AlphaJarmel wrote...
Candidate 88766 wrote...
So the Relays seem to get destroyed in all endings. Shepard sacrifices himself or dies in all but one ending. The Normandy is stranded in every ending. Is that about right?
I wanted the Reaper war to be devastating, but there isn't even a vaguely happy ending.
I don't get Bioware's reasoning for it. I'm all for a bittersweet ending, but so many people play ME games because of the characters. It just seems odd that Bioware would basically kill them all off in eveyr ending.
I really can't interprete this as anything less than a **** you to the fans. I really can't. I can understand everything up to Shepard sacrificing himself but the Normandy being stranded is a straight up **** you.
I kind of agree with this.
I don't really mind the Relay network being lost to defeat the Reapers. All the endings need temendous amounts of energy to be dispersed all around the galaxy, and the Relays are the only things that could do this. Civilization is set back, but no matter the cost 'life finds a way'. Some systems will probably fall, some will be embroiled in war, but ultimately life will continue, free of the Reapers.
However, the sendoff for the characters is something I really don't like. I just don't understand why Bioware would take all these characters that fans have grown to love over dozens of hours and then strand them somewhere away from Shepard.