User blog comment:Garhdo/Extended Cut - opinions?/@comment-3399608-20120627064320/@comment-1705621-20120627133003

Shepard breathing, thats good enough for me. He's alive. That's all that really matters and that's what will turn out to be a potential sequel if BioWare feels like changing their minds about ending his story. And its actually reasonable for BW to open a few plotholes that a new game or DLC will address. Remember that Valve changed Portal's ending scene to accommodate Portal 2's story perfectly.