Mass Effect 3: Difference between revisions

** Joker explicitly names this trope when expressing his dismay over the Quarians arming their Liveships (the principal food suppliers of the fleet) with dreadnought-sized guns, as they are not equipped with strong shields.

** Geth characters become this with the Hunter Mode ability, a sort of anti-Tech Armor that halves your max shields for a set of offensive buffs.

* [[Godzilla Threshold]]:

** Hackett admits that not even the people building the Crucible really know what it will do if fired, comparing it to the fears that the first use of the atomic bomb would ignite Earth's atmosphere. They just do not have any other options.

* [[Good Guy Bar]]: The Purgatory Bar on the Citadel, judging by the amount of Alliance and turian military soldiers hanging out there. However, with the capture of Omega by Cerberus, Purgatory is now serving Aria T'Loak and other criminals. [[Open Secret|Despite its size and popularity, Avina doesn't recognize that it exists.]]

* [[Good Running Evil]]: {{spoiler|Potentially how the series can end, if Shepard takes control of the Reapers in the finale.}}

* [[Grand Finale]]: The end of Shepard's story.

* [[Gravity Screw]]: The mission aboard {{spoiler|the geth dreadnought}} has you walking through the destroyed remnants of a docking extension tube on the ship, and sometimes the only footholds to move forward are on the ceiling.

* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Fighting Kai Leng on {{spoiler|Thessia}}. He has gunship support that will target you every time you take down his shields, and eventually it [[Cutscene Incompetence|switches to a cutscene]].

* [[Hero-Killer]]: Kai Leng. {{spoiler|Ignoring his novel exploits and looking only at the game, his potential victims list can include two former squadmates, namely "designed to be perfect" Miranda and super-assassin Thane. If Thane is not around, then his spot may be taken by Major Kirrahe, certified STG badass of "hold the line" fame.}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:

** Quite a few. {{spoiler|Thane performs one if he survived "[[Mass Effect 2|ME2]]", otherwise Major Kirrahe may replace him; if Shepard is Paragon, Mordin performs one. Legion also pulls one if Shepard sides with the geth or uses the Paragon/Renegade choice to [[Take a Third Option|take a third option.]]}} And then, of course, there are the game's endings.

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in at least one case: {{spoiler|If Aralakh Squad is left behind to buy the Rachni queen time to escape and fully loyal Grunt joins Shepard's team to lead them out, he will turn and tell them to go back to the shuttle without him while he holds off the Reaper-converted rachni. As Shepard and company are arriving at the shuttle, Grunt emerges from the cave, [[Blood Splattered Warrior|covered in blood]], and asks if anyone has something to eat.}}

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]:

** As of this installment Male Shep and Garrus have reached this point.

** Cortez mocks the logic behind setting up the armory on the command deck and not the shuttle bay.

** After saving Primarch Victus, he mentions Garrus retired to the battery, "Something about...'calibrations'..." to which shepard replies "That Sounds like Garrus."

* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: Both for the player character and supporting cast.

** Shepard will have the opportunity to bed his/her love interest (even if it's a new romance) right before the attack to retake Earth.

** Provided they survived ''ME2'', and you pardoned them in the Citadel Spectre office, Ken and Gabby finally admit their love for each other if you go visit them at the very bottom of Engineering prior to the final mission.

** If you didn't romance either of them, Garrus and Tali are seen embracing when you walk in on them at the forward batteries. Tali says in the conversation afterwards (likely half-joking) that "This is just a fling, Vakarian. I'm only using you for your ''body''."

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: Jack. Repeatedly.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: None less than the Xbox Live frontend is already spoiling the fact that From Ashes gives you a Prothean squad member.

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]:

* [[Motivational Lie]]: {{spoiler|After the fall of Thessia, if you use the Paragon interrupt during the Liara/Javik confrontation, Javik explains that the Protheans believed that the asari were the best hope for this cycle, and that the Protheans protected and nurtured them because they saw their potential. After Liara leaves, Shepard asks whether Javik meant what he said; he asks "does it matter?" and you get as an addendum either "[[Exact Words|I will tell you what you want to hear]]: I meant what I said", "She believes it. So she will keep fighting."}}

* [[Multiple Endings]]: Three basic flavors, with quite a lot of levels of success/failure, and at least as many end-game nonstandard game overs. All of them have their merits, but also have [[Sadistic Choice|rather nasty consequences.]] {{spoiler|Not only because Shepard has [[Last Chance Hit Point|life-threatening injuries]] due to getting ''shot'' by '''Harbinger's main gun''' en route to the Catalyst, but because the Crucible does its job through ''[[Explosive Overclocking]]'' - using it ''will'' [[The End of the World as We Know It|destroy]] ''the entire [[Portal Network|Mass Relay network]]''... if it was constructed properly ''and'' deployed without being damaged en route to the Citadel. If it wasn't, it could destroy ''[[Scavenger World|all advanced technology]]'', '''[[Kill'Em All|all life in the galaxy]]''' or '''''[[Bad Ending|itself without doing anything.]]'''''}}

** {{spoiler|Synthesis: Shepard [[Take a Third Option|Takes A Third Option]] and disseminates all his/her nanotech into the Crucible, causing a chain reaction that forcibly converts all organic and synthetic life in the galaxy into [[The Singularity|cellular-level cyborgs]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|dying in the process]]. Since the Reapers' motive for the cycle no longer applies, they cease hostilities and leave.}}

* [[Mundane Luxury]]: In the monastery for secluded Ardat-Yakshi, you can find a message from one of the inhabitants mentioning that somebody managed to smuggle in a copy of the vid ''Vaenia''. She is arranging a group watching and is practically bursting with anticipation. Dialogue in ''Mass Effect 2'' revealed that ''Vaenia'' is a love-story featuring two asari: These young Ardat-Yakshi are so desperate for connection to the outside world and emotional stimulus that they are planning to sneak out at night, risking possible forced isolation, so that they can watch a ''romance film''.