User blog comment:Garhdo/Extended Cut - opinions?/@comment-114.79.13.152-20120701020303/@comment-114.79.13.152-20120701020426

All choices, each had their own upsides and downsides. Victories come through sacrifices, and each option requires different sacrifices and presents their own rewards,…and risks.

Destroy option, seemed canon. Reaper destroyed, victory gained, peace attained. All civilizations will be rebuilt, and each races rise again from the ashes of war. Yet there are possibilities of future conflict between synthetics and organics far in the future when organics again create synthetics, as the starchild warned about it. Shepard survives, but a whole geth race was sacrificed ( If we choose to make peace between geth and quarians. Should we let war continues and chose to side with the quarians, the geth was already eliminated before the final attack to earth). And of course we lost our EDI.

Control option, Shepard become a god (or goddess)-like being. Eternal, Immortal. A slightly scary option considering what could happen if Shepard fell to the “darkside”. But assuming he/she remains benevolent, that future promises a very strong and united galaxy. Civilizations are rebuilt, maybe faster and better (with reaper assistance). The galaxy is a much safer one, considering the whole might of the reaper fleet now become its protectors.

Synthesis, a rather radical choice, although the ultimate goal of peace, understanding and progress are attained, the DNA rewritten process are practically forced to all beings. It’s quite scary, the new species are somehow just like “a Borg race with their glow greens” (-in star trek terms). Yet that condition also ensures the everlasting peace since all races are now connected. A rise of the new species, a final evolution…and as EDI said, on the verge of crossing mortality itself. Shepard’s sacrifice could lead the way for the others for reaching immortality.

And, how about the fourth option? The refusal option, this is a no win option ( at least for now, unless another DLC may change it). Okay, it’s still a win…but not in this cycle.