BioWare Acknowledge Widespread Discontent over Mass Effect 3's Ending

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Today, BioWare have come out in acknowledgement of fan disgruntlement over [app=7843]Mass Effect 3[/app]’s ending. Well, I hope you're all satisfied. You bankrupted a bunch of naive game development folks – folks from a studio where values are... different. They weren't thinking about the money. They just wanted to tell a story, a story about a Mass Effect man, and you slick small-towners took 'em for all they were worth.

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[Marius]

"You then carry the knowledge of these consequences with you as you complete the final moments of your journey,”

The problem was that your choices literally had no impact on your final moments, aside from a 1 second scene if you grinded enough EMS. That's what the hundreds of posts on the Bioware forums are saying. Play the game however you like... get the same 3 choices as everyone else with the same final consequences.

[aggabo]

I liked the ending. You knew it was going to have to end like it did... I know most people say it should not force an ending like that on you but when you think about it if you were in that situation at the end what could you really change? Not a damn thing.
At the end of ME1 you had an ending you could not change... at the end of ME2 you made a choice which sitll didn't change much.

Basicly if you want a different ending you can lay in bed, close your eyes and imagine the perfect ending. You can't make everyone happy.

[Marius]

At the end of ME1 you had an ending you could not change... at the end of ME2 you made a choice which sitll didn't change much.

Yeah but the difference with those endings is they didn't overwrite everything else. In each Mass Effect 3 ending all the races are stranded at earth with only human food to eat. So all three endings = death of the galaxy = your journey didn't mean a damn thing, unlike ME1 and ME2.

[DarKnode]

Yep. It just about nullifies every choice you made, anyone you saved, every race you chose over another etc etc. All for nothing. That's why we are angry.

[Bluefire]

I still want to play... but you folks are sure making it easier for me to wait for a nice sale on a physical copy :7

[Vencha88]

And damnit I want to spend more time with Jack!

The wiki describes her a fully clothed now. Wearing a few bandages...

[jerichosainte]

After watching Junglist's review of the game on GA noting that the amount of micro transactions you make in multiplayer actually effects your experince in SP, I'm not going to bother with ME3.

Not in it for the money my arse.

[Marius]

Not necessarily. MP does affect single player, but you don't need micro transactions to do so.

Right now the link is fine, because you can play multiplayer for 2-3 hours with no microtransactions and have the most impact on the single player you can get.

[Vencha88]

After watching Junglist's review of the game on GA noting that the amount of micro transactions you make in multiplayer actually effects your experince in SP, I'm not going to bother with ME3.

Not in it for the money my arse.

Yeah that's just wrong. You can pay for items that might make it easier, but get decent ones still only takes a couple of matches.

[meji]

Been meaning to pick this game up, lot of polarisation about it though - it's either the best game ever or it was developed by loansharks. Really looking forward to finishing Mojo Shepards story, but sounds like it could all just be a fizz in the end.

*goes back to Shogun 2*

[InAUGral]

Not necessarily. MP does affect single player, but you don't need micro transactions to do so.

Right now the link is fine, because you can play multiplayer for 2-3 hours with no microtransactions and have the most impact on the single player you can get.

This whole play MP to do better in SP is weird imo. But it is the only way they would get some people to even bother with MP.

[unspoken]

IMO I would not be against a large patch that added alternate endings. In fact, I would welcome it. When I finally reached the end, without reading any spoliers on the internet prior, I was greatly disappointed with the ending. I thought I missed something so reloaded and did it again but the same thing happened.

I was expecting the ending to be more along the lines of heavy rain where the choices throughout showed a completely different ending that would then make me want to replay all the games to try and change little things along the way for something different - hence my choices actually having a reward/point.

It sucks that I was paragon throughout all 3 games and it didn't mean a thing in the end is frustrating. For my sanity I hope they at least embellish on it.

Also - I haven't even touched MP or read about it what it does for the main story I aussme it explians the Galactic Readiness thing.

And I also don't care about paying for more stuff...Including a whole new ending DLC...

[exe3]

Not a fan of these bs statements that don't even address anything and are so vague that they don't technically say anything wrong while completely missing the point.

Of course the game wasn't going to end all happy and sunshine like but that was never the issue, the issue wasn't with the tone of the ending but the ending itself. Could have easily had a dire ending that actually made sense and didn't have such insane repercussions.

[mausti]

what i like even more than the lack of quality and value in ME3 is the way the GON staff have appeared to be almost sycophantically pro-bioware in the face of all reason

LOL: "...Happily, BioWare will be continuing to support Mass Effect 3 throughout the year, presumably with sweet DLC..."

seriously toby, are you being paid to say rubbish like that or what