The ending of Mass Effect 3 has been quite a controversial topic in the gaming world since its release. A poll of gamers was taken online and of the over 40,000 surveyed, 90 percent voiced their opinion of dissatisfaction with the Mass Effect 3's ending. Gamers are anxious to see what, if any, actions Mass Effects creator, Bioware, will take.
The main reason why I am disappointed by the ending of this game is because it did not stay true to the premise on which the game was built upon. This trilogy is been based upon the idea of allowing the player to decide how the story turns out. This premise was evident in all three of the games up until the last twenty minutes of game play. At this point the creators took the reigns and let the player choose from one of three options, but none of the options had any uniqueness to them. They all left the same unsatisfying and bad taste in my mouth.
This is not the first time that a video games ending has been rejected by a majority of its fans either. The ending of Fallout 3 was so disliked by its players, that the games creators, Bethesda, were practically forced to release a downloadable content add-on that changed the ending of the game. This leads me to wonder if Bioware will do the same thing with Mass Effect 3.
Not all endings need to be happy endings, some should be anything but happy, and I do not think that Mass Effect 3 should have had a happy, cheerful dance-party ending, but to end an epic trilogy with dues ex machina seems like a cop out. The cry among gamers is not for a fairy tale ending, but for a resolution that stays true to the premise that the game was founded on.
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