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Graz73 wrote...

I just read this other topic about Shepard's resurrection and the afterlife:
social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/4787199/2#4793729

It got me thinking, "What was the point of the whole death and resurrection plot?" I kept expecting that plot point to have some payoff.  Would Shepard turn out to be a clone or a robot or a duplicate?  Would the Illusive Man have some kind of secret control of Shepard?  Some sort of enlightenment?

Nope, none of that. So far, Shepard's resurrection has not had any negative consequences! 
And if there are no consequences, then why include it? They could have just started the game with "Two years later"

Here are a few of my theories about why it was included:
1) It puts Shepard into the monomythic heroic story arc, which Joseph Campbell explained.  Part of the "Hero's Journey" deals with conquering death.  Shepard can now enter that club with the likes of Hercules, Anakin, and Harry Potter...  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heroesjourney.svg
2) Bioware wanted to start the game with a BANG.
3) An excuse to let 2 years pass in game, so that the player could rediscover everything along with Shepard.
4) An excuse to update the Normady.
5) An excuse to gather a new squad. (The game would have been much quicker if it started with the ME 1 Squaddies already on the team)
6) It set the collectors up as a real threat.
7) It partially redeemed Cerberus. I mean, even if I hated an organization, if they brought me back to life I'd have to at least hear them out, right?
8) MAYBE the resurrection plot will indeed pay off in ME3?!?!

What do you think?

So that you can redesign your Shep. 

[freestylez]

[quote]Graz73 wrote...

Here are a few of my theories about why it was included:

3) An excuse to let 2 years pass in game, so that the player could rediscover everything along with Shepard.
4) An excuse to update the Normady.
5) An excuse to gather a new squad. (The game would have been much quicker if it started with the ME 1 Squaddies already on the team)
[/quote]Pretty much.

I'd also add "to make ME2 more of a standalone product (not requiring one to play ME1)"

[quote]6) It set the collectors up as a real threat.[/quote]Likely a byproduct of the reasons above.

[quote]8) MAYBE the resurrection plot will indeed pay off in ME3?!?!.[/quote]Who knows? I'm sure the resurrection were purely for the reasons you stated above, but I guess they have no choice in they want to create a  somewhat coherent story arc.

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Modifié par freestylez, 19 septembre 2010 - 06:24 .

[freestylez]

I also don't think the leveling of Shepard had anything to do with the death. Leveling up is gameplay mechanics. It's not as if Shepard says "wow, I'm now a level 10 vanguard!" or "let's max out my incinerate" in the storyline.

[Nageth]

Or how Shepard dying convinced everyone to start using consumable heat sinks in their guns.