User blog comment:Spartan0700/Dark Energy: What Would You Do?/@comment-2250460-20120802210410/@comment-3062992-20120805231705

@Legionwrex:

It was a shock to the system, but yes, I finally realized that I prefer the new endings over the original one. Not sayin' much, but that's all I'll say.

However, I'm more inclined to believe that there wouldn't have been a "third" option; that the original ending WOULD be that cut and dry and morally gray. Yes, there would have probably been an uproar over the bleak vanilla ending, causing many gamers to stand up and petition for a happy ending.

That said, because releasing a new ending would betray the team's "artistic vision," the pleads for a new "third" ending would have been ignored. Instead, a series of black and white pictures would be released in a free DLC, showing either the universe imploding or the galaxy thriving without humans would be released along with a narrative from one of your allies.

Zing...