Abe07 wrote...
I realize as I type this, nothing will come of it. I know this is going to get lost in the 1000+ pages of angry posts, but I have to get this out. I need to type this just to feel like I tried.
I did not like the Mass Effect 3 ending...yeah I know, big shocker. At the end of the first two games, everytime, I felt satisfied by the end. I felt like I had accomplished something amazing. I felt GOOD. Even if I knew that there was more to come, I still felt amazing. For both 1 and 2, right after that first run through I would jump to the Main Menu and press New Game. I felt like I could do it better, make better choices, get a better ending. The ending made me happy, even if it wasnt always a good one, I KNEW I could get that one perfect ending if I tried a little bit harder.
Enter Mass Effect 3, amazing story, gameplay, and everything else that I love about the series. I get to the end and the feeling I was expecting wasn't there. I didn't feel good. I felt confused, angry, irritated. It made no sense. I couldn't work it out. What's worse is that I know that no matter how hard I try, no matter what tactics I use, I KNOW that there is no hope for my Shepard. My choices are death or destruction. It isn't fair. I don't play games to feel angry or bitter. I want to have a good time. I want to feel amazing after I overcome the Monsters, but that doesn't happen at the end. I feel like the choices I've made over the years lead to nothing.
I wanted to play through it again, I wanted to feel the way I did with 1 and 2, but I can't. I don't feel the same sense of HOPE I did with the others. I can't ever see myself playing through the entire series like I wanted to because I know that there is no hope for my Shepard and that makes me sad.
I don't believe you can fix this. I don't believe you will even try. The Single Player DLC that you will ship won't interest me, because I know in the end...it doesn't matter. My Shep's story will always end poorly and I don't want that.
I get what you were trying to do. I understand that you wanted an ending that people will talk about, that people will remember. The thing is...I was always going to remember Mass Effect. Just like I remember Star Wars. It really was that good. You have accomplished what you wanted, but not in the way you wanted. Im going to remember the dissapointment. Im going to remember being confused. Im going to remember being angry. Im going to remember that after years and years of build-up and hope...in the last five minutes, you failed.
Glad to hear your side of things! Don't think your opinion doesn't matter just because no one directly responds. I'm curious, would it make any difference if Bioware said that it was their intention to release an ending all along? I've been contemplating this myself and just curious what you're thinking here