I’m down to play.
Okay, that HAS to be a troll picture. I can’t even BEGIN to list the amount of physical traits that make that wrong. It’s like saying “Geth heads are really helmets and they’re just Hulk Hogan in Robocop suits”. THAT’S how obviously fake that is.
Sorry but it’s real 
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[/details]Took this screenshot just for you.
Which one? The one of Tali in your room? It’s not a fake, dude.
That’s the real image from the actual in-game photo. I got Tali on my team a few days ago and had romanced her in previous ME’s so she said she had ‘left something in my cabin’. When I went to go check it out it was that actual picture, that’s no troll photo.
I just had no idea Bioware had just slighty altered a stock picture, I thought it was their own creation. Either way though, like I said, I like Tali’s look.
is there a difference between male and female in the multiplayer?
For those who beat Mass Effect 3… here’s an awesome theory that is picking up a lot of steam. Holy Shit, if this is true, Bioware are freaking geniuses.
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http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/1/topic/355/index/9804665/1
1. The endgame scenario is Indoctrination/Manipulation from the Reapers (Harbinger) trying to force you into choosing to let the Reapers live. Shepard is not awake during the final sceens!
*2. Choosing to control the Reapers allows them to live. Reapers win. They will still exist. *
*3. Choosing to combine organic and synthetic life: Reapers win. They will still exist. *
*4. Choosing to destroy all synthetic life: Reapers loose. Shepard lives. Reapers die. *
5. Choosing to destroy all synthetic life option is more Renegade in appearence. Controlling the Reapers is more Paragon in appearence. The Illusive Man’s choice should not be Paragon colors, just as Anderson’s choice should not be Renegade.
*6. Shepard awakes at the end of destroying Reapers. But Shepard is not awaking from the aftermath. He is awaking from either after he is hit by Harbingers lazer attack on Earth or after the scene with Anderson and the Illusive Man. *
*7. Stating that all sythetic life will be destroyed will give you pause; destroying the Geth can force you to a different conclusion. This choice exists for the illusion of choice; the other choices are ment to sound better. *
*8. Shepard does not awake in the other 2 “endings” because you are fully indoctrinated by the choices you made to allow the Reapers to win. “Assuming Control!” *
*9. Never trust any child construct, be it a ghost or artificial intelligence, or heck even human. They are just creepy. *
*10. Shepard awakes at the end because he has broken hold of the Reaper’s control. *
*11. Shepard has spent alot of time around Reapers. Soveriegn, various Reaper artifacts, the Human Reaper, 2 Reaper destroyers, the Artifact from “The Arrival.” Its foolish to assume there is not some level of *
*indoctrination. *
*12. Bioware not only get more $$$ for DLC for the final battle, but big props for INDOCTRINATING A LOT OF ITS OWN PLAYERS! I do not know of another gaming company that has tried to fool all of its consumers, but they look to be the first and reap all of the attention. *
*13. Definitions: *
*Catalyst = *
*One that precipitates a process or event, especially without being involved in or changed by the consequences *
*Crucible= *
*A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial. See Synonyms at trial. *
*14. Shepard is not wearing his armor when he wakes up in the Citadel, implying that this is a dream. *
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[LEFT][SIZE=11px]adrianlocke647 wrote…[/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=11px]New little tid-bit from GameFAQs, though I’ve yet to test it personally. Could be false, but a few others backed up the claim, so I’m assuming it is true.[/SIZE][/LEFT]
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[LEFT][SIZE=11px]"As I get into the dream, I see the boy running and hear numerous whispers as well as view ghostly figures. These are obvious clues that everyone noticed being just like indoctrination victims however have you ever tried to resist the kid?[/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=11px]As soon as the kid runs away, I turned around and ran from him and guess what happened?[/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=11px]A whisper says “Shepard” in a human voice and the kid cries, forcing my Shepard to turn around.[/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=11px]I turn around again, doing the same thing and guess what happened the second time?[/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT][SIZE=11px]A whisper says “Shepard” in Harbinger’s voice, or at least one similar enough to mistake it. This was tested on the dream right after the resolution of the genophage plot-line."[/SIZE][/LEFT]
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[LEFT][SIZE=11px]If anyone has the time or a save near one of the dream sequences, it’d be nice to actually get a recording of this to dissect, and if it proves true, that’s another drop in the evidence-bucket![/SIZE][/LEFT]
[LEFT]Codex—>The Reapers—>Indoctrination:[/LEFT]
Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. As time passes, they have feelings of “being watched” andhallucinations of “ghostly” presences.* Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim’s to amplify it’s signals, manifesting as “alien” voices in the mind.*
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Gonna edit my coaleced.ini on the PC version to make it harder. Started my first playthrough on Insanity and this shit got nerfed a lot compared to ME1/2’s Insanity.
Infiltrator equipped with only the Black Widow is way too good. Instant recharge on powers and there is way too much ammo laying around so rolling with a single gun isn’t even an issue. Gonna mess with a Shotty/Melee Infiltrator build and see how it does.
I finished it yesterday. had like 5700 EMP and was 100% gala-ready , saved anderson… Oh right and i was faithful to Ashley thru-out the trilogy <3 LUL (sorry , haha).
[details=Spoiler]Anyways , i felt kind of split at the ending of the game. I choose to control the reapers (i thought that it would be the best decision i could make since the stage/walkway was highlighted in light-blue’ish , making me think that would be the best paragonoption and the best choice i could make , really. However after seeing the ending and the credits i felt like i was pretty sure most of what i just saw was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall in shepards head. So yeah … The ending didn’t bother me too much. What i do wanna know though is what the **** joker , ashley , and liara is gonna do on a (what seems to be) a deserted planet.
"14. Shepard is not wearing his armor when he wakes up in the Citadel, implying that this is a dream. "
He gets hit by the reapers LAZOR , and then he wakes up half-dead right next to the beam which is gonna teleport him to the citadel. That point though … That he isn’t wearing his armor , is very interesting.
OK THANKS FOR READING ! IF I COULD CHOOSE MY ME3 ENDING IT WOULD BE … SHEPARD ASHLEY AND ANDERSON RUNNING ON THE BEACH BAYWATCH STYLE OH YES WITH THAT CHEESY MUSIC TOO.[/details]
Yeah no, first it does not account for the best ending so that automatically dqes it. Second Mass Effect 2 and 3 were not written by Bioware, they were written by Hollywood writers they hired outside the company to write a more “mainstream” and “compeling” script. The worst thing about even the best ending is it had no balls. It went with a cop out like alot of shows do now to try to appease everyone.
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[details=Spoiler]It’s not a dream sequence, from what I’ve read Anderson was originally supposed to help shepard get up after the blast and Joker was supposed to show up in the normandy.
Most of the changes that were made to the game were made due to the leaked script from november. I have a copy of it right now and I am ~97,000 lines in looking for this blasted scene (but I found it!) Wish they would have mentioned which friggin line number it was!
Seems like BioWare got really bitter at people complaining about the shitty endings in the leaked script, so they made them even worse. 
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Fuck this shit .
Also, fucking thing keeps deleting my spoiler tags…
You might want to spoiler that before you get the banhammer. But yeah that is what the ending was supposed to be without all the cutouts they did.
Shit. I’m just about to finish my ME2 file.
I’m so behind :o
Finished my first playthru last night.
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I actually liked the ending. It’s war guys, you get the cool scenes with the crew in the middle of the game if you want a PG happy story.
This is not the issue anyone is having with the ending at all…
The endings are still shit.
Looking back on it, I played a little bit of part 1, thought it was one of the worse games ever made (in terms of FPS).
I think the only reason I played it at least 1/4 the way was the story. Eventually, I just YouTube a walk through and saw the story (most of it anyways).
The comic does a decent job in telling the story, but misses a lot of key things (like how threatening the Geth technology was, and should’ve explained more about Vigil or whatever that thing’s name is called).
I thought Mass Effect 2 was boring as fuck, but had interesting characters.
Then I ran into Shadow Broker mission (didn’t know this was DLC, bought it for PS3), and thought this game was amazing.
However, some classes are way more fun than others (engineering, WTF?!)
Can’t wait to be disappointed by part 3’s ending!!
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Did you really expect to have some ending with Shepard being hailed as a galactic hero, with all the species hailing him/her for the rest of time as the galactic savior? Shepard on a parade going through the Citadel? It’s war, and the Reapers kill more than they don’t. I just don’t understand, Shepard being able to make the ultimate sacrifice to end the threat made total sense to me. I dunno, maybe I’m just trying to rebel against everyone freaking out. I loved ME3, the story wrapped up great IMO.
[details=Spoiler]Again, that’s not the point so stop trying to argue a point that no one has made. I was hoping and expecting Shepard to die due to the nature of the threat and even knew that the only way to win was pulling a deus ex machine ever since ME1. The endings are horrible for a bunch of reasons that have been discussed to death all over the internet. Not only are the leaked script endings better, but a lot of the stuff in the leaked script is much better than what we got in the game. As a result, the endings are shit. Actually, they would have been shit even without the existence of the leaked script, a lot of the stuff in the later sections of the game were down right bad.
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So am I ready to try and finish the game now in order to get the “best” ending? After a few multiplayer matches, im at 5271 Military strength and 80% Readyness. Which one of those are the most important btw?
And If i stop playing multiplayer, will these stats go down over time?
You need 5000 Effective Military Strength (and not Total Military Strength), to get the “best” ending sequences possible.
No idea if they go down if you stop playing multiplayer.
highly doubt it