Mass effect reaper5/10/2023 ![]() This would also reframe the Reapers as something other than simple villains. An exploration into the complicated victory could be interesting as well, and Shepard's decision to end the cycle could be seen by some characters as the wrong one given the consequences. Seeing how the galaxy recovers after the devastating Reaper invasion is fertile narrative territory and could offer something really different from the previous Mass Effect entries. The destruction of the Mass Relay network and the separation of large parts of the galaxy could be a really fascinating story arc to follow in Mass Effect 4. By Reaper logic, Shepard hasn't really done much except buy some time until the inevitable downfall of organic life throughout the Milky Way anyway. With non-organic characters like EDI and Legion presented as sympathetic and even endearing characters, their loss makes the ending of Mass Effect 3 feel less like a victory. If BioWare does make the 'Destroy' ending canon as it has been suggested, that means that while the Reapers are gone, so too are the Mass Relays and all synthetic races. With the inevitable fallout of Mass Effect 3 to handle, Mass Effect 4 has a lot to explore. With organics apparently destined to always create synthetics that would lead to their downfall and wipe out all organic life as they knew it, the Reapers could sort of be seen as a necessary evil. Their methods are slightly suspect and seemingly cold-hearted, but the Reapers were essentially only ensuring that life continued on in the galaxy. Players didn't have a lot of time to dwell on their motivations in the first three games, besides knowing that "Reapers" equals "bad" and they needed to be stopped at all costs, even if that means blowing up the Alpha Relay and destroying a planet of batarians. This means that Mass Effect 4 could explore a slightly more nuanced take on the Reapers. It's likely that even if there is a time jump in the narrative to accommodate races and returnees from Andromeda, Reapers will be at least a talking point in the next game. But this doesn't mean that they won't feature at all they were a massive part of the galaxy's history, as well as an instrumental factor in the state that the Milky Way will probably find itself in during Mass Effect 4. Cerberus is revealed to be actively using the Human-Reaper remains to augment Cronos Station's functionality either by utilising its brain for increased processing power if the Collector Base was saved, or using its heart to power the base if the Base was destroyed. ![]() With the Reapers possibly canonically destroyed for good, it's incredibly unlikely that they'll be seen again in Mass Effect 4. During the raid on Cerberus Headquarters, it is revealed that components of the Human-Reaper were salvaged from the Collector Base by the Illusive Man, regardless of whether the Base was saved or destroyed.
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