This is a very likely apocryphal story, but a good one, so never mind. Instead, as the credits rolled, all I could think of was Lincoln's nose. If not for literally the last five minutes, I suspect it would have gone down as a simply great ending to an absolutely wonderful, multi-year adventure. Elements like Shepard's self-sacrifice, the (very predictable) destruction of the Mass Relay network, and the cost of retaking Earth are all very in keeping with both the story Bioware's been telling all along and the final part of this kind of arc. The problem with Mass Effect 3's ending isn't that it's bleak. So let's talk a little about That Ending, shall we? Bioware maintains that it just wanted to get people talking. Many fans have been clamouring for an update that outright changes it, and not simply because the war with the Reapers didn't end quite as they wanted.

Mass Effect 3 closes off Bioware's epic sci-fi series with a bang, and one of the most controversial endings of the last few years.

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