But the ending confused me, like it confused many others. Bioware, I've stalked posts for days since I beat it (second day it came out) and have read many different opinions on the subject, most of them angry and I feel unjustifiable or downright hurtful. But none of the opinions offered real answers to me.
When I beat the game (5 am in the morning), I felt empty. The last hour of the game wasn't what I expected. Shepard dying was something I expected. A sad ending, I expected and wanted. Resolution with all characters except Liara felt weak to me, though. By the end of the game, I felt nothing was answered. Reapers were gone but I don't know anything, not even about the Catalyst or the Reapers themselves. My undying curiosity about the origin of the Keepers remain unsolved.
Since I beat it, I've come to terms about many things about the ending I realized I do like. I was hoping that's part of the effect you're going for, Bioware.
The destruction of the mass relays was necessary. They were part of the Reaper cycle. Shepard dying, like I said, I already accepted. Not knowing what happened afterwards to your companions (excluding an ambiguous crash landing) was somewhat okay. If YOU are Shepard, once you die, you won't get any closure afterwards.
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Besides my extremely long post rant, what I hope for is this. Can someone who KNOWS, tell me, what were you thinking with those endings? I don't mean this in a negative way. I spent days thinking about the endings. And that is a good accomplishment, in my opinion. I immediately hated it, but upon retrospect thought it deserved more credit. Another good accomplishment. It was a big emotional drain to see the ending. If that was your goal, good job.
But, what is the Catalyst, Reapers, Keepers? Who made the Catalyst? I assume perhaps we are not meant to know? Never to know? Reapers being symbolic? But this whole created will always destroy creators...where does this play in? The two examples for me are genophage and the geth, neither of which hold to this example. Krogans were limited, not extinct. Geth were defensive, not aggressive. Was the Catalyst, then, SUPPOSED to be wrong, with Shepard proving it? Was it right, and if so, when did the Protheans cross the line of creating things capable of wiping themselves out? Because they were empirical? Was the Catalyst the RESULT of a lack of cycle, as in, they destroyed their creators completely because no one stopped them...by...annihilating...them...first...in which case that is an example of life not NEEDING Reaper influence, unless we start approaching paradoxical thinking. When was the Catalyst included as a plan in the Crucible? WHY was it included? Does that cycle's race know what the Catalyst was, even though no organic ever stepped in that high room? If they didn't know, how was it adapted to affect the programming of the Catalyst? Before the Catalyst was added to the plan, what was the Crucible's intention?
The philosophy behind the Catalyst is beyond me. Perhaps I am short-sighted, but if a Bioware dev reads this, maybe you can answer this for me and appease my mind? Right now, I am very unsatisfied because of the lack of answers.
And a sidenote, WERE YOU EVER GONNA SHOW WHO MADE KEEPERS? We theorized they were an ancient indoctrinated race. Chorban says they're made by same tech as Reapers/Citadel, implicating they share the same creator. SO WHAT ARE THEY? THE CITADEL EXPLODED, YOU CAN TELL ME NOW. HOW DO THE KEEPERS WORK????
Also, why was the Normandy in hyperspace? Is that a plot hole that we will be explained? Last I remember, Liara/Garrus were on Earth with me to charge the beam. Now they're on the Normandy?
If you've read this post in its entirety, Bioware, I thank you. I took a lot of effort typing this up because I know you spent a lot of effort on this game and want to give you a chance to help me understand it the way you wanted it to be expressed, as open-ended (Because I understand that if you wanted to give us more answers, the Catalyst could have) or definite as you want. So give me a chance with some sort of notion? Thank you very much.
If you DIDN'T read this, you suck
Modifié par Soulzityr, 10 mars 2012 - 07:41 .
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