Mass Effect 3 ending discourse ignored the RPG’s scale, ambition, and exuberance, including that of its oddly great co-op

The article argues that *Mass Effect 3* deserves to be remembered for more than the debate over its ending. It says the game’s achievement was bringing together choices, character arcs and running jokes built across three instalments, while delivering the trilogy’s most forceful action and consequential decisions.

It also celebrates the game’s co-op mode, whose chaotic team abilities, maps and unusual character roster made it more entertaining than its origins as a bid to add multiplayer might suggest. The writer is concerned about its future following BioWare’s closure: a small, loyal player community remains, and the mode’s peer-to-peer setup may help it survive.