10 Video Game Moments You'll Never See Again

10. The Original Ending - Mass Effect 3

When it comes to Mass Effect 3, any debate about the game will always immediately be overshadowed by the outcry that its ending created. After three games of build-up and player choice, gamers around the world were aghast at the three identical non-endings that Mass Effect 3 served up that negated all of a player’s personal investment.

In order to try to soothe enraged fans, BioWare released the Extended Cut which bolted scenes into and around the existing conclusions to give better clarity to each final choice and the consequences. Reactions to this were mixed but it was at least better than nothing. It was a bandaid on the wound.

Thankfully, it seems that moving forward at the very least this plaster is staying on. Despite the mass controversy following the end of the trilogy, Mass Effect stayed popular enough to warrant the Legendary Edition rerelease. Naturally, the Extended Cut comes as standard, as does the Citadel DLC that bulks out the final act.

Whilst the original ending and its immediate, visceral player feedback will be remembered forever, hailed as an impressively poor choice on BioWare’s part, it’s never going to be canon again. The Legendary Edition proves that it’s been overwritten and will only remain as a sour memory and interesting case study on artistic expression.