red or blue... WHAT THE FLUFF?! THIS IS SO HARD! *ships are blowing up and sht is going on in space* Red.... Blue... *more mayhem going on* What would Anderson do?! What would the Illusive man do?! WHAT WOULD GARRUS DO?! *several races are going near extinct in an all out battle with a species of centient fcking robots* Wait, there's a green one?! Screw Ganon and Zelda! I'M GONNA BE LINK BIATCH!
It took me a fairly long time to decide for one option when I played it for the first time and didn't know what the possible results would look like. After deciding to destroy the reapers and seeing the outro scenes I doubted my decision extremely heavy, so I looked up the alternative ending. When I saw it was almost identical I was just really p*ssed. But besides this ending I loved every single thing about the game. Especially the part you get on the Citadel for the last time had huge impact on me. Actually this game and trilogy had so many impactful moments I can barely count them.
So at 0:57 it shows the Turians finding the Citadel. The Turians were the last species to join the counsel and find the cit. The Asari discovered it first followed by the Salarians. The Turins were brought in and given a leading role due to their role in the Korgan wars.
I did the control ending. It allows Shepard to technically still be alive but within the Reaper consensus. It also allows the races of the galaxy to achieve synthesis on their own terms.
Which partially has already taken place if you united quarians and geth. The result is just a too powerful thing to deny. With the reaper-upgraded geth in the quarian environment suits I would argue that they are the most advanced "race" in the game and with their unique perspective they should be able to alter the whole "machines take over"-scenario.
If you have high enough galactic readiness and choose destroy ending, Shepard lives. www.dsogaming.com/news/bioware-officially-confirms-that-shepard-is-alive-in-the-destroy-ending-of-mass-effect-3/
Battletoad that never made sense to me, and don't say indoctrination theory. I think that theory is just crap. With my play through, the destroy ending didn't work out. Why go to such great lengths to free the geth and help EDI evolve if your just going to slaughter them? At least with control, Shepard's minds takes over the catalyst. I understand it isn't true Shepard since he says "Eternal. Infinite. Immortal. The man/woman I was used these words, but only now do I truly understand them. Through his death, I was created. Through my birth, his thoughts were freed". Shepard basically makes the reapers think the way he does and it gives them understanding of tolerance to help organics and synthetics evolve.
Ryan Olivier What didn't make sense? I always take the Paragon path, but my Shepard has always been also about making sure that threats are gone. My paragon Shep sacrificed an entire star system to stop the reapers from invading in ME2's Arrival DLC, so after a long war all my Shep wants is to have the reapers go away forever, even if that means sacrificing the Geth and EDI. It's simply so that there's absolute certainty that the reapers will never be a threat again. Shepard is 30% synthetic, his bones nearly unbreakable, his skin as tough as the plates of a krogan. His muscles have also been woven with fibers that make him superhumanly strong. Not to mention his bone weave, skin weave and muscle weave all distribute medi-gel everywhere into his body. Who knows what other kinds of miracle implants he has, so his survival is a good possibility.
@Inigo Bantok I know it's dangerous, but I think it beats the alternatives of either turning everyone into Borg or causing the extinction of all synthetic life. Besides, with all the knowledge and technology we deliver to the many, as AI Sherpard calls the galactic pooulation, they could keep the Reapers in check should they, under AI Sherpard's influence, ever get any ideas of domination. That's what I would give to the other people, a plan to defeat me should I ever accept to become something similar to a god and loose my way.
Perhaps if you chose renegade. Paragon I believe is more so leading by example and accepting each other's differences. Synthesis forces organics and machines to merge without consent so instead of learning to accept each other everyone's genetics are altered in becoming more alike. For me I find that concept irritating as it suggests an ideal that we are better off all being the same. An egotistical person would say 'why isn't everyone like me'. In reality as a species, or in Mass Effect as a galactic community, diversity, both physically and mentally, strengthens our ability to survive and evolve as a community.
synthesis breaks the line between synthetics and organics, not between other races. what is the point of the qurian geth peace when you are gonna kill the geth anyways. plus remember what the catalyst said, the peace won't last for long soon your children's will create synthetic and the chaos will come back. the point of the game wasn't to defeat the just to defeat the reapers but to also have peace between organics and synthetics. if you chose destroy, what's the point of your ending. the war is gonna come back
My favorite ending is the one where Shepard takes control of the Reaper and makes them rebuild the shit they blowed up and guard the galaxy. Just imagine you have an entire fleet of super-space-AIs to kick the asses of every douchebag that pissed you of earlier.
The destroy ending was the only one that felt real to me. Defeating the reapers was always going to come at great cost and picking either of the other endings just seemed a bit too convenient for me, but each to their own.
Basically whichever ending you got, it all just worked out great, everything in the galaxy is perfect! All the races are getting along and raising a puppy together. In fact everything is so great in the galaxy that 4 shiploads of galactic civilians decided that they would rather live anywhere that isn’t the Milky Way galaxy, maybe they never downloaded the extended cut or something.
The control ending makes the most sense in my opinion, and thus it is my favorite ending. Synthesis goes against everything you have done, and essentially all you have done is turn everyone into something they don't understand.
Somewhat true and somewhat not. With all the effort you (hopefully) put into the ]quarian - geth[ relation, that proves that AI doesn't want to take over as long as organics respect them I simply couldn't stand the thought of destroying that. I felt because of that controling was the logical option. It also allows for repairs for the damage the reapers have caused and noone hinders shepard to retire the reapers after the repairs are finished. They could be strapped down and recycled for example.
I think Control is the best because you can use the Reapers to rebuild and defend the galaxy. What if there are more Reapers outside of the Milky Way Galaxy? The Crucible explosion only affected Reapers inside the galaxy.
Kolt Kloud So take a sentient race, and remove their free will? That's genocide of another color. They become useful toasters. It's inhumane, what's more, mind controlling a person for the rest of their existence, much less a race or species, is unethical. No. This race which has built itself on the back of countless million acts of genocide (each sovereign class reaper is a cycle, maybe all the smaller ones are too. Think about that) started a war. They don't get to beg clemency once they're at the defender's mercy. They will not stop unless they were stopped. Instead of unethical mind control, let's stick with the unfortunate killing in self defense. Synthesis is obviously terrible because this race that considers itself our betters and has commuted countless genocidal acts is not to be looked up to or joined with. Their self-appointed purpose was premeditated murder against the innocent. I don't want any part of them.
Cavanaugh H I consider Synthesis terrible for other reasons. An abomination of writing, so to say. I find it completely illogical that it somehow adds Shepard DNA to robots and "Robot DNA" to people, and this magically ends all conflict in the galaxy even though not all conflict is based on "space racism." I also fail to see how Shepard having robotic implants makes them behold some magical space DNA to begin with. Do people with pacemakers have special DNA all of a sudden? Because BioWare's definition of Synthetic seems to be all over the place with how haphazardly they use the term. And how to Robots have DNA anyway? They are made of metal, plastic, or some other polymer substance. So do smart phones have robot DNA too? Do calculators? If they are made by the same materials as robots then they should also have been affected, which is even more baffling I'd say. And why did it add this magical robot space DNA to plants, and why did everyone have glowing flashlight eyes? Good luck getting to sleep now. It's just space magic high fantasy nonsense, which is out of place with how "science-fiction-y" they've made the series up to that point. Maybe they should have scrapped this whole synthesis idea and put it in Dragon Age, but instead of Organic/Synthetic magical merging it was now giving everyone a connection to the Fade, thus everyone is now a mage.
Betrayal is a deliberate act, but from the Catalyst's point of view, it didn't betray the Leviathans, it just believed to understand that they were part of the problem it was meant to solve. It was not trying to destroy, but to preserve life (in Reaper form).
Harold Smith the ONLY reason why I never choose that is because EDI dies. That and the quarians kinda needed the Beth to, ya know, live for more than a few generations
That defeats the purpose of why most species would be making AI tho, we are-selves are only trying it for a cheap labor force. If the AI has the capability to learn and grow then whats not to say they don't deserve sentient rights otherwise we are just reinventing the slave trade are we not?
If the development team had an extra year to flush out the game, the third and it's ending would have been much better and we probably could have seen the after effects of our decisions more. For what was given, I liked the control ending the most, that way, Reaper Shepard can help rebuild as well as make sure that the survivng races don't destroy themselves at some point in the future. Synthesis is an insult because you outright deny the races the chance to choose unity on their own, and destroy kills the geth, edi, and leaves the galaxy in ruin. A perfect recipe for in-fighting and chaotic anarchy.
The one thing that didn't make sense to me is apparently a new reaper is made after each harvest to adapt to the harvests, making the newest reapers the strongest. But since Harbringer is the oldest and only saw the first harvest, wouldn't that make him the weakest reaper out of them all? And if so why is he pretty much the most powerful in ME:3?
I love that discovering advanced technology that allows a race to evolve is repeatedly portrayed as someone finding a gun in the dirt and being blown away by its kick.
"Shepard leads the final attack and in the confrontation Bioware and EA fuck over everyone!" The ending to Mass Effect 3 sucks beyond the telling of it.
Be stupid in 3 steps: 1. Make a google account 2. Complain about a video complaining about something everybody hates 3. No profit other than the realization that your time could've been better spent elsewhere. :)
what your ending preference says about you. Destroy: "These games was about killing robots, so of course that is right." Control: "The games were about making what you want to happen and you can make robots your bitch, this the obvious answer." Synthesis: "The games have always had the theme of trying to understand someone different to you, even showing that artificial life is not inherently evil, this is the ending to complete the theme of working together."
Personally the destroy ending is unnecessary killing and goes against story with the geth and EDI. The control ending is falling into the holes where we saw too much power corrupts, and there is no guarantee Shepard would have the right to decide for some else, removing their will. Synthesis is giving the rights to get along with others, and that is how real progress comes, not by destroying or controlling someone.
Not exactly. The game is about choice. It's up to you to want to interact with other beings or not. All the game does Italy have information about the characters in the races and let you choose what to believe out of all the information. And there is a big issue with the synthesis being that big questions about control and who is in control. You're basically allowing a being whose only goal is control everything self aware being in the galaxy via technology implantation and mind control to implant every organic and synthetic being in the galaxy. And to top it off there is nothing there stopping it from taking control.
None of it goes against the game story. This is a game of choice. Not all Shepherds want to be peaceful and understanding nor all Shepherds want to destroy every synthetic.
And I said as much that preferred ending reflects choice. And for my journey through Mass Effect I saw how major conflicts can be the result of misunderstanding and giving a chance to understanding could help. The Geth could be diverse and understanding. The Krogan although barbaric to the others and could also be helpful and reasonable. The Rachni likely did not deserve to be driven to extinction as something else manipulated them into acting against their nature. Even humanity's introduction to the other races started as a misunderstanding in a war being created with the Turians. Totally destroying or controlling the enemy is a choice, but it is one that expects the same from all the other races in the series, and that is wrong. If everyone thought that, everyone would be trying to kill each other.
my entire team got killed at the end of the second game and this is where my story ended. it was tragic but it felt so right and dramatic I didn't want to go back and challenge fate
The Flying Spaghetti Monster unfortunately sir ... You cant fail at that , you literally have to avoid all your crewmate's quests , and not upgrade your ship at all ... was it that hard avoiding those quests ?
The Flying Spaghetti Monster well , you obviously did something for him , even if it was by mistake :p i played the game multiple time , and during my " kill everyone " run , i did it ... the game was pretty short tho o.o
Yes another person who likes the synthesis ending in ME3. I did not go through all of that shit to broker a peace treaty between the Quarians and Geth, just to wipe the geth and edi all out in the end. Great video now please do Dragon Age in three.
Ninjamaster227 THANK YOU! Finally someone else who sees it that way. I mean if the destroy ending didn't destroy the Geth nor EDI I would HAPPILY go for that.
Why not choose "Control" ? I mean, the Reapers were the first attempt of forced Synthesis. I don't think it's a good idea to mess with the time the proccess of evolution takes. But I agree with you. Why is everyone so angry with the Synthesis ending ? Last time I checked, science is trying to find a way to turn us all into cyborgs.
If only "indoctrination theory" would have been true, it could have been one of the biggest plot twists in entire gaming history. But nope... these shitty endings happened.
There's a theory, that I believe to be true, that the wars the Reapers cause either before or during their invasions have the purpose to test the galaxy and see if it's worth sparing it or if everyone in it must be harvested. In the game's cycle, after the war against the indoctrinated Rachni, they deemed that the galaxy had to once again be harvested, but after Sherpard showing up, they realized that there was actually hope for this cycle, still they decided to go throught the harvesting in order to force Sherpard to unite the galaxy and finally end with the endless cycles. However, they also wanted to remain active, since they believed they could be needed in the future again, only this time they wanted to be free of this harvesting programing, so by the time of "Mass Effect 3", they indoctrinate Sherpard not to make her/him join them, but to understand their current ideals, so when the time came, instead of either destroying them or let the cycle go on, he/she would control them, and if that didn't work, then he/she would synthesise everyone.
Well the most likely to be cannon ending is Shepard (Fem) surviving and earth becoming a Class 4 planet as hinted by the "Commander Shepard" ME:A trailer.
You see, there's the Fermi cape, or Planet designation, type 1 is a planet able to use all of it resources, type 2 is a civ able to space travel and type 3 is a civ that's expanded all around its galaxy, then would be the dead cape (pretty much Reapers invading and destroying type 3 civs), yet if a civ gets past it, it becomes a type 4, a civ able to survive great changes and colonize other galaxies.
Actually, If you syntesize the whole galaxy, the reaper also get synthesized, which either means that they regained their conciousness as an organic, which means lots of previous harvested (if there any reaper form of them) will be back from extinction. Also if you thibk about it, now a computer or a simple VI is also an organic.
Well, the ending isn't simply "choose one of these three and always die". They have different outcomes depending on galactic readiness, and if you have high enough readiness and choose the destroy ending Shepard lives (confirmed by BioWare on their forums). Galactic readiness however is affected by your choices in all three games. For example if you find the Prothean data discs and matriarch Dilignata's writings, you'll get a boost to galactic readiness. If you speak with Conrad Verner in ME1 and 2, you'll come across him in ME3, he will save your life by jumping in the way of a bullet. If you also saved the sister of the chic in the lux bar in ME1 from c-sec work, she will be there to save Conrad Verner's life, and you'll find out that Conrad is a scientist who can help Shepard by studying prothean technology, and you'll receive a boost to galactic readiness.
Probably Orthonas Yeah, well... BioWare fans are used to the ending being determined like in Dragon Age: Origins, in that what you do during the game will change the ending directly. In Mass Effect 3 the ending works like this: decisions during all the games impact galactic readiness, galactic readiness impacts the 3 ending choices. It is a very weird choice for the ending. I'm guessing that EA was pushing BioWare to finish the game quickly, and they had to change the ending system so that instead of possibly tens of unique ending scenarios there are basically just 3 main ending, each having 2 versions.
Battletoad It goes beyond only having 3 options though. A lot of the problem lies in the fact the 3 options you're given just aren't that good and some of it doesn't even make sense. Like the normandy crash landing on the planet, why did it crash? What caused it? It just doesn't make sense. On top of that the reapers motivation was poorly done, hypocritical, and straight up didn't make sense. It made a ton of huge ancient beings look like idiots which they didn't deserve to be made into. Finally, the fact that there wasn't a good ending upset a lot of people. You could do everything right but fuck you anyway. It was a poorly executed way to finish off the game series and was pushed out with little thought as to its implications.
indoctrination theory is solid, it follows the awesome writing of Bioware. But the 3 "different" endings is precisely the kind of "non-offensive public consumption" crap EA pulls constantly my gut says Bioware was forced to change the ending after they were bought out by EA
JayneCobb88 Actually, they had an ending that dealt with Dark Matter, and the end/collapse of the universe, which has been referenced in previous ME games (Tali'Zorah's recruitment mission in ME2 covered this a lot) but the ending got leaked, and Bioware was forced to change at the last minute.
cannonfodder343 I dont think the ending being leak changed the overall story. Actually Mass Effect 1 and 2 had a story writer Drew Karpyshyn. He was the one that was going the route for the Dark matter theme. He also wrote 3 novels for Mass Effect. He left Bioware before Mass Effect 3 was made. Which pretty much left another writer for the series Hack..oops, I mean Mack Walters. Mass Effect as a series suffered after their main writer Drew left and it shows. Before ME3 came out Bioware released another Novel written by someone else who barely had a grasp on the lore and it failed right out of the gate as a bridging story for ME3. It was called Mass Effect Deception.
Agreed IMO the Synthetic ending was by far the best even if Saren fought for this. Saren had good intentions as you can see at the end of ME1 but the Souvereign sought Control and wanted to control him with the implants in Saren. Almost similar thing with the Illusive man, they controlled him already and his mind and that's why he's the manifestation of the 'Control' Ending, you must look through them and see what they personally thought and not what they said under indoctrination. Saren wanted to mix both Organic and Synthetic, Illusive Man wanted to control them from early on, that's why there was a decision in ME2 to save the Collectors Base and give it to him so he could look further into the secrets of them and the 'Reaper' inside it. And Anderson speaks for himself, he represents destruction very well for an soldier, but with the cost of not thinking too far.
The synthesis ending was just a shit way of them trying to fix the shitty ending by giving and ending where everyone is happy and its all perfect. Most likely the canon ending will be the destruction ending as it suits the personality of Shepard and is the most realistic ending.
why so salty? everyone knows that bc of the few seconds clip of shepard at the earth where he starts breathing again. I mean yeah the first endings sucked hard but I'm okay with the updated ones. it doesn't mind if they're controlled destroyed or fused together in the end it's your choice and almost every clip has the same pattern
The synthesis ending is intended to be the "good" ending of the three, the most happy at least. I do like that ending a lot, and it's the one I chose on first play through. However, there's a theory that's been around about how that ending results in the indoctrination of Shepard by the Reapers, you should check it out sometime if you haven't. It's really neat.
I hate the synthesis ending most do it was too weak of an ending, rather than having morally grey ending they just stuck a "good" ending in there to make things better. It won't be the canon ending as it was by far the least popular ending.
Twilight_Realm yeah I'm always up with things like that. But I should look further into this one, I watched so many of them but I forgot to watch the most interesting one (shepards indoctrination and the time it starts). I don't really know bc there are so many things left to speculate about and not everything has been told to the player. Many ppl say that the kid is trying to trick him like it tricked the leviathan and it uses the former of the kid which died at the beginning of me3
Anderson passed out as shepherd has a reaper induced vision in front of the reaper kill switch in a desperate attempt to stop shepherd. Usually shepherd press the wrong button because of it but a strong shepherd can break free from the reapers, kill them, survive their wounds and escape with Anderson. That’s my shepherd.
2:22 It was never said that the Reapers took longer than usual to purge organic life in this cycle compared to others supposedly because of the disorder that was created because the Reapers couldn't use the Conduit this time. It always takes a long time, in each cycle. I don't remember who said it and in which game, (probably Liara in ME3) but purging all life can take decades for the Reapers.
Control, Paragon version, with max EMS is my favorite ending. (Yes there are multiple versions of this ending. Many people don't know that. Renegade basically rules with an iron fist, while Paragon simply protects the galaxy.)
They can still revive Mass Effect if they make a new game that takes place in the Milky Way several hundred years AFTER Shepard ends the Reaper threat. But it would need better writers and developers than worked on Andromeda.
This video has 2 big mistakes: 1) The Catalyst didn't kill the Leviatans because it betrayed them. The Catalyst started the cycle, because it was looking for an answer on how to keep the organic lifeforms from creating synthetic machines that will kill them. The Catalyst needed more information to get this answer, so it harvested the organic materials, studied their technology, so the cycle started. 2) The Crucible is not a superweapon. It's a device that will give the Catalyst more solutions, more options instead of continuing the cycle. So you can choose one of these options in the end.
The purpose of the reapers wasn't to destroy organic life it was to achieve synthesis to keep synthetics and organics from killing each other by reaching a common understanding something no other cycle was able to do until that one
2:09 best walk cycle xD
I didn't expect to see any member of Black Plasma watching lore videos.
Shepard leads the final attack and must choose between the color of the final explosion.
😂😂
red or blue... WHAT THE FLUFF?! THIS IS SO HARD!
*ships are blowing up and sht is going on in space*
Red.... Blue...
*more mayhem going on*
What would Anderson do?!
What would the Illusive man do?!
WHAT WOULD GARRUS DO?!
*several races are going near extinct in an all out battle with a species of centient fcking robots*
Wait, there's a green one?!
Screw Ganon and Zelda! I'M GONNA BE LINK BIATCH!
its green, always pick green
Is it red red green or red green red? its *RED* always pick *RED* kids.
It took me a fairly long time to decide for one option when I played it for the first time and didn't know what the possible results would look like. After deciding to destroy the reapers and seeing the outro scenes I doubted my decision extremely heavy, so I looked up the alternative ending. When I saw it was almost identical I was just really p*ssed.
But besides this ending I loved every single thing about the game. Especially the part you get on the Citadel for the last time had huge impact on me. Actually this game and trilogy had so many impactful moments I can barely count them.
So at 0:57 it shows the Turians finding the Citadel. The Turians were the last species to join the counsel and find the cit. The Asari discovered it first followed by the Salarians. The Turins were brought in and given a leading role due to their role in the Korgan wars.
I did the control ending. It allows Shepard to technically still be alive but within the Reaper consensus. It also allows the races of the galaxy to achieve synthesis on their own terms.
Which partially has already taken place if you united quarians and geth. The result is just a too powerful thing to deny. With the reaper-upgraded geth in the quarian environment suits I would argue that they are the most advanced "race" in the game and with their unique perspective they should be able to alter the whole "machines take over"-scenario.
If you have high enough galactic readiness and choose destroy ending, Shepard lives.
www.dsogaming.com/news/bioware-officially-confirms-that-shepard-is-alive-in-the-destroy-ending-of-mass-effect-3/
Battletoad that never made sense to me, and don't say indoctrination theory. I think that theory is just crap. With my play through, the destroy ending didn't work out. Why go to such great lengths to free the geth and help EDI evolve if your just going to slaughter them?
At least with control, Shepard's minds takes over the catalyst. I understand it isn't true Shepard since he says "Eternal. Infinite. Immortal. The man/woman I was used these words, but only now do I truly understand them. Through his death, I was created. Through my birth, his thoughts were freed". Shepard basically makes the reapers think the way he does and it gives them understanding of tolerance to help organics and synthetics evolve.
Ryan Olivier What didn't make sense?
I always take the Paragon path, but my Shepard has always been also about making sure that threats are gone. My paragon Shep sacrificed an entire star system to stop the reapers from invading in ME2's Arrival DLC, so after a long war all my Shep wants is to have the reapers go away forever, even if that means sacrificing the Geth and EDI. It's simply so that there's absolute certainty that the reapers will never be a threat again.
Shepard is 30% synthetic, his bones nearly unbreakable, his skin as tough as the plates of a krogan. His muscles have also been woven with fibers that make him superhumanly strong. Not to mention his bone weave, skin weave and muscle weave all distribute medi-gel everywhere into his body. Who knows what other kinds of miracle implants he has, so his survival is a good possibility.
+Battletoad
That last part, explaining all the muscle fibers and stuff was mind blowing. I never considered that as a reason for surviving Destroy.
I went for synthesis, sounded like a good idea at first.
... Then I realized I turned everyone into the Borg.
Or an advanced husk
Husk 2
Why doesn't anyone choose Control ?
I know right Lol
@Inigo Bantok I know it's dangerous, but I think it beats the alternatives of either turning everyone into Borg or causing the extinction of all synthetic life. Besides, with all the knowledge and technology we deliver to the many, as AI Sherpard calls the galactic pooulation, they could keep the Reapers in check should they, under AI Sherpard's influence, ever get any ideas of domination. That's what I would give to the other people, a plan to defeat me should I ever accept to become something similar to a god and loose my way.
I feel so proud watching this, for some reason. As if the narrator describing Shepard's advantures was talking about me :-)
BTW, Mass Effect 2 was the best one, imo
Wiem kim jesteś.
Know the feeling, man. Mass Effect Trilogy was inmersive as hell.
Got all three games two months ago, just beat 3 today, and your words are so true.
you just awakened so much hate since you said the synthesis ending was your favorite my god have mercy on your souls
Seriously, fuck the synthesis ending. It goes against everything the series had stood for.
what did the series stood for ? XENOPHOBES OR WHAT
Perhaps if you chose renegade. Paragon I believe is more so leading by example and accepting each other's differences. Synthesis forces organics and machines to merge without consent so instead of learning to accept each other everyone's genetics are altered in becoming more alike. For me I find that concept irritating as it suggests an ideal that we are better off all being the same. An egotistical person would say 'why isn't everyone like me'. In reality as a species, or in Mass Effect as a galactic community, diversity, both physically and mentally, strengthens our ability to survive and evolve as a community.
synthesis breaks the line between synthetics and organics, not between other races. what is the point of the qurian geth peace when you are gonna kill the geth anyways. plus remember what the catalyst said, the peace won't last for long soon your children's will create synthetic and the chaos will come back. the point of the game wasn't to defeat the just to defeat the reapers but to also have peace between organics and synthetics. if you chose destroy, what's the point of your ending. the war is gonna come back
@dank memes
ever consider maybe that's just what the reaper boy wants you to think?
My favorite ending is the one where Shepard takes control of the Reaper and makes them rebuild the shit they blowed up and guard the galaxy. Just imagine you have an entire fleet of super-space-AIs to kick the asses of every douchebag that pissed you of earlier.
plus all species keep their genetic potential intact
Destroy ending is the only good ending... Sorry EDI and Geth.
I don't think so I've beat the game with a ems of 5001 and there is no slide for the geth if you choose destroy
that's only for synthesis ending
do you even know what the endings are
MEHEM is the only good ending.
Steak is the only good ending. I fucking love steak.
The destroy ending was the only one that felt real to me. Defeating the reapers was always going to come at great cost and picking either of the other endings just seemed a bit too convenient for me, but each to their own.
2:08 That walk cycle brings me back... I wonder if he got that from Doom guy.
Basically whichever ending you got, it all just worked out great, everything in the galaxy is perfect! All the races are getting along and raising a puppy together. In fact everything is so great in the galaxy that 4 shiploads of galactic civilians decided that they would rather live anywhere that isn’t the Milky Way galaxy, maybe they never downloaded the extended cut or something.
Synthesis is crap. There is no way that Shepard would make that choice for the whole freaking galaxy; it utterly destroys the character and the lore.
All of them don’t make sense except destroy, the other options ruin the whole point of the previous games
Except the character is whatever you want him to choose.
I like this trilogy. Gave me chills hearing the songs again.
Shepard was the best thing in the series
The control ending makes the most sense in my opinion, and thus it is my favorite ending. Synthesis goes against everything you have done, and essentially all you have done is turn everyone into something they don't understand.
Great video. But Destroy ending is the only one that's the truest to the entire point of the whole trilogy.
Somewhat true and somewhat not. With all the effort you (hopefully) put into the ]quarian - geth[ relation, that proves that AI doesn't want to take over as long as organics respect them I simply couldn't stand the thought of destroying that.
I felt because of that controling was the logical option. It also allows for repairs for the damage the reapers have caused and noone hinders shepard to retire the reapers after the repairs are finished.
They could be strapped down and recycled for example.
I think Control is the best because you can use the Reapers to rebuild and defend the galaxy. What if there are more Reapers outside of the Milky Way Galaxy? The Crucible explosion only affected Reapers inside the galaxy.
Kolt Kloud So take a sentient race, and remove their free will? That's genocide of another color. They become useful toasters. It's inhumane, what's more, mind controlling a person for the rest of their existence, much less a race or species, is unethical.
No. This race which has built itself on the back of countless million acts of genocide (each sovereign class reaper is a cycle, maybe all the smaller ones are too. Think about that) started a war. They don't get to beg clemency once they're at the defender's mercy. They will not stop unless they were stopped. Instead of unethical mind control, let's stick with the unfortunate killing in self defense.
Synthesis is obviously terrible because this race that considers itself our betters and has commuted countless genocidal acts is not to be looked up to or joined with. Their self-appointed purpose was premeditated murder against the innocent. I don't want any part of them.
Cavanaugh H
I consider Synthesis terrible for other reasons. An abomination of writing, so to say. I find it completely illogical that it somehow adds Shepard DNA to robots and "Robot DNA" to people, and this magically ends all conflict in the galaxy even though not all conflict is based on "space racism." I also fail to see how Shepard having robotic implants makes them behold some magical space DNA to begin with. Do people with pacemakers have special DNA all of a sudden? Because BioWare's definition of Synthetic seems to be all over the place with how haphazardly they use the term. And how to Robots have DNA anyway? They are made of metal, plastic, or some other polymer substance. So do smart phones have robot DNA too? Do calculators? If they are made by the same materials as robots then they should also have been affected, which is even more baffling I'd say. And why did it add this magical robot space DNA to plants, and why did everyone have glowing flashlight eyes? Good luck getting to sleep now. It's just space magic high fantasy nonsense, which is out of place with how "science-fiction-y" they've made the series up to that point. Maybe they should have scrapped this whole synthesis idea and put it in Dragon Age, but instead of Organic/Synthetic magical merging it was now giving everyone a connection to the Fade, thus everyone is now a mage.
And that is the start of the Transformers!
The Asari discovered the technology first and the Citadel, not the Turians...
The entire bioshock storyline in 3
Betrayal is a deliberate act, but from the Catalyst's point of view, it didn't betray the Leviathans, it just believed to understand that they were part of the problem it was meant to solve. It was not trying to destroy, but to preserve life (in Reaper form).
Destroy with over 4000 EMS was the best ending.
Yes
A patch lowered it to 3200 I believe.
Kill. All. Synthetics.
Harold Smith the ONLY reason why I never choose that is because EDI dies.
That and the quarians kinda needed the Beth to, ya know, live for more than a few generations
nah i had 5000 war score
and i had good ending mod on so i play mass effect over 100 times a year
finally someone else that likes the synthesis choice
So the moral of the story is don't create AI and then give it power
The moral is don't create mediocre AI and then give it power.
Let it "grow" and "learn" with the same power organics have.
That defeats the purpose of why most species would be making AI tho, we are-selves are only trying it for a cheap labor force. If the AI has the capability to learn and grow then whats not to say they don't deserve sentient rights otherwise we are just reinventing the slave trade are we not?
Nope the lesson is dont let people write a story using a team. Also, dont play around with AI
Seriously. I wanted to hear about the dark energy, not throwing out literally everything with the last ten minutes of the trilogy.
no they are a object a tool created for a purpose and it is to serve
If the development team had an extra year to flush out the game, the third and it's ending would have been much better and we probably could have seen the after effects of our decisions more. For what was given, I liked the control ending the most, that way, Reaper Shepard can help rebuild as well as make sure that the survivng races don't destroy themselves at some point in the future. Synthesis is an insult because you outright deny the races the chance to choose unity on their own, and destroy kills the geth, edi, and leaves the galaxy in ruin. A perfect recipe for in-fighting and chaotic anarchy.
The one thing that didn't make sense to me is apparently a new reaper is made after each harvest to adapt to the harvests, making the newest reapers the strongest.
But since Harbringer is the oldest and only saw the first harvest, wouldn't that make him the weakest reaper out of them all? And if so why is he pretty much the most powerful in ME:3?
I love that discovering advanced technology that allows a race to evolve is repeatedly portrayed as someone finding a gun in the dirt and being blown away by its kick.
One wrong thing in this video is that the Asari discovered the Citadel first not the Turians
"Shepard leads the final attack and in the confrontation Bioware and EA fuck over everyone!" The ending to Mass Effect 3 sucks beyond the telling of it.
This is my favorite game chronology of all time.
Be stupid in 3 steps:
1.- Make sure you're in the year 2016 or further.
2.- Complain about the ending of Mass Effect 3.
3.- Profit.
No truer words have been said my friend.
i liked the green ending very much lol
It's 2016 and the ending is still shitty. ofc ppl will complain.
Be stupid in 3 steps:
1. Make a google account
2. Complain about a video complaining about something everybody hates
3. No profit other than the realization that your time could've been better spent elsewhere. :)
The Citadel dlc is the real ending for me :D
Oh my gooooood.....been waiting for this so excited..
what your ending preference says about you. Destroy: "These games was about killing robots, so of course that is right." Control: "The games were about making what you want to happen and you can make robots your bitch, this the obvious answer." Synthesis: "The games have always had the theme of trying to understand someone different to you, even showing that artificial life is not inherently evil, this is the ending to complete the theme of working together."
Personally the destroy ending is unnecessary killing and goes against story with the geth and EDI. The control ending is falling into the holes where we saw too much power corrupts, and there is no guarantee Shepard would have the right to decide for some else, removing their will. Synthesis is giving the rights to get along with others, and that is how real progress comes, not by destroying or controlling someone.
indoctrinated
Not exactly. The game is about choice. It's up to you to want to interact with other beings or not. All the game does Italy have information about the characters in the races and let you choose what to believe out of all the information. And there is a big issue with the synthesis being that big questions about control and who is in control. You're basically allowing a being whose only goal is control everything self aware being in the galaxy via technology implantation and mind control to implant every organic and synthetic being in the galaxy. And to top it off there is nothing there stopping it from taking control.
None of it goes against the game story. This is a game of choice. Not all Shepherds want to be peaceful and understanding nor all Shepherds want to destroy every synthetic.
And I said as much that preferred ending reflects choice. And for my journey through Mass Effect I saw how major conflicts can be the result of misunderstanding and giving a chance to understanding could help. The Geth could be diverse and understanding. The Krogan although barbaric to the others and could also be helpful and reasonable. The Rachni likely did not deserve to be driven to extinction as something else manipulated them into acting against their nature. Even humanity's introduction to the other races started as a misunderstanding in a war being created with the Turians. Totally destroying or controlling the enemy is a choice, but it is one that expects the same from all the other races in the series, and that is wrong. If everyone thought that, everyone would be trying to kill each other.
This is awesome for us partners who wanna know what game our partner is playing but don't wanna sit and listen to a 6 hour lore tale.
Did anyone know that on a certain ending at the end of the credits in mass effect 3 you actually hear Shepard burst into life with a gasp for air
Yes on the destroy ending
Finally played the original trilogy, or at least almost finishing it, and I now understand all the references.
Genetic DNA? Isn't that kind of redundant ?
Running "fuckTheseGuys.exe" 😂😂😂😂😂
control was the best ending , fuck synthesis
awww i thought the ending consisted of an explosive array or red, blue, or green. EA with its DLCs.
wanderingbufoon get the extended cut
dont. waste of time :D
Destroy is best ending, because no way i'm letting EDI get away with watching me *calibrating* in my bath room.
but what about legion sacrifice?
man this channel is helpful for games
my entire team got killed at the end of the second game and this is where my story ended. it was tragic but it felt so right and dramatic I didn't want to go back and challenge fate
yes , i'm sure you put a lot of effort into that Playthrough :))
Y'know that ME2 vid where everyone dies? The one with The Illusive Man facepalming as the thumbnail? That was probably this guy's playthrough lol
The Flying Spaghetti Monster unfortunately sir ... You cant fail at that , you literally have to avoid all your crewmate's quests , and not upgrade your ship at all ... was it that hard avoiding those quests ?
The Flying Spaghetti Monster well , you obviously did something for him , even if it was by mistake :p i played the game multiple time , and during my " kill everyone " run , i did it ... the game was pretty short tho o.o
Damn, I think making sure your entire team dies requires more dedication than having them live.
great video man
Yes another person who likes the synthesis ending in ME3. I did not go through all of that shit to broker a peace treaty between the Quarians and Geth, just to wipe the geth and edi all out in the end.
Great video now please do Dragon Age in three.
I'm glad someone else likes it. I don't know what all the fuss is about it.
Ninjamaster227 THANK YOU! Finally someone else who sees it that way. I mean if the destroy ending didn't destroy the Geth nor EDI I would HAPPILY go for that.
I spent destroy did she gets away so does the Normandy
Why not choose "Control" ? I mean, the Reapers were the first attempt of forced Synthesis. I don't think it's a good idea to mess with the time the proccess of evolution takes. But I agree with you. Why is everyone so angry with the Synthesis ending ? Last time I checked, science is trying to find a way to turn us all into cyborgs.
I love these, they help me understand campaigns of games I either dont play, or just play multiplayer, I really dont play campaign that much lol
If only "indoctrination theory" would have been true, it could have been one of the biggest plot twists in entire gaming history. But nope... these shitty endings happened.
There's a theory, that I believe to be true, that the wars the Reapers cause either before or during their invasions have the purpose to test the galaxy and see if it's worth sparing it or if everyone in it must be harvested. In the game's cycle, after the war against the indoctrinated Rachni, they deemed that the galaxy had to once again be harvested, but after Sherpard showing up, they realized that there was actually hope for this cycle, still they decided to go throught the harvesting in order to force Sherpard to unite the galaxy and finally end with the endless cycles. However, they also wanted to remain active, since they believed they could be needed in the future again, only this time they wanted to be free of this harvesting programing, so by the time of "Mass Effect 3", they indoctrinate Sherpard not to make her/him join them, but to understand their current ideals, so when the time came, instead of either destroying them or let the cycle go on, he/she would control them, and if that didn't work, then he/she would synthesise everyone.
Thanks for this memory refresher, timely video! :)
Well the most likely to be cannon ending is Shepard (Fem) surviving and earth becoming a Class 4 planet as hinted by the "Commander Shepard" ME:A trailer.
Class 4 planet?
You see, there's the Fermi cape, or Planet designation, type 1 is a planet able to use all of it resources, type 2 is a civ able to space travel and type 3 is a civ that's expanded all around its galaxy, then would be the dead cape (pretty much Reapers invading and destroying type 3 civs), yet if a civ gets past it, it becomes a type 4, a civ able to survive great changes and colonize other galaxies.
Man I can't remember that being mentioned in ME xD I only know the Type I-III civilization classes but that's something different
Yeah, its all wayyy more related to the Fermi paradox itself rather than ME lore.
I see. Interesting, I agree with that. I bet my ass that the 5k EMS destroy ending is canon. I cannot wait for Andromeda...
i like that last part. Its just like when shepherd has the chance to advertise for a shop in citadel
cmon, WHERES HOTLINE MIAMI
Actually,
If you syntesize the whole galaxy, the reaper also get synthesized, which either means that they regained their conciousness as an organic, which means lots of previous harvested (if there any reaper form of them) will be back from extinction.
Also if you thibk about it, now a computer or a simple VI is also an organic.
mass effect more like i found leafy's formula on my channel
say the video great job
make a how to on pyrocynical
finally someone original on youtube
omg he's exposed
omg he's exposed
these videos amaze me every time
The synthesis ending is the gayest one. Everybody wins, nobody dies, we all evolve into gods.
amazing he crosses universes and gets the support of the Klingon and federation. damn shepherd your negotiation skills are top notch
High EMS Destroy or GTFO.
YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS
Nobody likes Synthesis
Wrong
I like how there's alot of references for previous story lines in 3
still epic amounts of disappointment in the ME3 ending.
Which one? Wait lemm guess all of them lmao
Well, the ending isn't simply "choose one of these three and always die". They have different outcomes depending on galactic readiness, and if you have high enough readiness and choose the destroy ending Shepard lives (confirmed by BioWare on their forums).
Galactic readiness however is affected by your choices in all three games. For example if you find the Prothean data discs and matriarch Dilignata's writings, you'll get a boost to galactic readiness. If you speak with Conrad Verner in ME1 and 2, you'll come across him in ME3, he will save your life by jumping in the way of a bullet. If you also saved the sister of the chic in the lux bar in ME1 from c-sec work, she will be there to save Conrad Verner's life, and you'll find out that Conrad is a scientist who can help Shepard by studying prothean technology, and you'll receive a boost to galactic readiness.
That doesn't mean the ending still isn't badly written and executed.
Probably Orthonas Yeah, well... BioWare fans are used to the ending being determined like in Dragon Age: Origins, in that what you do during the game will change the ending directly.
In Mass Effect 3 the ending works like this: decisions during all the games impact galactic readiness, galactic readiness impacts the 3 ending choices.
It is a very weird choice for the ending. I'm guessing that EA was pushing BioWare to finish the game quickly, and they had to change the ending system so that instead of possibly tens of unique ending scenarios there are basically just 3 main ending, each having 2 versions.
Battletoad It goes beyond only having 3 options though. A lot of the problem lies in the fact the 3 options you're given just aren't that good and some of it doesn't even make sense. Like the normandy crash landing on the planet, why did it crash? What caused it? It just doesn't make sense. On top of that the reapers motivation was poorly done, hypocritical, and straight up didn't make sense. It made a ton of huge ancient beings look like idiots which they didn't deserve to be made into. Finally, the fact that there wasn't a good ending upset a lot of people. You could do everything right but fuck you anyway. It was a poorly executed way to finish off the game series and was pushed out with little thought as to its implications.
the synthesis ending is the story of Shepard turning into a husk and the galaxy being destroyed so congratulations, you played yourself
What about covering the indoctrination theory in the video?
Because it was fan made not developer canon.
+Crimsonlee2XX Not likely. There are too many coincidences - at least some of the writers must have tried to make the ending better than it was.
indoctrination theory is solid, it follows the awesome writing of Bioware.
But the 3 "different" endings is precisely the kind of "non-offensive public consumption" crap EA pulls constantly
my gut says Bioware was forced to change the ending after they were bought out by EA
JayneCobb88
Actually, they had an ending that dealt with Dark Matter, and the end/collapse of the universe, which has been referenced in previous ME games (Tali'Zorah's recruitment mission in ME2 covered this a lot) but the ending got leaked, and Bioware was forced to change at the last minute.
cannonfodder343 I dont think the ending being leak changed the overall story. Actually Mass Effect 1 and 2 had a story writer Drew Karpyshyn. He was the one that was going the route for the Dark matter theme. He also wrote 3 novels for Mass Effect. He left Bioware before Mass Effect 3 was made. Which pretty much left another writer for the series Hack..oops, I mean Mack Walters. Mass Effect as a series suffered after their main writer Drew left and it shows. Before ME3 came out Bioware released another Novel written by someone else who barely had a grasp on the lore and it failed right out of the gate as a bridging story for ME3. It was called Mass Effect Deception.
You forgot that the reapers indoctrinate Shepard, and that we don't win.
Shepard lives = best ending. Let the comment wars begin.
Love ur vids bro
indoctrination theory is actually true
Lmao
No
Mass Effect in 3 Seconds "We'll Bang Ok"
"Assembly a menage on board of a military spacecraft."
Agreed IMO the Synthetic ending was by far the best even if Saren fought for this. Saren had good intentions as you can see at the end of ME1 but the Souvereign sought Control and wanted to control him with the implants in Saren. Almost similar thing with the Illusive man, they controlled him already and his mind and that's why he's the manifestation of the 'Control' Ending, you must look through them and see what they personally thought and not what they said under indoctrination. Saren wanted to mix both Organic and Synthetic, Illusive Man wanted to control them from early on, that's why there was a decision in ME2 to save the Collectors Base and give it to him so he could look further into the secrets of them and the 'Reaper' inside it. And Anderson speaks for himself, he represents destruction very well for an soldier, but with the cost of not thinking too far.
The synthesis ending was just a shit way of them trying to fix the shitty ending by giving and ending where everyone is happy and its all perfect. Most likely the canon ending will be the destruction ending as it suits the personality of Shepard and is the most realistic ending.
why so salty? everyone knows that bc of the few seconds clip of shepard at the earth where he starts breathing again. I mean yeah the first endings sucked hard but I'm okay with the updated ones. it doesn't mind if they're controlled destroyed or fused together in the end it's your choice and almost every clip has the same pattern
The synthesis ending is intended to be the "good" ending of the three, the most happy at least. I do like that ending a lot, and it's the one I chose on first play through. However, there's a theory that's been around about how that ending results in the indoctrination of Shepard by the Reapers, you should check it out sometime if you haven't. It's really neat.
I hate the synthesis ending most do it was too weak of an ending, rather than having morally grey ending they just stuck a "good" ending in there to make things better. It won't be the canon ending as it was by far the least popular ending.
Twilight_Realm yeah I'm always up with things like that. But I should look further into this one, I watched so many of them but I forgot to watch the most interesting one (shepards indoctrination and the time it starts). I don't really know bc there are so many things left to speculate about and not everything has been told to the player. Many ppl say that the kid is trying to trick him like it tricked the leviathan and it uses the former of the kid which died at the beginning of me3
Awesome video.
At 0:16. Now running Fucktheseguys.exe. Best program ever.
Anderson passed out as shepherd has a reaper induced vision in front of the reaper kill switch in a desperate attempt to stop shepherd. Usually shepherd press the wrong button because of it but a strong shepherd can break free from the reapers, kill them, survive their wounds and escape with Anderson. That’s my shepherd.
2:22 It was never said that the Reapers took longer than usual to purge organic life in this cycle compared to others supposedly because of the disorder that was created because the Reapers couldn't use the Conduit this time. It always takes a long time, in each cycle. I don't remember who said it and in which game, (probably Liara in ME3) but purging all life can take decades for the Reapers.
AND THE LEG WALK WE LIKED SO MUCH IN DOOM (in 3 mins) IS HERE AGAIN xD @2:08
Wrex has a strange phobia of screaming shephard a lot.
The multispieces intermingled existence animation scared me for life ♥
I like it when the gun fires and they can't handle the kickback.
I cant believe you have an angry birds story in 3 minutes but you dont have a bioshock story in 3 minutes...
you should do one
I just love the winding leg animation
I love how the 2nd game is just 20 seconds.
"Synthetic DNA"... 8 years of molecular biology out of the window...
Control, Paragon version, with max EMS is my favorite ending. (Yes there are multiple versions of this ending. Many people don't know that. Renegade basically rules with an iron fist, while Paragon simply protects the galaxy.)
In the end it's about the choose between three flavors; peppermint, cinnamon, or mintberry crunch.
These guys went with mintberry crunch.
Seeing the magazine TIM holds, reminds me of my monthly subscription: "Being Poor and Indifferent".
Forgot to say that the Ilusive Man wanted to use the technology of the reapers to its own purposes
They can still revive Mass Effect if they make a new game that takes place in the Milky Way several hundred years AFTER Shepard ends the Reaper threat. But it would need better writers and developers than worked on Andromeda.
Agreed. That's what I was hoping for after 3. I played ME:A and every time I did, I was wishing I was back in the Milky Way galaxy. hah!
2:37 Is that 2 Starfleet Dadulus class starship in the bottom and 5 klingon d-7 class spred out?
you forgot how the prothean scientists made the conduit and cut off the collectors from the reapers so thats why the citadel didnt function as a relay
Reapers, Leviathans?
Subnautica anyone?
Pretty sure, the Reapers always built one new Reaper based on the conquered creatures DNA.
This video has 2 big mistakes:
1) The Catalyst didn't kill the Leviatans because it betrayed them. The Catalyst started the cycle, because it was looking for an answer on how to keep the organic lifeforms from creating synthetic machines that will kill them. The Catalyst needed more information to get this answer, so it harvested the organic materials, studied their technology, so the cycle started.
2) The Crucible is not a superweapon. It's a device that will give the Catalyst more solutions, more options instead of continuing the cycle. So you can choose one of these options in the end.
Thx for the birthday present guys video about my favorite videoge séries uploaded on my birthday XD i
Quick and funny. I've played all the games but I didn't know the story this well. Thank you :)
The whole story is alot clearer and complete if you get all DLC
Infinexos Covica Thanks for the tip :)
The only canon endings are control and destroy because in ME:A the main heroes aren't greenish alienish synths and aren't killed by the reapers
dominik andrzej it’s setting 600 years after the Trilogy not before
In Andromeda the ark went to another galaxy before ME3 so they couldn't possibly be affected since the reapers only exist in the milky way
so the whole series revolts over the reapers.
So Asari were the first to discover the citadel in Shepard's cycle
I was hoping y'all would do Mass Effect! =D
Thing is though, Bioware admitted the Perfect Destroy ending is the Canon one.
The reaper Angry face. That's all, priceless.
5000 galactic readiness, choose to destroy the reaper & Shepard survive
The purpose of the reapers wasn't to destroy organic life it was to achieve synthesis to keep synthetics and organics from killing each other by reaching a common understanding something no other cycle was able to do until that one
Mass Effect 2 summed up in 3 seconds .. . nice
2:31 thats how you lead an armada haha