User blog comment:M2459/ME3 ending/s dont conclude story/@comment-122.148.243.252-20120507060814

Essentially the whole 'game' you have played is just a story of the legend of Shepard that the old man was telling the boy. The fact that you are reloaded back into the Normandy after and you are told to create further stories means that your actions are the story the old man is telling the boy. The old man saying that many details have been lost during the ages is the game writers way of excusing the poor story and plot holes. The ME series is all just a story that an old man is telling a boy about the legend of Shep.