I may start with the statement that I find much to like in what we were seeing in the leaked material. I feel that this needs to be mentioned among all the negativity of the last week. I am convinced that ME3 as a whole will be a great experience. That some of the concerns are deemed major does not change that. But neither do the good parts remove them.
Edit:
This post contains a possible way problem No. 1 could be addressed. Since it is totally hypothetical, it is not a spoiler.
This is what needs to be addressed (highlight to read. SPOILER warning):
Miranda and Cerberus:
We feel that the "Cerberus" part of Miranda's story arc needs closure. She had been working for them for about twenty years and knows the Illusive Man personally. She obviously has ideals that overlap with something Cerberus had been, or pretended to be, at some time. How does she think about that time now? What would be her reaction to those logs we can read about the Lazarus Project and other things, presumably somwhere on The Illusive Man's base?
We feel that Miranda's presence at the confrontation with the Illusive Man would be very, very appropriate. We also realize that this might be difficult to orchestrate, given the way things go. Having her present when we explore the Illusive Man's base may be a feasible alternative. However, given the story structure presented by the leaked material, we do not see a satisfactory resolution to the Cerberus aspect of Miranda's story arc without at least one of these things.
As an extension, it is plausible that Miranda's morality would come up during these scenes. This is a difficult topic since we are divided about the degree of appreciation we have for Miranda's pragmatism. However, we all appreciate it to *some* degree. ME3's Cerberus, fortunately, is so far beyond redemption that no incarnation of Miranda would support it. But when addressing this point, the fact that human advancement by no means implies human supremacism might play a role in describing her character - her not being a xenophobe is already established in ME2. The implication that Cerberus may once have been different may also come into it.
(Personally, I would like her to have been impressed by the original manifesto as it appears in ME:Evolution)
Meeting Miranda:
We think that Miranda should be be active when we meet her, not passive. In deep sh*t, yes, but active. I do not know if the "we find her as a captive" version is still on the table, but particularly in combination with the torture/death version of her story arc, this fits with one of the three things we explicitly said we do not want: Miranda reduced to a victim, passive, to show how bad the villains are.
One possible alternative is to make it so that we meet Miranda fighting. Maybe instead of being one of those captives, she's trying to free them. She's close to being overwhelmed, and it's heavily implied she'd lose against that unique creature if Shepard hadn't come along. Fighting together with her there would be absolutely awesome!
Miranda's endgame impact:
We do not know what's in store for that, but we want to express our preference for a significant endgame impact that fits her. An often expressed wish could be realized if she took over the base TIM has vacated and turns the remaining Cerberus resources against the Reapers. One other possibility I am seeing is that during her absence, she has done research into removing indoctrination from those not too far gone (maybe together with Rana Thanoptis), and she does exactly that with Cerberus' indoctrinated troops, turning them against the Reapers. Research results from the Collector base if you kept it could come in at this point (I just had to mention this).
If something more awesome is in store for her, by all means ignore this.
Miranda's romance:
There should be a romance scene. There is some disagreement among us about whether or not we have found one in the leaked material. There is no disagreement, however, in our wish that there should be one.
Not quite on topic, but I would also like to express my wish that Jacob is treated fairly. I understand that he may get less content than others, but there should be hope for those Shepards who romanced him.
Not really a problem - but a statement of preference: Survival and death scenarios:
No issues have been raised about the about the death ending. Being killed by The Dragon is not an ignoble death, and her killer has established his badassery sufficiently beforehand. However, the torture feels gratuitous. There should be either a point to it, or something else should happen. (controversial suggestion with even more emotional impact: Kai Leng has injected Miranda with Reaper nanites that will transform her into some kind of Improved Husk in order to delay Shepard further - she asks Shepard to kill her before she transforms).
As for "Miranda survives" scenarios - it is, so far, unclear if there are two different versions of that. Just in case, we would like to stress our preference for the "lightly wounded" version. We want Miranda to stay active, even if it's offscreen.
This is it. @all, if you have to add something to this, please tell me. I would also like opinions about whether or not it is permissible to link to this post on Twitter.
Modifié par Ieldra2, 17 novembre 2011 - 02:45 .
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