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** [[Downer Ending|The]] [[Gainax Ending|end]][[No Ending|ings]]... To expand on this, when fans started reaching the ending of the game, ''all Hell broke loose''. A high-selling game with good critical reviews now boasts 2 stars on Amazon, and a Metacritic User score of 3.5 (compare the critical score of 9.5). All message boards dealing with the topic are inundated, and there are multiple polls and petitions which indicate that some ''ninety-eight percent'' of ''Mass Effect'' fans are dissatisfied with the ending. There may have never been a stronger negative reaction to ten minutes of a game in the history of the medium. For a brief idea [http://social.bioware.com/633606/polls/28989/ see this]. As of this posting, that number of people who said they were satisfied with the endings is up to about 1000. Compared to about 60,000 votes that the endings were bad<ref> mood-wise; this poll doesn't even have an option for people who hated the plot holes!</ref>. There's also a [http://www.facebook.com/DemandABetterEndingToMassEffect3 Facebook group] demanding a better ending for the game. It already has a membership total in the tens of thousands. One fan even went as far to [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx report to the Federal Trade Commission] over false advertising regarding the ending. |
** [[Downer Ending|The]] [[Gainax Ending|end]][[No Ending|ings]]... To expand on this, when fans started reaching the ending of the game, ''all Hell broke loose''. A high-selling game with good critical reviews now boasts 2 stars on Amazon, and a Metacritic User score of 3.5 (compare the critical score of 9.5). All message boards dealing with the topic are inundated, and there are multiple polls and petitions which indicate that some ''ninety-eight percent'' of ''Mass Effect'' fans are dissatisfied with the ending. There may have never been a stronger negative reaction to ten minutes of a game in the history of the medium. For a brief idea [http://social.bioware.com/633606/polls/28989/ see this]. As of this posting, that number of people who said they were satisfied with the endings is up to about 1000. Compared to about 60,000 votes that the endings were bad<ref> mood-wise; this poll doesn't even have an option for people who hated the plot holes!</ref>. There's also a [http://www.facebook.com/DemandABetterEndingToMassEffect3 Facebook group] demanding a better ending for the game. It already has a membership total in the tens of thousands. One fan even went as far to [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/17/mass-effect-3-ending-fighter-goes-to-the-ftc.aspx report to the Federal Trade Commission] over false advertising regarding the ending. |
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** [http://youtu.be/4H_A7SeawU4 These] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlatxLP-xs&feature=related three] [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/aj/topreasons/34623-why-we-hate-me3s-ending videos,] and [http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/ this article] do the best at explaining why most people have such a problem with this ending. |
** [http://youtu.be/4H_A7SeawU4 These] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlatxLP-xs&feature=related three] [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/aj/topreasons/34623-why-we-hate-me3s-ending videos,] and [http://www.gamefront.com/mass-effect-3-ending-hatred-5-reasons-the-fans-are-right/ this article] do the best at explaining why most people have such a problem with this ending. |
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** This brilliant observation from an RPG.Net comment thread (original poster unknown) sums up most objections to the ending in one pithy line: |
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{{quote|'''RPGNet''': Traditionally, when the Shepherd of Man confronts the Father of Evil in a high place above the Earth and it offers dominion and all the kingdoms of the world, ''he's supposed to say no''.}} |
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* [[Luck-Based Mission]] : Multiplayer objectives can frequently be this. Sometimes you score and all the various items you need to activate/deactivate are placed in the same room and far from the enemies, other times you have to kill four [[Demonic Spiders|Banshees]] which all are heavily guarded by their Reaper allies. |
* [[Luck-Based Mission]] : Multiplayer objectives can frequently be this. Sometimes you score and all the various items you need to activate/deactivate are placed in the same room and far from the enemies, other times you have to kill four [[Demonic Spiders|Banshees]] which all are heavily guarded by their Reaper allies. |
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* [[Memetic Badass]]: [http://i.imgur.com/gPvxa.jpg Javik is better than you at anything]. [http://i.imgur.com/LPozE.jpg Deal with it, primitive]. |
* [[Memetic Badass]]: [http://i.imgur.com/gPvxa.jpg Javik is better than you at anything]. [http://i.imgur.com/LPozE.jpg Deal with it, primitive]. |
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