This whole ending thing is like an out of control fire lol! I totally 100% agree with you both.
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Ok, so being a HUGE fan of the mass effect series (books included) I can see both sides. I was one of the people who went after a "space edition" of ME3 and had a grand ol' adventure crossing through towns and over state borders to acquire and early copy of said game. I loved it... until the last ten minutes. At the end of ME3 I felt like everything I had done, the literal hundreds of hours spent with the series making my perfect Shepard, was thrown back in my face with an ending that was riddled with series inaccuracies and missing content. The change in writers from the second to third game really shows, and the fact that none of my choices mattered in the end of a game that has built it's considerable fame and praise on choices, baffles and angers me as both a fan and consumer. We were promised closure and an end to the Reaper and Shepard saga. My friends and I got an early copy to share and finished it before it released, we all still bought our own copies for the multiplayer, and I still feel cheated. I invested my time and money in a unique and rich story, not a re-hash of the end of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Bioware promised us a lot, and only gave us some of what we paid for. That, in my opinion, is what has everyone's panties in a twist. They need to do something, regardless of the reason, to quell the backlash. I still have a bit of faith though, Bioware has said that they are working on at least clarifying the ending and the issues with no closure. Anyway, my rant is that neither side should attack the other with accusations of stupidity and overreaction. We've all been passionate about something and done things others have viewed as "over the top." So come on guys at least try and see the others point of view before the witch hunt begins.
Probably didn't matter what they did with the ending - someone wouldn't have like it, me I've seen worse and before you ask I've logged well over 1000 hours on 1 & 2 getting my shep(s) just how I wanted.
Killer for me is straight after the end I get a black screen instead of back on Normandy and cannot start new game+ just says my save is corrupt every time I re-do the end.
Fix for that would be nice, and from bioware forum this is happening to people on all formats!