Joystick Division: It's finally time for me to weigh in on the Mass Effect 3 debate. To be fair, I need to paint the picture of where I stand with the series. I liked ME1, loved ME2, and I am currently playing ME3. I do NOT know the ending that has caused so much controversy, mainly because I haven't had time to play the game through. Being the completionist that I am, it's going to take me some time before I get to this allegedly horrible finale, but it's safe to say that I am a fan of the Mass Effect universe. But I don't need to know the ending of the game to have an opinion about the controversy, because this isn't all about Mass Effect.
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
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"I am currently playing ME3. I do NOT know the ending that has caused so much controversy"
You should really consider actually getting to know why fans are upset, before you tell them all why they're wrong. If you're really such a fan of Mass Effect and know anything about the lore and been following the story, I get the impression you'll change your tune of when you see the ending.
People who never played it really seem to underestimate just how piss-poor the ending actually was. Fans are not exaggerating with their disdain. The worst bit of is that its actual fans of the series who get hurt the most. Fans who actually care about the story, the characters, fans who have been playing the series for years, who had tons of game hours poured into the first two games.
The only people I can see supporting this ending and having a justified case is those who either didn't play the first two, or didn't /really/ play the first two. Those that just skip cutscenes and do the bare-minimum just to be about to shoot stuff again. If that's how they want to play, that's there business, but its like basing your opinion on a novel by its summery instead of actually reading all the pages.
Even then, that justification doesn't go very far since those who didn't play or follow the story don't really have much right to take part in an argument they don't understand.
You say you liked the first two games, so you played them good. Before you jump to tell all the fans why they're wrong about wanting to change this great "Artistic Vision" that the DaVinchi's at Bioware regurgitated up on a canvas, wait until you yourself have actually finished it. If you still feel that way, well, I don't agree nor understand how you could, but that's your business so whatever. I have a feeling you'd change your tone once you face the disaster all the fans are upset about.
Mass Effect 3's ending is great to newcomers in the series, those with little attachment or knowledge of the previous titles, and its vague enough that it opens up possibilities for future titles without having to take much into account other than "we say a green/red/blue light then Reapers died". The ones who are hurt by the ending are the fans, the ones who should the main target audience. It's quite depressing really to see such a wonderful franchise get so badly mistreated.
Amen to the author! I couldn't agree more.
@Frightful,
His issue isn't so much an issue with the fans being upset or that they follow such a story to have it so drastically changed. His issues is like he mentioned, from an artistic standpoint. You can't tell Leonardo to change the Mona lisa because you disagree with it. Bioware put a lot of effort into this franchise that it is a little unfair for the community to demand a change when they had no sacrificing to make the game (ie the hours at work/away from families). It is not the communities property, it's biowares. Same goes for any form of art, Harry potter or star wars. Sure you can be upset but it is a form of art to which a group of people own the rights to. To tell someone what to do with their life/time is not fair. His argument is this my way or the high way system that has developed among society. We should all just agree to disagree.
Nothing is being removed, only built upon. Your rant is invalid.
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The ending made no sence AT ALL. I literally can't believe that was the end. The creation of the Reapers was to kill organics... so organics don't create different synthetics to turn against them... The biggest problem is WTF was Joker doing? Why and how did my entire team just go back to the Normandy and leave the battle?
I don't see any of the sqaud members doing that, escpecially Javik, even if it was possible.
It all felt like a hallucination. I hope new DLC adds the REAL ending soon. And if it was real... Then they just screwed up the whole series. That is not an exaggeration.
*/SPOILERS*
I was thinking that everyone was exaggerating, thinking "how can the last
15 minutes ruin the series?". Then I beat it, and I liked it at first, but I realised how bad it was after 1-2 days. The indoctrination theory still gives me some hope that the ending wasn't the ending.
ME is the best series i've played, but if that REALLY WAS the ending... then it's painful even thinking of playing any of them again. That's how bad the ending is.
You have to understand. Bioware made this whole series to slap it's fans in the face. Probably started as a joke a few years ago, then it became an actual game. They want to be the author of their own destruction, so they did this to lose as many fans as possible. /sarcasm/