I want to rant about the ending of Mass Effect 3, and why I dislike it so much. Everyone seems to be focusing on other parts, so I want to focus specifically on the... heartwarming seen of a young boy with his grandfather, or something.

So, it looks as if this little scene takes place on the planet where the Normandy crashed. I won't talk about how the Normandy crew surviving is dumb. Whatever. So, I guess joker and Edi and Garrus somehow managed to procreate, and they've turned a dense jungle world into a snow planet. Maybe this isn't the same world? I don't know.

So, the story begins as the boy asks the older man if all this really happened. He is told "Yes, but some of the details have been lost with time..." Ok, so apparently no one thought to make an accurate account of these very important events for future generations. Liara had scattered her time capsule things everywhere, was all of that information lost when the Normandy crashed? This doesn't matter, you would think that they would just write it down. It's simple. I don't think technology would be an issue, Edi was there, she could figure something out.

The boy then asks "When can I go to the stars?" and the old man replies "One day, my sweet." He tells him how there could be many other forms of life out there. Apparently, these tings were lost to time, as well. It's especially strange, considering these people have to be some fusion of Quarians, humans, Asari, robots, and Turians. Assuming everyone made it to the Normandy and survived the crash, that is. Of course, if this did happen, they still decided it was unimportant to let future generations know anything about the events of Shepard's life. Maybe they thought it would be better to hide the truths so that their ancestors would never become advanced enough to be reaped? Of course, if there is an organic/synthetic fusion, they should already be at the peak of evolution (according to magic boy). So, wouldn't the cycle be over? Oh, and if they're at the peak of evolution, how come they still cannot travel very star into space such a long time after the events of ME3? The ending makes it seem as though centuries have passed. Yet, no space travel? No knowledge of the galaxy?

"Tell me another story about the Shepard" So, I take this to mean that everything that happens in ME3 really took place. We can read about it in the Bible. Jess was commander Shepard, and all this time has changed the story, just as it did in that alien world shown in the final scene. Yep.

I'm sorry if that was a terrible read, but I wrote it in a fury right after waking up this morning. I stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish ME3, then woke up at 8 to come an rant in my blog. I really did enjoy ME3 until the end, so it's a shame that the my great galaxy unifying accomplishments were rendered useless by that ending.