Posted this in the other thread, but I put some effort into it and it's relevant here!
My "issue" with the endings is that it's against everything they've previously established. They HAVE a great ending already in place, but for some reason chose not to use it?
The Protheans from Ilos, trapped on the Citadel post-Conduit, begin work on the Citadel itself. Presumably, just as the Reapers use it to arrive in the galaxy for their "cycle", also use it to return. Shepard takes the Normandy through the Citadel and enters dark-space. Nothing exists here but an entity, virtual, whose sole-job is "controlling" the Reapers logic. Since machine logic would suggest that to simply wipe out the entirety of biological life in one swoop, to save them having to return, this entity exists as a "firewall" to stop the reapers reaching that conclusion and preserving the cyclical nature.
This entity (think Vigil from Ilos) explains that the Reapers were created to prevent the eventual development of the final stage of Artificial Life - a pure AI that would simply destroy all of the biological, unlike both the not fully-Intelligent Geth and the symbiotic Reapers. He explains that this singularity is inevitable. He explains that Shepards arrival there was statistical impossibility - each race that was extinguished before made infinitely tiny contributions to the knowledge of the Citadel, each raising the "possibility" of an organic arrival into Dark Space by a minute amount. Shepard's arrival is the "finality" - the point at which these infinitely tiny probabilities stack enough to make it a possibility. Because of this, no defenses were prepared. The entity has no means to stop you.
And so you are given the final choice. Destroy the Reapers forever, bringing down the Relays with it but preserving life. Upload a somewhat simplistic virus into the system, bringing down the Reapers defenses (while they attempt to purge themselves) - while the Reapers are still active here, remember that you have the Citadel's combined fleets on the assault. Massive losses would be sustained, even the destruction of some races, varying based upon your level of preparation, but the weakened Reapers would be annihilated at immeasurable cost with the Relays are intact. Or, the "merge" ending, combining both facets of life into one to reduce the AI risk. This is the only one that would remove the spectre of the "AI Singularity" warned about, but is obviously not ideal. Shepard, in the meantime, only returns to the Normandy in time to jump back through the Citadel Relay at maximum preparation level - otherwise, the Normandy is forced to jump without him and Shepard sacrifices himself.
So there. A few twists to the story to tie it into the existing ones, and literally everyone can get an ending they are happy with for their own, personal stories. Because that's the issue, here. It's "your" story, and the final ending should be about your preference.
Modifié par -Severian-, 01 mars 2012 - 06:07 .
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