But with the emergence of the Extended Cut DLC, reliving the Destroy ending again and watching videos of the Extended Control and Synthesis endings, my negative views on the Control and Synthesis endings has grown a bit more positive recently. I still retain my skepticism on those two endings, but I see that while all three endings are vastly different, they change the galaxy in positive ways, regardless of the sacrifice you made to make that ending possible. Which leads me to look down on the Refusal ending. Some ME fans claim that the endings of ME3 violate every moral that the Mass Effect franchise stands for. While that is true, they definitely end the war against the Reapers. Isn't that what we've been fighting for? Being nitpicky about the way to end the war will only end in your loss. That's why the Refusal ending is the coward's way out. In ME2, there are dialogues referencing that there are people who's lives revolve around morals and ethics, they shy away from the choices that seem "evil" to them.
Shepard (from the DLC Project Overlord): "Who gave YOU the right to play God?"
Archer: "People who are too afraid to make difficult decisions themselves. When people pray for a miracle, they're really praying for men like me to make the tough choices."
Admiral Hackett (at the end of the DLC Arrival): "You did what you did for the best of reasons, but, there were more than three hundred thousand Batarians in that system-- all dead."
Shepard (paragon dialogue): "They died to save trillions of lives. If I could have saved them, you bet your ass I would have."
By refusing Control, Synthesis and Destroy, you are praying for an ending where you don't get to sacrifice the diversity of species, Shepard's body and connection to humanity, or the "lives" of the Geth and EDI, and that leads to the downfall of mankind, Turians, Asari, Quarians, Krogans, etc, all because you got cold feet by the pros and cons (mostly cons) of each ending. I'm not saying the refusal ending is the wrong choice, it's just that it's one of the endings representing the different types of people and their preference of outcomes during the Catalyst scene, it's not a "F**k you" from BioWare or anything like that.
Control: A person who is willing to give up everything he/she has instead of sacrificing a friend, familiy member or a stranger
Synthesis: A person who wants a even leveled playing field, where no side wins or loses, both opponents can shake hands and celebrate together
Destroy: A person who is not afraid of the loss of friends to do what needs to be done, even at the expense of his/her own life
Refusal: A person who deeply dislikes the not so ethical choices presented to him/her and would rather back down than choose either one of them, or at least let someone else pick up where you left off.
At the end of the Refusal ending, it is revealed that the next cycle defeated the Reapers, which means, someone in that cycle had the will to do what you were too afraid to do after the Crucible was rebuilt. The point I'm making is, we won't always like the paths to victory in wars, we sometimes have to do something that makes us look "selfish" or "evil", but beggars can't be choosers, otherwise we'll lose the war, and ALL your friends, families, everyone.
Javik: "Do not waver. Victory is never won without difficult choices."
Modifié par N7Gold, 05 juillet 2012 - 06:36 .
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