Ray Muzyka, Co-Founder Of BioWare, Talks About Mass Effect 3 Ending Controversy

Ray Muzyka, CEO and Co-Founder of BioWare, has spoken out via blog about the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3’s ending. Muzyka has noted that the game’s endings were not up to fans’ expectations, and that the feedback received from their core fans was incredibly painful. This apparently resulted in BioWare instinctively defending their work, which of course just fed the flames around the controversy. It seems now, however, BioWare has learned that they need to respect their fanbase and accept the criticism and feedback they offer. To sum up the blog post, Ray Muyzka has essentially noted that things went wrong and while he supports the artistic choices by the development team, it was hard for BioWare to predict the range of emotions players would experience when finishing the game. The fact so many players are upset has genuinely surprised BioWare and that having seen the reaction from their fans, they are now working to answer the questions left unanswered at the end of Mass Effect 3. The team is now hard at work on game content initiatives to help answer those very questions and hopefully offer closure for those who seek it. It seems BioWare is looking to directly address their fans displeasure; let’s hope that with BioWare listening, some common ground can be found.