Finally found the time to replay the new ending, and I must say I’m positively impressed. The biggest problems I had with the original (squadmates/love interest suddenly turning their back on you and leaving, Normandy running away) where solved quite neatly IMO, so neatly in fact that I wonder if it wasn’t in there before but taken out. I mean: with those new scenes in it, the running away makes sense, but I really don’t understand how anyone at Bioware could ever have thought it would also make sense withóut these scenes…? Anyway, they are in now, and I like it quite a lot. Same with the added scenes after the end of the ending: they really just show what people wanted to see to make them less depressed, and they don’t add anything you couldn’t have imagened yourself, but it still helps providing the feeling of closure that people wanted so badly.
As for the ending of the ending itself: unlike many I allready didn’t mind the originial ending so much, and now it’s even improved. To me, with the extra information provided, the story is actually quite good and not illogical at all…for a sciencefiction videogame. I wouldn’t be cheering so much if this was a paper novel from a top-author, but this story as a means to connect a lot of shooting? Works for me! In fact, it works so well I will now go and play it again!
I wanted to see the extended endings - grabbed the dlc and got all set up. Turned on the game and saw the Galaxy at War map come up. “Crap” I thought, remembering that damned thing.
Because of decay I’m back to 50% Readiness, which gives me around 3700 strength. I remember reading you need 4000+ to get access to all endings.
I don’t want to play multiplayer, and I can no longer use the iOS app since it absolutely refuses to connect to their servers on my two devices.
Dammit.
Well then. I guess I need to set aside a couple of hours later this week. Thanks!
Yeah they changed that. Before the game, Bioware said that you could see all the endings without MP, but that isn’t what happened. They clearly lied about this, trying to get people to play MP to get enough military assets to see everything. I was pretty ticked off about their pre-release statements about this.
So I don’t know how any of you feel about fan fiction I never read any about a game but I was surprised when a blog I follow that is written by physics professor that talks about science had a entry about Mass Effect 3 and how he hated the ending so decidedto write is own. I don’t necessary agree with him about how bad the ending was but took a chance on reading and I say it was a pretty good one. For the most part the ending follows the real one until you have to make one of the 3 choices then it goes in interesting direction, so you can skip most of the text. Now I’m sure there is plenty of fan fiction that solves the Mass Effect 3 ending but I was never interested in searching for one given that for the most part liked the original, but if you hate the ending maybe isn’t such a bad idea to search for one that you like and pretend that is how the game ended I think this one is a good alternative.
I’ve read a couple of different proposed endings but that one was very good with a nice twist. Thanks for sharing.
I still like Renegade Reinterpretations myself.
Pretty sure it wasn’t a lie, you just had to do like every side mission.
Nah, not even with every side mission and every spot on the map searched you could see all the endings, especially the “shepard survives” one in the destroy ending.
First of all, people complained that the different endings just show different colours of space magic shooting off into the universe.
Now people are complaining that they can’t see the different endings (which according to them are just different colours of space magic shooting off into the universe) because they don’t play MP.
Hmm, spot the contradictions.
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Wrong, you can do every side mission and not be able to reach the minimum amount of war assets required. That’s been confirmed by any number of people.
Correct.
Now people are complaining that they can’t see the different endings (which according to them are just different colours of space magic shooting off into the universe) because they don’t play MP.
The complaint isn’t so much that you couldn’t see the “different” endings but that Bioware did not tell the truth about the ability to do do. It does to their credibility.
Hmm, spot the contradictions.
See if you can spot the inability to understand the real issue.
Again, so what? Are people actually whining about Bioware’s truth telling traits when the end result is still (according to these people) the same crappy ending?
Bioware tells the truth: end result = crappy ending
Bioware doesn’t tell the truth: end result = crappy ending
What’s the difference?
So here’s my understanding of the issue: you 're telling me that everyone would feel so much better if Bioware said you would need to invest time in MP to get…the same crappy ending. Wouldn’t that inflamed the situation? I can see the posts now: “I invested 50 hours in MP so that I can see a different space magic colour??? But hey since Bioware is upfront and truthful, I feel good already”:)
Good to know you don’t value integrity.
The phrase adding insult to injury comes to mind
No, their lack of telling the truth inflamed the situation.
What is the “best” ending? I was able to get all three endings without multiplayer, but not the addition to the destroy ending.
In my opinion, the best ending is the one where you reject all three choices given by the Reaper AI and give the best chance to the next cycle. I just love the symmetry of the Mass Effect series being the story of a struggle to end the cycle of the Reapers, that ultimately fails but leads to hope and knowledge for the next cycle.
I avoided this thread (after the altered ending DLC came out) until this Wednesday, when I finally had the time to play through the end of the game again, and I got that ending. Strangely, the internet forums seem to view this as the worst ending.
