Mass Effect 3 Happy Ending Mod

Started by Dracos, March 25, 2014, 06:24:01 PM

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Dracos

So, as some know, I was doing a rerun of ME3 (I blame http://threepanelsoul.com/2012/07/04/on-hard-light-ocular-constructs/ entirely), and was fully intending to stop at the end of the Geth-Quarian conflict, which is a moving resolution of hundreds of years of conflict and right before the game starts repeatedly kicking you in the balls for no reason.  It's really an incredible first two arcs of the game, resolving thousands of years of hatred in discussions and blowing people up. 

It gets followed by the game shitting over everything, and declaring in no uncertain terms "There is no win condition, nothing that took place in the last 3 years mattered'.  Kai Leng is definitely the focal point of this, a guy who seems to have no motive beyond "Fuck You, that's why" and ridiculous godmod powers for most of the game, but he's not alone, as the game trots out ridiculous things like "Shepard is responsible for GAME DICTATED FAILURE to save thessia, despite Thessia already being destroyed when you arrive, and the army there being in rout."

Basically, a pile of garbage in the 3rd act, closed out by a terrible ending.  Was fully intending not to bother with it, but then decided to install the Happy Ending mod and give that a go.  It's still infuriating from the moment the uplifting Geth/Quarian conflict is resolved to the moment the game ends, but...then it goes differently.  Joker pulls a heroic eleventh hour rebellion, various ships break off, willing to take the death run to rescue the hero that gave it all for survival.  The entire alien superkid bullshit doesn't even occur.  The relays are damaged rather than destroyed, avoiding galactic civilization from being ended.  A montage of ending bits, paying tribute to the many many faces you met over the three games, the sacrifices, the successes, a talk over by commander hackett, and then finally a look up at the stars.  I don't know how much was the mod and how much was the extended ending, but frankly, it was a vast improvement on the original ending.

Props to Mr Fob and that team that made it.
Well, Goodbye.

DY

That's awesome, makes me wish I had ME3 on PC so I could play that.
My name is Vash the Stampede. I have been a hunter of peace who chases the mayfly known as love for many, many moons now. There is no rest for me in my search for peace. I meditate diligently every morning. The subjects are life and love. I quit after 3 seconds.

Ebiris

Now give me a mod that lets you scrape Kai Leng off one of those walkways across the Presidium while he's showboating on top of your car.

Dracos

Heck, they'd almost be better with a clone given just how many ridiculous "Hey, I should've died there" moments he does.  "Okay, how many sniper slugs do you take in the head over the game?  By my count, 30."

Man, Happy Ending with a No Kai Lang mod would be Legend. :P  He really adds Nothing to the game from a direction standpoint.  He doesn't assassinate anyone, frankly cerberus grunts are available to fill every spot he does in terms of mass damage (and are the ones responsible), and stealing the Promethean Beacon could happen before you even arrive (and should because frankly, it's bullshit scene and that better plays They Were There First, rather than They got a fucking gunship flying around ignored by reapers while everything else is being shot down on sight).
Well, Goodbye.