{"id":143417,"date":"2020-12-12T19:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/mass-effect-3-ending-new-me4-trailer-canon\/"},"modified":"2020-12-12T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:12:11","slug":"mass-effect-4s-new-trailer-has-huge-implications-for-mass-effect-3s-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/12\/mass-effect-4s-new-trailer-has-huge-implications-for-mass-effect-3s-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect 4’s New Trailer Has Huge Implications for Mass Effect 3’s Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BioWare fans received a long-awaited update about the next\u00a0\u00a0chapter in the Mass Effect<\/em> universe\u00a0at The Game Awards this week. The developer dropped a new trailer for a game presumed to be Mass Effect<\/strong> 4<\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>promising that \u201cMass Effect<\/em> will continue\u201d while packing the video with hints about the game\u2019s possible setting, characters, and timeline.<\/p>\n

One of the most surprising implications of the new Mass Effect 4<\/em><\/a> trailer is that BioWare appears to have determined a canonical ending to Mass Effect 3<\/em> in order to tell a story which directly continues from the events of the original trilogy. There\u2019s plenty of evidence in the trailer for this, and the revelation comes with several other implications for the next game and its story.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0New Mass Effect Game Gets First Teaser Trailer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The ending of Mass Effect 3<\/em> was controversial<\/a> to say the least. There were three main endings, determined primarily by the (literal) path the player chooses to walk down at the very end of the game. The Destroy ending would\u00a0defeat the Reapers by killing\u00a0all synthetic life in the galaxy. This ending usually implied that Shepard had also been killed in the ensuing destruction, though if the player had acquired over 4000 points of “Effective Military Strength,” the epilogue’s final shot would show Shepard\u2019s body in the wreckage suddenly take a breath.<\/p>\n

The other two endings for Mass Effect 3<\/em> were Control and Synthesis. The player could have Shepard<\/a> transcend\u00a0their humanity and take over the Reapers, or\u00a0they could\u00a0merge all organic and synthetic life instead. There was no way to pick either of these options and get the final shot of Shepard breathing, regardless of the player\u2019s Effective Military Strength.<\/p>\n

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There are a few reasons to think that the new Mass Effect 4<\/em> trailer shows the sequel taking place in the Destroy ending timeline. The video shows a character who appears to be old squadmate\u00a0Liara T\u2019Soni<\/a>. She is scaling the huge, snow covered husk of a dead Reaper on an unknown planet.<\/p>\n

Liara\u2019s presence and her apparent lack of the synthetic qualities – everyone got green eyes in the synthetic ending –\u00a0implies that the trailer takes place\u00a0after either the Control or Destroy endings. The Reapers survive the Control ending, so unless the Reaper<\/a>\u00a0in the trailer was killed by another means it\u2019s very likely that the next game will take place in the Destroy timeline.<\/p>\n

At one point, Liara recovers a piece of N7-branded armor from the snow. This could mean a number of things, but would appear to hint that she is searching for Shepard. If nothing else, tempting hopeful fans with Shepard\u2019s return and then not delivering would probably be a bad strategy for BioWare<\/a>. Whatever the studio\u2019s long term plans are, the fact that Shepard is possibly alive – or even a recoverable human body – most closely resembles the\u00a0Destroy ending.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Everything You Need to Know About the Citadel’s Strangest Species Before Mass Effect: Legendary Edition<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BioWare is taking on a level of risk by apparently choosing one canonical ending as its launching pad for the future of the Mass Effect<\/em> franchise<\/a>. There will likely be some fans who preferred a different ending, and who will be reluctant to accept a\u00a0the Destroy ending in order to continue to play through the story.<\/p>\n

However, the often-criticized simplicity of Mass Effect 3<\/em>\u2019s ending options actually gives BioWare an advantage here. The ultimate fate of the universe is decided so close to the end of Mass Effect 3<\/em> that it takes place after ever major interaction with every\u00a0Mass Effect\u00a0<\/em>squadmate<\/a>, every mission and side mission, and every romance in the original trilogy. In other words, regardless of which option they chose at the very end, most Mass Effect<\/em> players have a far more similar experience of the vast majority of the trilogy than the radically different implications of their final cutscenes would imply.<\/p>\n

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Asari<\/a> live for centuries, so Liara\u2019s appearance in the trailer doesn\u2019t actually help narrow down how long\u00a0after the defeat of the Reapers Mass Effect 4\u00a0<\/em>will take place. As a result, it also makes it hard to tell which other companions could still be alive based on their species’ relative lifespans.<\/p>\n

If BioWare is committing to certain canonical choices in order to continue the story in the Milky Way, there may be other optional aspects of the story which fans can expect to be confirmed. It\u2019s likely, for example, that some of the best known and most emotional scenes of the original trilogy will be made canon. That\u2019s bad news for Mordin Solus, whose final fate is among the most difficult decisions in Mass Effect 3<\/em><\/a>. It’s also possible decisions like the salarian’s fate will be left unknown, implying Mordin either sacrificed himself or\u00a0just reached the end of his short lifespan.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also possible that while BioWare has committed to the Destroy ending<\/a>, other choices will still be able to imported from the original trilogy, or picked in advance of starting the game. Once again there\u2019s no importable choice that would clash with the Destroy ending because choosing from the three endings is the game\u2019s final choice.<\/p>\n

However, BioWare may also want to commit to a single set of canonical choices in order to craft a more coherent and compelling narrative. It will probably be easier for the storytellers to\u00a0write with particular characters in mind\u00a0if they know which characters are canonically alive and dead, which squadmates ended up where in the galaxy, and the outcome of huge events like the possible curing\u00a0of the Krogan genophage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This canonization of certain choices from the original trilogy take the wind out of the sails of some fans waiting for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition<\/em><\/a>. Replaying through the upcoming remaster might be slightly less enjoyable knowing that one ending is likely more official than the others. On the other hand, many Mass Effect<\/em> fans will have already been planning to play through the original trilogy in spite of its\u00a0controversial ending.<\/p>\n

The full exploration of the events of the Destroy timeline may even go some way to redeeming the ending of Mass Effect 3<\/em> in the story, if not its gameplay itself. Destroy would mean that Shepard made some pretty extreme sacrifices to defeat the Reapers, and is perhaps the most morally complicated ending. A Destroy ending killed all synthetics. This would mean killing the Reapers, but also EDI the Normandy AI and all of the Geth<\/a> including Legion, a squadmate. The Destroy timeline may even imply a darker tone to Mass Effect<\/em>\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

A new\u00a0Mass Effect\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>game is currently in development.<\/p>\n

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