Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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Ending explained

Every route, what unlocks it and what each final choice means.

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition concludes with Shepard's final decision at the Catalyst. The available outcomes and their consequences depend partly on the military strength built across all three games.

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Who survived Virmire?
What did Shepard prioritize at the Citadel?
How did the suicide mission end?
What happened between the quarians and geth?
What did Shepard choose?

What it means

The trilogy's ending is shaped by a tension between freedom and survival. Shepard can destroy the Reapers, command them or change the relationship between organic and synthetic life, but every solution asks the galaxy to accept a cost that the earlier choices made visible.

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