Yeah, so this is moronic: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/outrage-over-mass-effect-3-ending-reaches-ftc-173411384.html

"After reading through the list of promises about the ending of the game they made in their advertising campaign and PR interviews, it was clear that the product we got did not live up to any of those claims," wrote the poster (who we're assuming didn't file it under the name El_Spiko). "This is not somethign [sic] I was happy to do, but after the terrible ending that was in no way the product that had been advertised to me and the lack of any kind of response from Bioware/EA to address this, I felt it was one of my only recourses."

The poster in question is also encouraging others to file complaints with the Better Business Bureau.

I did not care for the ending. Like, a lot. But I do not feel the need to involve the Feds. The Bioware forums are a strange, unholy place.

There is already a thread about this, also someone should punch that dude in the head.

I'll do it for five bucks.

*sees @LordXavierBritish on Top Posters dock* Do I have a Katawa Shoujo reaction shot to express how stupid I feel the fans are being for this?

Sorry, missed it. Also, got five on it.

You gotta be fucking kidding me. I don't know if anyone remembers, but Valve put this out as to what Half Life 2 would be like.

AFAIK No one got uppity about them lying about previews like this. I was sorely disappointed when HL2 came out. People lie about previews, get over it.

Taking your feelings about the ending to the creator to get them to change it directly makes sense, especially in a world of direct feedback.

Taking your complaints to the government to get them to force the creator to change it is FUCKING HILARIOUS. It's so funny it makes me insane.

I don't think you could have written a better ME3 ending. The actual presentation, I'll grant you, was weak, but they really had no choice. It was going to have an unsatisfying conclusion. If you want I'll draw you narrative flow charts to demonstrate.

@jakkblades: Please do.

I heard about this and it really seems pretty stupid honestly. I didn't like the ending either but I wouldn't go this friggen far.

If anything I'd certainly would like Casey Hudson to at least ADMIT they didn't have time to do a lot of the things they wanted but, what are ya gonna do?

So the ending sucked, get over it.

@jakkblades said:

I don't think you could have written a better ME3 ending. The actual presentation, I'll grant you, was weak, but they really had no choice. It was going to have an unsatisfying conclusion. If you want I'll draw you narrative flow charts to demonstrate.

If you legitimately could do that, I'd like to see it?

This is the most absurd thing I've ever heard. This actually managed to top the petition to change the ending in terms of stupid, rampant self-entitlement. What is wrong with people?

I think the best way for these people to effect change about the ME3 ending would be to kill themselves. For the children.

@ShadowConqueror said:

So the ending sucked, get over it.

As it turns out, some people can't.

People take things way too far, way too often.

I don't know if this is already a topic, but it is certainly relevant: Apparently Amazon and Origin are offering FULL refunds to dissatisfied customers. I can't remember the last time Amazon was reimbursing people for open copies of a game. Microsoft is also selling the game for $40 with free shipping. If you're going to send a message, I imagine this is a more effective way to express your disappointment than involving the Federal Trade Commission.

SPOILERS:@PillClinton@Drebin_893: Reversed and blurry but you can see the shape, which is all that matters. They should be read right to left. On the top you have the diagram of ME3. The bottom is Hamlet. As you can see, Hamlet's plot elements, except R&G who are dead, all connect at the end of the play, even characters and themes that move in and out through most of the action. On the other hand, ME3's actual ending only closes the Shepherd, Reaper, and Earth plot elements, though perhaps I could have put the Joker/Edi payoff in there as well. Other plot elements have concluded long before. The Anderson/Illusive Man confrontation closes those two elements which have not been universally present throughout the game. Anderson is completely absent for the principal action, returns at the end to active agency in the story. All other elements, love interests, races, party member conflicts and developments, have all paid off prior to the ending, and the ending of those mini-arcs does not tie into the larger arc, which as shown by this diagram concludes elements that have been mostly absent for the duration of the game, Anderson, the Illusive Man, and Earth. A plot should tighten as it moves, drawing more threads to the single thread, not hacking them to pieces one by one. As a general rule, the more plot elements you pay off prior to the conclusion, the weaker the conclusion will be.

(I finished the story last night and have lifted my ME news embargo. I apologize if these are all retread topics of conversation.)

(I finished the story last night and have lifted my ME news embargo. I apologize if these are all retread topics of conversation.)

I too am disappointed that mass effect 3 isn't one of the greatest literary works in history

I only care enough to come in here and say I don't care.

@insanejedi said:

You gotta be fucking kidding me. I don't know if anyone remembers, but Valve put this out as to what Half Life 2 would be like.

AFAIK No one got uppity about them lying about previews like this. I was sorely disappointed when HL2 came out. People lie about previews, get over it.

What do you mean, half life 2 was like that.

I still can't believe that the last 15 minutes of a game are bad enough to ruin the previous 30+ hours. I personally didn't have any problems with the ending. Its clearly not the best ending they could have came up with, but I'm not outraged over it.

I've said it many times, but video gamers are the worst. They are never happy and nothing is ever good enough. Video games as a medium will never hit that next level until the audience grows the fuck up and stops acting like spoiled children. You don't see other mediums getting this type of outrage and thats because those audiences are mature enough not to act like this. If you don't like the ending, then fine, but complaining to the FTC or the BBB over it? Thats just fucking ridiculous and is pure entitlement bullshit. Get over yourself.

While it may not be of interest to many of you, a lot of people view Bioware as one of the few touchstones in the industry for quality story-based action adventure games/RPGs. This de facto boycott has to be having an economic impact. There's still so much invested (monetarily) in SWOTR that has yet to pay itself off. And this is EA, who famously goes out of the way to make big promises about their bottom line. Bleeding money = even more rushed games without the care and attention to detail that have heretofore typified Bioware's releases. To the degree that you see Bioware as a force for good in the industry, the implications could be huge.

Unless you subscribe to the theory that this has all been an indoctrination plot masterminded by Casey Hudson to destroy EA from the inside.

It's one stupid person who did this. No need to lump every gamer into the "spoiled children" category.

@CaptainCharisma said:

It's one stupid person who did this. No need to lump every gamer into the "spoiled children" category.

Unfortunately a lot of people will. We should go find this guy and jump his ass for doing that dumb shit. I wasn't happy with the ending either but damn.

While the OP here is far more detailed, there's already a topic on the FTC complaint with plenty of replies, and man, we have way too many ME3 ending threads floating around as it is.

For the sake of reducing redundancy on these topics, let's move the conversation to that thread or one of the 10.6 million* other ending threads. Thanks!

*According to irate users flipping out over the amount of ending threads