Cursed zeba wrote...
Hi everybody I have been lurking since befor page 1000 and I just realised how everybody has calmed down about the endings and that when the extended ending DLC comes out I bet it will fire up again like putting petrol on a dying fire and restarting the s##t storm. Bioware and EA betrayed there fans and so they are going to pay! I wanted an ending with me and Tali (my LI) on Rannoc building a house not her leaving me to die! I mean why the f### would they do that?!
We may have lost support but WE WILL HOLD THE LINE!
I was pretty active in the first weeks after release, and if the EC fixes the ending, I'm sure I will spend more time here. Here is my story for those who may see this:
I stopped visiting the forums in October of 2011 because I didn't want to see spoilers. I took a week off work to play ME3. I bought it on March 6th. I finished it on March 9th at 10:36pm. In my mind, March 9th shall forever be known as the day that Shepard died.
I immediately came to the Bioware forums to find out what I did wrong that made me get the crappy ending. I discovered that everyone got the crappy ending. I put the game in the console on March 10th or 11th because I wanted to check what my Shepard's galactic readiness was becasue I didn't get the "breathing" scene. I tried to begin a new game and found that I lacked the will to even try to get the "breathing" scene.
On March 11th, I tried to play ME1. Upon creating a new Shepard, I found that I lacked the will to play ME1 because I knew that no matter what I did, Shepard dies at the end.
I put ME1 back on the shelf, and raged here for a while. Now I check in once every couple of weeks. I haven't even opened any of my Mass Effect games since then.
I have spent over one thousand hours playing Mass Effect. Mass Effect 3 was supposed to be the game to last me the rest of the year. The ME3 ending made those 1000 hours a pointless exercise in futility.
I actually do regret ever having played ME1 and ME2. Had I known I would be this disappointed, I never would have played any Mass Effect at all. I will accept my responsibility for allowing myself to become so enthusiastic over a game so as to suppress my better judgement. I thank Bioware for giving me that lesson in "being an informed consumer." It is a mistake that I shall not make again.
On the same note, Bioware must accept the blame for turning what was once a "rabid fan" into the aforementioned "informed consumer." While I do not believe it was intentional on their part, they abused my trust by delivering a substandard product, hoping that blind loyalty would somehow insulate them from scrutiny. Once it was clear many consumers were unhappy, Bioware dismissed criticism with the handwave of artistic vision spell. I rolled an 18, and didn't buy it.
I keep returning here, and it's almost rubbing salt on the wound at this point. I take solace in the fact that others share my opinion, and I am happy for those who enjoyed the ending, but my disappointment has not faded with time.
I have not played any ME game since the Day that Shepard Died. I wish I could, but I can't. See you guys in a couple of weeks. Hold the line.
On the plus side, I just hit 500 hours in Skyrim last Sunday. The characters are as three-dimensional as cardboard, but at least I know they won't break my heart.