During a Q&A session after the Canadian Video Game Awards, the Mass Effect series’ lead writer, Mac Walter’s spoke about Mass Effect 3′s controversial ending.
It’s been months since the controversy initially blew up and it seems like Walter’s has had some time to think about the situation. Despite the fan backlash, Mass Effect 3 won best RPG at the Video Game Awards and console game of the year at the Canadian Video Game Awards.
“I would say it’s vindication because, I was at Fan Expo in Vancouver today and I’ve been to several expos since the ending, by and large, the fans that talked to me are people that either enjoyed the ending or are not necessarily that unhappy with the ending at all,” said Walter’s during the Q&A.
Mass Effect 3′s live-action launch trailer was very impressive.
Even though fans are still upset months later over the ending of Mass Effect’s initial trilogy, Walter’s still seems to be under the impression that only a vocal minority was upset with Mass Effect 3′s controversial ending.
“There is a vocal minority and we did want to see what we could do to help that but at the same time I think we also did what we thought was best for the series,” said Walters.
He also feels Mass Effect 3′s Citadel downloadable content (DLC) and extended ending DLC helped appease hardcore fans of the series who were still be upset over how the franchise ended.
“When you take it as a whole now and you look at the Citadel (DLC), in there as well you have those fond farewells and those moments people want. They fit much better into the game than they would have if we tried to put them into the end of Mass Effect 3.
Marc Walter’s accepts an award on behalf of the Mass Effect 3 development team at the Canadian Video Game Awards.
Towards the end of the Q&A he back-pedaled a little bit, stating that winning the award for best console game wasn’t really vindication after all.
“I wouldn’t call it vindication, I guess, but it’s great that people are recognizing it despite that (all of the controversy).”
