So I finished watching all of the ending with 2 different Sheps.
First I would like to say that the EC overall gets a C+
There are things they did very well to improve the game and make the ending tolerable, HOWEVER there are several MAJOR flaws left. Some were created through the EC some still remained.
The Flaws:
The first MAJOR flaw was during the charge down the hill. When the Normandy comes to evac your squadmates, Harbinger just chills there. The Normandy is sitting perfectly still as they are loaded aboard and Harbinger does nothing. Why wouldnt he just blow the Normandy out of the sky? This is the ship that has caused all of the problems for the Reapers and he does nothing. Then as the Normandy flies away, he stares them down.
This is such a massive flaw that it took me completely out of the game.
The second MAJOR flaw was with the destroy ending. It shows everyone rebuilding the Citadel and what not and all of that other good stuff, but everyone is mourning Shepard as if he was dead, yet we still get the breath scene. I simply dont understand how they can still have this scene but act like he is dead. Theres no way they would not have found his body and saved him.
A lesser flaw was during the run down the hill. The way in which your squadmates need to be evacuated could have been handled in a much better way. The truck that explodes and flips in between them never actually hits them. There was no reasson for them to have been that badly injured. They should have had a bit of shrapnel hit one of them and the other squadmate helps them to the ship. It is a lesser flaw, but it bothered me a lot. Especilly since it was Tali who was badly bloodied. (Note they are fine after the Normandy crashes)
The Normandy still crashes...yea... sigh
You cant tell the god child that the Quarians and Geth are getting along fine.
Hackett knows that you made it up the beam. How does he not know Anderson is up there? Where did Anderson (and the Illusive Man for that matter) come from?
There are lines of hidden dialogue (taken from the code) hinting at DLC. Therefore its possible that we wont see the full extended cut without purchasing more DLC
The Pros:
The scene with the God Child became engaging with the use of dialogue. They explain who he is, where the Reapers came from, and what the crucible did. They also explain what the three choices do, and they give you the option to tell the kid to f*** off. I wish there was and ending in which you could defeat the Reapers with this ending but what ever.
The scenes after the choice were all pretty good, yet vague enough for a little speculation.
Your choices (somewhat) seem to matter and are sort of shown.
The Conclusion:
All in all, had they delayed the game to now, they could have avoided the massive wrath of the fans. There would have still been complaints, but the number would have been vastly smaller.
BioWare managed to keep their ending intact while making it relatively logical. They made synthesis make much better sence and by explaining the choices we know what we're picking.
They did a good job overall, but there is room for improvement. If they mess around with the evac scene, and expand on the fact that Shepard survives and they show him surviving the ending. They should also add the one PERFECT ending in which you did every single thing correct and your forces are able to defeat the Reapers without the Crucible. With all of that, the EC in my opinion, would go from a C+ to a B-.
I still didnt care fo the ending particularly and there was still a lot wrong with it, but I guess its tolerable. There was still soo much more they couldve done with the Earth mission and a lot of other missed opportunites.... sigh
Modifié par IxSITHxI, 28 juin 2012 - 03:35 .
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) from the Starchild. The epilogues for each of the endings were decently done, too, though I have some issues with them:
