1. Decisions you made in ME1 & 2 meant nothing. Surely they sometimes changes some process in the chapters, but they all follow the same pattern:
- You did some decision in ME1 or 2
- In ME3 you will enounter some chapter and different character or dialog
- After you finish that chapter you get a higher or lower military value
- That value decide what choices you get in the end. Namely the REG, GREEN, BLUE choices.
2. The structure and logic behind the whole ME3 story is weak. I could only list some of the most serious flaw that come in my mind. Tons of articles had been posted on the forum.
- The crucible is simply a kill-switch like Dues Ex Mach, which killed the atmosphere. The story surrounds it. Everyone is building it but no one except TIM knows what it is. In the end scene when General Hackett says "Hey Shepherd, there must be something like a button up there, See if you can find it" ****, I was laughing with tears. So they are building something which they don't even know where the "start" button is. What a joke.
- To deliver a Matrix-Revolution style ending requires more than a simple talk given by the kid AI. In Matrix we all remember what humans had done to machines in Matrix: Animation. When Neo entered the source and meet with the Architect, his reaction was denial and I believe he would give the Architect the finger. Till the end of Matrix Revolution he finally realize the inevitability and accepted his fate. But our Shepherd, who had been through all the events in ME1 & 2, simply accepted that the three options are the ways out in less than 5 minutes. The bad guys turn out to be the guardian of the galaxy and he bought it. What about the "We fight or we die" talk in the beginning? What about all those deceased squadmates and friends? I think he's indoctrinated. Like I said, to deliver such a story require lengthy and careful story-paving. How could a simple alternative ending save it?
- The fight on Earth is neither moving nor thrilling. Again, the crucible, sabotaged the story completely. Remember those trailers before the game came out? Where are those things? If you go through those trailers on Youtube again and then take a look on what going on in the game, you will get most depressed, even felt like cheated. So the ultimate reason we fight on Earth is the stupid beam entrance. If you had played the single player compaign of Starcraft II, you'll find the assault on Char is even more thrilling than ME3. OMG! Even the story of an RTS can beat ME3.
With all these flaws and defects, I don't think that there would and should be another ending fix. Bioware you screwed it up in an unfixable way, and we all have to live with that. And I swear I would never put my trust in your products.
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not gonna be able to take it seriously when he says that anymore. Although don't know if I'll play it after I drag myself through this second playthrough. 
