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Inspired by a post on the Death Battle subreddit, what are your favorite ending lines from an investigation by the Institute?
"Numerous reports purport to tell the final fate of the galaxy but in all of them, every single one, the Krogan had plenty of things to shoot."
"A timeless chorus may once again arise. One that joins every voice in the galaxy together to sing victory everlasting. A universe of corpses sharing one grave."
"During the final moments of the Covenant, when the Prophet of Truth stood on the precipice of activating the Sacred Rings, he broadcasted a phrase which has lingered in infamy: 'There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?' With his dream undone, the Covenant destroyed and the UNSC poised to dominate the galaxy, these words have been given an entirely new meaning."
Garrus’ line if you reveal the Genophage Cure was sabotaged and that Mordin was convinced to go along with it is a double entendre.
“Wrex might’ve figured it out but I guess Wreav is too stupid.”
For me, this statement has two meanings. The first (and most obvious one) is that Wrex would’ve figured out that the Genophage Cure was sabotaged but Wreav never discovers this himself. The other meaning is that Wrex might’ve figured out how to get the Krogans to cooperate with the other races of the galaxy but Wreav is too hostile and short-sighted for this to be possible which is why Mordin agrees to go along with the sabotage if you convince him to do so.
[Transformers Aligned Continuity/Halo] What if the Autobots and Decepticons ended up on Alpha Halo during Halo CE?
After the end of Fall of Cybertron, both the Ark and the Nemesis crashland on Alpha Halo during the opening stages of the fight between the UNSC and the Covenant on the ring. How would the UNSC and the Covenant react to these new combatants appearing on the ring? Would the Decepticons and Covenant collaborate against Humanity or fight amongst themselves? How would the UNSC react to their new Autobot allies, assuming they cooperate? How would the events of Halo CE and beyond be affected?
Aside from Wrex attempting to kill you if you sabotaged the Genophage cure and Tali committing suicide if you side with the Geth, what are some notable instances of squadmates reacting negatively to Shepard's choices?
Maybe not quite as extreme as the first two examples but if you kill Falere during the Asari Monastery mission, Liara will call Shepard out on it and question if it was necessary.
[Transformers Bayverse] What if Humans continued to return to the moon?
A major plot point in Transformers: Dark of the Moon is that after American astronauts discovered the Ark on the moon, Soundwave recruited the father of Dylan Gould and others to make future Moon missions economically infeasible so that humans would never return and discover the Ark's secrets.
But what if Gould's father hadn't been recruited by Soundwave and Soundwave's spy ring didn't prevent future Moon missions from occuring? How far would humanity have advanced if they could continually return to the Ark and reverse-engineer it's technology? How would this have changed the events of the Bayformers movies?
How would the Human-Covenant War have changed if the Spartans were replaced with Sixth-Generation Armored Cores?
I thought Turians could tank rockets like they were nothing.
Fate of modern nations by Halo's 'present day'?
From what I know, the US dissolved at some point before the Covenant War but what about the other nations? What happened to Europe, Russia, China, and what not?
Are there any outcomes in the Mass Effect series that are definitively non-canon from your point of view?
For me, it would have to be the ending in ME2 where Shepard and the entire squad die. The biggest evidence for this is that you can't import your ME2 save into ME3 if you got this outcome and even within ME2 itself, if you get this outcome, you get kicked out of the game and back into the menu screen.
(REPOST because the original title felt redundant.)
Here's a thought experiment: What are some reasons that Shepard would choose Morinth over Samara during their confrontation?
EXTREMELY Unpopular Opinion: I think the Mass Effect 3 Endings were... Fine.
I get why people have issues with them but I feel like in terms of the options we were given (Destroy the Reapers and all Synthetics, Assume Control of the Reapers yourself, Merge all Synthetic and Organic Life, Refuse all the options and let the Reapers win) I felt satisfied with them.
Besides, worse endings have and will continue to exist after and in comparison, to those, I think Mass Effect 3 at least worked. It wasn't 100% satisfying but I feel like it got the trilogy over the finish in a way that would made me feel okay with it.
What would you say was the biggest mistake of your first playthrough of the trilogy?
I’d say my biggest mistake was failing to secure Zaeed and Miranda’s Loyalty in ME2 which led to their deaths in 3.
Playing Priority: Sur’Kesh and Priority: Tuchanka without Wrex is really a choice of which unlikeable douchebag to support.
To be honest though, it’s not hard to regret curing the Genophage with Wreav in charge even with Eve still alive.
What are Renegade choices that you always make that AREN'T gutting Kai Leng, Punching Han Gerrel, or "You're working too hard"?
I have three notable ones.
Killing Jeong on Feros. I rarely have enough Paragon or Renegade score to get the outcome where he stands down and to be honest, it's not worth it to save such an unlikeable character.
Killing the Batarian who tries to exit stage left during Bring Down The Sky by claiming he was just there for a slave grab. (I forgot his name) My reasonings for this range from non-Colonist or Ruthless Shepard's being like "And this gives me less reason to kill you why?" and Colonist or Ruthless Shepard's where the reasons for killing him are pretty self-explanatory.
Shutting down the sexist Batarian dude on Omega in ME2 will never not be satisfying when playing as FemShep. "Show me yours, tough guy. I bet mine's bigger."
Assuming the Reapers weren’t a factor, how would a war between the Citadel Council and Terminus Systems have gone?
The Reapers from Mass Effect replace the Yuuzhan Vong and invade the Star Wars Legends galaxy in their stead in 25 ABY? Can the Legends Galaxy survive or will they be harvested?
First, a couple of rules:
- To compensate for the technology gap and their lack of infrastructure within the Star Wars galaxy, the Reapers will be equalized in their technology-level to the Star Wars Legends Universe. (Reapers will be equipped with hyperspace drives, Reaper weaponry will have the same effect on Star Wars ships as they do on Mass Effect ships, etc.)
- Force-Sensitive individuals will be immune to indoctrination, but non-Force Sensitives will still be vulnerable to Reaper manipulation.
If you are unfamiliar with the Reapers, I'd recommend clicking this link.