All signs currently point toward the new Mass Effect game canonizing the Destroy Ending. While, on the one hand, this could potentially undermine player choice in Mass Effect 3, it’s the best approach in continuing the franchise. However, there are two downfalls in Mass Effect’s Destroy ending: the destruction of the Geth alongside the reapers and the “opened-door” death of Commander Shepard.
Essentially, the Destroy ending with the right circumstances is the only one where Shepard is hinted
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