Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is out this May and collects all three games together into one package. All of this was fine but these came after the original ending as opposed to being naturally integrated from the beginning.Īll these years later, Mass Effect 3‘s ending still raises questions but for new reasons. The developer even released the Leviathan DLC, providing details on the origins of Catalyst and the Reapers. Each ending provided a proper epilogue of sorts and some details were fleshed out.

The post-credits scene with the Stargazer telling the story of “the Shepard” felt like the only real fallout from events and it was too far into the future to really matter.īioWare took steps to address these issues with the Extended Cut endings and even provided an option to outright refuse the Catalyst. The fate of the Mass Relays and the Normandy SR-2’s crew were simply not fleshed out enough, forget about the fate of the entire galaxy. The death of the Reapers, organic and synthetic life being synthesized or controlling the Reapers – the results of these outcomes felt lacking. The endings themselves didn’t feel like they offered much choice either – rather, they felt like different sets of deaths for the Shepard we knew and love.

Instead, Mass Effect 3‘s ending provided more questions than answers, further compounded by the late introduction of the Catalyst. But some kind of definite resolution, at the very least, felt a given. It’s not simply that players expected a happy ending or one that was cut-and-dry. Mass Effect started out as an epic saga, one that was always careening towards an all-out war with the Reapers. However, it’s easy to understand the disappointment of so many fans, even after all these years. Of course, I was – and still am – of the opinion that a less satisfactory ending doesn’t ruin hours upon hours of great missions, interactions and set pieces. It probably helps that the multiplayer kept me relatively insulated from any disappointment at the time. I liked it back at launch when the ending controversy was still boiling and I like it now.

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