Destroy is the best option. Or rather, I think it's the least horrible option.
Refusal simply sacrifices too much for ideals. It solve nothing and gets everyone killed simply because Shepard did not want to choose.
With Control, you've got Shepard embracing the Reapers' gifts much like the Geth did and literally becoming the very enemy he fought so hard to defeat. Plus, the entire galaxy seems like it becomes a sort of police state, with Shepard's word being absolute. Even if he doesn't become a Reaper dictator, he ultimately holds all of the power and could crush any opposition with ease. And that's not even getting into what would happen if he somehow lost control of the Reapers.
Synthesis forces a major change on to everyone, regardless of whether or not they asked for it. Like Control, it's embracing the Reapers' gifts, without careful consideration of the consequences by all involved. It's one guy deciding what's best for trillions of lives throughout the galaxy and he only does it because Star Child tells him that it's the best option. Star Child even states that synthesis will be achieved eventually anyway, but those who support this option fail to see the crucial difference. Achieving synthesis on your own rather than having someone do it for you allows all involved to better understand what exactly it will do and what the consequences will be. It would probably allow those who do not wish to be part of it to abstain from it as well, so it would not be forced upon anyone. Legion states that the true Geth reject the Reapers' gifts in favor of achieving their own future. He has the right idea.
That's where Destroy (with high EMS) comes in. As I've stated, it's hardly what I would consider a truly good option, with it
supposedly killing off EDI and the Geth, but it is the best option out of the four. It deals with the threat at hand in the simplest manner possible and leaves the galaxy's inhabitants with true freedom. No Big Brother Shepard, no forced evolution, simply an open future in which the galaxy can do what they want. Synthesis can be achieved on the galaxy's own terms, not when Star Child thinks it's ready. Star Child says that "the chaos will come back," but his point of organics and synthetics always going to war with each other has been disproved with peace between the Geth and the Quarians and EDI herself.
It's extremely unfortunate that they had to be killed with Star Child's unlogic, and I definitely feel horrible about it, but it seems BioWare can't let us have too good of an ending. I don't understand how the Crucible can discriminate between synthetic life and just a piece of equipment, despite Star Child saying that it doesn't. Synthetic life gets destroyed, but technology in general doesn't? Does not compute. How does it differentiate between EDI and a VI? Between the Geth and the guns they use? What if the Geth didn't get upgraded to gain individualized true intelligence? I want Destroy with high enough EMS to not kill EDI and the Geth, not just because I don't want to kill them, but because it doesn't make sense that they had to die.
I want a fifth option as well. If Star Child is the "collective intelligence of the Reapers," why the hell can't he just tell the Reapers to go kill themselves? He has apparently decided that the organics of the galaxy are ready to choose synthesis, presumably because Shepard united the galaxy and had made it to the Citadel. He offers the Destroy option, despite
claiming that the chaos will return, so why can't he just tell the Reapers to destroy themselves? Or at least instruct the Reapers to stop fighting back and to drop their kinetic barriers so that conventional victory is possible?
If Star Child is an AI and is the Citadel, surely he would know how to modify the Crucible + Citadel to make it into a broadcasting platform, similar to the Geth base in Mass Effect 2. From a gameplay perspective, I believe that such an option should only be achievable if your Shepard has high enough reputation, very high EMS, and has made peace between the Geth and the Quarians. From a story standpoint, requiring those three things would demonstrate that the galaxy has changed and Star Child's "solution" won't work any more. It would be the perfect ending that's difficult to achieve, with everyone, including EDI, the Geth and Shepard living.
Modifié par D4rkSektor, 02 juillet 2012 - 09:59 .
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But this one keeps her hopes up. It always lets me down though to see narrow-minded young souls, who have so much potential and yet refuse to use it. YES I AM FORCING MY TRUTH DOWN YOUR THROATS! NOW OBEY ME!
I won't step into that trap 
