elektrego wrote...
:wub:
Just saw this picture and I had to express my liking of it somehow.
Also, regarding this whole thing with the article quote:
I admit, I am a little paranoid that this will result in an unavoidable scene where she's held capitive (or worse) or where she betrays Shepard. I honestly can't stand the idea of Ashley becoming a legitimized villain or the idea of Ashley being killed 'canonically' because I've argued and scrapped with internet commentors for too long to see them suddenly get
validated.
But still, I'm going to not worry for two reasons:
1. It is entirely possible that Ashley could die in Mass Effect 3 but, if the first two games are any indication, there's no reason to believe that her death would be unavoidable. Wrex doesn't automatically die on Virmire, there's a pretty good chance of him living. Similarly, whether Ashley or Kaidan lives or dies on Virmire is down the player choices, and not something forced.
Same with Mass Effect 2, there's no guarentee that Legion will ever join the team or if you'll have Samara or Morinith as the survivor of Samara's loyalty mission. And of course, it's all up to you if anyone lives or dies on the final mission. I guess what I'm saying is, with the exception of Jenkins, so far no one has been 'forced' to die for canon and it's all up to player options.
For all we know, the bits of dialogue mentioned in the article quote are only what might happen if the 'bad' option comes into play.
2. I doubt Ashley will be a traitor. Or at least I sincerly hope she isn't. I base this on the idea that first of all if they really did give her a massive physical design overhaul to make her more aesthetically pleasing, they probably were hoping or expecting to get large numbers of people to like her. I can't see why a dev would put so much time and energy into making a character look a certain way to make her appeal if they had been planning to make her evil as well.
Second of all, it's the same reason as I gave for the whole 'death' issue. I believe it would be more like Wrex on Virmire wherein there is a confrontation that may result in her dying or, more likely, result in her staying on.
While her being able to die a second time would bring in a new ocean of 'dur hur hur I killed her rednek ass on 'such and such'' comments, I would be able to handle it if I still got the happy ending out of it.
That said, it's still a very long time from being released so I'm sure we'll get more news soon. As it stands, I can understand why everyone is feeling paranoid. I mean we've been handed the shortest stick of any other group of fans in the Mass Effect community and naturally it gives us reason to be concerned. But I refuse to believe in the worst until I actually see it.
I'm nervous about the future too, but one should always try to be hopeful about these things.
Modifié par V-rex, 22 août 2011 - 09:03 .
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