WARNING MASS EFFECT 2 ENDING SPOILERS

[Woodsey]

Zaeed (don't care) and Mordin (nooooooooo!) died.

Miranda nearly died in that bit after you defeat the human Reaper and you slide down, but Shep saved her. Dunno if its possible for someone to die in that bit or not, but it was squeaky-bum-time for sure.

I don't get why everyone is so obsessed with having everyone survive though. I've had one playthrough and left it at that - having perfect playthroughs destroys the point of the games. I don't want to know the opposite outcome of every choice.

yes they can and it is possible to lose your whole team including joker on a single play through so for some people mass effect 3 is going to be a pretty lonely galaxy to explore.

Surely you'd have basically ONLY play the core missions to do that though? And even then I imagine it'd be difficult.

 

[Screamarie]

Everyone lived. I even saved all of my crew. And I've maintained loyalty on all my members.

 

[edman270]

I managed to save everyone. Honestly, it didn't seem like it was that difficult to do it. Next time I'm going to actively try to get every single person killed.

very fun thing to do good luck

 

[Gennadios]

I replayed the game 3 or 4 times, forgot the total.

After doing all the side missions and ensuring I have 600 of both Paragon and Renegade points so as not to lose loyalty during the two endgame arguments (Jack/Miranda and Legion/Tali.)

Got my perfect ending savegame. No deaths, full loyalty, all side quests.

I'm really interested in seeing what Bioware will do for Mass Effect 3 in terms of character imports and whatnot. Considering Dragon Age 2 was just a broke ass ME2 ripoff, it's a safe bet that ME3 will be the milestone for how Bioware handles the story arcs for their future series. If they mishandle it in any way I'm hanging up my fanboy hoodie.

 

[shotgunbob]

my first time thru I lost Tali and Jack

second time I lost just Jack

I was glad I was able to save Tali, hate to say it but I never really cared for Jack.

 

[Purplecoyote]

Updated everything, everyone was loyal, lost Jacob. But I didn't care since his writing was terrible and not to mention he was annoying. I was happy everyone else survived though, also Miranda got shot but didn't die, hurray!

 

[Kachiporra]

I losed Grunt, Thane and jack.

 

[mr.mystery]

Had samara die. but I hated her character she was waaaay to crazy for me

 

[BRex21]

I was worried people would die, but they never did. I dont know that ive had a game where i cared so much about the characters.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

everyone survived. no guide. even got some of the colonists

 

[Auxiliary]

First time I saved them all, I took one quick look at a guide to get the right dialogue choices with Morinth, but it was logical enough. Yes, I killed Samara >. Can't go wrong with Garrus as team captain!

 

[Weresquirrel]

The first time I only lost Mordin. And that was because I skipped over his loyalty quest completely. I thought that Wrex would be none to happy about assisting Dr. Genophage so I didn't go. And completely missed out on a really damned good quest because of it. I like Mordin a lot more now that I've seen his growth as a character. Subsequent play throughs gave me a 100% survival rate, except once when I tried to get the maximum number of folk killed. Got all but three, because I decided to do it late in the game and had some loyalty I couldn't get rid of.

 

[Captain Epic]

1st playthrough I lost Grunt to seeker swarms cause Miranda fails (genetically perfect, my ass). Thane died cause it never occured to me that assasins aren't natural born leaders. Already my 2 favourite characters bit the dust. Then Tali died because it was her or legion. Somehow Jack, who I was willing to shoot in the fucking skull just to make her shut up, survived. 2nd playthrough miranda and grunt died. On my current playthruogh I really don't want Grunt to die again. Frist time was sad but second was just annoying.

 

[Zetsubou-Sama]

Lost Thane

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Everyone survived on my first playthrough. Its really not hard saving everyone, just complete their loyalty missions and pick the right member for the tasks and you should be fine.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Well I lost Legion, Jacob and Zaeed in what was going to be my transfered Shepard, but I'm going to be doing another one now that I have Kasumi. We'll see how well that one goes, though I imagine it will be pretty good since by now I know most of the ins and outs of why people die in the final mission.

 

[Harrowdown]

Lost Jack, legion and Thane on the ship, then lost Grunt and Mordin in the fight. Played it again and kept everyone, but that first run is my personal canon.

 

[Jaxek13]

my first play I lost Jack, Thane, and Zaeed (he was a dick). Then I got a perfect one my second time.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

All survived thanks to my perfectionist need to get every upgrade for the ship and my squad. So...much...time....probing....

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I saved everyone. 4 times.

All survived thanks to my perfectionist need to get every upgrade for the ship and my squad. So...much...time....probing....

I hear you... at least they patched it, but it's still a pain in the arse.