It'll be interesting to see how the narrative portrays the Inquisitor, whether he is going to be a Christ-like figure, where a sacrifice would be expected (ie the Synthesis ending in ME) or perhaps he is going to be portrayed as survivor, given the circumstances of his surviving the opening bit seems likely, and surviving the ending won't be overly difficult (perhpas the ME1 ending for comparison)
then there's another interesting possibility, what if it ends like RDR
It'll be interesting to see how the narrative portrays the Inquisitor, whether he is going to be a Christ-like figure, where a sacrifice would be expected (ie the Synthesis ending in ME) or perhaps he is going to be portrayed as survivor, given the circumstances of his surviving the opening bit seems likely, and surviving the ending won't be overly difficult (perhpas the ME1 ending for comparison)
then there's another interesting possibility, what if it ends like RDR
Hmm....get to play as my Inquisitor's love child with Cass? OKAY
If the game is made so that you get a good ending regardless of your choices, then the game's story is a complete failure imo.
Mass effect 2 got it right. It could go from everyone dies including shepard - to everyone survives + rainbows.
Getting a perfect ending should be hard to achieve, if not the effort put into the game feels fruitless.
Getting a perfect ending should be hard to achieve, if not the effort put into the game feels fruitless.
Weren't we told we could 40+ endings in this game, bound to be a good one in there somewhere just keep digging. 
Actually, I am tired by all these Calls for a "Bittersweet" or "Bad" Endings. If you look around Fantasy you so rarely see unambigously "good" Endings nowadays, that I feel increasingly like falling Victim to this Phenomenon (watch out, it's TVTropes!). It seems like Fantasy wants to ensure us that the World is a shitty Place, but this is as tiring as it is untrue. Cynicism seems to be cool in Fiction nowadays, but it gets boring pretty soon. Idealism has it's Place in Reality as in Fiction and just once i would like an Ending that doesn't hammer home how bittersweet and bleak the World is. Unambiguously Good Endings are so seldom today, that one of them would actually stand out from the Crowd.
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Actually, I am tired by all these Calls for a "Bittersweet" or "Bad" Endings. If you look around Fantasy you so rarely see unambigously "good" Endings nowadays, that I feel increasingly like falling Victim to this Phenomenon (watch out, it's TVTropes!). It seems like Fantasy wants to ensure us that the World is a shitty Place, but this is as tiring as it is untrue. Cynicism seems to be cool in Fiction nowadays, but it gets boring pretty soon. Idealism has it's Place in Reality as in Fiction and just once i would like an Ending that doesn't hammer home how bittersweet and bleak the World is. Unambiguously Good Endings are so seldom today, that one of them would actually stand out from the Crowd.
Good luck with that. The lead writer for Inquisition, David Gaider, titled his blog "The Bittersweetest Thing."
That said, I agree that unambiguously happy endings are rare and I would like to see more of them.
Hah interesting there were times where everyone complained about happy endings now peoples complain about bad endings. 
Of course I want a happy ending! and a Bad ending! and a bittersweet ending! and a sad ending! and a hopeful ending!
But most of all...
I want the ability to choose those endings, all from Black to Gray to White!
Hah interesting there were times where everyone complained about happy endings now peoples complain about bad endings.
Those people hit puberty and now appreciate happy endings as well 
Really though people have a problem with everything being the same. If every ending is happy it's just as bad as every ending being tragic.
Hah interesting there were times where everyone complained about happy endings now peoples complain about bad endings.
Mass Effect 3's ending still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people. Granted, that had less to do with the lack of a happy ending and more to do with ME3's ending just plain sucking.
Mass Effect 3's ending still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people. Granted, that had less to do with the lack of a happy ending and more to do with ME3's ending just plain sucking.
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I'm quite tired of dark and depressings ending too. is quite rare find now a book or movie, or videogames that end in a positive note.
is the trend of the moment, but it's becaming stale now.
I'd like to choose a non depressing ending. I play mostly to have fun. having only depressing endings take away the fun. (see ME3)
I don't particularly care how happy the ending is.
But then, the Mass Effect ending didn't bother me either. So eh.
I don't particularly care how happy the ending is.
But then, the Mass Effect ending didn't bother me either. So eh.
Damn, and I thought I was stoic, lol.
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You think Mass Effect was hard to bear, try Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Actually, I am tired by all these Calls for a "Bittersweet" or "Bad" Endings.
If you look around Fantasy you so rarely see unambigously "good" Endings nowadays...
Multiple ends means we should have options....
Far more than we got with ME3, for sure.
Hopefully.
Good, bad, or bittersweet, I'll be fine with any ending that doesn't involve spending the last ten minutes of the game being exposition-dumped on by a random ghost.
Good, bad, or bittersweet, I'll be fine with any ending that doesn't involve spending the last ten minutes of the game being exposition-dumped, incorrect non-sensical exposition dump by the way, on by casper the genocidal ghost.
fixed the post. i think it's more true to what it felt like at least 
You think Mass Effect was hard to bear, try Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
Spoiler
Did it fit the tone of the story, was it well done? (I've never played it) Did you spend 3 games shaping your own character only to have all agency taken away for some anime ripoff hopeless ending that made no sense?
Did it fit the tone of the story, was it well done? (I've never played it) Did you spend 3 games shaping your own character only to have all agency taken away for some anime ripoff hopeless ending that made no sense?
It was the only ending that made sense in universe at that point, and no. While I found it insanely depressing, and it made me far more grim about life than ME3's ending ever did, it was in no way a violation of all that is holy like ME3.
I prefer tragic and/or bittersweet endings to a standard happy ending. Or, if it's a happy ending, at least have it be "mostly happy but some bittersweet". Origins could go either way depending on what the player chose, and I liked that a lot. I'll have it be known, though, that I loved the Mass Effect 3 ending. So there.
Can we not make this whole thread about the ME3 ending, though? I was sick of that conversation two years ago.
I seriously doubt we'll actually be able to join the villains and destroy the world, but it'd certainly make for an interesting choice. That's the sort of choice that I'd find out about on my first playthrough and then spend an entire second playthrough leading up to it so it's as in-character as possible.
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