Mass Effect 3

ign's "expert" analyst

First, he's saying BioWare should keep the original ending out of artistic integrity. Then he defends EA's business plans with the DLC? Does Colin not realize that Art =/= Business? You can't have it both ways, so choose a side and stick with it.

Also, that guy reaks of pretension.

First, he's saying BioWare should keep the original ending out of artistic integrity. Then he defends EA's business plans with the DLC? Does Colin not realize that Art =/= Business? You can't have it both ways, so choose a side and stick with it.

Also, that guy reaks of pretension.

Here’s Colin Moriarty two years ago, discussing changes made by studio Sucker Punch to their game Infamous 2, after the release was met with fan backlash:

"Obviously, the fact that Cole has been reverted back to his old self (somewhat) is great news. After all, Greg and I did our fair share of whining on Podcast Beyond after the new Cole was first shown on the cover of Game Informer some months back. Of course, I’d love for Sucker Punch to bring back Cole’s old voice, too, but hey – beggars can’t be choosers.

But beyond (BEYOND!) the excitement I feel to have old Cole back in Infamous 2, I think the sudden change in character model says a lot more. Indeed, it says a great deal about Sucker Punch itself. This is a studio that listens to its fans, cares what they want, and attempts to cater to as many of them as possible. There’s no doubt that fans of a franchise can’t be trusted with every little thing (after all, look at how many people were completely and utterly wrong when they predicted Wind Waker would suck based solely on its graphics – I still laugh at those people today), but it still delivers a rather important point.

But with the new Cole design, Sucker Punch heard loud and clear what fans of Infamous wanted, and they delivered. Infinite amounts of kudos to them for doing right by their community. Fans of Infamous won’t soon forget it. Sucker Punch is one of Sony’s most valuable developers. They are tuned-in with the PS3 faithful, and it’s things like this that prove it."

Mah nigga Erik Kain mentioned him in an article.

I saw all endings in youtube. It is not different at all!! Some ME3 players told me that "you must end the game at least two times for getting the real ending". It is true?

When you beat the game with an imported character, you get some ending clip of some Stargazer (voiced by Buzz Aldrin) telling a story about "The Shepard". That's it. Doesn't add anything to the story.

Edit: Also, after playing through the other ME2 again, I came across a conversation with Mordin (that I've completely forgotten about) that makes the Synthesis choice sound like the worst of the three possible endings.

Mah nigga Erik Kain strikes again: Six Reasons Why Changing The Mass Effect 3 Ending Won't Threaten Its 'Artistic Integrity'. Number 1 is especially important to note.

Make what you will out of it.

Oh and it’s at no cost to you – the fan.

Are we going to change the ending of the game? No.

Make what you will out of it.

You know, if you look at the Normandy SR-2 from a top-down perspective real careful-like, it'll resemble a middle finger.

Another member of the Child’s Play fundraiser community, Chris Ballard, 26, a student from Rio Ranchero, New Mexico, said BioWare’s announcement was “infuriating.”

“Frankly, I see it as simply a damage control measure — they’re doing the absolute least effort thing they can do that they think will save their reputation,” Ballard said. “My fervent hope now is that it only fans the flames higher.”

ME3 PAX Panel

“which is your favorite Mass Effect game?”

Mass Effect 2 garnered the highest proportion of hands

This exchange was followed by a trailer for the forthcoming Resurgence multiplayer DLC, which elicited a frankly embarrassing amount of oohing and aahing from the crowd

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controversy surrounding the game’s disappointing ending

Vocal fans attempted to reassure the panel members, calling out things like “we still love you,”

Proceedings then moved on to the controversy over the way Tali’s face was depicted in Mass Effect 3.

Writer Patrick Weekes explained that the devs wanted to portray Tali’s unmasked visage “in a tasteful way that didn’t throw it into the game engine.”

They were defiant in the face of fan complaints about the use of a stock photo: “We often use source art for many things within our game…we poured through thousands and thousands of pieces of source art we’ve done it throughout.” To prove his point, Weekes asked one of the Samara cosplayers to stand up. As our PAX East Day 1 photo gallery proves, she was the spitting image of Samara. This, as it turns out, is no coincidence — the cosplayer’s face was actually used as a model for Samara. Same goes for Liara, whose appearance was also based on a real person.

The developers then addressed the indoctrination theory, which they said “illustrates how committed the fanbase is.” That was as far as they would go, however: “We don’t want to be prescriptive for how people interpret the ending, especially with the DLC coming out….we want the material to speak for itself.” Neither a confirmation nor a denial, then.