Here is something for future referencing concerning Bioware credibility, based on the promises made about the game compared with what we know now.
gamerant.com/mass-effect-3-different-every-player-dyce-124489/Specifically:
While fans are likely as disappointed that this game will be the end of Commander Shepard
as they are eager to see it come to fruition, the closing of the
trilogy brings more opportunities for the series’ writers. Executive
Director Casey Hudson explained to GameInformer that even though
Mass Effect 2 was able to carry over hundreds of decisions from the first game, the third will have much more impact.As a result, the list of possible conclusions is longer than ever. For fans who felt that
Mass Effect 2 made past decisions extra troubling, you’ll want to get ready for even more repeat playthroughs:
“Yeah, and I’d say much more so, because we have the
ability to build the endings out in a way that we don’t have to worry
about eventually tying them back together somewhere. This story arc is
coming to an end with this game. That means the endings can be a lot
more different. At this point we’re taking into account so many
decisions that you’ve made as a player and reflecting a lot of that
stuff. It’s not even in any way like the traditional game endings, where
you can say how many endings there are or whether you got ending A, B,
or C.“It’s more like there are some really obvious things that are
different and then lots and lots of smaller things, lots of things about
who lives and who dies, civilizations that rose and fell, all the way
down to individual characters. That becomes the state of where you left
your galaxy. The endings have a lot more sophistication and variety in
them.”
Reading that kind of gives me the impression there will be a wide variety of endings, from the scale of awesome good to ****** poor. A reasonable consumer might read that and think that's what he's saying. But a lawyer would read it and say, no he wasn't lying. Specifically:
-"...because we have the ability to build the endings out..." - Having the ability to do something and actually doing it are completely unrelated, so no fib here.
-"That means the endings can be a lot more different." - Notice he says the endings CAN be a lot more different, not ARE a lot more different. Not technically lying.
-"At this point we’re taking into account so many decisions..." - Thinking about something for a second and then disgarding it is technically taking it into account.
-"The endings have a lot more sophistication and variety in them." - The reaches of "sophistication and variety" to be defined by us, where we consider relatively minor differences to be sophisticated and of variety.
Modifié par Rdubs, 29 février 2012 - 05:24 .