jeweledleah wrote...
www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html
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luci90 wrote...
Bone3ater wrote...
I know I'm whining...
No.
No you are not whining.
You are voicing your opinion on something you feel strongly about, in a grown up manner.
If anyone tells you different, punch them in the face.
Hold the line.
Archangel6902 wrote...
Lochwood wrote...
Thalos wrote...
I agree expecially concerning the indoctrination theory. Lets not forget that said theory was thought of by the players, not suggested in any way by the producers. To me the whole indoctrination theory, plausible and elaborated and well-constructed as it is, looks like a desperate attempt to explain and somehow justify this terrible thing that is mass effect 3 ending. It is almost like the players are trying to convince themselves that this was all intentional and that this was the plan ans that there's more to it, that bioware did not really let us all down.Yea maybe it's true but unfortunately I believe that none of this was intentional, that bioware did let us down, that the ending was rushed and illconsidered, that all of what the indoctrination theory explains could just as easily be explained by saying that bioware maybe ran out of time and had to rush to meet the deadline , or that they simply did not care enough. I'm sorry everyone if I sound so negative, I still sincerely hope that bioware will be able to fix the ending but this remains the biggest disappointment I have ever had in a game.cjp31 wrote...
With regards to Indoctrination Theory I honestly think it's an interpretation that mildly resembles a paranoid schizophrenic. I mean that in the sense that any bit of evidence is seized upon that may (and may NOT) support the theory and subsequently used as definitive evidence. The theory also appears to be quite closed in the sense that no single fact contained in the gameplay could ever disprove it. In fact I would be willing to be that you could find signs that Shepard is indoctrinated in any of the Mass Effect games and be able to rationalize reasons why/how this could benefit the Reapers. It seems too convenient and too motivated out of hopeful thinking. I also do not see why everyone is so convinced that Shepard HAS to be in London at the end. No concrete on the citadel? Really? Look again as that's a pretty weak argument. (Again, this is ignoring the fact that Shepard is outside without a Helmet during the Crucible sequence). Could it be true? Yep. But I have to feel that without further DEFINITIVE evidence I have to go with Occam's Razor and just put it down to inconsistent writing.
Ultimately I hope to see some clarification and maybe some additions to the endings but I don't hope for a 'happy', shots-and-high-fives ending as I think that would be missing the entire point of the series.
With respect, you're likely wrong. According to reports, up until November, indoctrination was going to figure prominently into the end sequence. The player was going to physically lose control of Shepard in some way, likely during a final boss battle. (You'll notice that after you say goodbye to Garrus that there ARE no more fights for you to "give them hell -- that's because they dropped the final boss and the indoctrination gameplay due to "unsatisfying game mechanics.")
That said, I think Shep is definitely in London at the end -- it's clearly the London textures. Also, the Citadel breaks up and explodes in the rendered cutscene -- so if he wakes up while still on the Citadel, it's going to be a short reunion. Also, it LOOKS like London because it's not a burning metallic space ship -- and that's what Occam's razor suggests.
No your wrong, there's no way shep is indoctronated. The black swirly stuff , that was TIM's power paralyzing Shepard and Anderson, let's just clarify that little tid bit. Also who's to say that the Starchild couldn't have encased Shepard in a force field which once the citadel exploded launched it back to earth. This is a rare occurance but so is getting the ending where you see him live at all. It's just one of the possibilities, also who's to say and it's VERY plausable moreso than my previous statement actually, that once again Shepard wasn't protected somehow through direct intervention or just dumb luck, and rode the Citadel Wreckage back to earth, having been pulled into Earth's gravitational pull.
People seem to miss the point, the number one point which is obvious as a kick to the face, as to WHY Shepard couldn't have been Indoctronated and why that theory is just bunk.
TIM couldn't have controlled the Reapers because he was Indoctronated, Shepard Could control them because he...Obviously Wasn't! The Star Child wouldn't have even bothered to show up!! Or Talk to Shepard in the first place if he WAS indoctronated!! This is cold hard logic based on what we saw all conjecture aside.
EnforcerWRX7 wrote...
They are clarifying the ending. They aren't fixing it. I don't know everyone thinks the co-founder was coming clean. He wasn't. They are simply selling us the idea of the start to the next series.
The endings were designed to sell more DLC and games.
RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...
EnforcerWRX7 wrote...
They are clarifying the ending. They aren't fixing it. I don't know everyone thinks the co-founder was coming clean. He wasn't. They are simply selling us the idea of the start to the next series.
The endings were designed to sell more DLC and games.
how the hell are they going to clarify dead team (low EMS) re-appearing on the normandy at the end?
luci90 wrote...
RiGoRmOrTiS_UK wrote...
EnforcerWRX7 wrote...
They are clarifying the ending. They aren't fixing it. I don't know everyone thinks the co-founder was coming clean. He wasn't. They are simply selling us the idea of the start to the next series.
The endings were designed to sell more DLC and games.
how the hell are they going to clarify dead team (low EMS) re-appearing on the normandy at the end?
More space magic, I suppose.
Rikudoko wrote...
Insights in "artistic integrity"
The term “artistic integrity” and the statement that “art should not be changed” have been appearing a lot recently regarding the controversial end of ME3.
Well, I’ve been an art student for quite some years now, and I like to give my point of view on these subjects (btw I’m Spanish so pardon any grammatical or synthaxis errors).
A lot of people have their mouth full with the word “art”, but the truth is no one really knows what art is. It doesn’t exist in the natural world per se. For example, a tree does exist. Every tree is unique and different from the others, yet everyone will easily find consensus on what to call “a tree”. Such thing doesn’t happen with art, and that is, imho, because art doesn’t “exist”. What is to be considered art is based solely in oneself opinion. So, art is just a subjective word to refer to something that is considered beautiful, or pleasant, or whatever your conditions are.
¿Is Mass Effect art? To me, sure it is. One of the best form of art. ¿Does this mean it should be sacralised? No. Art is an opinion. Thus, art is mutable. Art is ALIVE. The piece of art that is ME3 was conceived to an audience, to the players. It’s not like they created this piece of art for themselves, because they felt like it would only appeal to them. Video games are to be enjoyed by the players.
We have a very old sense of what is “art”. The paintings that we consider art are 100 years old and more, and of course you cannot change them: the authors are dead and they are history pieces. But the masterpieces of Da Vinci and such artist had a target group, a client. In Renaissance, it was the church, and if they did not like what the artist painted, they had to address it (Da Vinci went as far as to paint 3 versions of the same painting to please his client). Then came SXX and painters rebelled against that, and started to paint things that went against the audience in some sense. But they painted for themselves. They did not charge you 70, 80 or 90 euros to see their work of art. Wich you have to pay to play ME3 (since you cannot rent it or buy it second hand due to DLC issues, online codes and that sort of thing). They did not force you to buy their work in order for you to enjoy it.
ME3 is art. Yet, that doesn’t mean its GOOD ART. Crappy art exists too. ME3 was a masterpiece till the end. The final brushstrokes looked lazy and rushed and unprofessional compared to the rest of the painting. Of course they don’t have to change it if they don’t want to. But then, to most of us their final piece of art will be a crappy one, and we will lose interest in Bioware as an artist.
To be an artist does not mean that everything you make is gold. Artists make mistakes. And they fix them. It has happened through all of art history and I hope it happens today with ME3.
Dawson14 wrote...
Mass Shift? Are you kidding me? That story board and Terminator DLC sounds like the biggest piece of garbage EVER. No way in hell I'm buying that. No wonder the endings were so awful. They forced the ending to make way for a new series. I can't believe they sacrificed the ending to one of the greatest stories/games of all time to make what sounds like god awful DLC and a new series. Absolutely ruined it for me. I REFUSE to buy any of that.
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Modifié par Leem_0001, 25 mars 2012 - 06:05 .
Rikudoko wrote...
Insights in "artistic integrity"
The term “artistic integrity” and the statement that “art should not be changed” have been appearing a lot recently regarding the controversial end of ME3.
Well, I’ve been an art student for quite some years now, and I like to give my point of view on these subjects (btw I’m Spanish so pardon any grammatical or synthaxis errors).
A lot of people have their mouth full with the word “art”, but the truth is no one really knows what art is. It doesn’t exist in the natural world per se. For example, a tree does exist. Every tree is unique and different from the others, yet everyone will easily find consensus on what to call “a tree”. Such thing doesn’t happen with art, and that is, imho, because art doesn’t “exist”. What is to be considered art is based solely in oneself opinion. So, art is just a subjective word to refer to something that is considered beautiful, or pleasant, or whatever your conditions are.
¿Is Mass Effect art? To me, sure it is. One of the best form of art. ¿Does this mean it should be sacralised? No. Art is an opinion. Thus, art is mutable. Art is ALIVE. The piece of art that is ME3 was conceived to an audience, to the players. It’s not like they created this piece of art for themselves, because they felt like it would only appeal to them. Video games are to be enjoyed by the players.
We have a very old sense of what is “art”. The paintings that we consider art are 100 years old and more, and of course you cannot change them: the authors are dead and they are history pieces. But the masterpieces of Da Vinci and such artist had a target group, a client. In Renaissance, it was the church, and if they did not like what the artist painted, they had to address it (Da Vinci went as far as to paint 3 versions of the same painting to please his client). Then came SXX and painters rebelled against that, and started to paint things that went against the audience in some sense. But they painted for themselves. They did not charge you 70, 80 or 90 euros to see their work of art. Wich you have to pay to play ME3 (since you cannot rent it or buy it second hand due to DLC issues, online codes and that sort of thing). They did not force you to buy their work in order for you to enjoy it.
ME3 is art. Yet, that doesn’t mean its GOOD ART. Crappy art exists too. ME3 was a masterpiece till the end. The final brushstrokes looked lazy and rushed and unprofessional compared to the rest of the painting. Of course they don’t have to change it if they don’t want to. But then, to most of us their final piece of art will be a crappy one, and we will lose interest in Bioware as an artist.
To be an artist does not mean that everything you make is gold. Artists make mistakes. And they fix them. It has happened through all of art history and I hope it happens today with ME3.
Modifié par Reeeen0690, 25 mars 2012 - 06:09 .
Rikudoko wrote...
Insights in "artistic integrity"
The term “artistic integrity” and the statement that “art should not be changed” have been appearing a lot recently regarding the controversial end of ME3.
Well, I’ve been an art student for quite some years now, and I like to give my point of view on these subjects (btw I’m Spanish so pardon any grammatical or synthaxis errors).
pipemaster9000 wrote...
I don't see why people are bashing the IT. It fills holes in the plot, It makes sense. Shepard IS human and he IS susceptible to Indoctrination.
This video is pretty in-depth and makes sense. It also sheds light on Bioware being geniuses and planning these endings all along. IT would explain why Shepard is in London after choosing the Renegade option. The "other" endings are explained as well, from information supplied via codex's throughout ME1 and ME2.
IT is the missing puzzle piece to the holes. I was too caught up in the moment of seeing the ending notice subtle anomalies in the convos with TIM and Anderson.
Regardless of what you think about IT, watch it. It may open your eyes. Lets face it, Bioware knows what they are doing. To think that they would let an ending like that slide to finish off the trilogy would be ludicrous. If they release DLC without any mention of Shep battling indoctrination and that the endings aren't in his head then I will be disappointed. It makes too much sense in accordance with the current ending(s)
I didn't make the video or have any input in it, merely relaying the opinion.
Dawson14 wrote...
pipemaster9000 wrote...
I don't see why people are bashing the IT. It fills holes in the plot, It makes sense. Shepard IS human and he IS susceptible to Indoctrination.
This video is pretty in-depth and makes sense. It also sheds light on Bioware being geniuses and planning these endings all along. IT would explain why Shepard is in London after choosing the Renegade option. The "other" endings are explained as well, from information supplied via codex's throughout ME1 and ME2.
IT is the missing puzzle piece to the holes. I was too caught up in the moment of seeing the ending notice subtle anomalies in the convos with TIM and Anderson.
Regardless of what you think about IT, watch it. It may open your eyes. Lets face it, Bioware knows what they are doing. To think that they would let an ending like that slide to finish off the trilogy would be ludicrous. If they release DLC without any mention of Shep battling indoctrination and that the endings aren't in his head then I will be disappointed. It makes too much sense in accordance with the current ending(s)
I didn't make the video or have any input in it, merely relaying the opinion.
So your saying that BioWare intentionally did this indoctrination plot and intentionally did not finish the game which they said was ONLY going to be a trilogy, and then make us pay for the real ending via DLC? Not a chance, with this leak thats coming out(if its true), it makes 100% sense that they made some weak ending with the same outcomes so they could write the next series of games. Again, they sacrificed Mass Effect for future game sales of Mass Shift or whatever else they end up calling it. They sold us out. Most likely EA.
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