Yeah, I really disliked the original ending and I am happy with the EC, specifically Synthesis and Control. Frankly, I have no ethical problem exerting control or making decisions for the trillions of lives in the galaxy. The truth is, the thing that makes Shepard qualified to decide the fate of the entire Rachni species is the exact same thing that makes Shepard qualified to make the final decision of the game. Shepard is qualified because he/she is the person who makes it there. From the beacon on Eden Prime, throughout the entire trilogy, Shepard is the person who aggressively opposes the reapers and their agents. Making Shep a spectre is the official and lawful authorization to make these kind of decisions, but ultimately, the title doesn't matter as much as the reality that the rest of the galaxy's inability to do as much as Shep does is what makes Shep the most qualified person in the galaxy to make that kind of decision.
Also, I do not believe that the ending is a lie or a metaphor, I believe it at face value. I personally think that believing everything else in the game is "real" and that the end is a "metaphor" or a lie from the devs is a bit of desperate attempt to justify headcannon or whatever. I believe the devs, and ultimately the lore and dialog that is revealed by the catalyst. I think most people who dislike the ending simply don't like what they hear. The trilogy has spent so much time telling the audience "The reapers are cruel monsters and Shep will stop/destroy them" - so I think a lot of people cannot accept that the incredibly brutal harvest is not being done out of malice, but out of computer like programming. I think people rather believe that the reapers are still the mean bad guys who can be defeated by a space-marine with a good heart/bad attitude.
So yeah, I am willing to accept that the lore says the catalyst is this program who does not lie to Shep, and in fact, welcomes Shep's involvement as it changes the available options to solve the problem it was designed to solve.
I like the destroy ending, but I don't pick it, simply because it is not worth killing the Geth or EDI when the Synth/Control endings are so appealing to me. I really like the Synthesis ending where you see Kasumi and Keiji reuinited and you can see all the cast members synth'd up, like Samara with her daughter. I love that stufff, also EDI's narration of the synthesis ending is excellent.
In general, I'm pretty happy with EC because I still got a good bit of emotional catharsis and resolution. I will say, I still wish Priority Earth had been more like Collector Base, with the ability to designate teams and strategies for the different war assets. Alas, that will never be.
I also have no problem with Shep dying. If anything, Shep
should die. Surviving the events of ME3's ending and returning to society seems really silly to me. You can't come back from something like that, saving the galaxy is a one way trip.
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