User blog comment:Matthew Paul/What's wrong with wanting a happy ending for ME3?/@comment-1900300-20120411041813

I know you mean well, and we are not starting a "civil war" as you say so much as we are trying to be as professional in your goals as we can be. The issue with this IMO is a "happy ending" is so vague and generalised that it offers no real insight into what the ending should be and is very easy to misinterpret and caratacure.

In the end the best way to have what we want in terms of Bioware changing the ending is to have are goals be as specific and as simple and as reasonable sounding as possible. In this regard having a happy ending should not really be our priority. In this case our priorities should be something alloung the lines of.

1) Have the ending make literary sense in regards to the Mass Effect genre, established rules and themes, 2) Have the ending better reflect the players choices over the three games 3) Have the ending focus on characters more 4) Have an ending that gives more varied choices

Then maybe have a happy ending

The real problem is the idea of a happy ending contradicts a theme Bioware wanted for this game: Victory through sacrifice. The theme pushes more for a sombre, bittersweet ending at best, with characters dying no matter what we choose. If you had stated a more Earn Your Happy Ending like in previous games, where the best ending can only be achieved through the characters and players suffering and fightng through all of it, then i would agree completely. But now do you see the issue of a vague statement like happy ending? Even when in this circumstance i would agree with you but the comment is so vague i dont know if theat is hat you meant. It needs more clarification. Even then we can definatly agree having a happy ending does not mean bad, nor does a dark ending mean good, as long as it suits the story.