Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut “won’t satisfy everyone”

Ahead of its official launch tomorrow, BioWare has warned the planet that the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC will probably generate even more controversy. You can make some people happy, but in doing so, you’re only going to make other people more unhappy. That’s just how it works.

The free DLC promises to “expand upon the events at the end of Mass Effect 3 through additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes,” although it won’t be making any real changes to what actually happened the first time around.

“There was some feedback that we can’t address. There are people who just outright rejected the whole concept of the endings, and wanted us to start from scratch and redo everything. And we can’t do that because that’s not our story, we wouldn’t know how to write that story,” project lead Casey Hudson said in a recent BioWare podcast.

“You can never completely satisfy everyone. We’ve seen a whole range of feedback, ranging from people who wanted a total redo, to people who had concerns and questions about the original endings, to people who loved the original endings and have told us they don’t want to change anything.

“So there’s no doubt that there will be a whole new wave of discussion and debate, maybe even controversy. But we didn’t do the Extended Cut because we’re trying to make everybody happy, make it perfect – we just saw an opportunity to expand on things that we felt could add value to the experience, for those that appreciate it.”

If Garrus doesn’t propose, there’s going to be trouble. Can you imagine? “I think we should recalibrate our relationship status, Commander.”