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(This post contains Minor Mass Effect 3 Spoilers)
Mass Effect 3 hasn't even been on shelves for a full week, and there's already a movement growing to change the ending of the game. Disgruntled ME3 players have created a "Change the ending of Mass Effect 3 twitter feed," a facebook page to "Demand a better ending to Mass Effect 3" and flooded polls on Bioware's forums. There's even a petition to change the ending of the Mass Effect 3.
Apparently, the ending of the game is a bit too dark for some gamers, and they'd prefer a more upbeat ending, as well as an ending where Commander Shepard's in-game actions have more bearing on how the game finishes.
Here's how the Facebook page describes the issue:
"Mass Effect 3 is a great game until the last few minutes; they destroy everything fans have been playing for in the past 5 years."
The Facebook page alone now has over 13,000 "likes," and phase two, a letter-writing campaign, is planned.
I haven't finished ME3 yet, so I don't personally know how well the ending works, but I hope that BioWare doesn't decide to change the ending of the game based on the complaints of gamers: That's not how art works. The audience doesn't get to pick the ending. If you like a certain kind of game ending, you can make your own game and end it any way you choose. I have faith that the great writers and producers at BioWare are better at deciding how their franchise will end than the people who play it -- they've earned that kind of loyalty and respect through years of making impressive, story-driven games.
But that's just my opinion. What do you guys think? How do you feel about the ending of Mass Effect 3? Do you think it should be changed?
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LxLycan
How about you finish the game before giving your opinion and condemning the views of an overwhelming majority of the ME community. I came in with great respect for Bioware and their writing, and up until the last 10 min I still held that view. Finish the game and tell me you weren't left with a feeling of disappointment. Tell me it didn't cross your mind that either Bioware didn't have enough time and half-assed the ending or they just dropped the ball with the ending to this trilogy.
FuzzofPekinopolis
Did all of you do everything? Really everything? Seems like most of you were to busy blitzing through the game, to see the ending, to actually do everything. I'm just asking because if you beat a game like this so fast, it is almost impossible that you did it all. I'm not judging anybody here, but if you did it all you have had a pretty rough week I'm guessing.
Please reply with factual based information, not what your buddy said. I would really like to know if it is a true failure or not. Because I absolutely love this game so far.
Dccharr
I don't think changing it is what we should be after. Yes I also feel the endings as offered where....bad. Just bad. what would work is another choice in keeping with this series theme of "your character your choices".
In fact one of the posters on the main bioware site had two perfect one;
http://social.bioware.com/fo rum/1/topic/355/index/9828647< br />
and this
http://social.bioware.com/fo rum/1/topic/355/index/9828201/ 1
I'm just saying, could have given us the option...
Xelsius
"but I hope that BioWare doesn't decide to change the ending of the game based on the complaints of gamers: That's not how art works."
Amen; bioware doesn't owe gamers anything, and maybe this story shouldn't have a happy ending. They've earned the right to deliver a good story, not a fairy tail hugs and kisses ending.
gleblanc91
Folks need to read a bit more, http://social.bioware.com/foru m/1/topic/355/index/9727423 how can you bring about a conclusion to a game that isn't even over. this game isn't over the series isn't done yet and there is more to come. please follow the link and pay attention to the details throughout the game. The ending is brilliant, you just have to pay attention to what you are looking at.
Whiteaura1
Anyone and everyone will just find something to bitch about..
I was satisfied with the endings, granted they were a bit "dark" and not as "upbeat" as i would have liked it.. but i don't see anything colorful and all rainbows and MLP about earth and the entire galaxy being crapped on by uber leet synthetic aliens... just saying, the game had the mood set and they delivered, they don't need to answer "every little plot hole" that leaves room for, DLC.. Movies, etc
why must everyone complain? I enjoyed the game, it was worth it.
sit down and actually enjoy something instead of trying to find every little F#$%ing flaw.. lol
/rant
kevinteela
We all had great faith in Bioware writers too. That is why there is a huge outcry right now. Our faith was proven wrong in a short 15 minutes.
LeeWan
The issue is, what made this game so compelling were the characters and bioware's ability to create such great relationships with the character and player. The game ends on what's essentially a cliff hanger as to what happened to everyone.
LOST is a show where not all of the mysteries were solved but at least there was character closure.
Mass effect wrapped the overarching story but that's not why players loved this game, they loved the character and political choices they made, ultimately the story of the reapers didn't matter as much as the characters and what happened to them, they were the try foundation of this story.
Imagine if Lord of the Rings ended on Frodo destroying the ring and the next shot is Sam and Pippen in standing on a grassy hill looking up. That's how mass effect ends, what happened to Merry, did Frodo die? What about Gandalf and Aargon's armies? Were they overpowered by what left of Sauron's forces. Do you think Return of the King would have gotten an Academy Award with an ending that had so little closure?
Mass Effect gives 0 closure as to what happened to these characters, even when shep saves the day, they are potentially dead or near dead.or in a very bad situation.
Shoot the space flops may or may not have been wiped out, the characters are dead or stranded on earth, and all this is me guessing really. There was no closure to these characters, shep yes but not my crew. Shepard isn't master chief or solid snake we care about the supporting cast if not more than our Shepard and we only know that they may or may not be screwed when the game ends.
Mass effect wrapped up individual character arcs like the genophage and the geth quarians conflicts, but part of me thinks bioware thought that warranted the supporting cast being completely ignored.
BobitoZ
EA/Bioware: Oh you want the "good" ending?
That will be $10.
You don't think they left it open ended for future DLC? OK.
Beatrix.Kiddo.27
They want to change the ending because it is easily the WORST writing I've ever seen, hands down.
It manages to make everything you do over the entire course of 3 games, worthless. It has nothing to do with the major themes of ME. It's a deus ex machina.
It was insulting to spend so much time invested in the games, only to end up with that abomination of an ending.
Wait until you finish the game sir, then you will agree with everyone else.
DecusQ7
I have been a fan of Bioware since the first Mass Effect video game. and since then i've expected this company to give me a great story and good play through. However beating ME3 and getting one of these endings in the game made me feel like nothing i did really mattered in the end. and it wasn't so much the endings themselves that upset me, it was not knowing what state our team mates and the overall galaxy is now. the ending confused me as to the motivations of the reapers, and what the fate of my fellow leaders and soldiers were as well as the civilians I tried to protect. i think bioware needs some kind of Epilogue DLC where we see what happens in the after math. the fans need closure and need some kind of verification that the descisions they made in the game are what they could expect at the end of it all. we the fans need answers and closure.
ExcitedAlex
I wonder if this is a good thing or bad.
I remember Dragon Ball Z was meant to end after The Cell Games saga, with Goku dead and Gohan being the strongest fighter of the series.
Fans, however, didn't like this decision and the story was pushed onwards with Goku revived and Gohan being second strongest, and beyond. (Dragon Ball GT... oh, the inconsistency)
Now, in 2012, those who did their research will know this and start to bitch but quickly realize they are the ones who asked for the story to pushed instead of being content with the original idea. (Goku dead, seriously, guys, even he admitted it was for the best. Again, inconsistency)
Now we have this.
..... Hm..
" I have faith that the great writers and producers at BioWare are better at deciding how their franchise will end than the people who play it -- they've earned that kind of loyalty and respect through years of making impressive, story-driven games."
Hm... erm... I have played the game far enough to consider that maybe BioWare did not plan this game properly(or was rushed by outside force), Tali's face has in fact, just a photo from the internet. There could have been a meeting on this matter and carried out properly... or just don't show it at all if they're not going to consider the matter with a straight head.
Fans, who love the series, has put even more consideration, dedication and imagination on how Tali's natural face should/could look and showed promising and amusing results, and we're talking about people who 'play the games'.
I seriously hope the whole Tali face thing is just a joke from BioWare and not meant as a 'This is officially how she looks like guys' scenario.
If it is, it shows that the development of the game was not taken seriously, which scares me.
kevinteela
Did you really just say our opinion of an ending we've witnessed is wrong when you haven't even experienced it for yourself? Wow. Tell me Stephen, how satisfying does it soud to get to the end and find out you can control the reapers and die becoming one, combining synthetics and organics and dying, or destroying synthetics and dying sounds to you. Also destroying all Mass Relays no matter which choice you choose. And then a scene of Your crew getting off on some planet alone, then credits. No hint as to what happened to the galaxy. Nothing. You have no idea what became of anything or anyone from the trilogy. It's just over like that. Sound cool to you?
I hope you're MAN enough to eat your words when you're done with the game. Otherwise I'll never read another column from this site again.
Victor1st
So...wait a minute here.
You stated you have not finished the actual game yet and seen the travesty of an ending. Yet you are still giving your opinion on the matter of the ending...which you have not yet seen.
This is EXCELLENT gaming journalism. This is probably why no serious gamer reads any drivel G4 writes on their columns now.
baseballkrba10
SheetRock215- I would gladly accept that challenge, but I am fairly confident that I, for example, would stick to my guns and say that the ending should stay as it is. I think the argument over the intensity of the suckyness of the ending is an entirely different argument than rather we should change it or not. Those are just two different ball games. I don t care how terrible something is, the creators should stand by it and hopefully learn from it. I have little doubt that when I finish Mass Effect 3, I am going to be furious. However, just because something is terrible, doesn t mean it should just be wiped away. If it is indeed as bad as people say, I will think twice about buying additional DLC and additional products from the Mass Effect writers. The ending to Fallout 3 sucked, so that was the last Fallout title that I bought. The ending to Assassin s Creed 2 sucked, so I stopped playing the franchise. Never, however, would I harbor the audacity to suggest that the ending be changed for these games.
BlackAbyss
I'm fine with the endings
permanent_nirvana
I just finished the game yesterday and I seriously wanted to go punch babies in the face. WTF was that? That has to be the single greatest letdown in the history of gaming. I don't even want to play the multiplayer anymore.
But alas, I'm torn. While I would like a better ending, I feel at this point, nothing is going to change what I have already seen. Not to mention the fact that apparently my choices didn't matter. For shame Bioware. I thought this was going to be the best game of the year. Apparently I was wrong.
SheetRock215
Good sir, I ask that you write a follow up article about your opinion on this movement for an alternate ending. As a person who has finished the game and stuck by this series for 5 years, I disagree with you and if you are even a little invested in the series you may disagree with your current opinion when you finish the game. I am not trying to be inflammatory in any way, I just want to see if you change your opinion on the ending having experienced it. If you find the ending satisfactory, I would like to know why you find it satisfactory. I am not making a demand, I am just curious.
fpsjoe
*spoiler* I did the ending where Shepard sacrificed himself to destroy all synthetics and I thought that was a good ending, but all of the endings didn't need to be along those lines. All of the endings were the same except for the different colors in the beam of light and that was it. I wanted to know what happened to the fleet, what happened to Hackett, what happened to Jack, Grunt, Samara, Jacob, Miranda? There was no closer to these characters. There were so many open plot holes at the end that I was pissed. In my squad for the final push I had Garrus and Tali in my squad and apparently I was the only one from my squad who made it into the beam of light, but in the ending cinematic Tali gets off the ship with Joker and Javik? WTF?!! When did Tali have enough time to get a pick up from Joker? and what happened to James, Ashley, and Garrus? There was no closer at all! If felt like BioWare was pulling an all nighter on a term paper and finally with one hour left to spare they just threw crap together and called it good.
richip
Reminds me of the Kobayashi Maru: If you don't like the game, change it.
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