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ninkendo
04/05/12 7:39:00 AM
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http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/2012/04/05/mass-effect-3-extended-cut-announced-addresses-game-ending/

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voltch
04/05/12 7:41:00 AM
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trending.

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ninkendo
04/05/12 7:41:00 AM
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Extended as well!

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Vlado
04/05/12 7:41:00 AM
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ninkendo
04/05/12 7:43:00 AM
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at least it's free I guess

but they didn't have to give in to the fans

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AlphaRayAllen
04/05/12 7:45:00 AM
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This can't end well.

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KimPine
04/05/12 7:50:00 AM
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I don't play Mass Effect but the ending couldn't have been that bad.
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tcaz2
04/05/12 7:52:00 AM
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From: KimPine | #007
I don't play Mass Effect but the ending couldn't have been that bad.


You'd be surprised.

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AlphaRayAllen
04/05/12 7:54:00 AM
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KimPine posted...
I don't play Mass Effect but the ending couldn't have been that bad.

No, it was bad, lazy, and everything else you don't want an ending to be.

This just sets a bad precedent and stems from one of the most obnoxious fan movements of all time.

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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 7:54:00 AM
#10:


AlphaRayAllen posted...
This can't end well.

Can't end much worse than it ended the first time!

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Shoenin_Kakashi
04/05/12 7:55:00 AM
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Watch it be worse <_<

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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 7:56:00 AM
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Also, it doesn't sound like they're changing the ending, just adding some stuff to explain it, which is all they needed to do.

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HeroDelTiempo17
04/05/12 7:58:00 AM
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Yeah just think of all the movies that were ruined by "Director's Cuts" that added in cut content from the original.

Look, this has literally happened with every form of media other than video games. And it's free! Don't even have to buy the Blu-Ray to get the alternate ending or buy the sequel in which the author reveals that the main character never died at all! We don't even know if they're changing it or not. Honestly, a simple rewrite to fix the bad writing in the original could make people happy while still preserving the "artistic integrity" of the writers if that's what you're hung up on.

And let's set something straight: people didn't dislike the ending just because of fan butthurt (although there is a ton of that, I'll admit). A large part of it is that from a literary perspective, it's pretty awful.

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FFDragon
04/05/12 7:58:00 AM
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This has literally happened in video games too.

Fallout 3.

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AlphaRayAllen
04/05/12 8:01:00 AM
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FFDragon posted...
This has literally happened in video games too.

Fallout 3.


Wasn't that also because completing the main questline ended the game completely?

As in, there was no post-game?

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tcaz2
04/05/12 8:04:00 AM
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From: AlphaRayAllen | #015
Wasn't that also because completing the main questline ended the game completely?

As in, there was no post-game?


Yes, partly, but also because there was some incredibly shoddy writing in it too.

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GuessMyUserName
04/05/12 8:06:00 AM
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It's free?

ME fans should be kissing BioWare's feet tbqh

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FFDragon
04/05/12 8:09:00 AM
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Yeah there was a much smaller outcry over Fallout 3's ending, but Bethesda just went with it and changed things and took advantage of it for the postgame DLC.

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FFDragon
04/05/12 8:10:00 AM
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Portal's ending change was free too!

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baron von toast
04/05/12 8:10:00 AM
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Yeah, I'm kind of surprised that it's free. I've got pretty extreme feelings on that subject. If they were charging for it I would have been upset that except me to pay more money so they can fix their crummy ending and would never have bought it in a millions years, but because it's free I think they're pretty cool dudes. There's no in between.

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skull_bonek23
04/05/12 8:11:00 AM
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Yeah how could you possibly disagree with this? Even if you liked the ending it seems like this is only going to give you more details about it.

AND IT'S FREE

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transcience
04/05/12 9:20:00 AM
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they're patching the ending in.

funny stuff.

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Mik_Pick
04/05/12 9:23:00 AM
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Great that it's free, "fans" will still complain though since I doubt it'll actually change anything.

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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 9:23:00 AM
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transcience posted...
they're patching the ending in.

funny stuff.


That's not quite what this is. The game most definitely already has an ending.

This is more like appending a mini-Ultimania at the end to explain certain things.

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GaryOak151
04/05/12 9:45:00 AM
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Fans are still really pissed.

For me this is best case!

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vcharon
04/05/12 9:52:00 AM
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Adding on to a bad ending will still probably be a bad ending. People were calling for complete and total change.

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tcaz2
04/05/12 9:58:00 AM
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From: vcharon | #026
Adding on to a bad ending will still probably be a bad ending. People were calling for complete and total change.


Yeah that's kind of my problem with this too. The ending will likely still be garbage, just tied into a floral pattern scented bag instead of left hanging out stinking the place up.

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foolm0ron
04/05/12 10:00:00 AM
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From: AlphaRayAllen | #009
No, it was bad, lazy, and everything else you don't want an ending to be.


How much worse was it than DXHR's ending?

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DeathChicken
04/05/12 10:03:00 AM
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You mean the endings that were almost exactly like the endings in the original Deus Ex? Short cutscene showing the consequences of what you just did, narration, credits

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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 10:04:00 AM
#30:


vcharon posted...
Adding on to a bad ending will still probably be a bad ending. People were calling for complete and total change.

Yeah, there's lots of things I want that I ain't getting. I'll settle for getting part of the way there.

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foolm0ron
04/05/12 10:10:00 AM
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From: DeathChicken | #029
You mean the endings that were almost exactly like the endings in the original Deus Ex? Short cutscene showing the consequences of what you just did, narration, credits


Well DX had a pretty bad ending as well, since like DXHR and apparently ME3 it ignored all your previous decisions and just gave you 3 static choices for the end, but I think the buttons in DXHR were slightly worse.

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MoreDinosaurs
04/05/12 10:14:00 AM
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Bring on the slow motion B roll scenes and epilogue text.
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AlphaRayAllen
04/05/12 10:16:00 AM
#33:


ME3's endings are pretty much exactly the same as DX's.

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KanzarisKelshen
04/05/12 10:17:00 AM
#34:


DeathChicken posted...
You mean the endings that were almost exactly like the endings in the original Deus Ex? Short cutscene showing the consequences of what you just did, narration, credits

The difference is that DX's endings were all based on the characters you'd collaborated with, or opposed, the whole game. ME3's are 'make a random, meaningless choice. The universe is still ****ed, because Mass Relays explode with the force of supernovas. Whoops!'. That's the really annoying point: Regardless of choice made, those explosions mean the galaxy is now a lifeless husk.

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DeathChicken
04/05/12 10:21:00 AM
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Right, I'm more commenting on Human Revolution's endings being any worse than the original DX's. They aren't

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HeroDelTiempo17
04/05/12 10:32:00 AM
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Haven't played Deus Ex, but did the ending choices at least tie into the game's narrative from a thematic standpoint?

Because ME3's didn't. In fact they blatantly went against certain plot elements and foreshadowing from earlier in the story.

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iiicon
04/05/12 10:39:00 AM
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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | #036
Because ME3's didn't. In fact they blatantly went against certain plot elements and foreshadowing from earlier in the story.


This is not true in the least.

I have a feeling that this extended cut will just give a Zelda-esque "and here's what happened to the rest of the universe," which is just as contrived and lazy as the epilogue that's already in the game.


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foolm0ron
04/05/12 10:41:00 AM
#38:


From: DeathChicken | #035
Right, I'm more commenting on Human Revolution's endings being any worse than the original DX's. They aren't


Yes they are. At least you had to do something to choose the original DX endings. DXHR just had buttons. Although to be fair there is that OMG SECRET 4th button.

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FFDragon
04/05/12 10:43:00 AM
#39:


iiicon posted...
This is not true in the least.

It's pretty true.

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tcaz2
04/05/12 10:48:00 AM
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From: iiicon | #037
This is not true in the least.


Yes it is.

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KanzarisKelshen
04/05/12 10:52:00 AM
#41:


DeathChicken posted...
Right, I'm more commenting on Human Revolution's endings being any worse than the original DX's. They aren't

OK, yeah, I can get behind that. Sorry for misreading you! I'm one of those guys who thinks the DR endings are actually pretty boss, overall. Yeah, things are slightly on rails, but it works, which sets it apart from ME3.

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Ryo8889
04/05/12 10:53:00 AM
#42:


From: iiicon | #037
contrived and lazy as the epilogue that's already in the game.


What epilogue?
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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 10:55:00 AM
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Uhhh might want to mark for ending spoilers Kanz

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KanzarisKelshen
04/05/12 10:57:00 AM
#44:


LeonhartFour posted...
Uhhh might want to mark for ending spoilers Kanz

Oh crap, I spoiled something? Sorry Leon, wasn't the idea. Care to point me to the spoiler post? I'll clear it up.

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iiicon
04/05/12 10:57:00 AM
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This isn't an argument regarding the quality of the game's ending - that's irrelevant - but saying that the ending doesn't touch on any of the themes (the value of synthetic life, humanity's ability to determine their own destiny, Shepard's struggle with free will, etc) of the series is incorrect.

From: Ryo8889 | #042
What epilogue?


The fate of the Normandy and the story of "The Shepard."


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iiicon
04/05/12 10:58:00 AM
#46:


From: KanzarisKelshen | #044
Oh crap, I spoiled something? Sorry Leon, wasn't the idea. Care to point me to the spoiler post? I'll clear it up.


things go boom.

but if you take that out, your argument is no longer inherently contradictory, so I say keep it in.


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LeonhartFour
04/05/12 10:59:00 AM
#47:


KanzarisKelshen posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
Uhhh might want to mark for ending spoilers Kanz

Oh crap, I spoiled something? Sorry Leon, wasn't the idea. Care to point me to the spoiler post? I'll clear it up.


The post where you say what happened in ME3's ending.

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tcaz2
04/05/12 11:00:00 AM
#48:


From: iiicon | #045
This isn't an argument regarding the quality of the game's ending - that's irrelevant - but saying that the ending doesn't touch on any of the themes (the value of synthetic life, humanity's ability to determine their own destiny, Shepard's struggle with free will, etc) of the series is incorrect.


That's not what he said. He said it doesn't tie in and goes completely against them. Which is true.

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KanzarisKelshen
04/05/12 11:00:00 AM
#49:


LeonhartFour posted...
KanzarisKelshen posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
Uhhh might want to mark for ending spoilers Kanz

Oh crap, I spoiled something? Sorry Leon, wasn't the idea. Care to point me to the spoiler post? I'll clear it up.

The post where you say what happened in ME3's ending.


Fixed. Better now?

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KJH
04/05/12 11:25:00 AM
#50:


The only change will be that during the colored explosion and credits, "Don't Fear the Reaper" will now play.

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