I agree. It is indeed the worst ending I've ever seen. And when I finished the game I was just so pissed that I didn't even want to look at it anymore. But as I said the game was incredibly spectacular up until the very end where it all just fell apart after going up to the Citadel. I imagined up my own ending and forced myself to believe that's what really happened.
I really put more faith in Bioware. They did such a good job with everything else, it's really heart breaking to see them completely bomb in such a terrible way. I really do hope they come out with some DLC that gives us a true ending, or preferably multiple endings like it should have been in the first place.
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~Halo Give into the Night.
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