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3. Any Idea You Had About The End Of Mass Effect 3

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Ater 60-80 hours of game-time across almost three games, the final 15 minutes of Mass Effect 3 would go on to dominate the majority of players' memories in regards to the franchise - mostly because they were categorically, not what anybody wanted. Not even Bioware.

Read into the development of this third instalment and you'll come across tales of mis-management, of original endings being scrapped because higher-ups were afraid an early leak had "spoiled" it for the majority. Essentially, you'll find stories of a creative team struggling to make ends meet, executing on their vision for how the franchise should go, with the corporate, mass-appeal whims of EA breathing down their necks.

The results speak for themselves. Mass Effect 3 was a disaster only surpassed in its epic tattery by Mass Effect: Andromeda - a project doomed from the start, that's now put the franchise "on ice."

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.