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[AnsinJung]

Catroi wrote...

Control makes no sense, you tell TIM 5min ago it was a STUPID idea...

I agree, but at least there was a buildup (weak though).  Synthesis has no lead-in whatsoever.  Husks?  Those have been completely repugnant and undesirable from day one.  All that husks have ever indicated was a terrible penalty for losing in battle--demoralization.

Every instance of people getting along was doing that while maintaining individuality.  For example:  The Krogan poet/Asari couple; Joker/EDI; Turians/Krogans/Salarians (including the Salarian and Krogan joke); Geth and organics, primarily Quarians.  Legion's conversations where he looks all sheepish trying to explain the N7 armor are pure gold.  These are all examples of people getting along in spite of their differences (or occasionally going to war), but those conflicts and/or resolutions are what make the Mass Effect world interesting. 

The synthesis ending forces peace and implies homogenization as well.  Do human husks and the other Reaper husks have striking differences?  Maybe Marauder Shields, but other than that, it's boring.  The Borg are fantastic enemies, but would anyone watch a show solely about the Borg?  I would not.  You could argue the evolution of synthetic-organic hybrids isn't that convergent, but it seems inevitable that different species will evolve to become more like each other when they all have the same machine DNA.  If the bad guys win, fine, let the next galactic cycle try and figure it out (thanks Liara) because we failed and our survivors were turned into Reapers, but don't make the whole galaxy boring. 

Liara's time capsule, Shepard's nightmares, loss of friends and life in general...these all led up to the Reapers possibly, even probably winning, and I don't think anyone has a problem with that possibility.

Additional notes: 

Destroying the mass relays also contributes to that problem of disconnect, but there is at least hope that they can be rebuilt.  They apparently didn't explode as much as the one in Arrival.

Mordin's own speech about "limitations" demonstrates why there is nothing beautiful about the synthetic ending.

Modifié par AnsinJung, 22 mars 2012 - 05:23 .

[Silveralen]

Synthesis. Seriously, how exactly do you combine non-existent robot DNA with organic DNA? That made no sense.

[Wolven_Soul]

Synthesis, it was easily the most stupid of the endings.  Not to mention immoral.

[DaeJi]

In the interest of not doing the Reaper's job for them, Synthesis.

[Reign Tsumiraki]

 The control ending was all right. I'd like to go through with one of my characters and do that one. In that one, at least the relays and citadel survive, and shepard does to some extent. 

However, the Destroy and Synthesis endings need to be cut. Synthesis makes NO sense. And I like the Geth and EDI, so I don't like the destroy ending. 

[Wolven_Soul]

PeaceMack wrote...

Synthesis was horrific. Violating every organism in the galaxy on a genetic level and rewriting them in my own image is supervillain level evil. The only good part of that ending is that after being force-borg'd most of them would die in the mass relay explosions.

I would remove everything after the Anderson sequence. Press a button, fade to white, Hackett telling the fleet to somethingsomething...

Wow, you know, I never considered the synthetic side of that.  Does that make me racist?  Anyway, yeah, that would totally suck to suddenly have my perfect mechanical body suddenly have all this organic crap in it.  And suddenly I know that I will die someday and...well...it is even a worse deal for the synthetics than it is for the organics.

[Wolven_Soul]

Vromrig wrote...

Likely little response or outcry. Each met with equal level of contempt.

Statistically, people show little long term favoritism towards any particular color on spectrum not worn aesthetically. Therefore, each unimportant.

You know I really like your posts.  

[Epic_Lulz]

 Synthesis

At least Control made some sense (although I'm not quite sure how Shepard's body is destroyed yet he's still in control of the Reapers)

But even with that it still makes more sense 

[earthonline]

isnt destroy the most boring and least creative? like you just destroy everything?

[Sprinfoot]

The Cherry and Lime flavored explosions were different enough to at least have interesting possibilities but the Blueberry one seemed a little odd. It's not like your Shep ever had the chance to actually side with the Reapers through the previous games, his red talky bits were mostly just about being a jerk or sacrificing people but he was always fighting for the destruction of the Reapers.

[Cosmar]

Synthesis by far. IMO it's the least logical, and seemingly very contradictory both to many of the themes throughout the 3 games and seems to play into the reapers hands. (The reapers themselves are organic/synthetic hybrids, as are all their nightmare creatures they mass produce out of normal organic races.)

Control makes sense for a renegade Shepard I think.

[Faunwea]

Synthesis

Modifié par Faunwea, 22 mars 2012 - 04:44 .

[Generic Name]

There's more than one?

Synthesis. Playing god (Oooo Speculation!) isn't right.

[UrgentArchengel]

Synthesis, in realistic terms(not space magic), it is completely out there.

[Kingthlayer]

There is only one ending.

But I guess if you're counting each colour as it's own ending, I'd say the green one since I didn't have a high enough EMS to even get that option.

[Cpl_Facehugger]

I'd ditch the synthesis ending. It really came out of nowhere, resolved nothing, and was generally at odds with the rest of the game tonally. I think it'd be better to stick with the two obvious choices. Keeps things comprehensible and doesn't dilute them.

[Wowlock]

That kind of ''new ending'' wouldn't quell any problem...soo the question is kinda irrelevant..

But if I had to pick, I would get rid of syntethis since that makes sense as much as a Varren flying the Normandy...

[Waruko Shinobu]

Synthesis, in a heartbeat.

[Kayawyn4]

Synthesis, but not because it's "space magic". I could accept that ending if it was the only issue. It simply didn't have any sort of lead up like the control or destroy endings and basically presents homogenization as the good solution to the problem.

[AgentCross]

Synthesis. I truly don't get how any Paragon Mass Effect fan that has played all 3 games thinks this is a good ending. The whole point of the trilogy was to show that the galaxy was stronger because of it's unique races/cultures. Synthesis just homogenizes everything into a boring hybrid of green tech DNA.

Modifié par AgentCross, 22 mars 2012 - 05:47 .

[thesnake777]

Synthesis....stupid Reaper Harvesting Lite ending.....
its the exact same thing the reapers do but in a nicer package of green light...

[CheeseEnchilada]

Synthesis. Destroy and Control were built up to through the game, while the green option was just thrust upon us in the last few seconds and is contradictory to everything we've heard in the series.

[Dartbeast54q]

I'd toss the ending with space magic in it....oh wait.

[FortitudeSon]

I'd combine control and Synthesis. If we go with the indoctrination theory then the two are superflous, both result in Shepard succumbing to reaper control.

By itself, the synthesis is just out of place. It doesn't fit with the themes of the series and it's hard to imagine what kind of galactic society would emerge from a forced machine-organic combine.

[SimKoning]

I don't like the green one, and green is my favorite color. But yeah, synthesis needs to go, it's doesn't even qualify as science fiction, more like wizards in space.

Modifié par SimKoning, 22 mars 2012 - 05:52 .