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[spreuten]

If you notice at the end of the trailer, half of the planet is on fire. It is extremely doubtful that the Reapers thought, "Hey, let's attack one major city on Earth and see where to go from there."

Why use London in the trailer? They probably thought it would look cool, 'cause it did.

[Aeowyn]

Because David Cameron and Nick Clegg needed a quick solution to the chav problem. The Reapers won't know what hit them.

Also, I love London, and even though I live in a small village in the English countryside, it's still close enough for me to go there as often as possible.

Oh and this:

Modifié par Aeowyn, 27 février 2011 - 10:01 .

[Bann Duncan]

Aeowyn wrote...

Because David Cameron and Nick Clegg needed a quick solution to the chav problem. The Reapers won't know what hit them.

Also, I love London, and even though I live in a small village in the English countryside, it's still close enough for me to go there as often as possible.

Oh and this:

Squeeeeeeee!

[Forsythia]

The Reapers are probably invading/detroying the entire planet, so your point is moot TC. And I think it's awesome that they're showing some other country than the US, like almost every other game out there.

[Llama11]

robtheguru wrote...

The fact is the rest of the world is already dead and the only reason the UK is surviving is because of the SAS.

Seriously though, I fail to see why there is all this hate. Alot of real world games take place in the US or use characters of US origin so I think it's about time other countries get recognition. London itself was used because Big Ben is one of the most easily recognised monuments in the world and as has been said, nothing has been confirmed in terms of location.

I'd personally like to see something near the Kremlin or even the giant statue of Jesus in Rio De Janeiro. Get some free publicity (albeit rage filled from the Christian community) by giving the option whether or not to save the statue.

Aw ****...

Guess I'll have to make my sci-fi protagonist not American despite the fact the plot doesn't even center on America (or the Earth) and we only see the protagonist return to America once.

I'm kidding, mate.

But yeah, nothing's been confirmed.

[Deathwurm]

I came across this Thread last night and have actually been thinking on it since...
I have to go with the "Why not London?" crowd.
There are only a few Cities in the World that are easily recognizable by almost everyone based on Landmarks...all cities have them, but not all are as easily recognized by as much of the World as London is...and they can't have New York being laid to waste after 9/11, the backlash would be insane.
Places like the Taj Mahal or the Pyramids or The Great Wall would be too cheesy and if the Reapers invaded Paris 1st the Battle would be over in the 5 minutes it took for the French to surrender.
I really think that it's mostly for the Preview, though...who knows if ANY of the Game will take place in London?

[Llama11]

I wouldn't have mind seeing Moscow. In fact, we need a sci-fi series where the MC is a native-born Russian from Moscow. I can already see his name now: Captain Vasily Ivanov!

Still, I'll keep my American protagonist even though the plot doesn't center on Earth.

[E_rik]

I'm still with my theory of Harry Enfield beating the Reapers to death with his wads'o'dosh.

[PraetorianGuard]

and they can't have New York being laid to waste after 9/11, the backlash would be insane.

Not sure if serious...

There have been countless games and movies that have laid waste to NY city in the past decade. It's almost expected to have NY city blown up all the time just like it's expect to have Godzilla attack Japan all the time.

Modifié par PraetorianGuard, 27 février 2011 - 12:47 .

[CoolioThane]

If you use 9/11 you can also say that after the London Bombings people could say the same. They won't though, as London is the major-est city in Europe (controversial?) and if there were an attack it would be against the major cities...

Nice to see me mam's home taaan bein' used ina video game...despite being English, I like to pretend to have an "American" English accent

[Lightbleeder]

My best guess is that the reapers are in league with the daleks. I eagerly await Commander Shepard arriving in the nick of time from the doors of a certain police box.

[Adugan]

Lightbleeder wrote...

My best guess is that the reapers are in league with the daleks. I eagerly await Commander Shepard arriving in the nick of time from the doors of a certain police box.

Only to find that the Cylons have sent a base-star into the future to negotiate with the Borg and the Geth to form a robotic union. They are eventually foiled by the Ancients who use the stargates to destroy the robot leaders. They call the Firefly to help the Asari defeat the Reapers in the end though.

[H1natachan]

Lightbleeder wrote...

My best guess is that the reapers are in league with the daleks. I eagerly await Commander Shepard arriving in the nick of time from the doors of a certain police box.

Now that would be cool hehe, if only ......

[Jenova65]

 Actually London has suffered a lot of terrorist activity so the 9/11 point should be moot. And over an extensive period of time too........... not a small amount of it paid for by some of the upstanding citizens of New York.......... 
Not to mention a considerable battering during WWII
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London

Modifié par Jenova65, 27 février 2011 - 01:17 .

[Sparrow44]

It makes sense now, Bioware wants to release ME3 in 2011 so we can kick the Reapers out of London in time for the 2012 Olympics.

And Harbinger obviously wants in on the opening ceremony, ASSUMING CONTROL!

Modifié par Sparroww, 27 février 2011 - 01:13 .

[spacehamsterZH]

Captain Iglo wrote...

Because people know the Big Ben! they know its London. The point is that the people who watch the trailer recognize the city.

This. It's really pretty obvious. They didn't want it to be New York because that's been done to death, so that pretty much leaves London and Paris. What other city has landmarks that everyone recognizes? And with London, you don't have to come up with some explanation why people speak English. So London it is.

And besides, I'm sure this has been said already, but just because the trailer shows London doesn't mean the whole game will be set in London. You guys don't seriously think the whole game will take place in an Earth city? That would suck.

[Deathwurm]

I agree with you guys on a lot of what you're saying about the 9/11 issue and the fact that London was nearly destroyed completely during WWII...
My thinking on New York; though, is does Bioware really need someone from Fox News (Glenn Beck...I'm looking at you) grabbing hold of the Content, bringing it out of context (like they did with the Love Scenes) and making an issue of it?
I don't personally think it's inappropriate, but it's STILL a hot-button issue here in the U.S. where the rest of the World's problems don't matter. Until it began to hit us here, our Government couldn't have cared less about Terrorism that had been going on all over the World for a long time.
I guess I'm basically saying: Why poke the sleeping Lion?

Modifié par Deathwurm, 27 février 2011 - 01:24 .

[NamiraWilhelm]

Id rather the reapers cause the olympics to cancel tbh

Oh, and choice of location can be discussed without being offensive guys.

I for one was ecstatic to see whats no more than half an hour away from me on a mass effect trailer. Very VERY easily recognised, a cool city, not cliche.

What could be cool is they released a series of trailers taking place from different cities. I dont think London will have any more significance other than it being an example of the destruction.

[FlyingWalrus]

I was afraid it was going to be Los Angeles if anything was getting attacked in ME3. Thank God it wasn't; I'm sick of seeing LA get trashed in alien/disaster movies. I wish it WOULD get trashed in real life sometimes.

Anyway, London is one of the most iconic, historic and powerful cities in history. For hundreds of years it was the cultural center of the world, and even today long after England's imperial days have come to an end, London is still an incredibly important city in terms of culture and economy. I would imagine that it is the most single example as far as cities go of human might and I can see why BioWare chose to use that as the setting for the Reaper attack in the trailer.

Now whether that will be the case in the actual game, who knows.

Modifié par FlyingWalrus, 27 février 2011 - 01:33 .

[Pr3ying M4nt15 360]

William Adama wrote...

Of all the cities to feature in ME3, they do it in London.

I personally hated Britain when I went on vacation there because it is one of the most depressing places to live on the planet. Why not do it in a city that I'd WANT to save, like Toronto or Paris?

Honestly, if the option to let London be destroyed but save the planet exists, I WILL TAKE IT!

Cmon Bioware, you are a Canadian company, feature a Canadian city!

Because America is not the centre of the universe.

Also the UK is an island and is kinda bang in the middle there. Establishing some kinda base on it to attack Europe from & America from likely. Don't worry it'll probably get nuked to contain them.

Also of all the countries the UK is one of the most innovative and is responsible for most of the worlds history.

Also like it or not London is one of those more famous Cities. Why would anyone pick Toronto. It would have either been London, Paris or New York

[Pr3ying M4nt15 360]

Since they probably didn't want to do the same cliche New York that seems to be the brunt of every disaster movie. They picked london to show in the trailer. Also do remember guys that this is years in the future. London may cover the whole of the UK now. Some cities may not exist anymore.

[Jenova65]

Deathwurm wrote...

I agree with you guys on a lot of what you're saying about the 9/11 issue and the fact that London was nearly destroyed completely during WWII...
My thinking on New York; though, is does Bioware really need someone from Fox News (Glenn Beck...I'm looking at you) grabbing hold of the Content, bringing it out of context (like they did with the Love Scenes) and making an issue of it?
I don't personally think it's inappropriate, but it's STILL a hot-button issue here in the U.S. where the rest of the World's problems don't matter. Until it began to hit us here, our Government couldn't have cared less about Terrorism that had been going on all over the World for a long time.
I guess I'm basically saying: Why poke the sleeping Lion?

I guess we are just (not immune, that seems like the wrong word) desensitised (though it basically means the same) to it all, since it was just a fact of life here for a long time, I was born in the sixties so the evening news when I was small was terrorist attacks here and the Vietnam war, some of those images don't budge EVER.  
I have been to America on holiday a few times and I do love it and I love the Americans too, but watching the news over there, yeah... it does seem like there is nothing outside America unless it impacts America, but that does seem to be an issue just with the news, Americans are generally very interested in everything in my experience, naturally curious and not near so cynical as us.
I can see why you wouldn't want Fox being alerted to anything touchy, but I dunno, it seems like something that will surely have to be addressed sooner or later, iyswim? (not that I want BioWare to be ahead of that sh*tstorm )

[Jenova65]

FlyingWalrus wrote...

I was afraid it was going to be Los Angeles if anything was getting attacked in ME3. Thank God it wasn't; I'm sick of seeing LA get trashed in alien/disaster movies. I wish it WOULD get trashed in real life sometimes.

Anyway, London is one of the most iconic, historic and powerful cities in history. For hundreds of years it was the cultural center of the world, and even today long after England's imperial days have come to an end, London is still an incredibly important city in terms of culture and economy. I would imagine that it is the most single example as far as cities go of human might and I can see why BioWare chose to use that as the setting for the Reaper attack in the trailer.

Now whether that will be the case in the actual game, who knows.

I think it is also an icon of the human ability to rebuild again and again..... 

[Stardusk78]

Bioware is angry at the horrible public transportation system in London, hence why it is destroyed.

[Jenova65]

Stardusk78 wrote...

Bioware is angry at the horrible public transportation system in London, hence why it is destroyed.

Or they can't believe how much just paid for a can of Coke!