Mass Effect 3 | Worst Destroy Ending | Extended Cut

Alternate title: Creepy Shepard gets damn near everyone killed
0:00 Joker reels off a quick casualty list
0:38 Space battle that doesn't go so well & turians get trounced
1:40 Javik and Garrus get fried
2:19 Illusive Man shoots Anderson
2:42 Hackett's ship takes heavy damage & Crucible barely makes it
3:51 Shepard sits alone next to a dead Anderson
4:52 Catalyst explains the only path: Destroy
5:04 Destroy ending & Normandy's destruction
9:58 Hackett narrates the epilogue

[@Grantallica]

Sovereign: "your extinction is inevitable" Shepherd: "I'll make sure of it" Sovereign: "Exac... Wait what?"

[@Davian_Thule]

😆😆😆

[@matiasgallardoaraya3842]

Ayyyy lmao.

[@strider117aldo9]

*Still few survivors* Also, misremembered this as Harbinger: Humanity's extinction is inevitable. Shepard: And I look forward to accelerating it. Harbinger: Uhhhhhhhh...

[@user-ly2ll5od1r]

when I first played the game, I didn't know that a thing as war assets even exists, and I assumed this was one of the 3 canon endings. Though my ending was slightly better, Anderson didn't get shot and the crucible deployed with no issues etc. I actually loved it, the reapers would have destroyed 100% of life in the galaxy, Shepard destroyed the reapers for good, but at the cost of 90% of life in the galaxy. The galaxy is in shambles but they can repopulate and rebuild. I mean all characters even accepted that they all might die fighting the reapers, everyone was ready to give up and let the next cycle happen, and the next and the next for eternity. The fact that Shepard even got the chance of saving 10% of life in galaxy is enough of a relief. I honestly like it way more than Shepard just sacrificing himself, killing all reapers and then everyone 100% survives, it's way too cheesy and too happy of an ending after a war with THE FUCKING *REAPERS* . The enemy that was hyped up for 6 years over 2 whole games. Especially if you get the "best" ending where Shepard survives too. God, it's so shit I deliberately never reach over 3100 war assets in any of my playthroughs. The fact that bioware confirmed Shepard survives and will appear in mass effect 4 gives me no hope for the upcoming game. It's gonna be such a sappy and cheesy story if the rumors are actually true, though bioware hasn't made a good game since me3, so I can pretty much already predict that mass effect 4 might even make andromeda look like a masterpiece in retrospect. Shepard sacrificing himself so that the galaxy at least has a *chance* at rebuilding is bittersweet, 90% bitter, 10% sweet. And I liked it. It's a great ending, it's depressing, but with hope, and I much prefer it over everyone just surviving and living happily ever after in a stupid utopia where everyone becomes best friends forever. No indoctrination theory needed. Reapers are objectively 100% undefeatable by normal weaponry. There was no possible way for the galaxy to win without some secret mega superweapon. Everyone keeps crying how it's a tonal 180 or whatever and these people are beyond dumb, there was no 180, this is the ending that was set up since the first 10 minutes of mass effect 1. Saving everyone and walking away freely with no concequences is completely off the table. There was no other choice, you either let the cycle reach it's predestined conclusion and lose or you actually end the reaper threat forever while sacrificing a massive ammount of lives in the process. People who legitemately thought the crucible would just be a powerful deathstar laser are either completely stupid and media illiterate or have completely missed all the set up and foreshadowing that was force fed to you before you even fucking landed on Eden Prime.

[@whatever7240]

@@user-ly2ll5od1r The nerd rage is strong within you.

[@geoffrey111995]

There was once an ugly shepard. He was so ugly that everyone *_DIED_* . The end. Congratulations. You did the reaper's job and even destroyed the primitive species.

[@illismi7579]

+Geoffrey111995's HD Productions Nailed it

[@filthypeasant396]

+Whetsit Tuya not quite.

[@geoffrey111995]

***** Uhhh nope. Not at all. And legion dies before.

[@geoffrey111995]

***** He dies ANYWAY.

[@filthypeasant396]

+Whetsit Tuya Legion will die NO MATTER WHAT. Whatever you pick, Legion WILL die. Secondly, I doubt Joker even survived the crash. Congrats Shepard, you just managed to kill Seth Green. And, finally, Dragon Age tends to include, like, magic and medieval/renaissance era stuff, NOT dinosaurs and cave men.

[@specialk8888]

*everyone dies* *Hackett* “Yay! The Reapers are gone, the galaxy is saved!” *All 3 survivors cheers*

[@Superunknown190]

Yay, we did it guys. *clapclap...clap....clap...........dies*

[@matguimond92]

"Yes we have stopped Mass Effect Andromeda from happening." *dead*

[@matguimond92]

@@KeimoKissa in my cannon they went into the omega 4 relay right before the Suicide mission in ME:2. Mass effect andromeda is in an alternative timeline.

[@soulburnerlv1337]

That's fucking stupid head canon

[@matguimond92]

@@soulburnerlv1337 yeah the arks get destroyed and Mass Effect Andromeda never happens.

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

I'm Commander Shepherd and I'm the worst thing to happen to the Galaxy!

[@Articwoem]

ChocolateAsian9000 lol

[@captainreinhard9760]

:D

[@SPACEHARICE]

what about shepherd he grew up on earth ran a meth business it blew up killed his entire gang. well we cant question his courage he was the only survivor after a base he was tasked in looking after exploded hes the right man for the job

[@olympian3]

Lazarus project budget: 14 bucks for Miranda and Jacob to get pizza, beer and duct tape to put Shepard back together

[@fendroca]

I guess they didn't get enough duct tape xD

[@Tommygunz190]

Forget the Lazarus Project. There is a reason why Shephard was wearing a helmet when the first Normandy was destroyed…

[@Oliver-uh5ze]

Originally it was called the "Lazy Project". They later renamed it just so it sounds less embarrassing.

[@MajesticsTwelve]

hilarious

[@channel45853]

@@Oliver-uh5ze actually, it was called "Lazy-Ass Project" then it was changed

[@TheMeanMongoose]

This was the most depressingly hilarious thing I've ever seen. Commander Creepard screwed up big time.

[@tr4il98]

When javik died in this video... The genocide of the protheans was truly complete

[@Henry-hm7kc]

Shrek don't say that

[@tr4il98]

Yea but its sad.

[@ever6178]

sad but true. :(

[@Henry-hm7kc]

STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!

[@spacejesus6581]

When did he die?

[@ChiaratjjxTH]

First thought: Shepard looks stupid af. But then I saw his armor.

[@samuelsoetratma4415]

Chiara Nozhnitsy buzz lightyear

[@tenzer0]

to infenty an beyund

[@NealX]

Eva Unit 01. Fitting that everyone died.

[@thepaesesai]

Neal X lol!! It is funny as hell you said that. i didnt think to compare

[@Naedeslus]

I'm surprised that because Shepard was so ugly the reapers didn't just self destruct after seeing him.

[@kpucko185]

Damn. Just damn! Epic comment is epic.

[@dethbreth8]

Was this comment equipped with Incendiary Ammo?

[@Articwoem]

Captain Something yes

[@Chrisimplayer]

I TOTALLY AGREE I had to pause the video and say WTF

[@MilkBags69]

Lmaooooo the best comment

[@RaxuRangerkingsChannel]

Plot Twist: The Crucible's real effect is that it telepathically burned an image of Shepard's face into the mind of everyone caught in the blast. Hence the casualties.

[@haribra4260]

RaxuRangerking LOL

[@nickelbackattak]

And there was a resounding noise, just echoing in everyone’s mind, much worse than the reaper signal, a string of words that drove everyone mad.......”we’ll bang okay?”

[@iamblight707]

Would have been funny if the Illusive man took one look at Shepard and shot himself.

[@dmoreoboe]

@@iamblight707 "Damn it, I called it a necessary precaution for a reason!"

[@chrissierra-5633]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DJB3lfry]

That awkward moment when you fail so hard at Mass Effect, that you accidentally fire the Halo rings.

[@jacobwhelan45]

Underrated comment

[@bearb1asting]

Oh my God yes

[@N7_Imperator]

The Halo Rings would have been a blessing to them. Cause at least everyone would have died rather than the survivors now having to live in a galaxy-wide Fallout game.

[@chrissierra-5633]

@@N7_Imperator a Blessing and a curse, why you ask? Blessing because you destroy all advanced civilizations Curse there be no biomass to harvest because after the firing all biomass disintegrates

[@N7_Imperator]

@@chrissierra-5633 I meant for the survivors not the Reapers, but that works too.

[@ladyselin35]

Shepard:If im gonna die ill take everyone with me! Harbinger: WTF Shepard?

[@TimmyTheTimeTraveler]

Galactic problems require galactic solutions.

[@sammonereau2645]

I read that with the voice of Shepard !

[@GenshinLover283]

In his defense he still managed to destroy the Reapers. He just also happened to wipe out the rest of the Galaxy along with them

[@chrissierra-5633]

@@TimmyTheTimeTraveler but those galactic solutions are galactic problems

[@christiansantamaria7233]

A true hero doesn’t let his race suffer he puts them outa thier misery.😂

[@AdamG1983]

>Killed Garrus and Javik *BOY HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND BECAUSE I'LL HELP YOU FIND IT!*

[@ViggoStark]

I actually hear this in Stanley's voice

[@Hunghover]

*HARBINGER COULD COME THROUGH THIS DOOR AND HE'S NOT GONNA HELP YOU!*

[@jasontodd1226]

@@Hunghover lmfao

[@Suave2459]

When you really think about it, this ending sets up the stakes of ME Andromeda a lot more, cause now you really are trying to colonize and save the human species and there really isn't a home to turn back to.

[@aurascherezada2726]

Suave Man yes dude, besides, think, reaper's r so blind or stupids to see that huge structure and just stay freeze? Really? for this reason it's why the indoctrineded theory has so much reason, but just leave that theory apart, ask ur self. Reapers r really so dummy to don't do anything about saw that ship/satelite/space station to attatk it? i imagine reapers though: hey reaper one, what's that? Reaper one: maybe it's just an ice cream machine reaper two, just ignored. ... Wth?! xd

[@comandercarnis]

@@aurascherezada2726 keep in mind the fleets are throwing everything they have at the reapers which is the sole reason the crucible isn't destroyed instantly.

[@ivanpardo1752]

@@aurascherezada2726 Mate the biggest fucking alliance of all species with all their fleets was sent to protect the crucible at all costs it's not as it was just abandoned there

[@thecollectivegamer3600]

Imagine being Javik in this scene. To be asleep for 50,000 years only to wake up to another cycle experiencing the same thing and bei g powerless to stop it.

[@megamanx2056]

Actually, its even worse. 1. You helped bring it about. 2. No one will be left to undo it 3. Your entire race will be forgotten

[@82dorrin]

When Cerberus only has $36 to spend on Shepard's facial reconstruction.

[@117Inqui]

After seeing that Shepard, I wouldn't be surprised if all those characters Joker mentioned committed suicide to try to escape from Shepard's ugliness.

[@lucalibre12]

Congratulations. You destroyed the entire galaxy.

[@zoink9285]

ChibiDemon lol imagine the text box at the end of the credits said that 😂😂😂

[@SPACEHARICE]

@@zoink9285 once there was a man who was so ugly everyone died

[@christiansantamaria7233]

This game was so bullshit lmao😂i wish i never played it what a way to kill a franchise literally and metaphorically

[@aeronovus]

​@@christiansantamaria7233 bruh this is the worst ending but you can get the best endings by having a high readiness score and being a good captain and building relationships with everyone. This series is not terrible lol

[@deviny]

So there's like 3 people left in the entire galaxy. Nice one sheperd

[@GenshinLover283]

Reapers are dead though. Consider it a pyrrhic victory

[@christiansantamaria7233]

@@GenshinLover283 yes the reapers are dead thats all that matter who cares about the trillions of races completely eradicated 😂

[@DennisMaltzev]

That bald guy from the ME2 video somehow made it out alive and continued his terrifying crusade against every living being in this galaxy

[@sarttee]

and joker crash lands on the Yahg Homeworld. lol

[@Vlamyncksken]

lmao

[@simpeldisaster4533]

Oh shit is that right?

[@lightning1892]

How to Commit mass genocide, Shepard Style

[@dirtydan9153]

Shepard without Vakarian style

[@00Eregos00]

The video poster did this right. If you're gonna make a video featuring one of the terrible ME3 endings, you might as well go all the way with it, WHICH INCLUDES the ugliest possible shepard wearing the ugliest custom armor (he even used the facial scarring from ME2 which is awesome)

[@TheChainsaw105]

good thing a bunch of people packed up and moved to Andromeda

[@ladyselin35]

Thing is Andromeda is going towards Milkyway :/

[@iamblight707]

Kett fusing everyone and remnant creating life+terraforming reminds me of reapers.

[@chukky1124]

normally i would not equip full armor cause i want to see the character that i made and facial expressions but the guy you made should at least wear a bag over his head xD

[@mc_dylanonthemic3515]

This ending basically done the reapers job.

[@_MaZTeR_]

No, actually, worse. The purpose of Reapers is to preserve life (although in their own twisted way). Shep practically commited mass genocide

[@DHTGK]

and think about it, it wouldn't have been only the sentient species that got erased by it it would mean all the low tech creatures would have also died off in the explosions making it even worse

[@LyokoisGreat2]

ThatAussieGamer117 even the misfire of instillation 04-B weren’t that destructive

[@majormarketing6552]

If it makes you feel any better, at the end of this video, the guy moves debris. This is the same on the has the mysterious n7 soldier breathing at the end of perfect destroy. We all know that is shepherd and in this version he vaporized himself leaving only a helmet

[@yggdrasil1969]

@Scratchin' Artist Synthesis is genocide of every living thing in the galaxy because you forcibly and without consent change them all into a different species eliminating their original forms. Synthesis is machine logic, the same logic that makes the machines indifferent to the widescale misery, terror and death the cycles create. Synthesis appeals to the machines because it creates a static state. Life is not about stasis and constantly evolves, but machines don't have the capacity to understand that because they don't get that life is a journey and not a destination. Synthesis is by far the worst ending imo.

[@blackenedLost]

"I will stop the reapers from destroying the galaxy. Even if it means, that I should destroy the galaxy." Commander Shepard, the ugliest Spectre in galaxy.

[@MrCrebb]

If Garrus dies on any play though 1. Press start 2, Main Menu 3. New game.

[@spartandare390]

me when i couldnt broker Geth and Quarian peace, guess imma restart from me2

[@YuraOlsen]

If Garrus dies: 1) Exit the game 2) Delete the game 3) Go away

[@KopperNeoman]

Good thing gameplay doesn't count. Stupid bird man keeps kissing Banshees.

[@Kola25_97]

You know how in lots of fiction, many antagonists have a scorched earth fetish? Well this is a scorched *galaxy* fetish for you people who played for this ending.

[@AdamG1983]

Not having that last talk with Anderson OOF, this is a painful ending

[@priv1leged]

if there is one thing i do not get... why does he walk into the destroy ending rather then staying in safe distance... shepard drama queen

[@calebluttrell6469]

omfg your'e right!

[@lykan2]

Dude, there was a big explosion, there was no "Safe distance" x3

[@calebluttrell6469]

Well true the Citadel blew up

[@vero-kd8vg]

If I had just seen Garrus and Anderson die right in front of me, I think I would also walk straight into an explosion.

[@skitarii3630]

He was being sure he didn't miss

[@ebergarcia1793]

damn hacket gets stranded... thats depressing...

[@Labyethan]

At the beginning... Anderson: Sheppard save the galaxy! Get allies! Sheppard: YES! I'LL BE BACK! At the ending... Anderson: Sheppard why?! You didn't get enough allies! Sheppard: I tried.... Nah, not really, I was too busy trying to get it on with Liara. Anderson: Damn it Sheppard!

[@ZappoNinja]

Yeah, that probably took a lot of effort considering his face

[@BoJangles42]

That Shepard’s romance options were his left and right hands.

[@chasesmith6400]

No idea this ending was possible. I guess you really gotta try to suck for this one.

[@hazeyclipshd1186]

+Chase Smith Imo i love this ending, and i exceepted it because i wanted this game to have a finish, so imo this was the finish.

[@LyokoisGreat2]

Yea and probably the worst miss fire of a super weapon ever

[@PaiSAMSEN]

It require absurdly low ems to trigger this, I feel like this is a bigger challenge than to achieve high ems perfect ending.

[@lastword8783]

I got it the first time I played the game because I rushed to the end of the game.

[@brat8943]

@@lastword8783 lol, is that why this ending triggered for me? Because I also finished it fairly quickly. Didn't think that'd have an effect on the ending

[@warlordofbritannia]

So, Shepard and his friends are dead, Hackett’s ship is drifting uselessly in space, the survivors slowly starving to death with the sole condolence of knowing at least they “won” That’s a fucking dark ending, even darker than letting the Reapers win by shooting the star brat

[@jomnix]

At least the reapers are dead

[@MiniMinecon2006]

Yeah at least there more alive in the galaxy in the refusal ending than the worst destroy ending, plus there's still hope

[@BUSHNAK529]

Your Shepard looks like he's ready to hunt some Smurfs.

[@RangerJackWalker]

it's strange. this 'worst' scenario has a lot of stuff that was added but 99% will never see.

[@1fishmob]

What is it?

[@vc180191]

Well the battle between Shield Fleet and the Reapers for one, in high EMS Shield Fleet barely even shows as the Reapers were kept away during the Crucible docking sequence. In low EMS Admiral Hackett has been forced to throw his own Capital ship into the battle and it's getting hammered.

[@TheManofThings777]

Joker: "Dammit, how many do we have to lose? Everyone-" Could have just left it at that, honestly.

[@diamondinthesky4771]

Shepard - "See, Sovereign, I actually agree with you. The thing is, I just want *you* to join us in oblivion."

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

Nice Job Shepard, you turned Earth into a new Feros and killed almost all life in this cycle. In the next cycle, those who build upon the ruins of Citadel space will wonder if Shepard and the Reapers were one and the same, or worse yet, if the Reapers were actually the good guys and Shepard is the one who destroys everything every 50,000 years. Hell, maybe one day, someone will build their own Zhu's Hope on Earth and wonder if the Shepard was the real destroyer all along.

[@philipped.r.6385]

Congrats Cmdr. Shepard! You've just created a post-apocalyptic galaxy! You only had ONE JOB! At least, there might be some great Mad Max style battles between survivors. :P

[@XadePsyconic]

8:41 - Joker, the Normandy SR-2 does not have a back window...

[@HoneyMochi]

I fight for my friends Ultimate No but it does have a Hull. And when the damn thing creaks you know somethings behind you.

[@HoneyMochi]

I didn't even know I wrote this haha

[@The_Grox]

The Reaper : Congratulation Shepard... you've played yourself

[@matro2]

I love how little Hackett narrates because everyone's dead.

[@cianosullivan6521]

2:00 this hurt me so much. I think the only time in the series that you see Garrus actually look scared

[@XXGDUBSXX]

This is a nice way for Bioware to encourage people to do side quests. "Do all these sidequests or everyone you care about will die..." *Proceeds to do ALL sidquests to ensure companions survival.

[@chaotik7853]

*proceeds to make more sidequests so no one dies again*

[@daxecutioner101]

Yet they die anyway

[@tristankahl6843]

I’ve done them all so many times they don’t feel like side quests

[@spacejesus6581]

It makes sense, were I a game developer I'd be pissed if I put all that effort into a bunch of side quests that no one ever did

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@spacejesus6581 Yep Ikr

[@Pendleton115]

Incredible how there is an alternate Crucible Docking scene with the reapers all around it... Makes the fight against the reapers so much more impactful. Also, It's so sad not having the final conversation with Anderson, I never even knew it was possible for him to die like that. Say what you will about how the Mass Effect Trilogy ends, but the amount of variation, even in just one ending option is quite incredible if you ask me.

[@spacejesus6581]

The saddest thing in this entire cutscene is 7:07, the way these two soldiers in particular die is the worst, everyone else sorta disappears like a Thanos snap

[@uniteddreams7065]

The only survivor is Conrad Verner in this ending.

[@TheTMC035]

And I spent all that time getting 5000 + EMS. This seems like the complete opposite of my campaign.

[@shadowchsr79]

sometimes it pays to be a completionist when it comes to these kind of games

[@spacejesus6581]

Always* pays There is literally no reason to not be a completionist, not only do you experience everything the game has to offer...wait that's it, AND THATS ALL THE MOTIVATION YOU NEED

[@jirkazalabak1514]

@@spacejesus6581 The only question you gotta ask yourself is whether it´s worth it. On the first playthrought, I complete everything, but on any subsequent ones, I usually just do things that influence the story directly.

[@chefofthetrash]

@@jirkazalabak1514 did absolutely every single thing the trilogy had to offer on my first playthrough but on the rest I have a simple rule: if at the very least it gets a throwaway line of dialogue, i do it.

[@cdawg0616]

Damn... creepy Shepard out here showing Thanos how you really get the job done. And Bioware is just like "You want to speed run, eh? Well f**k you too!"

[@Generalkidd]

Noooo!!!! Javik can't die!

[@NPC-vq5vu]

Generalkidd survives one reaper genocide just to get melted in the next one, talk about bad luck

[@supri5e703]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@zenpai5998]

It’s okay, you’ll just hack the games files with the legendary edition and hide his pod

[@n7specialoperatives949]

Wtf, hello generalkidd just got done watching some stuff of yours

[@matguimond92]

Garrus: *holds hand out before death* *Javik starring at ground* well, f*ck.

[@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer]

I read all the comments about Shepard's face before I actually watched the vid. When I saw the face I actually choked on my drink and couldn't stop laughing!!! XD

[@thecollectivegamer3600]

And cue Mass Effect Andromeda: the only hope for humanity is to colonize somewhere else and face that universe's version of reapers known as the Kett

[@deltaomega2136]

Remember, someone created a butt-ugly Shepard and deliberately played the entire game as poorly as possible to give us this.

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

Holy crap, so those really are the last survivors. Most everyone else were disintegrated by the Crucible and they're no Mass Relays left.

[@jonatanschwindt8065]

Damn man, now im REALLY glad i always do the sidequests, and i thought the "good" ending was depressing

[@Johnny-ny3ko]

Did you get the perfect one where Shepard draws breath and his/her love interest refuse to put his/her name on the wall? Or the average one where shepard essentially sacrifces him/herself

[@Storeenzo]

@@Johnny-ny3ko He didn't reply, but I got the perfect ending. It only cost me my sanity after scanning the entire fucking galaxy and hear the "DUMMMMMM" voice of reapers every 2 minutes. P.S : For anyone wondering, I got 8000+ war assets at the end

[@Johnny-ny3ko]

@@Storeenzo And for all that effort, was that piece of cutscene where he/she drew breath worth it? or did you want a bigger payout for all that effort? I sure do considering if you fuck up Tali's questline in ME2 you are locked from a Geth-Quarian peace which doesn't net you enough assets.

[@Storeenzo]

@@Johnny-ny3ko I finished the trilogy with best outcomes possible. I felt like i definitely could use more stuff added to best ending, I don't think the time I spent scanning the entire galaxy was too wasted because I fucking love Shepard and it was the only way to save her. However, since Bioware is in a great decline ; also add the fact they can't/won't make 2 separate main characters, Shepard will most likely be alive in the next game anyway. I don't see a way which will make me feel rewarded in the next installment of this series(which is my favorite of all time)

[@Johnny-ny3ko]

@@Storeenzo Honestly, I don't want Shepard(he/she) to be the main character. What would satisfy me the most will be, should your Shepard survive, you hear in the radio an ambigious report stating: "President Shepard of the Alliance signed ta ta.. bla bla" Just because he/she deserves to be president and be left the heck alone after 3 games

[@lampham5525]

Other RPG games: Skip the side quest and only do the main quest, still complete the game. Mass Effect: Must do sidequest or everyone can die.

[@Tywil714]

The funny thing about this ending is that Shepard does more damage and leaves galactic society in galaxy from in a worse state than even the reapers would have intended. He destroys the entire relay network effectively cutting off the entire galaxy from rachother while causing mass extinctions of both afavanced and primitive civiliations alike and sending them back to the stone ages.

[@themaskedman757]

2:59 Jesus dude those screams are blood curdling

[@Naturius444]

we did it shepard, we saved the galaxy!

[@zafelrede4884]

I believe this is probably the only appropriate ending to Mass Effect. Shepard fires the fucking Halo rings. It's what i expected to happen when i heard about the crucible. I was suspicious of it from the start. And i thought the results might look something like this. So i like this ending a lot. It's tragic, it's brutal, it's sacrificial, it's genocidal. But it's still better than total extinction. And that scene with Hacket in the dark, lamenting about what this victory had cost for the galaxy. Good stuff. Thanks for showing this.

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

Agreed. And I say this as a fan of all the characters and the property too. My guess is that they toyed a lot with setting the minimum EMS score and probably thought about setting it a lot higher.

[@Pd_alyosha]

well looks like shepard is going to hell for KILLING THE ENTIRE GALAXY

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Both the galaxy and the reapers got what they wanted, good ending

[@Metts1337]

this is the real ending in my book

[@zcorpalpha2462]

🥃🔥

[@Wtfboomdps]

This was too funny. Shepard's face sums up the entire shit show of an ending xD

[@brandongalvan6603]

That may have been a horrible ending, but at least we had one final flashback to the love of Shepard's life and Miranda.

[@majormarketing6552]

What we have is a confirmation that its Shepherd in the debris in the perfect ending. Watch the end of this video again, the guy moves the debris and only finds Shepherds helmet because he got vaporized

[@AwakeAchiever96]

@@majormarketing6552 That's not Shepard's N7 helmet, it's a standard Alliance Marine helmet. Look above the visor of that and Shepard's helmet in any place that shows Shepard's helmet.

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

My first ending (because I played the third game first lol, how stupid of me). What always makes me sad is the thought that the whole galaxy is basically cut off from one another, and that now all species of galaxy should've basically re-develop everything from zero, as most of their technology are reaper-based. The cost of freedom is to lose all the luxury and convenient they have been enjoyed all those years.

[@IkarosVonVoid]

What species? This ugly Shepard just use deletegalaxy.exe and killed every machine\organic cell.

[@paolobricarelli]

This is the best ending for me. Shepard brings almost everyone in the galaxy in hell with him. Hero and villain at the same time

[@YUGINO]

Commander Shepard, the time has come. Execute order 666.

[@jomnix]

It will be done, my lord.

[@firdauszamri5874]

6:28 The sad music with this bad ending. Don't know about all of you, but I think it definitely hits the spot.

[@josesuarez7484]

2:00 That part should be censored.

[@oinkards1143]

Jose Suarez The look on Garrus's face "No, help me Shepard!"

[@josesuarez7484]

Oink ards I swear my heart stopped when I first saw it. ;-;

[@Articwoem]

+Jose Suarez I nearly cryed

[@ShaqNasty557]

Jose Suarez no we need to magnify the image

[@elenaa_28]

This whole ending should be censored

[@truchaXD117]

Well... fuck.

[@ncrtrooper6619]

On my first playthough unintentionally I got Zaeed, Jack, Miranda, Garrus (suicide mission), Mordin, Samara, Ash, Kaiden, Wrex, Grunt, Legion, Liara (end), Jacob, Javik (end), Edi (I can't remember how to spell her name), and Kasumi all killed. It was sad but hey at least Joker, Tali, and um yeah that's about it survived. I had to redo everything because I was really sad.

[@StrongBalloonChris]

The music shift at 9:03 is the most terrifying thing ever

[@hensta_o]

Its just occurred to me that if its possible for even a small amount of organics to survive a galaxy wide extinction event like this, then there are probably a few synths left in the good destroy ending as well

[@DarkBloodurth]

The absolutely worst ME endings are always the funniest.... I didn't even know that was POSSIBLE that your 2 final companions die. There is an effort to screw this THIS bad

[@brainconqueror8095]

A Pyrrhic victory like this is still preferable to Synthesis implanting everyone with Reaper tech. Earth is destroyed but at least a few humans survive.

[@szymonwarsocki3942]

BrainConqueror80 Umm i disagree. In synthesis at least you dont anihilate 99% of the population.

[@brainconqueror8095]

Szymon War no glands replaced by tech, no digestive system replaced by tech! No soul replaced by tech! Only sensors providing inputs to Reaper masters! No art, no culture, no reflection! Just machines, doing what they are programmed to do. Rather be dead than "live" like this.

[@TheValentineEnemy]

This ending seems to be the most "realistic" one. The others are like fairy tales.

[@Apocalypse2000]

How to take a dialogue of Mordin about husks and use it to twist the true meaning of synthesis ending (perfection through understanding and near immortality BUT with free-will). Good propaganda for the shitty destroyers side.

[@spartandare390]

Apocalypse2000 because destroy ending is the real one. If you choose the rest you are indoctrinated

[@Crasher_7]

Ryan George’s Pitch Meeting: Writer: So Shepard is now back to Earth to fight the reapers. Executive: He’s gonna kill Harbinger and save the galaxy from the reapers? Writer: He will detonate the crucible from the citadel and killing everyone imaginable. Executive: OH MY GOD!

[@jomnix]

Killing everyone imaginable is tight!

[@chrisbedwards]

I don't understand how people can play through the entire game having to look at such an aggressively ugly Shepard.

[@aZeddPrattFilm]

Honestly I kind of liked the Hackett speech part it made everything seem extremely dire that the sacrifice was great

[@monroekelvin8955]

8:41 ~9:07 When you're trying to escape the friendzone......

[@the_infinexos]

You turned Earth into Tuchanka

[@bmdnoone]

If we can't win the battle, *then neither can they.*

[@ericduan19]

the real way this should end is that because shepard was so ugly the reapers just took him & save the whole galaxy from the misery of having to look at him

[@ardex9677]

Now I think about it Hackett achived great victory. He managed to win the evolution race by just standing in the reinforced room on a spaceship on the other side of the planet while the rest of the galaxy was wiped out thanks to Shepard thinking that he is mr. Clean.

[@storminmay]

Thank god someone did it so I don't have to.

[@Agentbiggs]

Of course this is the bad ending, Ashley is still alive.

[@lennyking1340]

Lmao true that

[@ShockwaveTFMaster]

Why every time I see a mass effect ending do I have to see Garrus die?

[@cow_tools_]

His face when he learns the best thing he can do is to not quite kill ALL intelligent life in the galaxy. All I can think of is Groundskeeper Willie in the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode where he gets repeatedly axed in the back, and at the last time he just "ugh, I'm bad at this.."

[@FigureWrestling2]

That is the CREEPIEST Commander Shepard I've ever seen.

[@monroekelvin8955]

Plot twist: 5:03 Shepard: Spider!!! OMFG!!!!!! (bangbang bang bang bang...) . . . . 8:34 Shepard: Yeah...I think it's died now.

[@NealX]

I actually like the fleet battle sequences especially the Crucible docking sequence, the music and action makes everything feel much more desperate and tense.

[@gof22]

So the cinematic battle of the fleets above Earth changes depending on your EMS score? I remember seeing that Turain ship blowing up from the inside in one of the trailers but didn't see it in any of my play-throughs of the game.

[@DarthCasus]

This is the most beautiful and tragic ending in the entire series. Forget the Reapers winning, forget control, or the better destroy endings, or synthesis, the Reaper War, to me, needed this sacrifice. This was the heart of mass effect, that no choice is perfect, that you either let the Reapers win because you fear what you might lose, or you sacrifice everything you know and love to end the cycle of extinction. A last extinction, initiated by you, to end all endings. This ending, to me, is Mass Effect.

[@hazeyclipshd1186]

Darth Casus This was also my perfect ending. it gave you a closure imo.

[@jaxthedisintegrator8096]

Isis ending!!!

[@heyjoji1954]

You sold with that last quote "Mass Effect"

[@blivion7203]

Darth Casus ESFJ...

[@ladyselin35]

Thing is all reapers ; catalyst and leviathans destroyed aswell. But life goes on in Andromeda.

[@nicolasbsmith78]

Seriously, thank you for taking the time to do this, I would have never seen this ending if it weren't for you... I also wouldn't have nightmares about that hideous Sheppard if it weren't for you as well, but it was worth it. 👍

[@506jeff]

soon as i saw this guys face i just started roaring

[@jmanderson8801]

tl;dr Good news: The Reapers are gone. Bad news: everyone is dead

[@AwakeAchiever96]

Depends on your outlook, it could be "Good news: Everyone and everything is gone".

[@zeroparasiempre9709]

Thx internet for not letting me end with this ending. Honor the ones who took that bullet for me.