A lot of the Mass Effect 3 reviews are focusing on the bleakness of Bioware’s story, and quite a few are shocked at the game’s darkness is regard to the choices they made. Some guy called Tom Francis over at whatever the heck PC Gamer is, has figured out exactly why, and it’s a bit of a cheap trick that BioWare have pulled. I’ll go into details after the jump, as I’m aware some people view even the words Mass Effect 3 as some sort of spoiler. As long as no-one spoils the ending of Se7en in the comments: I’ve had it on pause for on my VHS for about 16 years. I keep intending to return, but it’s just so tense!(more…)