Afterwards, scroll down to get a more detailed analysis of the events in the ending, and to understand what goes on in the cutscenes. Endings Spoilers: First, we will give you a summary of all the endings based on your Effective Military Strength and on whether the Collectors Base was destroyed or not. If you manage to shoot Illusive Man before he shoots Anderson, there is also an extra scene where Anderson and Shepard sit together, you talk to Anderson and he tells you he is proud of you, before dieing. The difference is only whether or not he dies by being executed in the back of the head by TIM. HOWEVER, Anderson still dies, no matter whether you shoot Illusive Man fast enough or what. You will have to press the button quickly in order to shoot The Illusive Man before he shoots Anderson in the back of his head. Saving Anderson: Watch for the Renegade Interrupt to attempt and save Anderson.

The Illusive Man persists in claiming he is the savior of humanity, the pinnacle of our species. Illusive man insists he saved humanity, but you tell him that he sacrificed humanity for his own selfish wants and his lust for control. Renegade Ending: Choose the red option and tell him that he is weak and selfish, and because of him humanity will suffer. Illusive man tells you he tried, and shoots himself in the head. You try to tell Illusive man not to let the Reapers win and to break their hold. You further tell The Illusive Man that he has done exactly what the Reapers wanted, and that he is still doing it because they control him.

They've got all the species fighting each other instead of fighting them. Paragon Ending: Choose the blue option and you tell him that because of him, humanity is already undone. Otherwise, those dialog options are grayed out. If you unlocked the Paragon ending, the first two choices are Blue/Red PERSUADE options.

I won't let that happen.' The dialog choices available are 'But you already have', 'Then you've failed humanity', 'You're theirs now.', and 'You're Pathetic'. Illusive Man Paragon/Renegade Ending: A 100% Paragon or Renegade rating unlocks a new blue/red conversation options when talking to the illusive man. Higher Effective Military Strength means access to a better ending. However, you should be able to achieve high enough EMS even without multiplayer. Fastest way to increase the Readiness Rating is through Multiplayer. The lowest readiness rating you can have is 50%. On your War Assets screen you can see something like: Total Military Strength: 6000 Readiness Rating: 80% Effective Military Strength: 4800 That last figure is the determining number. Effective Military Strength (EMS): This is the War Assets, times the Readiness Rating. Main difference is that you get some additional war assets if you chose to save the collectors base. But we put the warning anyway, just in case.) Factors affecting ending of the game: Collector's Base: In Mass Effect 2, Shepard had to make a critical decision between the following options: Destroying the Collector's Base Leaving the Collector's Base to Cerberus If you did NOT play Mass Effect 2, or if you started a new game on Mass Effect 3 WITHOUT importing a character, the assumed choice is: Shepard Destroyed the Collectors Base Note: You can achieve the perfect ending whether or not you destroyed the Collector's base. WARNING: BIG SPOILERS AHEAD! (We were not sure if to include this warning - if you are reading an article about the ME3 endings, you can guess yourself that there will be spoilers. This article reveals the various different endings of Mass Effect 3.

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