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Mass Effect 3: Not happy with the ending? Choose one of these 20 alternative endings instead

We put our mastery of endings to good use

Words: on March 16, 2012
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74 comments

  • Rowdie - March 16, 2012 8:59 a.m.

    Complainers dismissed. AI ending: Flash forward unmeasurable amount of time. Synthetic life resurrects Shepard (again) but can only keep her alive for a handful of minutes. Explains that they have won and when she breaths her last breath it will be the last organic life ever takes, but it's not all bad 'cause the synthetics live in peace.

  • Hobogonigal - March 16, 2012 9:14 a.m.

    I haven't seen the ending of Mass Effect 3 yet but I'm going to be disappointed that none of these endings will conclude the trilogy. All I had to do was look at the picture of the article on the main page to tell this article was a Cundy article. Hilarious work!

  • Grif - March 16, 2012 9:25 a.m.

    This is the ridiculous nonsense that I come to GamesRadar for. Keep it coming Matt! I really enjoyed the Lord of the Flies ending

  • MattK - March 16, 2012 10:07 a.m.

    King's Quest 6 Ending Everything leads up to a generally satisfying and conclusive ending, with Shepherd accomplishing his/her goal and the villains are defeated, but there are a lot of signficant variations on the ending that are dictated by the players action throughout the entire story: characters may live or die, items can be won or lost forever, and the story can even take a signficant detour depending on the choices you make. Different playthroughs can result in different endings (some happier/sadder than others) and significant changes in the game's story, and the player feels satisfied with the experience from beginning to end. ...wait a minute.

  • MattK - March 16, 2012 10:24 a.m.

    That would be Garrus' wallet, right?

  • Corsair89 - March 16, 2012 10:31 a.m.

    Final Fantasy X ending: Shepard was actually the dream of the thousands of dead Protheons. Turns out that the Reapers are his father, who is also a dream. He became the Reapers after being summoned to destroy the previous Reapers in an endless cycle of destruction. Garrus has been dead this whole time too. Liara starts singing J-Pop.

  • ObliqueZombie - March 16, 2012 10:45 a.m.

    He already did that one, didn't he?

  • ObliqueZombie - March 16, 2012 10:46 a.m.

    The Fight Club ending: Shepard was fighting an imaginary enemy, but every played along because they felt bad. He then shoots himself in the head and everything turns back to normal--before the Credit Card building are destroyed.

  • MetroidPrimeRib - March 16, 2012 10:46 a.m.

    Deus Ex Ending:

  • db1331 - March 16, 2012 10:54 a.m.

    LOL. I stopped at the one right before it. Color me retarded. HOW DO I INTERNET? /great minds

  • db1331 - March 16, 2012 10:55 a.m.

    I see what you did there.

  • manu_erizo - March 16, 2012 11:03 a.m.

    Megaman Legends ending: Shepard is stranded in that planet alone, without any means to return to Earth. Meanwhile, Garrus and whatever chick you banged during the game are fighting over who will build the ship to rescue him. Sequel is cancelled halfway during production.

  • Sinosaur - March 16, 2012 12:28 p.m.

    Dragon Age Ending: Shepard dies to save us all. ...text boxes text boxes text boxes.

  • slimjim441 - March 16, 2012 12:30 p.m.

    ...well played. >.>

  • slimjim441 - March 16, 2012 12:32 p.m.

    Or the Mega Man ending: Turns out the Reapers were created by Dr. Wily. You fight through another castle, get to the teleport system and Quick Man kills you.

  • skrufie - March 16, 2012 12:41 p.m.

    pineapple express ending: illusive man throws bomb at reapers while yelling something about his nuts. reapers die. everyone goes to ihop garrus talks about his dream to be a radio dj then shepard's grandma takes them to the hospital

  • Sinsational - March 16, 2012 1:16 p.m.

    The Matrix Trilogy ending: Shepherd dies, comes back to life, fights Harbinger in a crowd of Reapers in the middle of a rainstorm, gets fondled by robot tentacles, wakes up in the real world, eats a steak, realizes it tastes like Tasty Wheat, has sex with the Woman in the Red Dress, realizes he's actually still in The Matrix, checks his stash in his hollowed out Bible, an Agent falls out, shoots Shepherd in the head. The End. Captcha: Preston. taktcto

  • zach-despain - March 16, 2012 1:32 p.m.

    All joking aside, I would have been so ok with that Independence Day ending. Also: The Last Airbender Ending Shepherd raises the useless wave and it scares the Reapers away.

  • Hexen255 - March 16, 2012 1:41 p.m.

    This is superb.

  • FVDub - March 16, 2012 3:09 p.m.

    The Bioshock Ending: Shepard is indoctrinated the whole time, Harbinger is actually a good guy and Shepard's father, but Shep kills him with a golf club even though he doesn't want to. A man chooses, an indoctrinated slave of the Reapers obeys. And then we find out Anderson was the real villain all along.

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