User blog comment:Mexican215/Yes another ME3 ending blog..Why ME3 shouldn't be the end of Shepard/@comment-6293599-20130222235755/@comment-1440333-20130223023122

No its a game over as you can't finish the trilogy with that outcome - You cannot import to ME3 as your game is over. Its not an assumption. I actually quite liked the death scene and the implications afterwards, but you cannot take those choices forward so it IS a Game Over.