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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 21, 2012 0:39:17 GMT -5
What are you up to now?
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 21, 2012 10:30:09 GMT -5
I'm working to get the Asari artifact. I have about 50% readiness or whatever with the war assets
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 22, 2012 5:15:02 GMT -5
Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare: Interesting... though pointing to critic scores is pointless anyway because the general consensus is that the game is great besides the ending. Meanwhile those relentless baboons at IGN are saying BioWare's decision is a dangerous precedent! au.ign.com/videos/2012/03/21/mass-effect-3-a-dangerous-precedent?Love the last bit... he says that changing one artistic work of art's ending has never been done, tell that to Conan Doyle. Even Gamespot has gotten in on the act: au.gamespot.com/features/who-wins-when-mass-effect-3s-ending-changes-6367380/One idiot even said that it was the worst thing to happen since WWII. The innocent world of gaming is as corrupt and twisted as politics.
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 22, 2012 11:10:42 GMT -5
in the world of RPG's already with multiple endings, it really shouldn't matter. adding one more ending or adding onto the current one doesn't seem like it would hurt the "artistic integrity"
still have to see the ending for myself, but i say its a good thing that bioware is listening.
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 23, 2012 11:14:58 GMT -5
okay so i beat it and the ending has problems, but i don't hate it and i don't think it needs to be rewritten just some closure. there are a number of issues unresolved and you can get all hipster with it and say the vagueness gives it charm, but hell no its an ending without closure. you can't just not include an honest end and say its good enough. not that a vague endings can't be done correctly. Think inception for that one, but that was done on a small scale for the simple reason of leaving it for interpretation. But the end of ME3 isn't up to interpretation its speculation and that isn't right. The normandy crash lands on some unnamed planet with the crew alive, but where is this planet? Can they get off of it? How did they get to it? I mean the only habitable planet there is Earth and yet some how they found another planet near by without using a relay?
for me Shep survived and I liked that gasp at the end because that isn't vague. He lived. Get over it. But i hated the after credit scene of the old man on where? doesn't look like earth and yet the guy is Dr. Shepard and it sounds like space travel isn't possible anymore.
The series is about choice and the base line good as good can be ending is not an option. I can't just selectively destroy the reapers. why not? They run on their own code so why not tune it to just them?
Narratively the kid dreams never got to me. Nice idea, but its been done before and better. Kind of sad when an artistic and emotional level is done better in God of War. So why would Shep see the kid in that being? Who is that being? Is he a computer? WHERE THE HELL IS HARBINGER? is he harbinger? How did he go from "Assuming direct control" to "i'm a child yippee"
the more i talk about it the more the ending answers none of those questions. You can talk up all you want about how having a too good of an ending is lame, but it's a game of choice and that was never a choice. Ultimately its a forced/contrived dilemma without any sway. Apparently a weapon designed by multiple civilizations only has 3 functions. All I ask for is closure to those lingering questions. There are clear plot holes and really determine the state of the galaxy depending on which ending.
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 23, 2012 17:12:30 GMT -5
They were never going to totally remake the ending. So as long as this "closure DLC" doesn't come up with more plot holes and speculation then it should be fine. Oh and IGN have posted a "Second Opinions" article where some people were actually supporting the move (minus that idiot Colin Moriarty): au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1221492p1.htmlNice of EA to call off their attack dogs.
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 23, 2012 17:32:18 GMT -5
Oh and regarding The location of the Stargazers, we think it's the same planet the Normandy crashed on (the only planet the Reapers haven't invaded ) because there are two moons (or planets) in both cut scenes.
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 23, 2012 19:15:29 GMT -5
yeah i thought colin was way too serious.
this isn't a game with one ending it has multiple endings so i don't see how the artistic integrity is being attacked here.
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 24, 2012 19:37:43 GMT -5
BioWare's creativity on show: 1. The picture is from the Stargazer scene. (another photoshop job by BioWare) 2. The song is about a "star child". 3. Lyrics about lightening up the sky with colors. Not to mention the changing colors in the video. 4. Rambling about profound-sounding cosmic things.
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 24, 2012 21:24:00 GMT -5
i looked up the indoctrination theory and it was pretty compelling or it was just bad writing
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 27, 2012 3:15:07 GMT -5
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 27, 2012 7:44:11 GMT -5
these are hilarious. i love the twitter jokes.
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Post by Caveboy0 on Mar 27, 2012 11:38:27 GMT -5
If it was up to me to make the best of this bad situation. remove the mass relay's destruction, remove the normandy crash, and remove the old man. its just cutting the crap out. sure the kid thing is dumb as hell, but at least the game no longer conflicts with the very future of the series! from what little i can find the people that like the ending only like it for the open ending of the choices. you don't know which one worked out, which is up for debate. fine we keep the choices as contrived and sudden and underdeveloped as they are there, but please save the relay's. most defenders of the ending blatantly ignore the relay explosions. they just believe this can be fixed quickly: I have my doubts. forget about the fact that releasing their energy has established mass destruction. the very idea of ending space travel in a sci fi epic is killing their own franchise. could you imagine if Star Wars ended by destroying the Force? Or Star Trek ending by eliminating all warp drives? to be perfectly honest they can't fix this problem because they already gave us crap. they aren't going to redesign the ending that would take months to finally be ready and who knows if we would even like that one. they can cure the rage if they just let fans embrace the vague ending into their own speculation, but the relay issue stops speculation from going to steps forward.
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 28, 2012 0:52:45 GMT -5
Michael Gamble will be talking about something at PAX on April 6. It will either be ME3 DLC or Dragon Age:III.
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Post by Spidey 1923 on Mar 29, 2012 1:30:55 GMT -5
New charity campaign launched: www.fullparagon.com/Kids Need to Read, is a charitable foundation started by author PJ Haarsma, actor Nathan Fillion, and Executive Director Denise Gary, which focuses on supporting children's literacy. ------------------------------- Marauder Shields Bio: The final enemy of Mass Effect 3, named due his enemy type and health bar designation: "Shields." During the Battle for Earth, he was Commander Shepard's last foe and concurrently, the last boss of the Mass Effect trilogy. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but some details have come to light… He trained at the Reaper Academy and got a diploma in killing with honors, he was the ‘best turian’ at Harbinger and the Illusive Man’s wedding. Shields is also notorious for his affairs with various Banshees despite lacking reach or flexibility. It is thought Marauder Shields initially set out to persuade the Commander to turn back in an attempt to spare players from the agony of the ‘evil’ Star Child and from an ending many thought to be unsatisfying. Marauder Shields fought a severely wounded Shepard, who was nearly killed after a blast from Harbinger's laser wiped out all of Hammer Team. However, there was an apparent breakdown in communications after Shepard attacked the 3 Huskerteers and Shields was ultimately slain by the Commander. Marauder Shields' noble warning was the ending we deserved, but not the one BioWare gave us. So we killed him. Because he can take it. Because he is not our ending. He was a Silent Guardian, a Watchful Protector… An Indoctrinated Turian. *cue music* Marauder Shields: The Movie
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