User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination Theorists Say the Darndest Things, Part II/@comment-173.58.251.107-20141007222123/@comment-25512343-20141009183954

Agreed. EA rushed the games release. And some idiot leaked the original ending, which caused a re-write.

All this being said, I do like the EC endings and I think they saved the franchise. They provided closure, even if it was just throw slide shows. Had the EC endings been in the game to start with, I doubt there would've been such an outrage and the game would be considered the best of the three. It IS the best of the three in my opinion. People who still hate the ending after the EC either can't get over the awful original ending or just want something to complain about. You can't have 1,000 totally different endings. Anyone professional programmer will tell you that. Even a blu ray disc can only hold so much. Though, I would have loved a version of the "refusal" ending where a 100% EMS earns you an ending where you don't use the crucible and still win through conventional warfare.

So, if the IT is true, cool. It'll be interesting to see what happens. If not, I'm happy with the whole series, including the (EC version) ending to ME3.