I've completed it twice now and I've seen no evidence of this "easter egg" ending that people are referring to. Does it have to be a replay with the same character? Maybe I can dig it up on youtube or something.
Anyway, replaying it was actually more fun than I expected, mainly because I knew roughly where I was about to get disappointed. Doesn't change the fact that there's a lot of holes and a lot of stuff that's never explained. Examples:
Anyway, it's still a fun game, though the multiplayer thing is a bit annoying. It is possible to solo multiplayer missions though, so you can take care of the readiness rating on your own, but it's very hard.
By the way, my 2nd character was a Renegade character. The choices do make a difference here and there, but they don't seem to affect the outcome.
Anyway, replaying it was actually more fun than I expected, mainly because I knew roughly where I was about to get disappointed. Doesn't change the fact that there's a lot of holes and a lot of stuff that's never explained. Examples:
- How did Cerberus go from having finite resources to infinite resources? In less than a year they've somehow managed to construct a fleet that's so badass it requires the entire Fifth Fleet of the Alliance to deal with it.
- The last 10 minutes are about as "huh?" as the last 10 minutes of ME2. Speaking of which, we still have no idea what the plan of the Collectors were - they would have to target Earth to complete the human Reaper, something they were clearly not capable of doing. Their original mission seems to be a complete failure even before Shepard comes along.
- Why did the Reapers not stick to plan A once they reached the galaxy? For millions of years, they've taken out galactic civilizations by targeting the Citadel first, where they gain lots of information about who's who and what's what, in addition to killing most political leaders in the galaxy. Once they reached the first mass relay, it would've been easy to go straight to the Citadel and start the war the same way they always do.
- If the Catalyst is the master of the Reapers, doesn't that make him the master of the Citadel? Why do they need the Keepers (and then Saren) to open the mass relay linking to dark space?
- Everything about the Catalyst is still a complete mystery. Who made it? Is it an AI? How can an AI reach such an illogical conclusion with such a rubbish solution? If synthetics really were a threat to all life, the obvious solution would be to simply have the Reapers around as guardians - they are more than advanced enough to wipe out the Geth or similar AIs should they ever threaten organic life in the galaxy.
- The list goes on and on..
- The last 10 minutes are about as "huh?" as the last 10 minutes of ME2. Speaking of which, we still have no idea what the plan of the Collectors were - they would have to target Earth to complete the human Reaper, something they were clearly not capable of doing. Their original mission seems to be a complete failure even before Shepard comes along.
- Why did the Reapers not stick to plan A once they reached the galaxy? For millions of years, they've taken out galactic civilizations by targeting the Citadel first, where they gain lots of information about who's who and what's what, in addition to killing most political leaders in the galaxy. Once they reached the first mass relay, it would've been easy to go straight to the Citadel and start the war the same way they always do.
- If the Catalyst is the master of the Reapers, doesn't that make him the master of the Citadel? Why do they need the Keepers (and then Saren) to open the mass relay linking to dark space?
- Everything about the Catalyst is still a complete mystery. Who made it? Is it an AI? How can an AI reach such an illogical conclusion with such a rubbish solution? If synthetics really were a threat to all life, the obvious solution would be to simply have the Reapers around as guardians - they are more than advanced enough to wipe out the Geth or similar AIs should they ever threaten organic life in the galaxy.
- The list goes on and on..
By the way, my 2nd character was a Renegade character. The choices do make a difference here and there, but they don't seem to affect the outcome.