I never said the show caused his problems but it was clear he was on drugs long before he left the show so why would Howard make a bit out of it especially since hes his "bro"?
That I cant agree with. No reason he should have to suffer through a lesser ending. He can always youtube the original afterwards to see the differences.
I think you would find it difficult to find anyone that wanted one universal ending and frankly the game kind of had that anyway.
As for having everything spelled out for them well no people just wanted plot holes filed. I was concerned they might dumb it down in the extended cut but they...