I just finished the game, and I am disappointed . . .
that the trilogy is over. I feel like playing through all three games again (that is until I find a job).
I think the way bioware handled the crucible was good, especially in the backstory that it always existed and was preserved for each cycle, but no civilization was able to build/finish/use it in time.
Then again, the only way I could possibly understand why it existed in the first place was assuming that the originals who created the reapers, mass relays, etc knew one day that an organic was objectively capable of making the choice to break the cycle. That a civilization would be capable of maintaining order on their own.
But, that guardian ai kid (or whatever he is called) didn't explain any of that, and actually may have implied the opposite.
Anyways, I understand some of the hate about the ending (especially in that the mass relays got destroyed in every ending). However, I really do think people are overreacting.
I am definitely in the minority, but I still enjoyed the ending and liked the direction it was going.
I just wished the mass relays weren't destroyed in the paragon and synthesis ending, and that the kid gave more explanation on the origins of the reapers. (Maybe the next mass effect game will be about the events leading to the reaper creation, idk - I'm not holding my breadth though).