Why ‘Mass Effect 3′ Needs A New Ending

Game Rant's Andrew Dyce writes: "In advance of the ‘Mass Effect 3′ Extended Cut DLC, we lay out our argument for why the game is desperately in need of a new, better, legitimate ending."

[Burning_Finger]

Cause people are a bunch of whiners. Heck, I didn't even complained when I beat GOW3 and saw the ending. I thought it was OK. The director probably did it for a reason. Leave the games as it is. Nothing is perfect. MOVE ON.

[Parasyte]

It's not about being perfect. It's about throwing the continuity of the stroyline established in the first 2 games out the window. It's about ultimately having all of the choices you made in the first 2 games not matter.

It's about Casey Hudson locking himself away in a room to write the ending himself without any input from the rest of the writers, and expecting everyone else to be able to read his mind about what he meant for the ending to mean.

That is why people are pissed off with the ending.

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SPECULATION.

[supraking951]

"It's about throwing the continuity of the stroyline established in the first 2 games out the window."
You mean the firs game, nothing in ME2 was important, just hiring a bunch of nobodies.
ME3 continued all of the storylines established in ME1, the Geth n Quarians, Genophage, etc. All had amazing conclusions in ME3. The ending of ME3 was great cause it wasn't expected and makes you think. It wasn't a typical Summer blockbuster movie type ending. Kill enemies, Kill final boss, done.

[EVILDEAD360]

I'm with Supra..I loved the ending..it reminded me of how I felt after playing the original Deus Ex.

Evil

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Why did joker leave me dead?
How did my teammates get aboard the Normandy?
Why did they leave me?
Do Garrus and tali starve on random planet?
If they don't that means the non dextrose do?
What happens to all the fleets on Earth?
If a relay goes super nova shouldn't every planet be destroyed?
How does synergy mix organic and robots into one?
Did Shepard commit galactic murder?
Where did grandpa come from?

these are all the things that go through my mind when I think ME3 ending.

[EVILDEAD360]

Makes me think how peopole still keep going out of their way to spoil the ending for people who never played the game.

Makes me think how my ending was different from theirs because I didn't make those same choices and loved how it ended. But the usual trolls keep wanting to spoil it for other who may want to replay the game and make other choices and see FOR THEMSELVES what happens.

Mass Effect 3 has gotten unprecedented trolling from people who clearly didn't play the game to people who played the game and want to troll anyways.

The fact that Bioware actually is addressing the ending and people are still in full troll-mode just shows that it was never about the ending in the first place.

What it has opened up is the fact that now EVERY major game will be trolled and spoiled from this day forward. Real fans of actual games arent going to spoil the game experience by reading leaked scripts and watching the end on day one just to whine about the ending.

Watch what happens when it happens to other big titles that relaease..remember where it started.

Evil

[NYC_Gamer]

Yes,because its so wrong to want the ending to reflect on peoples choices/fill up the plot holes within the story..

[MacDonagh]

There ain't gonna be a new ending. Too many holes, too many inconsistencies will not be fixed. It'll just be good writing going after bad.

[Megaton]

They need to invest too much time and money to really fix the ending. They'd have to remake "Priority: Earth" from scratch.

[aliengmr]

Agree. Priority: Earth was a mess. ME2 had a far better final mission. Minus the human reaper of course.

[PirateThom]

I didn't even mind that, it made sense from a story stand point, if not a logic stand point.

[EVILDEAD360]

LOL..I remember when the game was about to release and Pirate Thom was trolling it hard...now he's agreeing about plot points..

But, look at what he was writing when the hater bandwagon was in town..

'The game looks like garbage anyway, full on shooter and Jessica Chobot? Day 1 DLC that is actually relevent to the overall story is just the icing on the cake.'

Classic..

Evil

[OmniSlashPT]

Let's hope it's not the 'it was all a dream' ending also known as 'The Indoctrination Theory' lol

It will determine either Bioware completely ruin the game with the poor writing and storytelling if it was indeed something else and brilliant.

Sincerely, ME3 reminded me of 2 endings. The inFAMOUS 2 endind (chose one, save all and sacrifice, chose another, put everything at risk and stay alive) and the end of Evangelion (that creator thing and supernatural mysticism).

[supraking951]

Indoctrination Theory isnt about being all a dream. I think its pretty brilliant cause Indoctrination has been a huge plot of the ME series that we didnt consider. Everyone from Saren, Matriarch Benezia and the Raichni have been Indoctrinated and it was a huge twist that wasn't expected and not predictable

[CyanideMatt]

I lost all care for the series after I saw how far away ME2 was from the really great ME. ME felt more like an RPG with a good story and good player decision effects. ME2 felt like a shooter that simplified all the RPG elements and had a pretty weak story. Just my opinion. Will never play ME3... I'm fine with a youtube viewing of the ending.