Literally, there is no way to not kill Shep in the end.
No matter what you choose, humanity is saved, your team crashes on a distant planet, and Shepard dies tragically. Sounds like three really different choices. You can make one of three decisions in the end - you can choose to destroy the Reapers, to control the Reapers, or (if you get enough points throughout the last game), you can choose to integrate human and robotic life, effectively becoming one with the Reapers. Spoilers, but I mean come on, if you clicked on this post not expecting spoilers, I don’t know what to tell you. I immediately fell in love with this game, largely because of its choose-your-own-adventure nature, and I wasn’t alone! It’s no wonder then, when the series ends the exact same way no matter what decision you make in the end, fans were pissed. That’s right, if you accidentally get a squadmate killed in ME2, guess who isn’t there in ME3? Every side-mission and decision in each game influences what will happen - and what characters will survive to join you on your next adventure. You can be a knight in shining armor, or you can be a loose cannon. It’s a single-player, third-person shooter, but with a very cool twist - as Shepard you get to make decisions, and those decisions matter. Now, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the game series (hi, Mom!), the story of Mass Effect is an epic space opera following the heroic exploits of Commander Shepard as she (or he, depending on what character settings you pick) tries to save the sentient races of the galaxy from extinction at the hands of the Reapers. But looking at it after some distance, I have a new outlook on that ending, the details of which I’ll share below. There is no question about it, in a lot of ways, the ending to ME3 left a lot of things to be desired (to put it kindly). In fact, after I finished ME3 for the first time I was so angry that I powered down my XBox 360 and didn’t play another game on it - or any other system - for about a month. I want you all to know off the bat that when I first played through the Mass Effect series I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agreed with you. First and foremost, I would like to greet everyone who hate-clicked on this post.
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