Ok some time last night - when I was around page 55 I believe, I came to the conclusion that it's probably highly unlikely that BW will give us anything more than what is proposed in the press release - I decided to reanalyse what I consider to be the biggest problems I (as in just me - not trying to imply anyone else does or should share my view or that my ideas would suit anyone else but me) have with the current ending, and see if there was a conceivable way the proposed DLC could be done in a way that would if not blow me away at least somewhat satisfy me (in a way the current ending fails completely to do).
I was originally going to write a post, but it got far to long as I decided to go off on some odd tangents, so it took the form of a rather long
blog post.
The TL;DR version can be summerised thus (and yes this is slightly long too - sorry)
I have 5 main issues with the ending (I have other, to me less important problems too, but they require a much bigger rewrite to fix so for the sake of simplification I'm prepared to add a more than healthy suspension of disbelief to the mix.
Those 5 issues are:
- Late introduction of the Star Child as the overall antagonist.
- Destroying the Relays didn't destroy the Star Systems they were in
- My Choices didn't Matter as the endings are almost identical and everyone's stranded in the Sol System anyways.
- My Shepard happily accepted everything the Star Brat said on blind faith (this is probably my number 1 issue)
- My supposedly loyal crew bugged out mid-battle (even those who had been right by my side earlier in the battle).
My Conclusions:
1 & 2.
Having read
this article, I believe that with a rewrite of the dialogue between Shepard and the brat, it would be possible to make this a plausable but easily missable reference to the entity herin refered to as the Star Brat. This rewrite could also include enough conversation to inform me that using Space Magic to destroy the relays will have an entirely different effect than crashing an astroid into one.
3.
This chart showed me that there are currently 7 possible endings to the game (and that could be expanded by the inclusion of some but not all squad members die option between the Low & High EMS scores). A new set of ending cinematics could be used to show a bigger difference in those endings (plus they could also show your squadmates surviving or dying and with other assests i.e. the elcor & rachni among others fighting in the background) - the ones currently in use pretty much make the current differences between the endings fairly moot. As for everyone being stranded in the Sol System, if the now sythesised or controlled reapers can't help us get between star systems or if you destroyed them - maybe there's something in the prothean archives on Mars that will help us build appropriate technology (better drives or mass relay type devices). In the mean time, the Quarrians bought all their ships so they can feed themselves and the turians - and only the major cities of earth were hit - so enough food could be produced to feed everyone else for a limited time anyways.
4.
This one would require a hell of a lot of exceptional dialogue (with Shepard actually arguing with the brat) before I could be convinced that these are the
only options available especially with Shepards attitude of "There's always another way". I still believe there needs to be a fourth option available (either paragon or renegade depending on your reputation) that is of Shepards own making either by direct action or through getting the brat to offer another solution - this doesn't have to be a happy rainbows and unicorns ending - if for the sake of artistic integrety Shepard has to sacrifice her(him)self then so be it - if it's important that the Mass Relays are destroyed then go right ahead - just don't expect me to blindly accept that the StarBrats logic is anything but flawed, and that i must kill the geth & edi to destroy the reapers.
5.
This one just defys all logic, and there is no way to make it work - the best option, just delete all versions of the Normandy running away and crashing cinematic.
No matter how you try to swing it - at the very least new dialogue and some damn good cinematics & epilogues are need to fix these issues, although I'm still not entirely convinced that is enough.
One thing I am convinced of however is that this needs to be written by someone other than Mac & Casey (hasn't it been shown that they were responsible for writting the ending in its current form). Best option give the job to the likes of Patrick Weekes and John Dombrow after all these are the guys that gave us Tuchunka & Mordins death scene - These are are the guys who bought real tears as our "friends" died (Thane, Mordin & Legion).
More importantly these are the guys who's "artistic integrity", I would trust to write this and to do the best job of sorting out the mess that currently exists even within the restraints that BW/EA wish to impose on the Ending DLC (ie not a full rewrite of the ending just clarification).
Would this make me entirely happy - no but if I am forced to compromise, then this is the comromise I most wish to take.
Modifié par Kargsure, 06 avril 2012 - 09:37 .
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.... I watch this video and all the disappointment/anger is fully expressed in this wonderfully humerous, yet informative and TRUE take on why so many people have problems with the Mass Effect 3 ending.
