Forbes article on refusal ending

[jadealiya]

I don't think this has been posted yet >.> Apologies if I missed it! An interesting read - nothing earth shattering, but interesting

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[lian_kazairl]

Shepard may die - Shepard’s galaxy may die - but she has done enough to buy time for the true hero of the Mass Effect series to ensure future victory over the Reapers.

I refer, of course, to Doctor Liara T’Soni.

Figures.

Anyway, I honestly don't mind the refusal ending. Overall it combined the "Reapers Win" ending that I thought was missing with the "We'll Win On Our Own Terms" ending people were clamoring for. Sure, it's pretty abrupt and short on details, so I'm not sure I'd ever take it as a cannon ending for any of my Sheps. But I do appreciate that it's there.

[lostacanthus]

What a great article! I've been thinking more and more about the reject ending lately, and I actually really like it for a lot of the reasons mentioned.

[clafount]

I think that while this is fine speculation and all (and really, was my first instinct in interpreting the refusal ending - Shepard knowing that the next cycle would succeed where hers had failed) it leaves a lot to be desired since none of that was really explicitly stated.

I mean, there's subtext and then there's reaching.

If someone...I don't even know who it could have been...would have interrupted the conversation between Shep and the Child, or if Shepard had said herself that next time they knew they could win without compromising, I'd be more inclined to agree with this interpretation.

[asatotsuzukikun]

Forbes has been covering the ending debacle since March and it was amazing to see that they saw why fans were upset. Unlike a number of so called 'gaming' websites who labeled us as 'whiny', 'entitled', etc.

I also saw an article about the Extended Cut on ESPN's website and it's very well written and sums up most of how I feel:

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/tech/post/_/id/1101/mass-effect-3-takes-mulligan-on-ending#more

[tersa]

I think I'm more boggled ME3 made ESPN than Forbes.

(And, yeah, agreed, ESPN's article pretty much summed up my opinion about the ending and the Extended Cut. I'm amazed at that.)

[crayonsun]

Thanks for the link, that ESPN article really nails it for me.

The Forbes article is interesting too, though I still have mixed feelings about Refusal. I'm still glad it's in the game though, it's not like they were really going to rewrite the whole thing anyway.

EDIT: Oops, meant to reply but posted a new comment by accident!

[zikadee]

...wow. Yeah, that's exactly how I'm feeling. And from ESPN, my my! I didn't understand the sports references, ha, but otherwise that article sums it up well for me.

[rhia474]

So what does it tell us about the 'game industry' that the two best summations of the ending controversy of Mass Effect 3 are at a business-economy magazine's and a sports broadcasting mega-conglomerate's website?