From the various DLC offerings to the myriad universe novels that have popped up in the last several years, people seemingly can't get enough of this space-faring world BioWare created. When Mass Effect debuted back in late 2007, it's safe to say that, for as hotly anticipated a game as it was, few could have foreseen the fervent fandom that cropped up around the franchise. Whatever the fate of Shepard and crew turns out to be, the end result almost pales in comparison to the journey that's gotten them there. Dim the lights and cue up that one Boyz II Men song, because it's going to be a bittersweet goodbye.
The story of Commander Shepard's role in the war against the Reapers will conclude, and the Shepard fans have spent hundreds of hours building into the Paragon or Renegade or something in-between that you yourself willed him or her to become will perhaps ride off into the void of space, never to be heard from again.
While Mass Effect will undoubtedly live on in some form or another, the primary trilogy players have immersed themselves in is on the verge of conclusion. At least, as far as we've come to know it.
In less than a month, BioWare's wildly popular Mass Effect sci-fi role-playing series will come to an end.