Where are you buying the legendary edition?

Yea hi tis really as I can even argue that what's to stop the chaos from coming back once you've deswtroyed the one thin gthat could stop it. yea hth emain idea o ffighting a wa ris to fight untli the enem yis nolonger an immediate therat to you whic h a ttheend of the game the reapres aren' t any more regardless of what ending you choose.

Its now to the point even if you buy it at a retailer you are just buying a plastic box with a CD key and instructions on how to install the client and download the game.

Yeah I know. I have kep- tmy old games which I have on discand I just connect an external disc drive up when I want to play them. It works well enough for those. TBH that's probably going t ob ehow I';l play m ydisc based games from now on.

I have an external drive that can handle the entire MET.  Never have to redownload, though at some point I'll probably swap it to a new drive so I don't lose everything when the one I have now inevitable dies.  Should point out that not all external hard drives are the same.  I bought a newer one with more space and it would not play the MET.

While this is typically true, this relies on a standard that doesn’t seem to exist for the type of “war” the reapers are waging. This is like the Independence Day scenario. There’s no option where the two factions can come to some sort of compromise, and aim to coexist. There’s no terms for anyone to make. The reapers are simply here to kill everyone, and retreating isn’t even a viable survival option. 

Besides, each reaper in and of itself is essentially an epitaph to a past genocide of some other species, so a little genocide in return isn’t exactly unwarranted. Personally, I’m loath to even call the reapers’ elimination as genocide, as they’ve basically been reduced to an automated killing system established by a single entity. At that point, it’s like killing seeker swarms. 

Local game store because I am getting a physical copy so I can play it on my system or my wife's system at will.

I would say the entire Galaxy loses with the Green ending, not just Shepard, since we have no idea what the consequences of it will ultimately be. It seems to me that the Devs put the least amount of thought possible into that one.

When have things like facts ever stopped anyone from complaining about anything?

No one is arguing and nothing is fact. Please feel free to discuss. mate.

"Final evolution" is a serious misunderstanding of what evolution is.  There's no "end" to evolution other than death.  Beyond that, maybe I just want to be some dude in the universe and not be in contact with a genocidal race of machines. 

Even Control offers more benefits and I think it's creepy beyond belief, not to mention I don't trust Shepard to make good choices.  Just think about the Butcher of Torfan in control of a Reaper.  That thing is wrecking colonies that don't play by its rules.

Destroy puts a final end to the Reapers.  Could new AI rise up and attack in the future?  Almost a guarantee.  Even the geth were only capable of being a huge threat once they were upgraded by the Reapers.  Otherwise, they were content to be off in their own corner of the galaxy.  There were consequences for trespassing but they generally didn't care. When they did wander out they were easily put down.  In fact, that was the biggest clue that Sovereign wasn't their creation.

Depensd on the backgrond of your Shepard then I guess. Mos tof mine are War Heroes. I would trust a War Hero to determine what's best