Yate wrote...
ME2:
- unexpected twist ending that shatters our concept of the plot
- final decision has few consequences
- two possible endings, one of which is actually a game over
- ends with a blatant sequel hook
- contains a boring boss fight
- no implications of the ending are explained or shown
- no memorable dialogue
- a lot of fans didn't like it
ME3:
- unexpected twist ending that shatters our concept of the plot
- final decision has major consequences
- four possible endings, one of which is actually a game over
- gives a sense of closure
- no boss fight
- various implications of the ending are shown
- some of the best dialogue and voice acting in the game
- a lot of fans don't like it
I completely disagree with your assessment of ME2's ending. ME2 had one of the best endings I ever got to play. First the entire game Habinger goes on and on about how the reapers are their salvation and their ascension was at hand I knew something was up with that kind of dialogue, also he kept wanting Sheoards body so the reaper baby was not an unexpected plot twist it was one built up to gradually until the final reveal which culminated in an awesome battle and ended with epic music and the shepard strut through the Normandy where the entire crew was all like HELL YEAH. the emotion of the ending was epic and completely satisfactory. You beat ME2 and you feel like ELVIS. You feel like JESUS, You feel like Elvis and Jesus got married and made holy rock and roll babies. We always KNEW ME2 would end on a cliff hanger it was the ME version of Empire.
ME3 however was completely different a new character at the end of the game negates all your efforts and hard work shts on precedent (epic ending win against impossible odds ME1 and ME2) and lets you choose 3 flavors of you lose suck it btch.
The emotions were shock, fury, betrayal, depression, abandonment. 0 satisfaction of any kind even post EC. No sense of closure at all- in fact the ending leaves a sense of a chest cavity opened up for open heart surgery and then the surgeon just walks away leaving all the insides exposed and oozing. ME3 is an open wound of disappointment, disjointed narrative, and roughshod railroading of Biowares Shepard character raping MY shepard and then shoehorning the end of another videogame onto the end of theirs and then calling it artistic integrity.
ME2 was a beutiful and awesome ending. ME3 was a wet fart.