Nekohime wrote...
I do love this game--it was an epic journey and I'm not disappointed at the endings themselves, only the seemingly rushed/lazy implementation and animation.
Space godkid/AI made sense. The red and blue endings made a whole lot of sense to me. The green ending did not make a lick of sense to me, but sci-fi IS full of space magic and plot holes, so I was sort of expecting something like that.
Spoilery side note: I didn't like the blue ending initially, but after reading
this fanfic, I was like omg, this totally makes sense in that sort of creepy dystopian way. I can totally imagine Shepard becoming the new Catalyst.
I mean, of course other people are entitled to say "omg it sucks WORST ENDING EVER" but to me, it was fine and didn't really warrant the levels of nerd rage it's getting.
Eh, I understand the idea and symbolism behind each ending, but I hated the lack of closure and how each ending seemed out of character for Shepard. I kept thinking at some point I'd get a chance to tell the creepy godchild to shove it and that I'm commander shepard and this is my favorite spot on the citadel as of right now so beat it kid!
Each ending seemed like you were imposing some god like will on people. And why? Because some godchild who's logic was entirely wrong.
Ghostkid:"Synthetics and humans can't co-exist and -"
Shepard: "But... the geth and quarian"
Ghostkid: "AND AS I WAS SAYING, you'd destroy all life so you have to - "
Ghostkid: "But the Geth are nice and EDI is - "
Ghostkid "AND SO YOU HAVE TO PICK A COLOR..."
That is my main gripe. Throw out self determination, throw out Anderson's "There is always another way...!", throw out Shepard's indomitable will and never say die attitude. Instead, the ending shows a nihilistic view that says, "Yeah... in the end, you don't really have a choice about what happens in the universe beside the smallest details."
I also get annoyed thinking about how
Joker just left me, that my crew just left me... somehow (did Joker stop by and pick them up before going to "Eden"?), that none of the War Assets showed up, that EDI dies in the red ending when she isn't even a synthetic (she is only software, if she blows up them so should all metal computery things), and the huge plot hole of what the heck is going to happen to the stranded flotilla, Turians and krogans!? They can't even eat human food - I HEARD THAT LIKE 50 HUNDRED TIMES DURING THE GAME!!
But mostly, I hate how Mass Effect's main theme of "choice and self-determination" - which was repeated over and over by both the story, characters, and Bioware team members - was suddenly trampled on. I could not believe my Shepard, who would overcome impossible odds, who could unite people, who had stood against the tide in every situation would suddenly say, "okay godchild, I accept your logic. I will now make a forced choice." Even more horrible is the few choices you do have ALSO contradict the themes of self-determination. The "green" end is the worst offender - and it is the one that is supposed to be the "best" ending and is the hardest to get.
Sorry hime, but I can't stand it. I hate seeing my favorite video game series ever end horribly, so I can't help but be upset, even if it makes me look like I'm nerd raging.
Even with the red ending - the one I assume you got - I am left wondering, "what the hell joker? Garrus? You just left me here!? Not cool guys..."