Poll: Did anyone else laugh at the ME3: EC endings?

[Awexsome]

I find it sad that you see a developer go so far out of their way to try and make their fans happy as something just to laugh at.

Don't be so naive, they're depending on this EC to placate people so that they'll buy future future mass effect dlc/full games. Even though people are laughing about it, they're still more satisfied than before and this will equate to more future sales. Don't forget that mass effect is bioware's main franchise, and that their 2nd main franchise dragon age has been sullied quite a bit because of DA2. They needed to do this, to retain their reputation.

Don't be so cynical. They're depending on this EC to try to reconcile with their fans so that they'll earn back some of the respect they've lost.

Good grief man you think all Bioware is is just a heartless money machine with robots uninvested in the quality of their work just out to make money? They care. To claim that about them is quite insulting of their hard work.

they don't care about people, they care about the money in their pocket.

The game industry would be a MUCH better place without people like you then. For this genuine effort to try and make things right... is Valve or Bungie only in it for the money? If you say yes then you should probably quit video games since you have no hope in the industry and if you say no then you're a hypocrite because what Bioware has done is on the same level as companies like those two do for pleasing their fans because they genuine care, without making them pay a cent.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I only really laughed at the extended Synthesis ending.

Just the sight of everyone having glowy eyes and circuitry in their skin was so fucking stupid.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I didn't laugh, but I was sad for a portion of it. I'll always be sad, because, well...I don't get to adopt babies with Garrus.
>_>....<_< Don't judge me!

While I am glad they at least tried to explain their game ending, I still wasn't happy; because it all still seemed ridiculous. I can be so damn difficult sometimes.

 

[Syzygy23]

I don't know why people were actually expecting a victory from the refusal ending. The whole game was spent building up the fact that the crucible is literally the only hope. They've said that subtle tactics just outright fail, and guerrilla tactics do way more damage to their side than they do to the Reapers. Everyone's been saying that if they go in there guns blazing without the crucible then they're going to flat out lose. Then everyone gets pissed when the "go in there guns blazing" option causes a flat out loss? Seriously, wat?

I had this argument on Kotaku back when the endings were released and they kept saying "Shepard should have done something!" What was Shepard supposed to have done? The only thing (s)he could have tried was shooting the starchild, which you could try; other than that (s)he was stranded on the platform and couldn't do anything. Doing anything else would have been the mother of all ass pulls - which was the problem with the original endings in the first place. And having guerrilla tactics work after three games of buildup saying that they wouldn't would have just been retarded.

The only way the galaxy was going to win in a direct confrontation was if one reaper tripped on a space rock, therefore falling and causing a domino effect of falling reapers while the benny hill theme played.

You're being a little misrepresentative of the quote I posted. The Refusal ending was only added as a "Fuck you" by Bioware, DESPITE it being the absolute only *logical* option and also the only option that a freedom-seeking Sheppard would pick.

As the quote I posted said, why would you even consider trusting a being that has killed literally quadrillions of sentient beings over the past billion years? Listening to the God-child and following one of his options is giving up the freedom that you've spent three entire games fighting for, the ability to pick your own destiny, consequences be damned.

I don't think people were expecting the refusal ending to actually succeed (though it'd be nice to have your EMS actually DO something), but they were at least expecting that option from the start rather than having it given to us as a kick in the gut like it is right now. It's clear they only added it in as salt in the wounds, when the option, dumb as it may be, should have been there from the start.

Probably because the Star-Child has no reason to lie. It's logic for the reaper cycle in the first place is so mind-numbingly stupid that the thing must be some sort of idiot-savant A.I.

None of the Reapers up to that point showed any sign of deriving joy or exultation in their mass murder. It was just a fact of life. Fish swim, birds fly, and Reapers kill people. It didn't occur to them that they could explore OTHER options. Because the A.I. controlling them was a digital rain man with tunnel vision.

 

[Murmillos]

All 3 endings are generically 'uplifting & spiritual' bullcrap .. "We've came together and overcame the reapers.. lets ALL HUG!! FREE HUGS FOR EVERYBODY!"

Really, that's the 'real' ending of ME3? what ever...

 

[anthony87]

Meh, they tried. There are some stupid things like the the Normandy just hovering in front of Harbinger with nothing happening but I can just wave that off as Plot Armor. I was really hoping that they would've added a scene or two that had some dialogue with Harbinger considering his role in ME2 and the fact that he's singled out among the Reapers so much in ME3 but then a lot of people were hoping for a lot of things.

It's better than it was so I'm content. Still not content enough to give Bioware a pass, I'm gonna be wary of their future releases from now on.

 

[chadachada123]

Probably because the Star-Child has no reason to lie. It's logic for the reaper cycle in the first place is so mind-numbingly stupid that the thing must be some sort of idiot-savant A.I.

None of the Reapers up to that point showed any sign of deriving joy or exultation in their mass murder. It was just a fact of life. Fish swim, birds fly, and Reapers kill people. It didn't occur to them that they could explore OTHER options. Because the A.I. controlling them was a digital rain man with tunnel vision.

There is the fact that, with the new ending, the kid straight-up says that he betrayed his original creators and forced them to become the first Reapers.

I guess you have a point, though.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

No, I'm not laughing at the endings.
As I've said in other threads, I'm flabbergasted that, not only did they wrap up an ostensibly good trilogy with an awful ending, but they only made things worse with the extended cut.
So no, I don't find the ruination of one of the only decent video game trilogies particularly funny.

Damn right. I'm more than disappointed. One of my favorite video game series ended worse than I could have imagined. I don't blame people who like the ending and people who "moved on", but when you like something so much and then you have to watch it get ruined by a couple of assholes there's nothing particularly funny about it. I'm still pissed. Not at Mass Effect, or Bioware. I'm pissed at EA for rushing Bioware and at Casey Hudson for being a moron. And it baffles me how Bioware doesn't realize that the trust of old fans is one of the most important things in this industry. Especially since they sold out to EA and could be closed down at any minute if they're not careful. I don't trust Bioware anymore. And many fans feel the same. That's very dangerous for Bioware.

 

[Eddie the head]

All 3 endings are generically 'uplifting & spiritual' bullcrap .. "We've came together and overcame the reapers.. lets ALL HUG!! FREE HUGS FOR EVERYBODY!"

Really, that's the 'real' ending of ME3? what ever...

There may be a lot to dislike about the ending, but that was one of the major themes throughout the whole trilogy. It's like watching Avatar and expecting it not to end with a "nature is good don't kill earth" message. WTF where you expecting? Did you also expect the story "The man who would be king" to end with and he stayed king?