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Datamining the Trilogy (AKA Things That Were Cut)

Discussion in 'Mass Effect 3 General Discussion' started by Noelemahc, Jun 1, 2012.

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  1. Noelemahc Deputy Editor
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    The other slides show that ALL Reaper eyes turned blue, so it's just Control showing. And yeah, the voice shifter effect is there throughout the speech - I pointed that out earlier, it's apparently their way of convincing us he won't go SkyNet on youmanity. At least not right away.
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  2. anmaiarna Member

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    Thanks for posting the images! I didn't get to see Miranda's or Jack's ending slides in my playthrough so nice to see that they're supposed to be alive. And, honestly, I still don't know what to think about Kasumi and holo-Keiji. To use purely scientific terms: It feels iffy.

    But I really want to know what happened to Commander Bailey. I mean, hell, Coates got a few slides. Coates?! Why not Bailey? He's been there, done that, and lived to tell the tale since ME2 and he's frickin' badass. He's the guy you want at your back when the Reapers come marching in...

    Ok, so I may be a bit partial since I've been dying for Shepard to have the option to buy him a beer and/or make him 'burnt to a crisp' Sockeye salmon for dinner. But, come on, it's Bailey!

    And, no, he's not dead because... because... you know... feelings.
    anmaiarna, Jun 30, 2012
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  3. Noelemahc Deputy Editor
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    Right, feeeeelings. If you pause to notice, they STILL haven't addressed the matter of whether anyone on the Citadel survived or not, so it could'a gone either way... or maybe not. Then again, there's still so many plot holes in there, that it's not big deal if you headcanon your way around one of them. Or two. Or seventeen dozen.
    Noelemahc, Jun 30, 2012
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    Insane amount of effort here, @Noelemahc! Thanks, it's interesting to see all these files together.
    Syrin, Jun 30, 2012
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  5. Grubas Well-Known Member

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    What if they left deliberately so many story arcs out so they can DLC them?

    Whos Coates?
    Grubas, Jun 30, 2012
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    He is the Major who you see with Anderson when you meet him during Priority: Earth. And he was supposed to be the sniper who was in Big Ben during ME3 announcement trailer. He got kinda morphed for the game don't you think?
    Retu19, Jun 30, 2012
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  7. Nachtdämmerung Elite Member

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    Major Coates face morphed because he suffered from the face import bug ;)
    Nachtdämmerung, Jun 30, 2012
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    Which is the reason why I want to know what happened to Bailey. I could headcanon it six ways to Sunday but I'm beginning to wonder why BioWare is so adamant on going full on 'mum's the word' regarding the Citadel. Had I the energy, I'd don my tinfoil hat and start chasing all these white plot bunnies I keep seeing down holes the size of Canis Majoris while muttering about 'speculashuns'. But, honestly, I'm tired of headcanoning my way out of this mess.
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  9. Reptilian Rob Elite Member

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    Wow, this is amazing! Great work man, I can't wait to look through all this great stuff tomorrow!
    Reptilian Rob, Jun 30, 2012
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    Well, from what I understand from the codex and what the DEVS have said the Citadel was not invaded in ME3 but rather moved and put in a stasis field and linked to Earth via the conduit beam on London. There's no reason to believe that everyone on the Citadel died, while there were probably some casualties I'm sure C-Sec was in operation at the time and prevented mass casualties and a lot of them probably mad it out just fine as well. Even when the Citadel exploded the arms have a self contained atmosphere system that turns on in the vent of a breach (in the codex) so I'm sure no one suffocated or was spaced.
    Reptilian Rob, Jun 30, 2012
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    The Devs shouldn't have to say anything though Rob, a Good game, a good MOVIE, a Good NARRATIVE, should have all of the answers right there. The ONLY thing that should have to be speculated, is...what next?
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  12. Reptilian Rob Elite Member

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    Well obviously, but this is what we got...

    Also, I have a question. How do you get the Grunt, Wrex or other slides like that? Is it based on character usage from ME1/ME2?
    Reptilian Rob, Jul 1, 2012
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    No, from what I guess, only on whether they survived to the end of the game and you had the genophage cured. At least for my Synthesis ending, I got the corresponding slide.
    Noelemahc, Jul 1, 2012
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  14. Reptilian Rob Elite Member

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    Nah, I'm talking about the flashback slides for them. I only got Liara, Edi and Joker even though I ALWAYS used Garrus in ME1-ME2 and Wrex/Grunt.
    Reptilian Rob, Jul 1, 2012
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    Ah, those. I think they're entirely random. I mean, for my first playthrough of the EC, I got Mordin, Tali (who was my LI) and Joker. Note how the EC version of the flashbacks doesn't include Anderson anymore.
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  16. Reptilian Rob Elite Member

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    Huh, well that's lame. I would have liked it to be Liara, Garrus and Wrex...
    Reptilian Rob, Jul 1, 2012
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    How else are you going to sell DLC?

    Also, I don't know if there's an answer to this, but is the red haired guy on the left in the Coates flashback slides supposed to be anyone we know? I was really confused when I saw that because he looks exactly like my Shep. (edit: except the mole I guess.)
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    Wait, how is it possible to Samara to have an ending slide with Falere? Isn't she always dead (suicidal) or transformed into a Banshee?
    Vinicius Fonseca, Jul 1, 2012
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    That's Rila :)

    Falere is the youngest daughter - the one you drag kicking and screaming from the main hall. Rila (already partly indoctrinated) stays behind to set off the bomb, is impaled by a banshee but manages to detonate the bomb. If you keep Samara alive then Falere agrees to stay in the monastery to prevent Samara having to kill herself due to the Justicar Code.
    Turambar, Jul 1, 2012
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  20. Reptilian Rob Elite Member

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    That feel when the amazing future city is only available in freaking synthesis...

    Damn it Bioware, stop teasing me...
    Reptilian Rob, Jul 1, 2012
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