I absolutely loathe them. Not because there was no happy ending, but because it left me completely unsatisfied and it was full of plot holes.

The ending-to me-did not seem to "fit".  I got the impressions Bioware was trying to prove something rather then just ending the trilogy.  The ending just seemed out of synch with the rest of the feel  of the game.  I understood the ending but felt like Bioware left it open for another DLC.

I played the game with the intention of closure, even if that meant killing off everyone.  A DLC continuation of femshep would just cheapen the experience for me.  I truly enjoyed the whole emotional thrill ride and do not want it tarnished by dragging they story our any further.  I made my closure and I am done with Mass Effect forever.

With the inindoctrination theory the end makes more sense, but if their plan was to sell us the real ending as DLC, that's the bad precedent. It's what I am expecting at this point and I probably will buy it, just because I'm so invested in the game. If that's what happens, it will be the last thing I buy from Bioware, though.

I would like to know what the GI staff thinks about it.

Garbage.

After writing a blog to the fans that were upset, which I apologize for since I didn't exactly go about it in the best way possible. I have further researched the problems with the ending and have discovered that there are plot holes that would have been nice if they had been explained. Yet, Bioware even came out and said they are going to try and give you more conclusion to the story, maybe fill things in. Because of this statement, I'm willing to trust that whatever they have in store will bring closure to the endings that were, very vague. I am ticked though that in the form of DLC this will probably happen, and I will have to pay to get the closure that a trilogy should give you in the first place. If it doesn't that's when you know a sequel is coming, for instance the ending to Halo( or I should say legendary ending). I still am not going to complain since Mass Effect isn't my creation, but I will say that I wasn't satisfied with the endings and I do want to know what happens to all my characters that I worked so hard to gain loyalty with in ME@ and build relationships throughout the whole series. Now I'm done ranting.

And I don't buy into the indoctrination theory. If someone wants to send me supposed proof, I'm all game.

Loved it.

I've been over this in one of my blogs, but basically, the original vision of the creator's work should not be dictated by fans. I don't think any of the more rational fans out there believe that future games should be subject to what essentially amounts to coercion. You don't like it, move on. Sell it back, don't buy it in the first place, or don't play games at all if you can't handle letting someone else create something for you to enjoy. I'm thinking there may very well be a new generation emerging that feels entitled to anything and everything they desire. Never mind the implications this has for video games, imagine what's gonna happen when these people actually have to manage their lives in the real world.

Personally I think this is how it should have gone, the Synthesis one was stupid and unrealistic, hands down. As for the other ones I think the Destroy all Synthetics one should have been the bad ending, the take control of reapers should have been the ok ending, and there should be one where Shepherd doesn't die and the Crucible only destroys the reaper.

That is as basic as I could put it.

Personally I think this is how it should have gone, the Synthesis one was stupid and unrealistic, hands down. As for the other ones I think the Destroy all Synthetics one should have been the bad ending, the take control of reapers should have been the ok ending, and there should be one where Shepherd doesn't die and the Crucible only destroys the reaper. That is as basic as I could put it.

I would say that the lack of closure with what happens to your team/all the troops your gathered together along with the mass relays blowing up is what i had the most problem with(which could be explained/fixed in DLC planned or otherwise)...and the reason why the reapers were doing what they were doing was just bad and it kind of cheapened the reapers over all. So that being said the whole ending was not bad it was just what happens after Shepard, Anderson, and Illusive Man stand off were it went the wrong way for me.

I personally don't want a different ending. I thought the ending was very deep and profound. All I want is for the ending to be fully explained.

I honestly just felt empty after the ending. I went in completely prepared for Shepard to die even though I maxed everything. (Every side quest, united the entire galaxy, even got my readiness to 100%) When he slumped over next to Anderson I expected it to pan up, show the Crucible smang the reapers, then a long ass cut-scene wrapping up the story.

Instead, we got so many plotholes jammed down our throats in a matter of 5-10 minutes... It blew my mind. In a bad way. It felt like they just locked one guy in a room last minute and had him come up with it.

Which, if the post Patrick Weekes (writer at BioWare, it has since been taken down) made on the Penny Arcade forums is true, it explains A LOT, and why nothing makes sense.

All the other plotholes aside, can someone explain to me how the galaxy still exists? In Arrival ONE Mass Relay blows up and it takes out the entire system. So, how does EVERY RELAY blowing up not take out the entire galaxy?

I don't necessarily even want a new endingt. (Even though Casey said there wouldn't be ending A, B, and C. And everything would matter...) I just want every single plothole that last 5-10 minutes creates to be explained, and I would really like to hear why they thought that was a good ending to a trilogy. Really lay it out for us. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to read what all the BioWare writers think about the ending.

I,ve been saying people just need to wait and have faith. So far I seem to be be right. Just saying

I don't think it was a bad ending from the point of view of what happens, but rather how vague and ambiguous the final scenes were.

the ending is atrocious on every level. why not end with a bang!

The person who plays the game and goes for all the assets, fleets, etc. to help during the final assault on the reapers got the same the ending as someone who could just say screw it and skip all that. There's something wrong here.

I honestly think that this whole situation is ridiculous. I kinda wish Bioware wasn't going to change anything, just to show all of those petitioners that it isn't the players right to demand a different ending.

I did not like the ending, but I knew that they were necessary. Shepard was never going to walk away from the Reapers with his life, and he knew it. He faced it head on like a hero. It's not a happy end or a "bow tie" ending that ties everything together, but it was the necessary end. That being said, the only thing I can wish for is more closure on the squadmates. These are characters with whom we've all grown increasingly close to over the course of five years. Nowadays, that's longer than quite a few marriages. With that kind of connection and emotional bonding with the characters, I was definitely looking forward to seeing how they move on after the final battle. I would've loved to see Garrus go to the bar and toast to Shepard, or Ashley, or whoever your respective love interest was, crying at the realization that Shepard isn't coming back. Moments like that are all I can ask for as far as closure goes. Shepard was only ever a part of Mass Effect; I'd like to see where the rest of the universe ends up.

The moment I finished ME3 I felt deeply unsatisfied. And I had purposely kept myself away from spoilers so I had no idea there was a LOT of people saying the same thing. The reason I disliked (at first) it was because it broke a couple of my unbreakable rules:

1) Main villain switcherooo - I hate absolutely everything about the stupid Reaper god.

2) Show don't tell- it's not enough to KNOW these things would supposedly happen (WHY DOES SHEPARD TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD ANYWAY? HE'S THE VERY DEFINITION OF AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR! MY SHEPARD WOULD NEVER DO THAT!!!) For them to mean anything we need to see it happen. I wanted to SEE Shepard controlling the Reapers and maybe rebuilding the galaxy, and I wanted to SEE the Geth and EDI die. Synthesis was so stupid I don't have an opinion about it.

Then Bioware and EA gave us a big middle finger with the DLC advertisement at the end of the credits!

What it all boiled down to was the universe and characters I had grown to love over the years was completely destroyed. All the Mass Relays are obliterated (maybe killing most of the galaxy), your crew is stranded on Gilligan's planet never to be seen again, and everybody you brought to war with you is going to starve to death on Earth. Good job Bioware! I've never felt like everything I've done in a video game has been pointless before this.