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[ahandsomeshark]

I'm kind of curious, for those who played KOTOR, did you feel connected/affected when Taris was blown up? Like did spending so much time on it at the beginning make it mean more to you?

[Artking3]

Lizardviking wrote...

I did not feel connected to Earth, in fact I do not think I fet that connected to any of the homeworlds.

I think I actually cared most for the people on the Citadel.

That's actually not surprising, we spent the most time on the Citadel over all 3 games.

Modifié par Artking3, 18 avril 2012 - 06:34 .

[sammysoso]

Not really, if the writers wanted to create empathy for Earth it should have been in ME1 and 2. Or been more developed in 3.

[ardias89]

I dont have anything against Biowares approach here perhaps only how they handled it... i mean Shepard reactet more sad when Thessia got attacked wth...

[Raiil]

Ultra Prism wrote...

Yeah I am Spacer ... and it was retarded of Shepard saying "Its good to be back home" WTF ... I was totally shocked

Me too. I was like '...I have a home. It's called the Normandy.' Hard to stay immersed when your personal lore gets interrupted that often. 

[ArchDuck]

No I didn't feel particularly attached/connected to Earth.

[Thalador]

Not in the slightest... however, I didn't mind that the endgame took place above and on Earth*, since the Reapers were mainly interested in making a capital ship out of humanity, and from what've been told they needed the Citadel for that (lots of speculation...). What I didn't like - to be precise: despised - was that Shepard was all about saving Earth, not caring for the larger picture at all: "Hey Victus, leave your species and your homeworld... no, not because it would be practical for the final confrontation wherever it will take place, but to take back Earth, even if that won't be the defining & final battle of the war."

Of course, after the Reapers moved the Citadel to Earth it all made sense, but not prior to that.

Also, it's okay Earth is the home of humanity, and Shepard is human, I totally get that, but why is he/she so freaking demoralized at losing it when the majority of the other races have lost their homeworlds (asari, turian, elcor, hanar & drell, volus) or are in the process of losing them (krogan, probably the salarians, the vorcha, etc.). After 2 games about galactic unity, putting aside differences, and thinking "galactically," ME3 puts more focus on Earth than the galaxy.

Plus, Mindoir colony kid Shep and spacer kid Shep are way too overreacting. Earthborn I'd get, but he/she wanted to escape the slums and criminal life there, so I doubt he/she's got fond memories of the place. :S

* However, Priority: Earth was definitely the crappiest mission in the whole saga. It should've been the most awesome, but it failed miserably... just like the ending.

Modifié par Thalador, 18 avril 2012 - 06:44 .

[ForgottenWarrior]

No. Just some random planet. Why should i care? I feel nothing to this planet. No connection between me or more importantly Shepard and this planet. I don't even reckognize my own real Earth in that planet that call's earth in ME3.

And like many others here i more cared about Tuchanka and Rannokh.

[Paragon_Interrupt]

It's really a shame. Eliciting player's emotions during the final earth mission could have been easy...with a little planning.

Simply have the game's opening section set in a normal, sunny city just as the Reapers attack...
aaand then contrive it so the player returns to the SAME city at the end...and witnesses the sheer devastation Shepard 'left' to happen.

Imagine the opening of the game having Shepard traipsing through a small city section, perhaps talking with likeable NPCs as a galactic celebrity before the reapers hit...and then returning to see the same place as a Reaper meat-grinder.

As it stands, the body-strewn corridor in 'Citadel: The Return' serves as a glimpse on how unnerving this could have been. A past safe-haven turned nightmare.

Considering the opening/ending were rumoured to BOTH be finalised late in development, I'm a little surprised there wasn't more 'connection' between the two acts.

[Papa John0]

Not really. I felt like, by the end, I was going to have to sacrifice Earth in a scorched earth type move with the Crucible. I thought for sure that would be the final choice: destroy Earth and the reapers, saving everyone else in the galaxy or do some extremely costly ploy to draw the Reapers away from Earth and monopolize the crucible for humanity's use only (saving us but not the others from the Reapers).

[Elastica]

Elyiia wrote...

You mean the planet I was on twice? I was more connected to Omega than Earth.

this.

[Pockydon]

Paragon_Interrupt wrote...

It's really a shame. Eliciting player's emotions during the final earth mission could have been easy...with a little planning.

Simply have the game's opening section set in a normal, sunny city just as the Reapers attack...
aaand then contrive it so the player returns to the SAME city at the end...and witnesses the sheer devastation Shepard 'left' to happen.

Imagine the opening of the game having Shepard traipsing through a small city section, perhaps talking with likeable NPCs as a galactic celebrity before the reapers hit...and then returning to see the same place as a Reaper meat-grinder.

As it stands, the body-strewn corridor in 'Citadel: The Return' serves as a glimpse on how unnerving this could have been. A past safe-haven turned nightmare.

Considering the opening/ending were rumoured to BOTH be finalised late in development, I'm a little surprised there wasn't more 'connection' between the two acts.

I completely agree, I think a final battle on the citadel would have been the best way of ending it, because that's our mass effect "home planet". Sod earth...

Modifié par Pockydon, 18 avril 2012 - 07:56 .

[Transgirlgamer]

Artking3 wrote...

I didn't feel that connected either. If they had let me explore Earth before it was invaded, I would probably have more an investment in it.

But then, my Shep is a Spacer.

MIne too.  I found out after playing ME3, looking into the Codex that the only time you can definately say Shepard has been to Earth if she's a spacer or a colonist is for the first part of the N program.  Once you're invited to join the N program, you spend the first period of training on earth in Rio.  That gets you N1  after that, that training can be anywhere.

Anyone interested in learning more, check the Systems Alliance: Special Operations entry in th Humanity and the Systems Alliance section of the secondary codex.

I can't find any other mention of Shepard going to earth before the events leading directly up to ME3.  Therefore her only ties would be friendships she made at the N-school whilst training 'for more than 20 hours per day,' (quote from the codex).

Unless she was earthborn of course which had her as a homeless kid untill she joined the military when she came of age.

To my mind, that means she would have more of a personal connection to any of her previous postings as they're likely to have had some significance to her in a positive way.

Just my opinion though.

Modifié par Transgirlgamer, 18 avril 2012 - 11:25 .

[SuperVulcan]

I did not feel connected to Earth. I don't think I would be disturbed if I saw Earth geting destroyed in the end of the game.

Modifié par SuperVulcan, 18 avril 2012 - 11:29 .

[Ryoten]

I don't feel connected to earth in real life. I wish i could leave it.

[Transgirlgamer]

Ryoten wrote...

I don't feel connected to earth in real life. I wish i could leave it.

I know that feeling.

[Powerpetzi]

Yes, because it's my species' homeworld. The fact that my Shep is earthborn also helped.

[Metalunatic]

incinerator950 wrote...

I don't feel connected to anything in Mass Effect.

Save Collectors and Collector Armor, but that's because I'm Bug Man.

+1

[Auralius Carolus]

The Normandy is home. Earth doesn't connect at all. AT ALL.

[Oni Changas]

Nay. I WOULD HAVE if they allowed us to walk around a bit and explore before the reapers arrive. From that point you go to trial via cutscene, THEN the actual game opening begins.

[Thrazesul]

Nope... like someone else said, I feel more connection with Tuchanka because... I've been there more times than on Earth in the game!

If I could I would have sacrificed Earth to stop the reapers or something...

[christrek1982]

Lisylis wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

Not really.
More importantly, my Shepard didn't, or shouldn't. She's a spacer who leans on the renegade side of things.
Putting Earth on a pedestal like some precious jewel while all these other planets are in equally dire situations made no sense, aside from "humans, rar!".

Personally I felt more connected to Palaven, even though we never go there. Because at least the Turians were kicking the Reapers in the teeth for every inch they took and didn't roll over and go "IT'S HOPELESS!" like everyone else.

I played a Spacer paragon and even then I had trouble finding any meaning in things. As a paragon, I was totally pro-alien and equality among all species. Why would Earth be special?

It seems like an Earthborn would have had more of a connection, but I don't think anything was done to promote this?

I really wanted to actually go to Palaven  and Thessia (pre-destruction), and Dekuuna (I just love Elcor  )

My shepherd was earth born and she hated the place she was draged up in the slums of the mega citys and she joined the aliance to get away from earth she said as much in ME1 when ash asked her why she joined up.  I was far more intrested in all the other place you knw where my team mate and LI came from I felt far more conected to Thesia or Tuchanka through Liara and Wrex.

[NoUserNameHere]

2/3rds of all Shepards aren't even from Earth, and those that are never go back to Houston or wherever it is they're from.

If we'd had an extended intro and an actual 'take earth back' 3rd act it may have worked.

[AtlasMickey]

No.