If I remember right, it was alluded to in 2 in the Quarian quests in that they found unusual amounts of dark matter in a star.
The premise was going to be the mass effect technology was CAUSING dark matter build up and that the Reapers had to purge advanced life everytime they mass developed the technology to stop all stars dying out and ending the galaxy.
I have this Pcgamer article from 2013 that goes into more detail, sounds a lot better than the ending we got.
I don't know the definitive source, but it was the stuff Tali was researching in her recruitment mission in 2, notice how such a strange anomaly went completely ignored in 3?
I almost want to say that it basically turned Mass Effect into a re-hash of the Xeelee cycle in Space Opera form, but I could be completely off on that.
Any sources on what the original story could have been? I remember being so let down in 3 that basically the best option was transhumanistic cuckery
If I remember right, it was alluded to in 2 in the Quarian quests in that they found unusual amounts of dark matter in a star.
The premise was going to be the mass effect technology was CAUSING dark matter build up and that the Reapers had to purge advanced life everytime they mass developed the technology to stop all stars dying out and ending the galaxy.
I have this Pcgamer article from 2013 that goes into more detail, sounds a lot better than the ending we got.
I don't know the definitive source, but it was the stuff Tali was researching in her recruitment mission in 2, notice how such a strange anomaly went completely ignored in 3?
I almost want to say that it basically turned Mass Effect into a re-hash of the Xeelee cycle in Space Opera form, but I could be completely off on that.
Wow that series sounds really interesting (from the really zoomed out 2-3 paragraph description on wiki), is it good reading?