled?

On-Topic: The endings were OK I guess, but Control ending was downright even more stupid than the rest.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I destroyed the Reapers and still REGRET NOTHING.

 

[shwnbob]

I played through the Cerberus base mission but I didn't notice any differences. Are all the changes only for the final mission on Earth?

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I thought it was beautiful, at least the one I picked (Green).

I didn't like the idea of synthesis but seeing how it actually affects the future galaxy... I'm cool with it now. Plus we got our little moments of closure, letting us know it was all worth it and meant something.

And still no logic whatsoever. It's still all very much retarded. It's just retarded with better cutscenes now.

 

[boag]

Snip of Doom

Did it address the hole " everyone starves" thing?

yes they did, they retconned a whole lot of nonesense from the original so that they wouldnt leave such gaping plot threads hanging.

But they also used plot holes to cover up inconsistencies and other plot holes.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

yep i know wont be replaying mass effect 3 for the new ending.
it is just not worth it anymore.

Hehe - you'd be surprised how similar that pic is to the actual scenes in the Control ending now

And still no logic whatsoever. It's still all very much retarded. It's just retarded with better cutscenes now.

I can overlook that now though because on an emotional level there is a good payoff.

 

[gyrobot_v1legacy]

So. Apparently confronting the starchild with the fact that his plan is completely retarded causes Casey Hudson to flip you off and end the game.

But hey, if you're willing sit shut up and take it like a man/ladyman then every choice you make is a happy ending!

We win?

It was explicitly stated before your meeting with Harbinger that beating the reapers gun vs gun is impossible. Your goal was to delay them long enough to use the goddamn crucible.

 

[boag]

The only thing i really like is that the new refusal Ending practically sets up the Yagh to Curb stomp the reapers the next time the fuckers show up.

That is my head canon now, Fuck Bioware and EA.

 

[JerryTerry]

I immediately chose to reject. As soon as Harbringer's voice shouted "SO BE IT!", I thought "Holy crap, Indoctrination Theory is right! Any second now everything's gonna unravel and we'll see the real ending."

Instead, it turned out that it wasn't the voice of Harbringer. It was the voice of Casey Hudson. "You think the choices are stupid? You want to be able to say no to the starchild? SO BE IT. Everybody dies, the end."

It raised my hopes for a moment, then slammed them to the ground. Overall, yeah, it improves upon things. But it's still an incredible disappointment.

 

[Frankster]

Still watching the endings on youtube but from what I've seen so far they are more satisfying conclusions then before so there's already that.

I like the refusal ending in that there is finally a bad ending where you "lose" and liara's capsule ends up being all that is left of your efforts, this was something I had often seen suggested.

Granted it's not cool that you only get that ending if you disagree with Casey Hudson's views, but well at least its there.

Liking that there is more opportunity to argue and question the catalyst. Yes, it was really not cool letting that twirp just say his side without being able to answer back.

Still ain't seen how teleporting team mates have been explained and the coverup for some of the plotholes is patchy at best imo ("head back to the rendez vous, get the hell out of there", i think im gonna agree with those who think that this was a do or die mission so felt out of place), but honestly if I had these endings when me3 came out, i'd have felt a lot less gutted about them I think.

A for effort overall, you can't please everyone indeed and won't say i'm fully satisfied, but at least it's an actual game ending as opposed to what we initially got.

Condoleances to those who believed in indoctrination theory btw.

Also in the refusal ending, the catalysts voice changes when you refuse their ways... Did the voice change to that of harbinger? o0 Either way when he dropped the kids voice he didnt sound friendly at all...

 

[80Maxwell08]

It's an improvement, but that doesn't mean it's good. Still doesn't explain the space magic. Just expands on it.

I was one of the people who believed the indoctrination theory, so this comes as a dissapointment to me.

Allow me to explain something then real quick. Bioware said a while ago that they were thinking of adding a part where shepard was indoctrinated for a bit but they decided not to. Going back further to when the script was leaked there was a lot that people were angry about so they had to start rushing changes. However from my understanding there were some remainders still in the game they didn't get to removing. Odds are the parts which people put together to form the indoctrination theory are those same bits and pieces which were supposed to be removed but weren't.

OT: I haven't played ME3 nor will I so take that for what you will. So I ask this question. If all they did was expand then doesn't that still mean they basically copied Deus Ex's ending but now added some bells and whistles on it?

 

[Kragg]

I immediately chose to reject. As soon as Harbringer's voice shouted "SO BE IT!", I thought "Holy crap, Indoctrination Theory is right! Any second now everything's gonna unravel and we'll see the real ending."

Instead, it turned out that it wasn't the voice of Harbringer. It was the voice of Casey Hudson. "You think the choices are stupid? You want to be able to say no to the starchild? SO BE IT. Everybody dies, the end."

It raised my hopes for a moment, then slammed them to the ground. Overall, yeah, it improves upon things. But it's still an incredible disappointment.

so you immediatly rejected .... why i dont understand that at all, personally i picked synthesize, but you came there to end it, to stop them and then you pick nothing and let the reapers win so the cycle continues, spend all those resources building a device to save the galaxy and then not use it ... captcha, partly to blame

 

[MortisLegio]

The ending is now just meh instead of being complete garbage. I did like the Indoctrination Theory and was hoping they would have gone with that but to my sadness they didn't. Kinda wish the "god kid" was trying to trick the player though (Like Synthesis would make organics husks, Control would kill Shepard but it makes the Reapers go into dark space, and Destroy is the only way to kill the Reapers and doesn't kill all synthetics). I am "happy" that they did address some plot holes but still think a little more could have been done. Oh well, guess I can continue to ignore ME3.

 

[Nemal]

I liked them.

I mean, the beam is still nonsense, but otherwise, I thought they were way better.