Gamers Raise $32,000 To Change The Ending To Mass Effect 3

GameBlurb writes, "Apparently the ending to Mass Effect 3 is bad. Really bad."

[Snookies12]

Hahaha, this is hilarious man! Wow, it really must be bad... I have yet to see it, going to play it eventually, but seriously how could they have messed it up? Either have Shepard save the universe and become a hero, or have him sacrifice himself in a noble attempt... Kinda hard to go wrong with either one right?

[Andronix]

Some may criticise these fans for taking a game too seriously, but you know what? That's $32,000 for sick kids.

[zeeshan]

Starting a petition is one thing. Pooling in money that you can easily give to some poor people just to change a video game ending is sort of cruel to the word humanity. I understand it's their money and they can do whatever they want to do with it but it's our world for God's sake! Things happen, even the well-off people can become homeless! It happens and can happen to anyone. There is something seriously wrong with the world. Heck you can save a child's life in Africa or Pakistan or India. Think about it!

EDIT: The site wasn't opening for me and now it is. I just read that it is going to charity so, I guess all's good. Regardless the cause, if the money is going to charity and will help a human being, then that's great!

[bobrea]

First world problems.

[vickers500]

"Pooling in money that you can easily give to some poor people just to change a video game ending is sort of cruel to the word humanity."

The same can be said for anybody who purchases any video games. That $65 you put down on a game could easily feed a homeless family for a couple of weeks. That 50/60 bucks you spend on Xbox Live or Playstation Plus could easily be donated to charity. That 200-600 bucks you spent on your console could probably save a lot of lives.

The fact is, that logic can be applied to ANYTHING we don't actually need to survive. In a perfect world, sure, a lot of people would donate a crap load of money to the needy, but we don't live in a perfect world, and we are ALL selfish beings in one way or another. I think it's a bit hypocritical for someone who purchases video games to call the world "sick" for not donating the money that they don't actually need to the needy. By your logic, if you purchase video games and don't give all that spare money (that you don't need to survive) to those who are in need, YOU are sick as well. By your logic at least, which is flawed.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Zeeshan, no point in talking about what that money could be better used for, people aren't machines who only live to serve each other, most people look out for themselves and the people close to them, complaining that people won't spend the money they earned on something "more deserving" is just a waste of time.

The poorer nations shouldn't rely on the richer nations to fix them, the richer nations got rich by overcoming adversity, we should assist them across that same barrier not carry them over it.

[hay]

Do not raise money, Bioware will sell the rest of the game as DLC soon. You will have more opportunities to do useless things with your money.

[asmith2306]

Oh mammy, my videogame ending is terrible... Definitely a first world problem lol!

[Grimhammer00]

And yet....
One of those is correct. But whiners want all chracters to get white picket fences for endings.

So sad

[--Onilink--]

i would be happy with an ending that makes AT LEAST SOME DEGREE OF SENSE, thats not filled with plot holes and canon errors left and right, where at least one of my decisions matter.

In case you havent noticed, this is not even about getting a happy ending, hell you cant even get a BAD ending, all endings are the same, its about something that makes sense, about all the things bioware constantly promised in their press releases and then threw them out in the last 5min.

The fact that you think this is about a "happy" ending means you either havent even finished the game, or you have and have a terrible, terrible attention span and cant notice the insane amount of errors in it

[StraightPath]

wow that is too far, what a bunch of losers $32,000 can go to better things needed in this world rather then complaining about a videogame ending.

[Tyler Durden]

The sick kids, which this money is going to, would probably not agree with you.

[-Alpha]

Yeah, well, it's their money to spend on whatever the hell they want.

Let's face it, with that argument, we can heckle everybody to stop buying overpriced vending machine crap or coffee every morning and save up for Sick Kids.

OT: Unsurprisingly the game has hardcore fans, I'm just glad my ass isn't stuck up that far into Mass Effect to give a damn.

[Nimblest-Assassin]

The money is going to sick kids.

Let them complain and donate, those kids will benefit from it.

Maybe that was Bioware's plan, make an ending so bad that gamers will give money to sick kids.

F**king Brilliant

[cannon8800]

Meanwhile in poor countries where children are dying because of hunger and diseases.....

[rezzah]

If people stop paying for video games and gaming systems, and instead used that money to feed the poor.

Or if one multi-billionaire gives 1 billion to the poor.

[PooEgg]

@cannon8800

'Meanwhile in poor countries where children are dying because of hunger and diseases.....'

There are tons of charities where YOU can donate to help that too. World Vision, Help the children, etc. These large charities take in millions of donations every year to help the poor in other countries.

Since these are gamers they have decided to help a small charity help supply sick (and sometimes dying) children with games to play while they are in the hospital. I think this is a great idea.

[cannon8800]

@PooEgg

If I was in a better financial situation, I would donate for charity, but I can't because I'm unemployed and so is my dad. My parents used to donate but money got tight. Have YOU ever donated before, or at least tried? Or are you just defending gaming because it's something that you care more about? Some of you guys are so into gaming that you follow it religiously. Gamers just couldn't wait for the developers to release a different ending to the game, something that's only going to last for about five to ten minutes, but those kids dying from cancer, hunger, aids, and other malignant diseases can't hold on for too long. They could care less about fighting zombies and other things, they're fighting for their lives! Game time first, then the poor kids later. Change your mentality, it's repulsive! A new game costs over sixty dollars and a few weeks later it loses it value. But if you turned that game-money into food-money, you wouldn't be disappointed, because what you did will never lose it's value.

[showtimefolks]

its not so bad as it just doesn't make sense, i mean after 3 games and over 80hrs of main story how can we could not even get a real well done ending is beyond me

[ChickeyCantor]

I'm playing it right now...And the bashing of the ending scares the sh/t out of me.

I love the franchise. So im stalling the main story by doing as much "side quests" as possible.

[aaronobst]

I was the same. As soon as I heard all the honking about the ending I was like "pfft it really can't be THAT bad"

It was that bad

[PooEgg]

I think we all did that. Since talk about the ending started before the game was even released, I totally avoided reading about it and told myself it was just a bunch of people who were bitter about the DLC. This was easy to do since the entire game leading up to the ending was pretty amazing. But suddenly you hit the ending and BOOM! Instant let down! Kinda like people must feel when the rollercoaster they are riding on suddenly jumps the track and crashes. Yeah that's the feeling.

Oh well, enjoy the ride, and maybe you will be one of the lucky few that isn't put off by the ending.

[ChickeyCantor]

You guys make me want to uninstall the game...

[Morgue]

Depends on if you want the gay Shepard or female one to save the universe. It is America you know? Some people can't handle homosexuals and others don't want women doing a mans job.

This is another dumb post I've managed to write.

[junk3d]

Wow...they're donating more money than Bioware when they donated 1 grand because gamers harassed a staff member on the writing team....

[Megaton]

BioWare may have donated to the fund. Someone dropped 10k on it.

[PattHpapong]

We all know what Bioware is planning: make a horrible ending then make a DLC to the TRUE ending! 8D

[JamestheScruffy]

Agreed...the DLC of the "real ending" will be yours soon: for only $9.99!

[aaronobst]

Under any other circumstances it be against that but I'm pretty torn right now

[Grap]

if they do that im not gonna pirate just the DLC all games have BioWare stick on it

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Its a strange day when people begin to support piracy...

ME3 is a great game, the ending just leaves a very sour taste in your mouth.

I will probably get the dlc just based on how much I enjoy Mass Effect and the universe, characters and their interactions.

But don't pirate it, pirating games suck, iregardless if you think they screwed you over

[Soldierone]

And the download size will be 10KB, and in very tiny print at the bottom it will say "unlock key for full game" lol

[unknownhero1123]

then the nightmare truly begins. companies will start doing this to thier endings, not good.

[mttrackmaster38]

It's been done before (Prince of Persia 2008). I don't doubt EA would pull that move.

[PooEgg]

You know I REALLY want to say that is not the case, because I want to believe that BioWare is not that sneaky... and yet a part of me cannot help but wonder considering their overwhelming desire to find new ways to introduce DLC. Remembers all the annoying DLC promotional nonsense for DA2 and shivers at playing that horrible online game to get an accessory or something like that... yeah, maybe they did plan this.

[gamernova]

Damn!!

[redDevil87]

These people are making gamers look so bad and petty.

These people need to get a life. Plenty of movies, tv series and games have had bad endings. You don't see people donate money to change them, they might get pissed off but at least they don't get this deperate.

[Grap]

actually there's a plenty of movies change their endings. first on my mind I Am Legend

[WitWolfy]

This reminds me about The Matrix: Revolution's ending... People bitched and moaned for months ... even though the Oracle said something in the lines of...

"..you have to go to the source NEO, and thats where the path of "the one" ENDS..."

She clearly stated that you are GONNA DIE NEO deal with it! And people still bitched about it lol

Same here, we all knew shit was gonna hit the fan.. We just didnt know how hard lol

[rattletop]

you don't seem to understand..bioware gave an option to have gay sex, they give u an option to make love to diana allers i.e jess chobot(which imo is totally unnecessary, but still only an option). So why not give us an OPTION to have a good ending where shepherd plays with his blue kids or walks into the sunset with miranda/ashley? i can understand there will be a bad ending but every ending is more or less the same.don't compare the endings with movies instead compare with ME2. it had many different endings. sequels are supposed to be better(for e.g. arkham city) not taking the experience away

[ritsuka666]

I agree devil, this "fans" are pathetic..

I find it more rude and disrespectful, than anything, that so called loyal fans are petitioning and demanding different endings to a creation that isn't even their own. Talk about entitlement issues. -___-

[PooEgg]

If you go into your favorite restaurant and you find a bug in your meal do you just eat it and keep your mouth shut because you think it is rude and disrespectful to send it back? Well perhaps some very whimpy people do, but others will politely tell the restaurant owner that there is a bug in their meal. They do this so that the restaurant owner is aware of the problem and can correct it before their favorite restaurant goes out of business. This may be a different business, but the rules are still the same.

I do agree that some gamers take things to an unpleasant extreme, and behave poorly when expressing displeasure - just like some people might yell at a waitress and make a big scene over the bug in their meal - and that totally sucks! However I also think that BioWare has a problem if this many fans are disappointed to this extreme. If this gets BioWare's attention and it allows them to do better in the future I think it is a good thing.

Being loyal does not mean eating a bug sandwich with a smile on your face, and it does not mean quietly taking your business elsewhere. Real loyalty means alerting the company to it's flaws and helping them to become better. If BioWare cannot take the criticism and use it to improve then perhaps our loyalty has been misplaced and it is time to move on. I don't think we are there yet, and I hope we never get there.

[PooEgg]

I don't really think this makes gamers look bad or petty at all.

If anything these people are simply trying to send a message to BioWare in a mature and interesting way. Much more civilized then leaving zero score reviews, and other such nonsense. The fact that sick kids will benefit from this protest is anything but bad or petty, it is a brilliant.

[jdktech2010]

Didn't read the article I'll admit but wouldn't it be cheaper to pay the eventual 10 bucks? 32,000 seems a little high

[tehpees3]

I think its good they are putting their cause for charity funding.

[Summons75]

okay, being pissed at bioware for only proving they do not care about the fans or their franchises is one thing, a petition to change the ending is a little silly, but this is kinda over the top.

[Fuzrum]

I'd wager the sick kids who benefit from this will disagree with you.

[Dee_91]

apparently they did disagree and agreed with you

[thats_just_prime]

WOW how stupid are people, Bioware sales you half a game the rest they hold for dlc (disc locked content) give you a crappy ending and the solution gamers come up with is to reward them for this by giving them in even more money so hopefully they will screw you over harder on DA3 and ME4.

Im' truely ashamed to be a gamer today

[Fuzrum]

You misread. Money goes to charity, not to Bioware. I'm pretty damn proud to be a gamer today.

[rdgneoz3]

yep, 38k so far to a charity that deserves it is a nice gesture.

[negroguy]

Money off of DLC ending + charity money.. genius

[lzim]

Those clever bastards!

[kagon01]

Edit: nvm

[dazzrazz]

Hilarious part is some idiots wanna give those money to Bioware after bioware sold em game with locked content to charge em again

[Fuzrum]

Did you even read the article? Money goes to "Child's Play," a charity for sick kids. Not Bioware.

[E2M]

facepalm...

[Fuzrum]

Like donating to a charity maybe?

[Noticeably_FAT]

At least it goes to charity. Stupid reason for the money to be raised though. The ending was fine.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

DAFUK!?

32 grand with only about 800 contributers means that almost every one put in well over two to three hundred dollars!
It's good for charity but when it's mainly intended towards a game it seems rather ridiculous.

[Soldierone]

If I'm not mistaken one person put in 10k, 22k by 700 alone would only be about 33 dollars, and you still have that extra 99 people

[Doctolul]

Good to see the cesspool that N4G is staying classy.

Gamers donate to charity to get their voices heard, get called whiny children by anons with inflated heads and ignorant perspectives.

Nobodys asking for a disney ending, only one that actually makes a shred of sense and gives even the tiniest bit of closure, which what we got doesn't. But you don't know or care, they're still whiny children and your still better than them.

Stay classy N4G.

[Grimhammer00]

Spoiler

So how is this not closure? The universe at war is over, the ability to travel to other planets is extremely limited. FTL ships perhaps being ramped up in production now that the relays are gone.

My ending had the merged organics and synthetics. The future is a blank slate full of new potentials!

As for the extended family...Sheppards dead, she/he had no idea after she got split from her team what they went through. Dlc stories for the chracters is probably coming. Knowing Biowares greed.

And Jeff & Edi and Traynor survived....perhaps more of the crew as well.

I'll admit that the extra after credits ending could've touched on the other chracters, but it was fine as is.

[lzim]

Exactly. Bubbles.

The only thing I had an issue with was the moronic Normandy running from the bubble either way. And the end shot with Shep sucking vacuum but not dying..

[--Onilink--]

actually without relays it would take decades to travel, decades with no supplies... not to mention that on Arrival DLC, the whole point was that when a Mass Relay is destroyed, its the equivalent of a supernova, which destroys the entire system...
why was joker even running away ? why if you choose EDI,Liara or Garrus for the final mission, they show up at the end getting out of the normandy?

why if shepard's armor was completely incinereated/destroyed with the reaper laser (shepard half dead by it) anderson survived the blast with just a couple of bruises while wearing a simple shirt??

if the magical kid is the one who controls the reapers and the citadel is a part of him, what the hell is the point of ME1?? wasnt sovereign the reaper thats left behind so he can activate the signal ON THE CITADEL to bring the rest back?

why if i have proven during the last 2 games that organics and synthetics wont kill each other, suddenly now it doesnt mather because the creator of the reapers say it doesnt?? I HAVE QUARIANS AND GETH HELPING EACH OTHER TO PROVE YOU WRONG!!!

not to mention the explanation the magical kid gives us, so basically he created an army of synthetics to wipe out all organics, to prevent organics from creating an army of synthetics which would then wipe out organics???? seriously???

and above all, if you get the REAL ending, the hardest to get, which is Destroy with like 4000 points, you see shepard survive among rubble (well you see him suddenly breathing)
now stay with me, unless he is waking up from the blast from harbinger, which would mean the ending never happened, we are being told that:

-Sheppard without wearing any armor (it was destroyed in Harbinger's attack) survived those tubes blowing up in his face
-Then he survided THE ENTIRE CITADEL BLOWING UP IN HIS FACE
-Then after miracolously after surving 1 & 2, he survives suffocating because he is in space, and the citadel is destroyed, so no field to allow him to live.
-So he survived tubes blowing up in his face, then the citadel blowing up again in his face, then he somehow didnt suffocate in space, now he somehow doesnt get burned to death entering earth's atmosphere...
-And finally after somehow surviving everything above, he CRASHES INTO EARTH AT THOUSANDS OF MILES PER HOUR, YET HE STILL SURVIVES!!!!

WTF???? how i am supposed to believe this ending makes any sense??? this isnt just about closure(which i wouldnt mind a bit of) its about something that makes the tiniest amount of sense

[ziggurcat]

@ --Onilink--

cool story, bro.

[ziggurcat]

it's not the fact that they're donating money that's the problem, it's the context. their donations are fuelled by nerd rage, not good will. there's a difference.

if i were bioware, i'd match/double the donation amount that's come about from this and refund those ungrateful clods every penny that they've donated - i certainly wouldn't want their money.

[Doctolul]

"Nerd rage" is the majority of consumers who purchased a product not getting the product they we're advertized and simply wanting to get to changed to that which they we're promised before spending $60+. Simple as that.

If you don't understand the details, then you fall into the ignorant category. The situation is far worse then "I don't like it, waaahhh!" The ending is literally a nonsensical mess that in no way delivers on the promise of both significance to the choices you made and closure to the characters and story you constructed (at least when you assume its actually even an ending, but that theory is besides the point).

If you buy a tv and get a toaster in the box, your going to get it exchanged. This is really not that much different when it really boils down to it, its a commercial product not a painting in a museum.

Of course as I say all this I am actually sitting in the camp that believes its not even the real ending, which is soon to come via dlc (probably free, even the devil knows his limits) but again thats besides the point and I won't go into detail here. If your curious look up the indoctrination theory.

[Gamer-Z]

People to need to stop bashing seriously whats wrong with standing up for something you believe in? I personally don't think the ending is be a big deal but if people want to do this i say let them, at least these people are passionate enough to pull together to do something about it and if they actually succeed and get EA to change the ending who's going to complain? I'm not. As far as can tell these people are raising money for charity while your just sitting back whining about the whiners.

[SSultan]

People are finally getting fed up with the crappy video games they play.

[grahf]

And there is a very easy solution to the problem... don't support the game, the developer, or the publisher.

Let your friends and whatever communities you belong to know why, while being civil and persuasive.

[SSultan]

If only it was that easy. I am all for boycotts.

[Grimhammer00]

If I counted how many game & movie endings I knew I could write better....

I'm not even being arrogant; just that most movie & game endings (sci-fi or fantasy I'm talking about), either go with cliche or underdevelop chracters....making ending irrelevant.

Mass Effect 3 ending was great closure for the story. Not perhaps for individuals. But, why would it?! Whenever I'm at the movies and the ending goes through a "what happens now" moment for each major chracter...I roll my eyes. It's not good story telling to spoon feed white picket fences.

Get over yourselves.

[Ippiki Okami]

....says the self important a-hole lol

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Honestly... this has to be the dumbest waste of time & money ever.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

OK, I should clarify ...giving money to charity = good and not a waste of time.

Trying to change a games ending cause you didn't like it = waste of time. (Get over it...move on)

[denero1]

Wow usually I agree with your post but you couldn't be so far off this time

Don't you think people should be able to voice their opinion if they paid for a product and if they feel this strongly can they be heard?

Now changing the end may be going to far but adding some closure is that to much to ask for when you've invested so much into something

p.s. just to add they have been gaining ground check the prices of the game on

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref...

[Grimhammer00]

Except the charity part. That's cool.
Though where were these charitable folk when the tsunami hit Japan or hell, we got people right here living on the streets....why not lend them a helping hand.

[sb1285n]

The US alone as donated 64 million to Japan's tsunami relief. I imagine a few of these "charitable folk" donated to that as well.

[SSultan]

You should know by now that most things are backwards. Just the way it is.

[Omnislash]

Man they must have really messed up the ending, I hope they listen to the fans because thats something that is really lacking this gen...

[unknownhero1123]

sorry, but it won't happen. hey, at least something good is coming out of this.

[hano]

The should invest this money in Wasteland 2 kickstarter or the upcoming kickstarter from Chris avellone to play a story centeric RPG.

Bioware is part of a corporation now, they care more about money than making good stuff, get over it fans.

[hano]

The should invest this money in Wasteland 2 kickstarter or the upcoming kickstarter from Chris avellone to play a story centeric RPG instead.

Bioware is part of a corporation now, they care more about money than making good stuff, get over it fans.

[Awesome_Gamer]

I played the game, and the ending is THAT bad...

[ShinraE5]

I couldn't be happier.

Consumers are allowed to voice their disapproval with a product, its a consumer right. However, most tend to do it negatively, spewing hateful rants and the like.

This people decided to get their desires noticed by helping sick kids. This is an awesome way to get noticed, kudos to them.

[taijutsu363]

Ok yes the ending is just terrible piece of trash! But come on gamers! Really? You raise that much just to change an ending? Of a game? o.O That amount could help some invisible kids aka KONY!

[aliengmr]

Think you need to read the article.

[Xof]

I've already paid 60 dollars for an ending to the Mass Effect trilogy. I don't see why I should pay more. Not a new ending or a different ending, a proper one. Some resolution and closure for all the characters and people we met. Some epilogues showing us how our choices impacted the universe and the people in it.

You know, the basic ending shit that should have been a part of ME3 from day 1. Bioware had damn well better add it, and they'd damn well better not charge a dime for it.

This is their third fucking strike. Make it better, or get the fuck out of business.

[RXL]

im so tempted to know the ending but i don't want to ruin it for myself when it gets ruined first hand from me playing it!

that's like someone warning you about the clap or herpes...but dang it im curious and want to know first hand!

curse my curiosity!

[WitWolfy]

I agree dude im 26 hours in and I wanna see what the big fuss is all about??? It cant be that bad... Can it?

[aliengmr]

Just wait

[omi25p]

I thought the exact same thing, I even said in an earlier comment I think its the best of the three. After the ending that all changed.

Out of all the games I've played that have had bad endings (that's a lot) mass effect 3 is easily the worst.

[Daggerjack]

Wow alot of people are dumb. They don't realize that all that randomness mess they saw in the ending was done on purpose and will be revealed in DLC coming up. why you think Bioware said not delete your saved files? They knew this was gonna happen. They have all of this planned. Wow people!

And stop saying you wouldn't buy DLC for this game. Most of the people here seem like really big fans to let any type of DLC pass them by. im sure the majority of the people here would buy it.

[giovonni]

My thing is, which one did they see? I read the guide and in the back it says there are a ton of different endings and a secret ending. but you have to beat it twice to see it, so I'm interested in knowing if the secret ending is what people saw

[unknownhero1123]

there is no secret ending. If you want to know more,PM me.

[giovonni]

That's not what the official strategy guide says, though. on page 323 it say's " After beating the game once, starting a New Game Plus opens up new possibilities. A secret ending is also available to players who complete the game a second time."
Another thing that is noted in that official strategy guide is the points of war ready things you need to get the many different endings. It evens speaks of a damn fish that has to survive from the import of two that you brought from the citadel. I know they donated the money to charity, but I want to know which one they saw

[aliengmr]

@giovonni ((LIGHT SPOILER))

There are 3 endings. You will get the Secret ending if you just import a previous save. Another ending may be achieved if you get 4000 EMA.
16 endings is a myth. There are only 3 very similar endings.

[HurstDarkStar]

The thing about donating is, there really isn't a so call what you should give it to" since your basically deciding what " you" want to do. I kinda get tired of people saying do it for a good cause because that's the right thing to do~.....im evil fuck that shit.

edit: although doing this much for a game is kinda.... unorthodox i guess.

[sb1285n]

This article is proof alone that the majority of people on this site simply read the title of an article and base their assumption off of that.

In their defense, it is a misleading title.

[gamer234]

these are the reasons people don't take gamers seriously

[Gigglefist]

The ONE thing you should NEVER do as a fan is tell the writers and creators of a game to go back and change it for your pleasure.

[baodeus]

When all of that money could go to better use, they use it for this? Money well spent guy, money well spent.

[denero1]

What's wrong with giving donations to sick children in the hospital so they can have some enjoyment?

[baodeus]

oops sorry my bad, they donated to charity. should read more than just the headlines. :D

That money well spent.

[kent80082007]

The money is going to charity, seriously people read the article before you whine, it's money well spent no matter the cause

[Razgriz383]

Mass Effect the game that allows you to choose dozens of choices...here pick one of these 3 similar endings.

[Perez]

The money is being donated directly to Charity if people just read the article that would be quite clear and I'm sorry its like any celebrity/politician/corporati on supporting a charity of course they want to help but it makes them look good what is the difference in the end people are helped.

People saying any medium apart from gaming is free from rewrites and changes caused by the public aren't facing reality. Authors and Movie Studios are affected by public opinion on their works - Arthur Conan Doyle didn't kill off Sherlock Holmes because his fans cried out and I can more or less say he didn't call them whiny entitled fanboys mainly I hope because he respected their opinions no matter what they were (though most probably since the phrase did not exist then)

Any company that provides a service is expected to field calls for changes to that service if it becomes sub standard in the eyes of their consumers. I don't really get all the hate or this is just silly nonsense comments the ones asking for a change or just something additional aren't insulting you back on the forums I'm watching.

All movies undergo test screening and if changes are necessary they are made to suit the financial expectations of shareholders.

http://youtu.be/rPelM2hwhJA - comparison of all available endings
http://youtu.be/4H_A7SeawU4 - about why we don't like about the ending
http://youtu.be/0sYp-eggD1Q - relevant at 10min mark

http://www.gamefront.com/ma... - a great article explaining our position.

http://www.forbes.com/sites... - even forbes a financial magazine has wade in with quite a range of articles.

[bobi966]

I am happy that the gamers want a better stunning ending for the Mass Effect 3.
For the ending i want Shepard to join her Teammates to celebrate in the end and Shepard must live and in later on Shepard must be with her/his kid telling her/his story to his/her child and that is it i hope bioware made this ending because it is so Bright and so Great!
And that will be the ending i want!

[TheDudeLasse]

Gamers can be whiny bitches, and I say that as a proud gamer.

[N4G4L]

@RXL i was just about to say the same thing man, i want to know what all the fuss is about , damn me having a job where i cant play mass effect 3 all day. lol

[OMEGAZONE]

The comments about giving the money to sick kids is hilarious, you want to give $32,000 to sick kids but you're willing to spend up to $60 on games and $200 - $500 on video game consoles and $1000+ on gaming PCs. Why don't you give that money to kids and stop playing the good Samaritan.

[urwifeminder]

Shep was rebuilt in me 2 cloning the perfect shep in the future maybe ? all memories on file they can do crazy things in the future.

[Buff1044]

+1 to charity, -1 to gamers thinking they will change the ending.

[NeoTribe]

People obviously have next to no life to have the time to involve themselves in this bullshit.

[GameGuy]

They could have raised money for something that really mattered. That's just a waste of money.

[kasser]

I finished the game on a certain ending (not sure of the other ending options) but I really liked it.

It is after all a Sci-Fi story. You would expect mystery, imagination, and science to mix in together. I don't know what most of fans really assumed. A generic kill-the-bad-guy ending like Skyrim or other games is not gonna cut it. Maybe you guys never seen enough sci-fi movies like Space Odyssey (which the game inspires heavily from it)

[orange-skittle]

Buying it this weekend. Wanna see how BioWare responds to this

[sandman224]

It's a finished game. You can't change what was already done. Give it up and look forward to the next installment or dlc.

[Braid]

My grandpa would say: "That's alot of money!"

Seriously, folks, the ending was great. Next time pay more attention to the story rather than playing the action sequences with your saliva dripping on the floor. It was just like a great sci-fi novel, and to be honest, it was better than most of the novels I've read so far.

[pbasson]

With that money they could made a better ending than the original themselves, and cater it to all gamers.

[pbasson]

Theres only one thing I didnt like of the ending it didnt explain enough. To many unanswered questions, in fact it pulled a Kojima and made more questions than answers other than that Shepard dying, Im cool with that as long as the cause and reason make sense, which I dnt think they captured as well as they could have.

[Krakn3Dfx]

I'll throw in $10 to change the end of the last episode of the X-Files.

Who's with me?

[young7yang]

Wow! Seriously pathetic...

Bioware keep the ending as is.. Sometimes mysteries are best left to the imagination.

Gamers this generation have none.