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I shall spoiler tag for those that get upset over the tiniest spoilers.
Spoiler: non-spoiler spoilers
Well beyond my previous post concerning my issues with the game, the ending is just nonsense. Up to the endgame you have to make a lot of decisions on who to help, and who you want joining the war against the Reapers. You would think that everyone would want to help prevent the end of all organic life but haters gonna hate. For example, one choice I made led to the race that didn't agree being COMPLETELY WIPED OUT, even though it gave no indication that would happen.
So, your decisions matter, and with the weight behind them you really expect that in the final moments what happens will totally reflect who you brought with you. In actuality it doesn't matter at all. All you need to do is fill up your war assets bar and who you pick doesn't matter at all, except for a quick check in during the initial attack from each of the "optional" races that joined your fight.
And then in the final moments absolutely none of the choices you've made matter. You're told by an abysmal MacGuffin that you have to make one of a couple choices, but they don't really matter. They end the same way. Sure, your character makes a choice on if he wants A or B, but it doesn't affect anything. You get the same resolution and it isn't fulfilling at all. Nothing you did leading to that moment happens. They effectively reset the whole fucking universe. But again, a game predicated on so much choice/consequence, then none of those choices or consequences matter.
And in the final moment of bullshittery there is a post credit sequence of a guy walking with his kid in the forest telling the story of the "legend of Shepard" and it's a pretty cool moment. Very serene, dare I say artistic then the kid says "tell me another legend about Shepard!" and the dad or grandpa says "So many stories have been lost in time about Shepard, I don't think I know any others"
Then a big ass box pops up and says LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DLC TO SEE THE MISSING LEGENDS OF SHEPARD or something close to that but it's super fucking cheesy and ruins what was a pretty cool coda on how despite the selection of choices might have disappointed, it showed that Shepard went down in history as a savior and people remember him for all he did.
So, your decisions matter, and with the weight behind them you really expect that in the final moments what happens will totally reflect who you brought with you. In actuality it doesn't matter at all. All you need to do is fill up your war assets bar and who you pick doesn't matter at all, except for a quick check in during the initial attack from each of the "optional" races that joined your fight.
And then in the final moments absolutely none of the choices you've made matter. You're told by an abysmal MacGuffin that you have to make one of a couple choices, but they don't really matter. They end the same way. Sure, your character makes a choice on if he wants A or B, but it doesn't affect anything. You get the same resolution and it isn't fulfilling at all. Nothing you did leading to that moment happens. They effectively reset the whole fucking universe. But again, a game predicated on so much choice/consequence, then none of those choices or consequences matter.
And in the final moment of bullshittery there is a post credit sequence of a guy walking with his kid in the forest telling the story of the "legend of Shepard" and it's a pretty cool moment. Very serene, dare I say artistic then the kid says "tell me another legend about Shepard!" and the dad or grandpa says "So many stories have been lost in time about Shepard, I don't think I know any others"
Then a big ass box pops up and says LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DLC TO SEE THE MISSING LEGENDS OF SHEPARD or something close to that but it's super fucking cheesy and ruins what was a pretty cool coda on how despite the selection of choices might have disappointed, it showed that Shepard went down in history as a savior and people remember him for all he did.
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