NEW EPISODE: The Inside Story of Mass Effect 3's Endings, Finally Told (Patreon)

Hey patrons,

Sorry this one took a little while to get up on the channel! It's been quite a bit of work.

Almost a decade on from its release, we spoke to nine former Bioware developers about their experiences following the launch of Mass Effect 3 and the gigantic backlash prompted by its endings.

There's so much ground to cover here from their thoughts on the decision to release the Extended Cut a few months later, to how they feel about the response from fans and the harassment that quickly accompanied it.

We also hear from former Bioware Montreal Animation Director, Dave Wilkinson, who talks us through an earlier version of the game's endings, accompanied by some brilliant sketches from Anni!

Hopefully you'll see why we've been so busy. This was a big one.

Patreon exclusives

As mentioned at the end of the video, we do have a couple of extra goodies just for patrons.

First up, we wanted to share this alternate thumbnail we didn't end up using:

YouTube doesn't always appreciate subtlety and so we had to go for something a little more on the nose in the end to make sure people who don't know our channel already give our work a shot. But I think this artwork (also by Anni) is brilliant and I figured maybe some of you would like it too.

And secondly, here's a link that I'm a bit nervous about sharing...

This is a video I made almost TEN YEARS AGO, directly following the release of Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut. If you'd like to give it a watch and make fun of the rubbish opinions I used to have, I think you'll get a kick out of it.