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Posted on Tuesday, June 26 @ 13:01:54 Eastern by
I'm lazy. The disc for Mass Effect 3 is... way over there. I can't reach it. Even if I could I'd have to physically manipulate buttons sticks on the controller. Who has time for that when all of that Extended Cut DLC is just a Youtube search away?

It should be plainly obvious that there are spoilers ahead... and probably in the comments too.

First up is the "Control" or Blue ending:



Next in line is the "Destroy" or Red ending:



Of the three original endings, we'll finish with the "Synthesis" or Green ending:



And finally, Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC adds a fourth ending, Refusal. Here it is:

So, what'd ya think? Does it "fix" Mass Effect 3's finale?

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Comments
  • MikeyVengeance
    MikeyVengeance

    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
    Umm they really don't explain much. They just seem to put into a narrative what I assumed anyway. I really don't think this is much of an improvement at all. Also I like how the Mass Relays went from being DESTRYOED to simply being badly damaged. 2/10
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
    I don't get how spelling anything out is better. When I reach the end of a narrative, I like to fill in gaps here and there.
  • StringerBell86
    StringerBell86

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
    I don't feel bad for watching it here b/c this whole ordeal was a result of laziness on THEIR part.

    didn't love it or hate it. My opinion of the ME series is still the same: great but flawed.

    thanks for the up. saves me time so I can keep playing Spec Ops this week =)
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    I'll be reviewing that for GR. Maybe we can get on multiplayer together.
  • StringerBell86
    StringerBell86

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
    I'm on PS3
  • StringerBell86
    StringerBell86

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
    gameplay and the desert/sandy atmosphere are pretty solid so far. not much to complain about besides a few graphical glitches here and there

    look forward to your review!
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
    Leave it to EA-Bioware to leave more openings for countless sequels
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    [Insert money-making plot hole here.]
  • Noritama
    Noritama

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
    Looking at my ending of Synthesis, pretty obvious that would happen. the Refusal ending is kind of lame but whatever. I'd say 5/10. I don't feel relieved or anything just pointless information.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    What kind of DLC would you like to see for ME3?
  • Noritama
    Noritama

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
    Explaining a bit more about Aria. That would be nice.
  • StringerBell86
    StringerBell86

    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
    I'd like to see a flashback mission based around the "backstory" you select for your Shepard persona that enhances your own character

    or

    an extra mission that sheds more light on the Illusive Man's rise to power and how he linked up with the Reapers
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
    Really don't think this was necessary. The people who were satisfied (like me) will still be satisfied & not care about the extended cuts while the people who *****ed & moaned will still ***** & moan, but about this now too.
  • Lien
    Lien

    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
    Hey, it's free so who are we to comlpain? ...Well cept for the ones that B****ed like you said... sigh...
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
    They did address the one legitimate complaint I had with the original endings. By not having the Normandy Crash-landing anymore (at least it seems more likely they just set it down this time, as it is able to fly again), I am no longer irritated by Joker's lack of a shattered skeleton. Also, I thought it flushed out the options a little better. At least for control, which was really ambiguous to me in the original ending. Anyway, I still like synthesis the best. Not sure why this took so long to slap together though. Was there really no change to the retake earth mission? Or in the citadel prior to this?
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns

    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
    It's a nice little addition, but a big reason why people had a problem with the ending is that the series was supposed to have a focus on choice changing things, and then you get to the end and it just gives you three colored deus ex machina to choose from that magically solve everything, completely invalidating the point of most of the game. So adding some dialogue doesn't fix much of anything. Truthfully, I like the Refusal ending the best. The games should've built up how powerful the Reapers are, and show the inevitability of defeat against them from the beginning (since they sort of started that in 1) but just leave a different future for the next generation. And if you're going to make it all pointless, make it all pointless with a point.
    That said, I don't really give a damn about the ending when the series had plenty of other problems. This is just to try and appease the broken base. Nothing more.
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
    So glad I didn't buy this game.
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow

    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
    You missed out on a very good game.
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
    So I hear. I played it on PS3 and hated the framerate. I'd get it on PC but it's Origin exclusive.

    Oh well!
  • Blazin13
    Blazin13

    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
    I suppose at least with the synthesis ending you get the almost tear-jerking Liara/EDI hug and the satisfaction in knowing that Joker should be able to get more than over-the-clothes action with those new synthetic implants. Did anybody else notice that in the destroy ending Liara doesn't actually put Shepard's plaque on the wall in the Normandy? She does it in every single other one. On the whole I have to say that the endings have been better addressed and explained, but are still flawed. I had hoped that what happened to all of your individual crew members would be addressed, but that will more than likely be covered in the surefire sequels that will be coming when EA needs an influx of cash. After all after every ending, even the depressing refusal one, you have two stargazers about to discuss more of "The Shepard's" stories.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
    Color me sick of hearing about Mass Effect.
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous

    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
    Which color, red, blue or green?
  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
    Heh...now there is no reason for people to complain when they got what they wanted...
  • Icepick
    Icepick

    Joined: Dec 2002
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
    I was someone who hated the endings, hated them with a passion that would have made the most ruthless tyrant feel uneasy, and this extended cut, while not perfect (and really, the 4th option is just a big **** you from Bioware to those who wanted that option,) I am satisfied with the endings. If we judge strictly on a pass/fail basis, it gets a pass. It feels a lot more fitting of an end to such a large and expansive world that was created
  • Crucial-Kenny
    Crucial-Kenny

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
    I like the additions to synthesis, didn't watch the others. I didn't have a major problem with the ending in the first place, but after finishing the game and youtubing the other endings, I noticed that they were all nearly the exact same except for the color... lame. Anything to differentiate them is welcome. And thanks for posting this, I already traded my copy in and wouldn't have cared enough to look it up myself, haha.
  • theoutcast32
    theoutcast32

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 12:15 am
    i think the problem here is you sony fanboys. too bad you couldnt enjoy the series from the beginning.
  • maca2kx
    maca2kx

    Joined: Jul 2002
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 2:43 am
    They're better than the original endings but still essentially different colours of space magic. I think the problem goes down to the existence of the Child and the three game finishing options which ignore anything that came before them but to fix those problems would be to change the ending which is something Bioware said they wouldn't do.

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