Considering the possibilities, since Cerberus rebuilt and even cloned Shepard once, it could be a plot point that the Reapers could rebuild the body in the same manner and the Citadel + Crucible/Reapers (depending on the ending) could imbue a copy of his consciousness into it like replicating his personality either from the psyche uploaded into the Reapers or the genetic data channeled through the Synthesis blast. It would take massive amounts of work, idek if it would be possible considering how many minor choices would have to carry as far as ME1.
@DoctorEpicPhD4 күн бұрын
You could definitely argue that it's physically possible within the ME universe to bring Shepard back, the question of whether or not Bioware SHOULD bring Shepard back or let him/her rest is another one entirely😅
@ReiCaixa7 күн бұрын
I hope for a ME4 600 years after the main franchise, more specifically a bit after the Andromeda mission. With someone building an inter-galactic Mass Relay that can instantly travel between both galaxies. The Geths are believed to have moved to Andromeda, therefore they didn't all die in the Destroy ending. Not only Liara would be alive, but also Grunt, who was very young in the franchise with his species being able to survive a few thousands of years. And if Shepard were to be alive, he'd be brought from the ICE by Liara.
@DoctorEpicPhD4 күн бұрын
Interesting set-up (because I would like to see Grun again aswell)! A significant time-skip might be the best way forward like you're saying, especially if they want to merge the Andromeda and Milky Way stories!:D
@jynx0riZ0r8 күн бұрын
Destroy, Shepard Alive. Did not watch the vid, sorry, but +1. ;-)
@ParagonKev16 күн бұрын
I loved every moment lol
@zazoreal553620 күн бұрын
Mass effect 2 was the crowning jewel of the series. You had a extremely good ending and the opposite Based on your actions. ME 3 felt Even more epic and looked like it would top ME2. But then it failed right at the end. None of your choices mattered. I had max Paragon and still couldn't access the final Paragon dialogue. Even if you used cheats to get past that. It didn't matter. They took a experience that felt personal and said no! It just ruined the game entirely.
@whoisit19620 күн бұрын
Nothing Nothing should be forced canon It's supposed to be a malleable story, not a fixed one.
@JB-hf9sd21 күн бұрын
I think it would take lot of work, but I think they should write and create different universes based on the choices made. If you dont have any previous saved data in Mass efeect Games after the first, they have predermined choices you can make to designate key choices that they would have downloaded from the previous game, and implement those as the choices you made. The ending for Mass effect 3 is arguably not good though kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGV6pZiCerzaprA.htmlsi=yhg3hJc1jsYWwVT_
@user-ye4zk9wc5b24 күн бұрын
Im die for liara ❤(red end)
@xiromassave25 күн бұрын
I actually like the multiplayer mode in this game. There are so many people who play it. I think the story wasn’t too bad. I feel like many fans of the series can all agree that Commander Sheppard was the true hero in the Mass Effect franchise. It sucks that in the legendary edition there is no multiplayer at all in any of the games 1,2 or 3. I really enjoyed Mass Effect 3 online multiplayer as well. I just wish EA would add it to the Legendary edition or what I would rather be called ( The Commander Shepherd Chronicles )That should have been the real name for the legendary edition. I like the whole aspect of the Andromeda’s online play to build your stats and skills crafting guns and armor are not difficult at all. Very simple it’s so easy a caveman can do it… sorry that was supposed to be a joke. Honestly the graphics may have been downgraded but still a fun game to play online. I feel like if EA would put back multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3 the legendary edition. The game would be more popular just like COD BLACK OPS 2 Now or TITANFALL | 2. So many players went back to the old COD games because it’s better. I find matches all the time. It’s 2024 and the game still pops off online. I feel like the legendary edition would be the same all of the players who played the original on multiplayer would come back to it because of how better it was then andromeda. No I’m not saying Andromeda online was terrible but it couldn’t have gotten any better because of commander shepherd was the reason why people liked the original. EA tried their best with Andromeda like you said some people liked it and some people not so much. But to me it’s better than the legendary edition because andromeda does have online multiplayer. But like i said if the Legendary edition had online multiplayer. I would go back in a heartbeat to play Mass Effect 3 online in a heartbeat.
@kaseyboles3029 күн бұрын
They could have decided Shepard found a 4th solution. Not likely, but in character for Sheppard.
@DoctorEpicPhD28 күн бұрын
Yeah but that could possibly make the ME3 ending retroactivtely worse IMO since it wasn't shown at least not directly in ME3 that there was an option other than destroy, control, synthesis and refusal😅🥲
@Foggfjw29 күн бұрын
just to be realistic they should choose the most interesting canon for a sequel and force 99 %. i just want interesting consequences and new characters. And a timejump. some hundred years.
@DoctorEpicPhD28 күн бұрын
That might end up being the best way to start the next game actually! But there is just some part of me wanting to see consequences of the previous games carry on as much as possible in all sequels for all time😂🥲
@Orser82Ай бұрын
It should be destroy, and both Vermier options are gone, and the Citadel is partially destroyed.
@vincentwolf1456Ай бұрын
Fanmade MEHEM ending should be canon >.>
@cantdestroyher7245Ай бұрын
"It was all a dream"
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Wakes up on Lazarus table: "You don't have time to wait around Shepard, grab your weapons and armor!"
@spartastic4Ай бұрын
Without watching the video; with the Legendary edition released, they should allow us to import our data from that to make the state of rhe world based off of our choices. That would take a shit ton if effort but it would be in the spirit of Mass Effect.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
That's what I'm hoping for!:D Can't wait to find out how they solve this!
@stardust7219Ай бұрын
More than likely, it’s a prequel to ME2. It’s Liara finding Shepard
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Wow, that would be a plot twist! But the dead reapers would perhaps suggest that it's set after ME3? Though I guess you could argue there are likely some other dead reaper corpses from before ME3 dormant across the entire galaxy, like the leviathan of dis But then we also have what looks like wrinkles on Liara, also suggesting a time-skip after ME3🤔
@myfather1405Ай бұрын
nope.. you got 4 ending choices... every exept mby the stupid choice of letting shit continue MUST be in the me 4 IF it follows shepard.. if they ignore that then ur choices dont make a diff and the games just null.. make the game BIG shouldnt be a problem..make it so EVERY big choices u made in the prequels follows up to this.. and in that.. making the secound and third playthrue be a whole new experiance.. that would be a gam worth billions! and make up for the stupid andromeda!
@sergeonthelooseАй бұрын
Who cares? There won't be Mass Effect 4. Since Bioware is "celebrating transgendered species" something tells me they will go under before the release of the Mass Effect 4.
@dragginmeout4553Ай бұрын
im sure they could dredge up all the choices and pick and choose
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
It would be really epic gameplay to fill out a 10.000 word form with all possible choices before booting up the next game xD
@dragginmeout4553Ай бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD it would months lol
@BradleyGibbsАй бұрын
I think there shouldn't be any forced canon choices.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
That is my ideal wish too!:D (If it's possible, but that is sadly a BIG if😅)
@BradleyGibbsАй бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD it's definitely possible... Like they could have the exact same environments but voice 2-4 different major stories. Or they could do what they did in 2 & 3 where story choices you made had very minor effects later on. Ultimately though, that depends on leadership and investors. I wouldn't be surprised if we're disappointed because they're forced to have a short development frame.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
@@BradleyGibbs yeah it should be physically/technically possible, but like you said it hinges on what the leaders decide to do 🤢
@4hire565Ай бұрын
BioWare has the damn info. They have the Data! USE IT!
@jacoballen9523Ай бұрын
Shepard will be back in the next game and a new start
@TheCriswayzАй бұрын
What if... the choice was just a dream from the trauma of fighting the war and their choices. Or...what if they just liars!
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
I can't wait to boot up the next Mass Effect and hear the intro cutscene from Mass Effect 1 and Anderson saying: "That's the only kind of person who can protect the galaxy" and then Shepard wakes up to clock in for his minium wage shift at the Citadel sushi store 😂#itwasalladream
@connor9024Ай бұрын
Shepard is basically revan
@connor9024Ай бұрын
In reality we’re probably going to have a kotor2 situation where we kinda set the forced canon in Mass effect 4 through our conversations
@bable6314Ай бұрын
You could always just import saves, in that case.
@warriornorman4026Ай бұрын
I would prefer the destroy are the doctrination theory because I would like for Shepherd to come back for one more Mass effect I would like to see a happy ending for liara and Sheppard with those blue children
@warriornorman4026Ай бұрын
the only way I can see the gath surviving in the destroy ending as if maybe some of them left the Milky Way then came back to the Milky Way after the reapers were destroyed that's the only way I can see the gath in the destroy ending
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
That is definitely one of the most plausible ways for the Geth to survive (at least "real" Geth, and not Geth that have been remade from scratch)!:D
@Naomi-gr7fmАй бұрын
Control ending is ridiculous and borders on a Messiah complex. Shepard is special, but in no good and competent writing can be THAT special. Synthesis is kinda ridiculous to impose on everyone. The whole goal was to defeat the reapers. Organisms should be allowed to naturally evolve.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
There are many practical and ethical problems with Control/Synthesis like you're saying! I think that's why a lot of people prefer Destroy (though that too has it's own practical and ethical problems)
@dorottyapappАй бұрын
And that is one of the reasons we love Mass Effect, don't we? For the gray choices it presents to us. A lot of the time there is no right or wrong decision because all have pros and cons. In a way ME3's ending is genius because after more than a decade it still makes the fans debate about ethical and moral dilemmas of the different options. I personally don't have a favourable ending. How I choose depends on the kind of Shepard I created in my current playthrough. I ask myself: what choice does this version of Shepard make and why? I believe there is only a good/bad choice in the context of the version of Shepard you are currently playing as. But outside of it there is not an objectively good ending because as I wrote, all have pros and cons.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
You nailed it! :D And it sounds you like you have a very healthy way to play ME, letting you reflect on and explore all the different consequences and situations the ME universe can offer:) @@dorottyapapp
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
I knew you'd go with Destroy. Everyone is convinced Destroy is the best ending solely because Shepard seemingly gets to live. All the other reasons everyone gives for that choice are just excuses. But from the number of dead Reapers seen lying around in the promo it seems certain that's the direction they are going, and there are at least rumors that they have said as much. But IMHO the piece of N7 armor Liara finds in the promo is probably Shepard's, so he probably doesn't actually survive. Personally, after completing the entire trilogy five times; that's the ending I'd never ever choose. Well that and giving "The Star Child" the finger and saying "I don't need your choices." - it accomplishes nothing, it's essentially giving yourself the finger for playing through the game(s). But if Destroy is their cannon ending to the original trilogy they've lost a fan; I won't buy anymore ME games.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Thank you for the comment!:D I wouldn't personally say that Destroy ending is "the best ending", but in terms of providing a starting point for a sequel to ME3, then I think it would be the best one, simply and essentially due to the freedom it provides the writers to make a "traditional" ME experience :D If your preferred ending is Control or Synthesis, that would still be a legitimate way to wrap up the OG ME trilogy IMO If the sequel chooses Destroy ending as "canon", that would simply mean you can view the sequel as sort of alternate history to your preferred ending perhaps? (I'm fairly certain that the ending I chose on my first playthrough wasn't Destroy actually, so I understand you not wanting that ending)
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD I've seen many of these ME vids; especially many of the "ME3 Best Ending" vids where they choose the Destroy option, or otherwise insist that it's the best ending. I've even had long arguments with other vid creators who insisted Destroy is the Paragon ending. It's very clearly not. Not EVER in the trilogy is murder the paragon option. I have not previously seen even one vid that said otherwise about Destroy being best. See here's the thing I see; the Citadel AI is the Master; the Reapers only have the illusion of freedom but they spend 50k years sleeping in dark-space only to come back to enact genocide when the C-IA tells them to. So the Reapers aren't even the real enemy, the Citadel is. And Destroy doesn't destroy the Citadel as far as I can see. So no matter what you choose the Citadel gets away scott free. The Mastermind of the Reaper Genocides never pays for it's crimes; but everyone insists that making the pawns suffer for it is correct. That's why I say that every other excuse for choosing Destroy is just a cover for wanting Shepard to live. The Reaper's are just the victims of every previous genocide campaign and then are forced to support all of the next ones. They are just as much victims as everyone else. And the Mastermind walks.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
You're definitely touching on very central elements on why Destroy ending could be considered less ethical than the others! And I'm not here to tell you it is the "clear ethical choice"! Like I said, it has it's ethical and practical problems like you're describing here@@WickedPrince3D
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD See and that doesn't even touch on the backstabbing of the Geth, Legion and EDI. If you broker it right you get both the Quarians and the Geth as allies; and you repay the Geth by murdering them all. You make Legion's sacrifice to give his people true sentience pointless because you murder them all. So these people want us to believe that treachery and backstabbing is also Paragon. (Sorry if I'm harping; it's one of those situations that brings out my OCD really hard. ;) ) Note that as far as the rest of your vid and the questions; I agree that I'd prefer that they not do forced cannon and let us choose our own cannon ending. But I don't think they'll do that. They have a long habit of forcing the worst possible decisions as cannon as I've mentioned in other comments. I do not want them to decide that Shepard was a selfish, treacherous, backstabbing murderer. It cheapens the whole ME experience. It's rather like how in Aliens3 they decide that everybody who survived Aliens died in their sleep; including Ripley; it just took her longer to realize it. It cheapens the experience of watching the first movies knowing that your heroes all die in their sleep because they are STUPID. Who would not imagine that while the queen was lying low on the ship that she wouldn't lay eggs, not like that isn't her sole purpose or anything right? IMHO it's the same thing with many of the decisions in ME, especially the Destroy ending. If I accept the Destroy ending as cannon it removes a lot of my desire to ever play any of the games again because all of MY decisions are meaningless.
@clem7814Ай бұрын
Maybe BioWare will consider making the happy ending mod cannon😂
@madkabalАй бұрын
Destroy ending, thats really they only way. there is no story when everyone is brainwashed (synthesis) and shepard becoming a reaper (control) would only be cool if bioware had the ballz to turn our hero into a tyrant.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Yeah, if the game was set in a Control world it would probably have to be like Bladerunner or some other dystopia, running from the evil Shepard AI overlord crushing resistance with the blue reapers A synthesis world would most likely just be a peaceful utopia, so no conflict = boring story. If not, that too would likey play out as a dystopia running from the brainwashed synthesis species It would definitely be a very different kind of game compared to traditional ME! Could be good, but I fear it wouldn't feel like ME, but hey we could be wrong Destroy ending is definitely the safest choice if they want to recapture some Mass Effect magic I think!:D
@davidos8760Ай бұрын
They are not brainwashed in synthesis quite the opposite really
@madkabalАй бұрын
@davidos8760 yes they are.
@ThePhrog71415 күн бұрын
@@madkabalthat’s only a theory. canon wise it’s not brainwashing even if you don’t like it
@madkabal15 күн бұрын
@@ThePhrog714 it's brainwashing.
@AmphibiotАй бұрын
I think, not knowing any of the story of mass effect 4, that the fourth game will probably be a war between humans and turians on one side, against the asari and salarians on the other side. The council is no more. I am basing this on how the asari were always dragging their feet and never really did anything to help matters in mass effect 3, and the salarians are furious that the genophage was cured. On the other hand, the turians proved themselves to be great allies to the humans. The big bad would probably be an asari matriarch who has withheld even more protean knowledge from the rest of the races. There will also probably be a higly unethical salarian scientist who would make Josef Mengele look downright kind. Cerberus, in greek mythology, was a three headed dog, guarding the gates of the underworld. I have always thought that The Illusive Man was just one of the three "heads" of the organization. The unnamed benefactor who financed The Andromeda Initiative is the second head, and we will meet the third head in this game.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Extremely fascinating take! Thank you:D From a realistic perspective, it would be highly likely that some civil war between the milky way species could occur! It would also fit kinda well within traditional mass effect themes in the sense that there was always tension between the species Furthermore, a civil war/tension between the Milky Way species seems to be hinted at by the ME4 teasers so far, particularily Liara talking about how the Council shouldn't underestimate "human defiance" Could there be war between the Council species and humans? If that happens though, I hope we have a bigger "true" enemy as the main enemy, and the turians/Council for example as a secondary enemy in terms of threat level, sort of like the flood (main enemy) and covenant (secondary enemy) in Halo 1-3, as I don't think personally it would be super interesting to simply battle turians, we kinda saw how interesting that could be in ME Andromeda with the Kett empire, and it was kind of boring IMO (thought the Jardaan seemed interesting, shame they weren't given more space in the story)
@kietakasАй бұрын
If they're gonna do another mass effect properly, dont revive Shepard again and just introduce players to new conflicts and tell good stories. If they can recapture magic of Mass Effect 1 i'd be happy
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
This is the challenge that Bioware faces, making something new and good, but at the same time capturing the Mass Effect magic! Its hard to pinpoint what that magic is though and I don't envy the devs here havin to find that out! :O I actually made a video trying to explore what the ME magic is some time ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5ahmM2qp5TdgaQ.html
@EcardEcardianАй бұрын
I just assumed that the red colour ending happend even if that colour ending was really dumb. It was after all Shepard wishes all along. To stop the reapers. Fuck em up. Even if it cost Shepards life. Shepard knowes that everyone will life due to that. But Shepard has survived two planetary reentry so far. Shepard is space jesus at this point. What I what to see is a good game, that makes me feel something, not like Andromida, I only felt I what to uninstall this abomination of a game. Then burn my harddrive.
@Knight1029Ай бұрын
There should be forced canon simply because it would make the story a lot better and easier to do. Fallout 1 to 2 canonized choices. And for that series it worked and allowed it to still explore its story without getting bogged down on trying to make choices matter long term. For Mass Effect it should do the same. But only to big choices. Like which ending, curing the krogan, and saving or destroying the quarians/geth. That would be better because it can actually explore the logical consequences of those choices. Because honestly I don't want to have a game where all the choices basically boil down to the same outcome. If the krogan didn't get cured they would be even more irrelevant to extinct. Especially since Wrex wouldn't be there. But if Bioware tried to keep it all canon then the situation with the krogan wouldn't have changed at all. Making either choice meaningless.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
I agree that If the choice is vague references to every single choice or properly explored topics and consequences of the decisions, I agree that forced canon will have to easily be the lesser of the two evils, even though we ofcourse all would want a game that adresses and gives meaningful consequences to every single choice :D
@Knight1029Ай бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD I do agree that it would be nice to have all choices be represented in the best possible way but I also think something has to be considered when canonizing choices. And that is some choices allow for more stories and align better with the themes of a game. Mass Effect is about a lot of things and one of them is people coming to together to beat a greater evil. Making choices like the gets and quarians serving together fit that theme perfectly.
@couchcoopuncut1898Ай бұрын
Im covering Mass Effect legendary trilogy soon, i may link this video, great topic ! Main account is Couch Coop,
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Cool!! I check my comments pretty regurarily, so if you give a heads up here I might check it out!:D
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
wait nevermind, I'll just subscribe to you then I'll see it when you upload it🤣
@amanitamuscaria5863Ай бұрын
-Liara romance (all 3 games) -Red Ending -Citadel DLC is the canonical end of Mass Effect 3
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
I was gonna comment on this, but I got distracted by that pfp and now can't remember what I was supposed to add😂
@SqualidsargeStudiosАй бұрын
What choices in andromeda? They have NO influence on everything in our galaxy -_-
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
As of now at least that's true! We'll have to wait and see if they will have any effect for the next game! :O
@williamkerfoot8039Ай бұрын
"Forced canon" doesn’t belong in an RPG!
@shrk128Ай бұрын
Call me crazy but I prefer the Synthesize ending - the whole of ME's lore revolves around the conflict between synthetic and biological beings, creators and created. What better way to resolve that conflict than mending that divide?
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Yeah, the Synthesis ending is a good ending in bringing a conclusion to the theme of division in ME, and more particularily the theme of division between organics and synthetics! I also personally like the argument/postulate that Saren was trying to achieve some form of synthesis between organics and Reapers (though Sovereign most likely had some kind of slavery in mind), aswell as the idea that Illusive Man wanted the Control Ending and Anderson wanted the Destroy ending. I think the biggest problem most people have with Synthesis ending is that it, lore-wise, requires a tech level massively bigger than anything we've seen in ME at that point (imagine the tech required to alter every single organic cell (and synthetic cell?) on a galactic scale, like space is unbelievably big😂) It wasn't presented very well in terms of explaining what and how it would work IMO it kinda came out of nowhere if you catch my drift, meaning that it wasn't telegraphed very well on beforehand before the Catalyst introduced this option to us🤕 I think that if you discovered the potential for the different endings, Synthesis included, on an earlier point in time in the ME games, or maybe just in ME3 even, like on the first few missions, halfway in the campaign or hell even a few missions before the final mission, then I think a lot more people would've loved Synthesis ending! Btw I think perhaps that synthesis ending was my choice the first time I played ME3 (?) so I understand you very much 😁
@MantelarАй бұрын
Depends on how far out. Eventual unity is heavily implied, which means if the went back to andromeda and showed up, unity Milky Way sentients showing up after 700 years past, maybe a worse sort of threat than the reavers. Andromedas lore could’ve worked if they thought about it a little harder. I still think lianas kid will be the protagonist. They take on the father’s traits, so she can be as much like your Shepherd as you want. But her immediate future could be very different, depending on the choices you made in the original series. They pulled it off fine, the dealing with consequences, in the first three games, so I think it could be done again…assuming they have any of those devs left.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Interesting! So forcing canon on the romance between Shepard and Liara? And an "evil" interstellar Milky Way alliance?
@MantelarАй бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD was it forced? I played a renegade playthrough, joyfully really, ignored her, and still had a bonding moment with her on earth before the final fight. After I beat the game, I realized what that meant and thought it must be part of the intended plot. But yeah, the only way unity doesnt happen is if Shepherd destroys the reapers, and all the robot people (sorry, it’s been years) are wiped out. And even then general AI has been created multiple times, etc. so yeah, I do think the lore points to eventual unity, like down the road. I thought, going in to andromeda, with 700 years of plot armor, that that’s what they’d be going for. Especially with all the hints about the robot folks heading into deep space, etc. What I’m saying is that Unity would eventually happen. Easy for a leap in time like Andromeda. Hard for an immediate sequel. I’m just one of those people who thought the best parts of Andromeda happened while the main and his brother/sister were still on ice. BioWare still makes me sad for that one. I never played a better game with a worse ‘home loop’ than that one.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Ah ! My apologies for the misunderstanding, I didn't mean that the romance between Shepard and Liara felt "forced", I was just referring to the fact that romances and romantical partners are optional in Mass Effect, so there are players out there who might have chosen a different partner, like Ashely/Kaidan or Garrus for example :D And I agree that it seems that at least the Reapers seem to think that the galaxy's inevitable goal is Synthesis/Unity if I'm understanding correctly:) With the Crucible and Reapers destroyed though , that might be hard to accomplish, even in 700 years I think, but who knows! It's fun to speculate:D @@Mantelar
@vixen_rose6450Ай бұрын
I absolutely adore Urz, him and space hamster are best pets imo I really wish we were able to take him with us TwT
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Yeah, here's hoping they expand on pets in the next game! Imagine bringing along a pet as a sort of squadmate, siccing Urz or the space hamster even on some poor mercenary😂 "Go for the eyes"
@Dalek389Ай бұрын
I would love the new game to be fluid where your decisions from previous games create rippled changes for each playthrough making the endings different based on previous and current game choices. I know it's way more work and cost than using forced cannon but maybe they could do it with fan fund raising and take suggestions from the fandom to include in whatever story they create.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
This is my dream-scenario aswell! Sadly, it's likely just that, a dream, like you're saying, but we can still dream until we have to wake up! :D As long as they solve it in a good way, I personally won't be too disappointed:)
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
Their usual standard for Cannon endings (look at the defaults for the DragonAge games if you didn't play an earlier one) is that you made the dumbest decisions you can.
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
that is so true haha, I started playing ME with ME2 and after completing ME1 for the first time and playing ME2 after I was shocked with just how terrible the "default" decisions in ME2 were😂@@WickedPrince3D
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD Exactly, murder the Rakni Queen, murder Wrex, murder everyone else where you'd have the choice. They do the same thing with DragonAge. There's no reason to not expect more of the same. And yes, I got into ME with ME2 as well and then later picked up ME1 on sale so I remember seeing those bad choices my first play-thru and getting to make better choices while playing ME1.
@CinquanАй бұрын
12 years has passed, since we experienced the endings of ME3. The fact that BioWare is this quiet about the new game, has me shook. Then we have to wait more years, I’m highly concerned for what’s going on at BioWare. The very little we got, that was revealed, leaves us with more questions than answers. I heard dozens of theories. I just hope that they’ll be able to explain why the 12 year + cliffhanger. What’s confirmed, who’s returning, what new characters and stories are we getting. Either way, a lot of people are going to be disappointed, pissed, or both. We’ll see
@DoctorEpicPhDАй бұрын
Yup, but hey, as long as they don't announce the next ME is going to be a VR exclusive, there should still be hope right? 😂 "Somehow, the Archon has returned"
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
I'm already pissed and disappointed by the things people want as cannon. If BW goes that direction I'm done.
@CinquanАй бұрын
@@WickedPrince3D I definitely understand what you mean.
@WickedPrince3DАй бұрын
@@CinquanI skipped Andromeda because of the bad hype, so I really don't have an investment in ME anymore. If they decide that Cannon is the Renegade choice(s) - which is really what they've always done in the series if you skipped previous games; my very little investment becomes none. It's honestly a dilemma for them, I think any cannon choices they make will burn plenty of fans. There is too much divisiveness amongst us.
@USMC-es4yy2 ай бұрын
Well it's definitely better than the campaign!
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
Fair take😅
@kodymcgrath80022 ай бұрын
Imagine the destroy ending was the base game and the other endings are like dlc campaigns
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
OK, NOW we're cooking 😂🤩
@minus0ne-yT2 ай бұрын
I think its going to be that you choose key pionts in the story before starting the game. They did this in ME2 and ME3
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
Of all the ways to implement the earlier games, I agree that this is the most realistic/likely one! Like you said, we've seen it before and it worked fine so😅
@Titanscreaming2 ай бұрын
I liked this video! good thinking, I hear the passion in your voice for this god called ME
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
Didn't know I sounded so religious and zealous in this vid haha but I definitely have some reverance/respect for good games!:D Thanks for the appreciation:D
@Alitheone66182 ай бұрын
ME3 has the best combat of the series. I do like ME:A combat but it feels less grounded.
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
Agree 100% ME:A is fun, but it feels more like watching Avengers, while ME3 feels idk more like watching Saving Private Ryan or something (a bit of an exaggeration but I think we agree😅)
@zorse12352 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t mind if they forced canon the destroy ending as it makes sense but if they let all your other choices matter that would be perfect that’s all I need on a personal level I chose destroy anyway
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
Yeah I agree that would be perfect :D But realistically I know that even if it would be technologically possible/feasible to implement consequences for every single choice in ME1/2/3/A in the next ME, it's very unlikely they would allocate resources for such an approach (even though such an approach could likely put ME clearly back on the map again in my opinion) :D
@zorse12352 ай бұрын
@@DoctorEpicPhD I highly agree thanks for sharing your thoughts I’m a big ME fan now so it feels good to talk about the future of it
@DoctorEpicPhD2 ай бұрын
No prob! I foresee exciting times ahead for ME! 🤩@@zorse1235
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Considering the possibilities, since Cerberus rebuilt and even cloned Shepard once, it could be a plot point that the Reapers could rebuild the body in the same manner and the Citadel + Crucible/Reapers (depending on the ending) could imbue a copy of his consciousness into it like replicating his personality either from the psyche uploaded into the Reapers or the genetic data channeled through the Synthesis blast. It would take massive amounts of work, idek if it would be possible considering how many minor choices would have to carry as far as ME1.
You could definitely argue that it's physically possible within the ME universe to bring Shepard back, the question of whether or not Bioware SHOULD bring Shepard back or let him/her rest is another one entirely😅
I hope for a ME4 600 years after the main franchise, more specifically a bit after the Andromeda mission. With someone building an inter-galactic Mass Relay that can instantly travel between both galaxies. The Geths are believed to have moved to Andromeda, therefore they didn't all die in the Destroy ending. Not only Liara would be alive, but also Grunt, who was very young in the franchise with his species being able to survive a few thousands of years. And if Shepard were to be alive, he'd be brought from the ICE by Liara.
Interesting set-up (because I would like to see Grun again aswell)! A significant time-skip might be the best way forward like you're saying, especially if they want to merge the Andromeda and Milky Way stories!:D
Destroy, Shepard Alive. Did not watch the vid, sorry, but +1. ;-)
I loved every moment lol
Mass effect 2 was the crowning jewel of the series. You had a extremely good ending and the opposite Based on your actions. ME 3 felt Even more epic and looked like it would top ME2. But then it failed right at the end. None of your choices mattered. I had max Paragon and still couldn't access the final Paragon dialogue. Even if you used cheats to get past that. It didn't matter. They took a experience that felt personal and said no! It just ruined the game entirely.
Nothing Nothing should be forced canon It's supposed to be a malleable story, not a fixed one.
I think it would take lot of work, but I think they should write and create different universes based on the choices made. If you dont have any previous saved data in Mass efeect Games after the first, they have predermined choices you can make to designate key choices that they would have downloaded from the previous game, and implement those as the choices you made. The ending for Mass effect 3 is arguably not good though kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGV6pZiCerzaprA.htmlsi=yhg3hJc1jsYWwVT_
Im die for liara ❤(red end)
I actually like the multiplayer mode in this game. There are so many people who play it. I think the story wasn’t too bad. I feel like many fans of the series can all agree that Commander Sheppard was the true hero in the Mass Effect franchise. It sucks that in the legendary edition there is no multiplayer at all in any of the games 1,2 or 3. I really enjoyed Mass Effect 3 online multiplayer as well. I just wish EA would add it to the Legendary edition or what I would rather be called ( The Commander Shepherd Chronicles )That should have been the real name for the legendary edition. I like the whole aspect of the Andromeda’s online play to build your stats and skills crafting guns and armor are not difficult at all. Very simple it’s so easy a caveman can do it… sorry that was supposed to be a joke. Honestly the graphics may have been downgraded but still a fun game to play online. I feel like if EA would put back multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3 the legendary edition. The game would be more popular just like COD BLACK OPS 2 Now or TITANFALL | 2. So many players went back to the old COD games because it’s better. I find matches all the time. It’s 2024 and the game still pops off online. I feel like the legendary edition would be the same all of the players who played the original on multiplayer would come back to it because of how better it was then andromeda. No I’m not saying Andromeda online was terrible but it couldn’t have gotten any better because of commander shepherd was the reason why people liked the original. EA tried their best with Andromeda like you said some people liked it and some people not so much. But to me it’s better than the legendary edition because andromeda does have online multiplayer. But like i said if the Legendary edition had online multiplayer. I would go back in a heartbeat to play Mass Effect 3 online in a heartbeat.
They could have decided Shepard found a 4th solution. Not likely, but in character for Sheppard.
Yeah but that could possibly make the ME3 ending retroactivtely worse IMO since it wasn't shown at least not directly in ME3 that there was an option other than destroy, control, synthesis and refusal😅🥲
just to be realistic they should choose the most interesting canon for a sequel and force 99 %. i just want interesting consequences and new characters. And a timejump. some hundred years.
That might end up being the best way to start the next game actually! But there is just some part of me wanting to see consequences of the previous games carry on as much as possible in all sequels for all time😂🥲
It should be destroy, and both Vermier options are gone, and the Citadel is partially destroyed.
Fanmade MEHEM ending should be canon >.>
"It was all a dream"
Wakes up on Lazarus table: "You don't have time to wait around Shepard, grab your weapons and armor!"
Without watching the video; with the Legendary edition released, they should allow us to import our data from that to make the state of rhe world based off of our choices. That would take a shit ton if effort but it would be in the spirit of Mass Effect.
That's what I'm hoping for!:D Can't wait to find out how they solve this!
More than likely, it’s a prequel to ME2. It’s Liara finding Shepard
Wow, that would be a plot twist! But the dead reapers would perhaps suggest that it's set after ME3? Though I guess you could argue there are likely some other dead reaper corpses from before ME3 dormant across the entire galaxy, like the leviathan of dis But then we also have what looks like wrinkles on Liara, also suggesting a time-skip after ME3🤔
nope.. you got 4 ending choices... every exept mby the stupid choice of letting shit continue MUST be in the me 4 IF it follows shepard.. if they ignore that then ur choices dont make a diff and the games just null.. make the game BIG shouldnt be a problem..make it so EVERY big choices u made in the prequels follows up to this.. and in that.. making the secound and third playthrue be a whole new experiance.. that would be a gam worth billions! and make up for the stupid andromeda!
Who cares? There won't be Mass Effect 4. Since Bioware is "celebrating transgendered species" something tells me they will go under before the release of the Mass Effect 4.
im sure they could dredge up all the choices and pick and choose
It would be really epic gameplay to fill out a 10.000 word form with all possible choices before booting up the next game xD
@@DoctorEpicPhD it would months lol
I think there shouldn't be any forced canon choices.
That is my ideal wish too!:D (If it's possible, but that is sadly a BIG if😅)
@@DoctorEpicPhD it's definitely possible... Like they could have the exact same environments but voice 2-4 different major stories. Or they could do what they did in 2 & 3 where story choices you made had very minor effects later on. Ultimately though, that depends on leadership and investors. I wouldn't be surprised if we're disappointed because they're forced to have a short development frame.
@@BradleyGibbs yeah it should be physically/technically possible, but like you said it hinges on what the leaders decide to do 🤢
BioWare has the damn info. They have the Data! USE IT!
Shepard will be back in the next game and a new start
What if... the choice was just a dream from the trauma of fighting the war and their choices. Or...what if they just liars!
I can't wait to boot up the next Mass Effect and hear the intro cutscene from Mass Effect 1 and Anderson saying: "That's the only kind of person who can protect the galaxy" and then Shepard wakes up to clock in for his minium wage shift at the Citadel sushi store 😂#itwasalladream
Shepard is basically revan
In reality we’re probably going to have a kotor2 situation where we kinda set the forced canon in Mass effect 4 through our conversations
You could always just import saves, in that case.
I would prefer the destroy are the doctrination theory because I would like for Shepherd to come back for one more Mass effect I would like to see a happy ending for liara and Sheppard with those blue children
the only way I can see the gath surviving in the destroy ending as if maybe some of them left the Milky Way then came back to the Milky Way after the reapers were destroyed that's the only way I can see the gath in the destroy ending
That is definitely one of the most plausible ways for the Geth to survive (at least "real" Geth, and not Geth that have been remade from scratch)!:D
Control ending is ridiculous and borders on a Messiah complex. Shepard is special, but in no good and competent writing can be THAT special. Synthesis is kinda ridiculous to impose on everyone. The whole goal was to defeat the reapers. Organisms should be allowed to naturally evolve.
There are many practical and ethical problems with Control/Synthesis like you're saying! I think that's why a lot of people prefer Destroy (though that too has it's own practical and ethical problems)
And that is one of the reasons we love Mass Effect, don't we? For the gray choices it presents to us. A lot of the time there is no right or wrong decision because all have pros and cons. In a way ME3's ending is genius because after more than a decade it still makes the fans debate about ethical and moral dilemmas of the different options. I personally don't have a favourable ending. How I choose depends on the kind of Shepard I created in my current playthrough. I ask myself: what choice does this version of Shepard make and why? I believe there is only a good/bad choice in the context of the version of Shepard you are currently playing as. But outside of it there is not an objectively good ending because as I wrote, all have pros and cons.
You nailed it! :D And it sounds you like you have a very healthy way to play ME, letting you reflect on and explore all the different consequences and situations the ME universe can offer:) @@dorottyapapp
I knew you'd go with Destroy. Everyone is convinced Destroy is the best ending solely because Shepard seemingly gets to live. All the other reasons everyone gives for that choice are just excuses. But from the number of dead Reapers seen lying around in the promo it seems certain that's the direction they are going, and there are at least rumors that they have said as much. But IMHO the piece of N7 armor Liara finds in the promo is probably Shepard's, so he probably doesn't actually survive. Personally, after completing the entire trilogy five times; that's the ending I'd never ever choose. Well that and giving "The Star Child" the finger and saying "I don't need your choices." - it accomplishes nothing, it's essentially giving yourself the finger for playing through the game(s). But if Destroy is their cannon ending to the original trilogy they've lost a fan; I won't buy anymore ME games.
Thank you for the comment!:D I wouldn't personally say that Destroy ending is "the best ending", but in terms of providing a starting point for a sequel to ME3, then I think it would be the best one, simply and essentially due to the freedom it provides the writers to make a "traditional" ME experience :D If your preferred ending is Control or Synthesis, that would still be a legitimate way to wrap up the OG ME trilogy IMO If the sequel chooses Destroy ending as "canon", that would simply mean you can view the sequel as sort of alternate history to your preferred ending perhaps? (I'm fairly certain that the ending I chose on my first playthrough wasn't Destroy actually, so I understand you not wanting that ending)
@@DoctorEpicPhD I've seen many of these ME vids; especially many of the "ME3 Best Ending" vids where they choose the Destroy option, or otherwise insist that it's the best ending. I've even had long arguments with other vid creators who insisted Destroy is the Paragon ending. It's very clearly not. Not EVER in the trilogy is murder the paragon option. I have not previously seen even one vid that said otherwise about Destroy being best. See here's the thing I see; the Citadel AI is the Master; the Reapers only have the illusion of freedom but they spend 50k years sleeping in dark-space only to come back to enact genocide when the C-IA tells them to. So the Reapers aren't even the real enemy, the Citadel is. And Destroy doesn't destroy the Citadel as far as I can see. So no matter what you choose the Citadel gets away scott free. The Mastermind of the Reaper Genocides never pays for it's crimes; but everyone insists that making the pawns suffer for it is correct. That's why I say that every other excuse for choosing Destroy is just a cover for wanting Shepard to live. The Reaper's are just the victims of every previous genocide campaign and then are forced to support all of the next ones. They are just as much victims as everyone else. And the Mastermind walks.
You're definitely touching on very central elements on why Destroy ending could be considered less ethical than the others! And I'm not here to tell you it is the "clear ethical choice"! Like I said, it has it's ethical and practical problems like you're describing here@@WickedPrince3D
@@DoctorEpicPhD See and that doesn't even touch on the backstabbing of the Geth, Legion and EDI. If you broker it right you get both the Quarians and the Geth as allies; and you repay the Geth by murdering them all. You make Legion's sacrifice to give his people true sentience pointless because you murder them all. So these people want us to believe that treachery and backstabbing is also Paragon. (Sorry if I'm harping; it's one of those situations that brings out my OCD really hard. ;) ) Note that as far as the rest of your vid and the questions; I agree that I'd prefer that they not do forced cannon and let us choose our own cannon ending. But I don't think they'll do that. They have a long habit of forcing the worst possible decisions as cannon as I've mentioned in other comments. I do not want them to decide that Shepard was a selfish, treacherous, backstabbing murderer. It cheapens the whole ME experience. It's rather like how in Aliens3 they decide that everybody who survived Aliens died in their sleep; including Ripley; it just took her longer to realize it. It cheapens the experience of watching the first movies knowing that your heroes all die in their sleep because they are STUPID. Who would not imagine that while the queen was lying low on the ship that she wouldn't lay eggs, not like that isn't her sole purpose or anything right? IMHO it's the same thing with many of the decisions in ME, especially the Destroy ending. If I accept the Destroy ending as cannon it removes a lot of my desire to ever play any of the games again because all of MY decisions are meaningless.
Maybe BioWare will consider making the happy ending mod cannon😂
Destroy ending, thats really they only way. there is no story when everyone is brainwashed (synthesis) and shepard becoming a reaper (control) would only be cool if bioware had the ballz to turn our hero into a tyrant.
Yeah, if the game was set in a Control world it would probably have to be like Bladerunner or some other dystopia, running from the evil Shepard AI overlord crushing resistance with the blue reapers A synthesis world would most likely just be a peaceful utopia, so no conflict = boring story. If not, that too would likey play out as a dystopia running from the brainwashed synthesis species It would definitely be a very different kind of game compared to traditional ME! Could be good, but I fear it wouldn't feel like ME, but hey we could be wrong Destroy ending is definitely the safest choice if they want to recapture some Mass Effect magic I think!:D
They are not brainwashed in synthesis quite the opposite really
@davidos8760 yes they are.
@@madkabalthat’s only a theory. canon wise it’s not brainwashing even if you don’t like it
@@ThePhrog714 it's brainwashing.
I think, not knowing any of the story of mass effect 4, that the fourth game will probably be a war between humans and turians on one side, against the asari and salarians on the other side. The council is no more. I am basing this on how the asari were always dragging their feet and never really did anything to help matters in mass effect 3, and the salarians are furious that the genophage was cured. On the other hand, the turians proved themselves to be great allies to the humans. The big bad would probably be an asari matriarch who has withheld even more protean knowledge from the rest of the races. There will also probably be a higly unethical salarian scientist who would make Josef Mengele look downright kind. Cerberus, in greek mythology, was a three headed dog, guarding the gates of the underworld. I have always thought that The Illusive Man was just one of the three "heads" of the organization. The unnamed benefactor who financed The Andromeda Initiative is the second head, and we will meet the third head in this game.
Extremely fascinating take! Thank you:D From a realistic perspective, it would be highly likely that some civil war between the milky way species could occur! It would also fit kinda well within traditional mass effect themes in the sense that there was always tension between the species Furthermore, a civil war/tension between the Milky Way species seems to be hinted at by the ME4 teasers so far, particularily Liara talking about how the Council shouldn't underestimate "human defiance" Could there be war between the Council species and humans? If that happens though, I hope we have a bigger "true" enemy as the main enemy, and the turians/Council for example as a secondary enemy in terms of threat level, sort of like the flood (main enemy) and covenant (secondary enemy) in Halo 1-3, as I don't think personally it would be super interesting to simply battle turians, we kinda saw how interesting that could be in ME Andromeda with the Kett empire, and it was kind of boring IMO (thought the Jardaan seemed interesting, shame they weren't given more space in the story)
If they're gonna do another mass effect properly, dont revive Shepard again and just introduce players to new conflicts and tell good stories. If they can recapture magic of Mass Effect 1 i'd be happy
This is the challenge that Bioware faces, making something new and good, but at the same time capturing the Mass Effect magic! Its hard to pinpoint what that magic is though and I don't envy the devs here havin to find that out! :O I actually made a video trying to explore what the ME magic is some time ago: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5ahmM2qp5TdgaQ.html
I just assumed that the red colour ending happend even if that colour ending was really dumb. It was after all Shepard wishes all along. To stop the reapers. Fuck em up. Even if it cost Shepards life. Shepard knowes that everyone will life due to that. But Shepard has survived two planetary reentry so far. Shepard is space jesus at this point. What I what to see is a good game, that makes me feel something, not like Andromida, I only felt I what to uninstall this abomination of a game. Then burn my harddrive.
There should be forced canon simply because it would make the story a lot better and easier to do. Fallout 1 to 2 canonized choices. And for that series it worked and allowed it to still explore its story without getting bogged down on trying to make choices matter long term. For Mass Effect it should do the same. But only to big choices. Like which ending, curing the krogan, and saving or destroying the quarians/geth. That would be better because it can actually explore the logical consequences of those choices. Because honestly I don't want to have a game where all the choices basically boil down to the same outcome. If the krogan didn't get cured they would be even more irrelevant to extinct. Especially since Wrex wouldn't be there. But if Bioware tried to keep it all canon then the situation with the krogan wouldn't have changed at all. Making either choice meaningless.
I agree that If the choice is vague references to every single choice or properly explored topics and consequences of the decisions, I agree that forced canon will have to easily be the lesser of the two evils, even though we ofcourse all would want a game that adresses and gives meaningful consequences to every single choice :D
@@DoctorEpicPhD I do agree that it would be nice to have all choices be represented in the best possible way but I also think something has to be considered when canonizing choices. And that is some choices allow for more stories and align better with the themes of a game. Mass Effect is about a lot of things and one of them is people coming to together to beat a greater evil. Making choices like the gets and quarians serving together fit that theme perfectly.
Im covering Mass Effect legendary trilogy soon, i may link this video, great topic ! Main account is Couch Coop,
Cool!! I check my comments pretty regurarily, so if you give a heads up here I might check it out!:D
wait nevermind, I'll just subscribe to you then I'll see it when you upload it🤣
-Liara romance (all 3 games) -Red Ending -Citadel DLC is the canonical end of Mass Effect 3
I was gonna comment on this, but I got distracted by that pfp and now can't remember what I was supposed to add😂
What choices in andromeda? They have NO influence on everything in our galaxy -_-
As of now at least that's true! We'll have to wait and see if they will have any effect for the next game! :O
"Forced canon" doesn’t belong in an RPG!
Call me crazy but I prefer the Synthesize ending - the whole of ME's lore revolves around the conflict between synthetic and biological beings, creators and created. What better way to resolve that conflict than mending that divide?
Yeah, the Synthesis ending is a good ending in bringing a conclusion to the theme of division in ME, and more particularily the theme of division between organics and synthetics! I also personally like the argument/postulate that Saren was trying to achieve some form of synthesis between organics and Reapers (though Sovereign most likely had some kind of slavery in mind), aswell as the idea that Illusive Man wanted the Control Ending and Anderson wanted the Destroy ending. I think the biggest problem most people have with Synthesis ending is that it, lore-wise, requires a tech level massively bigger than anything we've seen in ME at that point (imagine the tech required to alter every single organic cell (and synthetic cell?) on a galactic scale, like space is unbelievably big😂) It wasn't presented very well in terms of explaining what and how it would work IMO it kinda came out of nowhere if you catch my drift, meaning that it wasn't telegraphed very well on beforehand before the Catalyst introduced this option to us🤕 I think that if you discovered the potential for the different endings, Synthesis included, on an earlier point in time in the ME games, or maybe just in ME3 even, like on the first few missions, halfway in the campaign or hell even a few missions before the final mission, then I think a lot more people would've loved Synthesis ending! Btw I think perhaps that synthesis ending was my choice the first time I played ME3 (?) so I understand you very much 😁
Depends on how far out. Eventual unity is heavily implied, which means if the went back to andromeda and showed up, unity Milky Way sentients showing up after 700 years past, maybe a worse sort of threat than the reavers. Andromedas lore could’ve worked if they thought about it a little harder. I still think lianas kid will be the protagonist. They take on the father’s traits, so she can be as much like your Shepherd as you want. But her immediate future could be very different, depending on the choices you made in the original series. They pulled it off fine, the dealing with consequences, in the first three games, so I think it could be done again…assuming they have any of those devs left.
Interesting! So forcing canon on the romance between Shepard and Liara? And an "evil" interstellar Milky Way alliance?
@@DoctorEpicPhD was it forced? I played a renegade playthrough, joyfully really, ignored her, and still had a bonding moment with her on earth before the final fight. After I beat the game, I realized what that meant and thought it must be part of the intended plot. But yeah, the only way unity doesnt happen is if Shepherd destroys the reapers, and all the robot people (sorry, it’s been years) are wiped out. And even then general AI has been created multiple times, etc. so yeah, I do think the lore points to eventual unity, like down the road. I thought, going in to andromeda, with 700 years of plot armor, that that’s what they’d be going for. Especially with all the hints about the robot folks heading into deep space, etc. What I’m saying is that Unity would eventually happen. Easy for a leap in time like Andromeda. Hard for an immediate sequel. I’m just one of those people who thought the best parts of Andromeda happened while the main and his brother/sister were still on ice. BioWare still makes me sad for that one. I never played a better game with a worse ‘home loop’ than that one.
Ah ! My apologies for the misunderstanding, I didn't mean that the romance between Shepard and Liara felt "forced", I was just referring to the fact that romances and romantical partners are optional in Mass Effect, so there are players out there who might have chosen a different partner, like Ashely/Kaidan or Garrus for example :D And I agree that it seems that at least the Reapers seem to think that the galaxy's inevitable goal is Synthesis/Unity if I'm understanding correctly:) With the Crucible and Reapers destroyed though , that might be hard to accomplish, even in 700 years I think, but who knows! It's fun to speculate:D @@Mantelar
I absolutely adore Urz, him and space hamster are best pets imo I really wish we were able to take him with us TwT
Yeah, here's hoping they expand on pets in the next game! Imagine bringing along a pet as a sort of squadmate, siccing Urz or the space hamster even on some poor mercenary😂 "Go for the eyes"
I would love the new game to be fluid where your decisions from previous games create rippled changes for each playthrough making the endings different based on previous and current game choices. I know it's way more work and cost than using forced cannon but maybe they could do it with fan fund raising and take suggestions from the fandom to include in whatever story they create.
This is my dream-scenario aswell! Sadly, it's likely just that, a dream, like you're saying, but we can still dream until we have to wake up! :D As long as they solve it in a good way, I personally won't be too disappointed:)
Their usual standard for Cannon endings (look at the defaults for the DragonAge games if you didn't play an earlier one) is that you made the dumbest decisions you can.
that is so true haha, I started playing ME with ME2 and after completing ME1 for the first time and playing ME2 after I was shocked with just how terrible the "default" decisions in ME2 were😂@@WickedPrince3D
@@DoctorEpicPhD Exactly, murder the Rakni Queen, murder Wrex, murder everyone else where you'd have the choice. They do the same thing with DragonAge. There's no reason to not expect more of the same. And yes, I got into ME with ME2 as well and then later picked up ME1 on sale so I remember seeing those bad choices my first play-thru and getting to make better choices while playing ME1.
12 years has passed, since we experienced the endings of ME3. The fact that BioWare is this quiet about the new game, has me shook. Then we have to wait more years, I’m highly concerned for what’s going on at BioWare. The very little we got, that was revealed, leaves us with more questions than answers. I heard dozens of theories. I just hope that they’ll be able to explain why the 12 year + cliffhanger. What’s confirmed, who’s returning, what new characters and stories are we getting. Either way, a lot of people are going to be disappointed, pissed, or both. We’ll see
Yup, but hey, as long as they don't announce the next ME is going to be a VR exclusive, there should still be hope right? 😂 "Somehow, the Archon has returned"
I'm already pissed and disappointed by the things people want as cannon. If BW goes that direction I'm done.
@@WickedPrince3D I definitely understand what you mean.
@@CinquanI skipped Andromeda because of the bad hype, so I really don't have an investment in ME anymore. If they decide that Cannon is the Renegade choice(s) - which is really what they've always done in the series if you skipped previous games; my very little investment becomes none. It's honestly a dilemma for them, I think any cannon choices they make will burn plenty of fans. There is too much divisiveness amongst us.
Well it's definitely better than the campaign!
Fair take😅
Imagine the destroy ending was the base game and the other endings are like dlc campaigns
OK, NOW we're cooking 😂🤩
I think its going to be that you choose key pionts in the story before starting the game. They did this in ME2 and ME3
Of all the ways to implement the earlier games, I agree that this is the most realistic/likely one! Like you said, we've seen it before and it worked fine so😅
I liked this video! good thinking, I hear the passion in your voice for this god called ME
Didn't know I sounded so religious and zealous in this vid haha but I definitely have some reverance/respect for good games!:D Thanks for the appreciation:D
ME3 has the best combat of the series. I do like ME:A combat but it feels less grounded.
Agree 100% ME:A is fun, but it feels more like watching Avengers, while ME3 feels idk more like watching Saving Private Ryan or something (a bit of an exaggeration but I think we agree😅)
I wouldn’t mind if they forced canon the destroy ending as it makes sense but if they let all your other choices matter that would be perfect that’s all I need on a personal level I chose destroy anyway
Yeah I agree that would be perfect :D But realistically I know that even if it would be technologically possible/feasible to implement consequences for every single choice in ME1/2/3/A in the next ME, it's very unlikely they would allocate resources for such an approach (even though such an approach could likely put ME clearly back on the map again in my opinion) :D
@@DoctorEpicPhD I highly agree thanks for sharing your thoughts I’m a big ME fan now so it feels good to talk about the future of it
No prob! I foresee exciting times ahead for ME! 🤩@@zorse1235