It's funny because I always felt like Shepherd would love being a dad. That really depends on his LI really. Unfortunately for Miranda for example, she can't birth children. So they'd need to adopt a child. For Tali, Liara, Jack (not completely sure), they all can have children. Especially Liara and Tali.

“I never had a family Shepard, never had children” You’re more of a Father than you cared to know 🫡

It's quite a view. Best seats in the house.

This randomly just popped in my head. Damn, this scene is so sad. Conversation like these is what made me love ME3. The ending may not be the best, but the journey was amazing. This conversation even hits harder if the first two Mass Effect novel. You’ll have a better understanding of Anderson’s mindset.

1:57 Idk why but seeing the light shine on Anderson's face as he says this brings a tear to my eye

Best seats in the house

They must _never_ be forgiven for cutting this. Cutting this was a bigger mistake than the original choose-your-own-color ending.

As far as I am concerned, this is where the entire mass effect franchise ends. The ending they pushed through was trash. It was so bad, I havent bought a bioware game since.

Made me tear up the first time I played with this on. My Shepard grew up on Earth as a orphan and to have have Anderson tell her "You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you." who feels like a father she never had almost made me cry.

WHY THE HELL DID THEY CUT THIS DIALOGUE

Too bad about the dialogue about having a family, It fits with the destroy ending with shep living (and with Tali as LI personally)

goddammit, i came here to cry and that's what i did!

Even a ruthless and violent renegade Shepard knows with pity and regret that there is no place for him except a military and there are things he definitely is not proud of.

Isn't this the ending if you don't romance anyone

I wonder if there's a way to remove the Starchild but keep the choices as they are. As this is, it's a pretty good mod that fixes things.

I'm not crying I'm not crying 😭

This could have been the ending. Credits could have immediately rolled and i would have been happy. Its a wonderful capstone to the journey.

shitty ending. not everything is a happy end bro

- I have a son you know? - Really? - Yeah, he probably hates me now even though he doesn't know the truth. He's in military back on earth, I hope he's doing well. - He is, he's your son, will be fine. - Yeah... I should've told him. [first choice] - Yeah, you should've. [second choice] - He knows, deep inside. - Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that he hates me. [first choice] - That's because he doesn't know the truth, how hard it was for you to leave him behind. [second choice] - No Anderson, he loves you, more than anything else. - Thanks Shepard... Shepard? - Yeah? - It wasn't a difficult choice that I made. It was bad one. Shepard! Don't make a bad choice. - Will do Anderson. Anderson?

So sad!

If the reason this was cut because Anderson said he didn't have any family, then they could play it off as if Anderson had accepted the reality that his actions and dedications to the military life had drove his family away from him to the point that they no longer see him as part of the family. Tragic, sure. But, that makes Anderson's dying wish for Shepard to have some sort of life after this, hits even harder. He wants Shepard to lived the life he missed instead of repeating the same mistakes he made.

I know it's late but can you still do the low ems ending with this mod? Thanks (i hope you responded that)

if i am not wrong this happens if you don't romance any character up to ME3.

This makes the scene three times sadder. Knowing Anderson has no family or anyone waiting for him.

Need these endings in Mass Effect Legendary Edition!!!!

Need these endings in Mass Effect Legendary Edition!!!!

not her

The only way I can appreciate this if in my mind, is that Shepard slowly and quietly dies next to Anderson, watching the crucible fire. The moment I see Shepard rise up on that platform, I just have to turn the game off because it's so stupid to me.

this is beauitful

This is by far the saddest moment in this triology

I could have sworn that Jenkins also had his name on the wall.

Honestly I'd love to see a mod where the Catalyst isn't the Star Child, but looks and sounds like Saren.

This would have been great if left in. Shepard could have said about starting one with who ever his/her love interest is. Would have had very unique dialog options there.

Nah, I think it's better without Star Child. Its logic makes no sense and the fact that Shep, who spends 3 games building up paragon and renegade responses to stupidity, pointing out flaws in peoples logic or calling out their BS in order to convince them to make better choices, doesn't even get the opportunity at the very end of the last game in the story to do so is utterly ridiculous. Instead he just listens to what Star Child says and is like "Uh....so what now....?" If there was ever time for a Shepherd speech it was then. He could have pointed out that he helped reunite the Geth and the Quarian, that he helped an organic begin a relationship with an AI, thus proving that organics and synthetics are capable of getting along, that even if synthetics inevitably rebel against organics, organics constantly rebel against each other, it's a part of being alive. One every sentient race, whatever their origin, struggles with and must be allowed to overcome. He could have pointed out that the Reapers have destroyed more organic and synthetic life than every sentient species to have ever lived combined. Instead Shep just stands there and is like "Oh so I just pick one of these colours the psychotic, genocidal AI has laid out for me." Utter nonsense.

While nice, it feels very unsatisfying to watch. Much more so than the original endings even. Nice that mods give us all the opportunity to have endings we like tho :)

Damn, this is ending we needed

Great ending, but LIME gets rid of the TIM and the starchild scenes completely so that's still my preferred ending mod.

Keith David was born to play Anderson when he said he is proud of Shepherd brought a tear to my eye best scene next to Tali's final goodbye (if you brought her with you and romanced her)

Too bad this isn't in the Legendary Edition

thanks for uploading this amazing ending to wipe away the garbage they had in ME 3 for all 3 endings. props to the modder dude john p too!!!!

As a 30 year old single male with no prospects, the line "I think that Ship has Sailed" HITS ME RIGHT IN DEM FEELZ

Hits you right in the feels.

edi and the geth are essentially reapers by the end of the game, why wouldn't they be killed by the beam?

God I hope they add this back into the Legendary Edition, the whole conversation feels more impactful with it

The final memorial being for Anderson is so fitting it hurts, and seeing the end result of a romance at the tail end of it is such a wholesome sendoff.

OMG. How did it take me so long to find this. I'm playing the entire trilogy with this ending... see you in a month

I used to play earthborn war hero Shepard who never knew his/her parents and Anderson is his/her father figure even at most heartless and villainous I can't disrespect him

Bye and thanks for the dope crib.

I dont think everything needs a happy ending, but considering how dark and emotional the series has been, especially in 3 with all the character deaths, this franchise definitely needed one. I personally believe the biggest reason the ending was received poorly was because it's basically just 3 bittersweet endings with small variations, which provides no real sense of closure when you consider how despairing the entire game was up to it, and then the ending hits with even more despair.

i hope this will be left in the ME legendary edition