Mass Effect 3 Endings - Are They Really ALL THE SAME?

In this video, we'll be exploring a common complaint / misconception about Mass Effect 3 - that all the endings are the same. We'll take a look at the original endings and the Extended Cut that was released several months after ME3 launched in 2012.

0:00 Introduction
1:37 Why People Say All ME3 Endings are the Same
3:40 Bioware's Response - The Extended Cut DLC
4:47 How the Extended Cut Made the Endings Different
5:26 Destroy Ending
6:30 Control Ending
7:30 Synthesis Ending
8:35 Conclusion

MASS EFFECT 3 - HOW TO GET THE "BEST ENDING" WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER (Shepard Lives)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHerpYyX5ws

MASS EFFECT 3 - HOW TO SAVE MORDIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giwKRnZoSkM

MASS EFFECT 3 - SHOULD JAVIK VIEW THE MEMORY SHARD OR LEAVE IT ALONE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR_S3eUlXMI

CASEY HUDSON 2012 INTERVIEW ABOUT EXTENDED CUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y7xk1_x8ko

When Mass Effect 3 launched in March 2012, there were three different endings to the game, crystallized in the game’s final choice: Destroy, Control, and Synthesis. A fourth choice - Refusal - was added later as part of the Extended Cut DLC. I’ll talk about the DLC in this video, but I won’t be covering the Refusal Ending since it essentially just means letting the Reapers win the war.

In the Destroy ending, Shepard activates the Crucible to dispense a burst of energy that wipes out the Reapers, but also creates a lot of collateral damage and destruction. The Crucible is a blunt instrument and targets all advanced synthetic lifeforms, including EDI, the Geth and even Shepard because of the Commander’s cybernetic enhancements.

In the Control ending, Shepard is transformed into an engram and takes the place of the Starchild, seizing control of the Reapers in the process. Shepard’s physical form dies but the Commander lives on as an artificial intelligence, directing the Reapers for the benefit of organic and synthetic life.

In the Synthesis ending, Shepard activates the Crucible to merge all organic and synthetic life forms in the galaxy. Shepard dies in the process but peace and harmony is achieved through this new synthesis.

On paper, these endings all seem radically different. So why do people say they’re all the same?

Well, it has to do with the ending cutscenes that players experienced when the game launched in March 2012. Regardless of which ending you chose, the cutscene you would experience was nearly identical, except for the color of the energy dispensed from the Crucible - red for destroy, blue for control and green for synthesis.

This led to a lot of different memes and left players feeling like nothing they did throughout the Trilogy had any impact in the last moments of the finale.

The fan backlash was so severe that Bioware decided to release an updated version of the endings as free DLC in July 2012. This download was called the Extended Cut DLC, and included several additional scenes and an epilogue sequence that fleshed out the endings.

If you’ve played Mass Effect 3 since July 2012 then you have most likely experienced the Extended Cut version of the game. This update fleshed out and differentiated the endings with additional narration and cutscenes added to the final mission.

With the Extended Cut, the endings do feel substantially different, as represented by the epilogue sequence. To demonstrate this, I’m going to play a snippet from the Destroy, Control and Synthesis endings for you to compare.

Keep in mind that the end slides depicted in the epilogue will also vary, depending on choices you made during the game, such as the Genophage cure and the Geth-Quarian conflict.

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