“By the time that was all set in stone, I was at another EA studio and hearing second-hand from a friend who was still on the project, but what I heard just didn't feel right. I did have misgivings,” Mass Effect 2 and 3 writer Jay Turner tells me. “I mean, it would be easy for me to say ‘I knew it sucked the whole time,’ but. On a few occasions, I thought it was worth asking what people thought of the ending, as well as the polarizing response from players that followed. Over the last few weeks, I’ve spoken to a variety of developers who worked on the Mass Effect trilogy, including several who specifically worked on Mass Effect 3.

Then there’s the question of the Extended Cut, which was launched in response to fan feedback - what was the story with that? Was it unanimously agreed on? Definitely not, given the sheer size of major game studios like BioWare. I’ve always wondered what Mass Effect 3’s developers thought of the ending. While some of you probably thought it was fine, a single look at a forum from 2012 makes it pretty obvious that a huge amount of fans felt let down by the conclusive arc of a series that, in some cases, they had been following for five years. To say Mass Effect 3’s ending was controversial is an understatement.

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