User blog comment:Der Schreiber/Casey Hudson Comments on ME3 Ending/@comment-1683278-20120319214710

I don't hate the endings of Mass Effect 3, I am just disappointed in them. For starters, all the choices made throughout each of the three games don't mean anything in the end. They have no impact on the final outcomes of the game. Bioware has stated on multiple occasions that the decisions you make throughout each game will determine the face of the galaxy in ME3. Well, no matter what, the endings are all pretty similar and extremely vague. The game seems to end so suddenly that I don't know what to think. I'm a bit confused as to what happens on the Paragon and Renegade endings. If Shepard chooses to control the Reapers, how long does his control last? Is he in charge of the Reapers for eternity, or is he just delaying them for another cycle? On the Renegade ending, the Alliance marines fighting on Earth looked like they were vaporized by the blast when the Reapers were destroyed. Is this true, and if so, wouldn't this happen to everyone else in the galaxy? Also, why was the Normandy flying away from Earth when they should have been fighting?

Secondly, I am very confused as to why Bioware thought it was a good idea to have the mass relays blow up. Really, you spend the entire game trying to unite a galaxy just to have its inhabitants be separated again? Feels a bit like failure.

I'm not saying I hate ME3. It's a very good game. I just think Bioware should have put a little extra thought and time into making an ending that feels like a success.