10 Video Games That Were Sold On Lies
5. Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3 is a dramatically rich, cinematic action-RPG, and one of the best games of 2012 - that is, if you skip the last fifteen minutes and do something else instead.
Everyone knows the tale of Mass Effect 3's 'crucial story relegated to DLC' setup by now, and regardless of how maddeningly stupid the ‘Star Child’ ending was, fans were most angry about having a 100+ hour epic reduced to a game of ‘pick a card, any card.’
The game’s director, Casey Hudson, had gone on record as saying that the ending would be greatly affected by your choices up until that point, although it’s entirely possible that his vague proclamations were simply misinterpreted. ME3’s final, galaxy-shattering battle did change depending on your decisions - as well as your multiplayer exploits - but the fifteen minutes that followed said battle followed a pretty strict and linear path.
People didn’t exactly react with grace and poise though. While some tried to explain away the events of the ending with the admittedly solid ‘indoctrination theory’, others hurled abuse at BioWare, or sent red, green and blue cupcakes to their offices as a snide gesture of contempt.