SPOILERS/End Game Discussion Below. (Don't READ CPD!)
i'm convinced the end of ME3 wasn't actually the original ending. Someone on reddit (pretty sure i linked it in this thread earlier) (spoiler) saying that te textures in the last choose what colour you want your ending area on top of the citadel were off, and that if you turn around and walk to the edge, you get a hall of mirrors effect hinting at lack of play testing. He supposes that someone (*cough* EA *cough*) put a deadline on the release because ME3 had already been delayed once. I refuse to believe that this is the doing of Bioware. From the previous Mass Effect games and Dragon Age 1, it's just not how they roll.Either the ending was unfinished or an equally best bet is the indoctrination theory. That from the point on, from which Harbinger blasted you, is a halucination and didnt exist. It certaintly looks that way when you think about it. It was just poorly executed and not properly revealed. (spoiler)
Bioware say they're still taking player feedback and considering changing the ending. I just hope they're being sensibly selective on what feedback they take on board as there are alot of people around bitching and even attacking the game developers, and that's not what the "true" (for lack of a better term) Mass Effect fans want.
Forbes did some really good articles on ME3 and the controversy surrounding the ending, which is weird cause i didnt even know they HAD a video game section, but the author (david thier) is one of the few critics that aren't slamming us for being whiny, unappreciative douches.
http://www.forbes.co...were-listening/
http://www.forbes.co...or-video-games/
http://www.forbes.co...ffect-3-ending/
http://www.forbes.co...er-entitlement/
http://www.forbes.co...ible-consumers/
plenty of reading there for you if you're bored at work.
I think for a lot of people, the discussion of the ending has brought the attitude of a lot of the mainstream game review sites (ign and such) into question.