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[Gamer Xtreme]

Title says it all, do you think that if Drew Karpyshyn hadn't been poached by The Old Republic and subsequently left the business we wouldn't have had such a divisive ending?

[Adugan]

Keeping the same writers would have given a better ending. It isnt like Stephen King writes half a book and J K Rowling finishes the rest.

[Arturia Pendragon]

He says, and I'm paraphrasing, that because people liked his Revan novel up until the ending, that there's no reason people would have liked his ending to ME3 either.

Modifié par Arturia Pendragon, 08 avril 2012 - 01:11 .

[Gamer Xtreme]

Arturia Pendragon wrote...

He says, and I'm paraphrasing, that because people liked his Revan novel up until the ending, that there's no reason people would have liked his ending to ME3 either.

What happened in the Revan novel (I haven't read it or played Kotor 2)

[LucasShark]

A circus seal left alone with a typewriter could produce a "better" ending because at least gibberish wouldn't outright destroy the central themes of the series.

[Reptilian Rob]

No, Drew wrote a BETTER ending.

[Ethalin]

Google the dark energy ending. He already had a better ending in place.

[TheMadBlimper]

Considering that the Revan novel was forced to tie in to TOR, the ending isn't something that we can really complain about. Revan ended the way it did because it had to, Mass Effect was free from any constraints that would have forced it to end a certain way in any capacity. It could have ended however he wanted it to.

[DrowVampyre]

Yes. Anyone could have written a better ending. Gibberish gained by literally rolling your face over the keyboard for 15 minutes would still be a better ending so, by default, no matter how bad an ending he wrote, it would be better than this. But yeah, I think he would've wrote a good, or at the very least decent, ending.

[Mesmurae]

Still a better story than Twilight... maybe. I just don't know anymore.

[RenownedRyan]

I would have written a better ending.

[PorcelynDoll]

Brent Knowles would have been my choice.

[Arturia Pendragon]

TheMadBlimper wrote...

Considering that the Revan novel was forced to tie in to TOR, the ending isn't something that we can really complain about. Revan ended the way it did because it had to, Mass Effect was free from any constraints that would have forced it to end a certain way in any capacity. It could have ended however he wanted it to.

Indeed, I'm just responding with what he said. He also says he's never even played Mass Effect 2, let alone Mass Effect 3, thus he won't take a stance on the ending either way and chooses instead to support his former colleagues. Burning bridges is always a bad idea.

Modifié par Arturia Pendragon, 08 avril 2012 - 01:21 .

[Jazharah]

TheMadBlimper wrote...

Considering that the Revan novel was forced to tie in to TOR, the ending isn't something that we can really complain about. Revan ended the way it did because it had to, Mass Effect was free from any constraints that would have forced it to end a certain way in any capacity. It could have ended however he wanted it to.

On top of that, the ending of Revan made sense without going against the lore or making/leaving plotholes.

[devSin]

Yes, Drew seems to be a better writer. Earth, Mars, and the ending are definitely sub-Drew work, so I have to imagine that whatever he came up with would be better written and better presented.

I also think it would have been defensible, which is something that cannot be said for the current ending (seeing as how BioWare has never really tried to defend it).

[blooregard]

In his sleep.

[eddieoctane]

When a senior staff member from the first 2 installment of anything suddenly leaves, it has an effect. In software, features can lose functionality or disappear altogether. In music, you can end up with two successive albums sounding like two completely different bands. In the case of a story, it results in loss of continuity, unfinished plot lines, and lots of plotholes. Assuming that the ending wasn't some secret plan by Casey Hudson to assert his artistic vision on a universe someone else did far more to establish, there's still going to be huge problems caused by Drew's departure from the series.

Modifié par eddieoctane, 08 avril 2012 - 01:26 .

[Gamer Xtreme]

Didn't Mac write more than Drew in ME2 though, it's not like a sudden switch

[RenownedRyan]

Gamer Xtreme wrote...

Didn't Mac write more than Drew in ME2 though, it's not like a sudden switch

Pic or it didn't happen.

[liggy002]

Could Drew write a better ending? It depends.... is the Indoctrination Theory true?

[RenownedRyan]

liggy002 wrote...

Could Drew write a better ending? It depends.... is the Indoctrination Theory true?

The Extended Cut DLC essentially says it isn't.  Should have been true.  But it isn't.

[j78]

We all know who it was

[liggy002]

RenownedRyan wrote...

liggy002 wrote...

Could Drew write a better ending? It depends.... is the Indoctrination Theory true?

The Extended Cut DLC essentially says it isn't.  Should have been true.  But it isn't.

I disagree.  It might imply that it is untrue but it doesn't specifically state that.  After all, we are getting an extension of an ending, not a new one.  Indoctrination Theory doesn't require the existing ending to be changed but could be an expansion of it.

Modifié par liggy002, 08 avril 2012 - 01:39 .

[jimmyw404]

Drew could've taken a dump on a piece of paper that was better written.

[sol7402]

Yes, the ending we have exists. Therefore any other hypothetical ending written by anyone is better.