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[Neverwinter_Knight77]

Mass Effect 3 Ending: A 5-minute Fix. As we join our heroes, Anderson had just said "quite the view". The crucible activates, and the tide of the battle turns. Now, the story branches here, based on player choice.

Either Shepard bleeds out, or a medical team rushes into the Citadel and keeps him alive until he can get to a hospital. Shep, crew, love interest, Admiral Hackett, and surviving Council members all reunite for a celebration.

Hackett and Shepard get a galactic equvialent of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their hard work, as does Anderson, posthumously.

Wrex leads the krogan into a new age of glory and happiness, geth & quarians live in peace on Rannoch, etc.

Shepard retires with love interest and friends. The end. That wasn't so hard, was it? Oh and I'd prefer if he/she marries the love interest too, but if not, then my imagination is fine.

^ See, why couldn't Bioware write that?  I whipped that up in 5 minutes flat.

[BlankPage]

As long as we can have a scene where Sheperd and Wrex are dancing to " I will survive" as we put the starbrat's head on a pike, while dancing around a fire with my other squadmates.. Then fine. I will download it.

[Johanna]

The Divine Avenger wrote...

pants witch wrote...

terdferguson123 wrote...
And your missing my entire point. Saying something will "clarify", could mean a number of different things. Clarification could make the current endings seem genius if done right. That's my point. You guys are all judging this without even playing it or knowing much of anything about it. I am not trolling, you guys just are being overly judgemental of something that you know very little about and it's making me sad.

I've had my tantrum and between this and other unpleasant RL things, I'm emotionally exhausted.

Terd's right.
Besides, they're already on this project.
All we can do is wait and see.
I trust that Jessica Merizan isn't jerking us around.

My Shep is my own hero.  I'm so very attached to her that I'm unable to give up hope.
And where hope ends, fanfiction begins.
I think I'll paint that 8 foot portrait of her after all.

So you people have made you peace with being lied to about the 16 "DIFFERENT" ending's & the A, B, C, choices that weren't supposed to be in the game. Fair enough but me I no longer trust a word that come's out of their mouth, I can't afford to the pain I feel over this is stll too freash & it's been nearly a month. You can set yourselfs up fopr a fall if you want but I'm not going to join you, they addmited to NOT changing anything about the ending GOD CHILD is the biggest issue of the whole game so it's clear they are'nt listening.

You don't have to join me.  My body simply cannot tolerate being sad any longer.  What else would you have me do?  I can't change this DLC they're working on.

[Mev186]

Sorry Bioware. the ending needs to be rewritten. I'm willing to see how it turns out, and I am trying to be hopeful. But I just can't see how the ending can be saved in their current form.

[wikkedjester]

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[quote]Atomic Space Vixen wrote...

If the DLC reasonable explains how Glowboy isn't a deus ex machina who ends the game by essentially just forcing you to make a choice of three buttons to push while having absolutely no reason to trust Glowboy on any of them, I'll be happy.


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Shepard had no choice but to trust Starchild because the alternative was the death of everyone in the galaxy by Reaper.

Duh.

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Actually, i`d have told that starbrat to go to hell, atleast you had a fighting chance with that entire armada to kill some reapers system by system, planet by planet as the relays weren`t destroyed

More sense with all your choices then be forced to pick your 3 color doomsday effect... <_<

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Actually you had zero chance, it was already said that the Reapers can't be defeated conventionally. Your ONLY chance is to use the Crucible.


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Shepard would take the options sooner than let everyone die.

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You can't convince them, I have tried. They spend so much time arguing that they don't just want a sunshine and rainbows ending. But then they refuse to accept that A.) The game tells you several times that stopping the Reapers conventionally is not possible, and B.) stopping an extinction event is going to cause mass sacrifice and galactic change no matter what path is taken.

They also cannot seem to understand that more is at stake then just the current galactic life. How are you guys not understanding that life will continue to be destroyed every 50k years if you don't do something now? It's out of character of either paragon or renegade shep to just say "screw you!" and let everyone die. 

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No offence but this post really pissed me off.

You're not getting through because you're not listening.

I'm pretty sure you'd been told numerous times that we both didn't want a sunshine and rainbows ending but that we also wanted additional endings. NO, they didn't need to be sunshine and rainbows, but we didn't want the existing endings which was the entire crux of the Retake movement.

Does this new DLC offer changed or additional endings?

No.

End of story.

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So wait.. you played the new dlc? Where can I download it?

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Are you serious?

Read the press release IN THIS VERY THREAD:

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Are there going to be more/different endings or ending DLCs in the future?

• No.
  BioWare strongly believes in the team’s artistic vision for the end of
  this arc of the Mass Effect franchise. The extended cut DLC will expand
  on the existing endings, but no further ending DLC is planned.[/quote]

Holy crap...

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You are still judging something that you havn't played. I have no idea how you are not understanding this...I get it, they are not making a new ending. But who are you to say that with the right amount of clarification, you might actually like it? You dont know, you have not played it, and judging it before doing so is plain idiotic.
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Techinicly you won't be playing...You'll be watching.  Where did it say anything about new gameplay, cause I missed it if it did.
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[Tocquevillain]

jedsithor wrote...

Tocquevillain wrote...


I still don't understand why you need the option to interject. You didn't submit to the Catalyst, the Catalyst empowered you to determine the fate of the Reapers and the galaxy. Crikey.

Because the Catalyst is wrong. I spent 30 hours in ME3 alone proving that organics and synthetics can co-exist. If I've done that, I should have the opportunity to point it out. It's what my Shepard has done throughout the series. The choices you are given are unnecessary if the purpose of the Reapers no longer makes sense.

If you haven't united the Quarian and the Geth, fine. Original endings make a bit more sense. But if you have, then Shepard should have the opportunity to point that out.

EDIT: I deleted my previous response because it didn't even answer your post. Let me ask this: Shepard knows that there was literally sixty seconds before the Geth would wipeo ut the Quarians once the code was uploaded. The only reason she managed to unite them (and I wouldn't even use the word unite) is because she convinced the Quarians they were going to self-genocide. Is that really a victory that disputes the Starchild's points?

Modifié par Tocquevillain, 05 avril 2012 - 08:55 .

[Kenshen]

Might as well just post the "clarity" here so we can be done with it. Funny I saw this posted several times:

I will reserve judgement until I've played the DLC.

Instead of played it should read watched cause that is all it will be.

[Neverwinter_Knight77]

BlankPage wrote...

As long as we can have a scene where Sheperd and Wrex are dancing to " I will survive" as we put the starbrat's head on a pike, while dancing around a fire with my other squadmates.. Then fine. I will download it.

That would be... pretty awesome.  Except, his head doesn't look solid.  But it's okay.  We can use space magic to make it solid.

[Vox Draco]

Neverwinter_Knight77 wrote...

Mass Effect 3 Ending: A 5-minute Fix. As we join our heroes, Anderson had just said "quite the view". The crucible activates, and the tide of the battle turns. Now, the story branches here, based on player choice.

Either Shepard bleeds out, or a medical team rushes into the Citadel and keeps him alive until he can get to a hospital. Shep, crew, love interest, Admiral Hackett, and surviving Council members all reunite for a celebration.

Hackett and Shepard get a galactic equvialent of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their hard work, as does Anderson, posthumously.

Wrex leads the krogan into a new age of glory and happiness, geth & quarians live in peace on Rannoch, etc.

Shepard retires with love interest and friends. The end. That wasn't so hard, was it? Oh and I'd prefer if he/she marries the love interest too, but if not, then my imagination is fine.

^ See, why couldn't Bioware write that?  I whipped that up in 5 minutes flat.

I like it!

Sadly it simply isn't "artistic" and "special" and "unforgettable" enough, and where the hell is "lots of speculation"??

[The Divine Avenger]

mupchu777 wrote...

Look at this point I like the fact that they at least admit the ending wasn't very good for everyone. I think the whole artistic integrity thing is a sham.. Seriously... see the many golden turd comments throughout the forum. I'm glad it's free but at this point I'd pay for something better... and I also doubt they are going to be able to tie things up nicely. It's hard to come back from promising such an amazing ending, without the easy a, b, c choices; and delivering the exact opposite. I'm interested what they will do, but not overly optimistic. Especially since all that is promised is extended cut scenes and text. The time for being optimistic with BW is past... I think the retake movement and the fans were very clear about what sucked, and we get the artistic integrity line... While I do agree BW, as authors, have a right to tell the story they want to... I also have the right not to buy into it. I'll take the free DLC and hope it moves the series from a terrible ending to a meh ending.. but fundamental trust is gone and I'm doing the only things I can. Cancelled SWTOR account, future purchases will require much more forethought... Interest in next BW game... gone... I know it's nothing in the big scheme of things for BW as I'm only 1 customer out of the billions out there. I'm not entitled to dictate to them how I wanted the story to go. In fact I actually like the story they told up til the last friken 15 minutes... I just can't purchase these games anymore without forethought... they are no longer instant purchases and I wont buy into the hype anymore... I've transitioned from a BW fan to a consumer... sad... I've just been let down 1 too many times...

I'm with you brother I won't be buying anymore Bioware game's & even if sometime down the road they make a game of interest to me I'd only buy it if it was second hand. No more disapointments for me either & no more money from me too them in any way shape or form game's / DLC / books / soundtracks I'm done either way.

[Dessalines]

I was a person that thought the original ending of Fallout 3 was great. I thought that it was the most amazing thing that I had ever seen in a video game. I loved Dragon Age 2, but I really hated that Mass Effect ending.I stated that I wanted closure and clarification of the ending, and that is hopefully what I am getting. So what I have learned from posting here.
1)I am not buying an Omega and Aria Dlc that is going to take place before shepard's final charge. That is stupid and does not make any sense.

2)We need to continue to hold Bioware and EA accountable for not producing a good product. I would love the day when a company can produce a game with over 100 hours of rpg playtime(Without replays) every 2 years and it did look like they rushed or cut corners. Let's face it that is what EA is going for. If they can do it without looking like it was made in 2 years, I would be happy, but they haven't proving it yet. Yes, Virginia, If we do not protest, Bioware RPGS will be like the Madden Franchise, a couple of improvements here and there each time it comes out, but it still a bit crappy.

3) Even with EA' business practices, they do not warrant the worst company in America. There are a lot of worse companies in America, and to label them as such makes our complaints look a tad bit silly.

4)No new ending would make everyone happy. I am not sure if they could even pull off an ending that would make the majority happy. There are not 2.5 million forums posters, so there is no way to know. I know that a new ending would not make people who were mad at different romance options happy . I have read through the the forums, and some people believed that the characters that were designed to explained the direness of the conflict are idiots or liars, there are people that wished JAvik and Vega were never part of the game, people who wanted to see more Javik , Vega, and people who wanted to see more of Wrex, and the list goes on. It is impossible to make everyone happy

5)EA or Bioware:: Game creators are not superstars.. Stop talking about the "coolness" of the game, before the release. Why don't you stop the "I love me" movies on creating the game too.. People are still deciding if video games are "art",, so why don't you turned down I enjoyed the Mass Effect 2 thing you did on SciFi channel, and it made want to buy the game. You ever noticed how many produces and directors do not talk about their movies months before it comes out. I think a lot of this would not have been so bad if you had not talk to the media. It set the stage for you being seen as having a huge ego, and everything you said afterwards just added to that image.

6:) Ea and Bioware: You have so many ways you can learn about what your players want from your future games, and what characters they feel strongly about, but you seem to use only a little bit of that information.. I mean do you not have anyone at your meetings that states: "You know that I see where you are going with this, but why don't we tweaked it here, so fans might still be mad at the decison, but we are not insulting their intelligence". Who speaks just for the fans at your script meetings, because without that person or people that speaks for the fans, then you are going to keep running into these problems.

7) Bioware: If you are trying to make art, then you need the fans. All video games are interactive. The connection people feel to your games comes after the hours they have put into them. I state again, people have put hours into your games which is different from any other medium. You offer a compelling story which forms an even stronger emotional bond with people who play the game. so you have a person investing something that is real like time along with something that you and the game have manufactured like an emotional bond with the characters in the game. The end product of all these factors are what make your games art. It is what makes your games. You may be expressing yourself artistically, but the gamer is making the "artistic expression" To simplifly the statement, you gave us a coloring book and colors, but how we color the book is what makes it art. You need only need to read the forums to see the multitude of colors and expression of the Mass Effect world that you fans have made with the coloring book you gave them.

8) I suport the new ending dlc if it really clarifies everything, but I am not buying any DLC that takes place before the battle. It would have to make sense..
9)Rolls up his sleeves and heads to the Dragon III forum.

Modifié par Dessalines, 05 avril 2012 - 08:55 .

[Gterror2]

refuse81 wrote...

Gterror2 wrote...

refuse81 wrote...

Gterror2 wrote...

In summer?Damn now i need to wait for another 6 months to see that "closure" DLC, nice to see BW will release it free, not following the Capcom "True Ending" 6$ BS.

October isn't summer...

Yeah, work can change my perspective of summer...

Lunch break youtube.

Where's the fun in that...

[nevar00]

Tocquevillain wrote...

jedsithor wrote...

Tocquevillain wrote...


I still don't understand why you need the option to interject. You didn't submit to the Catalyst, the Catalyst empowered you to determine the fate of the Reapers and the galaxy. Crikey.

Because the Catalyst is wrong. I spent 30 hours in ME3 alone proving that organics and synthetics can co-exist. If I've done that, I should have the opportunity to point it out. It's what my Shepard has done throughout the series. The choices you are given are unnecessary if the purpose of the Reapers no longer makes sense.

If you haven't united the Quarian and the Geth, fine. Original endings make a bit more sense. But if you have, then Shepard should have the opportunity to point that out.

But what about in the future? Other species will create AI's that rebel and then the creators will attack, and what if there's no Shepard to broker peace? WAR! Basically, you're using a three year period of history as somehow being indicative that you're right, when Mass Effect is about events happening over large periods of time, and that's why I think you're wrong, because your taking a narrow perspective on it.

THERE WAS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE.  And even if there was, it was never made into a huge deal within the series.

Mass Effect 3's ending took wat was a relatively minor issue given the overall goal in the storyline and decided to replace the main goal of "stop the Reapers" with "solve this apparent synthetic/organic issue... and the Reapers will go away"... with 5 minutes to spare.  It failed on the most basic levels.

[Neverwinter_Knight77]

Vox Draco wrote...

Neverwinter_Knight77 wrote...

Mass Effect 3 Ending: A 5-minute Fix. As we join our heroes, Anderson had just said "quite the view". The crucible activates, and the tide of the battle turns. Now, the story branches here, based on player choice.

Either Shepard bleeds out, or a medical team rushes into the Citadel and keeps him alive until he can get to a hospital. Shep, crew, love interest, Admiral Hackett, and surviving Council members all reunite for a celebration.

Hackett and Shepard get a galactic equvialent of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their hard work, as does Anderson, posthumously.

Wrex leads the krogan into a new age of glory and happiness, geth & quarians live in peace on Rannoch, etc.

Shepard retires with love interest and friends. The end. That wasn't so hard, was it? Oh and I'd prefer if he/she marries the love interest too, but if not, then my imagination is fine.

^ See, why couldn't Bioware write that?  I whipped that up in 5 minutes flat.

I like it!

Sadly it simply isn't "artistic" and "special" and "unforgettable" enough, and where the hell is "lots of speculation"??

"Cliché" is in style again, haven't you heard?  Bioware made you choose between RGB, but I prefer the whole ROYGBIV all in one ending.

[Tocquevillain]

nevar00 wrote...

Tocquevillain wrote...

jedsithor wrote...

Tocquevillain wrote...


I still don't understand why you need the option to interject. You didn't submit to the Catalyst, the Catalyst empowered you to determine the fate of the Reapers and the galaxy. Crikey.

Because the Catalyst is wrong. I spent 30 hours in ME3 alone proving that organics and synthetics can co-exist. If I've done that, I should have the opportunity to point it out. It's what my Shepard has done throughout the series. The choices you are given are unnecessary if the purpose of the Reapers no longer makes sense.

If you haven't united the Quarian and the Geth, fine. Original endings make a bit more sense. But if you have, then Shepard should have the opportunity to point that out.

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But what about in the future? Other species will create AI's that rebel and then the creators will attack, and what if there's no Shepard to broker peace? WAR! Basically, you're using a three year period of history as somehow being indicative that you're right, when Mass Effect is about events happening over large periods of time, and that's why I think you're wrong, because your taking a narrow perspective on it.

THERE WAS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE.  And even if there was, it was never made into a huge deal within the series.

Mass Effect 3's ending took wat was a relatively minor issue given the overall goal in the storyline and decided to replace the main goal of "stop the Reapers" with "solve this apparent synthetic/organic issue... and the Reapers will go away"... with 5 minutes to spare.  It failed on the most basic levels.

Sorry, i edited my post because it didn't answer the last post, I made a more relevant comment, I would be interested to see your response to that.

[Alexander Kogan]

As long as BioWare also writes the Dark Energy plot back in as well then I'll be happy. Karpyshyn's plot-line regarding the Reapers and Dark Energy made a lot more sense since it was ALWAYS hinted at in the first two games (remember Haestrum). And the Dark Energy crisis was an ORIGINAL idea that we have never seen before.  The machine vs organic crap that we got spoonfed by the starchild was cliched, overused and made zero sense.

Modifié par Alexander Kogan, 05 avril 2012 - 08:59 .

[MustacheManatee]

 Dear Bioware,

I'm going to be brief, as much of what I have to say has already been said. 

First, I want to make it completely and totally clear to you that ending clarification is not needed. I understand the ending as it is(Deus Ex Machina, Singularity, blah blah blah), and I further understand that the current ending is most likely meant to set up your next Mass Effect game. That being said, I don't see how further explanation is warrented. This seems like a desperation PR move to try and calm down your angry fan base before PAX. 

Really, I'm totally fine with Starbaby. It's poorly thought out and executed, but I could live with it. All we were really asking for was the addition of two potential endings. One with outright Reaper victory, and one with full devestation of the Reapers, and galactic victory. This would not have been terribly hard, and it is clear to me that your artistic integrity is more important to you than your hardcore fan base or the choices we made as Shepard through three games. I thought we were partners in this story. I thought there was no one specific cannon. I was wrong.

I am not interested in ultimatums, or in boycotts. If DA3 is good, I will buy it(used of course). My days of preordering, midnight release parties, and positive word of mouth, however, are done. My time with the Mass Effect universe is also done. This makes me incredibly sad, and it is not something any of us want to do. That being said, it appears that the only feedback you are open to recieving is the kind that comes from my wallet. So be it.

You simply can not continue to insult, and belittle your fan base by insinuating that we didn't "get" the ending, and then hiding behind your "artistic integrity" argument. This is the same thing the pro ending trolls have been preaching for the last few weeks. Shame on you, and good luck at PAX. Breaking up is hard to do right?

Sincerely,
A former Mass Effect fan 

[AkeasharK]

MJF JD wrote...

extra cinematics and epilogue. So the gameplay part is done?

From how it reads, you've got all the gameplay you're getting, this is just extra CS to show what happened to everyone/everything else.

[Sepharih]

....I have to give them the benefit of the doubt.....but damnit....unless IT turns out to be true (unlikely)....I just don't think it's enough.

Bioware....prove me wrong....I beg you.

[Daedalus1773]

Tocquevillain wrote...

jedsithor wrote...

Tocquevillain wrote...


I still don't understand why you need the option to interject. You didn't submit to the Catalyst, the Catalyst empowered you to determine the fate of the Reapers and the galaxy. Crikey.

Because the Catalyst is wrong. I spent 30 hours in ME3 alone proving that organics and synthetics can co-exist. If I've done that, I should have the opportunity to point it out. It's what my Shepard has done throughout the series. The choices you are given are unnecessary if the purpose of the Reapers no longer makes sense.

If you haven't united the Quarian and the Geth, fine. Original endings make a bit more sense. But if you have, then Shepard should have the opportunity to point that out.

EDIT: I deleted my previous response because it didn't even answer your post. Let me ask this: Shepard knows that there was literally sixty seconds before the Geth would wipeo ut the Quarians once the code was uploaded. The only reason she managed to unite them (and I wouldn't even use the word unite) is because she convinced the Quarians they were going to self-genocide. Is that really a victory that disputes the Starchild's points?

Answer: Yes.

StarChild's purpose isn't to stop organics from wiping out synthetics. It's to stop synthetics from wiping out organics. He directly states that it is inevitable that synthetics will destroy their creators.

In the scenario you just described, the Geth are only fighting in self defense. In this conflict, they are the side wanting peace.

StarChild's entire reason for existing is now invalidated.  Edit: Especially if you broker peace & suddenly the Geth are helping them rebuild their cities/houses on Rannoch, and downloading themselves into the Quarians' suits to help their bodies adjust to the microorganisms on the planet in an accelerated fashion.

Modifié par Daedalus1773, 05 avril 2012 - 09:04 .

[panamakira]

Dayum~!!!

You know I'm excited for it and at the same time I'm scared crapless.....Is it going to make it better, worse?

What is BioWare adding to the ending with the Extended Cut DLC?

BioWare will expanding on the ending to Mass Effect 3 by creating additional cinematics and epilogue scenes to the existing ending sequences. The goal of these new scenes is to provide additional clarity and closure to Mass Effect 3.

Like I said I'm still a bit scared it might make it worse but can there really be anything worse than what we have really? Oh man, tell me there's something good coming!!!!!

I can just hear the rage again if this turns out to be not what we were expecting. Fans will be split again between those that did want just "clarification" to the current endings and those that just wanted more options. I'm kinda in the middle here. 

Modifié par panamakira, 05 avril 2012 - 09:01 .

[Dessalines]

Neverwinter_Knight77 wrote...

Vox Draco wrote...

Neverwinter_Knight77 wrote...

Mass Effect 3 Ending: A 5-minute Fix. As we join our heroes, Anderson had just said "quite the view". The crucible activates, and the tide of the battle turns. Now, the story branches here, based on player choice.

Either Shepard bleeds out, or a medical team rushes into the Citadel and keeps him alive until he can get to a hospital. Shep, crew, love interest, Admiral Hackett, and surviving Council members all reunite for a celebration.

Hackett and Shepard get a galactic equvialent of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their hard work, as does Anderson, posthumously.

Wrex leads the krogan into a new age of glory and happiness, geth & quarians live in peace on Rannoch, etc.

Shepard retires with love interest and friends. The end. That wasn't so hard, was it? Oh and I'd prefer if he/she marries the love interest too, but if not, then my imagination is fine.

^ See, why couldn't Bioware write that?  I whipped that up in 5 minutes flat.

I like it!

Sadly it simply isn't "artistic" and "special" and "unforgettable" enough, and where the hell is "lots of speculation"??

"Cliché" is in style again, haven't you heard?  Bioware made you choose between RGB, but I prefer the whole ROYGBIV all in one ending.

They did a summary in Dragon Age:Origins. It was just a few moments of what happenned to everyone, and they did this even if you died.  Seriously, it makes no sense. Lol, the understand i do not understand is there going to be actual gameplay, or will it just be watching a movie>

[Gterror2]

Think they bring VA-s for recording some lines too or just epilogue sliders like in DA:O?To think of it epilogue sliders can be done in few days, so i guess the VA-s will be doing some lines too...**** seems that i answered my own question.

[NubXL]

Well, when I first finished the game, all I thought was "it needed an epilogue". The more it stewed, the more I realized how broken the entire last couple hours were. They simply can't fix a climax that sputters out as much as the one they threw together for ME3. It would take too much work, and possibly the kind of talent they simply don't have anymore.

Sucks most for the people who have subscribed to the indoctrination theory, which really could have launched this from one of the worst endings of all time to one of the best. I knew you guys were giving BioWare too much credit, though. In their current state, I just can't believe they'd be up to the task of creating such a genius plot.

At the end of the day I don't know what to feel. Knowing now that we were meant to take that ending at face value... what the hell, guys? The fans threw together better endings in the wake of that disaster within hours of their initial soul-crushing disappointment. Don't know what's going on internally over there, but I don't think I'll be singing your praises for much longer. At this point, I honestly feel stupid for being such a dedicated fan of this franchise for so long.

My level of love for this series rivaled my love for the Metal Gear Solid series. The difference is that Kojima gave us a magnificent finale in MGS4, delivering a masterful sendoff fitting of a man of Solid Snake's caliber. I was willing to wake up before dawn to wait in line for hours just to shake Kojima's hand and get his autograph. Can't say I'd do the same for you. You sputtered and burned when we, the fans, and Shepard needed you to deliver the most.

Critical mission failure.

[molecularman]

Neverwinter_Knight77 wrote...

Mass Effect 3 Ending: A 5-minute Fix. As we join our heroes, Anderson had just said "quite the view". The crucible activates, and the tide of the battle turns. Now, the story branches here, based on player choice.

Either Shepard bleeds out, or a medical team rushes into the Citadel and keeps him alive until he can get to a hospital. Shep, crew, love interest, Admiral Hackett, and surviving Council members all reunite for a celebration.

Hackett and Shepard get a galactic equvialent of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their hard work, as does Anderson, posthumously.

Wrex leads the krogan into a new age of glory and happiness, geth & quarians live in peace on Rannoch, etc.

Shepard retires with love interest and friends. The end. That wasn't so hard, was it? Oh and I'd prefer if he/she marries the love interest too, but if not, then my imagination is fine.

^ See, why couldn't Bioware write that?  I whipped that up in 5 minutes flat.

This... is a masterpiece!
Seriously, I can't understand how they blew the ending so bad, considering the starting point they had.