braxy29 wrote...
Cosmochyck wrote...
All of this!! I wish there had been a renegade interrupt to punch him. My Shep started in ME2, so no VS romance, and Kaidan was still hitting on her 3 seconds after Thane died. So brutal. Did they want to make sure we didn't miss the romance options? Because most seemed very in your face.
And for those that didn't know...we have a united ME2 romance thread - it's here!
i was just thinking about this! i played on ps3; my computer is about 5 years old now and can't even handle minecraft, much less mass effect. bioware always plays up that you can join into this trilogy at any time, and i started with me2. my connection was to the story of me2, the characters of me2. when i played me3, i just felt so screwed about it all, like the whole experience and 100 hours or so of play time i invested in me2 was disposable.
i realize more people probably play on xbox or computer, but i think the ps3 fans got screwed generally, not just because me2 was sort of set aside for those of us who can't play the first installment, but due to quality issues as well.
anyway, there are so many things they could have done differently, and i would LOVE to see kolyat join up if thane has to die, or even the chance to talk to him again. my biggest complaints, though are a) this doesn't seem like the same thane we romanced at the end of me2,
what? we couldn't even get ONE lousy conversation about something besides his dying after seeing him again? and c) the lack of achievement or acknowledgement of the romance from anyone else.
i keep thinking of liara saying, "oh shep, i'm sorry!" about earth. i even sought her out after thane's death, thinking she might be the one character who would say something, but not a word.
ps. i liked edi better before she had a body, and the joker romance was a bit ridiculous. not that i'm trying to dis the joker/edi fans, mind you. just that i was already invested in seeing more thane in this game, not seeing a new romance.
pps. the voice acting in the shane/fshep scene was weird. he sounds so emotional when he first sees her, but then slips into virtual indifference. fshep sounds like a pervy slimeball instead of someone reconnecting with her dying lover.
Cake?? That was brilliantly put! Agree on all points.
I have mentioned this before, but it was a few months past in the Thane Thread, but they could have easily done this right for the romancers AND those that wanted (yuck) Thane to die. If LM was a success, and/or Thane was romanced and alive by the end of ME2, give the man some autonomy, and have him CHOOSE to extend his life (i.e. lung transplant, lung medi-gel, space magic I don't care....) This would take place DURING those six months that Shepard and him are separated. Still meeting him in the hospital then would work for those that didn't meet the above conditions, and for his CHOOSING to extend his life.
If he has chosen to extend his life, he still needs to check in with his Dr.'s, maybe needs some health maintenance, ect....If the above conditions were met, we have romance dialogue specific to his extending his life, and we get the chance to reaffirm the relationship. Added dialogue/scenes, the likes. Then, when the fight with Kai Leng happens, if you are in a romance with him(or friended with LM successful), he doesn't get hurt badly but Kai Leng knows that you (Shep and Co.) are now on the scene, and Kai Leng takes off. Rest of the scene plays out as normal. You still go to the hospital to check on him, those that didn't pursue a relationship with him (friend or LI) get the deathbed scene.
Those that did romance/friend him, get the chance to do a side mission for assets, AND for Thanemancers we also get a love scene. Since he was never intended to come back as a squaddie (yeah, wattever..), you can suggest that him and Kolyat return to Kahje (or they can stay on Kahje if that is where the side quest is.)
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Just a quick added note. Some players who still wish to be friends with Thane, BUT still want his death (yuck), could have a few flag markers set up in the first set of dialogue options you get. For example, make a convo similiar to the Alistair "Hardening" dialogue. First two times I played DAO, I didn't choose the correct set of options to "harden" Alistair. This could then be a flag that if triggered (or in this case NOT triggered), get the deathbed scene instead. This would then cover pretty much all RP options.
1)Thane romanced, life extended,not badly injured by Leng, side mission, asset, off to Kahje.
2)Thane friended, life extended, "hardened", not badly injured by Leng, side mission, asst, off to Kahje.
3)Thane friended/romanced, life extended, NOT "hardened" (or romance rejected), BADLY injured by Leng, deathbed scene.
4) Thane alive but unsuccessful LM, NO life extention, Kai Leng badly injures Thane, deathbed scene.
Modifié par coldwetn0se, 20 mars 2012 - 09:39 .