Shepard’s own Jiminy Cricket, if you will. We’re more of a guide, rather than the character itself.
Mass Effect has always been more of a telling of Shepard’s story, rather than you actually being Shepard.
Nothing he did leading up to that point could affect this decision, which appeared monumental. The ending of Mass Effect 2 was more satisfying, and yet still your final decision boiled down to whether Shepard hands the Collector base over to Cerberus, or destroys it. The options I would have preferred, and which I think might’ve been more realistic, weren’t there. You were simply presented with two unpleasant choices: Save the council at the cost of human lives, or let them die to minimise casualties. The illusion of choiceĪlthough there are fairly plausible rumours that the real finale is yet to be released as a download, it’s also worth looking at the ending of Mass Effect 3 in the context of the rest of the series.Īt the end of the first game, none of the choices you made leading up to the finale affected the last big decision you had to make. Child’s Play must be the Cause.”ĭespite the massive outcry against the ending, I submit that it isn’t that bad. One such support group, calling itself “Retake Mass Effect”, even launched a charity drive on for Child’s Play, raising $80,000 in the process.Ĭhild’s Play put a stop to this with co-founder and Penny Arcade cartoonist Jerry Holkins saying in a blog post: “Child’s Play cannot be a tool to draw attention to a cause. For those who may have missed it, the backlash to Mass Effect 3’s ending has been tremendous.Įnraged fans have taken to the Internets demanding satisfaction with the usual online petitions and forum polls.
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