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Roman5: Bioware made the ending of Mass Effect 3 bad on purpose

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-14-bioware-responds-to-mass-effect-3-ending-furore

"Director and executive producer Casey Hudson explained that a "polarising" finale was necessary to get fans talking. "

"I didn't want the game to be forgettable," Hudson told Digital Trends. "Even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people - debating what the endings mean and what's going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in."
And whats the point of getting the fans talking (negatively from what it sounds)????????

Well well well

http://games.on.net/article/15115/EA_Defends_On-Disc_Mass_Effect_3_DLC_-_Claims_it_Was_Essential

Been mentioned before i think?
Post edited March 14, 2012 by nijuu
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"It's funny because it's true."
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Roman5: Bioware made the ending of Mass Effect 3 bad on purpose

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-14-bioware-responds-to-mass-effect-3-ending-furore

"Director and executive producer Casey Hudson explained that a "polarising" finale was necessary to get fans talking. "

"I didn't want the game to be forgettable," Hudson told Digital Trends. "Even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people - debating what the endings mean and what's going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in."
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nijuu: And whats the point of getting the fans talking (negatively from what it sounds)????????

Well well well

http://games.on.net/article/15115/EA_Defends_On-Disc_Mass_Effect_3_DLC_-_Claims_it_Was_Essential

Been mentioned before i think?
Poor judgement on the hands of Hudson. He will get canned soon even if ME3 sold like crazy opium-laced hotcakes.

Don't antagonize gamers because they will leave you in droves.

And yes, the ending sucks! Even if you play pure paragon.
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nijuu: And whats the point of getting the fans talking (negatively from what it sounds)????????

Well well well

http://games.on.net/article/15115/EA_Defends_On-Disc_Mass_Effect_3_DLC_-_Claims_it_Was_Essential

Been mentioned before i think?
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thelostdunmer: Poor judgement on the hands of Hudson. He will get canned soon even if ME3 sold like crazy opium-laced hotcakes.

Don't antagonize gamers because they will leave you in droves.

And yes, the ending sucks! Even if you play pure paragon.
Have to admit negative comments about the ending and now that comment by him sort of put me off getting the final game (at least for now)..
http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/
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Avogadro6: http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/711

"It's funny because it's true."
It is not explicitly said, but I hope that nobody asking for a proper DLC ending is thinking on paid DLC.
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MichaelPalin: It is not explicitly said, but I hope that nobody asking for a proper DLC ending is thinking on paid DLC.
Well, that's exactly what happened on the Bioware forums. All the previous complaints (mostly gay scenes and day 1 dlc) and were set aside and a lot of people went like "please, make a better ending, I'll pay for it". Not sure why, but I found it a bit scary.
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Avogadro6: Well, that's exactly what happened on the Bioware forums. All the previous complaints (mostly gay scenes and day 1 dlc) and were set aside and a lot of people went like "please, make a better ending, I'll pay for it". Not sure why, but I found it a bit scary.
I didn't see posts like that. Most of people pointed that out that it should be free.
Finishing Mass Effect 3 was like finding a glistening human turd inside the wine bottle as you pour the last few drops out.
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Avogadro6: Well, that's exactly what happened on the Bioware forums. All the previous complaints (mostly gay scenes and day 1 dlc) and were set aside and a lot of people went like "please, make a better ending, I'll pay for it". Not sure why, but I found it a bit scary.
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Aver: I didn't see posts like that. Most of people pointed that out that it should be free.
On youtube I've sadly seen comments like that.

Personally the endings are not really well down unless indoctrination theory is correct.
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Glint: Finishing Mass Effect 3 was like finding a glistening human turd inside the wine bottle as you pour the last few drops out.
The ending was really unexpected and short. I was looking forward for at least an hour or even two hours to slug it out against the reaper ground troops but no, Bioware said you and I can't get any so they decided of you go to the magic beam, run towards it with dear life and get zappped!

Where's my armor? Where are my falcon and my widow rifles? I don't remember carrying a handgun with me! Oh look more husks, bam, bam, bam! Hey you what are you doing so close to the beam? Bam!

Anderson? WTF! Where are we? It stinks around here with all the dead. Hey you cute four-legged worm why are you dismembering the dead?

Shepard? WTF! Where are you? Oh there you are. Must........ resist......... to walk normal...........

I saw what you did there Shepard....

WTF! Mr. Illusive man, what's with the scabs on your neck and face?

Don't temp me Shepard!

Ha? Come on man, I'm just talking about your new look?

Bam!

Anderson, I think he's dead!

Shepard, oh looky, power windows!

Admiral Hackett, is there anything else I can do?

Splat!

I control the reapers and you suck Shepard!

WTF! Aren't you the child in the beginning?

Err, yes, I said I can control the reapers!

Cool!

So, what's up man?

....

You can choose three colored endings? Blue, Green, and Red...

....

WTF! Is that it?

Yes, Shepard and by the way you will die!

Fuck this derp!

-THE END-
Post edited March 18, 2012 by thelostdunmer
Am I the only one here who actually liked the ending? O_o
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Tizzysawr: Am I the only one here who actually liked the ending? O_o
For me it wasn't so much Shepard dying in all endings except one. But it is the fact I don't know how decisions affect the universe and what happens to the squad. Also it seemed so rushed out.
Post edited March 18, 2012 by MrWilli
The ending reminded me of The Matrix Revolutions. Luckily I'm burned off following the outcome of The Matrix saga years after the third movie that I stopped caring for endings like these anymore.
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Tizzysawr: Am I the only one here who actually liked the ending? O_o
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MrWilli: For me it wasn't so much Shepard dying in all endings except one. But it is the fact I don't know how decisions affect the universe and what happens to the squad. Also it seemed so rushed out.
That's what I liked actually, the open-endedness and even leaving it open to interpretation.

My Shepard went for a green ending. However, for me his story ended when he blacked out after activating the catalyst, the whole thing with the child being his dying brain hallucinating a "fitting" end for his journey. So I know Shepard succeeded in activating the catalyst, but I don't really know what happened with Earth or everybody else. I just know Shepard died and his dying brain made him believe there was a happy ending of sorts. And for some reason, that seems good enough for me - ME is about Shepard, and therefore the story ends as he does.