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[Markplayer]

I didn't expect a complete victory either, or that Shepard would survive all possible endings, it would destroy the feeling of facing an almost indestructible enemy.

Modifié par Markplayer, 18 mars 2012 - 02:07 .

[Alamar2078]

I will agree with many posters that this game is about making choices and writing your own story. However I figured that BW simply wouldn't honor "choice" when it came to their endings so I figured the best ending would be you and maybe your LI would crash the Normandy into "Plot Device X" in order to save the Galaxy and then maybe you'd have a nice epilogue, maybe see a really big statue of Shep on the Citadel, etc.

Note: I don't always have to take the "happy" ending. I like to explore the sad ones and other ones. I've even killed off my LI in ME1 and played around with that in ME2 to see if a powerful in-game moment was generated.

[Verit]

I'm pretty sure everyone expected the option to have a happy ending, just like in ME2. Seeing all the possible outcomes was what everyone was waiting for in ME3.

Modifié par -Draikin-, 18 mars 2012 - 02:02 .

[Blind2Society]

Mr. Big Pimpin wrote...

Silly me, I actually did expect to get a better ending than the guy who got his whole team killed in ME2, skipped all sidequests, failed at geth/quarian peace, etc.

Guess that was apparently too much for Bioware to be able to implement. Even after they said they would.

Yeah this is pretty much how I feel about it. I expected most if not all options to be on the table depending on the choices we made previously and the paths we chose.

[Litefire]

Vengilus wrote...

I suppose it depends on your definition of "happy ending".

I expected my Shepard to die. I was even beginning to feel like it would be a cop-out if she didn't, based on the conversations and decisions that were taking place as I played through. However, just because I saw my Shepard as doomed did not mean I expected a downer ending.

Shepard's forces would prevail. Shepard was the final catalyst. The galaxy would be saved and the squad would mourn the loss of their commander. It was a high cost to pay, but that's what my Shepard would do.

So in a sense, yes, I did not expect a "happy ending"... I expected an ending that I would be happy with.

this is exactly what i was expecting also.   this is not what we got in the endings.

[Uezurii]

Blind2Society wrote...

Mr. Big Pimpin wrote...

Silly me, I actually did expect to get a better ending than the guy who got his whole team killed in ME2, skipped all sidequests, failed at geth/quarian peace, etc.

Guess that was apparently too much for Bioware to be able to implement. Even after they said they would.

Yeah this is pretty much how I feel about it. I expected most if not all options to be on the table depending on the choices we made previously and the paths we chose.

It's really sad to see, that the whole Earth mission at the end is such a step backwards from the Suicide mission of ME2. How could that happen?

[Welsh Inferno]

bly2425 wrote...

Depends on what you mean by happy ending. I went into the final act knowing that Shepard would die. Everything that had happened in the plot had a Shepard death written all over it. But I did believe that bus death would bring forth a harmonious galactic community--happy ending?

But if by happy ending you mean Shepard survives and drives into sunset with his/her LI, hell no. Everyone who does is not paying attention to the storytelling.

I agree, well I didnt expect Shep to die until I played about a quarter/half of ME3. The theme in ME3 was sacrifice. BioWare love their foreshadowing dont they? Everyone seemed to love the game's theme before the end so....

Modifié par Welsh Inferno, 18 mars 2012 - 02:04 .

[Nethkin]

I expected there to be a possible happy ending for those who wanted one. We can argue about the realism of happy endings until we're blue in the face, but who goes through life without at least dreaming of happily-ever-after? When I participate in leisure activities like reading or playing games, I do it to relax and to dream; I don't do it to receive a lecture on how my world views are impossible.

[LolaLei]

I expected the choice to pick from a vast array of endings like we usual get with Bioware games. Some "happy", some "sad" and all thats in between.

[Renjin]

Blind2Society wrote...

While reading through the numerous ending threads I have read a thousand times people saying they did not expect a happy ending. Because of this I have an honest question.

How many of you seriously did not expect a happy ending?

I would think that everyone who had played Mass Effect was
expecting to able to choose no?

Maybe your choices throughout the
series and at the end wouldn't have led to a happy ending but did you
honestly expect there not to be an option for one?

I walked in to this game fully expecting Shepard to die, or get my entire team killed. What I did not expect was to be left with a billion questions from a plot hole ridden explination. I would be completely fine if these were the real endings, as long as they explained what happened in the galaxy after. Doesn't even need words, just music and cutscenes. (Like the end of ME2 when you see Shepard walking around the Normandy as it gets repaired.)

[Vengilus]

tybbiesniffer wrote...

This nails it on the head. 

I'd add that I expected at least an epilogue letting me see what Shepard accomplished (or didn't).

Exactly. Seeing if curing the genophage was a bad idea, or if the Quarians could coexist with the geth...

Not to mention all the little things. For example, I specifically told Dr. Chakwas to hold on to that brandy until we retook Earth because deep down I KNEW Shepard wouldn't be there. In fact, that scene pretty much cemented in my mind that my Shepard wouldn't make it. I wasn't trying to be a dick to Chakwas, it just felt right. It felt more engaging. Just like telling Garrus at the end that if he wasn't in that bar I'd be watching over him.

My Shepard is in that bar, and Garrus is sharing that brandy with Chakwas and the crew. It's emotional, it's sad, and my Shepard is looking down and knows that they will be alright.

[Kiara]

Yep, before it was even released I knew there was a chance Shepard wouldn't live.. no matter what. Yes it would have been nice but if the ending wrapped up everything else we could live with it.. what happens with our crewmates.. who lives? who dies? how did they die? What are the fates of the other species you took with you to war? If the mass Relay's are destroyed did they find a way back? if these questions were answered I don't think people would be so angry.

We are being left hanging... not something that should be done at the end of a trilogy where commander Shepard's story is over..

tiredly Holding the Line!

Modifié par Kiara, 18 mars 2012 - 02:10 .

[Blind2Society]

For me the option of full out rainbows, roses and lollipops was out the window not very far into the game. I mean all species home planets are absolutely devastated, so many of our crew from ME2 died, everyone on the citadel is probably dead, Anderson dies in the end and never gets to see Kahlee Sanders again and the universe will never be the same.

For me this was enough devistation to make the happiest ending possible quite somber. However, there were no options for any such ending.

Really I just expected the option for all endings and it seemed to me that everyone expected choice. Some people saying they didn't expect a happy ending, too me, seemed to imply they didn't expect choice. Just strange to me so I wanted to know how those people feel.

[mupp3tz]

I personally would choose an ending that is right in the middle of happy and sad. Enough tragedy to make the journey mean more, but also enough hope to make it worth it. With that said, I strongly think that a happy ending should be a choice for those who want that. That's the whole beauty in variation and making different choices. There should also be a sad ending, for the same reasons.

[Blind2Society]

Bump

[Lawliet89]

TBH I worked hard and I expected a happy ending. Not perfect, but at least one a normal human will identify as having an element of happiness.

[spartan5127]

I was expecting to have a say in the matter. If I played this and the previous two games perfectly, I think I have earned a happy ending.

There is no reason why both the sad ending crowd and the happy ending crowd can't get what they want with ME3 because it is a game based on choice and shaping your destiny.

Modifié par spartan5127, 18 mars 2012 - 02:29 .

[Blind2Society]

spartan5127 wrote...

I was expecting to have a say in the matter. If I played this and the previous two games perfectly, I think I have earned a happy ending.

There is no reason why both the sad ending crowd and the happy ending crowd can't get what they want with ME3 because it is a game based on choice and shaping your destiny.

Exactly, but where are the countless people that said they didn't expect it to be so.

[Goober2049]

I was hoping for a wider spectrum of choices than what we got. The possibility of a happy ending would be nice, even if you had to do a lot of work to get it. As long as it's achievable strictly through single player.

I wouldn't have had a problem with sacrificing myself if I actually got to see what happens afterwards.

Modifié par Goober2049, 18 mars 2012 - 02:36 .

[DranakShadow]

There should be an ending where Shep survives, but has a mental breakdown. It would be pretty stupid for him to survive and come from all this entirely unaffected.

[Capeo]

Well, I had read the script so I already knew the options. I did expect that Shep lives Destroy ending might be sort of happy but I was very clearly wrong on that.

[Pallid]

I remember a few threads where people speculated about possible ME3 finale. And almost everyone in those threads was sure that we will get different(not just by the color) endings, one of which certainly would be a happy ending.

[Mims]

I think people need to not equate Shepard living=happy ending. No matter what happens, friends have died, planets have been ruined or destroyed, and the galaxy will take a long time to recover. I think its safe to say that unless you were expecting some sort of 'wish everyone back to life on the dragon balls' moment, it was going to be bittersweet no matter what.

[donbaloo]

I was expecting that Shepard would probably have to die by the end, regardless of the decisions leading up to it. The ultimate sacrifice. That said, it would have been cool if you had the option of not making that sacrifice and then watching the ending as the Reapers successfully overwhelmed the galaxy. The option would have been neat.

And I liked the whole idea of being presented with an impossible decision. A lot of the last game touched on this in various places, with those in positions of authority being faced with impossible decsions of their own. So the fact that Shepard, the ultimate hero of the story, was faced with the biggest of impossible decisions was a neat idea to me. Especially after the conversation with Garrus towards the end about having to make tough decisions.

I just wished they'd have developed the end more. More detail, more explanation, more epilogue.

Modifié par donbaloo, 18 mars 2012 - 02:54 .