I have something to say to bioware.
If this is how you wanted the game to end, with and ending that gets a majority of your fanbase upset with you and lose the future sales from them, and get bad publicity over it. Then good job, you did what you set out to do. But you've lost your fanbase's trust, and we will never forget what has been done.
If this was something you set up to troll us, and you have something waiting in the wings to make this all better, then you better get it out quick, because the longer you wait, the more of us are losing faith in you. If a fix is there then use it, don't risk a very loyal and large fanbase over a bit of publicity or money. It will come back to haunt you.
The Mass effect series has been a great ride and it has a right to be respected up to the very end. These ending don't do that, yeah maybe having one of the endings be like this would be great, but give us some options.
Like in Dragon Age: Origins(you remember this game don't you bioware??), at the end there were different endings:
1. You died to end the blight, and everyone rejoiced and honored your death. Life went on and rebuilding started.
2. The other warden died to end the blight, leaving you to rebuild the grey wardens, and help get the country back on it's feet.
3. You survived the final battle, and got to live out your life with you LI(either as queen/king, or lover).
In all those endings you also got to know what happened with your companions, how they survived after the battle, what they went to do, and what may be next for them and your character.
We're not asking for you to completely overhaul the endings, just give us options like in DA:O.
Maybe like these:
1. (Current Ending(the only difference is a color so they are one ending)) Shepard dies to save the galaxy, but in the process the relays are destroyed and the fleets are stranded on earth. While the Normandy escapes the relays and crashes on an unknown planet.
2. Shepard ends the war, and the reapers are defeated. The fleets return to their homeworlds to begin rebuilding and the galaxy starts to heal from the wounds given by the reapers. Shepard retires and lives their life with their LI.
3. Shepard ends the war, but dies to defeat the reapers. They are honored for their death, and named a legend among all the species. Possible if MaleShep(femshep/liara) LI(Liara/Tali/Ashley) could have had a child after war, a welcome piece of the man(or woman(femshep) for Liara) that they loved.
see these wouldn't be that hard to make.
Until a decision has been reached by Bioware, we will be waiting and listening for news.
we will hold the line until the end.
SSV Midwest, Sacred out.