Brief Synopsis of Mass Effect 3

Here's a Brief Synopsis of Mass Effect 3 that I basically cribbed from the Mass Effect wikia. As we get more details, we'll publish them on Gears of Halo!

Mass Effect 3 is the upcoming sequel to Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 video game developed by BioWare for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is intended to be final game in the well planned Mass Effect trilogy. The game was officially announced on December 11, 2010 at Spike's 2010 Video Game Awards by way of this trailer.

Mass Effect 3

is scheduled for release according to the trailer in "Holiday 2011". Previously producer Ray Muzyka had stated that release timing would be based on maximising both "quality" and "commercial success". Which really means they don't know when they will finish the production of the game so can't commit this far out.

The plot to Mass Effect 3 has been described by EA Games as thus:
"Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth."

London Bridge is burning down, burning down...

The story will be an attempted to bring a satisfying and epic conclusion' to the story started in Mass Effect and continued in Mass Effect 2

, as well as the conclusion of Commander Shepard's story.

The player's choices in the previous games are expected to have a much more significant impact on the plot than the choices in Mass Effect had on Mass Effect 2. As Mass Effect 3 is the end of the planned trilogy, the developers are not constrained by the necessity of allowing the story to diverge, yet also continue into the next chapter. This will result in a story that diverges into wildly different conclusions based on the player's actions in the first two chapters. It's like a twist-a-plot adventure but with real consequences for the characters.
To this end, as with Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 will allow the player to import their save file from the previous game, carrying over their decisions from both Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, this apparently totals over 1000 variables. As Mass Effect 3 will import decisions not just from Mass Effect 2, but the original Mass Effect as well, some of the player's decisions from Mass Effect that did not have impact in Mass Effect 2 could potentially have an impact in Mass Effect 3.

Sheppard Ponders Earth's Fate...

If Commander Shepard died in the player's Mass Effect 2 playthrough, the player will be unable to to import their save game into the third. Mass Effect 3's story is a continuation of Shepard's story and if Shepard died in Mass Effect 2 that death is considered ultimate and thus final. In the same vein, any of Sheppard's squadmates who did not survive the suicide mission at the end of Mass Effect 2 will not return in Mass Effect 3.

Any romance the Sheppard has pursued in Mass Effect One or Two may have an effect on the plot of the third. If Commander Shepard had a love interest in Mass Effect, yet pursued a new love interest in Mass Effect 2, this could have negative repercussions for Shepard's relationship in Mass Effect 3. All's fair in love and war though eh?!