User blog comment:Ygrain/Leviathan: Do you know what you are doing, Bioware?/@comment-24174486-20120906181610/@comment-1786741-20120906225333

"There's also the fact that if it told you what to expect in the ending, then it wouldn't be a Mass Effect ending. The ending to every Mass Effect game brings a major relevation. It was the Conduit in ME1, the Human-Reaper in ME2, and the Catalyst in ME3. It's endlessly amusing to see people complain about Mass Effect 3 over aspects that practically define the Mass Effect series. "

Ok, first of the Conduit wasn't that much of a twist. You knew Saren was looking for it and it had some proper foreshadowing WAY before the actual ending. Same with the Reaper larva, the entire game you knew the Collectors were capturing humans for something. Again proper foreshadowing. With the Catalyst, it was mentioned once near the end, you found out it was an AI right before the end, and then it turns out it's the creator of the Reapers, that is an M. Night Shamblamama category twist right there.