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Some Mass Effect 3 fans have been up in arms over the way the March 6, 2012 release's story concluded, and BioWare's Casey Hudson, director and executive producer on the game, has responded. Be aware before reading on: there are no specific spoilers, but there are some light hints in Hudson's comments. You have been warned.
Hudson makes no apologies for the way Commander Shepard's story turned out in his interview with Digital Trends. "I didn’t want the game to be forgettable, and even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people–debating what the endings mean and what’s going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in," he explained.
"That to me is part of what’s exciting about this story. There has always been a little bit of mystery there and a little bit of interpretation, and it’s a story that people can talk about after the fact."
Be sure to check out the rest of the interview, which includes some talk on how BioWare processes fan feedback and an address of the day one DLC concerns. You can also hear more about the ongoing Mass Effect 3 conversation from our very own Adam Sessler in the latest Sessler's Soapbox.
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Bonedegon
I honestly have no problem with the ending. I kind of expected them to end it so that the universe will continue. It is not want the consumers want, but what the writers and creators of the ME world want. It artistic licensing.
Deadpool2894
Here is the problem, it felt like the ending was a last minute thing, First of all your ems should have a bigger effect for the last battle, for example yo if have 5,000 or over ems points the reapers should be getting crush and that last reaper gets killed before wounds your characters and kills all the soldiers next to you trying to get in the citadel beam. Another thing, there is no point for the sr-2 normandy to get stranded on another planet, or in the mass relays as they were blowing up. That is not mystery needed, it just some random scene added to the game which is stupid. Anyway the SR-2 Normandy should not be in the Relays it should be helping the fleets to defeat the reapers. COME ON! It sounded like they want to try and make us stop playing the singleplayer over and over and focus on the multiplayer because they want to sell there MP DLC. This not a dark game like resident evil or Gears of war, it's a game were are your choices make the ending either bad or good. And Shepard, they try to make him dynamic, you can't do that in a game like mass effect, the choices you made makes Shepard. That little boy he was not needed, if your paragon Shepard you would have those dream of the boy dying and if your renegade Shepard you would not give a crap because you understand that is war and you have been fighting most of your life.
LawGivah
Does anyone here play the game just for the Ending? Yeah it matters but what were you expecting? 50 different endings? i personally would of enjoyed alittle more Action and intense scenes with Reapers towards the end but the experience of all 1, 2 and 3 combined is a better experience than any other series of games I've played so far... (for me anyways). I cant wait to play the DLC to come.
kyledhansen
This was supposed to be the end of the trilogy. We didn't want mystery and interpretation. We wanted closure. Unless they were planning on another installment in the series, it is just unfair to the fans who have been invested since the first game ($180+ DLC) to leave so much unanswered. This game wouldn't have been forgettable if you give the fans the ending they wanted. Now it's just unforgettable because of the controversy. It just seems like a cheap shot to make people talk about it more when it already would've been considered one of the greatest games ever. It's like a good TV series that gets cut off because it couldn't sustain viewers. The hardcore fans want closure, but they won't get it and all they can do is talk about hypotheticals on forums which is highly unsatisfying.
Spartan144
Unlike Sundance, he just doesn't get it..... All joking aside, it disappointing me that Bioware is going the traditional PR spin route and not just admiring they were wrong. I always thought of Bioware being a developer that cared for its community. I guess I thought wrong. And to all the people commenting in here about how great the ending was, PLEASE know what you are arguing against before you enter an argument! No one is saying the ending was to dark. They are saying it was crap and made no sense. This video lays out most of the reasons people hate the ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=4H_A7SeawU4&feature=g-a ll-u&context=G2d8a2a9FAAAA AAAAAAA
aj2070
But they blew up the universe! How does that make sense in any way?! No matter the ending, the Mass Effect universe we know no longer exists.
GamerVett
Possibly Mass effect 4? but it was supposed to be a trilogy or so say internet rumors? I was left with a ton of questions a book series might have answered when closing out a series. Like what happened to the other characters, did he defeat the reapers in time. What happened when he made the other choice. The story seemed to climax at the third mass effect by dealing with the initial threat but no conclusion to follow. SPoiler Alert: was that joker or a decedent of joker on a colony telling his grandson the story of commander shepherd?
lowkevmic
I think we all need to ask ourselves, why do we even buy games in the first place?? I doubt if anyone had issues with the fact that every single Mario game ends with him saving the princess only for her to be kidnapped by Bowser yet again by the next installment. But that never stopped us from enjoying the game for the fact that it was fun to play.
I think the same should go without saying even with a game like ME3, with having such a deep story that we all loved following since the first Mass Effect. The ending isn't why we buy games, but if you are one of those peole, then may I suggest getting into readin novels and not playing video games.
A lot of you guys sound like some angry book club member, not finding closure with how the story ended...who cares??!! If the game is fun, then fortunately BioWare did what they were originally set out to do, which is make a game that was fun to play with a story that will keep everyone talking. Which it has done well, regardless if some fans were disappointed in the ending.
blueboykc
what i take away from that is..we dont care if you dont like the ending we have your monies and its too late now..
seriously though he didnt even respond to the main criticism..seems like to me he just shined it over with a general response..he doesnt care that the majority of ppl dont seem to like the ending..itll just be another opportunity to sell some dlc down the road..
bdemell
Here is what I don't understand with people complaining about the ending of ME3.
THE ENTIRE SERIES IS ABOUT SACRIFICE!!!!!
ME1 -> You could kill Wrex to prevent him from interfering in destroying the Krogan cloning facility. You destroy the Krogan cloning facility even though it had the cure to the genophage. You could either keep the human ships safe and let the council die or you could sacrifice human lives to save the council. No matter what you did you knew the Reapers were still coming.
ME2 -> You were going on a suicide mission which nobody expected you to come back from and many players lost characters at the end. You could choose to abandon your crew to Collector processing if you didn't think your team was strong enough. No matter what you did you knew the Reapers were still coming.
ME3 -> Tons of choices about who to save, who to let die, which fleets to go after and who would be pissed off from your actions. But in the end the opening sequence sets the tone that this game was all about sacrifice.
So why are people surprised that at the end of this series the standout point of the last choice is what Shepard is going to sacrifice.......his humanity in order to control the Reapers and save everyone, the ability to conduct interstellar travel but save everyone by destroying the Reapers, or individuality by merging organic and synthetic life. Again it all comes down to sacrifice.
But also the choices make sense if you listen to what the Catalyst says as it describes what its function has been this entire time. These endings are distinct if you take the time to look for the differences in their meaning.
As for the destruction of the Mass Relays.....take a look at how they are destroyed. The idea that an entire star system would be lost is based on the idea of blowing them up...or in the case of Arrival crashing an asteroid into them. But in these endings the relays aren't blown up, they discharge all of their energy to the next relay and self-destruct from the inside. The massive explosion in Arrival is because all the energy in a relay is violently released from the explosion but these endings the release is controlled and thus why the entire galaxy isn't obliterated.
I'm not saying the ending was perfect for a game series that was this great, but I think people need to take their ideas of what the ending should have been and apply the same love they had of the entire series to these choices and look into the detail of them rather than just dismiss them for not being their way. Over 3 million people are playing this game, no two opinions on how this series should end will ever be reached by the masses and even if Bioware redid the ending their would still be thousands that would complain. I for one think Bioware created an ending that was perfectly in-tune with the emotions and theme of the game.
CollinDS
Dear (Insert chosen deity here), people.... Quit your b!tchin. Try doing a little research before you start blasting the developers for their narrative decisions.
Anyone who bought the strategy guide can tell you that there are multiple outcomes where both the universe and Shepard come out alive! Here is a hint: there is one major decision from the previous games that has a heavy affect on the ending. But it mostly depends on your galactic readiness, which I imagine for most people is relatively low because they hastily played through the game without acquiring all the war assets and never really touched the multiplayer which greatly improves your readiness rating. Although I will admit that the minimum requirement that the guide quoted for the best outcome is really high, it is possible.
dueljosh
it's not that were not happy with the way the game ended its the fact that none of our choices we made really mattered, in mass effect 1 i chose anderson to be on the council but udina was on the council even though i put anderson there in the first place, it seems the only choices that mattered were the people you romanced, even it didnt matter since you still could do anyone, and that whole scene with the dad and his son at the end? thats how they chose to end it? it couldn't have been like our team watching a recording from sheps omni tool? or him burying it in a time capsule waiting for someone to find? htats just like another game by square eni where the characters just all woke up. just an example of lazy storytelling
Graphicsgod
Makes me glad I haven't gone further than the first game.. Sorta reminds me of Halo and Half-life with their crazy nonsensical endings.
Mashpotaters
Did I have a problem with the ending? Not as much as some people. I liked the game, and a negatively debated ending isn't going to take away the awesomeness that was playing through the campaign. I am starting to rethink any investment in future Bioware games though knowing their thought process on an ending.
"I didn t want the game to be forgettable, and even right down to the sort of polarizing reaction that the ends have had with people debating what the endings mean and what s going to happen next, and what situation are the characters left in," he explained.
My response to this is why? ME1 and ME2 weren't forgettable. What would make him think that ME3 would be forgettable to the point where they had to end it in controversy so that people wouldn't forget it.
"That to me is part of what s exciting about this story. There has always been a little bit of mystery there and a little bit of interpretation, and it s a story that people can talk about after the fact."
The problem with that is they left too much open to interpretation. The whole thing is an interpretation. There's just too much interpretation. Too much interpretation usually means they left to many things unexplained. There shouldn't be this much controversy over an ending.
krashofny
They should've push this game back as much time as they needed, it would've tortured us but seeing these atrocious endings which drained me of any and all will of playing this series again. they need to fix these endings not because we deserve it, but because Mass Effect deserves it.
Deathspear666
Guess I should be glad I haven't purchased this yet lol I wanted to get others opinion on it before hand, so I am glad for the input on it. Now I will wait even longer lol \m/
Luke_nx01
To all those saying "it's artistic! They can end it however they want, consider this:
If you went to a theatre and payed 200 dollars to see a Shakespearian epic, which was great: acting great, costumes great, composition great, UNTIL: the last 4 lines where in a D list celebrity from a crappy reality show comes out and reads them out purely for publicity sake. You'd be pissed off too, and probably want your money back.
BoneCrushin
kinda knew what was gonna happen. fine with shepard goin down but taken out the relays ruined it for me. wrex can't get home, evrey species on earth is trapped. everything is fixable it is a game, get on it bioware!
vrinfl
I think there are different factions out there abou tthe ending. Some want a happy ending, some do not like the inconsistencies, and others want to know what happened to the characters you came to like. Bioware made us care about them and who fretted over some decisions (Miranda and Jack, Tali and Legion and others). I would like to know what happens to them. BTW why is it so bad for people wanting a happy ending. People have so much misery in life and they do things to get away from that misery. If they want to feel good, why does Bioware not want to give it to them? I am over this artisitc BS. It's people who want to think they are smart and if the people disagree, they just don't get it.
This is the first time I will say this. If you think this ending was fine. You either work for Bioware or are just plain idiots. Sorry, I have to agree with the masses on this. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BE FINE WITH THIS ENDING. If this was a movie, people would shake their heads and say what just happened. If you can answer all the questions about these inconsistencies, I will apologize to you. There is no reason that Bioware could not give the masses what they want. I have never talked about any game this much and I rarely care about a game. But this is a slap in the face to the people who spent money on this trilogy. So seeing a few "smart" people posts who just think the rest of use are] living in our parent's basements with no girlfriend and just plain angry just have it so wrong. I have a family run a business and very happy.
One thing I know about business is if I treated my clients like Bioware does thiers, I will be out of business. I will be using my wallet to voice my displeasure and I hope more people do.
Massivecow
To the people saying "Oh the ending was fine, it was great, I'm glad Bioware went that route"...
[SPOILER WARNING]
What happened to the Krogan in your game? How did the races get home without the mass relays? What happened to your crew, and why did they turn tail and abandon you at the end (and more importantly, who on your crew could possibly be such a coward as to do that?)
These are just a few questions I want you guys to answer. Go on, I'll wait, and I'd love to hear how you got to that conclusion based on a Red, Green, or Blue explosion.
"Oh, but Shepard was indoctrinated, and it was all a dream, and choosing to destroy the reapers was resisting indoctrination!"
Oh. Okay. So what ACTUALLY happened then? Did the Reapers finish off the fleet (they seemed to be winning)? Where'd your crew go? What happened to the Crucible? And still what happened to the rest of the races of the galaxy?
Go ahead and answer these -- I'd love to see how you came to these conclusions based on half a breath from Shepard.
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