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Mass Effect 3 Ending Changes Planned

[Mar 21, 2012, 2:11 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The BioWare Blog has a post from BioWare co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka confirming that criticism of the ending of Mass Effect 3 has had a massive effect on them, and they will indeed be changing the way the game ends, as they said they might. Here's a bit on their change in plans, and what lead to this point:

Building on their research, Exec Producer Casey Hudson and the team are hard at work on a number of game content initiatives that will help answer the questions, providing more clarity for those seeking further closure to their journey. You’ll hear more on this in April. We’re working hard to maintain the right balance between the artistic integrity of the original story while addressing the fan feedback we’ve received. This is in addition to our existing plan to continue providing new Mass Effect content and new full games, so rest assured that your journey in the Mass Effect universe can, and will, continue.

The reaction to the release of Mass Effect 3 has been unprecedented. On one hand, some of our loyal fans are passionately expressing their displeasure about how their game concluded; we care about this feedback, and we’re planning to directly address it. However, most folks appear to agree that the game as a whole is exceptional, with more than 75 critics giving it a perfect review score and a review average in the mid-90s. Net, I’m proud of the team, but we can and must always strive to do better.

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Re: Mass Effect 3 Ending Changes Planned

Mar 22, 2012, 01:30

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If they are going to write a story driven video game, people are going to be mad when they make the ending pointless or change the way the story is told (look at Dragon Age). Hell reading books, I get tired of authors who go batshit with their books after the first 3 or so or who never finish their story because they ramble on too long and die before they can finish or lose support. But having them lose the entire point of their series in a single book wouldn't even make it through most publishers. The book would be rejected before it ever got to the shelf. The fact that authors can make dramatic decisions, WITHIN the story arc they've built is awesome. But when they step out of it in the course of one book, chances are that author wouldn't even see the book published. And this is why EA fails as a publisher, they taint story driven content to make it more marketable for future projects instead of making it a good story first and figuring out how to continue using it if support remains. So they've screwed the fanbase following for the game, while they try to built on the name recognition of the game by leaving some of the stuff opened ended PROBABLY for an MMO (because it's the easiest way to get constant money in their mind). I haven't even played ME3, but looking at the endings and the top 10 reasons plus just the sheer amount of people pissed off. You know someone screwed up. Professional critic reviews don't even matter, because most of those don't even finish the games before writing a review...because they want to get the review out at least the same week of the game release. They certainly aren't going to finish it twice and figure out the ending is a joke.

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