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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut not made 'to make everybody happy'.

    With Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC arriving tomorrow, executive producer Casey Hudson has said, "You can never completely satisfy everyone," but BioWare is keen to learn from feedback.
    Jun 25, 2012 8:30am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut not made 'to make everybody happy'.

    With Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC arriving tomorrow, executive producer Casey Hudson has said, "You can never completely satisfy everyone," but BioWare is keen to learn from feedback. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • I just want all the bad guys to turn into ice cream, and the krogan must bake me a cake. : aasyranth
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      If I don't see Wrex leading a cavalry unit of Krogan riding atop of Rachni warriors, this new ending init... : snubble100
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        The big thing for me would be actually seeing the allies you recruited actually doing something for the ... : TheEmissary
        • Braveheart end battle, on a galactic scale. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
      • Duh, more like that Krogan beast of burden you can find the DNA for and give to that Salarian to create. ... : nodeThis person is cool!
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      If they're not actually changing the ending, then they wasted 3 months of work. : JumperusThis person is cool!
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        Sure, because that wouldn't piss anyone off either. : nodeThis person is cool!
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          What exactly would piss people off about adding additional endings? Although the current ending made litt... : wickoattack
          • Also I realize OP said "change" the ending - but in all reality we knew that wasn't happening.. : wickoattack
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        They're doing something, which is better than doing nothing, from a PR perspective. BioWare lost the PR ... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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          It was a series of really long posts. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
          • What was neat about it is how in some of those posts he predicted how Bioware would respond and they did ... : breadsticks
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          I saw the same post, but couldn't finish reading it because PR stuff makes me hate the world : wickoattack
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            PR and marketing is all about gaming human psychology for maximum revenue. It does get very disgusting t... : the archvileThis person is cool!
            • I think that depends on the intention. If you are trying to sell a food product you'd want to make it loo... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
        • A positive post? From the archville ?? : shirif
      • I hope they took 3 months to secure the rights to show the ending of Indy 4 and just throw that up as a b... : synapse19
    • 1.9 GB for an extended cut seems like a lot of data...unless FMV is accounted for. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
    • I've got a bad feeling that playing this is just going to be like picking at an old wound. : Sivart13This person is cool!
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      Mr. Shields better still be the last boss. : CrimsonbeakThis person is cool!
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467pmIX-oZo spoilers but a fitting tribute : CrimsonbeakThis person is cool!
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      It's cool being free and all, but I'll just read the reviews and watch YouTube clips on Wednesday. I don'... : NitriumThis person is cool!
      • It's a free kick in the balls. : AlvinKleinThis person is cool!
    • Dragon Age 2: "This is DEFINITELY the experience we intended to create" Mass Effect 3: "This is DEFINITE... : netshadeThis person is cool!
    • Erm, Alice, I don't think Hudson told OXM anything, all these quotes are from Bioware podcast. : Kub666
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      Iv'e yet to beat the game. I don't know the original ending that everyone was fuzzed about. Will this era... : LickurightThis person is cool!
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        Do I need to force download this or this an option DLC? : LickurightThis person is cool!
        • it's labelled as an optional download and not forced like a patch. although i do wish they'd patch the st... : MmmmmooThis person is cool!
      • No the original endings will still be there. This DLC adds additional scenes and content to help those e... : breadsticks
      • no you dont lol.... : Dark Drakonis
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        According to what they've stated, I don't anticipate anything being "erased." One of the chief complaint : pgharaviThis person is cool!
        • i felt that there were too many holes and almost no details. their attempt to leave things up to the play : MmmmmooThis person is cool!
      • You can just not install the DLC to see it. : deject
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      I'm not going to get my galaxy to 100% and play through the thatnightmare for the 5th time just to see a ... : InfernoAblaze
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        Oh jesus fuck I didn't even think about having to get all the way back up to 100% (or whatever you need f... : pgharaviThis person is cool!
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          have an iphone? you could get the Me3 datapad app and slowly get your readiness up in times you cant play... : FreshwaterAU
          • I did that during my first play-through and that was tedious enough :\ : pgharaviThis person is cool!
        • I thought this but I've been grinding this "Datapad" iOS app for the past few days and have it up to 89% : BornAcorn
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        You played through it 4 times and are trying to call it a nightmare? Doesn't sound like it could be that... : SlingBlaze
        • I'm guessing you've played the ending sequence? It starts just before Maruder shields and from there's ab... : InfernoAblaze
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        Note on EMS You don't need 100%, maybe a little over 50%, but maybe not even that. See this twitter po... : SilverSnakeThis person is cool!
        • If my memory is correct if you did everything you can finish around 7800ish for the TMS, which would plac... : breadsticks
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      The ending had a lot of problems, but the most important one is the least likely to be changed. The machi : frenziedbadger
      • Also the fact that you are provided the same three choices no matter how you played your game severely li : silent prophet
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      And with this, it only confirms that Hudson and Walters have learned nothing. Well, I guess I have ot... : IliyaMoroumetz
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        I think they learnd a lot. For one, not to change their vision because some people didn't appreciate it.... : Wise Men
        • The problem, friend, is that I'm not the only one who has said this. And to a company that's dependent o... : IliyaMoroumetz
        • I generally agree with you but I want to point out that as far as many of the fans who were disappointed ... : InfernoAblaze
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      While most people are upset at ME3's ending, the whole game was a huge disappointment for someone who fel... : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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        I agree that ME3 was a bit of disappointment even without the ending. The sudden introduction of the cata : frenziedbadger
        • I guess I basically ignored your point, since for me the changes in gameplay were actually inconsequentia... : frenziedbadger
        • Why would you work to convince the universe it needs to bond together to survive in ME2 when you could as : silent prophet
      • Yep. Nailed it. I loved Mass Effect. Played it through about 5 times over the years. Bought it twice ... : Sxio
    • Good job Bioware! I actually enjoyed the original ending that I got, but I'm not going to complain about... : Wise Men
    • I see they learned their lesson about over promising. : Witch_Doctor
    • I still think the game finished at "Best seats in the house." : breadsticks
    • Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson responded to fan outrage about the game's ending with: "FIN : MagusThis person is cool!
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      What a load of twaddle. The original ending was great. It reminded me of classic sci-fi with difficult an... : Kartman013
      • I'm fairly sure ME3 was on PC : Dave-A
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        The ending was already ruined when it was written, because it was shit. It was stupid stupid shit. You ... : GigiLeCheshire
        • What, you're not digging the emperor's snazzy new outfit? : AlvinKleinThis person is cool!
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ythY_GkEBck&feature=youtu.be : BlockheadBrown
        • Given your inability to articulate "stupid stupid shit" I'm not wasting time on your response. : Kartman013
      • Really? Even in hard sci-fi, relying on deus ex machina devices has always been seen as a very lazy way t... : Sxio
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        You must watch/read some REALLY shitty "classic sci-fi" then. : Zips
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          I'm talking Asimov and Clarke. ME3's ending drew from those. Obviously before your time and generation of... : Kartman013
          • As a huge fan of Asimov, no. Just no. You're comparing a modern genius of the craft of the short story ... : GigiLeCheshire
      • I can't believe there are people out there who would defend that ending. : The Grolar Bear
      • Good thing they aren't changing the ending, so you'll be happy. : breadsticks
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        I think you've missed the point, all three endings were almost exactly the same with different coloured b... : InfernoAblaze
        • Finally a sensible response. No, I never played all three endings. I struggled through the game to be hon... : Kartman013
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      Too little, too late. It really doesn't matter what they do at this point. : bradsh
      • The number of people who are going to wade through the ending again to see some extra FMV footage is goin... : bradsh
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      All of you need to see this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZOyeFvnhiI&feature=related Nails it. : BlockheadBrown
      • Also: http://social.bioware.com/forums/forum/1/topic/355/index/9727423/1 : BlockheadBrown
      • I watched that when it was first out, it still doesn't hold up, and still doesn't change the fact that it... : Creepin_Jeezus
      • Except the whole part where they have said flat out that Shepard wasn't Indoctrinated? Besides that sure... : DolemiteThis person is cool!
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      All of you need to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZOyeFvnhiI&feature=related : BlockheadBrown
      • Delayed double-post. Jeez. : BlockheadBrown
    • So is it going to be * E V A N G E L I O N N E O N G E N I S I S ' D *}r : Fenring42
    • If this ending doesn't have everything I imagined should be in the game, then it is garbage. : CyCo_PLThis person is cool!
    • Really, if it doesn't have the Normandy fly in and be all ZOOOOOOM and then Commander Shepard runs around... : DolemiteThis person is cool!
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      Ugh! What I hate even more than the ending are the poor deluded souls that live in denial and that insis... : IliyaMoroumetz
      • I think the fact that people desperately hope that "it was all a dream" highlights just how bad the curre... : MagitekThis person is cool!
      • That's fine, not everyone knows the franchise. There were so many plotholes that I assumed they were pul... : Curike
    • Job well done Bioware! I thought the original ending was a little rushed, but all the new ending expansi... : kenclopzThis person is cool!