Uh oh.... (Mass Effect)

[Logan Darklighter]

You know, if I *could*, I would. But the game is tied to your Origin account, which is also tied to other games I'm playing.  So I can't send you a copy of the game.

And I've stated that it's within your right to withhold your money.  Perfectly reasonable response, there.  I have no bones with it.

Crap. You're right. Forgot all about that.

I am pointing out that you are, in effect, judging a book by its cover
based on 10 minutes at the end.  You are unwilling to listen to others
when they say that the rest of it is brilliant and far outweighs the
bad.  You are screaming that Bioware needs to "fix this"; that your
choices "don't matter".  You are demonstrably wrong on this, which is
what I argued.  But you don't care.  That last ten minutes is apparently
important enough to you, even though it's been pointed out that it
quite literally does not represent the rest of the game as a whole, that
you're willing to throw away all of your potential enjoyment and
amazement and sheer emotional intensity of a truly amazing, gripping
story easily on par with the first two, and better in a lot of ways.

I think I've said this about 2-3 times now. But are your eyes just sliding right over it when I say that's not what I'm arguing? Am I not saying it the right way? I have never, in any way, shape or form intentionally meant to argue that the rest of the game is crap based on 10 minutes at the end. I've said over and over that I'm CERTAIN that you are correct that the rest of the game IS awesome and enjoyable to play!
What I'm saying is that the final 10 minutes INVALIDATES the rest of it no matter HOW awesome it may be! Makes everything you did and said and chose throughout all 3 games null, void, and pointless. Not only invalidates it, but flatly CONTRADICTS the tone and feel of the rest of the story and makes no sense. Forces characters into actions that are flatly against what their characters would do. Yes, your choices may have made vast differences in the rest of the game. But when all is said and done, it's still "rocks fall, everybody dies" no matter what you did!
Since I am in the position of having not yet bought the game, I'm doing the only thing I can do. Voting with my wallet. I cannot and will not support Bioware/EA for a half-assed conclusion, even if the rest of the game is fantastic. Because it really is that important to me.
I may yet buy the game when it's been modified or changed by Bioware. I have to wait to see what they do with it first, though. And - though I didn't want to in the first place, I'm going to have to spoiler it for myself just to be sure they did right. If they do, then I'll happily buy the game and play it.
I was going to say that if Bioware doesn't get it right, that someday I might simply wait to pick up the game discs from a used bin at the game/book store. But apparently that stupid Origin crap will make that impossible too. If that's the case, I may -never- play the game. I'll just have to let it go, and mourn what could have been. And never speak of it again.