User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-4883896-20120604135312/@comment-4237253-20120604170107

That's honestly the most commonly made mistake. I just wrote a giant wall of text (I'm surprised there wasn't a lot of tl;dr in the comments) explaining why, and that just scratches the surface. Not once did I say I disliked the ending because it was too tragic; I actaully love tragedy, when done right. That said, considering the nature of the Mass Effect, forcing us into a tragic ending is just ludicrous. If we have the highest possible EMS, we ought to have a happier ending than those who just went full Custer on the Reapers without preparing. Which is exactly what they did for Mass Effect 2. I want to be able to get a happy ending, but the Mass Effect series can't just have one ending. That said, I would be happy if it could make some [expletives redacted] sense!

The ending is poorly written garbage. The only tragedy here is that it was allowed to be published.