Catamantaloedis wrote...
BatmanTurian wrote...
Catamantaloedis wrote...
If the IT is true, then that means that ME is just full of bad writing. Compare the writing of KotOR where subtly throughout the entire game the writers leave clever hints which are finally revealed and you see the whole picture come together revealing Revan's true nature.
Now compare this to the IT where three times the Prothean VIs confirm that Shepard is not indoctrinated. The last time being at Cronos Station right on the brink of the last mission. If the IT is true, then writers aren't using clever and subtle hints to reveal that Shepard's indoctrinated. They are abusing the power of the writer over the storyline to literally lead you away from this conclusion three times, and then just suddenly throw it on you. Nonsense.
You either accept the endings, horrible though they may be, or you accept the Indoctrination Delusion with all this bad writing included.
Indoctrination is a process. Shepard isn't fully indoctrinated until making choices at the end. Therefore, of course the VI's wouldn't sense it Seriously, saying it over and over doesn't make it true.
Also, red herrings are used in stories all the time. In Game of Thrones, (spoilers) one would believe that Ned Stark is the primary protagonist of the series. Then he gets offed in the very first book. Clearly writers and film-makers fool their audiences and readers all the time.
Do you not see how that is being misleading? I've used this analogy before. It's like a doctor telling his patient that he doesn't have diabetes, while not telling him that he will likely become diabetic within the next few months. That's deceptive writing, and not the good kind either.
Additionally, you are speculating on the VI's ability to detect differing levels of indoctrination or the process of indoctrination. You have no idea how much of the "taint" of indoctrination the VIs could detect.
Furthermore, it becomes increasingly unlikely that Shepard is indoctrinated, when he literally only has a 1 mission span within which he can become indoctrinated.
Finally, to the vast majority of players, being told that Shepard is not indoctrinated, would have dismissed any thought of idea from them completely.
Now compare this to KotOR where the writers cleverly lead you towards the Revan's role, and then completely, with dramatic cutscenes actually confirm it. In ME3 we have a horde of fans confused and pissed off and unable to understand what the hell happen.
Ugh, you are misinformed, sir.
1. Deceptive writing is used all the time. Whether it's moral or not is not the issue. An unreliable character or narrator is common enough.
2. I am not speculating. The proof comes from Javik himself, who says, paraphrasing, " the VI's did not work because my people were infiltrated by the enemy anyway ". Now whether the infiltrators hacked the VI's like TIM did or were being slowly indoctrinated like the scientists on the derelict reaper and at object Rho is speculation. However, for an agent to keep their sanity and be effective, the process has to be slow or the indoctrinee becomes a gibbering animal.
3. He does not have " literally one mission" . There are multiple times Shepard is exposed to Reapertech, Object Rho aside. Shepard has been exposed since ME1. Shepard has been in the vicinity of multiple Reaper capital ships and many Reaper destroyers, whom you fight in ME3. Also, artifacts that indoctrinated others and also in the presence of indoctrinated individuals who could be used to amplify a Reaper's Indoctrination signal. Shepard has had a lot of exposure.
4. Whether players dismiss it or not, does not make it untrue. The writer decides what is true and can trick the reader, revealing a surprise later. Some people like surprises. It keeps a story from being dull.
Modifié par BatmanTurian, 10 juin 2012 - 06:54 .
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surviving Akuze c) surviving the Skyllian Blitz d) seeing comrades die e) all of the messed up crap Shepard has seen and had to do before ME3. But that's just my opinion, no need to spread it around.
