Posted September 07, 2015
So for the past months I have been replaying the entire Mass Effect Trilogy on PC with all the essential DLC (yes including the extended cut, but I can tell when the original ending took place) and so far Mass Effect 3 is my favorite from the gameplay department, I just like the smooth and faster paced controls. I mean can we all just agree that as of now Mass Effect 3 is NOT a bad game? Anyway:
SPOILERS STRANGELY FOR A 3 YEAR OLD GAME THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW BY NOW:
So to me its not the Child, nor the "only 3-4 endings despite saying everything we do affects it" (which personally is the result of fans taking this with too much expectation), nor the minor plot hole about Sythetics and Organics always will be in conflict with each other even though the Geth and Quarians sort of proved it wrong (even though the Leviathan DLC patched the hole a bit with a certain comment said by the beast)
No the real reason that I think why people hated the original ending was this final scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBfz7zkMpE&feature=iv&src_vid=Y5ebN1dW9CA&annotation_id=annotation_678228
At 3:20 that was literally the last thing you saw and THE END. Now I said I understand because I did not bought Mass Effect 3 at launch day (heck I have not got into the whole trilogy until all 3 and their DLCs are out) so I was really not affected and a bit confused how such outrage the internet was flooded with. (This ending alone put EA at the worst company of all time) but now I understand it. I mean some of the old CRPGs like Fallout 1-2 gave us slideshows of all the things we did and its results.
Oh well it was a fun time replaying this whole trilogy on PC at glorius 60 FPS, 1080p, and Ultra settings. Man if only they release a whole complete trilogy in one game with all the bugs fixed and all the graphics of the first 2 games up to par with ME3.
SPOILERS STRANGELY FOR A 3 YEAR OLD GAME THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW BY NOW:
So to me its not the Child, nor the "only 3-4 endings despite saying everything we do affects it" (which personally is the result of fans taking this with too much expectation), nor the minor plot hole about Sythetics and Organics always will be in conflict with each other even though the Geth and Quarians sort of proved it wrong (even though the Leviathan DLC patched the hole a bit with a certain comment said by the beast)
No the real reason that I think why people hated the original ending was this final scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfBfz7zkMpE&feature=iv&src_vid=Y5ebN1dW9CA&annotation_id=annotation_678228
At 3:20 that was literally the last thing you saw and THE END. Now I said I understand because I did not bought Mass Effect 3 at launch day (heck I have not got into the whole trilogy until all 3 and their DLCs are out) so I was really not affected and a bit confused how such outrage the internet was flooded with. (This ending alone put EA at the worst company of all time) but now I understand it. I mean some of the old CRPGs like Fallout 1-2 gave us slideshows of all the things we did and its results.
Oh well it was a fun time replaying this whole trilogy on PC at glorius 60 FPS, 1080p, and Ultra settings. Man if only they release a whole complete trilogy in one game with all the bugs fixed and all the graphics of the first 2 games up to par with ME3.