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Mass Effect 3 Ending Was In Mass Effect 1

Loud Mouthed Gamers: Played Mass Effect 1? Then you might remember this. If you don’t, rest assured, this is unedited (other than the obvious) and in the game. I’ll let the image do the rest of the talking.

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49erguy4825d ago

Holy shit man I would have never caught that. I read the codecs but never cared about the planet entries!

crxss4825d ago (Edited 4825d ago )

this is some very interesting news. that explains the light kid but really doesn't explain everything else... also i still don't like the fact that they destroy organics to protect organics... <- yes you read that right.

and why don't we ever have a mission on Klencory if it was evident that the "lost crypts of beings of light" was held there? why do we see the first one ever in the last seconds of the game? DLC?

regardless the endings are still pretty bad, the light kid wasn't really the issue. it was more the lack of variety in the endings and the fact that they didn't make sense.

*edit* http://social.bioware.com/f...

geez bioware, sad that this was apparently discussed WAY before the release of ME3... and sounds like they just stole ideas from this forum that no one really wanted haha

DeadlyFire4825d ago

Seems kinda odd that Bioware would read and go against what people wanted like that. Looks like that is exactly what they did. Like they did it on purpose to create a reaction.

STONEY44824d ago (Edited 4824d ago )

Ooooohhhh maaannn. A poster in there PREDICTED THE ENDING. (Quote below spoiler tag)

*SPOILERS*

"Exactly. There are two endings I wouldn't like for ME 3. One being a random GOD LIKE force that saves the Galaxy or another being that to defeat the Reapers, everyone has to become a primitivst and destroy the Relays, Citadel, etc. Both would make me pretty unhappy as those endings have been done to death."

It's pretty scary that both of those are exactly what happened.

Edit: I was already beaten to this by comments below me... *raaaaggeeee*

mahmoods264825d ago

Well I guess that changes everything. No really, my one complaint was that Bioware pulled the ending and the star child out of their ass, I guess they had it planned all along. Which is really sad but destroys my argument so well done Bioware, you may have screwed the ending but at least you were honest about it.

--Onilink--4825d ago

doesnt really explain why the child if he is a member or that species takes the form of a child only shepard knows, and why the citadel is a part of him, and many many more things.

Still its quite an interesting find

mahmoods264822d ago

Well if you look at the document containing their plans for the ending in the final hours of Mass Effect 3 app you can see that they intended it to cause discussion among players and that it was intentionally vague.

Still not really an interesting find, more disappointing for me.

IDonQuixote4825d ago (Edited 4825d ago )

There's also unidentified objects deep in the atmosphere of a gas giant, tombs of species with no clear origins, and numerous other galactic mysteries. Until the last ten minutes of the third game, not a single minute was spent referencing those "beings of light" from the first game, excluding the codex info on that planet. That's still a shoddy way to end such a tight story.

If anything, this just makes it feels like the "star child" was dredged up to fit that codex entry and slap together an unplanned ending, rather than actually planned from the beginning.

Megaton4825d ago (Edited 4825d ago )

The ME1 codex is likely referring to Prothean beacons or VIs like the one on Ilos. It's just coincidental that BioWare ended up going all Contact with a Citadel AI thing taking the form of a glowing kid for Shepard.

WitWolfy4825d ago (Edited 4825d ago )

YET another writers fail. Mention a being from the first game that doesnt have any relation or importance to the series AT ALL. Just to add him at the last moment of the game, trolling you too death questioning the ME universe and the decision the writers decide to take at the end.

Megaton4825d ago

The original writer of Mass Effect didn't plan for the abomination Casey Hudson and Mac Walters dumped on our laps at the end of ME3. The whole thing was supposed to be about dark energy and there wasn't some stupid starchild, either.

Although, it appears as if someone on BSN was able to predict the ME3 ending 2 years ago while discussing this exact thing.

http://social.bioware.com/f...

Mr-Dude4825d ago

I read i just now... Incredible... And he was pretty much right!

Bercilak4825d ago

Question: if this BSN post is over two years old, why is there a Mass Effect 3 icon under the poster's avatar? That icon appears only if you've registered your copy of the game and that would have been impossible to do before March 6th of this year, let alone two years ago.

CAPSLOCKFURY4825d ago (Edited 4825d ago )

It's retroactive

mahmoods264822d ago

You do know your profile can be updated and your original pictures on your previous posts do change if your profile changes.

Bercilak4825d ago

I think I just answered my own question. I bet that once a game is registered, the icon appears under the registrant's avatar on all of his/her posts, including previous ones, so it's probable that this poster really did post that comment two years ago.

Wow. What a pathetic attempt at a save. IDonQuixote is right: they probably got stuck at the end of their development cycle with no time or money and, out of desperation, started combing through the codices of the previous games, saw this, and said, "Hey, yeah! Let's use that! It'll be brilliant!"

Except, of course, it wasn't.

ShiftyLookingCow4825d ago

Screwoffreg is God Almighty! I think he already ascended to Heaven.

I wish I could have seen his face when he finished Mass Effect 3.

Nimblest-Assassin4825d ago

Well, if they were going with the indoctrination route, then it would actually had been a pretty cool ending, unfortunatly they missed the mark 2 times with this ending.

1) They wanted the fans to disect the ending and find all the clues, and all of them support the indoc theory. You need to stop and think about it.

2) Unfortunatly they missed the mark as Bioware wanted to end their story, they forgot that Shepard is the player, and everyones story is different. To give them all the same ending is dissapointing.

If they gave us this ending, plus a proper epiloge where all of our choices are reflected I would have been fine with this ending, but due to its current state

Im at a wait and see right now to see if Bioware was using the indoc theory, if the screwed up, or if they had something else in mind

Hellsvacancy4825d ago

Bioware probably saw the post "hay thats not a bad idea, thanks"

Hayabusa 1174825d ago

lolz @ the 2 year old Comments:

"...It would be a bit deus ex machina though to all of a sudden bring in another ancient race of super powerful beings that now save the galaxy... "

"That...Would...SUCK Would turn all of Shepard's (and everyone elses) struggle into a sideline. "

"Exactly. There are two endings I wouldn't like for ME 3. One being a random GOD LIKE force that saves the Galaxy or another being that to defeat the Reapers, everyone has to become a primitivst and destroy the Relays, Citadel, etc. Both would make me pretty unhappy as those endings have been done to death."

Bioware were warned.

Disccordia4825d ago

That dark energy ending was NEVER really planned as a serious ending. Drew Karpyshyn toyed with the idea back when haestrom was introduced in me2 but said they ultimately couldn't get it to work. the leaked script last year had the same ending withl few dialogue changes and some extra dialogue from joker and shepard.

I can't be bothered to link because I'm on a mobile. but download the script and if you can read it (its a real mess) then that's your evidence that bioware. had this ending all along.

STONEY44824d ago

One of the two leaked scripts had the dark energy ending in place. It was extremely similar to the current energy, except with... dark energy. Made more sense though.

Megaton4824d ago

I read about the dark energy endings. One of them had you sacrificing the entire human race to stop the spread once and for all.

Disccordia4824d ago

Ah ok, didn't realise there were TWO leaked scripts?

IDonQuixote4825d ago

How interesting would it be if the writers decided on the current farce of an ending after reading that prediction... Sad, yes, creatively devoid, yes, but also a nice kick in the teeth for the people screaming about artistic integrity.

Bercilak4825d ago

Artistic integrity. What an absolute joke. Mass Effect 3 is a commercial product, no more, no less; I don't care how Muzyka tries to spin it. The incorporation of elements like multiplayer and the marketing of day one DLC blow that contention to hell. It's also not a coincidence that they incorporated the slow-motion game mechanic from COD: MW.

Now it seems that they either desperately dredged up a concept from a forgettable Codex entry or stole the idea outright from a fan in order to finish the game by the end of their development cycle. Really pathetic. Say what you will about the guy who filed a complaint with the FTC, but I applaud his symbolic effort. The game is am unsatisfying product that failed to deliver on the numerous promises of wildly different conclusions and a wholly satisfying ending to Shepard's take.

Cajun Chicken4824d ago (Edited 4824d ago )

The accuracy of that is amazing. Someone was joking at Bioware and was in on this or got hired.

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman186d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast186d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine186d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast186d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman186d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast186d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman186d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me

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Mass Effect 3's Ending for Javik Misses the Forest for the Trees

Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.

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anast465d ago

He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.

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