User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-30764484-20120605044952/@comment-4237253-20120608022711

I don't need a counter argument. You have yet to supply any kind of cohesive argument.

Confusing and lying to your audience is a terrible idea. That's just how storytelling works. How was the kid "lying and not the Catalyst"? It's pretty obvious it is. Also, what does the Citadel exploding have to do with anything? It's not the Catalyst because it explodes? Where is it explicitly said that the Catalyst couldn't explode? I mean, it's not like the Crucible would have to be used more than once. So...yeah. In the literal ending, there is a Catalyst. I don't see how you can compare that to "everything after being hit by Harbinger's beam.

And seriously, what's the point of winning if you're never sure you won at all? How is there a connection between "something is off" and "Alien robots are controlling my mind"?

I would like an ending that makes sense, and the IT just adds more nonsense. Not only that but it IS a worse ending, because it doesn't actually resolve the conflict of the plot. It just confuses the player and cuts off before finishing.