I had my previous characters imported. The individual characters I encountered and their personal stories played out differently, but the course of the war was essentially the same. For example, the Geth and Talia’s people worked together as opposed to 1 or the other annihilating each other. I didn’t have to make the choice on which people go to live because of my imported save. Not sure how it could have been different until the end, except at the very and where they gave you a choice that was no choice at all. Made everything that went before feel worthless.

I didn’t mind dying, but when my choice means everyone else dies along with me it is no choice at all. Made me feel like the last 3 games I had invested my time in was worthless, which is why all the backlash.

The choices we made in game one and game two also had no bearing in the final game as well.

I liked it, the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate hero.

I would say the choices mattered right up until the end where you were told “Thank you for playing” – “Now please die” if you don’t pick my “suboptimal ending because I say that is the only way to survive ending”. This was despite the fact that you were winning. That is what really irritated me.