"The Truth" for Mass Effect 3

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bossfight1

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Really, I would have settled for "Shepard dies setting off the Crucible, destroying the reapers AND ONLY THE REAPERS, saving the galaxy."
 

Xathos

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Jitters Caffeine said:
Xathos said:
So this will bring us:

Batarians, Protheans, and Geth as playable races
Asari Justicar and Krogan Battlemaster classes
Some DLC weapons will be found in Multiplayer Packs
At least one new map
2 new enemy types for Multiplayer
Fixed/Added on Ending(s)
And a side/main mission available during Single Player

All for free?

If this is all true, then I'll be one super happy Mass Effect Fan. Though I'll keep my expectations low (in truth however, I'm pretty excited right now, lol) in case they do decide to charge for it. Sure they have given us free stuff or very cheap stuff in the past, but when I look at what we're getting...I can't help but think there is going to be some catch. If they do charge it, please don't be expensive.

Of course, this is assuming that this is all true. While I can't rule it out, I'm just a bit wary. Sadly, something tells me I'm going to believe its true, simply for the chance of a better ending.

Basically, I'm hoping for a lot with this, but it is a blind hope; if fake I'll probably be even more saddened at ME3 than I already am.
No shame in being a little optimistic
Oh, I'm VERY optimistic. Just don't want to be a bit too optimistic, lol.
 

ZeroMachine

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Bobic said:
An anonymous poster has added additional commentary on the image that not only purports to clarify what happened with ME3′s ending
Seems like a reliable source to me. If some guy says it on the internet, it must be true.

Excuse me while I read up on the time cube.

http://www.timecube.com/
My eyes have been opened.

I now understand the meaning of life.

TIMECUBE
 

Beryl77

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Normally, I wouldn't give a baseless rumor like this a second thought but first of all, I want this to be true.
Second, it does make a bit sense. After the leaked script, they rushed this ending (it really feels rushed) to have more time to make the real ending as DLC, Casey Hudson said to keep the save files (of course this could also just be for single player DLC which doesn't have anything to do with the ending) and some people from Bioware have been saying some cryptic things on twitter, things which could be interpreted as hints for this.

Of course, I don't believe it until I see a statement from Bioware about this but I won't immediately debunk it as a troll attempt.

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Jitters Caffeine said:
Thoric485 said:
EA releasing something for free?

I'll believe it when i see it.
They HAVE done it before. With Mass Effect 2. A whole 5 free DLC if you bought the game new.
That was mostly to prevent second hand sale. Now with Origin, they don't have to do that anymore.
 

razer17

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Firstly, this is a rumour to be treated with less than a pinch of salt.

That out the way, let's assume this is real: Even if they do release a "real" ending after the events that ended ME3, it would be incredibly hard to make an ending that satisfied all the haters. After all, we know the mass relays are destroyed, so they'd have to retcon that, and thye could never undo the bullshit they pulled with the repears being proto-humans who only capture to stop synthetics destroying all life, which in itself is bullshit logic, because clearly the reapers are synthetics who do not wipe out organic life, etc. etc.
 

BloatedGuppy

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Draech said:
I am sorry that doesn't hold water.

Specific games are more or less free form sandboxes, but this game is an example of a game with a narrative and an overarching plot. there is indeed cannon and fans were outraged when it wasn't followed (The ME books mishaps).

We have no more control over this than we have over the Lost series. And that fans decide to write fanfics has no say either.

If you really think you are adding to the ME exp rather than experinecing it then you are deluded.
Few things.

1. Canon. Canon. Canon. Not Cannon.

2. Yes, this game had a narrative and a plot. A narrative and plot that was, to some degree, player selected and player driven. In fact, this was one of the primary if not THE primary pillar of game play, and featured heavily in all their advertising. There is no "canonical" Mass Effect storyline for Shepard, because everyone's Shepard experience is different.

3. Who is saying anything about control? It's changeable. The medium is different, and there is precedent for it being changed.

4. Hey sweet, a personal attack. Keep it up buddy, you're coming off as incredibly mature.
 

Joseph Harrison

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I'm calling bullshit on this, while I believe the multiplayer part for Bioware has confirmed multiplayer DLC, I'll believe it when I see it about the singleplayer stuff.
 

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Know this all you starry eyed dreamers: faith is for gambling men. And as any gambling man will tell you, it almost never pays off. And that goes equally for faith in gods, men, and ideals. It seems like the message in all this is "expect disappointment but pay full price anyway... and like it". And that's not just from the developer's side of the argument, a not small portion of the audience seems to be spreading this message to each other.
 

BloatedGuppy

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Draech said:
1: when you dont have an argument comment on someone grammar and/or spelling. Ace in the hole always.

2. That is ridicules. The player cant do anything that hasn't already been decided for them. You do not get to carry your choices on outside the medium. You fail lvl 1 and decided to never play again it doesn't become canon that Shepard died and the galaxy was doomed.
You can make the best Shepard story of them all. Doesn't matter. Still Bioware who wrote it for you. You have no real influence.

3: Special pleading. MY MEDIUM IS DIFFERENT! The precedent for it being change is always the original authors. Usually to cash in (fallout was no different).

4: My apologise
1. I addressed your argument. I also addressed your extremely annoying spelling error. Both those things can be true at the same time. Look, people need to not get butt-hurt every time someone corrects their spelling or grammar. It's a common misspelling and it looks ridiculous. Just fix it and move on.

2. I have no idea what on earth you are trying to argue here. We are discussing whether or not there is a single, definitive canonical version of Mass Effect that CANNOT BE CHANGED, and there is NOT. Games are not a fixed medium. They are not analogues for television shows or films or books. That is the matter up for discussion. Not whether or not people think they are secretly writing the game.

3. Actually in Fallout it was to address (pun not intentional) the fan fallout over an extremely poorly realized and poorly implemented ending. Regardless, the point up for discussion is not what the ultimate motivations of the developer are in doing this, be it further profit, brand protection, fan mollification, etc. It's whether or not you can do it without compromising the artistic vision of your narrative. Gaming is uniquely fluid in its ability to change in this respect, allow for multiple resolutions. It is not comparable to traditional media in this respect.
 

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VonKlaw said:
So either they deliberately released an unfinished game with the intent to release this DLC later, or they're lying and this new DLC is a (rushed job) attempt to stop the s**tstorm of annoyed fans...

Decisions, decisions.
One rumor states that they planned for this because of the leaks. Make the ending separate from the main game with a DLC. I heard about this even before the game was released. I'm not saying it's true, but I don't blame Bioware if this was thieir plan all along.
 

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I don't give a damn about the multiplayer. The only reason the MP matters at all is to raise Galactic Readiness so that I could reach the ending of the game without dying.

Except havig Shepard die before seeing that wretched final five minutes would have been a better ending anyway.
 

Zen Toombs

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Jitters said:
Yes, that's going to be the name of the magic DLC that will fix all the woes people have about the Mass Effect 3 endings. You'll be able to continue playing after the ending and it's adding a TON of multiplayer stuff including:

At least two new maps

Two new enemy types

Batarian and Geth Characters

AND IT'S ALL FREE PEOPLE!!

After all the venom I've heard spewed about Bioware and mass Effect 3 lately, Ive stayed positive and I'm so glad I have. Now I can act all smug when this turns out to be the endings we all wanted to see.

http://www.gamefront.com/rumor-mass-effect-3-dlc-the-truth-due-in-april/

Here's hoping April or May will make everything right with the galaxy
Jitters said:
That was a joke.
 

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Smeggs said:
I don't give a damn about the multiplayer. The only reason the MP matters at all is to raise Galactic Readiness so that I could reach the ending of the game without dying.

Except havig Shepard die before seeing that wretched final five minutes would have been a better ending anyway.
I find multi fun, but to each their own.

Before hearing about the Indoctrination being real, I was very disappointed with the Ending, now Im really happy with it.
 

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While this all seems too good to be true, can't help but have hope.

"You've put the people together, the vision - and what you've done Shepard, is build hope."

(cookie if you know who said it and when)
 

Mycroft Holmes

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So some random dude posts stuff on some random forum. And everyone picks it up as truth. Man people are desperate.

hey watch this:

"We here at Bioware had to conform to a timetable set up by EA when we produced Mass Effect 3. Our original intent was to allow the players to assemble their own squad including any of their former squad mates and not just the ones we provided in the base game. Our latest DLC will open up the ability to recruit anyone as a squad mate.

We are also opening up class types in multiplayer to more accurately reflect the races and their particular strengths. We apologize for not releasing the Krogan Vanguard class before however testing constraints made it impossible at the time. It was always our intention to rectify this mistake through DLC.

All that content, and this might as well be labeled an expansion pack.

And it's free.

You're welcome."

Quick guys, spread the message around. ^ that right there is proof of Biowares intentions guys.


LHZA said:
One rumor states that they planned for this because of the leaks. Make the ending separate from the main game with a DLC. I heard about this even before the game was released. I'm not saying it's true, but I don't blame Bioware if this was thieir plan all along.
Of course, I'm sure it was all a calculated ploy to reduce sales.
 

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soren7550 said:
While this all seems too good to be true, can't help but have hope.

"You've put the people together, the vision - and what you've done Shepard, is build hope."

(cookie if you know who said it and when)
It was...

during a romance with Kaiden right before Shepard has the 3rd dream and you sleep with him. Also kinda like how Kaiden says it if you romance him as a Male Shepard too, lol.
EDIT: After. AFTER the 3rd dream and you sleep with him. My bad.

Yeah, I'll hope. But I just...don't know how I'll be if its all a lie.

If its true and the endings in that DLC are at least tolerable, I demand someone make a comic of a Bioware employee stepping onto a crowd of angry fans and say "Ah yes Mass Effect 3, an game whose endings have been said destroy how a person feels about the whole series, we have dismissed that claim" and plop that DLC into the hands of fans.

Oooh, when I imagine that...no, no. Can't get too hopeful afterall. Lol.