Hudson explained that Shepard is tracking down the mysterious disappearance of humans across the galaxy, a quest that will culminate in a significant final mission-a mission that will see your decisions impacting every stage of the climax. And if Shepard or any of his companions die, and you carry over that data to Mass Effect 3, those characters won't make appearances in the final game of the trilogy.īefore we got to a fatal scenario, BioWare showed us a section of the game where Shepard and company infiltrate a building to find a mysterious assassin. In fact, plenty of major characters in Mass Effect 2 can die before the end of the game. The real surprise coming out of E3, however, is that it also isn't a spoiler to say that Commander Shepard dies in Mass Effect 2. 'And that human is Commander Shepard.'Īs planned, players can carry over their saved data from Mass Effect, with character choices and gameplay decisions impacting the events of the dark sequel.
'We've always said we wanted to create a story about taking one human through ,' said Mass Effect 2 project director Casey Hudson during a lengthy demo of the game. Despite the clever teaser trailer, he is again the protagonist.
It is no longer be a spoiler to say that Commander Shepard, hero of Mass Effect, lives in Mass Effect 2.
