I expected some epic shooting, ships blowing up, soldiers getting mowed down, explosions everywhere, (which we did get), but most importantly I wanted diverse endings, because I picked different choices than other people. The original ending was hashed out the same way basically and the whole god child thing was silly. The ending was ok but I would not consider it a good ME ending, especially for the 3rd one.
Game was overall great, the trilogy was amazing its just the ending did not really hit it. I would put it in top 6.
I overall agree with your list Bionix, I am probably going to get Far Cry for christmas or when price drops.
XCOM+Civilization Revolution FTW!!!