MidnightRaith wrote...
I'm not Anti-IT because of IT's merits or lack thereof. I'm against it because its supporters don't seem to understand the implications for Bioware and Mass Effect as an IP, or the video game genre in general, if it were done. Quite frankly, it is not a good idea simply because it would be Bioware freely admitting that they did not sell you a game that had an ending. Yes, we all thought that the ending to ME3 would be good, but that's not necessarily what Bioware told us. (They lied about plenty of things, but not about whether or not the ending would be to our satisfaction.) However, what was always never in doubt was that ME3 was the end. This game was it, the last chapter to the Shepard story. Nothing more was supposed to come. IT is completely different than a retcon or "clarification" because it is building on the premise that the Reaper war did not end and that Shepard is meant to wake up and continue to fight. That is not an ending.
Could you even imagine the backlash that would occur if IT was what BW initially came out with? The only reason it has the support that it does is because its followers are so disappointed with what we actually got. It's a coping mechanism and I believe this wholeheartedly. However, just because what we got was crap, does not mean that "anything is better than the ending to ME3." 
No. No, not everything is better than Starchild. Let me outline my reasoning.
The way I see it, if Bioware released an ending supporting IT, there would be one of two reactions. The first, would be fans loving it. (I would not be of that number....) Okay, yeah, so you like it. You like the fact that Bioware did not release a full game with an ending and that we had to get DLC to finish it. So, how many of you hate Day 1 DLC? Do you support IT as well? Because, if you do, then you are perhaps unknowingly acting the hypocrite. Just how would that translate to other developers? Just how long would it take to forget the fact that the EC was free, but remember that the fans responded positively to it? Would there be an influx of games not ending and the creation of End Game DLC? So, it's $60 to buy a game, but wait! You have to spend an additional twenty to get the Day 1 DLC and the End Game DLC.
The other reaction would be if the majority of the fans hate the EC with IT. I'd be the one that would hate it. Think about it, Bioware has just released the ending of the game that was supposed to be... the end of the game you have already bought and played. Here is where they swindled you. And this is even more blatant than than the quotes we keep throwing around with Hudson claiming that we'd get more than three endings. If the fans don't act favorably to IT, then it could spell the end for Bioware. Bioware just lied about the fact that ME3 was the ending of the trilogy. What else will the lie about in the future? Can we even trust their plot summaries for future IPs? What could we trust them on if they are willing to lie about something like this?
Even if Bioware implements IT as an afterthought, that they didn't even plan for this, it would still give off the impression that they did not end their game and that they are willing to release DLC to end it. It sets a horrible precedent that will either end Bioware by completely shattering their fanbase's trust in them for even the most basic of things. Or, it will create a new "hip" way to tell a story in videogames and both are awful. As for Mass Effect? People would abandon it completely if IT is done. I don't think for even a second that IT supporters are in the majority. People would hate it. Even now, with the ending as they are, I am still willing to buy things with the Mass Effect IP on them. Not necessarily DLC, but comics, books and the like. What about future Mass Effect games? (If those are even possible....) Many people are willing to look at the prospect to new ME games with the endings as is. Can that be said if IT is done?
So no. I'm not Anti-IT because of lack of proof, or that it sounds silly, or that it's filled with plotholes. Or the opposite. I"m anti-IT because the idea is stupid. All around stupid. Not on its merits, but simply as an idea to implement and stand behind as the end all lore for ME. Harsh, maybe, but in my mind, IT carries massive consequences. Consequences that supportes don't seem to even consider. Just that it looks better than what we got.
But here's the RUB, where is the ending?
I saw NO conclusion, I saw a bunch of ridiculous cutscenes p-poorly editted, But what I didn't see was a PROPER finish, you know, uh, where the Devs install, and USE an EPILOGUE, that clearly defines our ENDGAME actions, good or bad, I don't give a flyin' frag who lives or dies, I just NEED to know, CONCLUSIVELY.
Don't even get me started on Star-twit, that idiotic scene SHOULD be torched, with the authors belongings, and lots of flammable liquids.
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