User blog comment:The Milkman/Everybody Shut Up./@comment-5376473-20120423163735/@comment-4950455-20120423230218

It's entirely possible for good writers to mess up, particularly if praise goes to their heads and they no longer believe they need feedback. Given the claims that the ending was a one-man job with no input from most of the writing staff - and the fact that (IMO) most of ME3 was probably the best game so far - I find this more likely to believe (although I suspect some of those standing by the ending now aren't sincere about it).