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[Dobby]

Nope. I never got that far. Marauder Shields got to me first. 

[Arcian]

"I accidentally the entire galaxy"

I like how your avatar encapsulates this statement perfectly.

[Matthias King]

I did the exact same thing as the OP. I had to reload and go back through and pick destroy. Then I was shocked that the ending was exactly the same as the synthesis one.

 

The only thing about the endings that wasn't complete and utter garbage was the 'Wake Up' music.

[Jaquio]

I thought walking up to the beam would prompt the decision, not realizing the side paths were the decision.  I know we're not alone, I've seen a lot of complaints about this happened.  And some who went up to choices they didn't necessarily want, but thought they would get more info if they approached and the game just ran with it.

 

So I went straight ahead where BW pulled out all the visual stops in order to funnel you there.  It's the middle option and it's green like they couldn't trust you to realize it's the "good ending" (as they have it listed in the code).  Which is laughable because the premise is actually the most evil unless you're a philosophical determinist.

 

Either way, the ending upset me so much that I didn't even bother to reload.  I just watched the destroy ending on youtube, still felt annoyed, albeit less so, and never launched any of the three games again.

[RanetheViking]

Yeah, I gotta' admit I did the same thing, Han.  

 

I was up late, tired, wanting to finish the game and just kept going straight forward into the beam thing.

 

Anyway, it gave me an excuse to start another playthrough.

[EarthInhabitant]

When I was replaying the ending for the extended cut. I fidgeted sitting up and accidentally pressed the trigger button while I was still facing the catalyst. Game over.

[Ajensis]

"If you read the OP," she says, as if I ever skip the OP.

 

I was in the same boat -- up late and sleepy -- but still found my way.

 

Not like it took any hard thinking or anything.

 

And good for you. But try to open up to the possibility that you could've been so tired that you misunderstood it. Or was waiting for a prompt, as someone else describes. Or whatever else. "I didn't have any trouble with this, so no one should have," is not a mindset that will do you much good

[Soultaker08]

I like how this thread digs up the ending discussion AGAIN and implies that everyone that didnt pick destroy is wrong and a total moron AGAIN.

Enough is enough leave the beaten horse be and stop licking each others butts about your superior choice.

[The Elder King]

Nope, I choose what I want (Control). And my opinion didn't change after EC.

[RatThing]

On my first playthrough I've chosen all 3 endings, by reloading the last savepoint and replaying the ending. I was simply curious and it is what I usually do, when the game gives me multiple endings. Then I decided that destroy would be my canon choice. EC was already out back then.

[GalacticWolf5]

The first time I played ME3, the extended cut was already out. I had in mind that I would chose Destroy because it killed all the Reapers and that my Shepard would live (I knew that because I had looked online before I started playing) and that he would be reunited with the crew and his LI Kaidan. I thought that Destroy was the best ending.

What a fool I was.

So, I arrived at the decision chamber, the Catalyst explained everything and then I had to chose. At this moment, I had no idea what to do. Control seemed so awesome. I thought about it for like 10 mins or something and then I went left and took control of the Reapers.

So, to answer your question; no I didn't chose the wrong ending.

IMO, Control is much better than the other endings. It's the best science-fiction ending for a series like Mass Effect, at least for me.

Now don't get me wrong here, I like all the endings (yes even Synthesis. Kind of. In a way). I just prefer Control.

[Heimdall]

My first runs are never completionist, so I only had Destroy or Control.  I rejected Control out of hand because I'd just spent an entire game telling the Illusive Man it was a bad idea.  So I shot the tube and boom, Reapers gone.

 

Second run through, I chose Synthesis, less because of the Catalyst's logic than because I find transhumanism interesting.

 

So nope, no wrong choices.

[Han Shot First]

I like how this thread digs up the ending discussion AGAIN and implies that everyone that didnt pick destroy is wrong and a total moron AGAIN.

Enough is enough leave the beaten horse be and stop licking each others butts about your superior choice.

 

Ugh...no.

 

You do realize it is possible for a Synthesis player for example to accidentally Refuse? Or for a Controller to take the swan dive. Or to end up with Control by just walking up to the paddles of doom? Or for people to later change their minds?

 

Destroy is my favorite ending, but this isn't a pro-Destroy thread. It's just about whether people accidentally chose an ending they didn't intend or later regretted. But feel free to sulk about the mean people who don't like what you like.

[Tonymac]

In my own opinion, I think the Devs chose the wrongs ending(s).

[CronoDragoon]

I stumbled into the ultimate failshep ending. I went left for some reason instead of right, realized it halfway through, gimped back to the center, then the crucible exploded and the game let me know I had taken too long.

I mean, that's even worse than refuse right?

[LinksOcarina]

Confession time.

 

It took me a few days or a week or so to complete Mass Effect 3, but when I got to Priority: Earth it was about 3:00 AM. I was dead tired and wanted to sleep, but also didn't want to wait till the next day to complete the game. So I stayed up and completed the game, and by the time I got to the decision chamber I was both exhausted from lack of sleep and stupefied by the Catalyst reveal. In that sorry state I somehow missed that Shepard was supposed to bank right to choose Destroy and was expecting a prompt after going hey diddle diddle up the middle.

 

....and to my horror Shepard suddenly took a swan dive into the green beam of Synthesis. 

 

Anyone else make the similar blunder on their first playthrough? Or did anyone have their first playthrough after the Extended Cut was released, and end up accidentally choosing Refuse by shooting the Catalyst?

 

I'm sorry, but why is Destroy the "right ending", in the end? Isn't that making a huge assumption on something being correct over the other choices? 

And if that isn't what you are saying, perhaps a re-wording is in order then. For me. as far as I look at it, I never chose the "wrong ending" to my playthroughs, I chose the ones that fit the best scenario for my current version of Shepard. 

[Torgette]

My first runs are never completionist, so I only had Destroy or Control. I rejected Control out of hand because I'd just spent an entire game telling the Illusive Man it was a bad idea. So I shot the tube and boom, Reapers gone.

Second run through, I chose Synthesis, less because of the Catalyst's logic than because I find transhumanism interesting.

So nope, no wrong choices.

Yep, in the end I would pick destroy even if the entire human race was sacrificed including shepard, but obviously thats my view and one view doesn't invalidate another

[Grieving Natashina]

Yep, the exact same thing happened to me last year when I finished ME3 the first time.  I'm not touching about what is or isn't a proper ending for the game, but Synthesis wasn't the ending I intended to pick.  I stuck with it for that character though, since from a RP standpoint it suited her.  The other two have done Destroy.

[London]

My first time I couldn't see where to go for Destroy and wasnt sure how far up I needed to go before turning. I ended up with Synthesis lol.

[Ajensis]

I'm sorry, but why is Destroy the "right ending", in the end? Isn't that making a huge assumption on something being correct over the other choices?

 

He replied to this just 3 posts above you:

 

Ugh...no.

 

You do realize it is possible for a Synthesis player for example to accidentally Refuse? Or for a Controller to take the swan dive. Or to end up with Control by just walking up to the paddles of doom? Or for people to later change their minds?

 

Destroy is my favorite ending, but this isn't a pro-Destroy thread. It's just about whether people accidentally chose an ending they didn't intend or later regretted. But feel free to sulk about the mean people who don't like what you like.

 

 

And if that isn't what you are saying, perhaps a re-wording is in order then. For me. as far as I look at it, I never chose the "wrong ending" to my playthroughs, I chose the ones that fit the best scenario for my current version of Shepard. 

 

I don't think it needs to be reworded. It was perfectly clear for me what he meant by 'wrong ending' in that context. Maybe we've just had so many ending discussion threads over the years that we've become susceptible to interpreting it the way people used to discuss in 2012? :/

Honestly, since the forum rework in particular, I think the atmosphere has become much better so if you're in doubt about how to read a certain post these days, I recommend not assuming the worst interpretation this isn't a thread about which ending is "right", it's about what was right for you and if you accidentally chose the wrong one.

[BraveVesperia]

No. I had plenty of time to realise which is which, because I was sat there going "Wait, what?"

 

ME2 is the one where I screwed up due to being tired and not paying attention. I had no idea they wanted a tech expert on the first leg of the suicide mission. I thought it was 'infiltration expert'. Then there's the fact half the crew died because I thought I could take my time finishing off quests, like I did before Ilos. Oops

[fraggle]

I kind of did, but not in that way.

It was also very late, I was an emotional mess during the end and everything kinda overwhelmed me. I sat there and I thought Synthesis sounded good. Everyone but me can live, right?

However after seeing it I immediately reloaded and picked Destroy, better for me personally and it will always be my final choice

Ah, I will never forget the feeling during these last few minutes, awesome!

[mopotter]

No. I had plenty of time to realise which is which, because I was sat there going "Wait, what?"

 

ME2 is the one where I screwed up due to being tired and not paying attention. I had no idea they wanted a tech expert on the first leg of the suicide mission. I thought it was 'infiltration expert'. Then there's the fact half the crew died because I thought I could take my time finishing off quests, like I did before Ilos. Oops

This was actually my favorite part about ME2.    I played it so many times,  I did eventually look up the "proper" team and used it a couple of times, but it was much more fun just sending the people I thought should be able to do the job.    The only thing I just did once was not going after the crew soon enough.  For some reason, that was harder on me than losing some of my team.

 

Yes, "what just happened" in ME3 was my reaction the first time I finished it. I had been working towards destroying them for years and then  - the kid shows up and while I had plenty of war assets there was a glitch or bug with destroy and the MMO was required for the breath.  It was fixed, but my first ME3 ending was disappointing.  OK, it would have still be disappointing but not quite as frustrating.  

I did play a couple of times after that and once my depressed Shepard picked synthesis for Joker and Edi. Now I play on the pc with the things I hated.  Not the 3 choices, but the "I know your alive" smile on the face of whoever is getting ready to put up the memorial sign.  ME3 was not star wars with the jedi telepathy.

[Majestic Jazz]

The first time I played ME3, the extended cut was already out. I had in mind that I would chose Destroy because it killed all the Reapers and that my Shepard would live (I knew that because I had looked online before I started playing) and that he would be reunited with the crew and his LI Kaidan. I thought that Destroy was the best ending.

What a fool I was.

So, I arrived at the decision chamber, the Catalyst explained everything and then I had to chose. At this moment, I had no idea what to do. Control seemed so awesome. I thought about it for like 10 mins or something and then I went left and took control of the Reapers.

So, to answer your question; no I didn't chose the wrong ending.

IMO, Control is much better than the other endings. It's the best science-fiction ending for a series like Mass Effect, at least for me.

Now don't get me wrong here, I like all the endings (yes even Synthesis. Kind of. In a way). I just prefer Control.

 

I agree with you about Control. 

 

I believe that Control is the more "cooler" ending because you in a way BECOME the Reapers. It is also really tragic because you....BECOME the Reapers and sort of fall to the same trap that Saren and The Illusive Man feel into. However, I feel that the Shepard "legacy" is more set in stone by Shepard becoming the Reapers.

 

With Destroy, I believe that is considered the most popular because it is the only one where Shepard could live and a lot of people do not want to sit with the idea that their Shepard dies. To me, Shepard destroying the Reapers and still being alive is too adolecent/generic of an ending for me....too predictable. Control is more Sci-Fi in a way and synthesis is cool, but too far fetched for me.

 

Either way:

 

Destroy = Generic dudebro FPS/3rd Person shooter ending

 

Control/Synthesis = More Sci-Fi based with a bit of philosophical themes with a touch of enlightenment. You know, endings that really make you sit back and think about how your outcome culturally and philosophically changes the world as opposed to the generic "Lolz I killed the bad guyz so Iz Win!!!! Lolz!!!!" ending.