User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination: You're Doing It Wrong/@comment-1958269-20120620191345/@comment-2076032-20120623004224

It wasn't a court case, if you'd read it, you'd know that. It's still a legal establishment, but there is a bias. I had to take a step back to realise that myself, but it's there. I'm not being accusative, I'm just saying that the disappointment with the ending has created a bias. It's not unusual, but they didn't lie. Your decisions do, indeed, effect the outcome, just not in the way you'd expect. Disagree with me if you must, I'm not saying the ending was good, not by a long shot, but it was what they said everyone would get. The differences between the ending still parallel the overall outcome for the story, so the story itself could conclude in a way that didn't deviate from what was decided as the final moments of Shepard's story. Effectively, the entire game itself is an ending, but at the very least the last three to five hours of gameplay. Read the article for a little perspective, or not, it's your choice. I'm not trying to change your mind, but even the quotes you've offered above are not enough to change mine that we all got exactly what they said they'd give us, and complaining about it is incredibly pointless.