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[The JoeMan]

I finished the game last night but the anger and sadness is still fresh. I honestly feel like my dog died. I loved everything about this game, this series but now I just feel resentment and shame. How did this get approved?

[tamperous]

I know that the upcoming Angry Birds in Space will never jump the shark by having a GodChild appear to the red bird, and turn all the eggs and pigs into a Denny's Grand Slam breakfast.

[Vajraja]

It is funny how the game effects you. I'm a 31 year old male with his own business, working toward my MBA. I have a full life - but I am a gamer, and this was my most loved franchise.

It's my nice little escape - and I'm blown away by how much I loved most of ME3 (a truly amazing experience) and the last choice just left me feeling empty and hollow. Bioware certainly got an emotional response!

[John Locke N7]

victoriakm wrote...

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...

im actualy color blind, and trust me, the endings are applicable to the blind def and dumb.

[MonkeyLungs]

victoriakm wrote...


Feeling the same wish.. that I had never started.  

I can't help but think that this is the exact feeling Bioware was trying to elicit. I just can't figure out why they dislike us so much.

[MzAdventure]

dragonage200200 wrote...

Well, its been 24 hours for me and I'm starting to get over 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 :/

Glad to hear it might get better!

I was prepared for a "no Shep survival" possibility, though in my girly heart I was hoping for at least once fluffy bunnies and unicorns ending option.  I was NOT prepared to lose the whole ME universe through my limited crappy choices.  In my playthrough, I lose them both.  I understand from poking around here that there is a "Shep survives" possibility, but can't bring myself to play it again to experieince it, since the universe is broken anyway.

[PhinixWolf]

The JoeMan wrote...

I finished the game last night but the anger and sadness is still fresh. I honestly feel like my dog died. I loved everything about this game, this series but now I just feel resentment and shame. How did this get approved?

Completely agree with you idk how this happened but its a sore disappointment to this series.. just hope they fix it quick... I cant sleep right now keep thinking how can everything I've done lead to that... ugh.. heart broken is the best way to describe it..

[kailiea]

The ending left me angry and frustrated for wasting all that time with the previous two games. All those choices were for naught because they don't affect the ending one bit. Even with 2 games of choices, it still boils down to which colour of screwed do you choose and with little variation between them. it doesn't seem to matter anyways.

You fooled me once with Dragon Age 2 and now twice with Mass Effect 3....There won't be a third time.

[The Angry One]

victoriakm wrote...

dragonage200200 wrote...

Well, its been 24 hours for me and I'm starting to get over 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 :/

Glad to hear it might get better!

I was prepared for a "no Shep survival" possibility, though in my girly heart I was hoping for at least once fluffy bunnies and unicorns ending option.  I was NOT prepared to lose the whole ME universe through my limited crappy choices.  In my playthrough, I lose them both.  I understand from poking around here that there is a "Shep survives" possibility, but can't bring myself to play it again to experieince it, since the universe is broken anyway.

I can  relate. You know, it reminds me a lot of Star Ocean 3.
I fell in love with it's vision of Earth of the distant future you see. Then they destroyed it, and on top of that made the cause the worst plot twist imaginable (it was all a fake game, yo!).
I never thought anything could top that level of despair from a videogame story. I was clearly mistaken.

[John Locke N7]

victoriakm wrote...

 I was hoping for at least one fluffy bunnies and unicorns ending option.

i was sure as hell looking forward to building a house with tali on rannoch.......

[AgY-]

Nineteen wrote...

After I finished, I just felt empty. I felt like Bioware just handed me the ending, and I had no idea what to do with it, emotionally or logically. So I began dissecting it and working my way through it trying to figure out just what the hell happened, and what it means to the ME universe and to myself.

Lets start with "the child":

In the CE-Artbook "the child" is described as: "face of the people on Earth whom Shepard could not save"
Okaaaay....
Why did they use this Child to represent .. err ..  what did it represent? God? Universe? Reaper? Angry dead Friends? Bioware?
The three endings i know are: fubar.

All i have atm is: anger. Ill play  but not finish ME3 a second time .. prolly while getting or being drunk. But theres no way that i want to see that ending again, ever.

DLCs? I dont need more DLCs that add new dead, alone, stranded or destroyed things/chars/people.

[CrazyCatDude]

victoriakm wrote...

Ugh... what's more embarassing?  That I spent hundreds of hours playing a series that was utlimately rendered pointless by the endgame destroying everything I was trying to save, OR that I'm crying like I lost my best friend over a freaking video game?

Finished my game 12 hours ago, was suprised at the odd, off-putting, confusing ending as I had played slowly and carefully to try and obtain an optimal ending.  But then, I got half my squad killed my first ME2 playthrough, so through my tears of frustration and disappointment, I tried again picking door #2 - ack, even worse!, then with increasing despair tried the door #3 after which I just sat there stunned. 

Took about an hour to do all the endgames, or one box of kleenex if you care to count that way.  But yes, that was really how it was going to end.

Just the night before I had proclaimed to my hubby that ME3 was the greatest game ever... blabbing on and on about all the little things that had been done so well, never dreaming that this god-awful end was in store for me.  AND I CAN"T FIX IT!  Can't unring that bell.  My whole ME universe, GONE.  Why did I even play.

So I came to the forum, and can at least take solace in not being alone.  Thanks to all the gamers here who help me think I might not be completely freakin' insane.  I've read no few than 50 alternate endings, all of which were better than what were got.

Heck, I would've been more satisfied if Shep had unleased her space hamster on the Catalyst at the end, all the while shouting "Go for the eyes, Boo!  Go for the eyes!"

Maybe tomorrow I can contemplate ever playing any game again (I know I can't go back to ME 1, 2 or 3)... but right now anything with a plot deeper than Angry Birds leaves me wary and suspicious.

Those that finished earlier... does it get better??

Sorry to say, sweetie, but I finished the game Early Thursday morning and I'm still torn up inside.  I don't usually cry, but I was in tears or nearly so through long chunks of the game.  Mordin's Death, Thane's Death (which is odd, because I never really liked Thane), Legion, Charr's final poem to the blue rose of Ilium, The moment when it looked like Kasumi was dead, the moment when it looked like I'd gotten Grunt killed,  I think the one that just broke me was Anderson's "You did good, child.  You did good.  I'm proud of you."  It was, for me, the single most emotional moment in the game.  And when Hackett called, and Shepard answered, I wanted to scream out him.  Leave her alone.  She's done enough.

And then, to get that ending.

I was just numb.  It took me a day and a half to admit to myself that I just plain hate the endings, and to define why, but it sure hasn't stopped making me miserable.  The problem is, I can't do what I usually do when I'm feeling depressed, because for the last two years, my solution to depression has been to fire up Mass Effect, and kill some sh.. stuff.  Biotic Charge has been my happy pill, and someone took away my means of getting a fix.

[MzAdventure]

[quote]artfulusername wrote...



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 loved your entire post - you are a very talented writer and expressed what I've been going through much better than I did.

More wine for me... then sleep, hopefully no red/blue/green dreams!

[MzAdventure]

CrazyCatDude wrote...

I was just numb.  It took me a day and a half to admit to myself that I just plain hate the endings, and to define why, but it sure hasn't stopped making me miserable.  The problem is, I can't do what I usually do when I'm feeling depressed, because for the last two years, my solution to depression has been to fire up Mass Effect, and kill some sh.. stuff.  Biotic Charge has been my happy pill, and someone took away my means of getting a fix.

Darn good point! What do you do when the solution becomes the problem??

 In fact, I'm so depressed I put my Xbox away for now so it wouldn't taunt me.

[artfulusername]

victoriakm wrote...

artfulusername wrote...



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 loved your entire post - you are a very talented writer and expressed what I've been going through much better than I did.

More wine for me... then sleep, hopefully no red/blue/green dreams!

Thank you. I do try. :happy:

Enjoy your wine and good luck with your dreams! As for me, I've decided not to polish off the whole six pack. I'll need the booze to comfort me when I'm still bummed about the whole ending debacle tomorrow. On the plus side, reading the complaints of my fellow players on the forums has been a form of therapy in that it shows that I'm not alone in my sorrow and bewilderment.

[Optimus J]

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.

No, thet CAN and they did.
I feel like I'm watching the end of LOST all over again. And fearing that it turns into a trend.

[xDYINGxLEGENDx]

I've spent the past day and half trying to find ways to take my mind off the endings but it's to no avail. I know the hate will eventually subside but I had such high hopes for this and I'll never throw myself into another series like I did this time. The tragedy of memory is that I will build walls to prevent this from happening again.

[DaringMoosejaw]

I've been on here defending the writers and the devs for months. The funny thing is that I think the rest of the game is totally awesome. Better than ME1, better than ME2. I loved playing this game the whole way through, I loved everything they did. It was looking like this was going to be a fantastic end to the franchise, and I couldn't wait until I hit the ending that would answer all of my questions and settle the whole thing.

And then that reaper laser hit, and it went all downhill from there. All the anticipation, all the optimism, all the hopes - completely dashed. There was a little left during the whole Illusive Man sequence, like maybe they were just screwing around with me, but then the proper endings hit.

And just like that, it was over. Everything you did was ultimately pointless, and it didn't even have the balls to tell you what happened to everything and everyone you gathered up. The only way it could've been worse was if they just rolled the credits once that laser hit. I still don't know quite what to think about it.

[VerdantSF]

DaringMoosejaw wrote...

I've been on here defending the writers and the devs for months. The funny thing is that I think the rest of the game is totally awesome. Better than ME1, better than ME2. I loved playing this game the whole way through, I loved everything they did. It was looking like this was going to be a fantastic end to the franchise, and I couldn't wait until I hit the ending that would answer all of my questions and settle the whole thing.

And then that reaper laser hit, and it went all downhill from there. All the anticipation, all the optimism, all the hopes - completely dashed. There was a little left during the whole Illusive Man sequence, like maybe they were just screwing around with me, but then the proper endings hit.

And just like that, it was over. Everything you did was ultimately pointless, and it didn't even have the balls to tell you what happened to everything and everyone you gathered up. The only way it could've been worse was if they just rolled the credits once that laser hit. I still don't know quite what to think about it.

This is how I felt, too.  Once it was all over, I was just completely numb with disbelief.  For such an incredible story to end like this... just, no.  There's no way in hell that my Shepard would believe Catalyst-God-Reaper-Child.  The Catalyst was WRONG.  Synthetics are NOT destined to always kill organics.  My Shepard brokered peace between the primary synthetics of this cycle, the Geth, with their creators.  He witnessed a synthetic with Reaper code fall in love with an organic.  He should have thrown all that in the Catalyst's face and said, "screw you.  This is only ****ing inevitable because you refuse to accept that this cycle IS DIFFERENT!"

[MzAdventure]

DaringMoosejaw wrote...


And just like that, it was over. Everything you did was ultimately pointless, and it didn't even have the balls to tell you what happened to everything and everyone you gathered up. The only way it could've been worse was if they just rolled the credits once that laser hit. I still don't know quite what to think about it.

How about roll the credits after some weird ending with your ship running away from the fight, then show some bizarre "Stargazer" conversation with the child begging for another story of "The Shepard"???

Ugh... kick a girl while she is down, will ya?

[Karrie788]

*hugs to everyone* It gets better, people. Hanging out here brings a little closure. And the motivational thread is a good way to laugh about all this.
Plus, ya know, headcanon. For me the Normandy scene *never* happened.

[Dartbeast54q]

Having only playing in the ME world since mid feb, and spending 40+ hours in each ME 1 and 2, and 35 hours in ME3, i've been unable to touch my xbox since seeing the ending. It made me sick and its been 2 days since I beat it and I'm still sick. As I was discussing with a friend who has been playing ME since it first came, I can only imagine how sick the long term fans feel.

While he hasnt finished the game yet, we've been discussing the endings and have taken a little solace in thinking that there must be something that Bioware has planned, to leave the ending SO open, but with that said, until I see what, I wont be able to touch any of the ME games, which puts me out of over 150 bucks between games and dlc, which is a real ****.

[komoshi]

http://dendory.net/s...3c23de91a1d.jpg
^This T^T

[Barnaclebob]

You're not alone. I honestly cried after I beat it because I was in such disbelief that they'd end it in the manner they did.

[mupp3tz]

If you want to go the denial/trick yourself route, you can read a couple of the "Was the ending a hallucination?" threads. Those really got me over that empty feeling after the ending. My only hope is that we'll hear a response of some sort soon.