Nashiktal wrote...
If the demo really is the opening for ME3, then B doesn't make any sense to me. I barely understood what was going on, even as a veteran of the Mass Effect series. I know who vega is... Barely. I know anderson stepped down from the council... from the wiki. (I don't know how he kept his job after what he did though). I know who the VS is, but thats a bare bones intro.
That'sjust covering what I do know. I don't know anything about this defence council, I don't know why shep's been in that room for so long, I don't know... Well a lot. Its jarring, it feels rushed, and so far this is the worse opening for the Mass Effect series so far.
Well, that's the thing isn't it... it's not really a good intro for either new or veteran players, because it rushes through things too much... so much so it even feels like Anderson is rushing Shepard along and indirectly saying, "Quickly! We have to get to the other Admirals in time for the Reaper invasion for dramatic effect! No time to talk with Vega or Williams! Move! MOVE!"
There's too little meat there and too little time taken, but at the same time too many things still brought up to merely be glossed over. Vega, Anderson's position (if you made him Councilor), the VS's quick cameo, etc. just aren't given enough time to settle and enough context and focus to really be satisfying, and it would almost be better if they weren't there at all than given the quick once-over on the way to the attack. The tension is neutered and impact lessened because the attack doesn't come suddenly at all; the Admirals are all wetting themselves from the get-go.
So we've got something that for new players throws up too much stuff, only to gloss over it too quickly and rush to the climax, thus making them go, "WTF?!!" and for veterans it just doesn't reflect on the past events enough because it glosses over or ignores them just to cut to the chase. It fails for both sides of the ME3 player coin.
I personally have no real problem with the basic premise of the opening events (beyond thinking the Alliance brass still being in denial until the last moment would have provided more impact), but it's the breakneck speed and execution of it that's extremely poor and questionable. Again, it's like ME3 is more for the Michael Bay fan than the Ridley Scott ones: screw tension, screw building up an opening with good pacing, screw dialogue and character-defining moments... just get to the 'sploshuns!!! Had the same basic events taken place over 2-3 times as much time and there been some semblance of part of the trial actually taking place, then it would have been fine. As it stands... clumsy and rushed.
Modifié par Terror_K, 13 février 2012 - 07:49 .
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concentrating too much on making each part stand on its own instead of actually developing a properly trilogy that coherently fits together and truly depends on the prior titles.
