Forum:Extended Cut- Influenced which ending you go for?

Howdy y'all (or some other such opening, I'm really quite bad at them T.T), now that the Extended Cut DLC has been released, I was curious as to how many people now go for different endings, which endings, and why; indeed, as someone who thought so poorly of the un-extended endings that I found it fit to deem Mass Effect 3 the most disappointing game I had ever played, this new DLC not only completely fixes the issues I had with this game (i.e. as I mention in the linked-to post, thematic games basically CANNOT screw up the endings, as it renders the entire story arc terrible by virtue of being doomed to an unsatisfying conclusion) but also changed which ending I went for.

In regards to myself, I preferred the "Destroy" ending previously, as it allowed Shepard to survive if you had a high enough EMS (if a game offers the chance, I always preserve the hero character unless it is something like Fallout 3 sans Broken Steel, where they basically called you a complete coward if you didn't turn yourself into what essentially amounted to a Hungry Man TV Dinner after being in the microwave too long) and seemed most fitting with his character for myself (noting I play Shepard as a paragon). The "Control" ending seemed to reek of egotistical folly with too great an unknown in terms of consequence, whereas "Synthesis" would have you alter the lives of every being in the galaxy without their consent, betraying the ideals of paragon Shepard while also leaving too great a risk for disaster for the various species' futures (not to mention it would be kind of pointless, as it isn't as if, later down the line, they couldn't develop the technology to do this sort of thing themselves, removing the risk of utilizing unknown technology while also giving freedom of choice for individuals).

Now that the new DLC has come out, I find myself firmly in the "Control" camp, as it not only allows for Shepard to survive (yay!), it also allows him to, essentially, fulfill his role to the greatest possible extent as galactic protector (mind you, some might call his whole "apotheosis" in this ending a little creepy, given the freaky messiah vibes paragon Shepard gives off during the whole series). I could get into further moral and logical justifications, but I don't want to do that as I don't want this thread to devolve into a debate over subjective perceptions.

The extended endings did, however, also make the "Synthesis" ending alot more unappealing to myself; not only did it look the least impressive (in my opinion, with "Destroy" looking the most impressive and "Control" coming in a close second), something further worsened by that terrible "green-eye" effect in the cutscenes, it also had the worst voice-over of the lot (honestly, EDI simply can't compare to Hackett or Shepard). Anyways, I've gone on long enough, what are your thoughts? Remember, this isn't a thread to criticize others' ideas, just to share your own thoughts on things. -- Haegemonia ( talk ) 05:15, June 27, 2012 (UTC)