VStar wrote...
I don't understand why anyone is upset with the basic ending outlines, taking completely out of context and without any understanding of what the "deus ex machina" everyone is referring to actually is. There are oblique references to the device in the script, but there's nothing that explicitly spells out what it is and how it comes to be. Inferences can certainly be made based upon the spoilers, and they're probably accurate, but based upon everything we've learned in the past two games, they're hardly as out-of-the-blue as you're trying to make it sound. What other ending options were you honestly expecting? These have been the outcomes everyone's been talking about since ME3's initial plot was revealed. Why are you crying foul on them now?
I mean, seriously, aside from doing X, Y, or Z to the Reapers, what did you honestly expect was going to be possible?
The Deus Ex Machina thing is getting silly. It's a "bad word" so everyone who doesn't like something inserts it into anything epic in a plot. The right zinger word is a good or a bad "MacGuffin." Deus Ex Machina was a term coined to be critical of some ancient greek playrights/writers always bringing Gods/Goddesses to save the tragic hero from dieing, ressurecting him or saving the day.
"Although our tragic hero died, Zeus came down and gave him life once more for his heroics and everyone lived happily ever after. Even though there was no mention, foreshadowing or involvement of the Gods/Zeus in the story."
"The races of the Galaxy have been defeated and only a small portion of the Citadel population remains. As the Reapers get ready to shoot their final salvo, mysterious beings of light appear from the Mass Relay destroying the Reaper fleet. Everyone is overjoyed and before they can say thank you, the mysterious Guardians vanish back into the void."
That is true Deus Ex Machina. A MacGuffin is:
"With the Cipher Shepard races Saren to stop him from using the Conduit and thus infiltrating the Citadel. If Saren activates the Citadel manually, the Reapers will destroy us all."
The Conduit, Cipher and the Citadel are all MacGuffins. They're the unique special thing(s) in which all the interesting/key plot developments revolve around and possession of one or more of them will make or break the hero or the villain. ME2 didn't really have a MacGuffin save for the Reaper IFF and the story didn't revolve around it save for the end.
So if Shepard starts going around the Galaxy searching for a wildcard to stop the Reapers in between buying time and making alliances, that's not a Deus Ex Machina. That's a search for the ultimate MacGuffin. The only truly unique thing about Shep is the Cipher. The Cipher is only useful with Prothean technology. Unless you want to throw away the Cipher plot (similar to how ME2 did), then making it important to winning is going to involve some Prothean superweapon/knowledge key to defeating the Reapers.
We should have seen this coming. Actually a lot of people did (some as far back as ME1).
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