Wait, that was the actual pop up? Really?
Well, not the part with the credit cards, obviously, but everything above that? Yeah. Yeah, that's what it said before the EC.
You get "you just destroyed the relays!" and then they tell you to either replay the game or get some DLC. People were furious.
I should know, I was one of them.
Wait, that was the actual pop up? Really?
Not precisely. The first paragraph, yes. The "we proudly accept" and the credit cards? Photoshop.
I never saw the original endings. By the time I got to the third game, EC was already out. And now that I saw videos that Julia posted...
I am really glad for that little mercy.
Seeing is different than experiencing them. I pre-ordered this game. I had other things to do during the day so it took me a while to complete it. Plus I was told by the person at Gamestop that Bioware recommends I play multi-player to get the best endings. So I spent a lot of time leveling up a level 20 vanguard and then promoted them while I was playing through the game. After I had killed The Illusive Man, and said my goodbye to Anderson, I was ready for the epic finish.
There was the short information dump by Starbrat - I know I'm one of the few who continue to call The Catalyst "Starbrat" - but what was once seen cannot be unseen. What was once experienced cannot be unexperienced.
Here's the full Original monstrosity. I feel the same kick.
I was lucky. I guess.
Although picking up the game on day one, due to other things going on at the time, it was a good few months before I actually got around to playing it.
I'd heard about the furore over the ending, although not the specifics, and made sure to have the EC lined up for my play through.
Got to the end, experienced it, and my initial reaction was that somehow, the EC had gone wrong, and not actually worked. A quick bit of Googling and the full gravity and horror of the situation made itself apparent.
I will say this for the EC - having seen the original endings, it DOES improve the endgame. I know some people prefer the original endings, and many also don't think it goes far enough - I fall into the latter camp, but I wouldn't dismiss the EC out of hand, it DOES improve things. Slightly. IMO.
At the time, that was little consolation though - I didn't touch another game for a couple of months.
Even with the ec installed I couldn't quite believe it was the ending; the breath scene only made it worse.
I would say the EC adds to the ending, but doesn't necessarily make them better.
That said...
JEEZ. I can't even describe the feeling I felt when I first beat the game. There was no Citadel DLC, so the goodbyes on Earth were it. No matter how high your EMS, the Relays were destroyed (at best stranding everyone at Earth, at worst and logically blowing up every system with a relay in it).
You just wanted to cry when it was over. Some did.
A joke was that Gears of War 3 managed to have a more epic ending. Well it had closure anyway.
I do think the Original Ending sequence, from a cinematic standpoint, got it right up through Best Seats in the House. It was 3:15 a.m on March 22, 2012 when Shepard collapsed on the floor. That sequence was extremely well done. It was epic. Then the whole thing was destroyed in the last five minutes. The condition Shepard was in, there could be no confrontation, no boss fight. Not without involving indoctrination in her mind.
I think this is where the symbolism and indoctrination theory part comes in when making the choice at the end. Under this Shepard needed to wake up and destroy the reaper to complete her mission. The other two choices were the indoctrination choices. That's what I believed at the time I played it.
Afterward, when the game ended, I was emotionally drained, and I went to bed. It was 3:20 a.m. and I'd just blown up the galaxy. I thought I'd done something wrong. I couldn't sleep, so I got up and went on Youtube, and I found the other endings. They were vitually identical. It didn't matter.
To me, the EC simply applies a coating of saccharine, not sugar, to the ending. Many of you never tasted saccharine. It was a popular artificial sweetener. It is much sweeter than Equal or Sucralose, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste.
The EC destroyed many people's head canon about the control ending. A lot of people chose control as a way to get around destroying the geth, but they still chose to destroy the reapers by flying them into stars. After the EC, they sacrificed themselves to become something greater. They command an army that none shall dare oppose, and they will forever watch over the many.
I remember the arguments about the Synthesis ending, too. The way this was written even in the EC doesn't make much sense. It's too magical. Too happy. It sounds too good to be true. But you wouldn't understand and there isn't time to explain.
Starbrat: "Releasing the energy of the crucible will end the cycle, but it will also destroy the mass relays. The paths are open, but you have to choose."
Dale you need to see the ending that we had when we bought the game.... It's not that namby pamby EC ending.
Oh and it didn't matter either...
Julia,
Thanks for your time putting that together.
I'm not a big fan of SW(yeah, I said it), but this would be kinda awesome, actually.
Of course, as a diehard Destroy supporter, I admit a certain amount of bias 
Destroy. The Starchild was clearly lying through his teeth with that, he suggested you'd be destroyed as well which made no sense. Geth and EDI are obviously still alive, the Starchild was just trying to steer you away from the one option that'd kill him.
It's either that or Bioware is unaware of the complete lack of logic that section makes because they only added in the 'harmful to synthetics' option so people would go with what they felt was the proper true ending (Synthesis). But that's just crazy.
Destroy. The Starchild was clearly lying through his teeth with that, he suggested you'd be destroyed as well which made no sense. Geth and EDI are obviously still alive, the Starchild was just trying to steer you away from the one option that'd kill him.
It's either that or Bioware is unaware of the complete lack of logic that section makes because they only added in the 'harmful to synthetics' option so people would go with what they felt was the proper true ending (Synthesis). But that's just crazy.
It would be the first time a synthetic would lie! So no It doesn't work. And Bioware was aware of the "lack of logic" you feel. And no they didn't create synthesis to be the "true" ending. If they wanted people to choose synthesis, there would be no choice! If they didn't want the player to think, they would have made it the way Jade empire was made (no choice, it's just consequences). There's nothing crazy about how they have made the game.
"You just wanted to cry when it was over some did"
I knew someone that did I thought they were overreacting because I hadn't finished it yet. That first two weeks after release had people in a daze I put my controller down for almost a month myself.
EDIT: Great now it's all coming back and I suddenly remember the "help jack get laid" posters. 
The EC destroyed many people's head canon about the control ending. A lot of people chose control as a way to get around destroying the geth, but they still chose to destroy the reapers by flying them into stars. After the EC, they sacrificed themselves to become something greater. They command an army that none shall dare oppose, and they will forever watch over the many.
I think that was an improvement over the original endings. If Catalyst 2.0 (a.k.a. the Sheplyst) simply had the Reaper fleet fly into a star or black hole, there wouldn't be enough to differentiate it from the Destroy ending. It would be Destroy without the consequences.
The only ending that should have had dead Reapers is Destroy. It's the only reason to choose that ending.
Control got a major improvement in the morality alignment also. I'm not really a big fan of Renegade and Paragon, but I like how this ending has two version to reflect both.
Out of all of them control seemed to be improved the most. Before EC it was basically just Shep electrocuting himself with no explanation as to what would happen afterwards you just watched him suicide in a very painful way for no reason or reward.
I've changed my mind again, and picked Destroy this time. Mostly because I'm convinced that, while EDI and the Geth were destroyed, they can be rebuilt.
Hackett makes a remark that everything that was destroyed can be rebuilt.
Although if I take this literally, it means we'd rebuild the Reapers too.
....errrr..... I hope they stick to EDI and the Geth.
Synthesis remains the best ending. It's the only one where Shepard doesn't have to endure the constant reminders about all the dumb assed remarks made during all of the installments, especially that one about Asari needing other species to reproduce.
Synthesis remains the best ending. It's the only one where Shepard doesn't have to endure the constant reminders about all the dumb assed remarks made during all of the installments, especially that one about Asari needing other species to reproduce.
Yeah, but it means swallowing another dumb@$$ remark:
"Synthesis is the final evolution of life"
I've changed my mind again, and picked Destroy this time. Mostly because I'm convinced that, while EDI and the Geth were destroyed, they can be rebuilt.
Hackett makes a remark that everything that was destroyed can be rebuilt.
Although if I take this literally, it means we'd rebuild the Reapers too.
....errrr..... I hope they stick to EDI and the Geth.
The Geth maybe, but EDI cannot.
An AI like EDI is made by combining adaptive code and a long, expensive eduction with a quantum blue box.
Using the same adaptive code and same eduction with a blue box will not yield the same personality. A new personality is created each time
The Geth maybe, but EDI cannot.
An AI like EDI is made by combining adaptive code and a long, expensive eduction with a quantum blue box.
Using the same adaptive code and same eduction with a blue box will not yield the same personality. A new personality is created each time
Plus, EDI is made using Reaper technology from Sovereign and has more Reaper technology integrated with the IFF. I don't think a prospect of creating an unshackled AI with reaper technology will sit well with people after the Destroy ending.
The Geth maybe, but EDI cannot.
An AI like EDI is made by combining adaptive code and a long, expensive eduction with a quantum blue box.
Using the same adaptive code and same eduction with a blue box will not yield the same personality. A new personality is created each time
We'll build Joker a new sexbot, one guy's girlfriend shouldn't take precedence over getting rid of the Reapers for good.
Destroy is my official ending while MEHEM is my personal canon ending. as mch as I liked the Geth, they and EDI are not enough for me to keep the Reapers alive.
Ending C duh, we ride together, we die together. Franklin, Trevor and Micheal are the 3 Musketeers of video games.... Oh... Wait you mean ME3.... Um, well it doesn't' really matter too be honest, they're all kinda bad and up their own butt. However, I tend to shoot the tube most of the time.
Why????? Well, I'm right handed and like guns and don't like Reapers or being indoctrinated. So..... Good choice.
Yeah, but it means swallowing another dumb@$$ remark:
"Synthesis is the final evolution of life"
I'm grateful that we can at least go around some of the dialogue, because that statement makes my brain itch.
I'm grateful that we can at least go around some of the dialogue, because that statement makes my brain itch.
So you don't think we'll end up transhuman in real life? It's baffling enough as it is that Shepard and Saren are the only transspecieists in a game set over a century in the future.
http://www.theverge....ts-fda-approval
I have no idea why that statement makes your brain itch. You can disagree with a lot the Catalyst says, but that statement is right on the money.
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