Quote Originally Posted by Monk View Post
Might want to tag your spoilers

But no, I can understand where you're coming from. I'm certainly not going to say you're wrong for feeling that way or for wanting it to end differently. If anything, I seem to be in the minority when it comes to the discussion on the endings. Most people feel as you do - they love 98% of the game but get let down in the end.

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Personally i felt it made sense from a story perspective. It is only bleak in the sense that civilization has fallen, but your actions have given the freedom to build a new one that's free of the Reapers. It hurt to see everything go down. I actually got a bit misty eyed when Shepard couldn't make it to the console. I watched a character whom i've known for over five years struggle and labor to hold onto life only to die in the end. It was like saying goodbye to a good friend.

Like i said, i chose the Red ending because it allowed a future free of the cycle - free of forced evolution and free of control. I had to let the life in the galaxy be free to make their own mistakes and not have their destinies decided for them. In fact, thats what I thought the stranded scene combined with the scene after the end credits symbolized. It hurt to see the old civilization torn down, but it was needed if a new one was going to be built.


But again. My opinion seems to be a bit unique on this. No one else seems to be thinking along these lines, and thats okay.
Having never played the game, only reading about it, it seems you're exactly right. It looks like that's the ending they were forcing you toward the entire time.