ME:A Ending Thread (EXTREME SPOILERS)

That is exactly the point,just because you don't like it,does not change it or dismiss it,you self appointed guardians of the forums are a pestilence,you think your lack of grace and manners can be excused.
You seem under the misapprehension that the lore of the whole franchise  is set in stone,it's not,it's what Bioware decides and not me,you or the Space Pope can change that,but quite frankly you can deal with that!

Finished the game. Good ending. Was it an exciting journey? No. It's a so so journey.

I just have one question. Where does your twin go after the end? I remember leaving Scott resting in Alec's old room at Meridian. I left, came back, and he was gone. Did I miss something? Am I just blind?

So I finished the game this morning 92% dead on 59 hours playtime.

SO I really enjoyed this game and its ending. I ended up picking Eos outpost leader (forgot his name) for Anbassoitor, with Moshae Sjefa coming close second.
I had hoped Nakmor Kesh would have been a choice she definitely deserves a leadership role, Krogan council member anyone? also, I'm surprised

Looking forward to the inevitable Quarian ark DLC, I'm really hoping Batarians are on the ark as well considering they kind of got the short straw in the trilogy. also looking forward to the Drell showing up as well, I don't really care for the rest of the races that are coming.

DRACK!! was amazing, he dose not nock Wrex off my favorit Krogan spot but he dose beat grunt. Hope he gets a good ending as I can't really see him carrying on for much longer. would also like a comic/novel of his youger days!

I do have one request if anyone from Bioware is reading but Its kinda hard to read the planett desciptons due to the Colour ( I'm dyslexic_
Any cnane this can be changed maybe with an update or prehaps for the next game.

Thats all I can think of now, cheers!

She tells you her parents were some sort of ambassadors even though I'm pretty sure there's a codex entry in the OT that says the earth alliance had no political ties to the flotilla at all.

Okay, I was aware about Bioware's tendency to overcompensate for critique, but this ending still got me diabetes. Yet that doesn't bad in itself and it seems fans are enjoying such concentration of ego stroking, so I guess it served it's purpose. As for main plot points:

Kett and Archon:
Evil empire which conquers everyone and turns people into monsters, thinking they are doing everyone a favor. Generic, but tolerable.
Archon aka "I got a task to exalt this cluster, but I'll just wreck this place apart! Mwahaha!" guy. Get. Out.

Scourge: Well, hello there, Mass Effect Blight. BW probably gotta tease us for a few games like they do with DA.
Remnants: Ultimate plot device. This stuff is gonna save the day more than once, mark my words. Also Ryder found the Force now and can control remnants with sheer will. How convenient how cool!

Meridian: The game was holding almost good without falling back into "mah humanity", but then the ending happened and I heard "home of humanity" a dozen of times in five minutes of epilogue. Oh there was one humble "and others too" of course. Bioware, why are you doing this to me?

Not sure what they are going to do with ambassador thing, are we leaving Heleus for good and move somewhere else in next installments? Didn't expect the game to punish me that much for helping krogans on Eladeen and lock out Kesh ambassador option though.

Quarian Ark DLC: Discussed to death already. Just bring it on.

All in all it still was a good ride. There could be less of fetch-grind and more of well-structured missions (like loyalty ones), plot could be better, but the game deserves to be part of ME family anyway.

P.s. vas Hyperion girl, get back to fanfiction you crawled out from. Thank you.

Do all the memory triggers. That is my answer! 

Thanks, Akrabra. I will get all the memory triggers. Unlocking the memory story stuff is something I'm actually willing to hunt down. It has a reason, so I'm okay with that. I don't usually track down all the little "collectible" things in a game, but this is not really just a collectible type of thing.

Actually, I think I'm going to start a new PT.

But about that ending! I liked the ending. It was a ton of fun pushing through, having everyone join you in the battle and watching them kick butt. I love that kind of thing.

The boss fight at the end...well, tbh by the time the Archon fell I was glad. I was like thank God he's dead. I think he's dead at any rate. Maybe there's a reason BW did not let you kill him directly. I confess, I did yell at the tv screen that Ryder needed to cut off the Archon's head. Just to be sure. lol!....hmm. He did not seem/feel dead to me. But hey, if nothing else it's wiggle room for BW and their villain.

I would like more fleshing out of these villains, though. I mean, with the Archon I still wondered why? Why was he doing this? Before I found out that the Scourge was a weapon, etc. I thought perhaps the Scourge was actually some by product of a terraforming effort itself ( my spellcheck is going to have to become accustomed to the word, "terraforming".

I thought that maybe the Kett were trying to terraform livable worlds themselves, but what's a habitable environment for one species, can be deadly to another species. So, what may seem like an effort to destroy everything may have really been just the Kett trying to terraform for themselves, or for some others. Where are they from and why are they in Andromeda trying to tear shite up?

I would like to have villains that have more going on with them than a colossal ego trip. The kind of villain that you can almost see their dilemma. However, you still gotta do what you gotta do. Was he indoctrinated in some sense? Archon sounded alot like Harbinger or Sovereign. The same ideas about uplifting through....idk..sucking the life outta you? I would suggest that BW writers perhaps study some literature or films with well noted great villains. Get a feel for them and their style then reapply themselves to creating villains. If they're not already, but I'm not seeing compelling adversaries from BW. Not lately anyway. Archon was serviceable, he served his purpose and helped push the story, but I want more interesting adversaries from you BW. More complicated.

The Jardaan were an interesting little mystery. And who was this Opposition that unleashed the Scourge? If the Jardaan turn out to follow a story something like "God" is an AI type of thing; "oh, you thought organics were superior and should have control because they created AI, but truth is AI originally created organics...that created more AI, that rose up and killed the organics that were made by the the AI", I will throw my controller out the window.

Although, truth is, anything that happens in Andromeda, any historical mysteries like with the Angara and their origins,created by the Jardaan, etc. is very interesting, yet it's emotionally one step removed because it has nothing to do with the MilkyWayans. Anything you discover no matter how intriguing, at the end of the day it is not your story, your history. At least, not yet. There may be some connection there to a Milky Way alternative history. Idk. Sure, it does not need to be about "you" to make it interesting, ofc not, but having it involve you does make it more interesting and, well, personal.

But I had fun at the end. I loved the epilogue as well. I appreciated being able to tie things up. Check in on people; assess the overall damage and where we were heading. I like that, a proper denouement. I did get the feeling that yes this has been properly tied up, but it really is just the beginning.

Yeah, it was alot of thank you's going on, but that's to be expected right then. People are relieved that they're going to live. Yes, they will be grateful, for a time, but that's not gonna last. All the thank you's are only ego stroking if you let it go to head.

So, yeah, enjoyed the epilogue. Couldn't figure out to get outside to see Meridian for myself. I was trying very hard to get outside and see Meridian. I guess that's not an option? Maybe dlc? Or I ran pass the door leading to outside. I did alot of that, getting lost, but it was fun so I didn't mind. It felt like there was always something to see or do right around the corner.

My post is rambling on! but..I want to say I really liked the way the cities were mapped out. The way things meandered, twists and turns. I love that set up, please keep it, BW. It just makes it feel more like you're in the middle of the place? Having large spaces basically partitioned off with twists and turns makes it feel more like a city, and more more interesting because you don't know what's around the corner. Immersive.

That was the first thing that stuck out to me while driving the Not Mako around that part of Meridian.  If the entire game had been that fun and made use of assets....well at least I love my N7 Valkyrie. And its amazing ability to headshot stuff.

The pics in that artbook sample for meridian look nice. Maybe in other dlc they will let us go around the planet and have some fun. 

Finished last night with around 60hrs and 80%!
Despite initial scepticism and major cringing about some dialogues once I started playing, Ryder eventually grew on me and I'd like to see him in another game (just more tone choices please ).
I liked that I worried a little if Ryder would be okay when interfacing without SAM, even though I expected that Bioware would play it safe. The ending itself was good, I felt similar to ME1, meaning... it felt like... MORE to come! I really loved that my allies and LI showed up in the end fight, it was really awesome. The reunion and talking to squadmates and LI aboard the Hyperion was a nice touch too, really liked it.
ME3 is still my favourite ending, but I guess a comparison is only really fair to ME1 since the games are in a similar position. If they let MEA end in another trilogy, I guess it's time to see what they'll do with it then. Ryder has potential, I hope they use it.

If two short dialogues made you care about the twin - yeah, sure. I'd just yawn and move on.

Great ending and it paid a great tribute to the trilogy and Dragon Age and SWTOR (some were on the MEA team too)! It was a happy ending, and it's about damn time imo! All my hard efforts paid off when the allies joined in and my brother ended up the real hero! The Archon being a rogue bastard who betrayed his own people because of his obsession was a nice touch. I still wonder if I should have partnered with that Kett who offered, but maybe another playthrough. And that final fight was so much fun! Captain Dunn going down with the ship and then surviving that huge blast won her first place as my fav NPC! For me this was just a perfect game with a perfect ending that leaves the opportunity for more in the future. I am so excited for the upcoming DLC!