Phaedon wrote...
Babli wrote...
It got some facts wrong, not to mention, that some things were not even mentioned. So its still valid.
This actually not retcon.
If this quote below is not retcon, then I dont know what is.
The Smoking Man wrote...
Genesis Citadel twist explanation:
"...
But a few survived long enough to leave a parting gift: The Protheans
had discovered that the Citadel was the key to controlling the mass
relays. By sabotaging the Citadel, they found a way to close the relays
to dark space, slowing the Reapers' return..."
Proposed revision (draft):
"...
But a few survived long enough to leave a parting gift: The Protheans
had discovered that the Citadel was actually a mass relay to dark
space, where the Reapers were waiting. By sabotaging the Citadel, they
closed the relay to dark space, slowing the Reapers' return..."
I
just explained the Citadel twist properly while keeping my explanation
almost as brief. There's no reason why Mac Waters couldn't have done
the same. In fact, you could probably omit the "where the Reapers were
waiting" bit, which actually makes it even shorter than the Genesis
explanation.
And then there are these things.
didymos1120 wrote...
A lot of this stuff has been listed
before, but I've decided to just consolidate all the problems I and
others have seen. I've tried emphasize why it's so bad for someone who
knows nothing about ME1, and I've mostly avoided the art, except where
it violates continuity. Keep in mind how a lot of this will seem after
someone gets into the game and starts getting exposition on a lot of
this stuff:
Normandy's just some ship.
Shep's just some guy. Not a Spectre candidate.
Nothing about humanity's current place, or the basics of the setting.
Nihlus? Gone.
Joker? Gone.
Geth? What are those?
Only
an Alliance patrol was attacked. Not Eden Prime as a whole. It also
gives the impression that Sovereign did it, not the geth. No video
transmission, and the patrol "couldn't explain" what they'd seen. Then
they change that during the beacon scene: now the colony was attacked.
Kaidan? He's a "good kid". He also uses an assault rifle throughout the comic. Later on Virmire: "Save Kaiden."
Biotics. What are they? Good question. We won't be answering it at this time.
There's a dead krogan next to the beacon.
The
Citadel and Council are just dropped in with no explanation as to what
either is. Spectres aren't explained either. Shep just becomes one for
some reason.
There was some unspecified, additional evidence connecting Saren to Sovereign.
Udina's just a guy. His personality is elided pretty much entirely, with just a little bit mentioned at the very end.
Garrus is "a top agent for Citadel Security." Uh, huh?
Tali's a fugitive. From what? Why? Who knows.
Tali's evidence was apparently a holographic recording of Saren. It also somehow proved Sovereign was his flagship.
Why is Wrex even involved? He just had some unspecified "intel". Why'd he have it? What was it? More good questions.
Wrex's armor starts out short-sleeved, then reverts to normal on Virmire. (yeah, nitpick, but that's just sloppy)
Reapers
allegedly kill everything every 50,000 years. It almost sounds like
this is a commonly known thing. Oh and that fact alone is supposed to
"explain" why Saren's trying to bring about their return. Until the
comic gets to Virmire and suddenly it doesn't explain it, and Shep
wonders why Saren's doing all this. Which by the way is never
explained. Sovereign just indocrinated him at some point apparently.
BTW, what's indoctrination exactly?
Anderson voluntarily gives up command of the Normandy. His connection to Saren? What connection?
Therum? No mention. Liara is just found somewhere and comes along.
If
you didn't know about asari, you could easily think just Liara and her
mother had the melding ability, like some sort of mutant superpower.
Noveria's just a name. It comes across like rachni lived there, and Saren conquered them.
Absolutely nothing is said about where on Noveria you fought the rachni.
It's said that Saren was there with Benezia, and you just miss him.
Benezia is just there to extract "information" from the Queen. What it is and why Saren wants it? Not explained.
Benezia's just a name. You see her corpse in one panel, no face.
It's made out like the Rachni Queen was controlling all the workers and warriors.
It's simply said she's "angry and dangerous" and that the "rachni had terrorized the galaxy" before.
Free her and "She left, and took her army of drones with her."
There's no explanation as to why killing the queen would doom the entire species to extinction.
Mu-relay? What's that?
Feros. Cipher. Thorian. All gone.
Shep just finds Virmire somehow.
STG? Kirrahe? Gone. There's a salarian in one panel though.
Indoctrination? Shep figures out what it really is just by talking to Saren on Virmire.
Tank-bred krogan? They "weren't real", and were "mindless beasts".
Genophage? Explained very poorly, but at least it's accurate about what it does explain.
"Wrex disagreed...violently." Uh, he did? If you didn't know better, you'd think he attacked Shep.
"Fortunately, Wrex is smarter than he looks." C'mon, that's just insulting.
No second beacon.
"I
split up my team in two squads, sending Ash with one, Kaidan with the
other as a distraction. We had a nuke, and we planned to use it." Who
the f*ck was in these squads? Why is only one person killed?
Ilos? Just some old planet.
Conduit? Yeah....no.
Vigil? Just a "prothean databank" that Shep was able to access and understand with no problem.
The Cycle? Shep figures that part out on Ilos.
Reapers? On Ilos, Shep learns they really do kill everything, not just spacefaring civilizations.
Citadel? Apparently, not a relay to dark space. There's more than one of those now.
The Citadel controls the mass relays. What's a mass relay? Good question.
Dual-pistol-wielding Tali and Garrus.
Husks have red blood. Not that you'd know what they are as they just appear out of nowhere on the Citadel.
Geth ships don't look right at all. You also have no idea what they are.
Saren "died believing the Reapers would save him."
RoboSaren? Final boss not appearing in this comic.
The
impression is given that the Destiny Ascension only comes under attack
after Saren's dead. The Asari Councilor personally asks for help.
The Normandy leads a "combined galactic fleet". Humanity and the other races all take down Sovereign.
Despite that "combined galactic fleet", it's just humanity that'll take a hit if the Council is saved.
Try and figure out what the Normandy was actually doing in that battle just going by the art alone.
Udina's office is apparently in a skyscraper. And has glass windows.
"Earned
us our first seat on the Council." It's not really wrong....if you have
prior knowledge of how the Council works and know there will be
successors. Otherwise, you'd think humans could eventually have
multiple Councilors at once.
Shep isn't asked to recommend a Councilor. Shep is given full authority to choose, as if that wasn't just a gameplay thing.
Shep
isn't assigned to go clean up the geth. Shep goes looking for
"answers", and the mop up of Saren's "armies" is just a cover
story.
Mac Walters: Ah yes "Mass Effect 1" we have dismissed that claim.
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