I'd take that over the ending we got.
It's a damn shame we're willing to pay for endings that should've been in from the fucking get go. There better be closure (
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I'd take that over the ending we got.
The demands to change the ending are simply forms of criticism within themselves, regardless of how much you may or may not agree with actually changing the endings. It is the request itself that speaks volumes about how some fans feel.
BioWare can do whatever they want. It's their game. But that wont change the fact you have many people so frustrated with the ending they'd knowingly pay for a new one. As a criticism, that says quite a lot.
It's problems have been massively enlarged, but basically the 'ending as created by Hudson / lead writer' - not sure which one- could have been cut entirely and nobody would have been the wiser.
They might as well just do a patch that moves in certain cut dialogue and cuts out everything on the last few minutes. DLC is not required. This issue is inherent to the way this game "solves" the struggle / conflict between player narrative and forced narrative.
In particular considering Mass Effect's unique structure in terms of consequential player narrative, they could not have made a poorer choice in chosing forced narrative instead.
I guess it's just more obnoxious since everything that Bioware has done or said since DA2 has been automatically considered the worst thing ever. I personally liked the ending and was extremely satisfied with the entirety of ME3. It had a great story, much improved gameplay, and choices made in the previous games had decent ramification or at least had call backs to them. I thought it was by far the best in the trilogy, even if you take my stance on the ending out of the equation. So many people seem to forget that even if they didn't like the last 10 minutes that there was still a great 35+ hours of game.
People still would have hated it, but I personally would have ended the game withShepard dying along with Anderson after their final conversation. That moment where he shut his eyes content that he did what he came to do was a better ending to the series than the part with God/The Catalyst and the final choice. Show a few scenes of the reapers leaving Earth if you must, but end it there.
This I will agree with, but I also feel the disappointing ending hurts all the more due to how much people enjoyed the game up until that point. Higher you are, harder you fall, etc.
I mean fuck, even Derrick was enjoying it. Derrick!
I guess it's just more obnoxious since everything that Bioware has done or said since DA2 has been automatically considered the worst thing ever. I personally liked the ending and was extremely satisfied with the entirety of ME3. It had a great story, much improved gameplay, and choices made in the previous games had decent ramification or at least had call backs to them. I thought it was by far the best in the trilogy, even if you take my stance on the ending out of the equation. So many people seem to forget that even if they didn't like the last 10 minutes that there was still a great 35+ hours of game.
We always intended that the scale of the conflict and the underlying theme of sacrifice would lead to a bittersweet ending—to do otherwise would betray the agonizing decisions Shepard had to make along the way
I guess it's just more obnoxious since everything that Bioware has done or said since DA2 has been automatically considered the worst thing ever. I personally liked the ending and was extremely satisfied with the entirety of ME3. It had a great story, much improved gameplay, and choices made in the previous games had decent ramification or at least had call backs to them. I thought it was by far the best in the trilogy, even if you take my stance on the ending out of the equation. So many people seem to forget that even if they didn't like the last 10 minutes that there was still a great 35+ hours of game.
I dunno, I think most people would say Mass Effect 1's final sequences are what made the game.Is it me or does Bioware have a problem with their endings in general?
Without going into spoilers, a great deal of what frustrates people about the ending is that the last ten minutes, hell, even 5 minutes, has the potential to make a lot what you did beforehand pretty insignificant.
That, plus the lack of clarity and the enormous plotholes that are introduced.
Worked for Fallout 3.
Casey Hudson
I dunno, I think most people would say Mass Effect 1's final sequences are what made the game.
This I will agree with, but I also feel the disappointing ending hurts all the more due to how much people enjoyed the game up until that point. Higher you are, harder you fall, etc.
I mean fuck, even Derrick was enjoying it. Derrick!
Oh dear...There's a controversy? What's wrong with the ending?
Nice, will keep that in mind. I'm just starting to play the series on PC
As I said in the spoiler thread (now bigger than the game's OT by the way), he wrote a lot to give a non-answer.
They're just going to keep saying we're listening to get everyone to shut up.
Again if ME3 is the “ending” then I was making choices the entire time right up until the last second. I chose the “green” ending and I picked that out of three options. Were the other options similar to mine? I don’t know, I didn’t pick them. I made my final choice and put the cap on MY Mass Effect story. Obviously I can go online and look at all the other options but now we’re talking about sausage making. I imagine that once you look behind that curtain a lot of “choices” in Mass Effect will break down. I think what Bioware does is make incredible games that give the illusion of real choice. I mean let’s be honest. Mass Effect is a very cool choose your own adventure book. “Do you kill the Geth? If so turn to page 22.”
The book has been written and you can change the way you read it but don’t pretend you’re the author.
There's a controversy? What's wrong with the ending?
I get that point but I do disagree about the choices. Sure, for down the line they are marginalized but in terms of what you get to do and interact with over the course of the game they were handled much better than I had expected. The lack of clarity is a bit annoying but I think it's fun to speculate about.
So where do we go from here? Throughout the next year, we will support Mass Effect 3 by working on new content. And we’ll keep listening, because your insights and constructive feedback will help determine what that content should be. This is not the last you’ll hear of Commander Shepard.
But it is not a book... it is an interactive media .Didn't finish it, not really interested, to tell you the truth, but I liked Mike's analogy he made this week on Penny Arcade:
Where should we stop?The game is awesome, just don't finish it.
I'm trying to play ME1 but its just so raw and clunky after having just finished 3. I hate the dune buggy sequences and my targeting feels very inexact and lazy. I'm just playing it for the story sequences now but damn I don't care much for the gameplay. A little too much RPG in my peanut butter if you know what I mean.
Without going into spoilers, a great deal of what frustrates people about the ending is that the last ten minutes, hell, even 5 minutes, has the potential to make a lot what you did beforehand pretty insignificant.
That, plus the lack of clarity and the enormous plotholes that are introduced.
Where should we stop?
Didn't finish it, not really interested, to tell you the truth, but I liked Mike's analogy he made this week on Penny Arcade:
Then go to YouTubeMass Effect 3 ending spoilers:When the giant light elevator starts to lift Shepard up.
Was anyone upset that ME3 had kind of a morbid end? I thought everyone disliked it because it was, you know, poorly written and pretty stupid. That's a nice strawman Gabe is building.
Didn't finish it, not really interested, to tell you the truth, but I liked Mike's analogy he made this week on Penny Arcade:
Red dead redemption proves morbid endings are great when done wellWas anyone upset that ME3 had kind of a morbid end? I thought everyone disliked it because it was, you know, poorly written and pretty stupid. That's a nice strawman Gabe is building.
Was anyone upset that ME3 had kind of a morbid end? I thought everyone disliked it because it was, you know, poorly written and pretty stupid. That's a nice strawman Gabe is building.
You mean Tycho. Tycho's the one that writes the comics. Gabe just draws the WORDS WORD WORDS Tycho does.
Worked for Fallout 3.