lestatdark said:
NotStan said:
Rath said:
NotStan said:
Rath said:
Spoilers follow
So my main problem with some of the endings is that I just can't make sense of them.
A synthesis between human and machines where everyone is suddenly converted to have little green lines all over them? My suspension of disbelief just can't go that far, it's too farfetched.
I also fail to understand why the Geth and EDI die in the ending where you destroy the reapers - they are in no way connected to the catalyst so how does it destroy them?
Maybe I'm missing something...
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It's because they are synthetics, the geth, EDI etc are considered to be the next step in evolution, and will likely turn on their creators - the humans & aliens, therefore the best way to stop the cycle is to destroy the synthetics, the only reason, according to the little boy the reapers came is to destroy the races and help them ascend before they descended into chaos as a result of creation of synthetics.
The ending could have been more tied in with the options that you've picked earlier during the game, but by the looks of it, these decision can come back to haunt you either during the next iteration of Mass Effect or the DLC.
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Oh I get why they were destroyed, I just don't get how.
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Likely the same ray that has spread through the mass effect relays and fried pretty much everything with a hint of technology in it's path, including the Normandy, what I found DAFUQ was the fact that Normandy was fleeing from the battle? And Garrus was on board? He was just only rushing tower with me, unless about a few days passed since when you get beamed inside, it just doesn't make that much sense. What I find annoying as hell though is, no matter which scenario you pick, mass effect relays are gone, methinks Bioware are looking for an easy way out should they proceed with this franchise, as the world they'll create will likely not need to be as big due to lack of fast transportation.
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Actually, if the endings are indeed events happening and not some indoctrination/hallucination attempt (I still really, really doubt that what we have seen is the real deal, since they clearly show shepard to be alive at the end of the Destroy ending in the midst of concrete rubble, which can only be after Harbinger's laser nearly hitting him), there's an explanation for why that energy beam destroyed both the Geth and EDI along with the reapers.
If you read carefully through the War Assets and compiling what the Protean VI says to you in the Cerberus Base, the Crucible is just a massive Dark Energy generator which the Citadel then concentrates and sends out to the entire galaxy using the relays. Now, what do the relays, the citadel and every advanced synthetic in the galaxy have in common? They're all based on Quantum technology (either for shielding, processing power and/or overall structure). So it could be that the Dark Energy burst destroys anything that's based on Quantum technology (that would have to include the QEC's as well as some of Shepard's synthetic prostetics.
Of course, I can be wrong, but that's what I recall from the lore. Anyway, I still get the feeling any theory we can come up for what were those energy rays is pointless, since we'll end up getting a more detailed ending scenario in the future.
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