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[VerdantSF]

I didn't cry. The only time I almost shed a tear was Mordin's death. The ending to the series just made me numb.

[Jadebaby]

I took solace in BSN too.. It turned out well. I posted my rant in the blogs tho...

http://social.biowar...56/blog/211661/

And my thank you to BSN is linked through that.
Have a read, be interesting to hear more about ur thoughts, I didn't sleep last night to finish it around 6am this morning.. it's now 3pm and I'm freakin exhausted but I know after I wake up it will be that much more real... u know?

[John Locke N7]

i never cried, but i really felt something strangely profound when garrus was talking about heaven. and im an athiest =0

[dragonage200200]

Well, its been 24 hours for me and I'm starting to get over it, and think that HONESTLY, though the ending was terribly executed, I loved everything else about the game and series, and refuse to let the ending send me into a depression, and let the ending ruin the great time I had with the trilogy. Plus, it helps me to look at the EXPLOSION caused on the internet by the endings and realize Bioware can't completely ignore it, they have to at the minimal comment on if the will do anything about it.

Then again, I am one of the few who liked the ending concept, just it was poorly executed and there is no closure or Epilogue. For me I have no problem with Shep dieing, which seems to be the opposite of many people around the forums.........

tldr, I'm copeing :/

Modifié par dragonage200200, 11 mars 2012 - 04:05 .

[Siegdrifa]

May be it's a conspiracy between Bioware with choco and cookie manufacturer ... i'm sure they are selling like crazy since a week.

I hope Bioware will do something for you and all the other, by the end of the week end, lot of european will have finished the game so Bioware will have a better view.

[Adamantium93]

I didn't cry, but I've been swinging between depression, denial, and rage. Why, why did they drop the ball so horribly at the end of an amazing game and even better series? Why? Answer me!

[Jadebaby]

Oh and guilty, got out the kleenex at a lot of different parts...

Mordins death
Thane's death
Liara's secret project (thought that was soo sweet)
And of course started tearing up as you were pushed into having those forced talks about saying goodbye to every1, f$#k you for that bioware.

[Direwolf1618]

Its been over 24 hours for me, and I still get misty eyed and pissed when I think about building Tali a house on Rannoch, or a swarm of lil blue girls on Thessia, and all I come up with is star god child.

[MzAdventure]

John Locke N7 wrote...

This thread really helped me out by making me laugh about my pain =p
social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/355/index/9713812

i hope it helps you to

It did, thank you!  There are so many clever and funny folks in the world.  I may not be one of 'em, but I sure am appreciative of their good humor!

IPersonally, on the funny side, I've been waiting for someone to point out how the endings discriminate against the color blind...

[Darth Nethus]

I read your letter to Bioware on here, and I thought it was nice. And no, you're not alone. It's tough for me to cry (not because I'm a guy, but because it's just for whatever reason difficult), but I feel like I've been crying on the inside. I was sick alllll week, then had to start my homework today because I go back to school from spring break Monday. It took me three and a half hours to complete one page, and I hardly got anything done in the end. Tomorrow, it'll probably be the same thing. I know how you feel. I've spent about five hours on forums, trying to find solace too. The only that helps me is to see the mass amount of people that are angry too. For you, I'd say join us. Go to facebook, follow the fan page "Demand a better ending to Mass Effect 3." Go to twitter, follow people like Mac Walters, Mike Gamble, Casey Hudson, and follow fan pages on both sites for the games and Bioware. Then voice your concern to them to help build support. There's also a poll on this site somewhere (you can find many people link to it) that has over 10,000 people wanting a change in the ending. Take the poll. That's what you can do. Contribute to the cause of a new, better ending, one where Shepard asks his/her LI to marry him/her, in a sort of Dragon Age: Origins fashion if need be. I hope this helped. I would also like to help you with the ending. I'm trying to believe my own perception of it from what I've pieced together from what people have said. First off, creators have said to keep your ME3 saves (sequel?), also, people like Mike Gamble said they are looking at our concerns, but can't comment at this time. Now, for the ending, (spoilers incoming for those who haven't beat the game, so turn back now. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!) Imagine the ending as a hallucination, a dream, a vision. Picture this as what really happened: Shepard got hit by Harbinger's blast, knocking him out. But everything from him waking up, to battling TIM, to activating the Crucible was a dream. Why? Because in the so called "perfect ending," it shows a person (obviously Shep) in N7 armor gasp for breath. They're in a pile of rubble that looks like what would result from a Reaper blast hitting the ground. Now, why would the catalyst be in the image of the child? Also, Anderson was nowhere near Shep in order to make it onto the beam. So, the dream is filled with people that have impacted Shep's life: Anderson as a father figure, TIM as a big role in Shep's decisions, and the child as a life that he/she couldn't save, but one that haunted him. Also imagine the dream as a part of indoctrination, of the Reapers trying one last ditch effort to break Shep mentally as well as physically. Also, all three options are basically what the Reapers wanted. You effectively destroy organic life back to a primitive state (sort of). Also, why was the Normandy fleeing the battlefield? It should be fighting, and how did it pick up your squadmates, even those who were running with you to the beam? It doesn't add up. So, in the end, just imagine it as a dream, one where Shep wakes up in the end to continue through, one that will hopefully come through dlc. If not, imagine your Shep waking up and kicking the Reaper's ass the way you wanted him/her to do, without the catalyst. I hope this helped. Trust me, I know. I told my friends that Mass Effect was my favorite series ever, more than Star Wars. My friends gasp at this because I'm so nerdy with SW that I read all the books too. And when I always wanted to quit gaming, ME was the one series I couldn't put down. But the last 5 minutes has crushed all of that. ME is no longer my favorite series. My stomach literally gets knots just thinking about the way it ended. I have a feeling of throwing up coupled with slight PTSD symptoms (I know, that's weird. But others are making a case for it too). I just want to tear my heart out to stop these sad emotions, and I want to tear my brain out so I can forget what I've seen. But I don't because I have hope in the community, hope in the fanbase; hope that enough people will voice their concerns, not buy dlc, and not buy anymore Bioware games until the ending is fixed. And I hope you will join us in the fight to Retake Mass Effect 3..............................

[Greed1914]

This game almost got me to cry several times. I don't do that easily, so it's rather impressive. When I thought I had gotten Grunt killed, I almost cried. Same when Mordin, Thane, and Legion died. The thing is, those were good. It was because I saw the deaths of friends (not for Grunt, but it applies). Then the game almost made me cry one last time, at the very end. I'll tell you, I expected that reaction just because it was the ending of a beloved series. I didn't expect it to be the result of a complete and utter frustration that was so strong that there was apparently only one outlet.

[Lyrandori]

I know the feeling mate.

The amount of emotions I had after that ending from my own game was very difficult to contain, I couldn't (and still barely can) believe it happened, or rather that it was FORCED on my Shepard. I COULD have chosen ONE of those three IMPOSED endings for ANOTHER Shepard, maybe, but not the one I played with, and I wasn't expecting so few endings to start with. There's not even a single Epilogue telling me what happens to others in more details... NOTHING, left in the darkness of the unknown, cold, silent, and dead (literally, for my Shepard).

I know how it feels believe me. I did cry about that myself for a moment yesterday, those emotions had to be discharged lol.

* HUG *

It'll be alright, you'll see.

[Sashimi_taco]

I cried for a whole day after the endings. And if someone at bioware is proud that they "struck such an emotional response" in me I will be so pissed. I didn't ask for that. I had dreams of watching my team die and not being able to do anything about it. That is crazy and dumb. I can't believe I invested this much emotional connection to these chracters just to have it all shoved in my face.

HOW IS MAKING ME SAD AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!?!?!?!? I did not ask you to make me sad, I was promised a "golden ending" that would be satisfying for all fans. Stupid me assumed the ending would be happy if a worked hard enough.


The quarians are stuck in the sol system right after they got their planet back. They are cursed with the small hope of a life without suits and now they are stranded again. The krogan are lost without wrex. There are SO MANY species stuck on worlds that are not their own. It is stupid and I hate it.

And to top it all off, your shepard has no happy ending NO MATTER WHAT. Everyone in the galaxy is hurt. We wont be wiped out by the reapers, yay I guess. Too bad our lives are awful.

[artfulusername]

I pre-ordered the game back in June of last year. I'd been a late convert to the franchise after my brother pulled a Kanye on me every time I mentioned Dragon Age and my love for those games (DA2 may be flawed, but I'll play it again and again anyway). My brother told me that the Mass Effect franchise was awesome and I needed to try it. I bought a cheap copy of Mass Effect from Steam during a Christmas sale, tried it, and didn't like it.

Then, I got Mass Effect 2 for free thanks to owning Dragon Age 2. I decided to try Mass Effect again.

I was hooked. I spent hours and hours on multiple FemSheps trying this romance and that choice and just seeing where the game took me. I loved every moment of it and could hardly contain my excitement for Mass Effect 3. I pre-ordered the game last June, consoled myself with the hope that they were tweaking it for more awesomeness when the release date was delayed, and just waited. I had a countdown widget on my phone (as well as ME-themed wallpaper and sounds for it) and wore my N7 Elite Hoodie with pride and anticipation.

I knew the game was going to be tough and that some of the characters I grew to know and love just wouldn't make it. I cried for Mordin. I wept for Thane. I mourned Legion. They died as they wanted to and I respected their choices. I was proud of them. I was cool with those things.

Everything was about choice. I campaigned for ensuring that EDI and the Geth were able to exercise Free Will. I made tough calls. I did not, however, expect the rug to get tugged out from under me.

I finished the game this afternoon.

I wanted to have a choice in how my Shepard went. I'm not going to deny that I wanted her to live and have a chance at enjoying some well-earned R&R with whichever romantic option she chose. The endings took that from me and I cried. My parents took me out to dinner and I was still a mess and trying to hold it together. Hell, the tears are starting to gather in my eyes again even as I type this. I had to console myself with two bottles of Woodchuck Cider and a wee thing of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I'm still not okay with how the game ended. As a writer, I can see where they were going. As a player, I think they took a huge wrong turn.

I don't know if I'm ever going to be okay about the endings as they stand. I suspect not. I also don't anticipate allowing myself to be so excited about another Bioware title again.

I'm going to go back to attempting to cheer myself up now.

Modifié par artfulusername, 11 mars 2012 - 04:10 .

[MattFini]

I stayed up until 4 am last night beating the game and I just couldn't believe it.

And I'm embarrassed to admit that it hung over my head all day today like a rain cloud. Of course it's just a video game, and there are real problems out there and all that stuff. But Mass Effect was something special. And they completely ruined it with their bull****.

So no, you're not alone at all.

[Aran Linvail]

I cant stop laughing , the endings are so stupid and out of context , so linear almost the same , and i cant stop thinking how this get a green light to enter the final game ? Who have the great idea that killing everyone you know and care in the game is a good inteligent idea ? But i cant stop laughing because i know they are going to do DLC's and i cant wait to see how many people is going to buy anything not related to ending fix .
Yeah some people can call the unhappy gamers here fanatics , nerds and haters , but everyone knows , fans buy DLC's , they spend money and time on this products , lets see how well any dlc will sell.

Obs - Sorry for my english

[MzAdventure]

VerdantSF wrote...

I didn't cry. The only time I almost shed a tear was Mordin's death. The ending to the series just made me numb.

Ah, the tears I cried when Mordin died (Wednesday night for me, it was...) those were "I'm in the moment and I love this Gilbert & Sullivan singing scientist salarian".  Bittersweet... Only built my love for the game.  What a great storyline his was from start to finish!

The tears I'm crying now? Just bitter.  I only cry like this when I'm to angry to speak, or too numb to feel.

My husband is torn between laughing at my emotional state and genuine concern!

[MzAdventure]

HKR148 wrote...

Does it get better? Maybe the intensity of the pain, but no.

I'd accept pain over this numbness... pain I can fight!

[SolidisusSnake1]

I love how you stated you cant play anything with a plot deeper than Angry Birds, as that is exactly how I felt today. After mulling the game over in my brain over and over I just decided to sit on my bed and play Angry Birds. Something simple that made sense and wouldnt hurt my feelings.

I too can't bring myself to play any game right now with some sort of deep plot. So thanks BioWare for turning me off from video games for a while.

[StefanBW]

MattFini wrote...

I stayed up until 4 am last night beating the game and I just couldn't believe it.

And I'm embarrassed to admit that it hung over my head all day today like a rain cloud. Of course it's just a video game, and there are real problems out there and all that stuff. But Mass Effect was something special. And they completely ruined it with their bull****.

So no, you're not alone at all.

Same thing with me, totally agree with you. I was actually having a lot of fun with the game, been playing a lot. But the ending, damn.

[MonkeyLungs]

I got an overwhelming uncomfortable feeling that Bioware hates Mass Effect and the people that love the fiction when I finished the game. It might just be the fresh wounds (I just finished my playthrough today) but that was how the game made me feel.

[fish of doom]

i finished it a few days ago, and the emotional high i got from it was so strong that as soon as it ended (not even because of the endings, as i was still so emotionally fired up that i just flowed right through it on the "aftertaste" of the rest of the game) i fell right into apathy, and haven't really done much (even though i have **** to do and should have worked out at least twice in the last few days), even having had difficulty getting out of bed because of the sheer dullness of being away from the mass effect universe. i swear, legion's death, and the realization of what shepard achieved by uniting the geth and quarians was the single biggest emotional stimulation i have ever had from any entertainment medium in my entire life. now i just need to slowly adapt back into real life until we get new endings, i guess

[MzAdventure]

[quote]NoUserNameHere wrote...

I'll admit, I felt beaten. Not like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, where I simply felt the endings were lackluster and carried on.

The game beat me. I'm taking a long break from my Xbox for awhile.


Oh, exactly!!!  Beaten.  Well put.

[NicoNicastro]

It's funny because just before the ending I thought of how great the game was executed. I loved how my romance with Kaidan played out, I loved how my friendships with Garrus, Tali, Liara, ect were finalized. And I loved the little goodbyes I got to say to everyone before the final mission, Even the little hologram chats with old ME2 friends. And then for it all to end like that, with no closure I was devestated. Your not alone!

[MzAdventure]

fibchopkin wrote...

So glad you posted- I feel like an idiot! I mean, it's not as if a game company or video game could actually betray me, but, ridiculous as it sounds, that's how I feel. The more time that passes, the less I'm able to convince myself that "it was all a hallucination. The reapers were trying to indoctrinate Shep, and Bioware's going to fix it in a DLC." Now I just feel sad, and I'm actaully starting to wish I'd never laid eyes on ME1, which makes me even sadder, because I have, loudly and repeatedly, proclaimed the ME series to be the very best that gaming has to offer. Maybe this was just Bioware's way of getting people to put away their controllers for a while and enjoy the great outdoors? Because, like you, I'm going to be avoiding any game or novel with significant depth for the forseeable future.

Feeling the same wish.. that I had never started.  AND I was wondering the same thing - I ran 2 miles further than I have in years today trying to shake this off!