We find out how our squadmates end up on the Normandy despite being with Shepard on the run down the hill. It does fill in some of the biggest plot holes and complaints about the original endings. With the summary out of the way, the question is if the Extended Cut is worth the wait. ![]() And, yes, if you choose destroy and have a high enough EMS, Shepard lives.įirst, here’s the new Control (Good) ending: Your crew has a short scene in front of the memorial wall where they put Shepard’s ending on the wall before a repaired Normandy flies away (or is still getting repaired in the low EMS endings). For each of your three choices, you get a different epilogue in which a character gives a monologue about what has happened or is happening in the wake of defeat of the Reapers. The monologue is played over a slideshow showing the galaxy being rebuilt and where your former squadmates (the ME1 and ME2 ones who aren’t tagging along this time) are and what they’re up to. If you didn’t destroy the Reapers, there is a short scene of them helping the rebuilding effort. Best of all, this all happens to an updated soundtrack composed by Sam Hulick which was my highlight of Extended Cut.Īfter the crash is when the real extension of the Extended Cut happens. The crash plays out roughly the same way as the original ending’s scene if you get a low EMS ending. You also get to see two short scenes of celebrations by alien soldiers on their homeworlds (Tuchanka for all three choices, Thessia for Destroy and Control and Palaven for Synthesis only). The crash scene itself has been changed so Joker doesn’t look to be running from the shockwave but flying along only to be caught by the Crucible wave and crash unexpectedly. It doesn’t add much but I suppose that would qualify as extending the ending. They disappear in the destroy ending and run away in the control and synthesis endings. On Earth, a scene is added with a pair of Alliance marines fighting husks. BioWare also answered the “Joker turns coward in the final two minutes of the game” criticism by making Joker reluctant to bail on Shepard and making the Normandy the last ship to leave. In other words, the conversation with the Star Child is more like the rest of the game’s conversations rather than TSC talking to you and Shepard going “mmm hmm.”Īs for the endings themselves, there’s a short scene where Hackett orders everyone to fall back before the Crucible fires to explain why the Normandy was so far from the battle in the original ending. The Star Child also has more detailed descriptions of the consequences of each of your choices. When you get up to the Catalyst floor on the Citadel, you have new dialogue with the Star Child (God Child, Guardian AI, whatever you want to call it) that explains more of the back story of the Reapers and the Catalyst. The problem of how Hackett knows you’re on the Citadel is solved by the Admiral getting “reports” that someone made it up to the Citadel. After you’re shot with Harbinger’s death ray, the screen goes black until Major Coats finishes his spiel about everyone being shot by Harbinger and orders a retreat which might eliminate the Coats is blind plot hole depending on how much weight you put on that extra bit of black screen (I originally wrote this as eliminating the plot hole). They’ve quasi-fixed the plot hole regarding getting your squadmates back onto the Normandy but opened up a new one with their solution. The additions don’t really start until you’ve completed the final mission on Earth and blown up the Reaper guarding the Conduit. What has been added and extended in Extended Cut? In fact, the whole post is pretty much only spoilers. ![]() SPOILER ALERT: In analysing the updated endings from the Extended Cut DLC, the new content will be spoiled. Today, I examine the new scenes that BioWare has added to Mass Effect 3 in the Extended Cut to determine if they have solved the problems most had with the original ending. Even I needed to take a couple of days to unwind after powering through the final three hours of the game as I tried to reconcile what I saw and what I expected with what needed to be done and what BioWare could do. People have had their opportunity to rant or rave about the new endings and put things into perspective. ![]() We’re one week removed from the release of the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC.
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