Personally, I chose destruction. The reason being... I don't believe the catalyst. Everything he says is either disprovable or misguided.
Synthetic and organic life are doomed to always fight each other until one annihilates the other? I literally just finished uniting the Geth with the rest of the galaxy and I've spent the last several months flying about with a fully functional AI in my ship, who is herself in a relationship with an organic.
The only solution is to 'prune' organic life before they can advance too far and create synthetic life that will wipe them out completely? Bull****. First of all, even if that was a sound plan, the execution is deeply flawed. By the time the Reapers rolled around this cycle the Quarians had already created the Geth. Not only do the reapers in the first game show no hostility to the Geth at all, they contact them, leaving those who decline to serve in peace. If the catalyst were really worried about synthetics destroying all organic life, wouldn't destroying the Geth be his first priority? Or indeed, any priority at all? I'll leave the actual soundness of this plan for each person to decide individually (though I suspect not many are going to agree with its merits.
The only solution to ending the cycle permanently is skipping to a synthesis? No. Let's ignore for a brief moment the idea that changing the entire galaxy's DNA (and somehow giving synthetics their own DNA, I guess) is literally a feat of magic completely out of place in the (relatively) grounded universe of Mass Effect. What's the point in physically hybridizing synthetics and organics without them going through the necessary understanding that would have naturally led to that point? Are they suddenly going to stop murdering each other because they're made of the same material? Unless you change how they think (ie: completely brainwash one form of life) they're still going to hold deeply different beliefs. Organics have been killing each other just as much, if not more, than they kill synthetics. Suddenly it's okay because they're physically the same? Add into this the fact that the entire series up until this point has held the idea that evolution without understanding is dangerous. The Krogan uplifting, the Illusive Man's plan, the Shadow Broker's pet Yahrg. They all ended disastrously because they were attempts to fastlane natural evolution. Suddenly it's a good idea because a magical space toddler is asking you to do it? I don't think so.
The control ending is equally flawed. The entire third game Shepard has expressed nothing but utter disbelief at the Illusive Man's arrogance in thinking he could control the reapers. They're a force that corrupts the mind simply by being present. They quite literally exude insanity. I don't trust even Shepard could live unaffected by that. In any case, so long as the reapers exist the cycle hasn't been broken, it's just been shifted.
I chose destruction because I wanted to return the galaxy to the way it was before this insane AI decided it was his playground. Life can evolve free of his 'guidance' and without having to worry about his cycle. If the singularity really is the end goal of all sentient life in the universe, we need to reach it on our own so that we can develop the wisdom and understanding to appreciate what it really means. There's no need to play god, just let life play out.I am curious as to what choices everyone else made, and why they made them.
Modifié par Morrden, 10 mars 2012 - 03:50 .
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