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If I were to make a control freak, tyrannical, renegade shepard, I might chose control. I have to wonder if that AI is really shepard though.


Its not Shepard, but is based on Shepard, using his/her memories, and personality. Which is why the Control ending and it's implications differs depending on moral alignment.

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Yeah.. Control seems great until you realize the Shepalyst isn't going to give the keys back to the galaxy. I'd rather my Shep not become a dictator. It never ends well for either party.

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Well it would kind of defeat the purpose of having the Destroy option, as well as calling the Control option "control".

Maybe Shepard only chose control because he thought there was another way to stop the reaper threat than by destroying the synthetics. Nothing says the Reapers can;t be decomissioned after the galaxy is rebuilt and stability is restored.


Except that it undermines the entire purpose of the "benign guardian" of ParaControl and the Cabal aspect of ReneControl.

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Baldavin wrote...

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Not my colonist, ruthless, renegade, hetero femShep who romanced Jacob in ME2.... AT LAST, THE POWER IS MINE. Bow down to Me.

There we have it again, the ultimate problem with control: it's only as good as the person that chooses it.


Exactly. Argue with The Illusive Man that no one person should have that much power simply because you want him out of the way, not because you don't believe you shouldn't have that power yourself.

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And no, that isn't Shepard. That is an AI with Shepard's attributes. Shepard gave her life so that this ... this thing would be created.

The original Shepard is dead, but that is irrelevant. The copy should do well enough.


Exactly. Shepard. God Emperor of the Galaxy.

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essarr71 wrote...

Yeah.. Control seems great until you realize the Shepalyst isn't going to give the keys back to the galaxy. I'd rather my Shep not become a dictator. It never ends well for either party.


i understand the fear of someone you dont really know, but lets say shep is real.id totally be cool with tehm as the driver

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essarr71 wrote...

Yeah.. Control seems great until you realize the Shepalyst isn't going to give the keys back to the galaxy. I'd rather my Shep not become a dictator. It never ends well for either party.


Your Shep would only be a dictator if you intend or feel that your Shep should be a dictator. Why do you think they bothered making two different endings based on morality for Control otherwise?

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o Ventus wrote...

D24O wrote...

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Well it would kind of defeat the purpose of having the Destroy option, as well as calling the Control option "control".

Maybe Shepard only chose control because he thought there was another way to stop the reaper threat than by destroying the synthetics. Nothing says the Reapers can;t be decomissioned after the galaxy is rebuilt and stability is restored.


Except that it undermines the entire purpose of the "benign guardian" of ParaControl and the Cabal aspect of ReneControl.

Maybe he could realise that having the reapers around does more harm than good, and that destroying them once and for all is a form of guarding the galaxy from them. Look, it's your headcanon vs mine, look at what they said about the breath scene, all this s*** is up to interpertation, so I choose to interpert myself a happyish ending. 

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D24O wrote...

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D24O wrote...

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Well it would kind of defeat the purpose of having the Destroy option, as well as calling the Control option "control".

Maybe Shepard only chose control because he thought there was another way to stop the reaper threat than by destroying the synthetics. Nothing says the Reapers can;t be decomissioned after the galaxy is rebuilt and stability is restored.


Except that it undermines the entire purpose of the "benign guardian" of ParaControl and the Cabal aspect of ReneControl.

Maybe he could realise that having the reapers around does more harm than good, and that destroying them once and for all is a form of guarding the galaxy from them. Look, it's your headcanon vs mine, look at what they said about the breath scene, all this s*** is up to interpertation, so I choose to interpert myself a happyish ending. F*** whatever they intended with this.


I'm not headcanoning anything. All I'm doing is poking at gaps in logic.

If ShepardCatalyst is jsut going to Destroy the Reapers anwyay, why not just do that in the first palce using the Crucible? Seems like an awful-lot of extra effort for the same exact conclusion.

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I'm not headcanoning anything. All I'm doing is poking at gaps in logic.

If ShepardCatalyst is jsut going to Destroy the Reapers anwyay, why not just do that in the first palce using the Crucible? Seems like an awful-lot of extra effort for the same exact conclusion.

Because my Shepard doesn't want to kill the Geth and EDI. If there's another way, he'll try it.

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sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

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There we have it again, the ultimate problem with control: it's only as good as the person that chooses it.

Exactly. Argue with The Illusive Man that no one person should have that much power simply because you want him out of the way, not because you don't believe you shouldn't have that power yourself.

If you go back a little you will notice that I argue only for temporary control of the reapers until the galaxy is rebuilt. After that they get destroyed.

And yes, I am aware that the Shepard VI could have a sudden change of mind which Shepard could not predict, but I'd say it is worth to take that risk if it prevents the death of EDI and the Geth as well as changing everyone in the galaxy on a fundamental level.

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...
Exactly. Shepard. God Emperor of the Galaxy.

I think I read that book. If I recall correctly the job gets rather boring after the first few hundred years.

Modifié par Baldavin, 15 juillet 2012 - 01:29 .


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D24O wrote...

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I'm not headcanoning anything. All I'm doing is poking at gaps in logic.

If ShepardCatalyst is jsut going to Destroy the Reapers anwyay, why not just do that in the first palce using the Crucible? Seems like an awful-lot of extra effort for the same exact conclusion.

Because my Shepard doesn't want to kill the Geth and EDI. If there's another way, he'll try it.


The geth and EDI can be rebuilt (well, EDI's personality likely can't be fully restored). They exist as software, not hardware.

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essarr71 wrote...

Yeah.. Control seems great until you realize the Shepalyst isn't going to give the keys back to the galaxy. I'd rather my Shep not become a dictator. It never ends well for either party.


i understand the fear of someone you dont really know, but lets say shep is real.id totally be cool with tehm as the driver


Sure, for a little while.  Big picture tho.  Lots of dictators in history did amazing things to turn things around for their countries.. it doesn't stay that way.

Sooner or later, it won't be about rebuilding anymore.  Shep takes that throne of determining whats good or bad for the galaxy.  Fact is, regardless of intelligence or intention, everything, for eternity, will be allowed to live or die on the whim of something that might not be all that connected to the condition of the galaxy they're trying to save.  It can lead to an all to casual destruction of life.  What if the Quarians and Geth race ahead in evolution.  Will Shep remove them?  What if the Krogan don't feel like they should be under a Reaper's arm?  Will Shep wipe them out?  How long until the galaxy feels they'd do better without their AI baby-sitter and rebels?  Would Shep ever see themselves as doing harm and killing itself?

Control looks really awesome in the short epilogue we see.  Truth is, its just as limiting as Synthesis.  You're taking away the future of these civilizations by offering them an easy solution to all their problems: we'll take it from here.  You'd make Legion cry.. if he was alive.  And had tear ducts.

Edit: @Arcadian it's not a matter of disposition.  The position is of absolute authority with a fleet of super weapons to enforce it.  Intentions are irrelevent.  Shep is calling the shots... seemingly forever.  There are no "I'll fix the relays and destroy the reapers".  It's I'll protect who I feel need to protect or i'll make sure everyone gets along or else. 

Modifié par essarr71, 15 juillet 2012 - 01:35 .


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Except for the fact there is no reason to make pure synthetics, besides what part of all synthetic life has changed forever was misunderstood? If they do make more AI synthetics they would be changed also through the magic space dust from the crucible. You can argue as much as you want but it's the only real solution except for refusal but we don't know how that cycle defeated the reapers.


Well, let's see why the Quarians made the Geth.
Survey says!.... Cheap labor!
Guess what? That reason, and others, can still be around.
Why fight wars yourself when you can no whip up a synthetic army with all that awesome Reaper tech.
Don't want to make them too advance so they won't end up being sentient, and then they become sentient anyway.

Synthesis can't change things in the future.

Thus, problem still remains. Fan-tastic!

synthesis space dust makes them half human once they become sentient preventing war

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o Ventus wrote...

D24O wrote...

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I'm not headcanoning anything. All I'm doing is poking at gaps in logic.
If ShepardCatalyst is jsut going to Destroy the Reapers anwyay, why not just do that in the first palce using the Crucible? Seems like an awful-lot of extra effort for the same exact conclusion.

Because my Shepard doesn't want to kill the Geth and EDI. If there's another way, he'll try it.

The geth and EDI can be rebuilt (well, EDI's personality likely can't be fully restored). They exist as software, not hardware.

Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 

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Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 


Yeah, minus the agonizing physical pain as he disintegrates into ash.

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Baldavin wrote...

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Exactly. Shepard. God Emperor of the Galaxy.

I think I read that book. If I recall correctly the job gets rather boring after the first few hundred years.


Time passes differently in a virtual existence. The AI could have histories of entire cycles to explore and interact within. There is plenty to keep it occupied. And if people get complacent in the galaxy and start thinking it doesn't care anymore, it can let them know it is still watching. We have our ways.

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Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 

Yeah, minus the agonizing physical pain as he disintegrates into ash.

Unless reapers can get post traumatic stress, that isn't really that big of a deal.

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bobobo878 wrote...

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Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 

Yeah, minus the agonizing physical pain as he disintegrates into ash.

Unless reapers can get post traumatic stress, that isn't really that big of a deal.


And this has what to do with my post, exactly?

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bobobo878 wrote...

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Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 

Yeah, minus the agonizing physical pain as he disintegrates into ash.

Unless reapers can get post traumatic stress, that isn't really that big of a deal.


Plus AI Shep seemed pretty chill about things so that's not really a problem. But I think he's referring to Shep dying, rather than staying alive physically.

Lol iPad autocorrect fail. Made dying dieting.

Modifié par Arcadian Legend, 15 juillet 2012 - 01:44 .


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The geth and EDI can be rebuilt (well, EDI's personality likely can't be fully restored). They exist as software, not hardware.

And so the tables are turned. I don't think that that's possible, not as they were. Maybe we can re build their form, but WHO they were, their personalities, memories, thoughts, are possibly lost forever. Now that might be a matter of interpertation, I'd rather try to keep them as they are.

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o Ventus wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...

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Or he could just control the reapers and fly them into the Sun so the Geth won't be destroyed in the first place.  That would be an awful-lot less effort for the same exact conclusion. 

Yeah, minus the agonizing physical pain as he disintegrates into ash.

Unless reapers can get post traumatic stress, that isn't really that big of a deal.

And this has what to do with my post, exactly?

It means that once Shepard is a fleet of reapers, the fact that he suffered the agonizing pain as he disintegrated into ash while he was human does not matter, no permanent harm done.

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Plus AI Shep seemed pretty chill about things so that's not really a problem. But I think he's referring to Shep dying, rather than staying alive physically.


I was.

Lol iPad autocorrect fail. Made dying dieting.


I'm sure being turned into ash ruined Shepard's dieting plans as well. It would annoy me too.

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It means that once Shepard is a fleet of reapers, the fact that he suffered the agonizing pain as he disintegrated into ash while he was human does not matter, no permanent harm done.


Shepard doesn't exist anymore, and that agonizing oain was the last thing he felt,  so...

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Shepard doesn't exist anymore, and that agonizing oain was the last thing he felt,  so...


His body may not exist, but his consciousness/soul/whatever does.

You have too much doubt in Reaper-God-Emperor-Shepard, please report to the nearest reprocessing center.

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Shepard doesn't exist anymore, and that agonizing oain was the last thing he felt,  so...


His body may not exist, but his consciousness/soul/whatever does.

You have too much doubt in Reaper-God-Emperor-Shepard, please report to the nearest reprocessing center.


Well, it's kind of impossible for one's consciousness/ memories/ thoughts/ what have you, continue to exist without a platform (in this case, a body) to store them on.

And how does the machine that ControlShepard is have a soul?