How Mass Effect Wasted An Icon

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  @Jagrofes · 1 year ago

  I love the fact that the guy who made the mod to reduce the butt camera angles for the original ME3 was the same guy to make the mod that reimplemented them in LE.<br><br>Perfectly balanced.

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• MI

  @misterwolf3817 · 1 year ago

  Miranda&apos;s role in Mass Effect 3 is 90% about getting to that party in Citadel DLC.

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• BO

  @bobbitybob-o8q · 1 year ago

  Sadly Mass Effect 2&apos;s returning characters are treated like cameos. At least Mordin had a purpose.

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• GA

  @gabrielrussell5531 · 1 year ago

  An actual Paragon Shepard line in the ME2 Miranda romance: &quot;Who said anything aboot love; I&apos;m just trying to get you into bed.&quot;<br>Then if you break up with her in 3 she&apos;s so grief-stricken she dies.

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• CH

  @chaseoncello4966 · 1 year ago

  I wish Miranda was a full fledged squad mate in ME3. Her voice acting, design, and all around kinda morally ambiguous design was one of my absolute favorites. At least she got some cute content in Citadel though it’s a shame we’ll probably never see her again

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• GO

  @GOODYGOODGOOD789 · 1 year ago

  You know, as much as Miranda wasn&apos;t well-handled in ME3 I will say that she probably has the saddest break-up scene of anyone because she is the only one who cries.<br>It seems odd at first that Miranda (the ice queen) is the only love interest who cries and seems more hurt about the break-up than most others. But then you have to remember that Miranda at this point doesn&apos;t have much in her life. She&apos;s quit Cerberus, the organization she devoted most of her life to. The only family she really has, her sister, is in danger and now Shepard, the one person she truly loves is leaving her. <br> <br>All the other love interests have found their places in the galaxy outside of Shepard. Miranda hasn&apos;t yet. And now with this, she realizes that she&apos;s alone. So of course she&apos;d be devastated and heartbroken.

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• HA

  @hajde8128 · 1 year ago

  Its funny you mentioned that Miranda should&apos;ve been on the Normandy because that was actually her intended role. She was intended be asked to join the Normandy as a non-Squadmate character, and modders found content in the game files where she would&apos;ve been able to be found in the Normandy&apos;s boardroom looking over a datapad.

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• RJ

  @rjai5003 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The thing that annoys me about the Miranda/Jack argument is there’s no way to actually resolve it. With Tali and Legion, Shepard points out the flaws in both of their thinking and even gets them to come up with a compromise, but with Miranda and Jack, Shepard just goes “Hey, don’t do this right now.” Sure, it gets them to stop fighting, but it does nothing about the actual issue they were having in the first place

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• TJ

  @TJR93 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Something tells me Mass Effect 2 went through a lot re-writes. I also think all the squad members having the potential to die in Mass Effect 2 actually hurts Mass Effect 3&apos;s story a lot.

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• MR

  @MrVicePresident · 1 year ago

  Man.. Miranda was my favorite new romance in 2, only for them to completely drop the ball in 3.

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• JB

  @JB-mk3ow · 1 year ago

  The Miranda and Jack fight is better if Miranda goes on Jack&apos;s loyalty mission. While there, she jumps on a quote from one of the scientists that mentions that they were hiding things from the Illusive Man. Miranda&apos;s comments in the argument then come across as her clinging to anything that can disassociate Cerberus from the indefensible cruelty of what happened to the children. It&apos;s the same tactic she uses when adding talking about the experiments with Rachni and Thorian creepers. Bringing her on the final mission is then extra satisfying as she is being asked to directly participate in something awful. She can no longer defend Cerberus and her morality wins out over blind loyalty.The arcs of some characters in ME2 were beautifully written.

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• CR

  @Crocogator · 1 year ago

  &quot;Sadly this likeable Jacob is never seen again&quot; - Even going through his story in 3 having not romanced him or cared at all, just knowing what he does if you DO just sours his whole entire arc no matter what kind of playthrough I&apos;m doing. Yay. So happy for you and your new family. Still hate you.

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