DaDiddles

Open-ended endings are not such a bad thing, but the ambiguity has to open your mind to new ways of thinking. In Mass Effect 3, though, there's just too much ambiguity as to what actually happened. When you're not sure what even happened, and you're not sure if the "ending" could even be called an "ending" or not, there's definitely a problem.

I'm fine if all it does is provide "clarity and context" and makes each ending a little more unique. Mostly, I just want to know what the hell actually happened.

Though at the same time, I'm a bit dismayed that this content may have pushed back some multiplayer DLC. I'd really like some new races / maps (so long as it's not overpriced).

@Frankie Godskin

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

If DLC is included on the disc, does it count as "downloadable content?"

I don't claim to have come up with this myself, but I prefer the term "Disc-locked Content."

@King Johngie the Fourth

On the Bioware forums they site "technical issues" but I think it's probably just a conflict of interest kind of thing.

Sony is understandably getting more anal-retentive about their online policies ever since they were hacked. I think that has more to do with it than anything else.

@Darklink2009

Anyone saying the Krogans aren't competitive on Silver haven't put much effort into it... it's GOLD where Krogans have a lot of trouble, especially when using a melee build.

I do think they need a bit of buffing though. All they need to do is make Krogans immune (or at the very least, highly resistant) to grabs, insta-kills, and "knockback" effects, and they would be leaps and bounds better than they are now, as then they would make for perfectly viable bodyguards against phantoms, hunters, etc, that have a bad tendency to wreak an entire team.

@cozmic0

If true, the ending itself isn't bad so much as the presentation / execution of it. I mean, even if that interpretation is what they were going for, there's still no explanation of what actually happened, not just with Shepherd but with his crew, and hell for that matter what happened to the whole freakin universe.

If some small piece of DLC or additional video content offered more clarity, and perhaps more importantly to a lot of people, more closure, then this whole controversy would probably just go away.

@Dale P

You must gather your money before venturing forward.

@eat it

I 100% agree with this statement.

If something like this happens again, just tell them you'll return the game and buy some other game instead if you don't get your code.

You'll either get the code, or you won't and you'll return the game. Easy breezy. Yes, you may really, really, really want that game, but trust me, THERE ARE OTHER GAMES!

@jsx92

Please provide an example of reasonable laws that would not infringe on freedom of speech rights, while at the same time combating piracy. Because I don't think it's possible.

You say go after the distributors, but what do you mean?

Torrents and peer2peer connect hundreds of people amongst one another to share files. So, let's say 50,000 people all download and share X-Men First Class using a torrent client. With current copyright law at a $250,000 fine and 5 years of jailtime, that would be, collectively, $12,500,000,000 and 250,000 years of jailtime in punishment. Does this sound reasonable?

This may sound like hyperbole, but it's not. I honestly don't know of any other way of doing it. If you go after sites that host torrent files, all you're really doing is making it slightly less convenient for people to obtain torrents.

@Tel Prydain

Love of Double Fine is one of the biggest reasons, sure, but I think what really set it over the edge is the promise that the community will be able to provide feedback while the game is made, and the documentary.

It just goes to show how much the dedicated gaming crowd wants more involvement in the development process, or at the very least, wants a more insightful look into some of the behind the scenes work that goes into game development.

I think I'd feel pretty good too if thousands of people suddenly said to me "shut up and take my money!"