Mass Effect 3

[JohnnytheSkin]

Re: Mass Effect 3

So that video a few pages back convinced me.

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The indoctrination angle makes perfect sense, and while the hints were there, they were too subtle and it shouldn't have taken a group of online fans making a slick 20 minute video to explain the ending. If true it also gives BioWare an option for a "modified" ending of sorts. If you are indoctrinated and take the control or synthesis options, you cut to the reaper invasion, and see humanity and the galaxy be consumed. If you resist and take the destroy option, you wake up, buried in rubble, and resume the fight...though something will have changed (too much energy and focus by the Reapers/Harbinger trying to turn Shepard?).

[goh]

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From what I heard it is possible to get 4,000 Readiness if you make all the "right" decisions in ME1-ME3. Like having

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Rachni Queen live, Kelly Chambers live, Purchasing the new stuff in NG+, Getting the reporter on your ship and not punching the reporter in the face.

Sent from me, duh.

The numbers have been gone over by multiple people and the most anyone has come up with was 7899. 7500ish seems to be the most common outcome.

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If the Queen lives you have to lose some Krogan. You get more total if she lives. The rest just don't add much and all you get for NG+ is your fish to count if they lived.

[LambertandHam]

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The numbers have been gone over by multiple people and the most anyone has come up with was 7899. 7500ish seems to be the most common outcome.

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If the Queen lives you have to lose some Krogan. You get more total if she lives. The rest just don't add much and all you get for NG+ is your fish to count if they lived.

With everything done outside of

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Kelly

, I was hovering around 4k or so. Upon playing enough multiplayer to get each area at 100%, I was in the 7000's.

[goh]

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Yup. This is in regards to people that don't play multiplayer not being able to get the best ending. You need 8000 total,can't get 8000 total.

[SlimKibbles]

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...As far as multiplayer is concerned I don't mind it in this game because like I said before the game is amazing for 99 percent of it. I have a hard time believing anything would be different about single player or that the game would have been "better" if MP was taken out. Yes the galactic readiness wouldn't be in it, but other than that the SP IMO is as good if not better than the first two up until the very end.

For me, I think that is coming from, if too many developer resources (people), and possibly DVD space, were spent on MP, maybe the ending in SP could have been better? Pure speculation. The SP ending could be what they wanted all along. Maybe EA put pressure on BioWare to get the game done and they had to cut corners on the ending? Maybe because of MP, space and creative talent were being used that could have been better served on the ending? Who knows.

[AUChase]

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I haven't seen anyone mention it, so I'll ask..

If I'm exploring Reaper Territory, and they come to see what's going on, what would happen if they actually caught up with me ?

[thedudedominick]

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I haven't seen anyone mention it, so I'll ask..

If I'm exploring Reaper Territory, and they come to see what's going on, what would happen if they actually caught up with me ?

You die. Luckily the game autosaves every time you go to the map.

[Chizzypoof]

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I haven't seen anyone mention it, so I'll ask..

If I'm exploring Reaper Territory, and they come to see what's going on, what would happen if they actually caught up with me ?

Answer but Spoiler just in case.

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Its just like pac-man. If the reapers catch you all it says is game over. Reload/Retry/Restart. I thought it was a really bad part of the game. My OCD was going to explore all the planets but because of the reapers I gave up on it. It just got annoying. At least I never had to buy fuel though this time around.

[Sandman42]

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The fact the game would just load you right back into the system if the reapers caught you made that part of the game sort of worthless. Just scan the system, find all the signals, and if the reapers catch you, just reload and you know where everything is.

[thaima1shu]

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The fact the game would just load you right back into the system if the reapers caught you made that part of the game sort of worthless. Just scan the system, find all the signals, and if the reapers catch you, just reload and you know where everything is.

I refused to let them catch me even though I knew the consequences were minimal. My pride just wouldn't let me do it haha.

[SlimKibbles]

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I refused to let them catch me even though I knew the consequences were minimal. My pride just wouldn't let me do it haha.

I've been doing the exact same thing. I actually toy with them a bit. When you press the button to enter a star system, the direction the Normandy is facing determines where in the star system it starts you while pointing at the star in the middle. I've used that quite often. I scan the crap out of star systems regardless of reaper awareness. I've cut it close a few times though.

[Solidice]

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the reapers are too slow in the galaxy map. I just piss them off by scanning constantly while they chase me then I bolt from the system once they get to me. come back, let them toot their horn and repeat.

I've seen PC edits that make them slower, which I don't get. It's not like it's hard to get away. I've been caught only once, and that was because I wanted to see what happens.

[Shortsinator]

That video makes too much sense. I knew the ending was weird and creepy, but didn't catch this at all. To be honest I actually like the ending now lol

[Solidice]

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just tried out the M-99 Saber Assault rifle with my sentinel. man that thing packs a punch. fire rate is slow and is super heavy, but since I don't use the gun much with my sentinel anyway, it's not that bad. Probably stick with the Mattock though, that way I can have a +200% cooldown bonus instead of the +172% or so with the Saber.

[goh]

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The fact the game would just load you right back into the system if the reapers caught you made that part of the game sort of worthless. Just scan the system, find all the signals, and if the reapers catch you, just reload and you know where everything is.

Failure in any game is worthless at this point because you just saved 2 minutes ago. The only thing it ever results in is annoyance or frustration.