Mass Effect 3 - The Catalyst (1 Hour of Music) 

When it's the fate of intelligent life in the galaxy, some time to think about it is okay.

Im sure the millions who died would rather die than let the wrong choice be made.

@@Galagagamer10010 I won't lie though, after watching the High Paragon - High EMS Control & Synthesis endings on RU-vid, both of those don't seem too bad either now

Because then, in context you of course go against what the mission objective was in Shep's mind which is destroy. With Synthesis it's like what Saren had in mind originally but failed, and gave in to fear and hopelessness, and indoctrinated too With Control it's along the lines of what TIM was hoping for while still somewhat rational, but he of course (if successful) would've only controlled them for Cerberus 1st & Humanity in General 2nd All other species would've been killed or enslaved But with paragon Shepard, he controls to protect and watch over all species And with Synthesis, everyone is still the same, but now with the knowledge of AIs and AIs with the knowledge of organics, both working together to build a Heaven out of the Galaxy more or less

@@TheNumerosopher Synthesis is the go-to ending for me. It leads to greater understanding on both sides, and unlimited access to the knowledge of civilizations past. Imagine the existential and technological leap that comes from this. Not to mention that everyone in the galaxy is now on equal footing. It's beyond my ability to even imagine the full implications of it all.

I agree. The trilogy was special and I don't believe there's any game quite like it. It inspired me to start my own journey. Joining the Marine Corps in a few months now, going for MARSOC. Let's see what happens. :)

You still calibrating stuff Garrus?

yeah, music is spot on, too bad for the friggin star-kid.

The fact i regulary walk in people with mass effect names on youtube is really cool ... ho wait..

@@anon8206 Any update?

Divine is the perfect word I’d use to describe it. This is the sound I’d imagine hearing the moment my soul separates from my body when I die.

It hits all the right notes. It's a clear, definite sense of "it has come to this. This is the end. And you have to choose." I do not agree with this game's ending. But it's presentation is unparalleled.

It's the sound when inter dimensional beings open up 4d to us 3d folk.

Perfectly calibrated.

You only had to decide the fate of an entire galaxy..no pressure.

Deciding the fate of the galaxy when all the choices are disappointing.

@@SwCreators That is because the question is to big to find a entirely satisfying answer. Some questions simply are.

@@Raffney Do you think this is truely the message the writers tried to get across? To me it was more of an issue with EA's corperate structure forcing the game out to please their shareholders. Throughout the Mass Effect trilogy the reapers were represented as ruthless, diabolical, apathetic killing machines. They would liquify humans and use them as a fuel source! They would psionically indoctrinate subjects and bend them to their will. They would turn the dead into husks that would then hunt and kill their own brethren and families. To me this sudden twist at the end of ME3 goes against everything the reapers represented up to this point. Now I think the ME team wanted to throw in a plot twist like they did with Saren and again with the Illusive Man, but I found that it was poorly executed.

​@@SwCreators The entire ending is poorly executed and your statement represents exactly my feelings back then. Though i'm a big mass effect fan and i still loved the franchise for what it is. So i tried to see the best in it and over the years it became apparent to me that the ending does make sense if you allow it (some of the things in the ending are still stupid though). Anyway the creators in Bioware decided to make the story similar to Matrix but on a galactic scale. There is a nearly perfect system in place with an almighty unbeatable god ai pulling the strings from behind the scene. And everything becomes different in the end mainly cause of the actions of one chosen one. It's also similar between the two franchises how poorly this idea was received and understood. Mass audience can't handle big lore changing reveals that need a lot of thinking at the last second. Especially with that much bad company pr behind it.

ehm ehm Andromeda

@@fakedketchup5029 andromeda is fake news :D

I didn't think Andromeda was that bad either. But of course it doesn't come close to the trilogy. That's for sure. Still, a solid game.

@@joe_souls Not bad, but in terms of story and characters fails noticably compared to OG trilogy. Shame, cause there were potential to be if not great, but at least worthy to be mentioned alongsided with the rest games.

@@troller8680 it was also unfair to compare it to the whole trilogy and not just me1. Me1 was great, but it's just a nice little space opera and the trilogy gets carried by the emotional development in me2 so the apocalyptic feel in me3 pays off. If andromeda got time to grow as a trilogy, it might've been just as good or better.

Steven Tan I swear that this song played in my head when I was asked, sitting at a military recruiter's desk/office, after finished a bunch of paperwork, them the biggest decision I had to make: being asked about if I want to go active duty or Reserves...

Mythical Helljumper That is pretty big. The kind that has your life flashing before your eyes. Whichever you chose, I wish you the best.

Mythical Helljumper What branch are you thinking of joining?

@@SilentShadow07 you alive!

The paths are opened but you have to choose...

That is what true art does. It makes you forget yourself as it briefly lifts you into a higher state of being. Videogames have truly come a long way.

Same here, same age and same experience haha

It's heart warming to hear this, I played it when it came out in 2007 when I was 9 and the music and the emotion it portrays always stuck with me. I think the real mastery in the MEU is how we feel and who we want to be. And the music is where that shines.

Same with me, It's given me more memorable moments then anything modern TV has ever produced.

Same man, this is the game to my life. I’m 22 now but I first played it when I was 14 thanks to my older brother introducing it to me. Fan till the end 🤞

Played 1 at 11, 3 at 13, 2 with legendary at 24.

I disagree. Time seems suspended to me.

@@Damocles16 I feel like this music question "Was the end goal worth it and what awnser will you give"

me too

I am listening to this song for hours !!!

Впервые прошел её примерно в этом же возрасте, эта игра подарила мне столько эмоций, приятных воспоминаний и ассоциаций, каждая композиция, включая эту, как будто возвращает в прошлое, каждый раз, когда я включаю любую из них на фон, пока занимаюсь чем-то, сам не замечаю, как застываю на месте и прокручиваю в голове всё то, что я испытал, проходя этот шедевр.И конкретно от этой каждый раз становится так тяжело на душе, на глаза наворачиваются слезы, не только от самого момента, в который она играла, но и от осознания, что история закончена, что я больше не испытаю тех же эмоций, что испытал, проходя игру впервые.Великая игра, великая вселенная.

Is this Russian?

EA rushed the development and the ending was written behind closed doors without peer review. I do agree with you, I have yet to play another franchise that has made me feel the same way but it couldve been more and that sucks

Okay Sheppard.

*SO BE IT*

do i seriousky sound like that?

@@cosminposoiu8486 yes

I should go. I *Should* go. *I* should go. *I should go*

Sais terrifiant surtout qu'elle issue a la fin de la partie

And also original trilogy will continue! New Mass Effect is coming

@@verybadastronom879 Continuation of the original trilogy, as in an actual continuation or a spin-off like Andromeda?

@@Oshaoxin Yes, continuation of the original trilogy. The game will take place shortly after ME3. So one of the ME3 ending will be canon and i think it will be the Destroy ending. Look at this video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lg-Ctg6k_Ao.html&ab_channel=MassEffect

Yes. In the new Mass Effect you play as the protagonist named Will Continue.

@@raigorstonehoof6477 Sounds legit.

Actually, Synthesis is about coexistence, rather than submission. Which is always the most difficult choice, hence the high requirements.

@@mrmaster9801 Synthesis is exactly what sarens said in ME1 in Vermire

@@Roman7- I don't remember his words, what were they exactly?

@@mrmaster9801 "Union of flesh and steel. The strenghts of both, the weaknesses of neither"

It makes you wonder if maybe Saren was onto something.

yeah some people make it sound like mass effect 3 is horrible and hate on it just because of the ending. but despite the ending, it's a really good game. not the best, i still like mass effect 2 better, but still enjoyable.

The Extended Cut made it much better. But yes, I agree, I wanted something different back then. Still do now. "A Happy Ending for my Shepard with his/her Love Interest".

@@AidanPryde09 Some mods made it even better, and I am not talking of cool graphs or uber epic scenes, but "few" tweeks, rescuing cut content even some text...after been playing with those updated for the LE on for the first time, you know why the vanilla game was so criticized🤷‍♂️

@@Hellion73 no, you are being dishonest - were there issues? Yes - but social media exaggerates everything. Maybe people who were not THAT negative got themselves caught up in a hate train. YOu see it today with people who dont care about Halo MP being grabbed up by videos made by people who only care about the MP. Some people are want to be sheep. That proves nothing.

I chose Synthesis.

U'Maaaanity !! Fuck YEAH !

Seems like Illusive Man wasn't wrong about Humanity intricate superiority once politics are thrown away.

@@Cynwale Its because humanity as a whole is an ambitious species. The problem with Cerberus was their "by any means" ideology sometimes encouraging committing war-crimes, and even self-harming other humans in the name of advancement. Cerberus in principle isn't bad, and i would likely be on team Cerb. However, their organization in practice would have been okay with genocide of other species so long as it meant power. That is where they were flawed because of one mans ego. Goes to show even a powerful, and often times intentional organization can, lose its way due to a leaders self-ambition and ego.

@@ElSombraRegio7 By any means can be useful especially in case of extreme urgency, but Illusive Man being the casual genocide enjoyer is just a dumb excuse used to separate Shepard from Cerberus, he is smart, and extremely ressourceful, if a specie is genocided, it's only because it was necessary and the last only possible solution. If there was no other races, Humanity wouldn't have won this war, and the Illusive Man knows it, no matter how much the character was butchered for storyline purpose.

It's a space opera. What did ya'll expect?

.... Why didn't he just shoot the exploding tank from further away like we had been doing through all the games though? Just saying.. walking towards the exposion and shooting it was pretty dumb of Shepard and he should know better after three games.

@@Zinodin The whole platform gets destroyed anyway so they might as well get closer for a better shot.

@@shaun5809 How would one know that before hand? Why not climb to one of the supporting pillars if that's the case and shoot it from there? In either case. This ending only work if you don't question anything. Too bad there are a thousand unanswered questions that the ending presents in the last five minutes and doesn't even up resolving that. It's a terrbily written ending.

@@Zinodin you expect an injured limping shepart to be able to climb lol.

@@Zinodin did nobody pay attention to what the intelligence told Shepard? Shepard is part synthetic, he dies no matter which option you choose.

Remastered trilogy is coming next year confirmed ;D

@@george_3264 and then a new mass effect game. probably MEA2

The third game is by far my favourite! The galactic apocalypse is so intense and all characters act fluidly and always have unique things to say.

@@george_3264 just a remaster, so they probably won't change much aside from visuals and maybe adding some qol features

The soundtrack for the entire trilogy is amazing. ME3 especially

WHERE IS THE OTHER VERSIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

Oh, hell yeah! I'd be absolutely on board with that idea if it happens.

it should have ben

We got a better one

a bit ironic u being able to go to sleep with a song called wake up.

Very nice. My last playthrough of the series ended with Engineer Broshep just wanting all the space war nonsense to just end, so he went with high asset Destroy, just as your Femshep Soldier.

I did a similar thing on one of my walkthroughs, just for something different. I went with all renegade choices, so ultimately most people where there is a choice ended up dead. I deliberately killed people off as a way to make it realistic. It was a very dramatic playthrough lol. My default playthrough is mostly renegade but keeps his squad intact. Does the loyalty missions etc. I've only been full paragon once or twice. I prefer the dramatic playthroughs lol

I can only bring myself to choose my infiltrator Femshep, because I did everything I could to make this Sherpard's story incredibly deep and meaningful. My Sherpard (who, all her life, always witnessed everything in life, including farming, as a big business machine) at first joined the military for revenge and protection. But after Akuze, she went throught a philosophical stage, that made her re-think everything that happened in her life so far, trying to find a purpose to all of this suffering. The answer to her question came when she chose to become what she saw as the perfect predator in the N7 program. Thing is, she didn't want to simply destroy things in the name of her duty. She also wanted to create something and build upon what already existed, with the cards she was given. So she became incredibly manipulative, calculating and cold, but with enough humanity to build the proper resistance against the Reapers. However, that didn't stop her from manipulating the Council throught public pressure, sabotage the Genophage (even though she saved Maelon's data) in the hopes that after the war, a third solution for the Krogan problem was found, kill Samara, because she wanted to perform a psychological experiment on Morinth, etc, as she hoped to create her own vision of a superior civilization. In the ending, she knew she couldn't choose to destroy, because then all of her planning, scheming and sacrifice would be for nothing, as they were made taking into account a connected society filled with Reaper technology. Worse, she would still be alive to witness this new society (I tested that). But there was a way she could still win, even if she chose either Control or Synthesis. Javik's memory shard. If she understood correctly the proccess behind those two endings thanks to the time she spent around the Geth and the Asari, and if she learned the lesson of hope and faith in other people correctly, then she could have the shard be incorporated in the Reapers' infrastructure alongside her, which would eventually cause such a strong emotional response, that they would have no choice but to either become hesitant in hurting people, giving said people enough time to find a way to destroy them, or have them commit a massive suicide against each other. Which one she chose ? That really depends on how commited she is to see change, imposed or not. And how willing she is to take that risk with the shard. I'm still not sure which of those two endings should be the official one for her. Leave down in the comments.

Know true fan when you see him lol. Thank for the post enjoyed it

And the HD remaster is not going to bring peace either.

@@VALKYMETAL fuck the hd remaster. it ruined the modding scene

@@VALKYMETAL The Remaster will create more fighting over the ending.

The emotions are everything you felt during the trilogy It is the moment you think to yourself all the good memories you had during the trilogy And now is the destination worth it If not then your journey wasn't You choose to make things different You have understanding of why this happens Now the choice is now

This epic story has a way of getting into your mind like that and you can almost feel the weight of the decisions where Billions and Billions of lives hang on the edge of the abyss

Babylon 5 tv series has a very similar story. It's from the 1990's but worth watching.

Yes, but try to tell gamers that these days. They haven't a clue. Nowadays, compare the ME Trilogy to mostly anything recent, and the recent can't hold a candle to it.

Steve IRE Unless you bring up the Witcher 3. But it only had the one masterpiece game while Mass Effect has a complete trilogy of games that have their strengths and weaknesses. ME1: Best story ME2: Best characters and Final Mission ME3: Best Gameplay Me personally: ME3 > ME1 > ME2

that's because you didn't play ME3 when it was released. You probably got to play it with the extended endings. The originals were really bad and short. The fans were pissed because Bioware said that the ending wouldn't be a "choose A, B or C" ending, but that was exactly wha it was. In the end, the choices you make through the games don't really matter that much, you just have to choose one ending and that's all.

Shepard? Wrex? Grunt?

probably. I just wanted something like the ending of Dragon Age Inquisiton, and explanation of what happened next.

I hated the ending but as you said, I was and still am emotionally invested and despite my opinion on the ending Mass effect trilogy is amazing.

@@DrHouseNUFC people hated the ending because of how the child said that synthetics and organics can't co exist peacefully even though the peace between the geths and organics disprove that. If you ask me they should have gone with the original explanation instead of this bull

@@GuyFawkesuphistory54 I agree

I disliked the ending because of their inability to animate cutscenes as to the fate of the races post war. They were really lazy.

I am alive. All of us, synthetic and organic, have been changed. The war is over, and the Reapers are helping to rebuild. Where once they threatened us with extinction... ...they now bring us the collective knowledge of the cultures that came before. As a galaxy, we can now live the lives we have wished for... ...taking our first steps into a new and wonderful future... ...where organics and synthetics can coexist peacefully. With peace across the galaxy and with unlimited access to knowledge... ...to recover the greatness that was lost... ...and surpass it. We will reclaim our worlds... and the stars. As the line between synthetic and organic disappears, we may transcend mortality itself... ...to reach a level of existence I cannot even imagine. And we will remember that this chance for a new life did not come without cost. No matter how far we advance, we will remember the sacrifices of those who made it possible. And we will remember Shepard. Because of him... I am alive, and I am not alone. - EDI, Synthesis ending

You only say that because you dont see the scope of your actions. The direct influence of Shepard is immeasurable. But so can yours be, if from a distance. Our actions flow outwards like ripples in a pond. In time, they travel around the world. Will you create good or bad ripples? Your choices can, and will change, someones life.

I somewhat agree, but the older I have gotten, the more I like the endings of Mass Effect. The older I get, the more I appreciated art that mirror reality. Reality is seldom, if ever, perfect. Sweet choices are often spiced with bitterness. I find it appropriate that Mass Effect, that was almost like a second life, also have no perfect endings. You always have to sacrifice SOMETHING. Life is your choice of what it is.

@@tzimiable true, but since life has many possibilities, a game that pretends to mirror it should have at least the small chance to make everything go "right". If, on the other hand, we say that a game cannot mimic life perfectly, that "it's just a game" or "I just want to enjoy some quality time, without thinking too much about real life", then we have even a better reason to provide such an ending.

I chose the Synthesis ending.

It's the only real way they can go if they intend to at all continue, even vaguely, the storyline from the original trilogy. Of course, I don't think they will do that, since that would permanently ruin replays of the OG trilogy, but they might just be that stupid, you never know. In the teaser, Liara was alive and looked normal, so that at least rules out synthesis, which a lot of people like to claim as the "best" ending (it's not, btw). At the end of the day, I don't think people should expect the new ME (if it's even released) to have more than loose connections at best to the OG trilogy

@@TheLastCrusader22 Well said. I agree that if EA/BioWare commit to one ending, then it sort screws the ME3 experience even more. So maybe loose connections are all we get. Because it's not just whether Shepherd survived but whether the mass relays are intact, the reapers are controlled/destroyed, and so on. Then there are all the story choices - did the Geth and Quarians make peace? Did one finally win on Rannok? Did the Krogan Genohpage get cured? Did the Salarians join the allied fleet at Earth? :)

Well 3 things can happen : - ME4 will not (or vaguely) have a connection with the trilogy - The game would let you import your ME3 save - The game will consider a cannon ending (unlikely)

@@N1ghtwalk3r The first one seems most likely.

Continuing the cycle?

1 year old comment I know. Mansell did not ever touch this music. He only wrote The Child and Leaving Earth for the first mission. Sam Hulick reused his theme and made An End Once And For All, all by himself and this theme (Wake Up) was entirely written by Sam Hulick.

ME3 wrecked me emotionally

That ending lead to a pretty similar scenario, and in my opinion it was worse. The only thing I like more about it is that it had previous build up in me2, but that's it.

Then the choice would be either sacrifice all humanity in order to let Reapers find solution to dark energy problem or destroy Reapers to deal with it on its own. THAT is much difficult choice. I think most of people would just destroy Reapers, and many still would be not satisfied, cause again this ending doesn't depend on all your previous choices

ME3 was ...... is a travesty of bad game design from start to finish. ME3 is an insult to the fans and everything Mass Effect. ME3 is BioWare's F U to the series and the fans.

@@tonycmac I don't know, got that much more in ME:A

Les fr fans de JDG XD

I should go

I've always said that. People just liked to jump on the hate bandwagon back then, as those sorts of people still do and always will. It's by no means a flawless ending, it's not the best I've ever seen, but it's DAMN well not nearly as bad as some people were screaming it was. Apart from most people already knowing how it ends, that was the other major reason the remasters didn't reginite the "controversy", because increasing amounts of people have reevaluated their hasty opinions and recognised a lot of the ME hate in 2012 was bandwagoning. Not nearly as many as should have, mind you, but still. They probably just wanted a happy ever after ending where everyone is fine anyway, including Shepard. That would be have been much more insulting. My Shepard was, is, and always will be willing to lay down her life to protect the galaxy. That was always her destiny and I've never been upset about that part

@@TheLastCrusader22 Agree, and I think with how things are now in the world and with game design being a lot more diverse than it was back then, people now would get it a lot more than they did back then. It was just too far ahead of its time, maybe.

​@@TheLastCrusader22 Yeah. The ending is good in the extended cut. It's just that ME has one of the most diverse and opposite fanbases I've ever encountered in gaming. It's probably because of the game's impressive content and codex. It's the case of "you can't satisfy everyone".

That's why I download the happy ending mod on PC and ignore the Bioware endings. Bioware seems pretty insistent that the ending is your own anyway and they won't address them in other games so whatever you imagine happened is probably valid. Even imaginary endings. That said, Mac Walters and Casey Hudson fucked up the ending. They wrote it alone without any feedback from any other writers and it lead to a huge disconnect between the endings we got and the rest of the trilogy. Here's an example on how poorly the original endings were (I got 50 more complaints, but whatever): In the original endings, no matter which one you chose, all the mass relays would explode. The Arrival DLC in ME2 said that mass relays exploding would wipe out entire solar systems, and ME3 starts off by yelling at you for blowing up one. It's a big deal when one mass relay blows up apparently and for all of them to explode in the end would mean genocide everywhere. Everyone you knew as Shepard is dead. In the extended cut, they patched it so that only parts of the mass relays blow up, so people are stranded in solar systems instead... But that doesn't matter because the people fix it right away and go home afterwards. So... Wouldn't it be easier to not have them explode at all? The players won't miss this part at all, and it would save the animators and 3D modellers a lot time to work on other things. We're addressing something that's not important in the last 5 mins of the game. This alone proves that the original ending was pretty dumb and Mac Walters and Casey Hudson don't really care about what happened in the other parts of the games. The extended cut was a turd polishing exercise.. It's a well done polish, but it's still a turd ending that answers questions no one cares about. We cared about everything else in the games and they should've just addressed those things instead. It's just frustrating because the other games like NWN, Jade Empire, Dragon Age 1 and 3 had real endings.. so Bioware knows how to make proper endings, but they don't do it in ME3 because Casey Hudson and Mac Walters are stubborn jerks who let the ego go to their heads.

@@Zinodin Very true indeed, that ending just left so much untold, everythin we actually cared about was not even addressed, only the damn mass relays and they don't even point out for sure the consequences, as you said there. For a trilogy such as this, it needed an epilogue of some kind. Not saying that shepard should have lived, but they needed to give some closure for us on everything else and that never happened, it was simply "So you destroy the reapers and mass relays explode. The end", quite literaly it was just that. It makes no sense.

@@thenot-so-smartfox4145 Yeah.. No one really minds what actually happens. But it's like Bioware start a bunch of new problems without closing up the old game or addressing the new 50 problems they created in the last 5 mins. There could be a whole new game about whatever endings we pick and we can discuss it to death there. I'm sure it would be fun to explore the theoretical problems there. But BioWare is like: "Here's a bunch of new vague ideas! Kbye!" Us: "... ok, but you created new problems that goes against everything we know so far. I got some questions..." "No we don't wanna talk about it anymoreBYE!" Us: "Ok. Fine I guess." Bioware: "You will find this ending deep and interesting." Us: "... No. You took your ball and went home. That's fine, but your behavior is childish, unprofessional and it reflects badly on everyone working at Bioware unfortunately. The rest of the game was really good but all we can remember is those last 5 minutes where you ignored your entire team's build up and hard work." Sure enough.. Plenty of people quit Bioware later because of bad work conditions, so I guess that proves that management over there is going to shit on several levels. Everyone who was disappointed by the endigns or other things over the last years were proven right, but everyone still loses 'cause customers weren't asking for the world.. We just want Bioware to do a good job and do things that make sense. Also.. For the record: I don't mind sad, fitting endings like in Silent Hill 2, Deadly Premonition, Metal Gear 1 etc. In fact, I love those... But Mass Effect 3 could've had both sad and happy endings because ME2 had that as well. So did Dragon age 1 and 3. You could fail there and still get an ending. Adding different endings of greater variety would only have added to the replay value where your choices mattered. Oh well.

i just can say something... life itself is a cycle and that is way so make up your mind and think we create synthetics to make our lives easier but they can't comprehend us, that's why they seem to rebel against their creators and the reapers had to be created to harvest old life and make new ones

​But the biggest issue is that the game hasn't been about humans versus robot idealogies. The reapers didn't bother offering us an explenation for three games, so it's been more about survival and forming friends and allies in a war and stopping a big threat. The ghost child comes in at the end with solutions that aren't that well explained and goes against the lessons we have learned. Again.. I have no problem with the premises of the ending, but they should have spent 3 games explaining this to us.. Instead, Shepard has killed Saren and Illusive Man for trying to control synethics or merge them with all lifeforms... and then you do the exact same thing they wanted in the last 5 minutes of the game. Shepard should have just joined with Saren in the first game, or the Illusive Man in the other two if that's what we wanted. :P The ending is stupid.

I never thought of it that way

I Disagree. Forget about reality and lets keep this simple. Mass Effect 2 has a better ending, why? The "bond" you make with your team and choices you make for them shape the outcome of the final mission. Be aware of the fact that you can actually fail the final mission even after completing it. Should you choose this route to failure, you will be unable to transfer your progress from Mass Effect 2 to 3. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FZY-sXrQeh0.html

@@alone9871 Me 2 better ending?! ahahahha..yeah right..writer of that game saw terminator and thinked "i want that as a final boss". Also it didnt make any sense why those collectors would be making reaper. And they were not threat.

@@markoliimatainen2565 Douche canoe detected

I think the main problem people had was not because the options all had negative consequences, it's because the last choice you make is a false choice. Every other choice was reliant on previous choices. Then all of a sudden, this is thrown out the window and you choose which lever to pull for an ending. This was a huge complaint I had with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, especially when in the sequel when they went with a canon choice anyway. It's not that it was "realistic", it was badly implemented and was disconnected from the rest of the game. I don't mind a downer ending, or a bad ending, I just don't like endings that isolate themselves from the narrative and feel of something.

They've taken the blue pill

@@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 My brothers who played Halo 2 in Legendary told me: "******** ***** ******** ****** JACKALS SNIPERS!"

@@Cynwale I think drones and brutes are far more annoying. I've beaten the game on legendary and I'm clinically insane because of it.

@@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 Never tried it personally, but the recurring rage was from Snipers.

Worst ending ever. Period.

По сути ванильная версия игры не совсем точно раскрыла целей жнецов и уж тем более не давала какой-то глобальной разницы между концовками. Большинство, пройдя игру в первые же недели ее выхода, просто-напросто столкнулись с "пустышкой" в конце, а более поздние прохождения расширенной версии со всеми дополнениями уже не дали такого драйва прохождения игры как в первый раз - из-за этого и негатив. Мне повезло, у меня просто не хватало времени на третью часть в первые недели, поэтому я приступил к ней уже в расширенной версии, перепройдя предыдущие части перед прохождением. Касательно концовок, синтез считаю не просто лучшей, а наиболее каноничной, т.к. вся суть цикла жнецов большинству так и осталась неясна. Суть заключалась не просто в поддержании жизни путем выкашивания высоко-развитых стагнирующих в войнах рас, а в эволюции рас, не только чисто биологической, но и моральной, путем отбора достойных в цикле с конечным условием выхода из цикла в Катализаторе. Даже чисто "программно" такое решение ИИ, созданное Левиафанами с целью прекращения стагнации и хаоса в галактике, выглядит наиболее оптимально. Ну еще многим не нравится эта концовка, т.к. Шеп погибает во всех смыслах, хотя они не понимают, что подобной жертвой главный герой, аки Спаситель, дает галактике новую эпоху, уровень развития которой просто уходит за горизонт мышления обычного игрока, который игру не для "подумоть" проходит Думаю, если когда-нибудь по Масс Эффекту снимут серию фильмов, именно синтез будет финалом

@@slavpetrovich32 фильм уже врятли снимут, так разговоры о съёмках идут уж почти лет десять а воз и ныне там. да и страшно мне за фильм, игра великолепная, а не обгадят ли всё это на экране как часто случается?... лично мне достаточно трилогии, которую я прошел несколько раз, за оба пола, за героя и отступника, и за разные классы (но всегда выбирал синтез ибо любые другие варианты просто глупые и не разумные мягко говоря).

Согласен синтез решит основную проблематику игры вокруг которой и был построен весь сюжет раз и навсегда, остальные концовки это полумеры. Но так же есть и недостаток для меня в виде того что не очень приятно видеть своих членов отряда и любимку изменёнными ведь они нравятся такие какие есть, то что Шепард погибает и уже не будет "они жили долго и счастливо" тоже огорчило но видимо такова героическая судьба, пожертвуй собой ради других...

Как Вы красиво и эмоционально это описали. Мешком ностальгии, да прямо по башке) Да, и у меня всё так, разве только что, идя к лучу, Айрин Шепард встречала смерть как сон после тяжёлого дня, а обещание вернуться с самого начала было ложью - она и не надеялась вернуться. Насчёт "очевидно" пожалуй можно поспорить - при желании о любой концовке, кроме разве что отрицания, можно написать километр текста на тему "почему именно ____________ концовка единственно правильная" (хотя ТОГДА-то я вообще нисколько не сомневалась насчёт зелёного, и в характер моего персонажа он лучше всего вписывался). Даже "теория одурманивания", которую лично я сильно не люблю за то, что она превращает историю, подобную библейской притче в какой-то вселенский детектив, в принципе логична. Как по мне, концовки прекрасны (если с Extended Cut, как без, я не знаю). Можно считать Горн "богом из машины", но с такими врагами сразу было понятно, что для победы, или даже для выживания, нужно чудо - и чудо случается. Что касается проработки персонажей - мне кажется, что более живых и проработанных персонажей я и вовсе нигде больше не встречала - как в плане работы сценаристов, так и не в последнюю очередь в плане озвучки. Английская озвучка гениальна, не меньше. А вот теперь, кажется, я имею все шансы пополнить ряды нытиков, в том, что касается продолжения. Очень уж мне не нравится идея того, чтобы какая-либо концовка была вот прям железно каноничной - тем более красная. И идея ещё раз откопать и оживить Шепард(а) тоже не слишком радует. Прошу прощения за некропостинг и этот словесный салат.

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@Natalia Reyes Not to mention I would not be able to tolerate ANY voice other than Tali, for Tali. Best voice ever.

*Shepard eyeing up the Destroy ending with malicious intent:* "Wanna bet?"