[General Battuta]

Wouldn't they just take the chance anyway? If the only choice you give them is either to leave organics create synthetic armaggedon or just cleanse all organics, then they'll figure that the only difference between those two choices is that in one of them they'll eventually have to confront a mega-powerful synthetic race.

I'm just presuming here that the whole 'inevitably synthetic armageddon' thing would also be gone because it's dumb.

I can whip up a completely different explanation for the Reapers (distinct from Ace's or the actual textual explanation) in like thirty seconds, there are so many routes they could've gone.

[MatthTheGeek]

Unrelated note.









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[newman]

http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2012/04/02/bioware-prepping-amazing-mass-effect-3-announcement-for-pax/


This could very well turn out to be just a rumor, but friday isn't exactly far so we'll know soon enough.

[LordPomposity]

lawl.

If this rumor spreads as fast and as far as I expect it to, Bioware would be well-advised to have an announcement ready whether they had originally planned to or not.

[The E]

Umm. On the scale of rumourness, this one barely registers as a "well, duh". Of course they're going to make some sort of announcement at PAX.

[qazwsx]

Multi expansion packs I assume.

[General Battuta]

I'm going to be at PAX East and I'm going to go to the Bioware panel and when they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending I'm going to get up from my seat and turn purple and then teleport up onto the stage in stuttering increments wailing the scream of a broken soul and pick Mac Walters up with my mass effect fields and put my hand into his spine and snap it and his teammates will try to revive him but it'll be too late

[StarSlayer]

I'm going to be at PAX East and I'm going to go to the Bioware panel and when they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending I'm going to get up from my seat and turn purple and then teleport up onto the stage in stuttering increments wailing the scream of a broken soul and pick Mac Walters up with my mass effect fields and put my hand into his spine and snap it and his teammates will try to revive him but it'll be too late

I hope they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending so that this happens. 

[LordPomposity]

get up from my seat and turn purple

not a valid color, please choose from redttuta, bluttuta, or greenttuta

[Spoon]

I'm going to be at PAX East and I'm going to go to the Bioware panel and when they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending I'm going to get up from my seat and turn purple and then teleport up onto the stage in stuttering increments wailing the scream of a broken soul and pick Mac Walters up with my mass effect fields and put my hand into his spine and snap it and his teammates will try to revive him but it'll be too late

 

not a valid color, please choose from redttuta, bluttuta, or greenttuta

 

[BritishShivans]

I'm going to be at PAX East and I'm going to go to the Bioware panel and when they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending I'm going to get up from my seat and turn purple and then teleport up onto the stage in stuttering increments wailing the scream of a broken soul and pick Mac Walters up with my mass effect fields and put my hand into his spine and snap it and his teammates will try to revive him but it'll be too late

battuta

why are you a banshee

i thought you were a marauder

[StarSlayer]

I'm going to be at PAX East and I'm going to go to the Bioware panel and when they don't announce anything meaningful new for the ending I'm going to get up from my seat and turn purple and then teleport up onto the stage in stuttering increments wailing the scream of a broken soul and pick Mac Walters up with my mass effect fields and put my hand into his spine and snap it and his teammates will try to revive him but it'll be too late

Right, one of my coworkers is going, I told him he needs to get video if this happens.

[The E]

Sooo, this just happened:

BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. announced Mass Effect™ 3: Extended Cut, a downloadable content pack that will expand upon the events at the end of the critically acclaimed Action RPG. Through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3 deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes. Coming this summer, the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will be available for download on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC for no extra charge.

[General Battuta]

hey, cool

[BrotherBryon]

Still means no final confrontation with Harbinger, I've been wanting to kill that annoying bastard for the stupid one liner harassment all through out ME2.

[The E]

Still means no such thing, because there are no details given on how this will be integrated into the game.

[T-LoW]

Sooo, this just happened:

I have faith that they will now create a well deserved ending for the ME series!

[LordPomposity]

Sooo, this just happened:

I have faith that they will now create a well deserved ending for the ME series!

[newman]

Two things that don't smell good.

First, "the change will occur through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes", followed by Casey Hudson's "“We have re-prioritized our post-launch development efforts to provide the fans who want more closure with even more context and clarity to the ending of the game, in a way that will feel more personalized for each player", doesn't really sound like they're actually going to address any issues. It certainly doesn't make the "indoctrination theory" seem plausible at all. What it sounds like to me is that they're going to make a few voice acted cinematics, then code in a system that will check your saves for your choices and decide which ones to play. I could be wrong, of course, but it sounds like they won't be fixing the problem, but rather attempting to tell us why the current endings do make sense after all. And we'll still be stuck with the tri-color nonsensical ending, just with a bit more trimmings on the side.

Secondly, "coming out this summer" is actually a long time for something they supposedly "planned in advance". If they had planned it in advance they'd be ready by now. "Coming out this summer" means "let's try to do some damage control with the fans, can you guys make the loudest of protestors go away with some DLC whipped up in 2-3 months?"

I really hope I end up being proven wrong on this, but this announcement does not sound to me like anything that will actually wash the bitter taste those last 10 minutes leave.

[Ransom]

maybe they'll at least address the lack of character closure. who knows!

Secondly, "coming out this summer" is actually a long time for something they supposedly "planned in advance". If they had planned it in advance they'd be ready by now. "Coming out this summer" means "let's try to do some damage control with the fans, can you guys make the loudest of protestors go away with some DLC whipped up in 2-3 months?"

They didn't say they'd planned this in advance. In fact they pretty much explicitly said it is in response to the fan upset.

"We have reprioritized our post-launch development efforts [blah blah]"