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Old 03-15-2012, 03:29 PM   #486
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The problem I had is that none of those 3 choices at the end were in line of what my Shepard would have chose. My Shepard was sympathetic toward the Geth and believed every race deserved a chance so he wouldn't have done the Paragon route of destroying all sentient life which included the Geth, EDI, and I dunno, some advanced ipads maybe. He wouldn't have gone the Renegade route by controlling them because he was always against that and never believed it could work. And then I guess the 3rd option only unlocks if you meet certain criteria which I met but I still decided against it because that ending wouldn't have made much sense either.

It's hard to imagine any one person's Shepard to be comfortable with one of the three choices at the end, to be honest. Actually, doesn't it seem like the Paragon and Renegade endings should be switched here? If you go full Paragon, doesn't it make more sense to choose the Renegade ending and control the reapers and let every species live? If you go full Renegade, doesn't it make more sense if you choose the Paragon ending by wiping out synthetic life (which you presumably didn't enjoy in the first place if you were a Renegade) and allowing the advanced species to prosper?

Or do I have the endings backwards in the first place? Because here is a video that shows all of the endings. The top (Red) are destroy while the middle (Blue) are control. I was always under the impression that blue was Paragon/destroy and Red was Renegade/control.

I chose Paragon/destroy (at least I thought I did) and ended up with a blue ending.
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Ok so yeah after playing it again, I think I had them backwards when I made my decision the first time. Blue, left side is control while Red, right side is destroy. Which one of those endings should actually be classified as Paragon/Renegade is for another discussion.

I think the synthesis, middle, green ending might be the "official" canon ending. It's also the one I'm most content with. Joker and EDI are seen in the jungle with new synthetic implants in their skin and Ashley climbs out at the end.
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When Shepard got knocked out by the laser, I thought he was dead. When Anderson explicitly said "I'm crossing over to the other side" when he was inside the Citidel and Shepard responded with "Don't go without me" I was so sure that Shep was in heaven or some religious afterlife and it would end with him there.
There are also a lot more references to this too and I could see a point where maybe the keepers are "gatekeepers" to what happens next in life and you "ascend" to the catalyst. Still kinda goofy.

WISH WE HAD MORE STORY ON THE KEEPERS.

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did you have to redo that cutscene where illusive man shot you. i never pull the renegade trigger. got shot and died. had to sit through 5 minutes of it again.
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Illusive Man never shot me, he shot Anderson.
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