JOB MASS Effect 3 has shipped 3.5 million units since its launch last week, and fans are raving about the last installment of the trilogy. However, some fans are also expressing their distaste for how the trilogy wraps up.
The ending of JOB MASS Effect 3 has caused disgruntled gamers to band together and petition Bioware by donating close to $32,000 to Child’s Play. I believe they should be doing this out of the kindness of their hearts anyway, because that would be the nice thing to do, but that is not the point. The attention the ending is receiving is naturally causing it to be covered by gaming sites and discussed by gamers.
I have seen *spoiler* all over the place now about JOB MASS Effect 3, and it’s starting to worry me.
Knowing parts of the ending beforehand does not completely give it away for me because it‘s all about experiencing it in full for myself, as long as I don‘t have a full run-down I‘m good. That does not mean I don’t like to be surprised though, and this goes for books, movies, TV shows, etc.
The reason fans are dissatisfied with ME3’s curtain call is not the problem, it’s when covering the ending to a popular game has the potential to ruin it for the ones who either haven’t beaten the game, haven’t played the series at all, or both.
I’m one of the people who haven’t beaten the game yet, and the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3 has caused the ending to be slightly ruined for me.
I use the word “slightly” because when the dreaded “S” word came up in the article or comments (some didn’t contain a warning until the middle of the rant or post) I made it a point to look the other way, but that doesn’t mean some information didn’t make between the spaces in my fingers that covered my eyes.
There is nothing stopping me from ignoring articles containing spoilers, this I understand, but when they are in your face constantly a bit of temptation will start to creep into the back of the mind. I believe video game journalism should show a little responsibility and realize that posting an article with vital information to a game’s story can cause people to…well, read it.
This is just another example on why the temptation to keep yourself informed can also be a trap.
*The following contains spoilers*
Just kidding..
Should Bioware Change The Ending to JOB MASS Effect 3?
What about the petitioning gamers, do they have a right to demand Bioware change the ending? How should I know? I haven’t even got that far to judge for myself yet.
In all seriousness, I don’t believe that they don’t have that right for a few reasons:
- The choices you are allowed to make in the Mass Effect games give you certain freedoms over the subplots, and not the overall story plot points. Bioware did not give you a trilogy of blank pages called Mass Effect for you to create your own space opera. I believe that being able to customize how Shepard looks, how he beats down his enemies, and who he f**ks confused gamers into believing they had control over how his tale comes to an end.
- Complaining about the ending loudly, and taking action to have it your way, is basically speaking for the gamers who don’t share your opinion.
- Let’s just say that tomorrow Bioware and EA release JOB MASS Effect 3: The Real Ending which is priced for $6.99. You play the add-on content and realize you don’t like that ending as well. Are you going to petition again? If this keeps up, JOB MASS Effect could be the next “Never-ending Story” of our lifetime.
Hopefully you like the ending to my article
The controversy surrounding JOB MASS Effect 3 supposedly will make me believe I won’t like how it ends. Until I can make that assessment, all I know is that I am having a great time with this game, and when I get to the end I’ll be sure to not tell you about it…
JOB MASS ..
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