Trollthean said:
It's probably too late for this but I'd like to point out that fans took Casey's infamous 'A,B,C endings' statements out of context.
I'm very much aware of the full quote from Casey. The problem is that, no matter how diverse the various world states of the game are, they condense into a single number (galactic readiness), leading to three endings (plus a fourth, if you view the massive "screw you, ungrateful fanbase" that is Refuse as an ending). Whether the quarians are alive or dead, whether you cure the genophage or not, you can only ever choose between a limited number of morally repugnant options whose effects are so wide-ranging that they make all other differences pale into insignificance. In other words, the world-states have almost no impact on the endings, and then the endings go on to profoundly overshadow the world-states. Most people don't talk about which options they chose before the endings in ME3. Most people talk about whether they chose Control, Synthesis, Destroy, or refused to choose. In effect, then, what Casey said wasn't true. Maybe he believed it when he said it, though.
