History WMG / MassEffect2

* The Thorian barely survived its encounter with Shepard in [=ME1=], but learned to act smarter: instead of ineffectually brainwashing the colonists it decided to replace them with perfectly loyal PodPeople. [[spoiler:The "illness" is a cover by which they explain the physical differences to their original counterparts, and the "cure" is something that will mask these differences perfectly. The reason why "Shiala" is so anxious to prevent the invasive medical tests is because she knows that if they were performed, the secret would come out. And she's green, again!]]

* ....[[YouFailEconomicsForever How the heck are they going to make a profit on that, exactly?]]

*** Ever hear of a YouTube series called Game Theory? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVmyfqZXfmE There's an episode that confirms this]], based around the possibility of Shepard being brought back from the dead, giving a lot of evidence in support... but one piece of evidence showed that Shepard's brain was exposed to so much cold, it [[NightmareFuel ''cold-boiled their brain, turning it to mush'']]. Without a brain, it's absolutely impossible for that Shepard in 2 to be the same as the Shepard in 1. [[WildMassGuessing It seems we may need the 'Space Magic' theory if we want to justify the apparent necromancy of the Lazarus project]].

It's a logical progression: ''[=ME1=]'' had the ''SR-1'', ''[=ME2=]'' had the ''SR-2'', so ''[=ME3=]'' will have the ''SR-3''. However, rather than coming up with another ContrivedCoincidence to get the ''Normandy'' destroyed again, [=BioWare=] will simply stick new tech on it until it's got upgrades coming out its exhaust ports. These upgrades won't completely take, requiring a [[StarWars Han Solo]]-like technician to make sure everything stays running smoothly. This will also add another ''Normandy''-centric crew member, to continue another pattern of have having X crew members specifically for the ''Normandy'' in ''Mass Effect X'' - ''[=ME1=]'' had just one such crew member (Joker), ''[=ME2=]'' had two (Joker and [=EDI=]), so ''[=ME3=]'' will have three (Joker, EDI, and [[{{Expy}} Most Definitely Not Han Solo]]). More intra-ship snarking and rivalry will ensue.

[[WMG:The ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games, and ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in particular, is an anti-DRM, and anti-[[ElectronicArts EA]] Aesop]]

** Alternatively, the Reapers are [[ElectronicArts EA]]. Think about it. It makes sense.

* And it will be the workaround [[ElectronicArts EA]] needs to release the trilogy on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. Cue fanboy rejoicing/tears.

* The Thorian covers the surface of Feros, yet all Shepard does to kill it is to AttackItsWeakPoint ForMassiveDamage. We see a section of the Thorian die off, but what about the rest of it? It is still on Feros, and it will grow back in the area which Shepard destroyed.

[[WMG: Jack is either the descendant or the reincarnation of [[TheMillenniumTrilogy Lisbeth Salander]].]]

* A blatant rip-of of ThreeHundred - otherwise known as Thirteen; ALL THIRTEEN CHARACTERS GOING TO TOWN ON AN APPROACHING ARMY!
** Combine the previous two! Thirteen characters! Unlimited ammo! Swap Shepard's conventional kit for all your heavy weapons at once. "[[BrutalLegend Everything in that general direction must die]]!"

He sings a song to the tune of [[PiratesOfPenzance I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General.]] And we all know what [[ModernMajorGeneral that trope is about.]] He just sort of wings it.

** The main problem with the theory is that Ashley/Kaiden didn't get paralyzed in the same area the colonist they were chatting with was. There was a bunch of chaotic movement. As to how they got loose, it's likely the Collectors intentionally released the paralysis so that Cerberus couldn't study the condition so that they could develop a much more effective countermeasure then merely baffling the swarms, which I wouldn't put past those GenreSavvy bastards.

*** Points taken, but it doesn't invalidate the idea that the Illusive Man would consider Shepard worth all the trouble. If morality is completely meaningless to him, he is, instead, GenreSavvy enough to realise Shepard is the hero of the SpaceOpera they're all a part of; just listen to the conversation he has with Miranda in the opening about how much of a CanonSue Shepard is no matter what choices the player made in the first game.

* Notice how the crew consists entirely of either Alliance ex-pats like Jacob, former [=SR-1=] crew like Joker and Chakwas, or hand-picked recruits like Miranda and Kelly? ''None'' of them act anything like the extremists we dealt with in [=ME1=]. Perhaps [[BatmanGambit TIM knew that Shepard wouldn't trust the usual Cerberus goons]], so he hand-picked crew members for the [=SR2=] whose world views were closer to Shepard's, and [[UriahGambit whose loyalty to Cerberus might otherwise have been questionable.]] For all we know, even Miranda might be one of the more open-minded of the "real" Cerberus operatives (IIRC, she never has any qualms about Shepard hiring non-human crew members, and she even sides with you if you choose to [[spoiler: destroy the Collector Base]]). This would have the side-effect of making Cerberus look less extreme than it really is, which would make Shepard more likely to work with them by taking advantage of the "no one is AlwaysChaoticEvil" theme that [[GenreSavvy the rest of the game has been setting up.]] Best case scenario: It works both ways, as [[MagneticHero working with Shepard would make the crew more loyal to Cerberus by proxy.]] Worst case: everyone dies in the suicide mission, which is fine since, aside from Shepard and maybe Miranda, [[WeHaveReserves they were expendable to begin with]] (TIM says as much in an email if you [[spoiler:don't go to save the crew right away.]]). ''[[FridgeBrilliance Devious but brilliant]]''. [[SpannerInTheWorks The only hitch in the plan]] would be [[EvilCannotComprehendGood the Paragon ending]], where you survive and [[spoiler:tell Cerberus where to shove it, taking the ''Normandy'' crew with you.]]

** Miranda, Jacob, and other Cerberus lackeys are keen to espouse how great Cerberus is, and that it does good work. At the moment, the ''only'' good things we've seen them do is build the SR-2 (which, in itself, is not a "good" thing) and resurrect Shepard (along with all the ethical baggage that comes along with it, which is sadly never addressed in-game). On the other hand, BioWare goes out of its way to show Cerberus' villainy is one step removed from that of the Reapers. They're assholes, period.
*** BioWare has shown a very selective and one-sided portrayal of Cerberus' "villainy". According to the Illusive Man the unethical Cerberus experiments Shepard has seen were rogue elements. He claims he didn't know about them at the time and he put a stop to them when he found out (this is at least partially confirmed in Jack's loyalty mission, where the recordings clearly say the Illusive Man didn't know what they were up to). True, this could be an elaborate deception on TIM's part, but it could also be the complete and unvarnished truth. We don't know for sure. So it's not fair to say they're "assholes, period".

** Well... if BioWare ''does'' read this page... Hey, BioWare? Mordin better survive. Same goes for Thane.

*** Son of a ''BITCH''! BioWare announced that [[http://ps3.ign.com/articles/117/1172200p1.html Mass Effect 3 will feature expanded melee combat! They do read this page!]]

''Come on'', BioWare.

*** So basically, Thane will die in [=ME3=] (or quit) unless you get the [=DLC=]... So very typical of BioWare.

** [[spoiler:Confirmed. Tali can give you a photo of herself unmasked, and she looks almost identical to a human. Maybe because it's actually a stock photo that BioWare barely changed.]]

* With the Shepard trilogy concluded, BioWare will move towards a "Dragon Age" model of featuring a new protagonist every game

* And it will be the workaround [[ElectronicArts EA]] needs to release the trilogy on the PlayStation3. Cue fanboy rejoicing/tears.

*** Maybe through a quick-time tree ala ''HeavyRain''?

* And they will act like the multiple Green Lantern Corps in BlackestNight. During [=ME3=] the Alliance and the Council will have to use over half the Mass relays as {{BFG}}s to win the war. Limiting trade and travel, this combined with the billions dead and many worlds broken brings a new age of lawlessness to the Universe. So the Alliance and Council create the SHEPHERDS based on the hero of Mass Effect to hold the line.

[[WMG: TIM is [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Cylon Number 7]]]]

* ''[[VideoGame/MassEffect1 Mass Effect]]'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' graphically upgraded to the level of the last game, and all the content that had to be left out due to time or other constraints, such as the original plans for Therum as a fully fledged world on part with Feros and Noveria, restored. Wishful thinking rather than WildMassGuessing maybe, but if Bioware really reads this page, best to have the idea on display. And after all they did do something similar with ''JadeEmpire''...

** The reason TIM kept Shepard away from Liara is revealed during the course of the game. Liara is unknowingly leaking like to sieve to the [[KnowledgeBroker Shadow Broker]] because [[spoiler: her assistant Nyxeris is a mole.]]

Also, he probably saved a place called [[{{Firefly}} Canton.]]

* That very same Codex entry says the geth ''are'' [=AIs=], so it's possible that quantum blue boxes are just ''one'' way to implement an AI, and the geth are just using a different implementation with a similar end result. Think of it this way: the geth are "bottom-up" AI's who were never meant to be sentient in the first place (and are considered freaks of technology even by their creators), so they aren't bound by the same rules as "top-down" AI's meant to emulate organic behavior, like EDI.

* That very same Codex entry says the geth ''are'' [=AIs=], so it's possible that quantum blue boxes are just ''one'' way to implement an AI, and the geth are just using a different implementation with a similar end result. The geth are "bottom-up" AI's who were never meant to be sentient in the first place, so they aren't bound by the same rules as "top-down" AI's meant to emulate organic behavior, like EDI.

* Well top-down AIs like EDI are expected to have human-like behavior, since that's what they were intended to emulate. The Geth, however, are bottom-up AIs and therefore considered freaks of technology, even among the quarians who built them. It's clear that they are sentient on some level (what with being able to develop their own technology and make plans for their own species), but since they were never intended to be sentient, the rules regarding quantum state computers may not apply to them.

[[WMG: There will be a 1st-person Starship simulator ala ''StarTrekBridgeCommander'']]

* A no-shooting-whatsoever mission, a la ''Film/TheNegotiator''. Paragons get to be KevinSpacey. Renegades get to be ''Creator/SamuelLJackson''. Bring maxed out meters!

Several wild mass guesses about Mass Effect 2 turned out to be completely accurate. Not because tropers are really good at this, but because Bioware read this page and thought SureWhyNot.