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It isn't even an opinion that the ending was bad. It was quantitatively bad. I can give you facts as to why it was bad. Anyone who says it wasn't bad is wrong.

I enjoyed the game, and the ending of it.
Prove my perception and opinion wrong.

I want to see these facts of yours, though.


(While I'm listening to the radio I just [of course] want to question/comment a couple things you said - just gives me something to talk about.)

They just left that universe in such a terrible state.

So? Is utter galactic devastation really so far-fetched when trying to comprehend a pretend alien invasion centred around harvesting all sentient life?

2b. If it wasn't like Arrival, there are an enormous amount of people stranded in Sol system who are eventually going to die of starvation

Again - so? Let those cunts starve, they were the expendable part of war. Maybe they are stranded to make you feel bad for them - because you as the player know that while the Universe is saved, they're ultimately fucked. Unless you chose to fuck the Universe - then they're fucked anyhow.

3. How did Liara/Garrus/etc get back on the Normandy. Makes no sense.

How does it make no sense to you? I don't mean that dickishly - just to you - where do the major flaws lie.
I just took that part as the "feel good" part of the ending. I banged Liara, and when she showed up on that planet with Joker and EDI I felt good, because I was like "Well awesome, at least they all didn't get screwed in that shockwave-thing that would have destroyed the ship fucking them all, and they actually randomly jumped somewhere to live out in peace, like ______ was talking about earlier in the game. And at least Liara has EDI's company and can eat Joker after he dies because she lives for another 700+ years. And at least Joker can get some sweet robot and alien sex in before he gets eaten."

I just assumed the game plopped in your best buddy at the end to show you someone you enjoyed playing with in the game didn't die, so you didn't have a complete empty death-hole left in your heart.


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Again, about indoctrination.
I don't WANT to believe it. I like to have taken the game literally. What happened, happened.

But things make me think - like if the indoctrination thing wasn't a thing, then what was any of the fucking point of that little fucking kid who explodes in the ship, then shows up in all of your dreams running away from you and burning while smiling, and that kid also seemingly being the kid used as the catalyst.

Because 0 of that makes sense if you take the game literally. That's what makes me think about the game differently now, than the way I took it as while I was playing it.

But if he WAS indoctrinated, then that kid was simply an implant from a Reaper - as was the Catalyst - and the entire thing was a massive setup to attempt to get Shep to prolong the cycle on the Reapers behalf.