Soooo....Mass Effect 3

[Pantalaimon]

The small bit added at the end for one specific path IGN says requires 4000 EMS and saving Anderson (by saving I mean either convincing TIM *or* Renegade interrupt, so you get to talk with him after the fact), *or* 5000 EMS. Neither of these is possible without multiplayer (or any of the minigame crap that adds to Readiness). I kind of wish it didn't exist at all, though.

*Continuing Spoilers*

Agreed. I just finished last week and picked the destruction ending because it seemed most like what my renegade Shepard would do (had been avoiding any and all spoilers). I was decently happy in a BSG-ish way with the ending. It raised more questions than answers, but I got a gut sense of completion which was important to me.

And then they threw in that resurrection. Ugh. It bothered me more than the usual "how the heck did my squadmate get there... hmm, wait, I didn't see her on the suicide run. What a wuss, is there an option to shoot her for desertion?!". The Catalyst specifically mentioned that Shepard is part synthetic and would be destroyed along with the Geth, EDI, etc. (speaking of: I felt worse for Joker than Mordin!).