Good. Change it, Bioware. Show us we can still love you.

I've stated my opinion numerous times on the petition and the nutball that decided to go to the FTC. As someone that hasn't played any of the Mass Effect games I can't say one way or another how I feel about the ending, because i've only had it explained to me. However, I can tell you, as a gamer and an artist, that regardless of how these people feel in regards to what they clearly believe is their story, it has no bearing whatsoever on actual consumer rights laws. Creative products have a much different set of regulatory rules. If the disc was defective in any way, or if there were massive glitches throughout 80% of the game, or any other list of possible hardware issues that prevented you from playing the game, you would have recourse. However, this is obviously not what we're talking about. We are talking about people not 'liking' the ending to their favorite franchise, or people feeling let down and even to some degree misled. Now misled may be an actual breach of consumer rights laws, if of course there is sufficient proof that the company misled or outright lied through it's advertising. But I haven't heard anyone say anything other than they didn't like it. And if you didn't like it, guess what. Too bad. You do not have any legal say in someone else's creative idea. When you purchased your copy of Mass Effect 3 you simply purchased a 'copy' of someone else's creation. You did not in anyway purchase even a single piece of ownership of that idea. BioWare may decide, simply because this has become a landslide of bad PR, that they will give the fans something that they want, but don't think for a second that they have to.

Don't change it. You made the game, put the effort into it, and there is nothing wrong with ending the story the way they (the people who actually made the darn game) decided to end it.

I don't understand, i know the endings are bad, but asking Bioware to change the endings of ME3 is like asking J.K. Rowling to change the ending of Harry Potter because you didn't like it.

What will happen is something like the reaper indoctrination thing will play out in new DLC. Bioware is not going to make dlc just for people who didn't like the ending and people who did. That splits up your customers. They will make both sides happy which is easy because only one side is voicing the strong opinion to get closure and the other just doesn't care. I read comments like " they don't have to if they don't want" well as obvious as that is. Business's are only around to make money through their products. People need to start thinking a little more rational.

Now bioware please give me a release date for the dlc.

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The ending is epic and feels right to the tone of the trilogy, but there are so many loose ends and other trivial details and concepts that were built throughout the series that just can't be left behind. I'll use, for instance, the Mass Relays destruction. It is crystal clear in ME2 that a explosion of one of them would cause a massive supernova and destroy a whole star system. So, the galaxy should be totally f*cked up in the end and we wouldn't even need the Reapers to do the job. But instead, the planets are still there. Not to mention that in this miraculous case 80% of all alien fleets are now stranded on Sol System. What then was all that about Quarians reclaiming their homeworld? For what? I mean, this is serious guys. It's not about Hollywood or happy endings, or a ending that pleases me or another guy, but about a coherent one. It's not about changing the final sequences, but making some decent outcome based on what the trilogy already established. Something really should be done about it, and if it's in a DLC solution, may it be free of charge.

I think they should,the game is great but the ending comes off as a lazy attempt and then the prompt at the end to "Purchase more DLC" just makes it worse.

Nothing disappointing here ladies and gentlemen. Like I've stated in my blogs (CHECK THEM OUT! :D) it's their game. While I'm on board for a change or elaboration in the endings, I'm content with the fact that they are actually considering it. We should all be thankful for this, even if nothing changes.

I really hope this topic gets a GI Show podcast this week.

If Bioware changes the ending, they're opening up a whole new can of worms for fans to whine and moan about anything they don't like in a game and get that company to change their game. I don't mind that fans didn't like the ending and voiced their opinions and concerns, but to go as far as to force Bioware to change the game is just completely wrong.

The ending confused me. I had to play the all the endings twice just to get an idea of what's happening. I don't know how I feel about the endings, but I think an Epilogue DLC would be ok. Kind of what Ubisoft did with Prince of Persia (2008). I don't what the ending changed just an epilogue. I would pay for that. Also, even if you like or hate the endings, it's make you think.

Life if full of disappointments, so deal with it.

I'd like to hear someone talk about how amazing the rest of the story was... Anyway, the endings aren't that bad. *SPOILER* (my ending) Shepherd finally makes the ultimate sacrifice and gives himself up for the greater good of the universe. That's awesome. It helps prove how great Shepherd was. Sure, you don't know exactly what happens to the rest of your crew or the rest of the universe - but whatever happened to using your mind and thinking about the possibilities? The fans complaining are acting like children in a toy store, crying until they get what the want. Please; shut up, stop crying, and move on.

i just got the good ending,rally all galactic forces,full blown paragon,yea,yea.and i liked it.even if it only had a little bit of a differance.another mass effect game...well that would be awesome.

early on when i first started seeing the complaints i thought i was one of the very few people who actually enjoyed the ending, but the more outrageous all of the whining and complaining was becoming the more i started seeing a larger community of people who actually liked the ending as i did. thank cheesus. the ending is great and thought provoking. i felt strongly emotional during the ending sequence and almost shed a tear. Bioware did a fantastic job and i am thankful to them for sharing such an awesome story/universe with us. it bothers me how many people feel as if they should be handed everything on a silver platter.

They will do what they want.  Personally I dislike being lied to about a product by its developer.  Buying Bioware games is no longer a knee-jerk reaction for me.

this is not good, not good at all.

Good >o> the ending blew hard.

I loved this game right up until the last half hour of the end. It was in the running as one of my favorite games in this generation...right up until the last half hour. That ending betrayed the franchise which was founded on choice. What I had done in the past 200+ hours of the series didn't amount to ***. I played the hell out of the campaign, scanned everything, did all the sidequests, maxed out my galactic and army readiness. Community outrage does not merit a positive qualification for "we want people to talk about this game for a while."

Give me some closure. Bioware is better than this.

Interesting take. I'll look forward to seeing how the Mass Effect team decides to handle the ending.