Castle Bravo, Romeo.Hazzel42 wrote...
*sob*
It could have been so good. Well it was up until the bomb hit.
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You guys want to read something EXTREMELY depressing!?
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:36
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Retour en haut
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:38
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Sgt Stryker wrote...
Well, I'll be down in Purgatory. Anyone else is welcome to join me.
Next round's on me.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:38
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This is extremely distressing of the highest degree. I now need a hug and a sippee cup full of vodka.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:38
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At the end of Mass Effect 2 I was praising how it made you feel like you were in a space opera action movie.
I haven't told anyone to go get 3.
I haven't told anyone to go get 3.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:39
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*Hugs*AntonioA9011 wrote...
This is extremely distressing of the highest degree. I now need a hug and a sippee cup full of vodka.
I will drink you under the table.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:39
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Every so often I think I'm over it, I've totally accepted the endings in all of their suckitude, and I don't care anymore.
I hate being proven wrong. I'll just go find an emo corner to sit in now.
I hate being proven wrong. I'll just go find an emo corner to sit in now.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:40
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i'm going to need to take you up on that hugs offer....
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:40
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It brings tears to my eyes.
ME3 was SO GOOD... until the end.
ME3 was SO GOOD... until the end.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:40
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I can never quit Mass Effect, no matter how hard I try. EVE online is not enough. 
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:40
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I read that when it came out. Seems kind of bleak. Mass Effect is not about the insignificance of humans, it's about working together with a diverse group, appreciating how that diversity is good for all and beating impossible odds to save the universe.
Oh wait, it's about how machines will always kill their makers. How silly of me to think that Mass Effect was doing something different than EVERY OTHER science fiction involving artificial intelligence.
Oh wait, it's about how machines will always kill their makers. How silly of me to think that Mass Effect was doing something different than EVERY OTHER science fiction involving artificial intelligence.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:41
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*Hugs*MissFish wrote...
i'm going to need to take you up on that hugs offer....
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:41
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IntoTheDarkness wrote...
wonder what he's thinking now
I expect it along the lines of "Mother f--thanks a whole lot for invalidating most of what I said."
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:42
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Much like the end invalidated ME1 and ME2.xxskyshadowxx wrote...
IntoTheDarkness wrote...
wonder what he's thinking now
I expect it along the lines of "Mother f--thanks a whole lot for invalidating most of what I said."
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:43
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I remember that well.
Now? MASS EFFECT is less important and more renown as the nearly perfect trilogy that broke its legs at the finish line.
Now? MASS EFFECT is less important and more renown as the nearly perfect trilogy that broke its legs at the finish line.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:45
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The saddest thing is it's 100% right, Mass Effect was an incredible new sci-fi universe.
If they hadn't gone for this damn ending it would've been legendary.
If they hadn't gone for this damn ending it would've been legendary.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:46
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Reptilian Rob wrote...
*Hugs*AntonioA9011 wrote...
This is extremely distressing of the highest degree. I now need a hug and a sippee cup full of vodka.
I will drink you under the table.
Sir, I doubt anyone can drink me under the table. I'm not sure if you know about Youngsan, Korea (The Army's best kept secret) but I passed through there when I was in the Navy and let me tell you, that hardened my alcohol skills.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:47
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Challenge accepted, I'm 50% Norwegion, 25% Irish and 25% English.AntonioA9011 wrote...
Reptilian Rob wrote...
*Hugs*AntonioA9011 wrote...
This is extremely distressing of the highest degree. I now need a hug and a sippee cup full of vodka.
I will drink you under the table.
Sir, I doubt anyone can drink me under the table. I'm not sure if you know about Youngsan, Korea (The Army's best kept secret) but I passed through there when I was in the Navy and let me tell you, that hardened my alcohol skills.
Lets do this.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:48
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How did you know I chose the red ending?Reptilian Rob wrote...
Castle Bravo, Romeo.Hazzel42 wrote...
*sob*
It could have been so good. Well it was up until the bomb hit.
I'll be buying you that spiced rum at the bar in the Afterlife now (either one)
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:49
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Oh Hazz, after than ending I've lost my taste for the better things in life.Hazzel42 wrote...
How did you know I chose the red ending?Reptilian Rob wrote...
Castle Bravo, Romeo.Hazzel42 wrote...
*sob*
It could have been so good. Well it was up until the bomb hit.
I'll be buying you that spiced rum at the bar in the Afterlife now (either one)
KG hasn't reached the end yet. ahahahahahahah!
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:51
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Yeah, I didn't read the entire thing, but I agreed with a lot of it before completing Mass Effect 3.
Actually, when I first played the original Mass Effect and started reading through the codex I actually remember thinking, "Dude, this is like the Lord of the Rings of space." It had more structure than Star Wars, more history than Star Trek, and it felt like a real universe. That same feeling carried through to the second game, and even the third game.
I still think that Mass Effect had that great epic scope, but with the way the series ends... it will never hold a closer place in my heart than Star Wars, or Star Trek, or the Lord of the Rings. Mass Effect is a lesson in futility. No matter what you do, in the end none of it matters. You die, the end, enjoy. While that may be the case in real life, we don't want that from our fiction (that's not to say we don't want it to reflect real life, since actually we do want to relate to it somehow, we just want some sort of purpose and meaning to our actions). We come to these stories to escape our problems, to be taken on fantastic journies and adventures, and the rest of Mass Effect had that. It's just all cheapened and rendered pointless by the end of it.
It's not even that Shepard dies, I expected that to be one of the possible endings from the beginning, it's that the entire universe is destroyed as we knew and loved it. It's like if all spaceships were destroyed in Star Trek, or if all aliens were destroyed in Star Wars. It sucks the life right out of it. There's little room left for daydreaming about those fantastic worlds anymore.
Actually, when I first played the original Mass Effect and started reading through the codex I actually remember thinking, "Dude, this is like the Lord of the Rings of space." It had more structure than Star Wars, more history than Star Trek, and it felt like a real universe. That same feeling carried through to the second game, and even the third game.
I still think that Mass Effect had that great epic scope, but with the way the series ends... it will never hold a closer place in my heart than Star Wars, or Star Trek, or the Lord of the Rings. Mass Effect is a lesson in futility. No matter what you do, in the end none of it matters. You die, the end, enjoy. While that may be the case in real life, we don't want that from our fiction (that's not to say we don't want it to reflect real life, since actually we do want to relate to it somehow, we just want some sort of purpose and meaning to our actions). We come to these stories to escape our problems, to be taken on fantastic journies and adventures, and the rest of Mass Effect had that. It's just all cheapened and rendered pointless by the end of it.
It's not even that Shepard dies, I expected that to be one of the possible endings from the beginning, it's that the entire universe is destroyed as we knew and loved it. It's like if all spaceships were destroyed in Star Trek, or if all aliens were destroyed in Star Wars. It sucks the life right out of it. There's little room left for daydreaming about those fantastic worlds anymore.
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Posté 26 mars 2012 - 01:52
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As a fan of the series, this makes me wanna punch some EA manager.
As a writer, this makes me wanna punch said EA manager with a ten-pound book comprised of the entire Mass Effect lore and story outline as it was supposed to be until they decided to give them a deadline they couldn't meet and then just cut stuff out because "nobody will notice".
Because the sad thing is, as I slowly come to realize, that the writers themselves probably couldn't have wanted this. Nobody who actually cares about his/her story would let **** like this happen. They'd rip the page out after reading it again, crumple it up and throw it in the dust bin. I know I would and I have.
Here's hoping they make the right choice, give us free ending DLC and then terminate their contract with EA to find a better publisher. Electronic Arts is a disgrace to the industry and holding back so many good producers it makes me physically sick to think about it.
As a writer, this makes me wanna punch said EA manager with a ten-pound book comprised of the entire Mass Effect lore and story outline as it was supposed to be until they decided to give them a deadline they couldn't meet and then just cut stuff out because "nobody will notice".
Because the sad thing is, as I slowly come to realize, that the writers themselves probably couldn't have wanted this. Nobody who actually cares about his/her story would let **** like this happen. They'd rip the page out after reading it again, crumple it up and throw it in the dust bin. I know I would and I have.
Here's hoping they make the right choice, give us free ending DLC and then terminate their contract with EA to find a better publisher. Electronic Arts is a disgrace to the industry and holding back so many good producers it makes me physically sick to think about it.
