vulpesetuva wrote...
Okay, I know I said I'd be optimistic before but seriously, IMHO some of us have well-founded fears. No, there was nothing in the spoilers that suggested that we can't have a happily ever after with Kaidan. That doesn't mean that there's no possibility of Kaidan becoming so FUBAR'ed that his character becomes ruined for some of us.
For me, it's like Anders in DA2. I do not have a single post-game save where he's alive. I can't even bring myself to romance him because of what he does. Plenty of people love him, though, and hey, great for them. But for me, personally, Anders is so completely ruined I can't even enjoy him in DAA any more.
And that's what I'm worried about. The writers can't please everyone, and apparently plenty of people are fine with the revealed spoilers. Again, great for them. But there was enough in the spoilers that has me seriously concerned about Kaidan's character arc.
No, I'm not cancelling my preorder. I know myself well enough that regardless of what happens I'm going to have to play it. But telling me to have faith based on Bioware writers and devs, because they've never intentionally misdirected us or shown bias towards certain characters that aren't Kaidan before? Sorry, I can't have faith like that. And yeah, I'm sure Sbarge has recorded plenty of lovely lines, but if to get them I have to force my Shepards to roll over like whipped dogs and act in a way that's completely out of character for them, then I guess I just won't be getting them. Whatever.
Guys, have mercy on me - I'm currently trying to calm down two biggest fanbases because all this talk about spoilers turns me into one raging guinea pig.
Kinda DA2 spoilers ahead:
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Yes, DA2 Anders-like turn of events was bad. But the reaction of players wasn't exactly positive. I don't think BioWare will repeat the same mistake again.
END OF DA2 RELATED STUFF. BUT START OF DISCUSSION OF GODDAMNED LEAK.
Second, not everyone is pleased with such turn of events. Aside from people who are worried about own favourites, there are plenty of people disagreeing with VS treatment. Besides, what got in that leak looks for many as extremely bad writing. Would BioWare get such spot on reputation? I think not.
And third, think about Mr. Sbarge. Remember when on one comic con he was asked about recording m/m and answered "yes"? In my books he's not that strongly relates to EA and hence his words aren't that contaminated with marketing. Now let's return to
what he said. "Characters are living people". "Kaidan will never betray". "ME3 has the best writing in series". If there would be horrible moments, wouldn't in his blogs appear any indication on that? Something dodgy, like "ME3 is hard time for entire galaxy and all characters" or something like that? But all we see now from him is positive - man clearly enjoys what he's doing. If he had to record atrocities Shepard would go through to get those steamy lines, wouldn't it sadden him as much as us?
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