I have avoided saying or posting anything on the subject of
the Mass Effect 3 ends, until now mainly because I wanted to see all of the
ends pre EC and post EC, as well as gather all the information I could on the
endings before I made my opinion on them
Based on what I’ve seen there were three main problems with
the pre EC endings
Problem 1: Foreshadowing comes to nothing
For those of you who don’t know the original mass effect 3
storyline/ending was supposed to be about dark energy and how it was slowly
building up and would destroy the galaxy. The reapers were a stalling measure
designed to slow the process down long enough to find a way to stop the build-up.
This ending was foreshadowed in many ways;
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The name of the game series - ·
The opening credits for the games - ·
The law and codex entries - ·
The missions in mass effect 2
The problem here is that this foreshadowing comes to nothing
this plot line completely vanishes in the third game with no trace. This means
that the build-up and overarching story from the first two games is diminished
and the ending we currently have feels tacked on at the last moment.
Problem 2: too fast
Mass Effect 3 had the shortest production time of any of the
games in the series being completed in just less than 18 months. Now EA and
Bioware had originally wanted to complete the game for a 1 year release after
Mass Effect 2 rather like the COD games that are released every year however the
developers managed to get an extra 6 months production time, but at the end of
this time the developers still asked for more time and were told no.
This and other internet rumours such as the one that says
the ending was written by two guys in just a few days. Support the idea that
the ending was rushed making it tacky and badly written to meet and unrealistic
production deadline.
Problem 3: it’s all about the money
Mass Effect 3 has had many money making extras such as:
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Random item packs that can be brought with money - ·
Day one DLC - ·
N7 weapons that were complete with in the game
but sold for extra - ·
Rumours of paid ending DLC
These money making extras attached to an already costly game
have left many fans feeling ripped off. This makes the endings seem cheap and
worthless like the developers focus was on the money making potential and not
on the quality of the end product.
Summary of original endings
To summarise the pre EC ending of Mass Effect 3 felt like a
rushed cheap disappointment to many fans
EC and its effects
According to many fans and reviewers the EC is a vast
improvement upon the original ends, However the EC does not fix all of the problems
with the original endings.
Problem 1: Foreshadowing comes to nothing
The foreshadowing, build-up and overarching story plot from
the first two games still come to nothing. Now I’m not saying that the Dark
Energy ending is better than the one we currently have I’m just saying that dropping
the ending you’ve been building up to at the last moment is just stupid. EC
does not address this problem or fix it
Problem 2: too fast
Bioware and EA took their time developing the EC and we got
quality over speed, giving many fans the closure and explanations that they
wanted. EC addressed this problem and for the most part fixed it.
Problem 3: it’s all about the money
Mass Effect 3 is still has money problems, but the EC was
free and so were the last two multiplayer packs. EC did address this problem
but it seems more like damage control and less of what they actually wanted.
Overall Summery
The original endings of Mass Effect 3 felt rushed tacky and cheap;
whilst the EC has corrected some of these problems it hasn’t corrected them
all.
Overall Mass effect 3 is a great game but whenever I play it
to end it leaves a bad taste, the EC is good but no amount of patching will fix
something that is broken at the foundations.
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