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[Nogthwai]

Yeah, either this interview was actually back in September 2011 or something, I cannot believe that this is for real.

[count_4]

Mac Walters must be delusional. There is no other explanation for the discrepancies between what he says and what we experienced in-game.
I know it's hard to judge your own work but I always expected the ability to do that as a requirement to working at a company like BioWare and creating such great games.

[Fulgrim88]

Hepatitis Q wrote...

I swear it feels like I'm getting trolled by him reading this.

Sure does.

Makes me want to go check if I missed anything, or if I played a different game after all

I mean I could understand the discrepancy if he was a bad writer. But he isn't - the rest of Mass Effect proves that.
So how can't he see..?

Modifié par Fulgrim88, 19 mars 2012 - 01:25 .

[nomoredruggs]

*jaw drop*

[JasonSovereign]

someone kill me

[SCJ90]

Hmm next thing we know we get a Mass Effect Sims game with all your companions from ME!

[Deithmarez]

Are you sure that interview was with Mac Walters and not some random crackhead they pulled off the street? It's as though Mac isn't aware of what he wrote down. You sure this interview wasn't for some new project he's writing? Is he ACTUALLY describing his feelings toward the ending for Mass Effect 3? If I stole from Deus Ex, I don't think those would be my choice words, Mac...

[Doctoglethorpe]

Good lord theres as many holes in his logic as there are holes in his ending. 

Sigh...

[lasertank]

"we didn't want it to be just magic in space"

Then you get RGB.

[Shatterhand1701]

Keep in mind that this interview was very likely done before the release of the game when the endings hadn't become the massive controversy it is now. I don't doubt that the man would still stand behind what he wrote even now, mainly due to an overinflated sense of pride.   I wouldn't be surprised if some people at Bioware are genuinely baffled by the fan outrage at the endings; I'm convinced that they thought they had it in the bag when they wrote that chaotic coda.

Modifié par Shatterhand1701, 19 mars 2012 - 01:27 .

[Jamie9]

Saying the exact opposite of everything won't make people believe it, no matter how many times you repeat it. In fact, it strengthens our resolve. To fix this.

Our choices should matter: Hold the Line.

[Wattoes]

I keep trying to go read other threads, but ive come back here like 7 times now just to make sure I read what I thought I read.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE.

[RavenWoodRCOM]

Anyone else catch "the end of THIS timeline" part. Next mass effect will probably be wayyy in the future.

[joe1852]

revo76 wrote...

'To go back and re-tell that in some way I don't think would work.'

WTF, you screwed Mass Relays, and this guy still thinks there will be post-game after ME3.

How the hell we'll travel in galaxy ? By teleporting like our squadmate teleported to normandy ? Or using Krogan fart as new type of fuel.

****** off

they could just set it thousands of years in the future and have a new means of travel

[Su13perfitz]

miracleofsound wrote...

 Hey guys

Just reading an interview with Mac Walters in 360 Gamer magazine and thought I'd share a few relevant quotes with you. Take into account this was likely done before the endings backlash.

When asked what his favourite moment of the trilogy is so far:

'I have to say when I saw the final hour-ish of Mass Effect 3 come together it was something that, having written much of it, whether it was just the emotion of it - I've been on the project for 8 years now - finally seeing it wrap up and tie together and having a chance to say goodbye to these characters; the sense of wrapping it up in a way I found personally very rewarding and fulfilling.'

'As a writer you always worry on something like this, and certainly as a trilogy you worry did you do everything you could to bring it to this satisfactory finale and we came away feeling 'yes I'd love to be back in that universe' and 'thank you for ending it properly'.

'Having seen it come together I was just like 'wow'. I was so emotionally moved by it but I could also take that deep sigh and go 'Yeah, we did it'. We did everything we could anyway, and to me it's one of the things I'm most proud of'.

When asked where he saw the trilogy going from here:

'I think it will be less about what I want and more about what the fans want.' This is the end of Shepard's story so I think for a lot of the characters, if not ALL the characters and everything that's happening in the current timeline, this is the end.'

'To go back and re-tell that in some way I don't think would work.'

'Who knows about the future? I can't talk about it too much because I don't want to give away the endings but it really is kind of limitless. And the passionate fans that we have are always going to want to see something happening in this universe so I can imagine there will be something eventually, but this is definitely the end of SHepard's story'.

When asked about the science of the game being plausible

'From very early on we wanted the science of the universe to be plausible. Obviously it's set in the future so you have to make some leaps of faith but we didn't want it to be just magic in space'. 



So there you go. Seems like the endings were possibly not a riush job after all, but actually deliberate?

Here's the website for the magazine but the review is only in the hard copy I'm afraid.

http://www.360-gamer...0-gamer-out-now

le sigh of that is what he actually said.

[VelvetStraitjacket]

Ok, that just makes me angry again.

[DaosX]

super4star wrote...

If walters worked in my company i would fire him.

Agreed. +1

[Mr. Big Pimpin]

Lots of speculation from everyone.

[MB957]

wrapped up and tied together? rewarding and fulfilling?

I feel like my brain just exploded.

Saying goodbye to the characters...well...before the final assault..I felt was good and moving..

everything till the point Marauder Shields tries to save me, I felt was awesome and in line with ending the trilogy.

in my mind, there is no way a professional writer could see this ending and feel it is a solid piece. I mean, even in writing 101, we knew not to do these kinds of things, such as blow all momentum out of the water...introduce new non logic or contradictaroy logic at the end...unless we were creating some kind of satire. joke, or wanted it to bomb.

I just dont believe that a team peer reviewed this and said...yes...that is an epic ending.

especially since up to that point, it is so good. its impossible to write so well and then suddenly not write so well. a person who can demonstrate such good skills for 95 percent of the story doesnt just lose it in the end, especially with help!!

I dont buy it.

it has to be a prank

[gimzod76]

.....?

[dakphillips]

So the mystic green wave that spread throughout the galaxy melding all organics and synthetics into one more homogenized existance wasn't space magic, it was space science!

Makes perfect sense now, how could we have been so think headed to call it magic?

[Cloaking_Thane]

I think the problem is they told the greatest story in the Verse with this trilogy...............where do you go from here?

First contact war? I just.....dont know

[Jayce]

There you have it people; the sky is maroon.

[Kronner]

The Ultimate Troll.

10/10 to Mac.

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