admittedly it makes the most sense) anyone that stands back and looks at what ME3 is in its entirety, real world and game world, will see that the ending we have right now is not the real one.
Bioware is pulling an enormous marketing stunt, which I must say, is quite possibly the most innovative and artistic one that I have ever seen. It is also the most courageous I have ever seen.
They are taking heaps and heaps of flak from literally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of loyal customers as well as the gaming community in terms of media and press to deliver something unique.
They know how much people love their franchise, and they're using that to make us, as in the "real" us, human people, not in the game world, to feel like we were IN the story.
The fact that hundreds of thousands of customers have poured outcry and rage into the protest and disappointment of the ending to me demonstrates the "success" of that.
Bioware will release the new endings, picking up where the "bonus" scene at the end left off, and we will feel all the more immersed in their game world for it, we will all take out the extra 10-15$ they will ask for it, and
we will all love them for it, because even though it was what we were expecting to come with the full game, we will gladly pay more to be enthralled even more into the game world.
I'm not going to write forever, so all I'll say is this: Regardless of what specific plot mechanism you choose to believe in or prefer, ask yourself this:
Forget about all the inconsistencies and plot holes in the current ending, everything from the Normandy WTF moments at the end to the fact that due to a certain bunch of somethings exploding, basically half the galaxy dies.
Forget about all that and consider the ramifications of the possible variations on the ending.
Now consider that they have already declared and confirmed that this is not going to be the last game in the ME franchise, even though they've "said" that this is the end of Shepard's story.
Do we all honestly think they are going to make an ending for ME3 where they essentially lead into the next ME game with THREE OR MORE huge premise-altering situations??
No matter if you chose the green red or blue ending, if this ending we have now is indeed the "real" one, then it would mean that Bioware has to make their next game reflect the choices you made, with the consequences of the blue red or green light.
Forget everything else. In terms of sheer developer resources and manpower, this is just simply NOT POSSIBLE.
It would essentially mean creating several variations of a game universe for ONE single game based on the "ending" of a game that focused around a completely DIFFERENT main character.
If they did this, it would prove an incredibly onerous proposition in terms of time and money, it would alienate and isolate newcomers to a fresh ME storyline essentially saying "play ME1-3 or you don't know what's going on and last but not least, it would be financial suicide, because they would be spending the amount of resources needed to make 2-3 games to be able to sell one.
And not to make an EA crack, but we all know that the last thing Bioware and EA have been doing since ME2 is thinking of ways to make LESS money....
So in conclusion, I know my reasoning is not perfect, but as Sherlock Holmes would say, "Use common sense for the love of...."
Ok ok, he didn't actually say that, but my point is, all "real life" reasoning and "in game" reasoning point to this one inexorable conclusion:
Regardless of the theory explaining the "why" you would like to believe, logic dictates that we haven't seen or played through the ending of ME3.
And in the 0.00001% chance that Bioware defies all logic and this isn't true, then all I can say is this:
If this isn't the truth, then may the heavens send Bioware their divine intervention with all haste, because rest assured, that unlike what Mr. Hudson's comment is designed to make people believe, the MAJORITY of the fans,
not a minority, feel betrayed and utterly misled by Bioware at this point in time, and 100% of the time a fan betrayed = a fan lost.
Anyway, that's my two cents and I look forward to playing the real ending of the game soon, because as genius and courageous as this marketing and game mechanic ploy may be, the truth at the end of the day is that I have to wait to finish a game that I thought I would be able to...
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