The rage about the endings is quite informative.

Is it too hard to ask for a Dragon Age: Origins style ending?

To be honest, I'd been compelled to get the game had the ending was anything but this, even if I had to install Origins and what-not. Hell, I wouldn't have minded Shepard dying. (I sacrificed my mage in DA:O to kill the Darkspawn dragon. It was worth every emotional rollercoaster along the way.)

But this ending...

I feel cheated of my hundreds of hours in ME1 and ME2.

Needless to say, I'll just get this once it is GOTY to see how's the ride to the end is like (this one I heard people unanimously praise) and try to ignore the last five minutes of Bioware saying **** you to the fans of the setting.

Heh. That doesn't sound good for a game that sells itself on "CHOICES MATTER, THE GALAXY LIVES OR DIE BASED ON IT". The galaxy dies anyway, no matter what you do.

Inb4BrokenSteelDLCforME3togettherealending.

Hey, at least it provided closure, something which Mass Effect 3 failed to do.

The problem wasn't that it was full of tragedy or anything. Give how big a threat the reapers are, it would make sense that the galaxy would be embroiled in a bloody war.

But you know what ME3 did? They invalidated all your efforts, used a magical space MacGuffin to resolve the plot and left the fate of everyone else unanswered. You united the galaxy against the Reapers. lolgoodjobbrah, now magical space macguffin shall destroy all reapers and strand everyone in Sol. Also, you just sent the galaxy into a new dark age. Congrats bro, you're a winner.

Even my initial predictions that the Reapers would roll over everyone anyway and start the cycle anew seems like a better ending. At least you knew you tried your best, and your best just wasn't enough. That would be both a tragic ending, and one that actually made sense.

Don't get me wrong, I think the game is awesome, and reviews do agree with me. But the ending is just lazy, and could have been handled so much better. Why am I posting here when I don't even have the game? Because I like the setting and this kind of shoddy end just smacks me in the face.

This is probably a concise summary of this game.

The fan rage over at BSN is astounding.

This doesn't even include the Europeans, who only received their games today.

EDIT:
Telling poll is telling.
http://social.bioware.com/633606/polls/28989



This post has been edited by Grif: Mar 10 2012, 02:44 AM

*cough* Broken Steel DLC *cough*

No, seriously. I want the option to show that space Jesus a middle finger. If anyone deserved it, it was that smug AI.

What a way to cap such a great game huh?

Shoddy writing and plotholes.

Normandy has a secret plothole device that allows them to escape.

No, seriously, that scene was just wrong. The Joker I know would never abandon Shepard.

Not really.

Shepard would say, "I saved the ****ing galaxy from the Reapers. Go sort this yourself. Imma gonna bang Liara."

Oh, btw, on Kai Leng, you should read this for what he does during Mass Effect: Deception.



The rest can be found here.

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That is why the hallucination theory is so popular.

Or alternatively, he managed to survive both the explosion of the Citadel and atmospheric re-entry into Earth to land in London.

That right there is preferable to the mess we got right now. Because at least it makes sense.

I feel you bro. It's like an end to an era.

EDIT: @hallucination
Fan-theory goes that he didn't trigger the Crucible. It was all an attempt by Harbringer to indoctrinate Shepard into siding with the Reapers. Or something. It gets rather messy.

This post has been edited by Grif: Mar 13 2012, 12:37 AM

Damn.

The Vigil song was a nice touch. I cried manly tears.

EDIT: I noticed a trend. Anything without that stupid Space Jesus was infinitely better. Even this chopped up ending was miles better.

This post has been edited by Grif: Mar 13 2012, 01:01 AM

Space Jesus never happened. You hear me?

It was all a fail attempt by Harby to indoctrinate Shepard.

What I heard as well. I think he reveals quite a bit of background information on Thessia.

EDIT: I think you guys would like this.



This post has been edited by Grif: Mar 14 2012, 08:18 PM

I watched the space battle on Earth on youtube. Dayum, it was goddamn awesome. That was actually what I was waiting for since the ME1 Citadel Battle and ME2 Normandy Run to the Collector's Base.

Hm. Interesting topic I found.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/995452-mass-effect-3/62230265

If this was the ending, I'd go out and buy the damn game without a second thought. Plus it fits the ending that Bioware always does. (Massive sacrifice or uncertainty for the future.)

This post has been edited by Grif: Mar 14 2012, 08:50 PM

Space Jesus never happened. Shepard was hallucinating.

Naw, he got up like a MAN like proceeded to kick Harbringer in the balls.

Nobody indoctrinates Shepard and gets away with it!

I mean, ME1 and ME2 is available on Steam even. There's no reason not to get both. They excel in different ways, ME1 for story and RPG-like elements (and the Mako. It's bloody fun.) while ME2 shines for its more streamlined gameplay and character development.