Matthew 26:31: Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: "'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
After the Collector Ship destroyed the Normandy SR-1, www.youtube.com/watch
Not long after Shepard is resurrected.He has this conversation with Operative Jacob Taylor:
Jacob: Okay... i promised that I would answer your questions.What do you want to know?
Shepard: The last thing that I remember is the Normandy blowing up.Did anyone else make it?!
Jacob: Just about everyone survived.A few service men from the lower decks didn't get out in time.Navigator Pressley was killed by an explosion; but everyone else - including the non-Alliance crew.The asari, Liara and the quarian.They all made it out alive.
Shepard: Do you know what any of them are doing now?
Jacob: I don't know Commander.It's been two years.They've moved on.Left the Alliance.They could be anywhere...
Shepard: They were my team.If they knew I was alive.They would come back.
(Nah Shepard.They don't give a f*ck... <_<)
The Commander goes on to discover that not only has the Alliance and Council disowned him and all but scandalized his name.He also learns that every member of his team, the Virmire Survivor, Liara T Soni, Tali, Garrus and Wrex have all for the last two years in his absense developed a "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" attitude concerning the inevitable Reaper Invasion of the Milky Way Galaxy.They all have dropped the ball...
I can barely even imagine how this revelation he endured must have felt.
Now concerning his colleagues, they weren't just being idle.They were doing something productive with their lives.I was genuinley happy to see all of them.And hear of how they have risen in station amongst their people and found purpose in their new roles.But -- "Hang on!" Let us remember how Mass Effect 1 ends and Shepard and the Council's final words of the game...
The Turian Councilor: "The battle with Soverign destroyed our illusions of peace and security.Now the galaxy will look to us -- the Council -- to defend them."
Shepard: "Sovereign alone nearly wiped you out.You won't stand a chance if the whole Reaper fleet shows up. Not unless I find some way to stop them."
Ambassador Udina: "Shepards right! We're on the verge of war with an enemy unlike any the galaxy has ever known, a war for the very survival of all life as we know it. Humanity is ready to do its part.We will not back down.We will not surrender.We will lead you to battle against the Reapers and we will drive them back into Dark Space!"
The Council (as we learn in ME2) backtracks completely on this pledge.But so to does Shepard's closest friends and allies.
(A) Commander Shepard calling his former comrades out on this.
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Everyone you meet again is completely unapologetic and behaves as if they did nothing wrong.Joker is actually one of the people (even though I like him) who pisses me off the most in ME2: For how unlike Rick Jones ( The teenage boy who Dr.Bruce Banner saved) he is...
Rick Jones was full of regret and remorse for what happened to this complete stranger who saved his life.He took responsibilty for his actions that day and sought to make amends.At no time during Mass Effect 2 does Joker ask Shepard could he have a word. or "Permission to speak freely, Sir." It would have been nice at the very least for Joker to show a bit of self hatred, for how his physical limitattions cost Shepard his life.He doesn't apologize.He doesn't seem to feel any compulsion to acknowledge what happened that day...
Though I have the greatest admiration for the writing team of the Mass Effect Franchise.They really dropped the ball here.Think about how much more drama and tension could have been added if Commander Shepard had to deal with all his mixed feelings now about his former teammates.The game is about Recruitment and Loyalty.But the real question is: Should Commander Shepard be loyal to them or seek retribution?! When I realized that all of this was under the surface of ME2, it really affected how I (at this time) feel about the orignal roster.Kaidan, Ashley, Garrus, Tali, Wrex and Liara.I kind of have this,"To Hell With Them!"
In Mass Effect 3, I am really curious as to what they are going to do about all this that is boiling under the surface with Commander Shepard.Given how stressed out the Reaper War will have him.It is highly likely that he is going to snap at some people on more than one occasion.And its more than justified: and things he has been keeping a lid on now, may be spoken of then...
BioWare, I hope your listening, b/c: What you left unsaid in Mass Effect 2, Could be well placed in ME3...
Modifié par ubermensch007, 27 août 2011 - 04:36 .





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