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Published: 2012-11-24 19:35:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 50859; Favourites: 377; Downloads: 841
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(I recommend playing "Across the Universe" by The Beatles)Fill out a form outlining what you did in a playthrough of Mass Effect and it will create a tailored epilogue that is coherent and in-line with the established canon.
This will be updated in accordance with feedback and additional DLC.
ANSWER KEY: 11/24/2013 is the first birthday of this Flash. Woohoo! In light of such, I'm finally releasing the answer key to show how to get all the secret responses!
If you're using this Flash for the first time, don't look at the answer key just yet, it's way more fun to be surprised the first time around.
Answer key linked here: fav.me/d6vids4
UPDATE: Omega (12/01/2012)
Finally finished updating this for Omega. I also took a good amount of user criticism into account. Here's what's been changed:
-Omega DLC has been incorporated, but the only thing it really affects is making the Cerberus blurb on Earth's slide go down a level. (i.e. Cerberus is less powerful after war)
-Fixed bug where Garrus was given an epilogue even if he died. I also gave an addition to his romance ending if Pinnacle Station DLC was complete.
-For fans of Wrex, there's an extra bit if you did right by him throughout the series.
-The biggest thing I added was ME2 romance epilogues. I originally didn't focus too much on ME2 squadmates since they all got a spotlight in Extended Cut, but there were some who romanced Miranda or Jack who were disappointed that they didn't get any payoff. To alleviate this, Miranda, Jack, and even Thane have their own epilogues if romanced.
-Edited the Rannoch page so the state of quarian immunity is explained.
-Few other minor edits and revisions.
Bug Fix: (12/13/12)
-Fixed a bug that gave epilogues to everyone even if the galaxy had been destroyed.
Citadel Update: I really am trying to work on thee update for The Citadel DLC, but I've been swamped with other obligations. It'll be awhile before I can submit it, but I have not forgotten it. Thanks for the patience and support, all.
(4/19/2013)
Passing the 10,000 views mark was a very nice birthday present.
UPDATE: Citadel (5/26/2013)
I have finally, *finally* complete the Citadel update. I really wanted to release this sooner, but I just could not find the time to work on it. Here are the new additions:
-The Normandy now has an epilogue! Your ship can actually be destroyed or emerge victorious from the Battle for Earth.
-The asari now have an epilogue! This was actually something that I meant to include in the original version, but it fell to the wayside a bit.
-Incorporated Citadel DLC. As awesome as Citadel was, the only thing I could really think to include for it is a slight bonus to Normandy's survivability. If you haven't played Citadel, get it. It's well worth the price.
-Reckoning DLC gets a very brief mention in the "Eradicate Reaper Code" end.
-I converted the last slide into an experimental idea I had that's called Legacy. It has a summary of everything that occurred in your ending which can be screencapped and put on your gallery for all to see. Not sure how much that will actually be used, but if you do decide to put it in your gallery, be sure to let me know. I love seeing the results that others get on this.
-Altered Leviathan settings. If you take control of the Reapers, the Leviathans are now automatically defeated.
-Fixed a bunch of typos.
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Comments: 215
This is a masterpiece, way better than ME3's original ending and has the same effect when it comes down to the choices available and their consequences.
Thank you.
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This is so freaking great I like it if only Bioware did something like this!Β
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Jesus fucking Christ this is awesome
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Strange; the black box said NOT to type in numbers but it's not possible to get a good ending unless you do...
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This is amazing, these are ending that used pretty much everything the game had, the choices actually had an impact.
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How come the "severed husk head" text still appears even if you didn't take the husk head?
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LOVE THIS!!! Wow, can't believe Bioware gave us that sh*t of an ending rather than your much more superior ones. I'm an avid fan of Shepard/Miranda romance, and I kinda got in my head a military-themed wedding for those two.
Och! All of them should be in London, in person, than over the comms. Better yet, the ending should swap place with Citadel DLC. General idea as follows -
"Shepard survived Citadel control encounter, activated the crucible and defeated the raining Reapers, but passed out due to heavy blood loss, and were rescued by recovery teams. Weeks or months(or maybe even a year) later Shepard recovered and returned to active duty, with all remaining 16(or so) squadmates on board the Normandy. Some time later he received a message that Anderson left Shepard his will, and in it he passed his apartment on Citadel to Shepard, who then went to check out. And then DLC begins, commencing the final epilogue of Mass Effect series, which ends on a group photograph(and, if Shepard had been in a romance, a kiss with his paramour)." The End.
Thoughts?
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Simply amazing ... as ME should have been able to end, instead of the **** EA mustered ... now we just need some hardcore programmers to implement this into ME3
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I really liked how you integrated the lore into these choices, bringing back the dark energy thing on Haestrom was a stroke of genius. Though I would've liked a "to hell with the crucible, we'll defeat the reapers as a united galaxy" choice, if that Shepard made all the right choices and had a high military effectiveness. Still, damn fine work!
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No Synthesis? Not my preferred ending, but odd that is isn't an option here. (Or is it just unavailable due to the options I've picked so far?)
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I omitted Synthesis because it's absurd magic BS that has no place in Mass Effect.
As a side note, it's an unconscionably evil act that nullifies many of the themes explored by the game.
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Well, I kinda agree.
It always seemed like a cop-out to me, since there never were any drawbacks discussed. Just POOF! Everyone's now a synthetic/organic hybrid; happy-happy.
That and the justification I've heard for it boils down to "ITZ TEH singularity!! Why U so prideful?"
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Thank you my good sir, this is just great. I consider this as my personal headcanon. So yeah, thank you again for filling up a great void in my life.Β
P.S : Don't know if you're still taking suggestions but adding some more pictures would increase it's greatness ten fold.
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Man this is great. I salute you good sir, now this is my personal Head Canon. Thank you.
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Great job! I played through this several times, using different iterations on everything. For some reason, I've settled on "Control" as the best ending because (1) Shepard lives (well, in a different form, but still), (2) Earth survives (it would have sucked to have put all that trouble into saving Earth only to have the planet rendered uninhabitable), (3) the Geth survive (killing off the Geth is a bit of a disappointment after working so hard to make peace between them and the Quarians), (4) it's the greatest b!tchslap in TIM's face that Shepard, not TIM, would be the one to control the Reapers. 
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Seriously? Great game but I destroyed Earth with the Dark Energy choice, i didn't know that...
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Top notch good fellow, sir, madam!
Be amazing if animated, i would do so if i had any skill of the sort ^^'
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Man i didnt know I'd need to remember what I did in ME and ME2. That was like at least 6 months ago. :-/ Oh well, in the game I controlled the Reapers and got them to start rebuilding the galaxy so im cool with that ending
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Yup. There's a brief scene in ME to hook up with Sha'ira but it does not unlock Paramour achievement.
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Kinda sorta, you can get a sex scene with her but other than that, no
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i'm sure you already answered this question (It's probably buried in the comments somewhere), but what is the '????' option when deciding what to do with the Crucible and why cant I tick the box?
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Those are Crucible Payloads that you haven't unlocked based on your previous choices. The answer key will show you how to unlock them all.Β averross.deviantart.com/art/Inβ¦
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this its more preferable 965423783479224 times than the actual endings.
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Really great, creative and enjoyable interactive ending(s) devised here.
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I believe the Dragon Age: Origins game might have been a partial inspiration for this.
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It's been about 2 years now, and I still hold no grudge against Bioware for the state of the ending and even the flaws in the overall games. I find it a testament to how damn good Bioware are, that they managed to make Mass Effect 3 as good as it IS, despite all the restrictions, deadlines and bullshit heaped on them by Electronic Arts.
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I've been playing around with this a little, pretty fun thing you put together.
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I've got to say I didn't quite understand why people hated the ending as much as they did at first (it only started to bother me after awhile), funny thing is the game nailed it right up until that last half hour. The atmosphere and sense of impending doom. The struggle against the reapers, it was a fantastic game. Maybe that's why the ending felt so off by comparison.
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I had fun trying to come up with the shittiest ending ever. I ended up with Shep being carried away by a Harvester to be processed.
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It is interesting that if you chose Shepard to join New Cerberus, a few epilogue slides treat this as if Shepard had died. I guess the galaxy just practically stated "You're dead to us, Shepard!"
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I've got another suggestion for this interactive flash: Make an individual epilogue slide for Commander Shepard himself/herself explaining what happens to him/her after the Reaper War (if he/she survived) that also covers what happens after when he/she either decided to settle down, head back to service or join New Cerberus.
The reason why I suggested this is because I'm a bit disappointed that we get explanations on what happens to Shepard only if he/she romanced somebody.
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Is there a reason why I can't type in either Military Strength or the Citadel Defense Force box?
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The numeric stepper doesn't allow text input. It still works better than a text box since most people (myself included) can't be bothered to remember their exact EMS and the stepper shows through usage that it only matters to a certain degree.
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Makes sense. Even I can't be bothered to remember the exact EMS myself.
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I must say I love this flash and wished I had found it sooner. See, I'm a fan fiction writer and I'm getting into writing more Mass Effect fiction. I was wondering, purely for inspiration with some connection to this, to use the ending I get from using the flash in a fic?
I only want to ask first since my course practically drilled copyright laws into our skulls. I promise I'd make reference to this and give credit where its due.
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I give full permission for you to do this under one condition: Send the results to me when you're done so I can see it. I'd love to see what you do with this.
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Sure thing. Fair deal and thank you for the opportunity.
It may not be for a while since I have other fics to worry about but I will send it when it's done.Β
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I got a suggestion: -
- Put in an epilogue regarding Aria T'Loak's status after the Reaper War. Depending on choices made she either ... (1) ... still rules Omega with an iron fist as usual. (Renegade ending) (2.) ... Eventually softens up & Omega becomes a decent place to live overtime. (Paragon ending) (3.) ... Or she gets overthrown by Patriarch. (Choosing to kill Blood Pack assassins as his krantt in ME2)
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I had actually considered doing stuff for the Terminus mercs, I might add that stuff on whenever my plate is less full. (i.e. Winter Break)
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Okay then. no pressure.
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Interesting that Ashley is also considered a romance option for FemShep in ME3 in this alternate ending. Was it intentional? Or is it a glitch?
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Oh! That was a glitch but it's fixed now. Thanks for catching that!
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While I'm very satisfied with the ME3's endings (thanks to the Extended Cut DLC, even more satisfying thanks to the Citadel DLC), this Interactive Alternate ME3 Endings game you made is pretty fun and enjoyable!
Even more so that I wish that why didn't Mac Walters think of that?
Good job!
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I appreciate that. Though, out of curiosity, what did you find satisfying about the original ending? I was immediately taken out of the experience as soon as Ghost Boy showed up to start retconning stuff.
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Before the Extended Cut was released, I had mixed feelings about it. On one hand, the Reapers are finally defeated and the galaxy is safe (or it is in ruins or all races have gone extinct ...depending on what choices you made throughout the trilogy.)
On the other hand, I was pretty disappointed that the original endings didn't explain anything beyond that, apart from showing the Normandy crash-landing on an unknown planet. (And showing a short scene of Commander Shepard waking up from unconsciousness in some rubble, if you chose to destroy the Reapers and you had a high enough EMS score that is.) It also inadvertently gave the original endings very bleak feeling (even with the "good" versions) to me.
Given that scenario, I wouldn't mind if Shepard had to die (or not if you chose Destroy w/ High-EMS), I just want to know how Shepard's squadmates, along with the rest of galactic civilization, are coping afterwards. And the original endings didn't give me that.
Fortunately with the Extended Cut, it managed to explain what happened afterwards in the form of several screenshots/flashbacks (though it still baffles me why they didn't add a few paragraphs of text to the screenshots explaining what's going on, but that's just me.) Along with some narration done by either Commander Shepard (Control), Admiral Steven Hackett (Destroy) or EDI (Synthesis).
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