and done... only 54 hours this time Rah
I not even sure where to begin. Im filled with this empty sadness. Theres a hole in me. Never thought I would feel like this about a game. But this has been an incredible journey and its different. This is a game we spent hundreds of hours playing and loving. Its a immersive story, an adventure and something more then any other media could have provided.
I felt like this before. Finishing University, finishing my 9 month round the world trip. Both were end to incredible journeys, the times of my life and a lingering melancholy that it was over. So surprised to have that feeling overwhelm me again over something like this.
For Bioware to do that you know they have created something special, but we already know that dont we!
Anway I could go on about my feelings for ages. To the game! Well brief summary of it. Got loads more to say, but cant put it all here. Simply, I know I will never play another game like ME3. Sure there will be good games, but never will there be anything like this. It had everything I wanted and more. Combat was intense, tactical and fun. Interactions with the crew was amazing. The support characters like Traynor, Cortez and Allers were fantastic. I didnt expect much from them, but they were really well done. Vega was my biggest surprise. Shame we only got him for ME3, I grew quite fond of him in the end.
I suppose the little details were what kept things really cool. Small stuff like Space Hamster running around the subdeck was really nice. Team mates moving around the Normandy and interacting with one another. Returning to the Citadel and seeing it like in ME1. The major hub but far more awesome. Oh and seeing that Big Ben Sniper made it to that game! That was great!
Anyway this playthrough was with Jane Shepard. She did a good job. I was thinking that she perhaps messed one or two things up. I thought the Genophage decision went badly wrong. I think it all worked out in the end though.
So the end... You know what, I thought it was fitting. I dont think its a bad end at all. Im going to go so far to say I liked it! Certainly surprised by the overwhelming outcry now. I know people wanted fairy tale stuff, but maybe I was more realistic. I always saw a biblical side to Shepard. References like "Lazarus" were there and she was referenced many times as humanities savour. Some sort of ultimate sacrifice was always on the cards in my mind. Not so far as saying she will die for all our sins, but you get the picture. She was always something more. I understand why some of you dont feel that way about the end though.
I suppose her decisions in the end all worked out well. I chose to destroy the Reapers and end the cycles. I cant see any of my Sheps not doing that if im honest. The other two just seems wrong. We were told that the chaos of organics and synthetics would always happen. But I dont think it will, or at least there is the best chance for peace yet. Shepard proved they can all work together. The Geth and Quarians in my play now will live and work together on Rannoch. If they can keep the peace which looks promising then im sure many others will follow their example to work together. Even EDI and Shepard showed that. The video log on the Cerberus base saying EDI started out as the AI on Luna symbolised the Quarian War to a more personal level and how misunderstanding can work out to friendship.
Curing the genophage now means the Krogan can now evolve themselves again on Tuchanka. Best solution for them to grow as a society again, resolve the whole uplift issue and devlop their own balances. The Rachni have lasting memories which will survive those thousands of years and will understand humanities and the other races again. It will take thousands of years, but the technology to travel galaxy wide will happen again. Eventually these species will all re-meet and from the groundwork Shepard has created they will all have potential to live together. She created a promising future for the Galaxy going forwards.
Also Jane eventually fell for Liara. She was always more then just a friend and she grew just as much as Shepard during the trilogy. Far more noticeable then the other characters in my opinion. They always had this special connection and it all just fell together. Im convinced that "gift" to Shepard in London was her bonding with Shepard. A gift of a legacy in case of the worst. The conversations you have with EDI, Legion and Javik throughout highlighted the differences between machine and organics and their futures. Organics can pass their genes on at a fundamental level of existance. This was Liara's gift in my eyes. A completion to what it is to be organic.
Then theres that breath in the final moments. Bit cliche, but I really liked it. Adds a lot of room for me to fill in the blanks like I already am doing. Although Liara and Shepard will of course never see each other again. Although having Liara as a love interest here was ideal. Thus why I understand why others will be sad at this end. But still, I think it was a fantastic end to the trilogy. Not disappointed one bit. Kind of impressed actually. Very sad, but an ending I understand.
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