I assume that if Mordin isn't alive by the time ME3 rolls around, Maelon will replace him. It makes sense storywise, since he was the one working on a genophage cure in ME2, but there's no way he comes close to replicating Mordin's awesomeness.
This game is just insane. I'm glad I have 5 saves from Mass Effect 2. It's going to take all five playthroughs of ME3 to see the majority of content and experience the variety of situations. The sheer breadth is just...wow.
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I just did the mission where you run into Grunt. I let the Rachni queen escape (again) and Arakh Company perished in the process. Grunt's final stand was fucking SICK! I thought for sure he was dead but then he emerges all bloodied and shit. I guess if you had him loyal in ME2 he survives that fight, but if not, he will die.
Just so many possibilities. Ridiculous game.
I think regardless of loyalty certain characters are going to die. My imported playthrough had everyone survive the suicide mission in ME2 and had full loyalty and yet *SPOILERS IN WHITE* Mordin and Thane both died.
Yep. Regarding those two examples:
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Thane dies no matter what I think...unless of course he already died in ME2.
Mordin you can save, though, actually. Problem is, if you save Mordin, you can't cure the genophage. He has to die in order for the cure to happen. If you do wanna save him though you just convince him not to cure it. Renegade players or whoever kills Mordin to stop him from curing the genophage, man...that scene is rough. I don't know how anyone can bring themselves to do that.
IMO *white* Mordin's death was possibly the best moment of the series so far. It was so emotionally involving and really sad, and yet it was so MORDIN. I let him cure the genophage, I figured that I had invested so much through the 3 games into curing it, I couldn't back out now. Also, I knew Thane was gonna die at some point due to his disease, but at least he went out like a champ.