Mass Effect Shepard Lives

1. Mass Effect Shepard Loves Aliens
2. Mass Effect 3 Shepard Lives

. 98 sharesWhile the has answered many (not all) of the questions gamers have been asking since concluding Mass Effect 3, there is one particular nagging issue that wants to put to rest. Rumors had been circulating for quite some time in regards to the games ‘Destroy’ ending, and now BioWare wants to set the record straight. But, in order to talk about it fully, a spoiler warning must be issued. So consider yourself warned.In the ‘Destroy’ ending, which sees Commander Shepard choosing to eliminate the completely and not give in to the Stargazer’s wishes, there is a small scene tacked on to the ending that shows Commander Shepard’s seemingly lifeless body taking a breath. Now with the addition of the Extended Cut DLC for, that ending also features Commander Shepard’s love interest, whoever that may be, refusing to place his name amongst the list of those Normandy crew members who were lost across all three games.Many curious gamers took these two scenes to mean that Shepard had in fact not died, but was alive amidst the Crucible wreckage.

Some even took this additional scene as validation for the, which states those final couple of scenes all took place within Shepard’s mind, and only the ‘Destroy’ option would allow him to live on.But now, thanks to some comments from BioWare’s Tully Ackland on the game’s official forums, we know what really occurred: Shepard is alive. You may notice that in the “Shepard lives” ending, the love interest hesitates to place Shepard’s name on the wall, and instead looks up as though deep in thought. This is meant to suggest that the love interest is not ready to believe Shepard is dead, and the final scene reveals they are correct.

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Mass Effect Shepard Loves Aliens

As the Normandy lifts off, there is hope that the love interest and Shepard will again be together.Ackland also answers a couple other questions in regards to the game’s new endings, but we had already summed those up pretty nicely in our regarding the new endings.Gamers can finally end speculation that Shepard’s movement was his last breath, and can rest easy knowing the star-travelling war hero is alive. Unfortunately, the on a lush, forest-covered planet, and have no way of reaching him.Additionally, if BioWare chose to use this as the canonical ending for Mass Effect 3, that would be the perfect jumping off point for more single player DLC. So far, aside from the Extended Cut, players have only seen the release of for the game’s, but we expect more single player content is in the pipeline.Though the debates over the will continue for quite some time, at least we have yet another clarification regarding one of the questions left unanswered. Unfortunately, if it leads to more DLC and undermines the other endings to the game, that could upset even more fans.Does it bring you any solace to know that Shepard did survive in the ‘Destroy’ ending? Will any DLC featuring Shepard undermine the ending players chose?Source.

Mass Effect 3 Shepard Lives

1. Commander Shepard lives through the end of Mass Effect 3, and the upcoming Citadel DLC shows the aftermath of the game's events.
2. Well in my personal ending EDI and the geth made backups of themselves in deep space and cut off connections to the rest of the world, so after her recovery Shepard takes the Normandy to find and reactivate them, and then she and G retire to an island planet and spend the rest of their lives working on their tans and avoiding the media.