[quote=Dervish]
I feel like the only person in the world who couldn't care less if the ending was a pile of crap. I'm not going to let 20 minutes overrule 60+ hours of the rest of the series. I've probably done 4 play throughs from ME1 to the end of 3, including most of the DLC? I already knew the ending wouldn't live up to the promise of having the choices matter; having the rachni show up regardless of what you did in ME1 and the Human-Reaper remains in the Cerberus base regardless of how you ended up choosing to end ME2 told me enough. Considering they tried to make choice matter and bring all the narrative threads together into something that was somewhat coherent is honestly an admirable enough job, considering the series was kind of a pioneer for the whole making and living with your choices and carrying over save files thing. Besides, the Citadel DLC more than made up for any shortfalls the original ending (I'm actually okay with the extended cut) had.
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As someone who just finished ME3 for the first time last weekend, these are pretty much my thoughts exactly. The ending was sort of "meh" (I actually didn't think it was horrible, but then again I've only ever experienced the Extended Cut), but ME3 as a whole was an amazing experience that almost entirely lived up to my expectations. I was actually surprised to find how much the game affected me; it wasn't until after I'd officially completed the trilogy that I realized what an amazing ride it had been.