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[kyban]

The ending to Mass Effect 3 is disappointing to say the least. I still can't understand, for the life of me, why some people say it's good. Maybe they just like to accept whatever is given to them, I don't know.

Anyway, I could list the reasons why we're upset and don't like the endings (Gilligans planet, stranded Armada.. etc.), but I wanted to talk a little about why BioWare should change the endings.

This game was made for us. It's a consumer product, and if a good amount of the consumers are upset with it something should be done.
I can't put it any better than how Gearbox Studios producer Sean Reardon says it:
"We make that as a joke. We'll say, ‘You're a bad designer if you tell
your customer that you're playing the game wrong.' It's actually the
customer's game. We should do our best to enable that experience. If
someone is playing the game and they're not having a good time and it's
because they're not playing it right, that's our fault."

Yes, it Is our game. And they shouldn't tell us we don't understand the ending (see the "You're playing it wrong comment above). They should rectify it, end of story.


For you guys wanting a source, its on Kotaku (not my first choice) here: http://kotaku.com/58...-made-it-better

It's a very good read, i think many studios should take this philosophy on game design. It remeinds me of why I like gearbox

[kyban]

Just a quick topic on the "minority" issue. I think it's safe to say that we make up, at the very least, a chunk of the consumer base that cannot be ignored. Although I very much think that we are actually the Majority.

Here's my small product sample.
I work in the game industry, with whatever weight that holds, and out of 6 people I work with, all 6 of us are not pleased with the ending. This isn't counting my many friends who also dislike it (i'm using toned down words here, but I didn't want to throw around "hate")
Out of the 6 of us who don't like the ending events, I am the only one who visits the BSN, and the only one who follows Mass Effect on facebook and participates in polls.

So I think it's safe to say that the very passionate people are voicing their opinions, but the majority of people are are unhappy won't speak out much or at all.

[kyban]

I guess this horse is pretty well worn out.