You don't think Blade Runner or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are art?

You don't think Blade Runner or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are art? Both of them had their endings drastically revised after release.

No, not really. The bitching is because the ending is shoddy and lazy more than anything else. The ending cutscenes are palette swaps, and the mechanic you spend the whole game building (galactic readiness/military strength) doesn't really do anything important.

You can look forward to the endgame and not seeing what the result is!

Stop worrying about whether your decisions will ruin your enjoyment of the ending. Your decisions hardly matter at all! It'll be fine.

You're essentially being lied to. You can watch a YouTube comparison of all the ending videos running side by side, and they're just enormously lazy palette swaps, by and large.

All your EMS rating does is unlock a palette-swapped version of the ending cutscene (green light instead of blue). You can also get an extra second of video on the Destroy ending if you've played some multi.

There are only three endings, which you select from at the end of the game. They have nothing to do with any prior decisions, or anything except your EMS score. They lead to a cutscene which is identical except for the color of the energy wave you see and a couple animations. There are a few permutations possible in…

Precisely - the outcry over the ending isn't predicated on Shep's survival (or lack thereof). It's centered on the fact that the ending is rushed, incoherent, glitchy, and badly written.

Kate, it's deeply frustrating to see you and other Kotaku writers talking past the point.

The reason so many are outraged about the ending is that the choices you've made do not matter. Shep's death has little to do with it.

It seems perfectly reasonable. The ending's bad enough that - like Lost - it makes me wish I'd never gotten invested in the series in the first place. Unlike lost, there's no gradual slump in quality leading up to it, so it comes as a total shock how awful and incomplete it is.

I'm not sure that's true. Bioware might have triaged down to an ending they thought was sufficient to ship — if they're genuinely surprised by the negative reaction, it could end up being the fan response that sways them back.

Hi Jason,

If you're good, you'll be screwing yourself over by going for self-publication; if you're not going to get published anyway, self-publication can't hurt you.

There is no such thing as reverse racism. Racism is racism.

I'm familiar with the idea and with the notion of reclaiming words, but I don't think they apply here.

I'm completely on board with you regarding Kotaku comments and privilege, I genuinely am, but I can't give my money to support this: [i.imgur.com]

I generally agree with you (nothing personal, Kotaku) but I think this is just a case where it's best to steer clear of all parties.

I think, unfortunately, that the links I posted below support a case for regular old racism. :(