magnuskn wrote...
Giantdeathrobot wrote...
I read the endings and... yikes, no jokes, that's hella bleak stuff right there. The fate of the galaxy goes from bad to relatively good, but Shepard and crew get monumentally screwed up pretty much no matter what.
That said, apparently the guide mentions a ''Perfect Ending'' no one knows about if you do a NG+. So the hopes of an happy ending aren't completely gone.
Look, if there is a "Perfect Ending" with another playthrough, I'll take everything I said back. Because then BioWare did indeed realize that "maybe we should include a hard work option for the people who don't like all this bleak stuff..."
Not really putting much hope on this, though.
I disagree.
I don't think there should be a 'perfect' ending where everyone lives. All that does is undercut a good story by making the other endings
less desirable, because they'd only occur when Shepard makes tactical or strategic blunders. Virmire was a great emotional moment of the series (except of course for people who hated either Ashley or Kaidan) because no matter what Shepard does, he can't save everyone. That scene wouldn't have had anywhere near the same emotional impact if Ashley or Kaidan only died if Shepard was a bumbling incompetent not fit to lead a girl scout troop, let alone a squad of highly trained operatives.
Having a perfect ending in ME2 undercut the Suicide Mission as well, because Shepard only lost people when he made tactical or strategic blunders.
Thankfully it sounds like Bioware has not made the same mistake with the ending of ME3. Also, an an ending is an unhappy one if Shepard saves the galaxy, even if his entire team wipes.
I'd only be open to an 'everyone lives' ending if it is not the most desirable ending as far as the fate of the galaxy goes. A 'everyone lives' ending might work if it was achieved only when the player was unwilling to take risks with his own team, and the galaxy suffers more death and destruction because of it.
Modifié par Han Shot First, 28 février 2012 - 03:50 .