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Post by tomcatn7 on Mar 20, 2017 1:19:30 GMT
Hoping will be something mentioned about shepherd. As he/she saved the galaxy and survived i heard . I see voices talent of shepherd is not in credits only liara which solo good to hear in video i saw. I think would a final conclusion to hear something or see something .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 1:24:58 GMT
Confirming if Shepard is alive or dead would not be wise. Then they would open up the whole ending fiasco again and we don't need that. Its why this game is set in another Galaxy.
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Post by tomcatn7 on Mar 20, 2017 1:56:33 GMT
Yup i know this is a new start new galaxy. But shepherd was a hero and should be remembered in some form he/she apart of history . Also there's the Normandy in Nexus archives which was nice .
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 2:17:54 GMT
Nothing strongly directly, to my knowledge, yet.
A bit indirectly. And technically Shepard's journey had an effect on things - it isn't just a Initiative independent of series events.
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Post by kastrenzo on Mar 20, 2017 2:20:07 GMT
unless you consider synthesis to be your canon ending, shepard is dead by the time of andromeda anyway. 600+ years yo
almost everyone is dead, the only characters that may still be alive are Liara, Grunt, and maybe Wrex.
They're just sitting there like tom hanks in the green mile, having outlived everyone they knew.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 2:40:59 GMT
unless you consider synthesis to be your canon ending, shepard is dead by the time of andromeda anyway. 600+ years yo almost everyone is dead, the only characters that may still be alive are Liara, Grunt, and maybe Wrex. They're just sitting there like tom hanks in the green mile, having outlived everyone they knew. With imagination all sorts of things with Shepard could happen. Sci fi means boundlessness, or at least attempts at it. Don't count anything completely out, imo. But that wasn't the point of MEA. MEA is about teaching Bioware and its audience that fun stories can be told without Shepard or the Reapers necessarily, while establishing a basis for the future stories to come - which will likely involve Andromeda, possibly involve the Milky Way, and potentially anything else. In any case, we leave the confines of the Milky Way and its trilogy story. 'Paths have been found' where there were not before. At least, hopefully as far as EA is concerned
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 5:22:32 GMT
There are things about Shepard. I don't know if it's appropriate to share in this specific thread, but there we go:
- Alec discovers about the Reapers by reports from Liara T'Soni in 2186 warning him, and reports from over the galaxy, saying Admiral Hackett declared a state of emergency and turians mentioning Primarch Fedorian was killed. Milky Way under heavy reaper attack. She knew about the Ai, but never if it had launched. - Garson mentions the Initiative has a mysterious benefactor that knew about the Reapers. Cerberus involvement almost certain. - Alec says that Commander Shepard was right, but it's better not to mention these disturbing news to the rest of the Initiative for some time.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 5:35:35 GMT
There are things about Shepard. I don't know if it's appropriate to share in this specific thread, but there we go: - Alec discovers about the Reapers by reports from Liara T'Soni in 2186 warning him, and reports from over the galaxy, annoucing Admiral Hackett declared a state of emergency and turians mentioning Primarch Fedorian was killed. Milky Way under heavy reaper attack. She knew about the Ai, but never if it had launched. - Garson mentions the Initiative has a mysterious benefactor that knew about the Reapers. Cerberus involvement almost certain. - Alec says that Commander Shepard was right, but it's better not to mention these disturbing news to the rest of the Initiative for some time. Huh I didn't know it went that far. Stuff I saw was only that Alec was first aware of the rumors post-ME1, then starting to believe them pre-ME3.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 5:45:30 GMT
There are things about Shepard. I don't know if it's appropriate to share in this specific thread, but there we go: - Alec discovers about the Reapers by reports from Liara T'Soni in 2186 warning him, and reports from over the galaxy, annoucing Admiral Hackett declared a state of emergency and turians mentioning Primarch Fedorian was killed. Milky Way under heavy reaper attack. She knew about the Ai, but never if it had launched. - Garson mentions the Initiative has a mysterious benefactor that knew about the Reapers. Cerberus involvement almost certain. - Alec says that Commander Shepard was right, but it's better not to mention these disturbing news to the rest of the Initiative for some time. Huh I didn't know it went that far. Stuff I saw was only that Alec was first aware of the rumors post-ME1, then starting to believe them pre-ME3. There are lines of this in the game files, but I can't say if they are really all used there. I think they are, because it fits perfectly the whole encrypted logs in his office. I didn't see the videos yet.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 6:06:25 GMT
Huh I didn't know it went that far. Stuff I saw was only that Alec was first aware of the rumors post-ME1, then starting to believe them pre-ME3. There are lines of this in the game files, but I can't say if they are really all used there. I think they are, because it fits perfectly the whole encrypted logs in his office. I didn't see the videos yet. If it goes that far, then there is incentive to get to Milky Way ASAP to know WTF happened. That's why I asked. The lines I knew, could have more easily left it at "Well, there was a thing maybe".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 6:09:37 GMT
There are lines of this in the game files, but I can't say if they are really all used there. I think they are, because it fits perfectly the whole encrypted logs in his office. I didn't see the videos yet. If it goes that far, then there is incentive to get to Milky Way ASAP to know WTF happened. That's why I asked. The lines I knew, could have more easily left it at "Well, there was a thing maybe". I agree. Never liked this idea of the Initiative being aware because just put us as, at worst, cowards, at best, conformists. At least, a character that I roleplay. I mean, WTF would one do with the doubt of all civilization left behind not existing anymore? Go around exploring planets? You'd get crazy with anxiety.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 6:15:26 GMT
I think those lines actually says to us that the milky way is done, we made the right choice even if Andromeda is hostile. Its a nice way to not touch the endings, but at the same time talk about the fate of the milky way.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 6:18:50 GMT
I think those lines actually says to us that the milky way is done, we made the right choice even if Andromeda is hostile. Its a nice way to not touch the endings, but at the same time talk about the fate of the milky way. There's no way I'd be content with that without seeing for myself. But that's just me. I mean, yeah, there's no tech to return yet, sure.
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Post by Iakus on Mar 20, 2017 15:09:23 GMT
- Garson mentions the Initiative has a mysterious benefactor that knew about the Reapers. Cerberus involvement almost certain. Effing knew it!
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Post by constructman on Mar 20, 2017 15:14:07 GMT
- Garson mentions the Initiative has a mysterious benefactor that knew about the Reapers. Cerberus involvement almost certain. Effing knew it! Does that ever get resolved? Or is this more DLC bait?
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 19:40:44 GMT
Does that ever get resolved? Or is this more DLC bait? The whole game is DLC/sequel bait like DAI because Bioware needs that development support. I even bet Cora IS related in some way to TIM, but find out in X-content! Indoctrination Theory DLC when they're desperate.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 20:30:22 GMT
Ok, more HUGE spoilers, about Garson and the Initiative, Alec and Ellen: Garson didn't die in cryosleep. She was murdered. And she believed the people who helped her fund the Initiative were after her. She admits she didn't have the money, and this mysterious benefactor was spooked and wanted to put 100.000 people in the Ai and leave the Milky Way. She left a private message to be decoded containing everything she and Alec knew.
Alec has a conversation with Castin Vakarian (the father of Garrus, and also voiced by Brandon Keener, what a pleasant surprise!) and they talk about how Garrus and Shepard are right about the Reapers, that the Council officially denies their existence, but are starting to believe them. Alec then says if this all is true, the Initiative must be accelerated to escape the impeding doom.
It still doesn't confirm the Benefactor is Cerberus, but it's mentioned they suspected the Reapers for years, Shepard just made it real. Similar to what the Illusive Man implied.
Ellen gets into cryosleep in the Hyperion using a different name, but Alec doesn't tell his kids about it. Mother is still alive, and those are the final words Alec says to Ryder before dying. She's alive, but they can't wake her up until they find a cure for her disease.
The people that know about the Reaper War in the Milky Way seems to believe that humanity has ended and the people in the Arks and Nexus are all that's left of their species.
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Post by ladiesman777 on Mar 20, 2017 20:40:13 GMT
If Alec talks with Garrus's father about the Reapers then that canon means Garrus survives the suicide mission to tell his Dad everything
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 20:44:08 GMT
If Alec talks with Garrus's father about the Reapers then that canon means Garrus survives the suicide mission to tell his Dad everything No, Garrus could've told his Dad about the Reapers after ME1, even if he didn't join your squad, or during ME2. He goes to Omega precisely because he thinks nobody gives a damn about the Reapers and since that's a helpless situation, that's the only thing he could do. Considering Castin and Alec talk about that and the Initiative launched in 2185, that conversation couldn't have happened after ME2 either.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 20, 2017 22:18:54 GMT
Technically recruiting Garrus in even ME1 was optional, but he is at least written close enough to be interested in what's up with Saren and any word of him being connected to the concept of 'Reapers'.
So whether its between ME1-ME2 or during ME2, something happens.
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Post by armass81 on Mar 21, 2017 7:47:56 GMT
Im at least glad that the real purpose seems to be what i hoped and that the Cerberus involvement in thus games story doesnt appear to be that big, if at all.
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Post by dmc1001 on Mar 21, 2017 8:51:42 GMT
Yup i know this is a new start new galaxy. But shepherd was a hero and should be remembered in some form he/she apart of history . Also there's the Normandy in Nexus archives which was nice . You're asked to decide if Shepard was male or female. That means Shepard will be mentioned.
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 21, 2017 18:59:43 GMT
Im at least glad that the real purpose seems to be what i hoped and that the Cerberus involvement in thus games story doesnt appear to be that big, if at all. Well the Cerberus involvement is massive. It is, however, not prominent. Mac getting his Cerberus and not forcing us to eat it too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 8:23:23 GMT
My questions are - What does TIM know about the Reapers? I didn't read the comics about him, but he runs into Saren right? Which at that point has already found Sovereign? And how long is this before Shepard?
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Post by jastall on Mar 22, 2017 14:22:06 GMT
We aren't sure if it is Cerberus. It seems very likely, granted, but it might have been a Council agent or something else. It doesn't feel like Bioware wants to overly pursue this plotline, albeit the Benefactor might be a DLC subject. It's mostly there as background explanations, methinks, and bridging the two galaxies.
I personally liked it. If it IS Cerberus, at least they're not named and prominent (albeit TIM having the money to fund the Initiative on top of all the shit he did in ME2-3 makes him even more of a Sith Emperor) and these reveals answer several questions as to how the AI got its funding and why it got off the ground at that precise timing.
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