True that. But I wasn't as disappointed with the extended cut as I thought (and wanted) to be. Bioware had already stated they would not change the ending, so my expectations were already at the rock bottom, and thereby I could only be positively surprised really.



Still, what really made me facepalm are the following:



Normandy evac during beam rush. What the actual fuck? Shepard would never order the most important ship in the fleet filled with all of his friends within several miles of Harbinger. No less in its direct line of fire.



Insisting on keeping the blue glowing space Hitler despite the overwhelming hate. He did go more into detail about the reaper backstory this time, but that's the point; I don't fucking want to know their backstory since they're "beyond our comprehension!" Remember that, Bioware? I'd be happier if he just appeared and roared "DEEEEEEERRRRP" in reaper voice before fucking off and letting us figure out what to do next for ourselves. Would've made a lot more sense.



The half-assed reject ending. It's a prime example of how the endings are still too static. They should have made it possible to have a victorious outcome if we managed to get all the war assets. That should have been the secret ending, fuck the breath scene! All the other endings could also have the option of the relays being destroyed if assets were shit. And we still didn't see any Rachni or Elcor tanks.



The crash scene. Why even have that in there if they're just going to show the Normandy flying off again after two minutes? I'd accept it if the ship was unfixable due to upgrades being insufficient or assets too low, but this is just ridicolus.





Had to keep it short, sorry. I'm writing on an ipad, and I'm sleepy as hell.