From: Liwakip | #006
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Is that it?
Every single multi-branching game is designed this way (the bottom diagram). You simply can't do the above diagram, because that's way too many paths. Sure, you can complain that there weren't enough endings paths, but you can't expect that every major choice you have made (even if there were only like 5 in ME1, and like 10 or in ME2) is uniquely incorporated into the ending.
Maybe I just need to play the game and see what the ending is really about, but even if it's terrible, I don't see the big deal. ME2 clearly showed that the characters and adventures were by far the best part of the series, not the overarching generic 'omg space war' plotline.
I mean look at the DX games (DX1 and DXHR, at least). They had terrible endings that entirely ignored your previous choices, but it didn't matter because the rest of the game was awesome.
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