Definitely an improvement over the original ending. All I was ever looking for was an epilogue, which was curiously absent in the original version. People went a little too overboard about the original ending, however. Still, it was nice to see the epilogue.

I guess it makes the ending a little bit more plausible but the ending still feels dry

The IGN side missions youtube channel was swatted and the channel owner died in the accident.

Essentially, BioWare got mad nobody liked their original ending so they made this "extended" version that band-aids over some common complaints while still keeping the overall structure intact.

Polishing a turd.

Salvaged the ending, bringing it more in line with the other games. Still unsatisfying, but better than what it was before.

It's an improvement. It's stil quite underwhelming but hey an improvement is an improvement.