Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition Remastered - All Four Main Endings 1080p PS5
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition Remastered: Extended Cut - ALL Four Main Endings, recorded on PS5 at 1080P. No Commentary
0:00 - Options Explained
11:43 - "Destroy" Ending
22:57 - "Control" Ending
33:45 - "Synthesis" Ending
44:54 - "Refusal" Ending
46:36 - Post Credit Scene
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the Mass Effect series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. A Wii U version of the game. Mass Effect 3 is set within the Milky Way galaxy in 2186, where galactic civilization is invaded by a highly advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships known as Reapers. It concludes the story of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who is tasked with forging alliances between species for the war.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a compilation of the video games in the Mass Effect trilogy: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3. It is being developed by BioWare with assistance from Abstraction Games and Blind Squirrel Games, and published by Electronic Arts. All three games were remastered, with visual enhancements, technical improvements, and gameplay adjustments. Mass Effect, the first game of the trilogy, has received more extensive upgrades than its counterparts, specifically with regard to combat mechanics, vehicle handling, and loading times.
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Accidentally shot the star child then got the terrible “so be it ending”. After 120 hours of play I was heartbroken. Luckily I reloaded the save, but when I got to the part I couldn’t resist and shot him again.
The roller coaster of these 3 sentences
The what LOL
I did that by mistake too, minus coming back for a second shot.
Same!
Lol i just tried it for shits and giggles had no idea it would actually do something
Control ending:
All reapers in unison: I should go.
The Batarian Terrorist: Goddamnit Shepard.
we'll bang ok
THAT made laugh hard
Synthesis ending:
"Does this toaster have a soul?"
@@nickn2794
Old World Blues toaster: *chaotic laughing*
The Control ending i really wanted
Wrex:"Reapers"
Reapers:"Wrex"
I don’t get it …
What do you mean wrex : reapers?
@@Domzdream There's dialogue I believe, in the first game, that goes:
Wrex: "Shepard."
Shepard: "Wrex."
Now that Shepard has taken over the Reapers, it would be Wrex talking to a Reaper that now possesses Shepard's consciousness.
In EDI's words, it was a joke.
@@Hyrule409 Ah, I see. thank you for that. Have a good week ahead.
@@Domzdream There is also a part in 3 at the apt. party when or if you mellow it out and when you sit wit Wrex if you invited him.
Wrex: Commander Reapers
Reapers: Wrex
Wrex: Reapers, Reapers, Reapers
Reapers: Wrex, Wrex
Wrex: Alright you made your point Reapers
Ah yes, the 'disconnected controller' ending. Exquisite
lmfao xD
We have dismissed this claim
How about accidentaly turning off the console, is that an ending?
Hahaha same happened to me
The timing with the music was hilarious
My thoughts on each ending:
*Destroy Pros:* The most straightforward ending, and the only one that allows life to go on as it did before the Reapers invaded. You complete your mission and defeat the Reapers once and for all, and Shepard may even survive the ordeal. This ending is the only ending that lets the galaxy build its own future, without being dictated by Catalyst Shepard or their new genetic programming. The best version of this ending states that everything destroyed can and will be rebuilt, so we know for a fact that the Galaxy will recover. This ending is also the only one that does not feel like a betrayal of your allies' goal of defeating the Reapers, as the other endings will either see the rest of the Galaxy serve under you, forcibly alter their DNA, or leave them all dead.
*Destroy Cons:* The sacrifice of all Synthetic life is a great price to pay, especially EDI as she has become an invaluable ally and friend for Shepard. This is the ending that places the least value on Synthetic lives, treating them as an acceptable sacrifice for ridding the Galaxy of the Reapers. Also, while this ending greatly values freedom, it comes at the cost of losing all the benefits of Reaper technology, meaning it's unlikely the galaxy will reach new levels of prosperity for a long time.
*Squadmates I think would pick this ending:* _Garrus, Tali, Wrex, Kaidan, Ashley, Thane, Jack, Grunt, Zaeed, Kasumi, James_ and _Javik_
*Control Pros:* Unlike Destroy this ending ending does not sacrifice any other races, but it also doesn't alter the DNA of everyone like Synthesis does. The Reapers will be able to rebuild the Galaxy quickly, and their knowledge is not lost. This ending is also the only ending that does not interfere with any of your previous story-choices, as the Geth will survive (unlike in Destroy), and the Genophage will not be cured (unlike in Synthesis). It also gets bonus points for being the only ending to have a different narration based whether you played as a Paragon or Renegade. With Shepard as the Galaxy's eternal ruler, it's hard to imagine anyone will ever be able to threaten Galactic Peace again.
*Control Cons:* Unlike Destroy, this ending does not really support the idea of letting the Galaxy govern itself. The Galaxy is now forever bound to Shepards will. He/she has never given any indication that they are fit to rule, and now they are basically the God of the galaxy, with no one being able to oppose them, and even the Paragon narration makes it clear Shepard has no intention of leaving the Galaxy to its own devices. Should an entire Galaxy be forced to serve under a dictator, even if that dictator is benevolent? It doesn't help that TIM is the one who has argued for Control since the start, so choosing this ending is basically agreeing with his values.
*Squadmates I think would pick this ending:* _Liara, Miranda, Jacob, Mordin_ and _Morinth_
*Synthesis Pros:* In many ways, this ending makes the Galaxy a utopia. Everyone gets along, it prevents the threat of a new Synthetic life form eventually destroying Organic life, and EDI implies the evolved state of every being might make them able to reach immortality. This is the ending that more than any other shows care for Synthetics, as Shepard values them enough to sacrifice his/her own life to give EDI and the Geth the ability to finally be truly alive.
*Synthesis Cons:* This ending actively rejects the idea of people being free to make their own choices, and in fact it seems to get rid of it altogether. It's incredibly morally dubious to forcibly alter every single living being to become something different. The fact that scumbags like Wreav suddenly become nice gives the implication that this new evolved form has also changed the way everyone thinks, and it's not a stretch to consider this brainwashing. If a bad person is forcibly changed to his very core so he'll be good, is that not an erasure of his true personality? There's also the fact that with everyone basically turning into the same species, it's hard to imagine cultural differences and individualism in general truly existing in this new world. Oh, and let's not forget that all Reaper Husks suddenly become sentient in this ending, imagine the horror of waking up in that nightmarish body.
*Squadmates I think would pick this ending:* _EDI_ and _Legion_
*Refusal Pros:* This is the only ending that does not in any way let the Reapers have their way. It allows Shepard to die with their honor intact, giving the Catalyst a giant "fuck you" for trying to force it's idiotic belief system onto him/her. The last cutscene shows that while the Galaxy eventually was destroyed, the damage they did and the knowledge they left behind allowed the next cycle to defeat the Reapers conventionally, meaning they still had a purpose. There's a certain beauty in knowing your struggle mattered, even if you lost in the end.
*Refusal Cons:* This is Shepard choosing their own pride over the entire Galaxy. The selfishness of this choice is frankly mind-boggling, as you are basically letting everyone die because you don't want to compromise on your own values. All your friends, and everyone you've ever saved are killed, it's not at all a satisfying ending. This is arguably the dumbest choice Shepard can make in the entire trilogy, there is absolutely no logical reason to pick this over Destroy, as you are actively choosing to sacrifice all the races instead of just one.
*Squadmates I think would pick this ending:* _Samara_
Overall I would probably rank the endings *Destroy>>Control>>>>>Synthesis>>>>Refusal.* I appreciate the philosophical dilemma this ending gave me, with each ending representing vastly different ethical values. And while it should be fairly obvious that I like some of the endings more than others, I still appreciate all the fun discussions they've brought about. None of them are perfect, but I actually like that there isn't some magical happy ending that doesn't require any sort of sacrifice. Hard choices are a big part of Mass Effect, so ending on one of the hardest of them all is very fitting in a way.
Thank you for your TED talk
That last point for synthesis is really what made me "hate" it. Nobody wants to live in the body of a husk, that's just too messed up.
Kasumi would 100% pick synthesis as then she can be with that dude on her USB stick
@@GrDoGRoG Kasumi is surprisingly one of the hardest squadmates to place! The thing is that I'm not sure if she would even know that Keiji would (sorta) come back in the Synthesis ending. In ME2 she's very dismissive of Synthetics and doesn't really seem to care about them at all, so I think Destroy is the ending that best matches her world-view. If she were to pick Synthesis it would be for selfish reasons rather than because she agrees with the philosophy of it, so I feel like Destroy fits better overall.
@@dobadobadooo very good point. She doesnt seem like a selfish person so she would probably pick the best option for the greater good. Kenji would be fine after a destroy ending, no? As it is mostly saved memories of him and not an actual synthetic/AI
I picked synthesis so joker could have perfect bones
I chose synthesis and still Joker got out of the Normandy limping
That’s because he was more interested in giving EDI the perfect bone.
@@thanatoskw8285 I can't blame him XD
And so he could smash edi
I picked synthesis so Joker could get laid
Some say he still hasn't reconnected his DUALSHOCK®4 wireless controller to this day.
I should go is what he said before the connection broke
You mean DualSense.
@@SuperSaiyan3985 Bruh...
@@Jarikraider LOL.
lmao
The fact that the controller disconnected during the "Control" ending is absolutely spectacular.
Synthesis has this uncanny 'fake utopia' feeling that's kind of terrifying. It feels like a facade.
There is a fan theory that really the 'control' and 'systhesis' endings aren't real.
That in those endings Shepard got indoctrinated and thought those were what was happening but really he was just imaging it all. That the only possible endings effectively are the cycle continues (what the 'control' and 'systhesis' endings really are), or destroy.
synth and control are both, ultimately, putting the galaxy in the hands of something eldritch and hoping nothing breaks.
@@Ididntchoosethisname theory is falling apart when you think of that catalyst kid could simply not give Shepard a path to destruction if his goals were to indoctrinate him💁♂️
It plays with the concept of singularity between organics and machines, feels fake because if possible we dont yet cant grasp how it would be so here you are watching the limits in imagination of the writers in portraying this concept. Even if i like it seems like the destruction one could be the canon one since its the only possible for a sequel, the other 2 endings doesnt have continuity
It's the only logical choice though
I find it funny how the catalyst seems insulted when Shepard says that “it’s just an AI”
Calls shep an animal 😂😂
@@justcreed4024 he is not wrong
@@justcreed4024 doesn't sound like comeback, more like simple clarification
Technically we are animals. Evolution just chose us to surpass all other life on Earth. This allowed us to become something more than just primitive primates.
@@CesarACastillo that's what he means. That he is not "just an AI", that he surpasses a regular AI as much as Shepard surpasses regular animal.
I chose Synthesis, and laughed my ass off watching the husk beat the shit out of that poor soldier, get knocked off by the energy wave, and them both sitting there like “what….”
This broke my heart tho. Since the husk was a preserved human, is this like in dr who and the cybermen remember who they were and everything done to them?
@@Meggsie Maybe, but this could also see the husk regaining who they are to some extent. Though they are permanently changed, so is literally everyone else is in the galaxy.
Dude what about that fucken husk head aboard the Normandy? How do they feel?
Synthesis ending:
"Does this toaster have a soul?"
beautiful ending (no irony)
By the ommnissiah it does!
So i can bang my toaster without anyone judge me ?
All the way to synthesis....
@Samar3n Ey! Tu respeta la decisión y opinion de los demas. No tienes porque estar insultando, o diciendo que es el "final mas retrasados de todos". Todos los finales son buenos. incluso el "refusal ending".
I don't know why most people hate synthesis ending. Of course, Shepard is dead but it was for greater good. Everyone lives, all beings evolved and peace restored. My Shepard walked paragon path and he was a peacemaker.
Control is the best option. Reapers will go around the galaxy saying “well bang, ok?”
A man of culture I see
Best dictador option*
your opinion
Mans1ayer joke
Or going around debating on how to say “I should go.”….. lol sorry dlc clone reference
got synthesis ending, i didn't know you could go left or right. i asked too many questions and i remembered the catalyst saying there isn't much time so i panicked, i just marched straight while shooting the beam.
That’s sound realistic for shepard to do in the moment
Exactly what the reapers wanted you to do. Rushed you. Kept you from destroying them and waking up from the indoctrination
@@DownWithTheSystem00 I don't really think you'd have the option to Destroy them if you were indoctrinated.
@@vincegalila7211 Good thought. I still do, as we don't truly know what kind of "Mini game" a person goes through when becoming indoctrinated. Shepard has been fighting off indoctrination for 3 games.
But even if not indoctrinated, the entire trilogy and series tries to paint the endings for you before you ever get to them and from all the small dialogue I've caught talking about synthesis (ME2) and both in ME1, it is quite obvious how SCARED they are that Shepard will pick destroy. The star child literally starts off with that choice and painting it as bad as one can.
BUT don't worry, the two villains who represented Contol / Synthesis, they are now in the right, Anderson is in the wrong, and you can either control the reapers, or totally go against many's consent and just alter everyone's DNA, leaving the universe with NO diversity.
The reason the universe exists today, the reason YOU exist today, is diversity. Many different things interacting to create whatever it creates. The universe as we know it wouldn't be here if everything was the same.
Same.
I shot the kid AI thing just for giggles actually and damn, it was actually one of the endings, exactly the one I didn't want, RIP....to make matters worse, that ending scene is like 2 mins long, lol, I really blew it.
😂
this shit's so hilarious 😭
Same. Very annoying. Not playing through that mission again, so I just thought I'd watch them on RUclips 🙃
Same here. i shot the kid out of spite for making me choose... didnt realize he'll take it personally.
I could have done the same out of frustration because I forgot which side was destroy. Thankfully I was patient enough to get my phone out and use google, instead of shooting the child out of frustration.
11:43 Destroy
22:56 Control
33:44 Synthesis
44:55 Refusal
Not all heroes wear capes
You are the hero we deserve….
i chose destroy
I am commander Shepard and this is my favourite comment on the citadel
Nice list. But the desription of the endigns would be alse wellcomed ...
I just realized, the Synthesis ending is the only one where the quarians don't wear masks
It's such a weird ending, but probably the most ideal. Except for Javik, for whom this is probably a pure nightmare lol
Javik gets to see his cultural knowledge live on through all those who synthesized. It may be the happiest ending possible for him.
Nice try Saren. Get back in your grave.
I mean, as long as the geth and quarians made peace, either ending will achieve that. Synthesis is the only one that shows it because they're all kind of like robots now
@BierBart12 during some dialogue with Javik in his quarters, after you first speak with the Quarian leaders in the war room, it’s a shame they have to wear masks, “in my cycle, Quarians were considered attractive. A shame no one can appreciate that now with those suits”. Which i found interesting from him
hahaha poor Javik
I really like the synthesis ending but it's soooo hard to get over the fact that the reapers husks gain sentience.
lol
*re-gain, technically (which is arguably a even worse if they remember their previous lives)
That's like a zombie apocalypse where in the end suddenly zombies become stable and civilized beings
I'd love if my new husk neighbors went:
Me: Heya, Dale. Good morning!
Husk Dale: *AAURGHGH*
I imagine the husks will just kill themselves because I dont think those things where designed for actual people to live in them
The absolute best series of games ever created and nothing can change my mind. The story, gameplay, all exemplary.
I'd agree with you completely if the endings were a little better. It's an insult to the series to end a trilogy on a cliffhanger
@@jimsu-whls-1686 lucky there is a new one coming out, but it cant come fast enough
@@IvanMartinez-ii9jj well I'd rather wait for a year or two than to get an unfinished and rushed garbage
Great games that led to AWFUL endings
The gameplay isn't it though... I love the games, but they all have some shitty control or gameplay kinks that make fighting, especially in higher difficulties, often frustrating... Everything else is indeed almost perfect!
I just realized that in the destroy ending, if Shepard survives then Liara doesn't put his name up on the wall, therefore signaling he could possibly be alive, unlike the other two endings where she does, signaling he is dead.
Yeah that signals that he could possibly be alive not him literally breathing at the end of it😂
You get this ending only if you chose destroy and have an total war power of 7500+ (seems to vary from 7500 to 7800) before the final mission.
@@chiaoutzu7732 Its 7.800 plus for it
@@chiaoutzu7732 7800 plus? Srsly I had this ending with 5740 tho? What the fuck bruh, telling me I have to have that much?
@mysticdragon4567 was that on the original ME3 or the Legendary Edition?
If I recall they had to do a bit of reorganising with the War Assets system to compensate for the lack of a multiplayer like in the original ME3.
I like the Control ending because it’s the most “mythic” ending: It’s the classic “Hero has fulfilled his destiny and is rewarded with godhood” ending that we see in many legends and epics, just with a sci-fi twist to it.
I just see it as what the illusive man wanted all along so I can’t do it
@@bronwen8838 The Illusive Man might've ended up indoctrinated, but he was a good guy for the most part. His plan had the most for humanity to "gain" -- adding the strength of the reapers to your own instead of destroying them is the biggest win.
Sounds like a sequel villain in the making
@@ryanbaptista4159 When was The Illusive Man ever a "good guy for the most part"?? How he oversaw many cells that dehumanized humans, unethical towards other alien species, and etc., but since it was to help further along our species, that makes him a good guy?
If that's the case, that's super scary.
@@laplumemobile nah you clearly see that the Shepard Ai protected the galaxy from other reapers and leviathane
The Destroy ending though, no matter how well it goes, is always bitter sweet. Poor Joker. =(
Isn't a good ending if you think it well, shame that's probably the canon ending, I hope I'm wrong
@@cristobalsapiain2709 All of the endings have their cons, Destroy just happens to be the most consistent
That's the third main reason Jeff should NOT be in love with Edi, she's Expandable. No reason at all for those 2 just to be with each other. Break up their Relationship.
Joker is a fkn loser. Falling in love with an AI, degeneacy.
Destroy!
u should change ur name to illusiveman2538
“The created always rebel against the creators” - only a Sith deals in absolutes..don’t act as you are a good boy little vengeful ai
Reapers saw that pattern repeated many times in the past cycles so they thought as machines that the only solution was preserve life in Reaper form. They were right at the end!
Ah gotta love me some star wars
Yoda also said "Do or do not. There is no in-between."
The Jedi are hypocrites
@@the_infinexos absolutely agree
@@the_infinexos Well, that was the point (or one of them) of the prequel trilogy
I was more sad and angry about letting Shepard’s fish die than these endings. I think they are perfect for what you ultimately choose, even the refusal ending which is depressing as hell.
In the Control and Synthesis Ending Liara puts Commander Shepard's name on the wall.
In the Destroy Ending Liara looks up and smiles, as if she knows or heard that Commander Shepard is alive, and doesn't put his name on the wall.
A small detail, but one that further confirms that despite the sacrifice of EDI and The Geth, Commander Shepard survives in that ending with enough War Support. I love it.
I can't kill EDI. That unit has a soul.
I wasn't happy having to kill the Geth either.
The Destroy ending was what I was considering but the cost was too high.
Dang nice catch. I was wondering why it was different from the others. That makes sense now. As much as I want to build Tali a house, I can't kill EDI and the Geth :(
Shepard also survives in the Control ending. The narration in Legendary Edition makes that fact much more clear. Liara (or whoever happens to be the romance partner if you had one) just isn't aware of it.
Damn! You're right! You've made my day
@@ryanpeacock9004 Same, i wished the synthesis ending wasn't so magical... Because the control endings isn't that good either
33:03 the most heartbreaking moment in the story...
Edit: 44:05 Part 2 hits just as hard…
Just Finished The Trilogy Today, Also The Talk With Garrus Talking About Sharing That Drink Up In Heaven And Even If He Is There He Will Always Be Looking Down Watching His Back
Mass Effect 1 - 10 Hours 11 Minutes - 2/3/2022
Mass Effect 2 - 15 Hours 43 Minutes - 2/14/2022
Mass Effect 3 - 19 Hours 55 Minutes - 2/19/2022
So People Were Mad Because In The End Of Such An Epic Masterpiece You Can Literally Become A God... And You Want More Choices, Next Time I'm Sending The Reapers Back To Finish The Job, How Ungrateful
P.S. Was A Little Pissed About Being Locked Into The Party DLC, Typical You Wanna Party While The World Is Ending, I Just Wanted To Finish The Fight, Side Note In Real Life That's Your Best Bet, Party Hard Or Die Trying
I know, it always breaks my heart when my controller runs out of battery
@@sonicmanifestation5735 The Most Tragic Of Events In The Known Universe
@@thehalfeatenbagel3170 Even if, like you said, the party DLC was out off place, I really enjoyed it. As it gave me personal closure on all the characters.
I just beat this and wanted to check out the other endings. I got the one where Shepherd controls the reapers. I have to say that when Joker says “damn it” I feel the emotion in his voice. Beautiful trilogy and everything about it is amazing
I tried to get the better ending but I didn’t know how. But I’m glad I didn’t kill everyone
I’m happy with the destroy ending cuz if you have 7400 MS or more Shepard lives and I romanced Tali so I just believe that they built the house on Rannoch and lived happily even though sadly Edi and the Geth die but is a price to pay for salvation
@@essentiialz I suppose that edi can be rebuild
I just finished the game and got the “Refuse” ending and it broke me
@@essentiialz It's hard for me to imagine who cares about EDI and Geths
Destroy seems like uncompromisingly the best ending to me. It's heartbreaking about EDI and the geth dying in the process but the other endings take agency away from all surviving life in the galaxy. As shepard puts it.. 'I won't make that choice for others'
And then he choose to kill them all... Hypocrit sheperd. Destroy is the worst, You know why all this is happening, and sheperd choose the only end which doesn't solve the problem. The destroy ending makes the reaper right, synthetic and organics can't coexist. So in the future synthetic will wipe out organics entirely without reaper intervention
Destroy ending goes against the moral of the story
@@TheCserDNiel glad I found some with my same view of this game, it's a shame that people don't understand this and is the only ending that open the gate to another game only because it brings more destruction ironically and of course Shepard is alive but a selfish Shepard
@@TheCserDNiel No the destroy ending doesn't go against the moral of the story. If you brokered a peace between the Quarian and Geth that was reason enough for synthetics and organics to get along, further you can see that with EDI. The reason destroy is the best is because of a few good reasons. One of the more important ones is that it removes the threat of the reapers entirely. The reapers controlled or cooperated with would be messed up because it removes every races agency- did they have choice? Did they agree to be changed or praise a new literal 'God'? I don't think so. It also removes any type of closure past cycles and the current cycle will have for closure. Imagine knowing that each reaper is a collection of harvested souls, or that the reaper helping you was the one that killed your family and harvested your friends. Another reason is because its the only ending where: Shepard lives, you get a nod of approval from both EDI and Anderson and the only one before you pick which shows a scene of Anderson picking a choice (if that's not foreshadowing of the best choice idk what is). The biggest reason is that control is what TIM wanted and Synthesis is something Saren wanted both of which were indoctrinated. If you also follow the indoctrination theory its possible that if Shepard chooses any other choice then Destroy he could be shown what he wants to see by the reapers as they harvest and destroy the rest of the Galaxy. Destroy is the only ending where you actually get to make your own choice and free the galaxy from the cycles
@@mizzy8655 1. All the ending will stop the reaper threat, only the destroy is the worst...
2. in destroy ending the cycle will continue. AI will be be created in the future, and will oppose it's creator. Why? Because that is how it works (all cycle) And with the destroy ending sheperd did the same mistake, didn't try to understand the syntehtics, just destroyed it. It is an example for a future AI, that the organics are threat to them, so better to wipe them out. Ask to them to help, then betraying them. Not trustworthy. You become the living proof that the organics will always turn against the synthetics.
3. Indoctrination theory is not true. Stop use it az excuse. Bioware already confirmed it is not true. Off the table once and for all
4. You talk about the other endings take the choice away from the spiecies. The destroy do the same. You wipe out an entire synthetic lifeform, without consent. In the games your decisions always effect other peoples, but it is a problem for you in the end, not before. Why? Also if you think that sheperd don't has the right to make a choice in this scale, then your preferred choice should be "not use the cruicble" ending. Rwapers win, new cycle begin
5. I think the reason why most of the peaople like destroy better then the other, because sheperd can survive that one. But it's contradict the personality of sheperd in that case. Only a "good" sheperd can achieve that surviving destroy ending, because he had to gather lots of war asset. It's only possible if he help poeples, save peoples and makes peace with them, reagrdless they are organics or synthetics. But in the end he choose to destroy them? A "good" sheperd never do that, he sacrifice himself instead for EDI and for the geth
6. The syntehsis ending solve the reaper problem (no more organics vs synthetic, because they understand each other, no reason for the harvesting). Everybody keep their personality, no indoctrination.(ending slides, EDI narration). And you prove the reaper was wrong and synthetic and organics can coexist in peace, everbody survives, because you think syntehtic is also a life form worth preserving. Destroy ending or the reaper's harvesting are the same flawed solution. It doesn't end the cycles, only preserve some aspect of life. The harvest preserv the future life, the destroy preserv the present life, but the cycle will continue
@@mizzy8655 If you pick the Destroy ending, do the Reapers have a choice about being killed? The Geth? EDI? All their agency is destroyed, too.
Destruction is what Captain Anderson wanted.
Control is what the Illusive Man desired.
Refusal is what Leviathan did.
The Synthesis is what the Catalyst planned.
Mysterious Man? He must be the Illusive Man's brother.
I got confused!
I correct it now!
Synthesis is what Saren wanted.
@@AI_Catbot what Saren had subjected himself to, willy-nilly, was not a synthesis, but a form of slavery by means of cybernetic implants.
Instead, the Catalyst aimed at the birth of new life forms whose genetic code is also a computer code through which organics would achieve full awareness that their synthetic creations were beings with consciousness and not just sophisticated tools at their disposal.
Why is it that the only way for Shepard to have a chance of surviving, you have to sacrifice EDI? I know we can’t romance her, but she’s still one of the best girls in game.
I could never fuck over my boy Joker like that. and that ending where she says because of Shepard she's still alive mae my ball my eyes out. no matter how many times I've played this game over the years.
Because you don’t truly kill the synthetics. You are indoctrinated my friend. Destroy option wakes Shepard up.
So for me, all my favorites are still alive. 🤷🏻♂️ About yall. :)
You also sacrifice the Geth, assuming you picked them over the Quarian's or made peace. It makes Legion's sacrifice a kick to the nuts. EDI's name is literally on the wall of the dead, that makes no sense, Clinton.
@@drg8687 OF course it does. The last 15 minutes of the game never truly happen. If you dont' know the indoctrination theory, educate yourself quick. Even though it's been debunked, the ending still makes more sense (to me and many others) via the IDT (indoc theory).
What we see happening is just visions playing out for us/Shepard. When Shepard wakes up in the rubble, to me that's ME (my shep) waking up from whatever it is that just stole my consciousness, and now I'm going to go get back into the thick of things.
BUT, I don't know where or WHEN Shepard even is. If what I said to you makes no sense, imagine that no matter what extended cut was put out or DLC, nothing has ever fixed the ending for me or helped it make sense creatively. What You said makes no sense to me. Or....it does, but it does in that if that's what is truly happening, Shepard is truly dreaming and has been taken by the Reapers.
@@DownWithTheSystem00 I know it. Bioware dismissed it years ago. That's also not the way indoctriaontin works. It's a fan made theory by people who lost their mind over Casey Hudson's ending.
I love that all these endings have different pros and cons that really get you thinking which one is the best choice
I think that was the point. Despite all the outrage online, I think the writers did a good job of creating a morally and logically ambiguous choice for the player. None of them are necessarily right or wrong. (Though I think we can all agree that simply walking away is the "wrong" option.) The beauty of it is that it really does leave the agency in each player's hands, to decide what is most important to them.
I recommend you Fallout: New Vegas if you didn't play it, same vibes in the ending
@@cristobalsapiain2709 I’m currently on my first play through and it’s been great
I think Control is the best option. The galaxy is just not ready for Synthesis. That should be achieved via slow, seamless, nonlinear evolution.
@@stephenking5852 Funny enough i was thinking about this recently, and i think my final thoughts is 💚Synthesis might be the best choice in the long run, but forcing it on the whole galaxy doesn't sound very moral, if you care about that. If you value synthetic life then you go 💙Control, and if you don't you go
❤️Destroy.
Of course its more complicated than that and there's more to making those choices but that's just my thoughts put down simply.
I played this when I was 7, I got refusal and literally just sat there broken
There’s always another chance
No comment.
I watched my dad play this when I was like 7 or 8 I couldn't remember, and I was so confused and kinda scared from seeing the main character being bloody and all. It was my first time seeing a main character "die", but all these years later I just realized that my dad was bad at collecting war assets, causing Shepard to die
Control ending kinda made me tear up a little 🥺😢
Shepard has become the "Gaurdian Angel" of the Milky Way
Same here
Why ?
Wait until the Guardian Angel goes rogue.
More like , the mastermind behind the next cycle lmao
the 3 first endings f's up the plot of ME4. The last ending kind of makes sense.
Paragon ending be like: "Omnipotent. Omniscient. Sovereign. Immutable. How sweet it is to be a god!"
I was thinking this was the best option.
If he’s a omnipotent robot god p, who’s to say he can’t make an avatar to hang out with his crew? He can even offer them the tech to evolve and transcend with him lol
@@josemiravite3289 And whose to say he won't just eventually come to the reaper way of understanding and renew the cycle? Absolute power always corrupts.
@@dntthe88 I was looking it more from a different perspective.
There's still plenty undiscovered worlds and species in space... And Shepherd really liked his galaxy... So... Is he gonna build like an iron curtain around what's known and be super hostile towards anything "outside"?.
Seems a bit dodgy to essentially create an ultimate emperor of the world who can very well become a despot. Not everyone went full paragon and I am sure there's plenty of Shepherds who occasionally punched someone in the face or wiped out a race because he/she felt like it.
Yikes.
@@dntthe88 Power does not corrupt, it simply enables. God people who use that phrase are dense.
@@macklinbutcher3145 History says otherwise, but if you're looking to argue with someone and be an asshole do it elsewhere.
the music always gets me, no matter what that music just hit's home, can never not get teary eyed when I hear it
Always thought the Destroy ending where Shepard lives was the best.
Who doesn't want an happy ending with little blue babies lol.
EDI would surely have system backups with the Alliance or Cerberus and can be rebuilt. The Quarians could even rebuild the Geth if needed as equals, learning from their past mistakes.
They did say the technology could be rebuilt with little difficulty
Wdym Shepard lives?
@@zakkiasu yeah he did survive after I destroyed the citadel
@@zakkiasu if you reach a certain amount of war assets (7800 i believe) and pick the destroy ending you'll get a short cutscene of a sign of Shepard surviving (played on Legendary edition)
He died in destroy ending dude
Admiral Hacketts speech out of the 4 endings is probably the best one. It just hits the hardest
I prefer synthesis ending. Everyone lives, peace restored and all beings evolved. Except Shepard's dead but it's worth it.
At the cost of individuality tho. An “utopia” but by basically forcing everyone into hive-minded mentality, although by doing so the concept of war ceases to exist and all living ad machine thing eventually become immortals, maybe even god-level. This means there is only one culture, one vision, one type of being, one school of thought, and no space for greater evolution after achieving the pinnacle of evolutions.. not to mention that’s just in the Milky Way.. what about when they make contact with other galaxies, like Andromeda? Those who live there would not be synthesized.. sooo would that cause new wars? Or maybe these Milky Way “godlike beings” resort to indoctrination upon these other-Galaxy species because “they know what’s the way to live in perfection?” See where I’m getting at? Yeeah no..
I believe “Control” to be best given the circumstances, with all its consequences, but with a new galactic Guardian (Shepard AI) protecting the Galaxy from more wars between its inhabitants and presumably ending cycles to come (though leaving the future unclear as if a new type of mass extinction cycle could eventually emerge, as it should be cus that’s the way of life and death). And yet, still in the end, new species apparently transcended these conflicts of war and death eventually, as shown in the post credits scene. Oh and as a bonus, this would be a story where the villain was actually right (the right intentions albeit incorrect execution), making it a more memorable villain arc. So yeah, Control? Is the way to go.
I didn't like the endings to ME3 overall, but I never get tired of seeing Joker haul azz in the Normandy son.
I thought the destroy ending was perfect
@@mynameismynameyourname6197
The main problem with all 3 endings is that none of them are clear cut. It leaves to much for the mind to fill in and make work.
@@chosenfallen2024 ending don't have to answer everything. They just have to resolve the main issues. the destroy ending achieves what Shepard was trying to do while also giving a cost to it. All synths are gone and a uncertain future.
@@mynameismynameyourname6197
Not
All synthetic life is gone just a decent amount of them.
Anyway
Let me point towards Mass effect 2 that ending didn't explain everything no matter what ending you choose.
However you had a idea of where or settled many of characters stories for the most part.
Mass effect 3 with the extended ending gave a general overview. It have any personal story endings. Maybe lore wise but nothing story wise.
I like everything in ME3 except the very ending. It left too much unfinished. It left it so unfinished for me I foolishly hold out hope that if a 4 happens they address it.
ME3 really let me down. To the point that anything that company does. I will will be very skeptical.
Highly unlikely to get back in until prolly a year after they release a new game. After a bunch of reviews have been dropped.
I just don't want to invest my time caring about a franchise that leaves me another ME3 type ending.
@@mynameismynameyourname6197 it would be if you remove the whole star child thing
Now I'm emotional. Thanks a lot.
I always loved that both Mshep and FemSheps voices are mixed into the catalysts lines as well
Finished the whole trilogy and this was the first time I shed my tears over an ending of a series. Throughout the whole journey playing as Shepard, building up the relations with everyone we met and experiencing the good, bad, happiness and frustrations Shepard went through. These tiny parts builds a bond between the player and the character, which in the end has a huge impact on the choice we made.
Personally I chose the synthesis ending, and when Shepard leaps into the light stream with that smooth piano in the background, it puts an amazing ending to the whole galactic conflict.
As for Shepard, he or she died without any regrets or pain. Instead all he felt was the strength of the bond from the friends met along the journey.
from what i can tell from the me4 trailer destroy is cannon, since its got dead reapers everywhere and ultimately is what the series was about. it was never about control or merging with them but about destroying them no matter the cost.
@@stephen7258 Yes sir, after that I realized the destroy ending might be the best one cuz it perfectly formed the world after the event from trilogy and it feels more relative based on the things went through, especially to that new Mass Effect teaser.
But i think why people also loved the synthesis ending is because it might be the best ending for the whole ME universe if it just ends here.
@@stephen7258SO MY SHEPARD LIVES
Mass Effect 1
Saren: Synthesis is the way Shepard, we must work with the Reapers, become better!
Mass Effect 2 & 3
Illusive Man: Controlling the Reapers, yes, Control, Control, Control is the best way.
Anderson: Destroying the Reapers has always been our goal, not reasoning with them!
Everyone in the Legendary Edition:
Yes, Control Best ending.
No, Synthesis best ending.
Sad.
Imo just because it comes from a good character, doesent mean it's right. Anderson isn't perfect either, and he did not know about killing the geth and edi. If he knew that, he'd probably want another way. People don't realize anderson wasn't in the final ending for the choice.
Saren never wanted that TYPE of synthesis either. His ending would be reapers tricking him, and killing us all. Ours would be more forced on the reapers themselves.
Illusive man was also indoctrinated. I guess my point is, just because a good character says do something, doesent mean do it. Think for yourself.
Of course if you think destroy is best fair enough.
@@billcipher9344 Destroying the Reapers has always been the right thing to do. That's what our mission has always been up until the beam hit us. But I guess a "child" in favour of Control and Synthethis which has always led up to bad outcomes previously, is able to change our minds within 5-10 minutes because he, unlike Anderson, is perfect - annihilated 3-4 galaxies clean in a cycle.
But Shephard God of Reapers has always made more sense I suppose.
Also, the Child's lying. The Geth don't die. Just EDI.
Without the Child's purposely focusing that Destroy will annihilate the Geth and Edi as well as the Reapers, the other two options don't seem that appealing anymore.
The Child clearly expresses that Shepard is also part Synthetic...but how is it that ONLY in Destroy Shepard is shown to be alive?
If he's alive, then by default the Geth are alive and something ain't right with the other two endings - Synthethis being the absolute worst.
the Destroy Ending returns the Galaxy to the way it was before Reapers existed. You basically deny the Catalyst's solution, and now it's up to the races of the Galaxy to prove whether the galactic civilization of this cycle is prepared to thrive without leading to eventual total chaos and destruction. It's telling the godchild "We do not need you or your Reapers, no matter how hard you try to persuade me. Begone, forever."
Destroy is also directly connected to the EMS you've got in ME3 which makes more sense than the other 2, safer picks with no drawbacks.
When you pick Destroy, your EMS dictates how "precise" the destruction is. Very precise? You only take out the Reapers and their creations. Very imprecise? Well, you saw what happened to earth...
So let's say that the Geth aren't destroyed, which, they aren't and the Child lies:
I see the destruction ending as a proper continuation of what Shepard - both Paragon and Renegade - has been saying the whole time: "We may fail, we may screw it all up in the end, but if we do so, it'll be our responsibility." Renegade Shepard would likely just blow up synthetic life and call it day, while Paragon Shepard would probably say "Hey, wait, no, I don't think that conflict between synthetic life and its creator is inevitable."
I'll end it with this
Thet options are pretty much reversed - and that control is the bad ending, indoctrination or not theory.
For example: If you choose destroy, you are essentially entrusting the galaxy to the nature of organic life, believing that the 'chaos' the Catalyst speaks of will never arise. The naively trusting in the goodness, honesty or 'soul' of people tends to be a very Paragon action, and this is essentially what you are doing by picking destroy. Shepard is saying 'Everything will be alright without your solution.'
By choosing Control, not only does Shepard gain control of the greatest army in the history of the galaxy (if not indoctrinated) it also leaves open the possibility that should the Catalyst's 'chaos' ever actually come to pass, Shepard could just restart the cycle.
Meaning nothing was actually achieved and you've just given into the problem you so rightously fought to stop.
@@FallenStarGMV Nobody is reading all that . So I will go with your points
"Always our mission" - Silly arguement, mission parameters change.
"The Child clearly expresses that Shepard is also part Synthetic...but how is it that ONLY in Destroy Shepard is shown to be alive?" He's not wrong, Shephard would probably be a vegetable.
"Destroy Ending returns the Galaxy to the way it was before Reapers existed. " Lol in chaos? The galaxy will never be the same. Ridiculous point
"We may fail, we may screw it all up in the end, but if we do so, it'll be our responsibility." Paragon shephard never says that, and that's got nothing to do with the ending. You clearly don't under mass effect, or shephard. Terrible points.
@@ianthompson6467 if you ain't gonna read all that, you ain't worth a proper response. So stop bothering.
Synthesis is effectively an act of massive personal violation on a galactic scale, its monstrous when you think on it.
Honestly none of the endings are good or bad, they have their pros and cons depending on your choices!
Synthesis ending pros:
-All beings live, this ending makes sense if you chose to save the Geth and were supportive of Joker and EDI’s relationship.
-Joker and EDI have their happy ending since EDI becomes a living being.
-Quarians don’t need masks to breathe.
-Peace throughout the galaxy
Cons:
-You changed the DNA of trillions of beings against their will which is a little messed up!
Control Ending Pros:
-Synthetic beings live
Cons:
-Synthetics don’t become living beings and Joker and EDI don’t necessarily have a happy ending.
-You become the very thing you sought out to destroy, however this is only good if you’re renegade.
Destroy ending pros:
-The reapers are destroyed
-If you chose to destroy the geth then this makes senses.
Cons:
-Synthenic beings such as the Geth die
-EDI dies as a result and Joker doesn’t get a happy ending.
The only thing that is equally depressing about all the endings is all the mass relays are destroyed and everybody is left stranded from each other.
They’re broken, but they can be repaired. The Control ending even shows them being repaired, so it’s not much of a stretch to assume they would be repaired in the synthesis ending too, though it would be much harder in the destroy ending. It’s not like in the original endings where they exploded along with the citadel, leaving them destroyed beyond repair.
The endings are a little different if you have low score. I blitzed my first playthrough and the population of earth seemed to get disintegrated in the cutscenes, for instance.
Control isn't really a renegade path because it's all about illusive man had no freedom he was in the wrong Shepard is a free thinking leader who can take things onto himself to save as many as he can
You forget most important pro for destroying reapers: Shepard survives.
Synthesis con: altered DNA, a little missed up.
Your welcome at least you still have DNA rather than being harvested. I really don't see any downside to synthesis ending
Really wish there was a scene showing some of the other species ships reacting to the arrival of the Crucible and Shield team . They were both the last line of offense as all as the only reinforcements left. Maybe they could have had a dreadnought or fighter squadron roll in and defend a Turian frigate from a reaper.
"Who designed them?" "You wouldn't know" lol
ofc he wouldn't each cycle is 50k years shit must have started some million years ago
“They go to a different school”
Leviathan designed them, it's addressed in the Leviathan DLC
@@ThatAussieSiesta Yeah, it's odd to me that when making the DLC they seem to have totally ignored the impact it would have on some key story moments. Leviathan takes down one Reaper and is never heard from again, and Shepard develops some sort of amnesia immediately after the mission ends. Plus the fact that literally everyone in the galaxy is apparently nonplussed about the presence of a living breathing Prothean aside from people in a DLC that was released after that one.
I don't know how the games development was structured, but it couldn't have been that hard to at least add some dialogue options to the core game based on the events that take place in DLC. I enjoyed playing through the game and the DLCs again, but it just feels odd when the DLC missions and events feel like they exist in a vacuum totally disconnected from the actual game.
yeah. they were to lazy to change the dialogue if you have done the elviathan dlc
this video helped a lot. I just had to say thanks
those eyes at 12:10 ... with that magical background music... love this series... love the creative team...
That breath at the end of destroy was the best thing
I thought it was so silly that people were angry about the ending. Like...how else was it really going to end? It took the entire alliance fleet and Shepard to beat Sovereign. In Mass Effect 2, it took everything you had to fight your way through a single dead Reaper and then blow up one single collector base. In the third one, it took everything Shepard had, and the largest Thresher Maw in the galaxy. And that was for TWO Reapers. There were thousands of them. It was hopeless. In any story where all looks hopeless, the hero almost always sacrifices themselves. As soon as it was clear the scope of the Reapers in ME3, it was clear that Shepard probably wasn't going to survive the ending. At least, not in a 'happy ending' kind of way.
This was the original ending.
ruclips.net/video/qjoorZo1IlE/видео.html
The only real differences were:
1. 2/3 of the soldiers cheer.
2. 2/3 the reapers fly away.
3. 2/3 EDI isn't in the ending.
Nearly everything else was exactly the same.
The original endings at release had zero closure at all.
I really don’t understand it…those were perfectly acceptable endings to such a saga. Could’ve done without the child, but hey…
@@brandonlyon730 not true, only negligible differences.
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but there is always a way. the developers could add 5th ending .
a fan made video exist called "we celebrate our heroes "
its super long. but totally worth watching
Bought the legendary edition like last week and finished it just now. First time, full blind playthrough. I ended up choosing the synthesis ending, mainly because it felt like the best compromise and the most like the choice I'd genuinelly make if i was in that insane position. I didn't feel like I had the right to destroy synthetic life, and I certainly didn't feel like I could control the future of the galaxy either, but after everything my Shepard had been through, I knew I couldn't just back out of it either. And thats what I loved most about this game and the experience, kinda puts Telltale to shame with how diversified your character can be and how personal and unique this game can feel to each person who plays it. With the choices I made throughout the series, I felt that Sheppards moral philosophy was to make sure everyone had the opportunity to make their own choices. Like if he could've, he would've let everyone decide what choice to make at the end with some massive galactic vote or something, but since he couldn't do that, he chose the choice that gave everyone the most opportunity to decide what comes next.
After reading the comments below I realise that maybe the synthesis ending would've inadvertently removed free will somewhat, which is certainly not great. But I don't know if I fully believe that would've happened either, I'd have to see a canonical after-ending that shows what the implications of each ending truly entailed in the story (since it felt generally vague anyways), but either way- fucked up sentient reapers or not- in that crucial moment, with the information I had, I truly believed Shepard would've made that choice.
What a fantastic series of games!
You bought it? It was free on playstation last month
@@ajharmiah2692 oh damn! i've only got a PC and it was on special on steam
@@jakefielke3678 how much you pay for it?
@@ajharmiah2692 like 20 bucks. Pretty good for a trio of games i reckon
@@jakefielke3678 yh im from uk and well known games like these especially as a trilogy would cost around the same amount.
I got to see amazing streamers Bryan and Amelia play it. I’m so happy.
Who else cried when the mass relays started exploding? It made me realize the different species might not ever see each other again. I think Synthesis is the ideal option, followed by Control. Destroy was the original mission, but it doesn't solve the eternal conflict, and it kills EDI and the others. I wouldn't blame anyone for picking it though, because Shephard lives.
I don't know how many times I've seen the ending, but I cried every time. I also think that the synthesis is the best choice. EDI deserves to live.
Destory is the best ending canonically (I think that’s where ME4 is headed) that was the mission all along that’s what we were aimed to do since the first game
It was already said we will rebuild and fix everything which we did and the mass relays can be fixed as well yes EDI is gone but every ending wasn’t meant to be perfect it was gonna have sacrifices maybe her core is intact and she can be rebuilt too also control seems like it can go wrong and synthesis is space magic
Mass Effect, and other games like Infamous 2, tried to pull the “your enemy was right but flawed” card for the endings. Didn’t seem to work for ME’s case (depending on how you feel for the endings, though it seems most people prefer Destroy. I like Synthesis myself).
Sooner or later the races would forget what happened and just end up creating another version of the reapers. Destroy is prob the worst long term solution but one of the better options short term. Ppl would prob freak out a little after synthesis haha
@@DailyDoseofShortsVideossynthesis makes the least sense realistically but hey at least theres utopia or whatever
I remember the powder keg that led to the ending controversy.
1) Javik being day one dlc. Why take the most important character in the lore and remove his importance from the story? And People hated day one dlc that was on disk.
2) Less party members. People wanted one last journey with their favorite characters and didn't get that for most of them. They got proper send offs, sure. But people wanted them to be party members.
3) Adding multiplayer. Their was a big push from publisher, developers, and journalist at the time to abandon single player games and this was seen as a sign of that push. They also thought that they were taking away from the single player to make the mode. It did not help when it was discovered that you needed to play it to get most of the points for an ending.
4) The third Mass Effect book sucked. It was filled with factually wrong retcons to lore and characters. No shields, a gay character suddenly turned straight, magically aging up a girl to be a sexualized teenager, and so many more terrible things. Bioware decanonized it and promised to rewrite it. They never did and pretend that it doesn't exist.
5) Lowering the amount of dialogue options and adding auto dialogue. People did not like having their options taken away. Very similar sentiment that people felt with the endings.
6) A lot of players still hated the shift from traditional RPG elements and saw this entry as continuation of that trend.
Just a lot of negative emotions that led to one the worst endings in the game industry. I just hope Bioware learned from their mistakes and just ignore the endings, personally speaking.
😮 uhhh 7
Personally I don't think the endings are that bad. My issues are and always were the fact it ends and renders pretty much all your choices useless throughout
i think the main issue was that you get the option to choose the ending. Not being able to choose and having any of the 3 main endings appear based on your desicions would have been better.
Indeed, it would have been easy using the firepower rating. Some firepower points would be permanently locked if you missed some crucial decisions in ME 1 and ME 2 (like the rachni queen in ME 1 and "cleaning" the heretic geth instead of destroying them in ME2). If you get the the bare minimum fire-power, you get refusal. If you get the firepower just a little higher than minimum, you get destroy and so forth. Shame that Bioware didn't do it that way.
@@elbertignacio831 I mean, its basically the same thing. The child basically hand holds you in telling you that synthesis is the best ending and you only get it with pretty much max firepower (from memory?), you get only destroy if you do the bare minimum and it basically kills everybody... I don't like the idea of having it made for me. I'm glad there's a sort of final morality test. I can't remember, was synthesis in the pre extended cut ending? Its been almost 12 years since I beat the game pre extended cut and I don't think I had enough points for it anyways... I was a stupid kid and didn't really understand the concepts behind the ending plot haha
@@olympian3 yeeah, it was a long time ago. I played ME series when it first released. Will probably get legendary if I get some spare budget.
With the endings I have in mind, the firepower rating would dictate what kind of ending you'd get, you can't choose at all. iirc, you just get to unlock more choices if you have more FP.
@@elbertignacio831 basically, yes, more galactic readiness = more options, with the highest readiness options allowing you to see, at least if you choose destruction, a short at the end where you see an unidentified individual in N7 armor, taking a gasp for air, though I openly admit it looks like shepard - but that's besides the point.
I chose Control over the other endings because I did not want to kill the Geth, they are my favorite race to play as in the multiplayer and that's how I got into Mass Effect oddly enough.
And then there is EDI. Who could ever take her away from Joker?
@@stephenking5852 That annoying jokerbot?
Controll Ending is like There must be always a Lich King ....
I was like oh cool Control ending so that means i can just help my homies out. Then i realized that the Control ending is killing your shitty boss just to become a shitty boos.
Destroy ending: Your primary objective ever since you first learned what the Reaper are and what they do. While it does stop the reapers forever, it comes at the cost of all synthetic life like the geth and EDI. There is also the chance of Shepard surviving, but in my mind it's still highly unlikely. An ok ending depending on how you look at things.
Control ending: Basically what the IM has been trying to do since the start of ME3. While Shepard (or at least his physical form) is gone forever, he is now in full control of the Reapers and can use them in any way he sees fit. Not a bad ending since synthetic life continues to exist, but moral implications such as playing god by taking over the Reapers (doing exactly what you've been accusing the IM of doing the entire third game) are present.
Synthesis ending: Breaking the barriers between organics and synthetic life by basically making them into one. Also not a bad ending since all types of life survives, the galaxy now has the knowledge and support of the Reapers, peace is also most likely guaranteed between organics and synthetics but also between other organic species and the galaxy now being quite literally united. Moral problems are also present like forcing everyone to ,,link up" and just creating some kind of hivemind, basically taking away the galaxy's diversity by force.
Refusal ending: Do I really have to explain that one?
All in all, every ending has its pros and cons (expect the refusal one, that one has only cons) and I never really found myself hating the endings too much. Sure,it breaks the lore a bit, there's no way to keep Shepard alive and there's no truly happy ending, but even in our world happy endings are very rare and usually very costly, much like the endings here. No matter what we choose, the galaxy loses something anyway.
the control ending doesn't make any sense since paragon or renegade, shepard always didn't get along IM plans about controlling reapers anyhow.
Shepard and galaxy species did all efforts they could during the trilogy to stop reapers, the destroy ending is basically the most logical choice.
Destroy ending makes no sense. As the AI is essentially failing the task he is designed to do by allowing Shepard to kill him and his Reapers. I mean essentially the organics would bring about their own doom through their own synthetics right? Also shepard dies because he is part synthetic well what about biotics with their implants? Not only the geth die but up the Quarians literally use cybernetic technology with their breathing mask and suits. I mean will this shut that technology down too? Because if so Quarians die too. But let me guess the writers didn't think abiut that and have no answer. See This writing is so trash and the writers need to be absolutely shamed for it. Not only that but essentially the AI states his local computer is housed on the Citadel so why isn't there an option to open the Citadel back up and call every last ship that you recruited to B-LINE for the Citadel and blast it to kingdom come. This should have been the option with the refusal ending Threat gone. Fight over.
How does jumping in that light change the genetic code of every living thing in an instant. Please explain that? How does a machine become part organic? I hate everything about this ending. It ruins the other games for me
@@jfelton3583 considering ME trilogy main goal is the one to overcome reapers extinction threat, I find the destroy ending the most logical. The ending implies that only reapers and their derivated technology and IA like geth is destroyed, not every technology in general.
Infact with high military levels is seen ships traveling in the space meaning or mass relays were fixed or species found however a way to fast lightyears space distance travels without relays (kett of ME:A are not andromeda natives, but they have advanced tech to travel in different galaxies).
Control ending doesn't make much sense to me since shepard has always been against the IM idea about controlling reapers, not to mention that IM was indoctrination after ME2, so his obsession about controlling reapers was actually part of reapears schemes.
Synth ending is pure plotforce... is maybe the happiest ending with reapears becoming allies and all conflicts gone but it just doesn't make any logical sense... a man with cyber implants throws him self in a beam, everyone in galaxy become organic-synth hybrids lol
DBS bullshits levels.
@@giovannibalsamo6178 Shepard isn't IA. He has.machine parts. Cybernetics and they said it would kill him. Yes it implies who it would kill with no logical sense it basically just makes a statement true because it said it's true not because.of any logical sense. Destroying the Reapers aligns with what Shepard wants but the manner in which that is done is asinine. He shoots a glass structure made of what? How does the AI know how the crucible works? As it's not his creation and while at some point he's aware of it he doesn't know what it does only that something was being built to end the Reapers. So is this how the other life forms that created the crucible planned for it to be used or does the AI just instantly know how it works with the Citadel? See you can't answer these questions. You literally would have to make things up to make it make sense. These writers need to be forever shamed for destroying such a beloved franchise with their inept, egregious and most of all SELFISH writing
@@giovannibalsamo6178 ALL OF THE ENDINGS ARE TRASH and make no sense even destroy scenario as again it said Shepard would die because of his machine parts well then what about biotics? What about quarians? Oh so just Shepard's machine parts are effect and no one else's? This makes no sense you can't defend it it's not your story so you can't fill in parts to make it make sense
The control ending is such a massive false sense of security.
You can BET the reapers have a backdoor to regain control
I'm pretty sure Shepard is the reapers at this point
Nah I think Shepard becomes the Reaper AI.
Catalyst even said it never envisioned organic life opposing the cycle as it had in this case. It also conveyed with respect that the solution with which the Reapers originated was no longer viable. Leviathan and his kin created the Reapers as directive-driven without personal vendetta or even, I would argue, instinct of self-preservation.
All 3 endings have different music during narrative of what happened. I can't but notice that control hase the darkest music of them all.
I played me3 before they had any dlc and only 2 endings, so this was amazing to me. Well done bioware!
Liara puts Shepard's name on the wall and then ''PLEASE RECONNECT THE DUALSHOCK 4 WIRELESSS CONTROLLER'' 33:05
My only real gripe remaning with the endings after years is the fact the catalyst says "i control the reapers" and shepherd does not change his tone with it or immediately go after it physically or verbally at least when its admitting to being the number 1 enemy. Just seems so odd even if shepherd knows of the catalyst already thanks to leviathan dlc
I think he was kinda mellow out form losing quite a lot blood, sleep, and just will power at the end. Poor guy/girl just needs a nap at the beach with garrus by their side drinking
What a lot of people don't know..the voice of starchild is both Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale. You can hear them both. 😊
The score hit me so damn hard...
That sudden change in Edi's expression at 44:29 is kinda creepy, never noticed it before and I've chosen Synthesis. I've looked up the original extended cut and the scene has better expressions, did you mod your game somehow or did Bioware butcher the old version?
Example: ruclips.net/video/m6u8QIqLSmU/видео.html 10:38
Yeahh looks like the facial animations are bugged
@@bluegoose7832 Her face suddenly went tired. XD
Just PlayStation things lmao
Looked fine in my playthrough. Probably just a bug.
Waiting for all ending mods that remove the catalyst to be ported.
Agreed. We should have been talking to Harbinger at the end...and not that annoying and smug god-child kid.
@@CrimsonUltrafox The Catalyst switching it's shape from Anderson to the Illusive Man and Saren depending on what's it talking about (destruction, control and synthesis) would've been nice too. The conversation's pace would've had to be somewhat faster tho...
PS: everything's better than that god child
@@CrimsonUltrafox That kid represents Shepard biggest fears, guilty and other strong feelings, Shepard was dreaming all the game with the death of that inocent child, and he felt guilty all the time. The kid is just a proyection of Shepard mind, that's why you can hear both Male and fem shepard mixed with the voice of the child.
In the indoctrination theory The catalyst just taken that form to manipulate shepard feelings, just as emperor Palpatine uses Anakin's wife death fears and dreams to make him fall to the dark side in star wars.
Indoctrination Theory
Mass Effect 1 - Saren tried Synthesis - got indoctrinated and died
Mass Effect 2 - Illusive man tried Control - got indoctrinated and died
Mass Effect 3 - Shepard chooses destroy - not indoctrinated and lives
The 3rd game is a test to see if you have been paying attention to what the 2 previous games were telling you. Saren and IM failed by trying to join or control them while Captain Anderson keeps telling you to destroy them. The WHOLE 3rd game was the ending.
YOU ARE THE FINAL BOSS!
You weren’t paying attention, the child AI says that Shepard is the first to reach that place, to make that decision.
@@TheDoc7 ah yes let's trust the being who trying to mind f*ck the whole Galaxy lol
What happened to Captain Anderson?
@@TheDoc7 The "Child" is a liar. It's trying the break the person they are talking to so they submit to the indoctrination. Check the description in the Mass Effect 1 codex on indoctrination.
Reaper "indoctrination" is an insidious means of corrupting organic minds, "reprogramming" the brain through physical and psychological conditioning using electromagnetic fields, infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, and other subliminal methods. The Reaper's resulting control over the limbic system leaves the victim highly susceptible to its suggestions.
Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. As time passes, they have feelings of "being watched" and hallucinations of "ghostly" presences. Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim's body to amplify its signals, manifesting as "alien" voices in the mind.
Indoctrination can create perfect deep cover agents. A Reaper's "suggestions" can manipulate victims into betraying friends, trusting enemies, or viewing the Reaper itself with superstitious awe. Should a Reaper subvert a well-placed political or military leader, the resulting chaos can bring down nations.
Long-term physical effects of the manipulation are unsustainable. Higher mental functioning decays, ultimately leaving the victim a gibbering animal. Rapid indoctrination is possible, but causes this decay in days or weeks. Slow, patient indoctrination allows the thrall to last for months or years.
Just finished 3, did a destroy ending but didn't have enough galactic readiness to a lot was destroyed... Gonna start a new playthrough ASAP. Great trilogy.
I always choose synthesis even though there seems to be alot of animosity towards the option. Given the options, it seems the most logical. If (in the ME universe) organic life will inevitably create synthetic life and cybernetic enhancements, the eventuality or apex of evolution would be to become a hybrid/cyborg or just synthetic. Humanity will reach that precipice as well, to preserve consciousness in an almost immortal shell, in some type of digital organic form.
Also, the ending doesnt indicate anything about a hive mind or loss of self, everyone appears to have their individuality. Yes, thoughts and feelings will be shared as well as knowledge but personal choice remains. The Geth, for example, share a single mind but have different prospectives and some sense of sovereignty (no pun intended) and probably alot more after synthesis.
All the ending are pretty silly and the synthesis just looks like space magic but it makes the most sense. I assume its some sort of nano-technology. IMO
Synthesis is essentially the r word.
But you’re forcibly changing everyone whether they want it or not. With that type of logic the catalyst forcibly changing species into reapers is totally fine as well. Unethical
I agree, as a mass effect veteran and my favorite game series I concluded that synthesis was the best case scenario based on the clues you put together from the series. My brother chose destroy and my cousin control. Their reasons? (Mind you they didn't play all dlc or multiple playthrough) one said because shepard lives (didn't care about the synthetic or the possible futures synthetic war and possible organic extinction) the other because they just wanted to feel like a God (which can in time turn corrupted or the organics find a way to disable/control, etc shepard now that they don't have the element of surprise) Anybody who truly pays attention to the series knows that synthesis has the most beneficial gain overall.
@@romainlettuce118 In a way yes, but it was done out of necessity and the best solution for true understanding between organics and synthetic. If you chose control I can understand where you are coming from but if you chose destroy then that is such a hypotrical thing to say when you destroy and kill all synthetic sentient life in the galaxy.
But then organics would have no more drive to evolve. No culture, no real sense of death (pain, hunger), no growth (only upgrades). Without organic limitation everyone would become the perfect machine in the end, so just another reaper but without the reaping programming.
Am I the only one annoyed that they don't change the ugly green effect on the character models after synthesis?
I think it looks good
@@raxgaming3010 I do too
Back in the 360 days I hated it, now I dig it
Yes you the only one!😂😂😂
@@dimatronuniverse6747 back when I first played it. I only had the audio and visual bugs but never a game breaking glitch🤣🤣🤣. I got extremely lucky🤣🤣🤣
On the destroy ending, at the very last second you can see Shepard taking a breath =D
In a lot of ways the Refusal ending is the best ending in the pure long term. The main issue with Shepard's cycle was that the warnings about the Reapers that they WERE given were cryptic. They were more hints than warnings. When you rescue Javik on Eden Prime, and he finds out that the Reapers are attacking, he asks Shepard why they didn't heed the Protheans warnings, to which Shepard says something along the lines of them being too "confusing".
With a fully detailed history and extremely clear warnings, the next cycle that ends up fighting against the Reapers will most likely have an even greater chance at defeating them then the previous cycle, to the point where they may even be able to do it conventionally if given enough time to prepare. Imagine Mass Effect, but without the urgency and a more forgiving time limit. The previous galaxy's lives are lost, though to be fair this has already happened millions of times before, and I think it makes Mass Effect's story a lot more interesting. You become the civilization who's knowledge and warnings help the next galaxy even further.
I can't believe I got the best ending where i saw shepard breath and Liara didn't put the Name of shepard in the Memorial Wall (Destroy ending) i'm so proud, he survived, I love you Shepard❤
Bro what!? I did destroy and she put that mfer up 😭 i think i had a kid w her tho idk
I picked Destroy because it seemed to me like the best option. The Reapers were eradicated. The Galaxy was saved. And while the mass relays and Citadel may have been destroyed as well, and Shepard may or may not have been lost, there is still hope. And with it, we can rebuild...
I mean someone has to rebuild the citadel and finally the councils can not say no to the ice cream I’ve been wanting to build and two the reaper influence is gone so now they can study the reapers and mass relays to gain tech safely……for now
Till the organics of the galaxy build synthetics that will inevitably rise up and destroy them. Not to mention that with the Reapers out of the way, the Leviathans can come out of hiding and re-enslave the survivors.
@@ysj69 and not to mention that if you didn't give the cure to the Krogan they will be angry af and that's not good or worst yet, they will try to conquer the Galaxy again with their desease cured
@@ysj69imagine ME 4 Shepard vs Leviathans
@@ysj69 "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” historians exist for a reason, now that the reapers cannot make history a blank slate every 50 millennia, organics can stop such a thing from occurring.
I think they must have updated the destroy ending sometime after you uploaded this video.
I just beat the game and the scene with joker trying to escape the wave showed more expression of worry and fire inside the cockpit... unless I somehow imagined it which would be weird but I swear it looked more dire.
I can imagine the control ending just ending up keeping the wheel of cycles turning. Chances are, just like the child. Shephard will have good intentions at the start, they'll help build society and keep the peace until the supposed war between organics and synthetics starts and ends. Then the next cycle will begin and repeat the same mistakes over and over until it corrupts Shephard and turns him into a copy of the child before him. Not to mention that transcending copied all of his thoughts and feelings up until that moment, including his possible and most likely indoctrination up until that point, meaning even as a god he will still have the voice of a corrupt reaper in his thoughts.
I don't think Shepard is indoctrinated. The Child said that the Illusive Man could have never taken control because the Reapers already controlled him, but Shepard could take control. That would mean that in order to even achieve the control ending you cannot be indoctrinated.
Everyone has the potential to become corrupt, indoctrinated or not.
Just finished the series, what a ride. Destroy ending (earth isn’t destroyed and most of the crew lives) is the best ending for Paragon Shepard, IMO. Wish I’d have gotten the scene where he’s confirmed alive but even without that scene it’s not confirmed he’s dead.
I think Synthetic ending is best for Paragon Shepard
Yeah as a paragon shepard presumably you managed to get peace between Geth and quarians, and pushed for Joker and edi to get closer. How is it paragon to kill edi and the geth just to kill the reapers?
@@sujoychatterji7759 I didn't have that option. I'd say you could argue for either one . . . but even with your viewpoint Destroy is the next best thing to Synthetic. Throughout the entire series Shepard's goal is to destroy the reapers and break the cycle. Wars have consequences and demand sacrifice.
@@plushdogg124 that’s not what a paragon shep would do that more akin to renegade shep would do
@@TheDragonian00 That's your opinion. My opinion is that it is exactly what a paragon Shepard would do, sacrificing his own life to save others. Renegade Shepard would probably go for immortality and godhood... or turn and walk away.
I just finished this series last night for the first time ever. I fell in love with the Mass Effect world. When I thought the games was over and I was sitting there with Anderson, I thought what an incredible ending..Shepard was dying right there alongside his bud but we did it! And then came the "starchild". I listened to all the options and even though Destroy seemed to be my initial choice ( I didnt want to go the illusive man route or Saren)when refuse came up I thought, hell with losing anyone else including synthetics( even though I had eliminated the Geth earlier). I refused hoping Shepard would have one of those "I'm the one in control now, not you" moments and a renegade or paragon action would pop up so I could save the day. Smash a console somewhere or Shoot out a reactor (similar to destroy) and get the upper hand. Instead what I was left with was in someone else's words I read "Soulcrushing". My joy of beating the game was ruined in that very moment. Hell I knew going in Shep was probably going to die and I was perfectly fine with that, but to watch Shep stand there as ships are being destroyed and my love Tali probably being killed without even raging and doing something..absolutely gut wrenching and weak...it should have been labeled Surrender. Looking back on it now I was wanting the destroy ending but with the option to save everyone I loved, even synthetics that were still alive. I'll replay the ending tonight and go the destroy route because that's ultimately what I was going for, I just hated to compromise with some dumb glowing ai kid when I made it to their heart and should have had the reapers on their knees. Damn I'm still irritated...
I went back last night to replay the ending and choose the DESTROY route (especially since Refuse didn't give me the Steam achievement for beating the game). I listened to everything the "kid" had to say again and I tried to put myself in Shepard's shoes, not as a gamer that knows all the endings. My reaction was the same as the 1st time. How do I know this AI isn't lying through his teeth and all of these options aren't leading me to my death?How do i know this isn't some last defense mechanism? Why would I believe something that has been eradicating organics every 50,000 years? As I contemplated continuing to go the Destroy route something the AI said stuck out again. The peace wont last and the chaos will come back. So basically Destroy is a temporary bandaid and most of your friends will probably live but as some have said, they'll be kind of knocked back to the stone age by losing a lot of their tech. A lot of the survivors would probably end up dead on dangerous planets. Lastly the reapers will return when your children create more synthetics the AI said. I don't know about you but as an adult I would be willing to sacrifice myself if I knew I could prevent the doom of my children down the road. Ultimately I went and chose Destroy this time understanding this more but in my opinion all of the choices suck. As bad as REFUSE is with the death of all you know, at least the galaxy went down fighting and it lets you know future generations wiped them out. I I still say..the game should have ended with Anderson and I dying watching the crucible do it's thing. That one moment felt magical and gave me closure.
@Arctic Ranger Well I didn't shoot Starchild, I was just advancing the dialogue and trying to save everyone either from death or changing them against their will. I definitely had zero reason to trust this magical AI. His three choices sounded like a last line of defense to kill me before I used the crucible (even though he said it wasn't a weapon). I had assumed their would be more dialogue and possibly a renegade/paragon action to sway the Ai. If it didn't work, I figured the 3 choices are still there. Unfortunately it just abruptly ends after a short, epic speech, and Shepard stands there like a beat dog. At least they could have done is like the other endings have you able to take over your character one last time and watch the destruction and still give you a chance to walk over and blow the catalyst up (Destroy) or walk over and grab the electrical (Control) if you still wanted to. Maybe have some radio chatter hearing how the allies were losing, etc. But no, they just ended it in a rushed fashion. Maybe for new players Refuse shouldn't even be there in it's current state. IMO that should have been saved for future play throughs. The way it is now, it's a morale killer for someone new who loves the series. I keep hearing Refuse was added and done as a FU to players who complained it wasn't an option. I think their right. It sure felt that way with how poor it was done. At this point I'm unsure if I even want to move onto Andromeda or ME4. This is coming from someone who just spent a 160 hours on these 3 games and kept telling coworkers for weeks just how awesome it was on a daily basis. I've been playing and beating rpgs my whole life including all the Baldur's Gates, Dragon Ages, Etc but this series ending (my initial choice of Refuse) kicked me in the gut..
@Arctic Ranger You make a good point about the catalyst. I guess I just found it strange how something so powerful that was already destroying everyone like it always has, to just roll over, bring me up to the penthouse, and give me choices to destroy or control it's minions. Felt like a trap :) Anyway like you said it is what it is. I went back and chose the other option to kill the reapers. I just had hoped to save everyone this time being defiant. In all honesty I had felt bad wiping out the Geth at Rannoch in defense of the Quarians and my relationship with Tali, so I was hoping not to cause any more death. Thanks for the info on the original ending. I need to read up on that. As much as I had issue with the ending I initially chose, it was an outstanding series!
Dudes missing so much crew. The memorial wall gathering looks empty.
That just means he got more people to survive
Your actions in the final mission of ME2 decide the number of names on that wall, and your decisions in ME3 can add more names from there.
Bruh, you know the people on the wall are the ones who died right? Lmao
@@Robert-fc9xz He’s talking about the gathering, you imbeciles.
Looks to me like he let most of his Cerberus crew from ME2 die after they're taken by the Collectors.
Organics seek perfection through technology, synthetics seek perfection through understanding - well shit that hits hard, but hard to explain how 😐
Synthetics being immortal have difficulty in understanding the meaning of what organics find in their short existence .
Must be maddening.
Damn dust in my eyes.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Javik be the one to tell Joker they must go. It’s always Liara, EDI or Garrus for me. Don’t think I’ve seen Tali either
well he never had the full crew in the end either so it might be a reason.
I had Tali.
For me it was Kaidan in all three endings
i picked destroy because life is not perfect, organic or synthetic. mass effect was pretty good at showing how all life made mistakes, regardless of how much thinking or planning went into it. if we were all perfect we would not strive for our very best. mistakes will be made but that is what gives us choice
Liked the Krogans the most, awesome to see them reverse the genophage and be able to reproduce properly with the synthesis ending.
Was expecting the wave to turn humans into husks and after seeing they’re basically just communist cyborgs I really see this only as a win 😎
People finds it hard to choose the ending because they're approaching it from their perspective. To find the right ending, you should view it with regards to Shepard's character. Will Shepard save the galaxy at the expense of the geth and other synthetics? How would he most likely decide? And basing on two incidents from the two previous games, incidents where Shepard decides himself, not you the player, he'll very much choose the destroy ending when put in this situation. Does he want to kill the geth or EDI? Hell no. But he must because he have to. First incident is Virmire, he can save only one teammate, if he tried saving both, all his crew will die. Second incident is smashing that asteroid to that mass relay, killing an entire batarian colony, but at the same time preventing the premature arrival of the reapers to an ill prepared galaxy. Shepard can make the hard decisions. The consequences of these incidents are from least to staggering, with the ME3 finale as the most extreme. Given these, destroy is the most likely decision. This is why in ME3, when Garrus asked me, " Death of ten billion here to save twenty billion there, can you do it?". My paragon Shepard cant reply with the paragon response. Because he already did it, by sacrificing that batarian colony. And the renegade response at that time is very in tune to his character based on what he did. "If all living things died because we hesitate, what choice will we have then?". Control and synthesis will be so alien to him it will not even be an option. Destroy is very familiar to his character.
Not my Shepard
you said so she saved geth and other synthetics. Why she kill them all for her life. In the control option, Shepard saved all synthetitcs and EDI and only sacrifice herself but in the destry option, she will kill all synthetics. Only rescue herself. And in the Control option, the hero of the galaxy is controlling the strongest thing in universe and helping the galaxy. This is the best ending. Your arguments are so meaningless.
@@rutkayaziz1041 First off, who's arguing?. Second, I'm only trying to explain why it's more probable that Shepard will choose the destroy option. It's because he was a military man and sacrifice has often been part of his past. I won't repeat myself because I've said it all above, but let me add. I highly doubt he will trust an extremely advanced AI he just met 3 minutes ago to to deviate him from completing his mission which so many of his friends have already given their life up for.. As I've said, I'm not talking about my decision or yours. I'm talking about "The Shepard ', the soldier, who time and again has been proven to make the hardest decisions, who knows deeply, the dangers, unpredictability and deception of AIs. Up their, all alone, without EDI or Legion to consult. And with the body of his dead commanding officer and good friend, who just died for the mission still warm next to him. Destroy option will be Shepard's choice. Not mine. Not yours. Shepard's.
@@rutkayaziz1041 the control ending has the most chances to start the cycle again in the future, that ending just doesnt feel right to me
I think you have a point but no way Shepard wouldn't sacrifice himself for the common good, you can see that in ME1 he nearly died for saving Ashley and now in ME3 a superior being is offering a proposal for upgrade all life in the galaxy and but the price is his life in return.
Destroy ending is a selfish ending because all organic life will go extinct at some point
Leviathan could possibly be the antagonist in the next game. They’re still out there observing from the shadows. And with the Reapers gone, they could see it as an opportunity to return as the “Apex race” of the galaxy.
Also does there exist an ancient species we haven’t heard about yet? Implied by this line.
Shepard: who designed it(The Crucible)?
Star child: You would not know them.
Can’t be leviathan, keepers, reapers since you literally have a conversation about all of them with Starchild. Just makes me wonder.
Possible!
Jaardan maybe ? Dunno
@monke Yeah my mistake, I meant the crucible, which the catalyst says the crucible design was noted several cycles ago.
Well, I think that may the Secret Ending Options however Isana is using 3 secret endings of Epilogue may cause this main protagonist to become a hero if destroy/control/synthesize the Xenoids to end this conflict.
I can’t wait for mass effect 5
I would be totally satisfied in Control Choice, if there would be any small detail after end, that Shepard, as a ruler of Reapers could comunicate with people and members of his crue. I imagine this like Liara (my choice) working on a computer and suddenly get a message... That would be insane 🤯 He has no body, but his mind, memories are immortal. After he could be like EDI 🤟
Synthesis and Control seem like the best endings to me. That way you don't commit genocide with the Geth and destroy all the knowledge of the races before from the reapers as they store the harvest from previous cycles. Knowledge is always power, destroy just seems like you're going back to the stone age which is stupid.
Would be cool if ME4 had your choice of ending you chose in ME3 decides whether Shepard is alive (destroy), dead (synthesis), or repaired the galaxy with the reapers and went back into dark space or something (control).
Giving you the option to play as either Ryder or Shepard depending on the ending of ME3, makes sense otherwise if they make destroy the prime canon ending for ME4 then all the choices of the previous games mean nothing and defeats the purpose of the whining fans over how the choice should matter.
I honestly hate both those endings. They are way to happy go lucky, its unrealistic. Its not Genocide if its not alive. Cutting your lawn isn't genocide even tho grass is alive, or maybe it is and you just don't care. Sure destroying everything is bad, but that way you get to grow with technology, you control it, it doesn't control you. I feel bad for EDI and Geth but doo bad, sacrifices had to be made. You could argue that by not continuing the cycle you forbit new races from existing, so in the long run you actually lose more by not letting other new stuff happen. But all of this is a retarded way of thinking. The riper solution was the most retarded solution in the first place. Oh we can't learn to limit AI, lets commit Genocide every 50k years until someone figures it out.
Well, technically they did this in ME3 with several choices, such as Anderson isn't in the Council or The Illusive Man have reaper tech and Cerberus went rogue one way or another. I hate destroy ending and I think that sadly this is the canon ending and Bioware will use it for the next game
@@cristobalsapiain2709You should be happy instead, that Bioware decided to use the Best Ending as a canon ending
When the Catalyst says “Chaos,” it’s not talking about craziness, it’s referring to the scientific and mathematical use of Chaos: Something that seems unpredictable, but knowing the starting circumstances makes it predictable
And this hors perfectly with how the Reapers use the Mass Relays to dictate how civilizations develop in a certain path.
Synthesis is probably the best option bc it saves both the synthetics & the organics by changing the matrices of sentient organic life's DNA to include synthetic technology and giving the synthetics a profound understanding of organics, so that they assume the role of assistants/helpers whenever sentient organics need them to. Still creepy af with everyone looking like the Borg with glowing green eyes tho.
But you got to remember - the catalyst/crucible together with the mass relays only made this change in one galaxy, thus there are billion of galaxies in the omniverse where higher organic & synthetic life weren't fused & DNA of organics altered etc.
Galaxies where organic life will create synthetic life that turn on their creators and eventually wipe them out or are wiped out themselves - Chaos as the Catslyst & the Leviathans put it.
The Leviathans probably never ventured beyond their/our galaxy bc then they'd be reapers there too if they had.
Strange how in ME: Andromeda humans are among the first to to this in a time frame btw the events of ME2 and ME3?
I wonder if the fused organics in the Milky Way will venture beyond their galaxy to Andromeda (or another), and what will happen then.
Does every galaxy have their version of Leviathans or were they a fluke, a one in a billion in ours?
JC Denton/Helios would approve of the Synthesis ending.
Such a Legend Game
I remember when I first played the Mass Effect trilogy and was glad it got a remaster! But let me share my mind for a moment;
Before I beat Mass effect 3 as a teenager, I heard nothing but bad things about the endings. When I knew I was at the end game, I prepared for the worst.
I was not disappointed. I at first thought it was going to end with Shepard dying before the crucible fired. When I was presented my choices, I chose Synthesis. I found each ending to have it's ups and downs and I really like the "go with your gut" kinda choice you get at the end. I found it both emotional and triumphant.
I'm certain I'm the minority of this thinking, I know this caused more social outrage than the burning of the Great Alexandria Library (and that was bad) but I stand my ground.
And I read the comments. I was afraid the social outrage would be recreated, but here, everyone is just voicing their perspectives on their choice. It's good to see that instead of ranting again!
(As a side note, I usually choose destroy now as I have a feeling that will be the canon ending for Mass Effect 4.)
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Like you, I think I’m in the minority of thinking as well. The ending you choose really does boil down to how you played the game in your own convictions.
To be completely honest I didn’t even know there was a social outrage surrounding the endings when they were first released because I had fallen off gaming when these games first came out. When I was reading about the initial reactions to the original release after finishing the game for the first time I was incredibly confused because I thought it was very well written and tied back into the overarching theme of, as Garrus called it, “Ruthless Calculus”.
The first time I played I chose synthesis. Sacrifice myself so that everyone else lives? Absolutely. I worked hard to bring the Geth and Quarians together, and EDI realized humanity and thanked my Shepherd for helping her feel “alive”. My moral compass wouldn’t sit right with any of the other choices.
Every other time I’ve played I’ve also chosen Destroy because, like you said, if that’s what’s canon for the next game then I want my Shepherd to live to see it.
U know, i think control ending is the worst ending (excluding refusal) but i hope thats the canon ending. Imagine Liara in the trailers is actually looking for the shepard clone you "kill" in the DLC but she finds him alive. Real God Shepard turns evil and wants order in the galaxy (antagonist) and clone shepard becomes good and saves the day
I just played through the trilogy for the first time. I somehow missed this game when it came out so I finally got around to playing it now. Of course I heard about everyone being pissed about the ending but I didn't know why, and I still don't know why. I finished the game like 30 minutes ago and came here to watch the other endings. I took destroy ofc because I don't trust AI. I thought it was a really cool ending. I don't think I've ever seen an ending quite like that. Usually the hero wins and everyone lives happy ever after, but this was very different in many ways. I'm still crying a bit so I'm gonna go for a walk in the dark and ponder some things...
When you think about (disregarding Refusal ending) Synthesis is the only ending where Shepard truly dies now in Control his physical form is destroyed but he still exists as the voice controlling the reapers, of course destroy it’s literally shown that he lives
21:46 God this soundtrack, bring me to tears
picked destroy by mistake lol im here because of that. little pissed EDI isnt control ending
I’m playing mass effect 3 legendary edition, I wanna get the destroy ending where shepard lives I heard you have to do all the side missions for war assets which I was planning to do anyway do I also have to do all the scanning as well?
Yes. You need a lot of war assets. I had about 8000+ and got the secret ending with shep.
Just got that ending now, had war assets at max, just went and destroyed the thing on the right and wahey, shepard is alive and off to marry Ash and all is good, gg.
@@russkijnemez5911 Damn the scanning is so tedious 😭 but I’ll do it, did you have to do all of it or just most?
@@JezaGooner I just got the same except with Miranda not Ashley :)
in the original you only needed like 3200+, not sure for Legendary Edition
thank you very much .. I had the "Destroy-Ending" @ 11:48 ... very interessting that there is also so a "Synthesis-Ending" @ 33:45 ...
I feel like not many people talk about the immeasurable tragedy of losing countless cycles of memories, art, knowledge, culture, etc. They all die for good, not even living on as memories. That fact made the choice to destroy feel all the more heavy.
Idk, I feel like every reaper is a monument to the incredibly painful and terrified death of a whole species. Eradicating their killers and the abomination they were turned into against their will is about as respectful a sendoff you can give the old races, it lets you leave them to the peace of history and move on.