Look at the original Star Wars trilogy, was the point of Star Wars about Luke shooting Stormtroopers and fighting Vader? No, it was about the adventure and the people involved.
Characters developed, relationships formed and the final confrontation between Luke and Vader in ROTJ is powerful because of what the scene represents, rather than the special effects and the actual "action" (which isn't that great).
Everything meant something, there was little one-liners and it created the devoted fanbase. You'd have a few issues here or there with it, as most people didn't care much for Ewoks and much debate was spurred about whether the Rebels killing the Emperor was good for everybody. Enough so that George Lucas added the scene with everybody celebrating at the end of ROTJ to show that "yes, people hate the empire".
Now let's shift our gaze towards the Star Wars prequels, it's shifted more to care about CGI and less about the characters. The final confrontation between Obi-wan and Anakin is supposed to represent something big, which it
kinda does but it quickly drowned out as the CGI and such take place.
One-liners come about, some of it not making any sense. Now, it's mostly subjective but the majority of people generally view the prequels as being sub-standard quality to the original trilogy. Is it because of the wooden characters, the focus on special effects or it's various other problems? Possibly, though I'd personally say it's because it's
less about the adventure and
more about the pew pew.
Though all Mass Effect games have had it's fair issue with one liners and the like, there is a shift in the writing "tone" from ME1 and ME2 / ME3. One of the things I absolutely loved about ME1 was that it felt like you were in an 80s-early 90s scifi, you went out with your crew and explored the vast universe.
The "tone" alone is why I played 23 100% ME1 playthroughs, though ME2 only recieved 7. ME2 had some of the elements which I enjoyed in it's writing style, though it was a bastardization which I argued since it's release. Most who frequented the ME2 spoiler forum knew my opinion on ME2's writing style and the like.
ME1 was "my" original Star Wars trilogy, it had it's flaws but I saw it's potential and watched it eagerly for it to grow. It's potential was great, though ME2 disappointed me in many regards (though I'd still consider it a fine game).
Now I'm pretty sure that Mass Effect 3 will sell and be a large success (especially since it's riding on the emotions and buildup from ME1 and ME2), just like the SW prequel trilogy, though never in my life would I consider the prequel trilogy or ME3 as anything good. It's thrown away everything I loved and remains in name only, something for a new generation and others to enjoy. If I wanted to watch/play an action movie/game, I'd watch / play the "kings" of the genre.
Modifié par Dave of Canada, 15 février 2012 - 07:33 .
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