Video reveals what it was like inside BioWare during the Mass Effect 3 ending controversy

Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

Earth is burning. The Reapers have taken over and other civilizations are falling like dominoes. Lead the final fight to save humanity and take back Earth from these terrifying machines, Commander Shepard.

A new video has shed light on what it was like inside BioWare during the Mass Effect 3 ending controversy.

The video below, from People Make Games, includes a raft of interviews with former BioWare developers who discuss the events leading up to the release of Mass Effect 3 in March 2012, the backlash to its ending, and the decision to update the game to address the complaints.

Mass Effect 3 contained one of the most controversial endings in video game history. It presented players with three choices - each resulting in a different end state for the galaxy - but in gameplay terms there was little difference between them.

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