


Not much seems to change in the exchange between Shepard, Anderson, and the Illusive Man, making the final confrontation with the Illusive Man one of the main constants between the original and revised endings of the game. In the original ending, he only wakes up in the mess in a daze and seems to "find" the pistol he uses to shoot Anderson. Shepard is clearly seen flying through the air and landing hard in the corpse-ridden Citadel tunnel now, and the pistol he was carrying is nearby. In the midst of the chaos, the Crucible is seen flying in with Alliance support, where Admiral Hackett receives a report that "someone made it to the beam," which seems to explain how Hackett got back in contact with Shepard and knew he was on the Citadel. At this point, BioWare added scenes that show more of the battle in space, with a Reaper that sort of "grabs" an entire Alliance ship. Shepard still has a few husks and Marauder Shields to blast through before diving into the beam that takes him to the Citadel. Nothing appears to change in the next few scenes, at least not outright. Depending on your squad's configuration, you might get an added final "no matter what happens, I love you" piece of dialogue between Shepard and his love interest, which is the right moment to have a box of tissues nearby. Shepard calls in the Normandy to take both squad members away after one is injured in the assault. We won't ruin all the fun for players, but the following definitely contains major spoilers for the ending of Mass Effect 3.įrom the outset, the "assault on the beam" in London has been modified to make more sense of Shepard's squad members being seen alive later. For those of you unable to access a convenient autosave or play through the game again, we've written up a summary of the differences between the new versions of the endings and the originals, which you can find after the break. Following the launch of the long-anticipated Extended Cut DLC for Mass Effect 3, we ran through the original and updated endings a few times to note some of the differences between the two.
