Nearly 14,000 Mass Effect 3 Fans Want An Altered Ending
A campaign has been started by Mass Effect 3 fans in an effort to persuade developer Bioware into changing the ending of the game.
The group of fans have taken to social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook and have even launched an online petition. They are asking that Bioware either update the game or add some DLC which will change the conclusion to the critically-acclaimed trilogy.
There’s a forum post on Bioware’s message boards which is asking users to vote on whether or not they want a new ending to be implemented. The post has garnered 16,000 votes, 87% of which were in favour of changing the ending.
Should Bioware listen to their fans? Or do you like the ending the way it is? Let us know in the comments.
[ Source: DigitalSpy ]
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hahah that’s a good one….. Bioware listening to their customers! rofl! I think I better go get some flying pig insurance on my house if this becomes a reality. The ending is complete shit, no matter what you do. And they already have their sales and the DLC sales they’re set. they couldn’t give 2 sh*** less @ this point.
Actually Bioware claimed that most of the changes made in the Mass Effect games came from Fan Feedback and that the development stage of Mass Effect 3 wouldn’t start until they got feedback from Mass effect 2.
Yeah? Bioware also claims that the day one “From Ashes” DLC was icing on the cake, even though its on the disk. Bioware lies.
its not bioware…
u should blame EA for all this
JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS MEIN CAPITAN!
If the DLC was on the disk it wouldn’t have been a 600 MB download. Nice work.
There’s already video proof that the DLC is on the disc, do your research before making yourself look stupid.
Anthony is correct. The character model and skin is on the disc. The animations are the same as other characters already in the game.
As far as I know what you downloaded and otherwise wouldn’t have is the quest to get the squad member as well as all of the cut scenes and dialog involving him.
Maybe future dlc will continue the story and show the galaxy rebuilding. maybe the story is not really over!
I don’t understand why people bitchin’ about the ending… it brought the purpose of the reapers, the mastermind behind them and the final fight together in a genious way. I chose the synergy, bringing the cycle to an end but also intertwining Order & Chaos. What, you fought reapers but didn’t ever expect to die? Bitch please.
Remember when the reapers kept repeating that “we have a cause you simply cannot comprehend”? They probably were right. It seems there are 16,000 people who did not apparently comprehend.
I don’t think you grasp why people are angry.
It’s not because you die, it’s because it fails to deliver the feeling of accomplishment.
One ending kills the reapers and the Geth that you have fought so hard to finally unite after years of war and possible extinction of both races.
All endings destroy the Mass relays and none show you a galaxy of peace to imply that you actually made a difference. In fact, your crew are left stranded on some random planet by the looks of it.
The problem with the ending is that no matter what decisions you make throghout THE WHOLE TRILOGY, you always get the same three endings. In addition, the choices that you make THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TRILOGY have no link to these ending. If my choices where in some way connected to this then I would accept it but this is just plain lazy.
I’ll explain further for you. Remember the choices you made in ME1 like who should die (council or crewmate), those decisions had consequences in ME2. In ME2 if you did the loyalty missions and upgrade the ship (or not) that would effect the outcome of the game. In this one you can literally breeze by and do nothing but still get the same 3 endings. THAT IS WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!
Those choices influenced the *entire game*, I dont see the issue with them having less effect on the ending. It’s about the journey (the story), not the destination.
The problem is that the story is incomplete. They didn’t offer any closure. They don’t tell you what happened to your crew, either current or former. They don’t give you the slightest bit of information. They might as well have just faded to black after the mass relays exploded. They gave us NOTHING. All of the loose ends they promised tie up were left untied. I felt cheated.
Another thing – did you even understand the premise of the game, it’s main selling point? It was CHOICE. Our choices influence the story. If you sell your product based on a certain premise and you ignore that premise you are selling a lie.
Derek,
Did you really expect them to create an individual ending for every single person who buys this game? Game sold 4.6 million copies to day. Kind of hard to make an ending catered to every single person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoKCdpksYYM&t=12m57s
Evan’s right, the entire game is the ending. That is what they sold you. They said something along the lines of “previous choices affect the war in Mass Effect 3″.
Mass Effect 3 is a galactic war where the price for failure is extinction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoKCdpksYYM&t=16m15s
As for closure, I’m assuming since the ending didn’t make sense to you, you may have picked the control, synthesis or low EMS destroy ending where Shepard doesn’t live.
Well, I got some bad news for you. Every single person in the galaxy got harvested by the Reapers and/or used for slave labor. According to the codex.
So there was closure. Just because they didn’t show you the characters retiring on a beach, doesn’t mean there wasn’t closure. They promised closure, and you got it. May not have been the kind you wanted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoKCdpksYYM&t=19m43s
SO it isn’t the Taco Bell food I love. It is the journey to the Taco Bell that makes it worth it?
Well I’m bitchin’ because the endings was terrible with a capital “T”. Nothing you did over the course of the previous games mattered, in fact, nothing you did during the game mattered we all got the same ending no matter how much military strength you had. Dying wasn’t the issue I could handle my Shepard dying for the cause, but all the choices I have made up to this point… the ending didn’t reflect my choices. This was just laziness pure and simple and if I’m going to shell out $80 and expect to die in every play through no matter my choices I have made or how much I worked for the war assets it better be the best damn ending in the history of endings. That is why I’m bitching because frankly those endings seem like they were an after thought rather than what the game should have been shaped around. So really, try and comprehend the other sides argument before you start whining about our whining
I agree; having Shep die is not a big problem (although I would personally prefer him to die of old age). What I deplore is the lack of closure.
What happens to Ashley? One minute she’s on my squad, next she’s on a random planet (glitch, acceptable)? Or Joker/EDI, it looked like poplar leaves, so did they time travel to early/future Earth? And what about the Krogan/Rachni, did they keep their word and not invade the galaxy?
I pray the Stargazer is right…”Maybe just one more…”
I have played the series since the beginning, ME 1, ME 2, and was looking forward to ME 3. After the endings of the first two titles I felt a feeling of accomplishment for finishing the game. I didn’t feel that way with ME 3, I had such an incredible experience getting to the end to be rewarded with an ending that saddened me in a very negative way. I feel ripped off. I paid a lot of money for the collector’s edition thinking I would be replaying it again and again. instead I have no desire to play through the game at all. The game is broken and they need to fix it with free DLC.
Free? Idk, I can’t imagine Bioware/EA paying actors/writers to make a DLC and just give it away.
I’d be willing to pay for a better ending/DLC, wouldn’t you?
That’s the whole point, and it’s absolutely deplorable: They can now put out an ending DLC and be assured, apparently, that around 87% of the people that bought the game would give in, pay their 10 or 15 dollars, and buy it.
Considering they have sold 3.5 million copies in the first week, assuming a price of, say, $10, and 87% of the people behind those copies would pay, they now potentially have an extra $30,450,000 of extra troll money kicking around.
Explains the bad ending.
I agree – the disconnect between your decisions in all 3 games and the final ending is harsh; I appreciate the artful route they went in the end – the hero’s death. It’s a classical tragedy, so I’m ok with her dying. I just wish they could make it artfully connected to your decisions.
And, yes, I’d be willing to pay for DLC which changes the ending. In fact, I would rather prefer to pay for it, because if it’s a free release, they are unlikely to put much effort in it.
The game is sweet but the endings need a fix my idea
Choice 1: Reapers Die, Sheperd dies(If you didnt make the right decisions in ME1 and ME2)=Paragon Ending
Choice 2: Take control of the Reapers BUT! you get a choice Pull them back into dark space or Continue Killing all life= Major Renegade ending
any other ideas would be great please reply to tell how you think these are simple and express what you think by all means…
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What a load of crap. The facts are these: they make the game, get over it. You don’t have to like it but that changes nothing.
The dev’s chose the ending it’s months old,distributed and too late.
To ask for an alt ending is sheer stupidity.
Making an ending like that for such a great franchise is sheer stupidity.
I feel misled. When questioned about the future of Mass Effect, Bioware invariably responded with a statement to the effect that ‘this trilogy ends Shepard’s story’. This is what I expected, and what happened.
However, in addition to Shephard’s death, we also see this entire universe disappear. I do not mean literally, but rather figuratively. The only shared facet of the three final choices is the destruction of the mass relays. These are absolutely THE MOS IMPORTANT PART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE. By removing these, Bioware has closed the book on not only Shephard, but everything Mass Effect.
Wow! I think 16,000 ppl should become game designers & developers or better yet script writers! I hate that gamers feel like they own the series after putting in so much time. Bioware got you here with their crafty writing & characters, what makes you think they are really ending the game like that? You’d have to be a 3 year old to believe “That’s it”. Be patient…DLC will be pretty HUGE for this game, trust me.
That is a problem though, why should we have to shell out even more money to make the game worth it. If you are a game producer and you make a series that is loved by so many people, and you make an ending that has a massive amount of those people upset, then you should be checking your work and rethinking it otherwise that is lost revenue later on. A game company cannot exist without the people who buy the games. Piss off the people who buy your games, and you doom yourself. I spent $80 on a collector’s edition thinking it was going to be the greatest game ever, and now you are saying that I have to spend even more money to make it enjoyable enough for me to play through it more than once with all the Sheps I made from ME1 and ME2? That is a poor way to treat your customers.
I hope there’s DLC ending, a bit snarky of Bioware/EA, but I’ll pay for it.
Umm, first of all, you shouldn’t assume that everyone here hasn’t been a part of the game design process; I have – I was an engine programmer in 2 games from 2000 to 2002.
Second, your conclusion is a rational conclusion. These days, games have strayed from the moddable path to the DLC path – almost all of them do it now.
And, take into consideration how paid DLC played a big part in ME3 – you need zaeed to same the bolus and get a full paragon ending to that mission; you need Kasumi to save the salarian investigator and stop the wierd alien looking thing from helping the reapers destroy some world.
I’m sure there was some DLC in ME1 that plays a part, but I never played ME1, I’m afraid, so I don’t know.
That all suggests that a final ending DLC will likely be released.
I played ME 1 and ME 2 and I don’t think there will ever come a series that I ever felt so invested in… I haven’t gotten through ME 3 which to the point I am at I feel is an amazing experience I felt as if I was marching, marching full along with my grew, having tried to make peace in a galaxy that sorely needed it,to victory. I read the books, loved it… LOVED this series.. I watched my husband beat the game, both of us doing everything we could (only later did we find out you HAD to play multiplayer to get anything that’s not lousy but still kinda lousy, even when the FAQ on Bioware’s Mass Effect 3 site said you didn’t have to) and I felt as if I’d been slapped in the face, I felt as if I had failed miserably one ending you’re a jackass to the geth and the quarians who are getting help from the geth,and take EDI away from Joker the other you’re playing with fire, the other you’re taking away the free will of every person in the galaxy, destroying the mass relays and just being a jerk, even Shepherd said to the whatever the hell it was that people would prefer their own bodies..Furthermore It doesn’t feel like even playing the first two games meant anything at all in the scope of things… like I said I haven’t finished but I really have no desire to anymore… watching the way it all played out is depressing…
A agree totally! It’s eanough that real life does not always go as planned, but a game is different. There could have been a number of different endings, depending on your actions from ME1 to ME3.
This sucks big time :(
You do not need to play multiplayer to beat this game completely. Multiplayer simply increases galactic readiness which works as a multiplier on your war assets. If you’ve never touched mplayer, it’ll stay at 50%, but you will still be able to acquire enough to fill the bar completely and max it out.
If you do choose to play multiplayer, you’ll increase the galactic readiness percentage. This in turn will multiply your war assets in the single player campaign and mean you won’t need to complete all side missions or scan for artifacts in order to have full war assets.
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Personally i loved the endings in ME3, i wont mention them incase anyone is yet to finish, but they fit the series perfectly. ME has been such a great series because of the realism built into both the story and the universe, and this is what the endings contai, realism.
There is no perfect world or ideal solution, your options are limited, because you cant just wave a magic wand and make evrything ok again. Do you choose to control, destroy or create, those are your otions, and by making each of them affect your compains to give the choice impact and make you think about the ramifications. Personally i would have liked a bit more options as to what to do after each choice, say based on paragon/renagade score affect what you do after. But overal they made me think, i didnt just sit there and go, well im playing the good guy so ill do this, i was left thinking what is the right choice here? There isnt one perfect solution, you just have to decide what is right for yourself and make the best of it.
It was gritty, meaningful and had impact, everything i want in an ending.
And as to the mass relys everyone keeps mentiom=ning, they were a part of the pattern, ensuring that future sepecies developed down the path the reapers wanted. There destruction frees the races to build their own tech.
It comes down to contol, why build your own starship when ones sitting right there. Just use it, but by doing that you create nothing new, and ensure when the reapers return they will be more advanced that the galaxy
i think its acualy the true ending. the last thing you see is shepard passing out then when he reaches the top hes up and going again i think its a dream sequence myself. maybe a dlc or a n expansion pack or maybe even
a mass effect 4.
i think its NOT the real ending. (a correction to earlier post)
I wish to disagree. This series suggests your decisions made across the entire trilogy have an impact on everything you do…except the finale. It doesn’t matter how you play your Shepard, you still reach the same finale and the same result as every other Shepard. Your decisions are therefore rendered entirely irrelevant.
The ending also does little to represent the universe, as it completely destroys it. Mass Effect is mass relays. Without this, the entire universe does not exist. Furthermore, it remains to be seen whether or not the explosions caused by the mass relays were similar to the Alpha Relay one. Discussion in ongoing, but there’s a high probability that the entire universe isn’t just figuratively destroyed, but literally.
You’ve outlined the choices, but you haven’t recognized that the outcome is the same except for one choice, but the impact isn’t shown. I posit this question to you. Now that the Quarians, Turians, a vast majority of the male Krogan, perhaps Geth, and associated fleets of Solarians and Asari are right outside Earth, exactly how are they to get home?
I definitely think they could have made a much more compelling ending.
Sovereign and Harbinger had so much personality and I don’t think the endings quite fit with the first two games.
They should definitely release a DLC for an alternate ending.
I can accept the endings, but where was my big boss fight? Leng? He was a joke! Where was Harbinger, oh right he shot at me as I tried to enter the citadel… Gay! I think we don’t feel that sense of epic completeness because there wasn’t a real end boss to the game. Just an end choice. Who the hell was the child persona? Was that harbinger? I felt slightly lost at the end. And cheated for not having a hard fight to finish.
This is less than half a percent of people who bought the game
I just beat it 10 minutes ago, I was speechless. What a turd.
Ok I’m seeing some people say that the ending is fine and have to wonder if they actually played the game or just saw the videos online.*SPOLIERS* If you have played the game then you’ll know that the catalyst says that all organics will eventually create synthetics that will destroy them, not once did Shephard mention the fact that he bought peace between the Geth and the Quarian’s (In my playthough atleast). This is one of many reasons why your actions have no importance or relevance to the final outcome of the game. It’s a shame because up until the last 15 minutes of the game, this trilogy had some of the best writing in gaming.
I not entirely unhappy with the endings. They do what they’re meant to do: bring an end to the series. I’m unhappy with not having the feeling that I just finished an epic series. The first two are exciting and diverse enough to make players want to play again and again. This one left me thinking I only wanted to play once. It reminded me of reading a great book that takes days to read only to have the ending rushed without closure for any characters. I think one of the options should be for shep to be alive and finally get the solace s/he deserves with the LI or something. Have Normandy stranded on Earth since there are at least two ways to NOT have the end all be all to the protagonist.
It just sucks that many of the choices don’t tie in to the ending very well. I’m very disappointed. Had I known, I wouldn’t have bought the CE.
My Shep lived so I am okay with that. It is everything else about the ending and don’t get me started about the plot holes. The worse part is that the Normandy and her crew are screwed no matter. You don’t see the outcome of your choices. The universe is screwed because of the whole relay situation and having dead crew mates or crew left on Earth magically appear on the Normandy, really? It was rushed and just look at some of their comments about Thane and what forgot to do. And the photoshop crap. Lazy and rushed especially since they had more endings and dialogue for the final act that were amazing. I love the game except like the last couple of mins. Bioware/ME team said many things that conflict with the actual endings
Bioware has a cash cow on their hands. Mass Effect is an amazingly immersive and beautiful enviornment that completely envolopes the gamer, having them begging for more. I personally have played through all of this trilology. I as well as many other gamers, have come to devolpe almost a realistic bond with these characters, simply because you spend so much time with them over the period of YEARS. Most gamers would be willing to admit, if another Mass Effect game came out they would buy it and every bit of DLC that followed it. WHY? Simply because the game has such an immersive story and enviorment that you want to continue exploring and interacting with the people, the scenery, and everything that this galaxy has to offer. Bioware and EA have fallen short of reaching the awe factor with 3. Why would in the world would you want to end something that would be played for such a long time. Look at CoD, it is known for its Multiplayer, which is relativley the same EVERYTIME, but with new guns and locale. This could just as easily be done with Mass Effect in the story sense. So my question is again, even with it originally being designed for a trilogy, WHY WOULD YOU END SUCH AN AMAZING GAME STORY THAT COULD MAKE YOUR COMPANY SO MUCH MORE???? I would continue playing these games in the go get me this missions, simply begause of the amazingly created characters and enviornment. EA and Bioware should really reconsider the ending of ME3 and continue their story, because we dont want tit to end, dont you want to keep getting our money????? Just look at Halo they realised this fact to and now Halo fans will keep getting what they want and the company keeps getting paid.
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Although this game made me quite a happy gamer, the end was really, well, honestly it just pissed me off. Why would BioWare make such a big deal about building relationships, loving other characters, making friends and allies, and everything players have gone through within the first two games, only to have to confirmed ending that made little to no sense to players. We, as players, get no closure to Shepard’s story indefinitely if we choose to destroy the reapers. Even if we do get the extra 30 second cutscene afterwards in which shepard wakes up…what happens to him/her?
If this is indeed the end to Shepard’s story, we need closure. Definite closure. Even something as simple as Shepard lives and is reunited with what is left of his crew/alliance members… At least that is some closure to a story many of us have grown very close to…
Also, what about those who romanced others? You give us a very indepth romance options in ME3, and force to grow close to every character, and then what? NOTHING. No closure for friendships or a relationship of any form…
Everything just left so much to be desired and explained for many players. PLEASE give us the closure we so desperately ask for BioWare.
In my humble opinion, this “Ending” is somehow a wanton misled by BioWare. A well placed shock to the fans, just to take into their minds the fact: You still cannot see our cards!
Clever, if you ask me. The hysteria around it has already enpowered the waves up to not only the gaming media, but the most common one. I think that the story will not end here. I think they never wanted to end it this way, but EA placed pressure on them to release the third episode in this form. Of course its a “claim” not BioWare nor even EA will ever admit. But I think there will be a fourth episode that will clarify the fate of all things we have met in the game’s universe.
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