FOZ289 wrote...
SSV Enterprise wrote...
In the big picture (spoilers ahoy):
--We know the Reapers are particularly interested in humanity.
--We know at least part of why the Reapers wipe out the galaxy every 50,000 years.
--We know that the Protheans weren't truly wiped out, but were adapted.
--We know that Sovereign was responsible for the rachni's madness, and that the new rachni are currently preparing to fight the Reapers (if you spared the queen, that is)
--If Wrex is alive, he is uniting the krogan.
--Mordin may come up with a genophage cure.
--We know that only a small fraction of the geth actually supported Sovereign. The geth "Heretics" have been defeated, and an alliance with the geth may be possible.
--...on the other hand, a quarian invasion of geth space may happen soon. The quarians may even re-subjugate the geth.
--You possibly have the support of Cerberus
--You possibly do not have the support of the Council and the Alliance.
--You may be able to use the Reapers' own technology against them.
That was off the top of my head. I think that's a pretty sizeable addition to the big picture.
-Huh? We know Harbinger has a grudge against Shepard, and we know they used the Collectors to try to make a new Reaper out of humans. That's about it.
-Part of why? All I remember on the subject is an utterly nonsensical monologue about how Shepard has "failed" and that Reapers are "salvation through destruction" which makes not even the slightest bit of sense, since Reapers can pretty much bs their way out of anything by saying "It's beyond your comprehension."
-Vigil already said that the Reapers enslaved tons of Protheans, now we just now that the enslaved Protheans aren't dead, but they've been so modified it doesn't even matter anymore. They might as well be mutated gorillas.
Why does any of this matter? It took the whole Citadel fleet and a bunch of Alliance ships to kill ONE Reaper, and that's also because Sovereign was focusing some power on controlling Saren's body. What does it matter if Wrex is uniting the Krogan? After 2 years he just has a couple clans that just beat the hell out of any other clan that talks **** about Urdnot. And the rachni. So what if they're progressing fast, what the hell are they and the Krogan going to do against hundreds/ thousands of Reapers?
Geth/ Quarian: The Quarians don't care, and uniting the Geth is a loyalty quest that some people didn't even do. I don't see how an optional quest can make or break the entire plot of the third game.
Cerberus? What have they even done? They're just a radical group, a splinter cell of one BRANCH of the Alliance.
Council/ Alliance: We already knew the Council isn't helping, they had all of one scene in ME2. That's not new information.
What Reaper technology? All you got out of the derelict Reaper was the IFF, and Sovereign was too damaged for anyone to find anything useful. And both of those are now gone, plus I blew up the Collector base.
Seriously, HOW is anyone any closer at all to stopping the Reapers? Yeah, I'm sure a couple dozen Krogan ships are going to make a big difference fighting hundreds of mothership-sized sentient death machines.
--It's stated by Mordin and EDI multiple times that human DNA is more "variable" than other species, and that may interest the Reapers. Also, Harbinger
talks about it when he kills your squad mates (go to "Quotes about your squad). There's also the fact that the Collectors were hitting human colonies exclusively, the pretty much signifies specific interest.
--Reproduction. The Collectors were making a new Reaper. The dialogue you quote hints that there may be more to it.
--It's still different than being wiped out, and may effect events in ME3.
As for rachni, krogan, geth, etc., the Mass Effect 3 trailer shines light on the situation. It's said that "If Commander Shepard doesn't bring help soon, there won't be an earth left to save". At this point, it seems that the plot of ME3 will involve uniting the galaxy to face the Reapers together rather than in disparate groups. If you saved the rachni, let Wrex live, made nice with Legion, you're already several steps towards that goal. That's how ME2 furthers the main plot.
As for the quarians -- they don't care? Did you talk with the admirals in Tali's loyalty mission? One wanted to make peace with the geth, one wanted to wipe them out, and one wanted to re-enslave them. Any of those might happen in ME3, and which one will likely determine how capable of fighting the Reapers both the quarians and the geth are.
As for Cerberus: They have a powerful network of agents throughout the Alliance, considerable resources, and will have Reaper tech depending on whether or not you keep the Collector base at the end of ME2. TIM and his Cerberus pals will be major players either for or against Shepard in ME3, mark my words.
As for the Council -- there are stark differences in how things can play out. If you saved them and picked Anderson as councilor, you get to meet them and get your Spectre status reinstated. If you left them for dead and chose Udina, you get squat. Again, this will probably contribute to building a force to fight the Reapers in ME3.
Individually, none of these changes alone will make the difference against the Reapers. They are all parts of a whole. Together, they can make a hell of a difference. It also all depends on the choices you made -- how well prepared the galaxy is for the Reaper invasion depends on the decisions you made throughout ME1 and ME2.
PS Zulu DFA -- keep your
epileptic trees to yourself, kthx.
Modifié par SSV Enterprise, 01 janvier 2011 - 10:00 .
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