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[delphonic]

I was expecting to either win or lose the war against the reapers. I would have been fine with either, as long as there was some meaningful resolution to the conflict that made sense.

[shurikenmanta]

Funnily enough, I had a feeling the mass relays were going to have to go. I guess I always thought there'd have to be some kind of huge sacrifice to stop something so powerful. I figured societal collapse at the very least.

[Spectre Impersonator]

I expected what they specifically promised: varied endings where your choices matter. I DIDN'T expect what they specifically said WOULDN'T be in the game: and LOST/Sopranos ending. Somehow things got reversed in development and Bioware became liars.

[Cyne]

Yeah I did not expect the mass relays to be destroyed and everyone to be stranded on earth. Definitely didn't expect Joker to chicken out on me, nor for Shepard to be "given", so graciously by an unknown ghost boy, the opportunity to choose which colored explosions would take place. Expected the destroy ending not to come with a major catch (Geth dying). I expected something more amazing visually than jumping into a beam, or being sucked up by a beam, or shooting at a glass tube, etc. I didn't predict the inclusion of the control ending, and honestly still don't understand what the purpose of that was. If you have very low EMS, you're forced to take that option, which (in that playthrough) made the ending truly, truly sucky. It also made me think that the developers wanted that, or the synthesis, option to be canon.

One thing I was certain of was that Shepard would die, and lo and behold, he did, but I never imagined it would feel so.. pointless. I thought I'd feel like how I felt after DA:O, or after ME2, like I'd accomplished something incredible, and that the world was truly changed for my having done what I did. Instead, I felt like my choices did not significantly affect the outcome, like I'd missed something important in the game, or made a mistake or something. It left me confused and bewildered, wondering what had happened. And not in a profound, "what really happened" way, like perhaps the ending of Inception did, an ending that genuinely makes you speculate about the possible outcomes. It was more like a video suddenly cutting off in the middle of the scene, leaving you watching static for another 30 seconds. Just WTF.

Modifié par Cyne, 08 mai 2012 - 01:39 .

[paxbanana3915]

I expected several long missions to strategically take back Earth, involving some planning (like the suicide mission).

At the very end, I honestly expected the Crucible to not work and Shepard having to pull the forces of the galaxy together in a 'conventional fight'.

edit: strategically removing my overused word of the day: strategic.

Modifié par paxbanana3915, 08 mai 2012 - 01:40 .

[Aramiss Ducati]

Building Tali a house, lots of blue babies, you know that stuff I actually expected to end the series with not a random Brave new world rehash.

[nategator]

A combination of the ME1 ending (with selectable options depending on EMS) and the Fallout New Vegas ending where the player learned the fate of various characters but with more cut scenes or even gameplay interactivity. Maybe something like RDR where you take over another character after Shepard dies to finish up the epilogue.

[ahandsomeshark]

more than one. also I expected take back earth to be MUCH bigger than it was. Like a larger scale suicide mission.

[AndreasShepard]

I expected an ending so epic it would make all other video game endings pale by comparison, a high expectation I know but somehow I always expected Mass Effect to go out with a bang, not crash and burn with terrible writing.

[Unholyknight800]

Radically different endings based on my choices.

[Joe Del Toro]

I was hoping it would essentially be the Suicide Mission, but with squadmates replaced by armies, similar to DA: Origins. I think that's what everyone expected. However, I alsoI expected things to get really weird. I was hoping for something similar to how things go FUBAR in Metal Gear Solid 2, or when you experience the fear gas in Arkham Asylum, with Shepard experiencing an indoctrination attempt or something similar. Then, depending on your actions, you fight your way through this and live to finally see your efforts pay off as the Crucible is fired, and the galaxy you grew to love is saved. The only consequences would be ones of actions taken throughout the series, not of a colour of an explosion.

[shurikenmanta]

I must be the only person who didn't want the goddamn house on Rannoch, lol. It just seemed too BSG for me.

[sth88]

Very different endings based on the decisions I made, ranging from the losing completely to making it out and riding off into the sunset with my LI.

Basically the "sophistication" we were promised pre-release.

[pharsti]

KingNothing125 wrote...

I thought London would be a Suicide Mission on steroids. Anderson even says "choose your squad well"... perfect segue into choosing specialists and fireteam leaders and such.

"Shepard, we could use a sniper to cover us while we advance."
"I think the King of the Bottle Shooters can handle that. Garrus, you're on it."

"Shepard, a Mako broke down near your position. We need that firepower to take out that Destroyer. Can you help?"
"Tali, see what you can do."


Then I thought the Crucible was going to, you know, work like a super weapon is supposed to work. Kill All The Things. Without some dumb genre-breaking ghostly apparition who railroads me into three intentionally-crappy choices.

I am a completionist, and my EMS was well above the required line for the "good" endings. I expected to live and to have a "happy", heroic ending like ME1 and ME2.

This, to a degree, but i also expected there to be several very different endings.

Such as an "happy" ending like the previous poster said.
One where Shepard would go down in a blaze of glory, watching everyone she cared for and who followed her dying ( kinda like Reach, just much more impact).
I would personally also love an ending in which you achieved victory but Shepard ended up a mere husk of what she was, broken, crippled physically and mentally due to the deaths of many of her comrades, if not all of them, this would obviously be dependent on your choices in ME2 and ME3 final mission.

Also, epilogues, god, i never thought it would end just like that, not knowing a single thing about the characters we followed for 5 years, no outcome, no nothing.... just.... "imagination".

[humes spork]

This isn't an endorsement of IT, but I was rather expecting an eleventh-hour revelation that Shepard had been indoctrinated over the course of the trilogy, and the last few hours of game play being an internal (and external) struggle against indoctrination with the decisive battle against the Reapers as a backdrop and setpiece.

With the major, life-or-death decisions playing out to decide the outcome of the final battle, and with the character-focused decisions playing out to decide Shepard's and his/her associates' fate.

Modifié par humes spork, 08 mai 2012 - 02:06 .

[Mad_Mass]

One ending I expected to get was going to require an extreme sacrifice to stop the Reapers, say in the deployment of certain war assets. I expected blood, sweat, tears and a 50/50 chance on whether Shepard and crew make it to the other side. And that's just one expectation...

[The JoeMan]

I was expecting something like the suicide mission where my was assets had varying levels of success depending on the decisions I had made throughout the trilogy.

I was expecting the foreshadowing from ME1 and ME2 to play a role in the final scenes.

I was expecting Shepard to die (and I was okay with that).

I was expecting that the galaxy would be a better place after the reapers were defeated.

I was 0 for 4

[Hadeedak]

Closure on the damn series and not having a ton of poorly clarified exposition followed by ROLL CREDITS.

I actually have a good feeling about the extended cut, but I'm in the minority in that I like the PRINCIPLE of the endings, but rather loathe the implementation.

[Gen Petitt]

Something with logic so to counter act this I made an ending with slip space and my house on Rannoch

[The JoeMan]

I guess I was expecting for the final exposition to have me going "Of course! Why didn't I see that coming? That was mentioned in all three games." Ideally the revelation would change the way I saw them all together. Instead we got something that was completely disconnected from the themes that were established.

[Archer610]

The writers were so good, probably the best in any video game ever. I expected something epic, something amazing. Imagine my disappointment when I saw the actual ending.

Well, you don't have to imagine it, you got to experience it.

[Oldbones2]

Clown Eater wrote...

I was certainly surprised at the conclusion of the trilogy when I reached it.

After I looked into the endings some more, though, I realized the ending I was expecting essentially was the "vaporization" ending where everyone (including the Reapers) is wiped out, but the safety of the next cycle is secured.  I liked my Shepard and I wanted him to succeed, but that's just what I thought was coming.  I also thought it could be really powerful end it like that, even though it would make me feel like crap.

What kind of ending were you guys expecting?  And what would you think of one where the only way to stop the Reapers for good is to vaporize all other sentient life along with them, and only ensure that the next cycle is saved?

Lots of variation (since it was promised) before I bought the game.


While I was playing it, bittersweet.


After the ending, stupid and pointless.

[Zardoc]

I expected an awesome ending.

You know, kinda like this

Modifié par Zardoc, 08 mai 2012 - 02:33 .

[Uber Rod]

First off I was expecting an ending that didn't break the rules for proper narrative.

That said I was expecting most of what we saw. You running around the galaxy gaining support for a unified battle against the Reapers. Basically Dragon Age 1 in space. 

However at the end I was expecting the massive fleet acting as a diversion while you and your crew did the real job of defeating the Reapers. Uploading some Reaper virus, or maybe traveling to dark space where some weakness could be exploited. I expected a harrowing journey kind of along the same lines as the Suicide Mission from ME2.

At the end you manage to exploit the weakness, upload the virus, whatever and escape with the skin of your teeth, Reapers defeated. Que celebrations and the resulting final resolutions.

[SeedyKiwi]

At the worst, a 21 Thanix Cannon salute as my casket floats out of the Normandy Cargo hold (Wing commander 3 style.) Joker saluting the Memorial board with my Sheps name newly added to it, while my LI stand there with a single tear tracking down her cheek saying something like -Liara -"You did it Shepard, I always knew that you would, I just hope the galaxy can live up to your sacrifice"
Joker "Seriously, Can you see 'Counselor' Wrex letting anyone get away with wasting this chance"
..........