User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations/@comment-5124348-20120627014817/@comment-2228120-20120627055742

''I think it did a good job of making the ending tolerable. It's still not as good an ending as I'd originally hoped, but they did a great job''. Tolerable. Yes. It provided explanation and closure, and got rid of some of the plot holes. However... it still leaves some bitter aftertaste. First and foremost, the extended cut shouldn't have existed at all. Second, it does not remove the deus ex machina. Third, I totally hate how synthesis is supposed to be THE solution and pinnacle of evolution (but this is just my personal peeve, I guess). And, curiously, Shepard breathing somewhere down on the Earth didn't make me any happy, either.

BTW, you can shoot the God Child...but it may have consequences.... That was the first thing I did. I hate the brat even more than before.